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I Who's Who 



IN 



' PENNSYLVANIA 



CONTAINING 

AUTHENTIC BIOGRAPHIES OF PENNSYLVANIANS WHO ARE LEADERS AND 

REPRESENTATIVES IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF 

WORTHY HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT 

INCLUDING 

SKETCHES OF EVERY ARMY AND NAVY OFFICER BORN IN OR APPOINTED 
FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND NOW SERVING, OF ALL THE CONGRESS- 
MEN FROM THE STATE, ALL STATE SENATORS AND JUDGES, 
AND ALL AMBASSADORS, MINISTERS AND CONSULS 
APPOINTED FROM PENNSYLVANIA 

EDITED BY 

LEWIS R. HAMERSLY 



FIRST EDITION 
1904 



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R. HAMERSLY COMPANY 

FORTY-NINE WALL STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 












LIBR»B , ' "' OONfiRFSS 
Two C-ooies Received 

AUG 2 1904 

Cooyrtrht Entrv 

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CLASS «- XXo. No. 

1 COPY B 



Copyright, 1904, by 

L. R. Hamersly Company 

New York 



PREFACE. 

Who's Who in Pennsylvania is a work based on the 
principle of a London publication which gives sketches of the 
lives of people of prominence in Great Britain and to some extent 
in other countries. There are numerous men whose careers have 
a definite and important interest when considered as factors in 
the life of their special States, and whose reputation, while not 
national or world-wide, is such as to entitle them to consideration 
in such work. 

Recognizing the fact that this commonwealth information, if 
we may so designate it, is not to be found complete within any 
one volume, and that those who seek for it often find it impossible 
to secure, the publishers of this work have here endeavored to 
supply it for the State of Pennsylvania. They are not tyros in 
this work. Their well known companion volume, Who's Who in 
New York, has been widely and warmly welcomed in the Empire 
State. In the present volume they have endeavored to supply the 
people of Pennsylvania with similar information concerning its 
notable and eminent men, its jurists, lawyers, legislators, physi- 
cians, authors, financiers, merchants, inventors, and in short all 
who are taking part in the development, public and industrial, of 
the second State in wealth and population of the American Union. 

Who's Who in Pennsylvania they claim to be authentic and 
reliable. It deals with facts hitherto scattered and difficult of ac- 
cess, and frequently not to be found anywhere in published form. 
And when found it is often not to be trusted. To assure correctness 
the publishers have made strenuous endeavors to obtain their 
facts at first hand, gathering them from the persons concerned. 
Where this has not been possible they have made use of such 
trustworthy sources as Smull's Handbook and Congressional Rec- 
ord, "Records of Living Officers United States Navy," and they 
take pleasure in acknowledging their obligation to Wilbur J. 
Carr, of the State Department, whose information has been gath- 



ered in the same direct way. They, therefore, take pride in feel- 
ing that they are offering the public a work which is immediate in 
its sources of information, exhaustive in its design, creditably 
full in its performance, and whose facts are given in some satisfy- 
ing detail, and not with the vexatious condensation necessary in 
works which deal with a whole country. 

It has not been the purpose of the publishers to include every 
man or woman of some small local notoriety, their object being 
to give only men known widely in the State as leaders in their 
respective professions or lives of activity. In doing this it has 
been necessary to trust to personal decision in selecting, and vari- 
ous names may have been omitted which many readers may deem 
worthy of admission. Not holding their own judgment superior 
to that of others, and solicitous only to confine their selections to 
the names of persons who deserve a place in the book, they in- 
vite the freest suggestion and criticism from their readers, with 
the purpose of bringing future editions still more nearly up to the 
standard they desire to establish. They feel confident, however, 
that the possible sins of omission in this work are not many or 
flagrant, and that as it stands it will be found an invaluable ad- 
dition to the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA 



ABBEY, Edwin Austen: 

Artist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 
1, 1852; educated at the Academy of Fine 
Arts; graduated from Yale University, 
where he received the degree of M. A., 
and afterwards the degree of LL. D. at 
the University of Pennsylvania; studied 
art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Penn- 
sylvania. In 1871 was engaged by Har- 
per Brothers, and in 1878 they sent him 
to England on professional business. In 
1S90 he married Mary Gertrude Mead of 
New York. His first picture, "A May 
Day Morning," was exhibited at the 
Royal Academy in 1890. Among his not- 
able pictures are: "Fiammetta's Song," 
"Richard III. and Lady Anna," and 
"Hamlet." In 1899 he published illus- 
trated editions of Herrick's poems, "She 
Stoops to Conquer." "Old Song," "Com- 
edies of Shakespeare," "O, Mistress 
Mine," "Who is Silvia?" and in the same 
year, with Alfred Parsons, an English 
artist, he illustrated "Quiet Life." In 
1900 he also published illustrated edi- 
tions of "The Trial of Queen Katherine," 
"The Penance of Eleanor, Duchess of 
Gloucester." In 1901 Edward VII. of 
England commissioned him to paint the 
coronation scene. In 1901 he painted "The 
Crusaders Sighting Jerusalem," which 
was exhibited at the Royal Academy. 
From 1891 to 1902 he was engaged in 
painting the frieze, "The Quest of the 
Holy Grail," for the Boston Public Li- 
brary. He is a member of various art 
societies, among which are the National 
Academy of Design, Royal Academy of 
England, Royal Bavarian Academy, 
American Water Color Society, Society of 
Rural Paintings, New York; an associ- 
ate of the Royal Water Colour Society, 
London; Societe Nationale des Beaux 
Arts, Paris; Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, 
1 



France, and President of the Royal Bir- 
mingham Society of Artists; he is also 
a member of various clubs, the Athe- 
naeum, Reform, Arts, Beefsteak, of Lon- 
don, and Century, of New York. Ad- 
dress, Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucester- 
shire, England, and Chelsea Lodge, Tite 
St., London, S. W. 

ABBOT, Charles AVheaton, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mander of Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest nephew of deceased Com- 
panion Lieut. Comr. Walter Abbot; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant 12th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 
16, 1881; First Lieutenant Sept. 1, 1887; 
Regimental Adjutant May 13, 1889; Cap- 
tain April 26, 1898. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ABBOT, William L,.: 

President of the Iron City Trust Com- 
pany of Pittsburg, was born in Colum- 
bus, Ohio, April 29, 1852; he received a 
common school and academic education. 
In 1871 he entered the employ of An- 
drew Carnegie as a clerk; by diligent and 
close attention to business he rose in the 
estimation of his employer, and in 1876 
he became superintendent of the works. 
Not long after he was made vice chair- 
man of the firm of Carnegie, Phipps & 
Co., and in 1889 he was made chairman. 
In 1892 he retired from the Carnegie in- 
terests and devoted several years to 
travel and recreation. He afterward be- 
came a director of the Pittsburg Nation- 
al Bank of Commerce, the Lincoln Foun- 
dry Company, and the Duquesne Manu- 
facturing Company; he is also a director 
of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce, 
member of the Art Society, the Western 
Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, 
and many social and charitable organi- 
zations. Address, 200 Ninth St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



ABBOTT, IJavid Bast: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery, Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Capt. Robert A. Abbott; first class 
in succession Feb. 13, 1902. Address, Coal 
Glen, Pa. 

ABBOTT, Edwin M.: 

Lawyer; born June 4, 1877, in Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; educated in the public schools 
and Central High School, and was grad- 
uated from the Law Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1896, be- 
ing then under nineteen years of age; 
admitted to the bar two days after his 
nineteenth birthday, being the youngest 
member ever admitted to practice in 
any known court. Represents many 
well-known firms in Philadelphia. Is a 
Republican, and has served his party in 
many conventions. Is Secretary of the 
Sagamore Club, President of the Bethle- 
hem Lyceum, and a prominent worker 
on the committees of the University of 
Pennsylvania Alumni Association, Law- 
yers' Club, Young Republicans, Century 
Club, Law Academy, and numerous oth- 
ers. Has attained a reputation in the lit- 
erary world as a poet, his best known 
poems being "Recompense," "The Sow- 
ers," "At Close of Day," 'The Man with- 
out the Hoe," "Developed," "Life's Lines" 
and "Child of the East." Mr. Abbott is 
the son of Theodore Abbott, deceased, a 
well-known manufacturer, and Alvina 
Rosewig, and nephew of the well-known 
musical composer, A. H. Rosewig, Mus. 
Doc. Residence, 2004 North Twelfth St., 
Philadelphia; office address, 1011 Chest- 
nut St. 

ABERNETHY, Arthur Talmnge: 

Educator, editor; born in Rutherford 
College, N. C, October, 1872; son of Rev. 
Robert L. (founder and president of 
Rutherford College), and Mary A. H. 
Abernethy; graduated from Rutherford 
College in 1890 with degree of A. M., and 
A. M. from Trinity College in 1890; took 
a post graduate course in Johns Hopkins 
University from 1890 to 1891. Associated 
with editor of Latin Herald in Philadel- 
phia in the reproduction of Latin classics 
with marginal notes in Latin on Del- 
phinian principles; was for several years 
professor of Latin and Greek at Ru- 
therford College; has contributed to a 
large number of newspapers; was the 
owner and publisher of Woman's Home 
Magazine for one year. Author of "Me- 
chanics and Practice of the Electric Tel- 



egraph," "Bertie and Clara," "Eva Schon- 
dorf," etc. Address, 711 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ABLE, Henry Angnstns, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery, Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; eldest son of Companion Chief En- 
gineer Augustus H. Able; elected May 6, 
1S96. Address, 2034 Mt. Vernon St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

ACHESOiX, Edward Goodrich: 

Electrician and inventor; son of Will- 
iam and Sarah D. (Ruple) Acheson; was 
born March 9, 1856, in Washington, Pa.; 
educated in the public schools, and at- 
tended Bellefonte Academy, Pa., from 
1S71 to 1872. Married Margaret Maher 
of Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1884. In 1S80 and 
1881 was assistant to Thomas A. Edison 
at Menlo Park. He is the inventor of 
carborundum, also of a new method of 
making graphite. Member of several so- 
cieties, among which are the American 
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Frank- 
lin Institute of Philadelphia, Society of 
Arts, London; . American Electrochem 
Society, American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, and the Chamber 
of Commerce of the State of New York; 
also a member of the Buffalo and Niag- 
ara clubs. Address, Niagara Falls, Ont. 

ACHESON, Ernest Francis: 

Congressman, Republican, of Washing- 
ton; born in Washington, Pa., Sept. 19, 
1855; educated at Washington and Jef- 
ferson College; was a delegate to tl 
publican national conventions of 18! 
1896; was elected to the Fifty-f 
Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-s< 
Congresses, and re-elected to the 
eighth Congress. In 1879 purchase 
Washington Observer, and has 
been its editor; elected president • 
Pennsylvania Editorial Association 
a member of the Republican State 
mittee for ten years. Married Jan" 
Stewart Nov. 2, 1882. Address, 
ington, Pa. 

ACHESON, Marcus W.l 

Jurist; born in Washington, Pa. wis 
admitted to the bar and practice 
at Pittsburg, Pa.; was United .tea 
District Judge for the Western I trie'- 
of Pennsylvania from Jan. 14, 188 u.. 
til 1891. He is now United States Circuit 
Judge for the Third District, and 1 "« 
been since Feb. 9, 1891. Resider 
Pittsburg, Pa. 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



ADA1RE, Alexander: 

President of the Philadelphia Lumber 
Exchange; born in Philadelphia May 7, 
1834; engaged in the building business, 
in which he became prominent; is large- 
ly concerned in the lumber trade. He 
has been connected with the Lumber Ex- 
change since its organization, has been 
several times a Director in it, and is 
now its President. He is well known for 
his work in the service of the public, 
and when the railroad systems of Penn- 
sylvania were being mapped out he was 
made Chairman of the Railroad Commit- 
tee, in which capacity he did very effi- 
cient service. He has also been very 
active in connection with the Philadel- 
phia public schools, having been a mem- 
ber of the Board of Education for over 
twenty years. He has served as chair- 
man of the important Committees on Re- 
vision of Studies and Night Schools, and 
as a member of other committees, and 
in 1893 established the first night sew- 
ing school in the mill districts, which has 
proved a very important addition to the 
night school system. Address, 1414 E. 
Palmer St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ADAIR, Watson Black: 

Attorney at law; was born at Glen Os- 
borne, Pa., May 29, 1875; educated at 
schools in Sewickley, Pa., and New York; 
was a member of the class of 1896 of the 
University of the City of New York; 
studied law with William M. Hall, Jr., 
and was graduated from the Pittsburg 
Law School in 1900, receiving the degree 
of LL. B. from the Western University 
of Pennsylvania. Practices his profession 
at Pittsburg. Home address, Shields, 
Pa. 

ADAMS, Khenezer: 

Capitalist. Served in the War of the 
Rebellion; was for one term in the House 
of Representatives at Harrisburg. Ad- 
dress, 605 North 43rd St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

ADAMS, Harry Francis Baton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mander, Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; nephew of deceased Companion 
Brevet Major Hiram Andres; elected 
May 7, 1902. Address, 3038 Colona St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ADAMS, John Qiiincy: 

Secretary American Flag House and 
Betsy Ross Memorial Association; born 
Lancaster, N. H, Oct. 26, 1848, son of 



Harvey and Nancy Dustn (Rowell) Ad- 
ams; educated at Lancaster Academy; 
married Marie Adele Negrin, New York, 
Oct. 26, 1870; Custom House officer, New 
York Custom House, 1867-1869; member 
Central Board of Education, New York, 
1896-1900; public school lecturer upon pa- 
triotic and historical subjects, New York, 
1896-1902; candidate for Congress, Four- 
teenth New York District, 1896; Demo- 
cratic; charter member Sons American 
Revolution. One of the founders of Foun- 
ders and Patriots of America; the first 
presiding officer during the formative 
period, and subsequently the first Secre- 
tary General of the Order. One of the 
founders and Secretary of the American 
Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial 
Association, organized for the purpose of 
purchasing and preserving to posterity 
the birth place of the first American 
flag, made by the fair Revolutionist, Betsy 
Ross, to be maintained as a public me- 
morial by the liberty loving people of 
America. Mr. Adams has delivered a 
patriotic address prepared by himself, 
entitled "Sacred Landmarks of Ameri- 
ca," before many educational bodies in 
various parts of the country. Residence, 
151 West 117th St., New York City; of- 
fice Old Flag House, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ADAMS, John W.: 

Veterinary surgeon; born in Middle- 
ton, Miss., November, 1862; was graduated 
from University of Mississippi, and 
from veterinary department, University of 
Pennsylvania, V. M. D., in 1892; has 
been veterinary practitioner since 1892; 
Professor of Veterinary Surgery and Ob- 
stetrics, University of Pennsylvania, 
since 1896, and Veterinary of Pennsyl- 
vania State Board of Health. Married 
Mary Adams of Warsaw, N. Y., in De- 
cember, 1893. Author of "Diseases of 
the Horse's Foot," "Horse Shoeing and 
Text Book on Horse Shoeing"; member 
of American Veterinary Medical Associa- 
ation of Pennsylvania. Residence, 25 
South Thirty-fourth St.; office University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ADAMS, Milton Bntler: 

Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from Ohio. 
Cadet Military Academy 1st Sept., 1861; 
First Lieutenant Engineers, 23rd June, 
1865; Captain 6th Jan., 1870; Major, 3rd 
July, 1883; Lieutenant Colonel, 5th July, 
1898, Address, 57 Park St., Grand Rapids, 
Mich. 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



ADAMS, Kobert, Jr.: 

Congressman, Republican, of Philadel- 
phi; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 26, 
1849; was graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1869; studied and prac- 
ticed law for five years; was member of 
the United States Geological Survey 
from 1871 to 1875, engaged in explora- 
tions of the Yellowstone Park; member of 
the State Senate of Philadelphia from 
1883 to 1887; graduated in 1884 from the 
Wharton School of Economy and Fi- 
nance of the University of Pennsylvania; 
appointed United States Minister to 
Brazil April 1, 1SS9, and resigned June 1, 
1S90; elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty- 
fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty- 
seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress. In the Fifty-fifth 
Congress, as acting chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ad- 
ams reported, conducted through the 
House, and had charge of, in conference 
with the Senate, the Cuban resolutions, 
and drafted, introduced, reported, and 
passed through the House of Repre- 
sentatives, in one hour, the declaration 
of war against Spain. Address, 124 
South Sixteenth St., Philadelphia., Pa. 

ADAMS, Robert C.I 

Manufacturer; born Scranton, Pa., 1872; 
Director of The Spring Brook Water Sup- 
ply Company, Wilkes-Barre; the Econo- 
my Light, Heat and Power Company, 
Scranton; Director and Treasurer of Ber- 
wick Electric Light Company of Berwick, 
Pa., and other corporations; member of 
Scranton Club and Westmoreland Club 
of Wilkes-Barre. Address, Scranton, 
Pa., and St. James' Building, New York 
City. 

ADAMS, T. H.: 

President of Central Banking Com- 
pany of Mount Union and Orbisonia Bank. 
Address, Mount Union, Huntingdon Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

adamson, Charles : 

Lawyer and manufacturer; born in 
Philadelphia, March 17, 1859; educated 
in Pernambuco, Brazil, Honolulu, Hawaii, 
and Melbourne, Australia; his father, 
Thomas Adamson, being engaged in 
consular duty at these cities; after enter- 
ing the University of Melbourne in 1876, 
he returned to Philadelphia and studied 
mining engineering in the University of 
Pennsylvania till 1880, and law till 1882, 
also studying in the office of Hon. Wayne 
Mac Veagh. He practiced law in Phi.auel- 



phia 1SS2-1S90, at the same time engaging 
in manufacturing and building enterprises, 
and serving as a member of the Common 
Council 1S89-1890. In 1890 he went to the 
South and organized the Cedartown 
Land Improvement Company at Cedar- 
town, Ga.; in 1S96 he organized the Ce- 
dartown Cotton Company to make fine 
hosiery yarns; in 1898 the Southern Ex- 
tension Cotton Mill Company, and in 
1S99 the Paragon Mills, in each of which 
he was President or manager. He con- 
solidated these three companies, aggre- 
gating 25,000 spindles, in 1899, becoming 
Vice President of the corporation. He 
has also organized the Cedartown Ware- 
house Company, and is President of the 
Southern Association of Hosiery Yarn 
Spinners, and a member of the Phila- 
delphia Art Club and the Cherokee Club 
of Cedartown. He has taken a promi- 
nent part in Georgia politics, was active 
on the stump in the Presidential cam- 
paign of 1892, and a delegate to the Re- 
publican National Conventions of 1896 
and 1904. Address, Cedartown, Ga. 

ADDAMS, Charles P.: 

Lawyer; born at Carlisle, Pa., in 1863; 
son of Rev. George E. Addams, a clergy- 
man of Reformed Church; graduated from 
Dickinson College, Carlisle, in 1S84; read 
law at Carlisle with Henderson & Hays; 
admitted to the Cumberland County bar 
in 1887; served as chairman Republican 
County Committee in 1887-1891; and 1901 
was chief clerk in the Attorney General's 
Department at Harrisburg, 1895-1899, and 
law clerk in the same department since 
1899. Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

ADDAMS, W. A.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Shippensburg. Address Shippensburg, 
Cumberland County, Pa. 

ADDICKS. John Echvurd: 

Gas works promoter; born in Phila- 
delphia Nov. 21, 1841, a lineal descendant 
of Donal O'Sullivan Beare, of Dunbay 
Castle, County Cork, Ireland, leader in 
the religious war against Queen Eliza- 
beth. He was afterward Earl of Bear- 
haven, and among his descendents were 
General John and Governor James Sulli- 
van, of Revolutionary fame, and Major 
Thomas H. O'Sullivan Beare, whose 
daughter Barbara emigrated to America 
and married John Edward Charles Ad- 
dicks, German Consul to Philadelphia. , 
Mr. Addicks was a personal friend of 
John Marshall and Daniel Webster, and 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



was the grandfather of the subject of 
this sketch. Mr. Addicks obtained his 
education in the Philadelphia public 
schools, graduating from the Central 
High School at fifteen years of age. His 
business career began in a wholesale dry- 
goods store, where he remained till 
nineteen years old, when he entered the 
flour store of Levi Knowles. After be- 
coming of age he was made a partner in 
this establishment, and proved very suc- 
cessful in developing the business. Three 
years later he embarked in a flour busi- 
ness of his own, and pushed it with 
such energy that in time he became the 
foremost dealer in his line of trade in 
Philadelphia. In 1864 he married Laura 
Wattson Butcher, daughter of Washing- 
ton and Mary E. Butcher of Philadel- 
phia. Mr. Addicks soon began investing 
his profits in Philadelphia real estate, 
and became prominent in this field of 
operations. He removed his residence in 
1877 to Clayton, Del., a suburban settle- 
ment of Philadelphia. Shortly afterward 
he became interested in the development 
of water gas as an illuminant, then an 
infant industry, but a promising one. 
Mr. Addicks took hold of this with all 
his native energy, and became closely 
identified with its great development, his 
name becoming known in connection with 
it throughout the United States. He 
built works for the manufacture of 
water gas in Jersey City and also for 
the Consumers' Gas Company of Chica- 
go, the latter being the pioneer of the 
Chicago Gas Trust. In 1884 he origin- 
ated the Bay State Gas Company of Bos- 
ton, and was the first to build water 
gas works in that city. He purchased in 
1892 a controlling interest in the Brook- 
lyn Gas Company and was elected its 
President, and became largely interested 
in other gas companies of Brooklyn. He 
also built a gas works in Wilmington, 
Del., for the Oxyhydrogen Company. He 
Is, however, better known for the promi- 
nence he has held of late years in poli- 
tics. An earnest Republican, he quickly 
took a strong interest in the political 
affairs of his adopted State, and as early 
as 1889 developed an ambition to repre- 
sent Delaware in the United States Sen- 
ate. In 1899 he received the largest vote 
for Senator in the Legislature, but failed 
of election, the "Union Republicans," the 
faction under his control, being bitterly 
opposed by the "Regular Republicans." 
In 1901 he was again a candidate, and 
again in 1903, but was both times de- 



feated by the vigorous opposition, though 
controlling enough votes to prevent the 
election of any competitor. As a conse- 
quence of this long continued contest, 
Delaware for several years was repre- 
sented by only one Senator, and for a 
period was without a Senator, Senator 
Kenney's term expiring March 4, 1901. 
The dead lock was broken in 1903 by the 
election of Lewis H. Ball for the short 
term, and James F. Allse, the candidate 
of the Addicks faction, for a long term, 
ending March 4, 1907. Address, Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

AGNEW, Benjamin Lashel Is : 

Presbyterian clergyman; son of Smith 
and Maria Mayes Agnew; born at Apollo, 
Armstrong County, Pa. In 1854 he was 
graduated from Washington College, and 
from the Western Theological Seminary 
in 1857; he received his degrees of D. D. 
and LL. L. from Washington and Jeffer- 
son College. At New Castle, Pa., in 1857, 
he married Anna Cochran. On April 8, 
1856, he was licensed by the Presbytery 
of Allegheny City, and was ordained and 
installed pastor of the Presbyterian 
Church at Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 18, 1858; 
he was also Chaplain of the Seventy- 
sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
1861 and 1862; in 1867 he resigned his 
charge at Johnstown, and from 1868 to 
1870 he was pastor of the Westminister 
Church of Philadelphia; from 1870 to 1882 
of the North Church of Philadelphia; 
from 1882 to 1884 of the East Liberty 
Church, Pittsburg, Pa., and from 1884 to 
1896 of the Bethlehem Church, Philadel- 
phia. He was Stated Clerk of the Pres- 
bytery of Philadelphia Central from 1871 
to 1880; also a member of the Board of 
Domestic Missions, Director and Trustee 
of the . Western Theological Seminary, 
Trustee of the Pennsylvania Female Col- 
lege, Vice President of the Board of Pub- 
lic Publication and Sunday School work, 
President of the Board of Education, 
Moderator of the Synod of Philadelphia, 
Vice Moderator of the General Assembly. 
Since January 1, 1S97, he has been Cor- 
responding Secretary of the Presbyterian 
Board of Relief, Trustee of the General 
Assembly, editor of the Assembly Herald. 
Office, Witherspoon Building, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

AGNEW, Jennie E.: 

Treasurer of the Department of Penn- 
sylvania Woman's Relief Corps; is a 
granddaughter of Col. James McKay and 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Sylvester Nolton, soldiers of the "War of 
1S12; daughter of James Montgomery Mc- 
Kay and Christine Nolton McKay; was 
born at Clarington, Pa., Feb. 18, 1850; 
educated at the Waterford Academy, Wa- 
terford, Pa On June 4, 1866, was married 
to Joshua B. Agnew, who with his father 
and three brothers were soldiers during 
the Civil "War. "With the exception of a 
few years' residence in Harrisburg, while 
her husband was a member of the House 
of Representatives, and a longer period in 
"Washington, D. C, while Mr. Agnew was 
connected with the Supreme Court, her 
residence has been in Tionesta since her 
marriage. Mr. Agnew died in September, 
1898, but their children are still living 
and are: Clarence McKay, of "Washing- 
ton, D. C, Christine Nolton and Edna 
Ellen. Mrs. Agnew is a charter member 
of the "Woman's Relief Corps No. 137, and 
has been its Treasurer, while in Tionesta, 
since its organization in 1890. In 1901 
was elected Treasurer of the Department 
of Pennsylvania "Woman's Relief Corps, 
and is now serving her third term. Ad- 
dress, Tionesta, Pa. 

AHEKN, William B.: 

Merchant; born in Burlington County, 
New Jersey, Nov. 2, 1851; was educated 
in the public schools of Philadelphia; en- 
gaged in mercantile pursuits until Janu- 
ary, 1S79, when he was appointed to a 
clerkship in the Internal Revenue Office, 
leaving this position in August, 1880, to 
accept the assistant clerkship of the 
Court of Quarter Sessions, where he re- 
mained until April, 1885, when he be- 
came one of the magistrates of the city, 
having been chosen at the election in 
February preceding for the term of five 
years; re-elected magistrate February, 
1890, and served until April, 1895. In 
May, 1895, was appointed clerk of the 
Court of Quarter Sessions by Governor 
Hastings for the unexpired term of Gen. 
James "W. Latta, and elected for term 
of three years to the same office in No- 
vember, 1895, retiring therefrom Dec. 31, 
1898, since which time he has been en- 
gaged in mercantile pursuits; represented 
the Twelfth Ward in the Republican City 
Committee from January, 1878, until Au- 
gust, 1884, and the Thirteenth Ward 
from January, 1896, until 1900; was sec- 
retary of that body for sixteen years; 
was alternate delegate to the Republican 
National Conventions of 1880 and 1888. 
Address, 2008 Diamond St., Philadelphia. 



AIGNER, Martin: 

Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; was born in Munich, Bavaria; 
came to the United States in early child- 
hood; was educated in the Polytechnic 
Institute, Egg Harbor City, N. J., and 
the Central High School of Philadelphia; 
graduated from the Philadelphia Divinity 
School in 1884; was ordained a deacon by 
the Right Rev. "William Bacon Stevens, 
D. D., LL. D., in St. James's Church, 
Philadelphia, in 1884, and was advanced 
to the priesthood by the same Bishop In 
1886, in St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia; 
he was the assistant minister of this 
parish from 1884 to 1900. In 1886 he mar- 
ried Laura P. B. Taitt, daughter of 
James Monroe Taitt; was rector of Trin- 
ity Church, Mount Holly, N. J., from 1890 
to 1900; during this rectorship he estab- 
lished the services of the Church, and 
erected churches at Lumberton, N. J., and 
at Ocean City, N. J.; in 1900 he accepted 
the rectorship of St. John's Church, 
Franklin, Pa. He was elected President 
of the Associate Alumni of his Alma 
Mater in 1900. In 1903 he received from 
the Philadelphia Divinity School the de- 
gree of Bachelor of Divinity in course; 
he has contributed to several magazines. 
Address, St. John's Rectory, Franklin, 
Pa. 

AILES. John W.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Donora. Address, Donora, Washington 
County, Pa. 

AIIVEY, William H.: 

President Second National Bank of Al- 
lentown. Address, Allentown, Lehigh 
County, Pa. 

ALBIN, J. M.: 

Manager of Bessemer Foundry; born 
Sept. 29, 1848, Mercer County, Pa.; edu- 
cated in common schools of Mercer Coun- 
ty; school director two terms in Mercer, 
Pa.; married Sarah Boston Dec. 30, 1869; 
engaged in the foundry business in 1870; 
now manager of Bessemer Foundry at 
Grove City, Pa.; Prohibitionist. Address, 
Grove City, Mercer, County, Pa. 

ALCORN. Thomas Benton: 

Lawyer; born May 14, 1849, at Raven- 
na, Ohio. Son of William R. and Zeziah 
("Weir) Alcorn. "Was graduated from the 
Ravenna High School, receiving his prin- 
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Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio. Attended 
lectures at the law department of the 
University of Michigan. Studied law at 
Ravenna, Ohio. Admitted to the bar 
there in 1872. Removed to Pittsburg arid 
was admitted to the Allegheny County 
bar Nov. 16, 1872. Was Deputy United 
States Attorney for the District of West- 
ern Pennsylvania for four years under 
the first Administration of President 
Cleveland and one year following under 
President Harrison. Is prominent in 
Democratic politics. Is now Solicitor for 
Allegheny County and County Chairman 
of the Democratic party of Allegheny 
County. Address, 434 Diamond St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

ALDRICH, William Sleeper: 

Educator; born Philadelphia, March 3, 
1863. In 1883 he was graduated from the 
United States Naval Academy; also from 
Stevens Institute of Technology in Me- 
chanical Engineering in 1S84. He mar- 
ried, at Philadelphia, Mary Lavinia 
Purdy, on July 1, 1886. Since his gradua- 
tion he has been engaged in engineering 
practice and teaching; he has been Asso- 
ciate in Mechanical Engineering at Johns 
Hopkins University; also Professor of 
Mechanical Engineering at the West Vir- 
ginia University; he was Professor of 
Electrical Engineering at the University 
of Illinois from 1899 to 1901; since Sept. 
1, 1901, he has been director of the 
Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of 
Technology; he volunteered for service 
in the Spanish-American war and was 
appointed assistant engineer, with relative 
rank of Lieutenant in the United States 
Navy; he was attached to the United 
States steamship Vulcan, with Admiral 
Sampson's fleet in Cuban waters, from 
May 12, to Oct. 18, 1898. He is a member 
of several societies, among which are the 
American Institute of Electrical En- 
gineers, American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers, Society for the Promotion of 
Engineering Education and Fellow of the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. He has contributed val- 
uable papers to engineering and scientific 
societies. Address, Potsdam, N. Y. 

ALEXANDER, John White: 

Artist; son of John and Fanny (Smith) 
Alexander; was born Oct. 7, 1856, in Al- 
legheny City, Pa. He received his art 
education at the Royal Academy of Fine 
Arts. Munich; on Nov. 2, 1887, he mar- 
ried Elizabeth Alexander. In 1897 he re- 



ceived a gold medal from the Academy 
of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and from 
the Paris Exposition in 1900; also in 1901 
from the Pan American Exposition at 
Buffalo. He is Chevalier of the Legion 
of Honor, Socifitaire of the Society Na- 
tionale des Beaux Arts, National Acad- 
emician, member of the Society of Amer- 
ican Artists, Fine Arts Federation of 
New York, Fine Arts Society of New 
York, Architectural League, Society of 
Mural Painters, National Institute of 
Arts and Letters, Society Nouvelle of 
Paris, International Society of London; 
honorary member of Society of Austrian 
Painters, honorary member of Secession 
of Munich, honorary degree of Master of 
Arts Princeton University, medal Munich 
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, gold medal 
Paris Exposition 1900, gold medal Pan- 
American Exhibition, Buffalo, 1901; Tem- 
ple Gold Medal Pennsylvania Academy of 
Fine Arts; Academy, Medal of Honor, 
Philadelphia; First Carnegie Prize, So- 
ciety of American Artists; First Wash- 
ington Prize, Corocoran Gallery Exhibi- 
tion; Lippencott Prize, Philadelphia 
Academy. The names of his paintings in 
public museums follow: "The Pet of 
Basil," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; 
'A Quiet Hour," Pennsylvania Academy; 
"Portrait of Fritz Thaulow," Wilstach 
Collection; "Portrait of Rodin," Cincin- 
nati Museum; "Woman in Gray," Lux- 
embourg Gallery, Paris; "The Mirror," 
St. Petersburg Gallery; "The Black Cat," 
Odessa Gallery; Series of decorations il- 
lustrating the "Evolution of the Book," 
Library of Congress, Washington; "Por- 
trait of Governor Morton," City Hall, Al- 
bany; represented by portraits in Cham- 
ber of Commerce, New York; Princeton 
University, Harvard, Carnegie Institute, 
Pittsburg, and in many private collec- 
tions; "Portrait of Walt Whitman" in 
Metropolitan Museum; "Portrait of 
President Loubet." Elysee Palace, Paris. 
Residence, 116 East 65th St.; studio, 123 
East 63rd St., New York City. 

ALEXANDER, Lnoien H.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 25, 
1866; educated at the Friends' Central 
School, Rugby Academy, Harvard Col- 
lege and the University of Pennsylvania; 
began the study of law in the office of 
William Henry Rawle, in 1889; for sev- 
eral years interested in coal and lumber 
properties in Pennsylvania and Minne- 
sota; resumed the study of law, and ad- 
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Served as Secretary to the Board Control- 
ling Admission to the Bar. Member of 
Philadelphia Law Association, Penn Club, 
American Academy of Political and So- 
cial Science, Pennsylvania Bar Associa- 
tion, American Bar Association, etc. Ad- 
dress, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ALEXANDER, Robert: 

Lawyer; born in Bucks County, Pa., 
July 3, 1846; educated in the public 
schools of the county and in Carversville 
Normal School, from which he graduated 
witn high honors. After spending four 
years in school teaching, he entered upon 
the study of law in the office of Hon. 
D. Newlin Fell, afterward a Judge of the 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was 
admitted to the bar in 1871, and at once 
began an active practice, which has 
steadily grown in extent and importance, 
he having been concerned in many of the 
leading cases before the Philadelphia 
courts. He became law partner of 
Charles F. Warwick, Assistant District 
Attorney, and when the latter was elect- 
ed City Solicitor in 1884, was appointed 
his first assistant, remaining in this po- 
siton for six years, and being actively 
concerned in the many important mu- 
nicipal cases which arose. Subsequently 
he very ably defended John Bardsley, 
the derelict City Treasurer, his handling 
of this hopeless case winning him high 
commendations. In 1890 he became as- 
sociated with Edward W. Magill, under 
the firm name of Alexander & Magill. 
Address, The Bartram, Phiadelphia, Pa. 

ALLDERD1CE, William Hilary: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Delaware; appointed from 
Pennsylvania; cadet engineer, Sept. 14, 
1876; graduated, June 10, 1880; assistant 
engineer, June 10, 1882; passed assistant 
engineer, Feb. 21, 1893; rank changed to 
Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Dolphin, Sept. 
23, 1899; Yorktown, July 10, 1900, to 1903; 
Lieutenant Commander, Nov. 7, 1902; in- 
spection duty, Bureau of Steam Engin- 
eering, Dec. 5, 1903, to 1904; inspector of 
engineering material of Middle West dis- 
district, at Barberton, Ohio, since Janu- 
ary, 1904. Address, Barberton, Ohio. 

ALLKHA.X, Hiram Clay: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
First Lieutenant Fifteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry May 1, 1861; honorably mus- 
tered out Aug. 7, 1861; captain 127th 



Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 9, 1862; 
Lieutenant Colonel Aug. 16, 1862; honor- 
ably mustered out May 29, 1868; Colonel 
Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania (Militia) In- 
fantry July 4, 1863; honorably mustered 
out Aug. 11, 1863; elected May 1, 1872; 
transferred to Commandery of New York 
Oct. 19, 1899. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

ALLEN, Charles Coane: 

Lieutenant United States Army; born In 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; First 
Lieutenant First Pennsylvania Infantry, 
April 28, 1S98; honorably mustered out 
Oct. 26, 1898; First Lieutenant Twenty- 
eighth Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1S99; 
honoraby mustered out June 30, 1901; 
Second Lieutenant Thirteenth Infantry, 
Feb. 2, 1901; First Lieutenant, May 28, 
1902. Address, Fort Crook, Neb. 

ALLEN, Edward Jay: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Colonel 155th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Sept. 5, 1862; honorably dis- 
charged for disability July 21, 1863; 
elected Feb. 6, 1884. Address, 2914 Mut- 
ler St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ALLEN, Francis oin.it : 

Historian; born at Hartford, Conn., 
March 14, 1840. Married, first, Isabella 
C. Jones, June 7, 1862; second, Elizabeth 
Dulles, of Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1870; 
educated at Hartford Grammar School, 
Williston Seminary, East Hampton, 
Mass.; Yale, 1862; removed to Philadel- 
phia, 1866; was manager and President 
of Are insurance business to 1892, then 
retired and entered on work on historical 
lines of various kinds, principally the 
"History of Enfield," this old town being 
the seat of the Allen family for over 
two centuries; Whig and Republican; 
elder of Presbyterian Church; director of 
Presbyterian Board of Relief of Disabled 
Ministers; member of Mayflower, Cincin- 
nati, Colonial Wars, Sons of Revolution; 
trustee Hartford Theological Seminary, 
and various historical societies. Address, 
323 South 16th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ALLEN, tleorge A.: 

Lawyer; born near Pulaski, Mercer 
(now Lawrence) County, Pa., Dec. 31, 
1S39; educated at the Clintonville Acad- 
emy and the -hidinborough State Normal 
School, and later pursued a private course 
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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



for the law; he was admitted to the bar 
in 1868 and began practice at Erie, Pa., 
in December of that year. His practice 
has been extensive in that secton of the 
State and the adjoining section of Ohio. 
Politically he has been active in the 
Democratic party, taking a prominent 
part in its councils. In 1S72 he was a 
delegate to the State convention, and 
also City Solicitor for Erie; he was a 
State delegate again in 1877, and a dele- 
gate to the Democratic National Con- 
vention in 1880; in 18S6 President Cleve- 
land appointed him United States Dis- 
trict Attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, which post he resigned in 
1S89; in 1892 he was a Democratic nomi- 
nee for Congressman-at-large in his dis- 
trict. He is President of the Erie County 
Bar Association and Vice President of the 
State Bar Association of Pennsylvania. 
Address, Erie, Pa. 

ALLEN, Ralph Wheelock Pomeroy: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; private Commonwealth 
(Penn.) Artillery April 24, 1861; mustered 
out Aug. 5, 1861; Captain 106th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Aug. 13. 1S61; honorably 
discharged Jan. 9, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel 
Fortieth Pennsylvania (Militia) Infantry 
July 2, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Aug. 16, 1863; elected April 25, 1866. 
Address, 425 High St., Germantown, Pa. 

ALLEN, William Hervey: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion 
Col. Edward J. Allen; elected May 4, 
1892. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

ALLEN, Rev. \V. E.: 

Clergyman; rector of the Church of 
the Atonement (Episcopal), Carnegie, Pa; 
was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., of illustrious 
ancestry; on father's side descended from 
a lineage which produced the renowned 
Ethan Allen of Ticonderoga; on mother's 
side a Long Island Knickerbocker family, 
springing from the union of the Skillmans 
and Payntars. He studied at St. Ste- 
phen's College, Annandale, N. Y. ; was 
made B. A. in 1S77 and M. A. in 1880. In 
1877 he entered the General Theological 
Seminary, in New York City, graduating 
in 1880; made a deacon by Bishop Little- 
john of Long Island in 18S0, and ordained 
priest in 1881; several years in St. Augus- 
tine's Chapel of Trinity Church, New 



York City; transferred to diocese of Cen- 
tral New York, where he remained for 
seventeen years; was dean of the sixth 
Convocation district of Central New York 
for several years, and has held various 
other honorary positions in the course of 
his ministry. He has contributed many 
articles to the magazines and periodicals, 
and has delivered lectures on Free Ma- 
sonry and Odd Fellowship. Home ad- 
dress, Carnegie, Pa. 

ALLEWAIT, J. S.: 

President of People's Bank of Hanover. 
Address, Hanover, York County, Pa. 

ALLISON, Robert: 

Manufacturer; was born Dec. 25, 1827, 
in Middleton, Teesdale, Durham County, 
England. He came to this country with 
his father's family in 1830; he received 
his education in the public schools of 
Schuylkill County; in his seventeenth year 
he entered the machine shops of Meyers, 
Hey wood & Snyder, Pottsville, Pa., to 
learn the trade of machinist. After 
learning the trade and serving two years 
as journeyman, he accepted the foreman- 
ship in the shop of Mr. Wintersteen, 
Port Carbon, Pa., in which capacity he 
served for Mr. Wintersteen and others 
until 1866, when he and Mr. F. B. Ban- 
nan, of Pottsville, entered into partner- 
ship and began business at the Franklin 
Iron Works, at Port Carbon; in 1878 
he purchased Mr. Bannan's interest and 
was sole proprietor of the Franklin Iron 
Works until 1888, since when the business- 
has been conducted by Robert Allison & 
Sons, until about two years ago, when 
Mr. Allison sold out the business. Dur- 
ing Mr. ALison's regime the Franklin 
Iron Works has attained a world-wide 
reputation, and machinery made at these 
works has been shipped to all parts of 
the United States, and to Australia, New 
Zealand. South America, and Europe. 
Politically, Mr. Allison has always been 
a supporter of the Republican party; he 
has frequently been a delegate to the 
Republican County and State Conven- 
tions. Has been twice married; first wife 
was Catharine Thornberg, of Pottsville, 
Pa., by whom he had a family of twelve 
children — four sons and eight daughters. 
After the death of his first wife he mar- 
ried Mrs. Mary M. Stocker. Address, 
Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 

ALLISON, W. M.: 

President of Penn's Valley Banking 
Company. Address, Center Hall, Pa. 



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ALLMAN, Herbert I>.: 

Manufacturer and merchant; born in 
Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 1863; educated in the 
public schools and the Industrial Art 
School; entered the employment of M. M. 
Kayser, dealer in wall paper, as junior 
clerk. While thus engaged he continued 
his art studies at the Industrial Art 
School and the Franklin Institute. In 
1883 Mr. Kayser went to California for 
his health, leaving his youthful clerk 
practically in charge of the business, at 
tnat time a small one. Mr. Allman con- 
ceived the idea of establishing a mail 
order system. This project, original with 
him, was at once put into execution, and 
proved a decided success, the business 
growing rapidly. Mr. Kayser, on his re- 
turn, highly commended his clerk's work 
and extended it, and in 1884 gave Mr. 
Allman — then twenty-one years old — an 
interest in the business. In 1888 he pur- 
chased a one-third interest, and in 1890, 
on Mr. Kayser's death, he obtained a 
half interest, the firm taking the name 
of Kayser & Allman. The business, 
meanwhile, had greatly developed, orders 
coming from nearly every State of the 
Union, and also from Australia and 
South America. The firm had the Wall 
Paper Trust to contend with, but did so 
successfully, refusing to take part in it. 
The establishment grew large, and shortly 
after 1890 the firm, in conjunction with 
some other parties, organized the Stand- 
ard Wall Paper Company, which has, at 
Sandy Hill, New York, one of the largest 
manufactories of fine wall paper in this 
country. In 1898, in conjunction with his 
younger brother and Mr. Samuel Kayser 
(partners of Kayser & Allman) he start- 
ed the Columbia Wall Paper Company, 
now located in Bristol, Pa., of which 
Herbert D. Allman is President, Samuel 
Kayser "Vice President, and Justin P. 
Allman Secretary and Treasurer. One of 
the largest and most modern plants of 
its kind in America and turning out an- 
nually over five million rolls of higher 
grade wall paper. Plant occupies five 
acres of ground with branches (selling) 
under the name of Kayser & Allman in 
Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and 
Minneapolis. Address, 1214 Market St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ALSIP, Joseph Taylor: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bedford County; 
was born in Schellsburg, Bedford County. 
Pa., March 11, 1846; in 1852 he removed 



with his parents to Bedford, his father 
having been elected Sheriff of Bedford 
County, where he has since resided; edu- 
cated in the public schools, Bedford 
Academy and Duff's Commercial Col- 
lege, at Pittsburg; served one year as 
clerk in the Pennsylvania railroad office 
at Middletown; proprietor of the Aran- 
dale hotel for thirty years; was manager 
of the Bedford Springs hotel for five 
years; elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Bedford, Pa. 

ALSOP, The Rev. Reese F., D. D.: 

Was born in Richmond, Ind., Nov. 17, 
1837. His father was Robert Alsop, a 
lawyer, and his mother, Maria Fell, de- 
scended from the Fells of Westchester 
County; educated in Philadelphia, taking 
his degree of Bachelor of Arts at about 
eighteen years of age; he selected law as 
a profession, but gave up his law 
studies and began to prepare for the 
sacred ministry; he attended the classes 
of the Philadelphia Divinity School, of 
which he is an alumnus; was advanced 
to the priesthood in his twenty-fourth 
year; his first charge was St. John's 
Church of Framingham, Mass.; from 
there he was called to Christ Church, 
Rye, N. Y.; his next charge was St. 
Andrew's, Pittsburg. While he was in 
charge of this parish he twice represent- 
ed the diocese of Pittsburg in the Gen- 
eral Convention; the degree of Doctor of 
Divinity was conferred upon him by Ken- 
yon College in 1880; from Pittsburg he 
moved in 1882 to Grace Church, Phila- 
delphia; in 1886 he was called to succeed , 
the Rev. Noah Hunt Schenck, D. D., at 
St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn; was made 
archdeacon of the Southern Archdeacon- 
ry of Brooklyn, served eight years, and , 
then resigned; in 18S9 he was elected 
General Secretary of the Board of Mis- 
sions, which office he declined, to remain 
rector of St. Ann's, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

ALLYN, Herman B.: 

Physician; born at White Eyes Plains, , 
Onio. May 2, 1860; studied in Philadelphia 
public schools; entered the University of | 
Pennsylvania, graduating from the Col- 
lege in 18S2. and as Doctor of Medicine , 
in 1885. He was resident physician at 
the Philadelphia Hospital 1885-1886, and , 
at Girard College, 1886-1887; associate 
editor of the Medical and Surgical Re- 
porter, 1887-1889; in 1890 he became in- 
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ical department of the University, and in 
1903 was appointed instructor in clinical 
medicine, which post he still holds. He 
was visiting' physician to St. Joseph's 
Hospital 1899-1900, and has served in the 
same capacity in the Philadelphia Hospi- 
tal since 1900, and Clinical Professor of 
Medicine in the Woman's Medical College 
since 1901. He is a member of the Col- 
lege of Physicians and other medical as- 
sociations of Philadelphia. Address, 501 
South 42d St., Philadelphia. 

AMBLER, Charles A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House 
of Representatives from Montgomery 
County; was born in Jenkintown, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa., January 5, 1874; a 
year later he removed with his parents 
to Abington, where he now resides; was 
graduated from the public schools of Ab- 
ington when fifteen years old as valedic- 
torian of his class; after leaving school he 
assisted his father in the meat business 
and on the farm until he was twenty 
years old, when he purchased a general 
store in Abington, and began the grocery 
business, in which he is still engaged; 
in January, 1902, he bought a meat and 
grocery store at Wyncote which he con- 
ducts in connection with the one at Ab- 
ington; was appointed Postmaster in 1897; 
elected a member of the county commit- 
tee in 1899, which position he resigned, to- 
gether with the Postmastership, upon his 
election to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Abington, 
Pa. 

AMBROSE, John C: 

Presbyterian minister; born at Cowans- 
ville, Pa., Feb. 2, 1860; married Oct. 13, 
1887, to Nannie Bell Ralston; graduated 
from "Washington and Jefferson College 
186*; from Western Theological Semin- 
ary, Allegheny, Pa., 1887; ordained by 
Presbytery of KiUanning. June 28, 1887; 
Pastor Marion Presbyterian Church, 
1887-1890; of Bull Creek Church, 1S90- 
1900. Stated Supply Mt. Jewett, 1901- 
1904; Pulaski, 1904. Address, Pulaski, Pa. 

AMBRUSTER, Watson; 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
Aug. 19, 1842; received preliminary edu- 
cation in private schools, and at Pen- 
nington, N. J., and Chester, Pa., sem- 
inaries; entered sophomore class of Uni- 
versity of Michigan in 1859; graduated in 
1862; then attended the Law School of 
the same university and graduated with 



degree of LL. B., in 1864; was ad- 
mitted to the bar, and continued studies 
in the office of Carroll Brewster of Phila- 
delphia; never practiced his profession, 
but entered upon newspaper work, being 
connected with the Chicago and New 
York press. In June, 1866, on the edi- 
torial staff of The Evening Telegraph, 
and is still a member; served as city 
editor until the close of 1867, then aa 
managing euitor until 189 1, and since 
that date as editor-in-chief. Married 
Isabel Cresson, daughter of the late Col. 
John Bingham, of Philadelphia. Address, 
21 West Phil-Bllena St., Germantown, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

AMES, Herman Vandenbnrg! 

Assistant Professor of American His- 
tory, University of Pennsylvania; born 
at Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 7, 1865; son of 
Rev. Marcus Ames and Jane Vanden- 
burg Ames; was graduated from Amherst 
College in 1888, degree of B. A., 1888; 
studied history and political science in 
Columbia University, 1888-1889; Harvard 
University, 1889-1891; Universities of 
Leipsic and Heidelberg, Germany, 1894- 
1895; at Harvard held a Fellowship in 
American Constitutional Law, and re- 
ceived degrees of M. A. in 1S90. and Ph.D. 
in 1891; awarded American Historical As- 
sociation prize for a monograph on "The 
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution 
of the United States During the First 
Century of Its History"; Assistant Pro- 
fessor of History in University of Michi- 
gan and Ohio State Universities. Author: 
"State Documents on Federal Relations"; 
"The States and the United States"; "In- 
stitutional History During the Colonial 
and Revolutionary Periods"; President 
Delta Upsilon Club, of Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

AMMERMAN, Robert Scott: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Montour County; 
was born in Danville, Montour county, 
Pa., Aug. 5, 1869; was educated in the 
public schools, graduating from the Dan- 
ville High School in 1886, and the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvana Law School in 
1S91; read law with James Scarlet; was 
admitted to the bar of Montour County in 
1890, and to the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania in April, 1893; served as solicitor 
of Danville from 1891 to 1895, and from 
1898 to 1900, inclusive; was twice elected 
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serving from 1S94 to 1900; was delegate 
to several State conventions and was 
nominated a Presidential Elector in the 
Harrisburg Convention of 1900; enlisted in 
Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Third 
Brigade, N. G. Pa., May, 1884, and was 
honorably discharged a sergeant in June, 
1891; was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Danville, Pa. 

ANMON, Jacob S., Itt. D.: 

Born in 1S36 in Berks County, Pa.; 
educated in the public schools, at the 
Womelsdorf Academy and Piiilomathean 
Academy, the latter near Birdsboro, Pa.; 
studied medicine with Drs. Newcomet, 
of Stouchsburg; Schweinhard, of Pal- 
myra, and Richardson, of Philadelphia; 
graduated from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in the class of 1868; commenced 
the practice of his profession in Read- 
ing, Pa., soon thereafter, where he still 
resides. Although engaged in general 
practice, has made a study of the eye 
for a number of years. Is also engaged 
in manufacturing enterprises and in real 
estate operations. Address, Reading, Pa. 

AMiSOEN, Fred. Joel: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Military Order of Loyal Legion; Second 
Lieutenant 136th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Aug. 26, 1862; First Lieutenant April 1, 
1863; honorably mustered out May 29, 
1863; Second Lieutenant United States 
Signal Corps March 3, 1863; honorably 
mustered out Nov. 25, 1861; brevetted First 
Lieutenant United States Volunteers, 
March 13, 1865, "for gallantly maintain- 
ing his position, under great exposure, 
on James's Signal Tower, while his sta- 
tion was, for some time, deliberately can- 
nonaded by rebel batteries;" Captain 
March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meri- 
torious services during the war." Elect- 
ed May 6, 1891. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

AMSLER, Cornelius W.I 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Forest County; was 
born on a farm near Fryburg, Clarion 
County, Pa., July 3, 1849; was educated 
in the common schools and also attend- 
ed a private school at Fryburg for a 
short time; taught school two terms; 
when twenty-one years old he went to 
the oil country, where he was engaged 
as a driller and operator for fourteen 
years; in 1884 he removed to Marienville, 



Forest County, and engaged in the mer- 
cantile business, including lumbering, in 
which he is still engaged; was elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Marienville, Pa. 

AMVVEG, Frederick James, C. E.: 

Chief engineer and manager of the 
American-Hawaiian Engineering and Con- 
struction Co. ; his ancestors were of old 
Revolutionary stock; he is the great 
grandson of Theophilus Fenn, an officer 
in the American forces under Gen. Wolf 
during the Canadian campaign, and at 
the storming and capture of Quebec; 
he is also a lineal descendant of Theodore 
Sedgwick, an American Federalist, poli- 
tician and jurist, who served in the Rev- 
olutionary War, and was a delegate to 
the Continental Congress from Massachu- 
setts from 1788 to 1786; United States 
Senator, 1796 to 1799; a member of Con- 
gress, 1799 to 1S01, and Judge of Massa- 
chusetts Supreme Court, 1802 to 1813. He 
is the nephew of General John Sedgwick, 
who lost his life at Spottsylvania Court 
House, during the Civil War, and a son 
of John M. Amweg, who was Captain of 
Company I, 122d Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
was born in Harrisburg, Pa.; was gradu- 
ated from the High School at Lancaster, 
Pa., in June, 1873, and went to Philadel- 
phia to study civil engineering and archi- 
tecture; was employed in the engineer- 
ing department of the Pennsylvania rail- 
road, also by the city of Philadelphia, to 
design and take charge of the erection 
of a cantilever bridge over the Schuyl- 
kill River, on line of Market St., 1889 to 
1898; conducted an engineering and con- 
tracting business, during which time he 
had charge of many important structures 
of both a public and private nature; was 
chief engineer of the City Avenue bridge, 
and chief engineer in charge of the erec- 
tion of the New Radford bridge at Rad- 
ford, Virginia. In 1899 he was called to 
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, as chief en- 
gineer to take charge of the building and 
installing of an electric railroad at that 
place. At its completion, in 1902, he ac- 
cepted the position of chief engineer and 
manager of the American-Hawaiian En- 
gineering and Construction Company, 
Limited, having offices in Honolulu and 
San Francisco, which position he now 
holds; is a member of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the 
American Revolution. Corinthian Lodge, 
No. 368, F. & A. M., of Pennsylvania; 
Oriental Chapter, 183, Pennsylvania; 
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Honolulu, Hawaii; Aloha Temple, A. A. 
O. M. M. S. ; Honolulu Leahi Chapter No. 
2, of O. E. S., Honolulu, Hawaii; Phila- 
delphia Lodge of Perfection (14th de- 
gree); De Joinville Council (16th de- 
gree); Kilwinning Chapter, Rose Croix 
(18th degree); Honolulu Lodge No. 616 
B. P. O. Elks, Honolulu Hawaii; Im- 
proved Order of Red Men, Miantonomah 
Tribe No. 9, San Francisco, Cal., Ameri- 
can Society of Civil Engineers, and Amer- 
ican Association for the Advancement of 
Science. Address, Honolulu, H. I. 

AN CON A, John F.: 

County Controller; born in the city of 
Reading. Pa.; son of Hon S. E. Ancona; 
interested with his father in insurance 
and real estate, and also in manufactur- 
ing enterprises; active in the Democratic 
politics of Berks County; served as a 
member of the Democratic County Com- 
mittee for a number of years, and was 
then elected chairman, holding the 
office for seven terms; elected County 
Controller, which office he now holds; re- 
sided in Hamburg, Pa., for a number of 
years, where he was in the hat manu- 
facturing business; had previously been 
a resident of Washington, D. C, where he 
married Miss Sallie Flinn (deceased) ; his 
present wife is Miss Catherine Stambach, 
to whom he was married in 1890. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

ANCONA, Sydenham E.: 

Former member of Congress; born in 
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa., November 
20, 1824; removed with his parents to 
Berks County at an early age, and was 
educated in the common schools of the 
county; held a clerical position with the 
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Com- 
pany in the office of the General Superin- 
tendent, which was then in the city of 
Reading; elected to Congress at the No- 
vember electon, 1860, as a Democrat, and 
was twice re-elected, thus serving three 
terms, covering the exciting times of the 
Civil War, from 1861 to 1867; was one of 
the representatives of Congress appointed 
in 1866 to attend the funeral of Gen. 
Winfield Scott; assisted to organize the 
Reading Fire Insurance and Trust Com- 
pany, serving as Secretary and Treasurer 
for over thirty years, until the fire in- 
surance business was sold to another 
company; has since devoted much time 
and attention to traveling in the United 
States and foreign countries; interested 
in home institutions, and especially the 



fire department; President of the Hamp- 
den Fire Company from its organization; 
member of the Firemen's Union for many 
years; served also in the Reading School 
Board for a number of terms. Married 
Francisca E. Feger, May 20, 1848. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

ANDERS, S. K.: 

President of the People's National Bank 
of Norristown. Address, Norristown, 
Montgomery County, Pa. 

ANDERSON, Alexander Hopkins: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery 
Military Order of Loyal Legion; eldest son 
of Companion First Lieutenant and As- 
sistant Surgeon David M. Anderson. Pri- 
vate Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, June 25, 
189S; mustered out Aug. 22, 1899; elected 
Sept. 28, 1898; transferred from Command- 
ery of California, Feb. 10, 1900. Address, 
732 S. 21st St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ANDERSON, Benjamin Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
was born in what is now the Eleventh 
ward of Pittsburg, Dec. 31, 1855; educated 
in the public schools and attended the 
Pittsburg High School for two years; 
learned the carpentering trade with hia 
father, who carried on an extensive build- 
ing business; later, he succeeded his 
father in the business, and is now carry- 
ing on same in conjunction with his 
brother; was a member of the Washington 
Infantry for twenty years, and is now an 
honorary member; served as school direct- 
or for three years, and has always taken 
an active part in politics. Was elected to 
the House of Representatives in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

ANDERSON, David Miller: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of Loyal Legion; 
acting Medical Cadet, U. S. Army, Nov. 
27, 1862; discharged Jan. 29, 1863. First 
Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Twelfth 
United States Colored Infantry April 14, 
1864; honorably discharged May 27, 1S65. 
Elected May 3, 1893. Address, care of 
±tecorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ANDERSON, Edwin Hatfield: 

Librarian of Carnegie Library, Pitts- 
burg, since 1895; was born Zionsville, Ind., 
Sept. 27, 1861; graduated Wabash Col- 
lege, 18S3 (A. M.); spent a year at New 



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York State Library School, Albany, N. Y. ; 
cataloguer one year, Newberry Library, 
Chicago; librarian three years of Carnegie 
Free Library, Braddock, Pa., before be- 
coming first librarian of Carnegie Library, 
Pittsburg, Pa., of which he was organizer 
from the beginning; President Keystone 
State Library Association, 1901-1902; 
member of the Public Records Commis- 
sion, also of the Historical Archives Com- 
mission, of Pennsylvania, 1903 to date. 
Address, Carnegie Library, Pittsburg, Pa. 

ANDERSON, Jjtnies Baxter: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 
1859; was graduated LL. B. from the Law 
School of the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1881; also studied in the office of F. 
Carroll Brewster, and was admitted to 
the bar in 1880 before his graduation. He 
was appointed in 1887 as counsel for mer- 
cantile tax cases in Philadelphia, retain- 
ing this position till 1891. Becoming ac- 
tive in Republican politics, he represented 
the Fifth Ward of Philadelphia in the Se- 
lect Council from 1884 to 1887, and from 
1890 onward. He was a delegate to the 
National Republican Conventions of 1892, 
1S96 and 1900. Mr. Anderson is a promi- 
nent Mason, a member of the Lawyers' 
Club and "Vice President of the Athletic 
Club of Philadelphia. Address, 528 Ste- 
phen Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ANDRADE, Cipriauo: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
born in Tampico, Mexico, Sept. 1, 1840; 
appointed from Pennsylvania; Third As- 
sistant Engineer July 1, 1861; served act- 
ively in Civil and Spanish-American 
Wars; promoted Second Assistant Engi- 
neer (rank of Master) Dec. 18, 1862; 
First Assistant Engineer (rank of Lieu- 
tenant) Jan. 30, 1865; Passed Assistant 
Engineer (rank of Lieutenant) Feb. 24, 
1874; Chief Engineer (rank of Lieutenant 
Commander) Sept. 11, 18S1; Chief Engi- 
neer (rank of Commander) Sept. 12, 
1894; Chief Engineer (rank of Captain) 
Feb. 7, 189S; commissioned Captain March 
3, 1899; retired with the rank of Rear Ad-' 
miral July 1, 1901. Companion of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of 
the United States, Companion of the Mili- 
tary Order of Foreign Wars of the Unit- 
ed States, Companion of the Society of 
American Wars. Member American So- 
ciety of Naval Engineers, charter mem- 
ber of the Society of Naval Architects 
and Marine Engineers, member of the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, mem- 



ber of the American Academy of Politi- 
cal and Social Science. Address, The 
Union League, Broad and Sansom Sts., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ANDRADE, Cipriano, Jr.: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Military Order of Loyal Legion; eldest son 
of Companion Rear admiral Cipriano An- 
drade; elected May 1, 1895. Address, 516 
Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ANDREWS, F. L,.: 

President of First National Bank of 
New Bethlehem. Address, New Bethle- 
hem, Clarion County, Pa. 

ANGLE, Krainlc C.I 

Publisher and lawyer; born at Danville, 
Pa., Feb. 25, 1854; educated in Lehigh 
University, graduating in the class of 
1876. Deciding on the study of law, he 
entered the office of Thomas Galbraith, 
a prominent lawyer of Danville, and waa 
admitted to the bar of Montour County 
in 1S79. Forming a partnership with 
Thomas Scarlet, he began practice, con- 
tinuing to practice alone after the dissolu- 
tion of the partnership. In addition to 
his legal labors, which have given him 
prominence as a lawyer, Mr. Angle ia 
well known to the public as the propri- 
etor and publisher of the Danville Morn- 
ing News and of the Montour Ameri- 
can, a weekly newspaper of high stand- 
ing. He is also closely connected with 
many public enterprises in Montour Coun- 
ty. Address, Danville, Pa. 

ANTES, Voris: 

Jurist; born in Northumberland County, 
Pa.; July 8, 1856; educated in the common 
schools, Lewisburg Academy and Buck- i 
nell University; he afterward taught 
school for many years, the last six of 
which were in Sunbury, where he studied ; 
law while teaching, and gained admission 
to the bar in 1881; completing the school ' 
term of that year, he opened an office at 
Mount Carmel, and began an active prac- 
tice, while taking an earnest part in Dem- ; 
ocratic politics. He was elected District 
Attorney of Northumberland County in 
1S89 and re-elected in 1892, discharging 
his duties to the general satisfaction of 
the people. In his private practice he i 
became counsel for all the larger local 
interests and acquired a large general 
business. The Legislature having passed 
a law in 1891 giving the county two law 
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and was elected by a very large major- 
ity. Address, Mount Carmel, Pa. 

ANTRIM, Minna Thomas (Mrs.): 

Author; born Oct. 13, 1864; comes of 
old Quaker ancestry on paternal side, of 
brave patriots and famous men of letters 
on maternal side; educated at St. Mary's 
Hall, Burlington. N. J. Author: "Naked 
Truths and Veiled Allusions," "Wisdom 
of the Foolish and the Folly of the Wise" 
(last book). As a writer for young people 
is well known— "Don'ts for Girls" and 
"Don'ts for Boys,' being her best books 
in this class. A book of "Toasts," 
brought out last year, has gone into many 
editions. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

APPEL, Aaron Hirst: 

Major U. S. Army; born in and appoint- 
ed from Pennsylvania; A. B. Central 
High School, Philadelphia, 1S74, and M. 
D., Jefferson Medical College, Pennsyl- 
vania, 1878; Assistant Surgeon June 3, 
1879; Major Surgeon May 3, 1897. Ad- 
dress, Pullman Building, Chicago, 111. 

APPEL., Daniel Mitchell: 

Major, U. S. Army; born in and ap- 
pointed from Pennsylvania. A. B. and 
A. M., Central High School, Philadelphia, 
Pa., 1872 and 1877, and M. D. Jefferson 
Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1875. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

APPLETON, William Hyde: 

Professor of Greek and Early English 
at Swarthmore College; born in Port- 
land, Me., 1842; was graduated from Har- 
vard in 1864 and Harvard Law School in 
1869; member Union League Club and 
American Philosophical Society. Address, 
Swarthmore, Pa. 

ARCHER, Pierce: 

Lawyer; member of Rittenhouse and 
Merion Cricket Clubs. Residence, 2011 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ARCHIBALD, Robert Wodrow: 

U. S. District Judge, Middle District 
of Pennsylvania; born at Carbondale, Pa., 
Sept. 10, 1848; is of Scotch and New Eng- 
land ancestry; son of James Archibald 
and Agusta Frothingham, daughter of 
Major Thomas Frothingham. In 1857 
moved to Scranton, Pa.; educated in 
public schools of that city and Flushing 
Institute, Flushing, L. I.; was gradu- 
ated from Yale College in 1871; studied 
law with Hand & Post, Scranton; ad- 
mitted to practice 1873; is a Republican. 
In 1884 elected additional Law Judge, in 



1888 President Judge of Forty-fifth Judi- 
cial District of Pennsylvania; 1894, re- 
elected. In 1901, on creation of new U. 
S. Middle District of Pennsylvania, was 
appointed by President McKinley its first 
Judge. Married Jan. 21, 1875, Elizabeth 
Cannon, only daughter of late Benjamin 
Cannon of Oxford, N. Y. Address, Fed- 
eral Building, Scranton, Pa. 

ARENSBERG, Louis F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Fayette County; 
was born in what is now the Second 
Ward of Pittsburg, Oct. 11, 1842; educated 
in the schools of that city and at Uni- 
versity of Michigan; the day after Fort 
Sumter was fired on joined the Iron City 
Guards; afterward enlisted in Hampton's 
Battery, "Third Independent Battery F"; 
was engaged in several battles, being cap- 
tured by General Early in 1864 and re- 
captured shortly afterward by General 
Averill's command; served several terms 
in the City Council; practiced medicine 
in Pittsburg from the close of the war 
until 1886, when he removed to Fayette 
County, where he engaged in farming; is 
Master of County Grange and President 
of the Southwestern Penn Mutual Fire 
Association; served for a time as school 
director; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in 1900 and re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, Connellsville, 
Pa. 

ARMSBY, Henry Prentiss: 

Director Pennsylvania Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station since 1887; born North- 
bridge, Mass., Sept. 21, 1853; was gradu- 
ated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 
1871 (Ph.D., Yale, 1879); married Oct. 15. 
1878. Lucy A. Harding; instructor in 
chemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Insti- 
tute, 1871-72; teacher, Fitchburg, Mass., 
High School, 1874-75; assistant in chem- 
istry, Rutgers College, 1876-77; chemist to 
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion 1877-81; Vice President Storrs' Ag- 
ricultural School, 1881-83; Professor of 
Agricultural Chemistry, University of 
Wisconsin, 1883-1887; chairman Commit- 
tee on Experiment Station Exhibit, 
World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, 
and Paris Exposition, 1900; member Com- 
mittee on Dairy Tests, same; President 
Association American Agricultural Col- 
leges and Experiment Stations, 1898-99. 
Author, "Manual of Cattle Feeding," 1880; 
"Principles of Animal Nutrition," 1903. 
Address, State College, Centre County, Pa. 



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ARMOR, William Crawford: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Military Order of Loyal Legion; Corporal 
28th Pennsylvania Infantry June 28, 1861; 
Sergeant July — , 1S61; First Sergeant 
Sept. 20, 1862; discharged for promotion 
Dec. 6, 1863; First Lieutenant 28th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Dec. 7, 1S63; Captain 
Jan. 18, 1865; honorably mustered out 
July 18, 1865; brevetted Major U. S. Vol- 
unteers March 13, 1S65, "for gallant and 
meritorious services during the recent 
campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas"; 
elected May 6. 1891. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ARMSTRONG, Francis: 

Operator in coal mining; was born 
in Crosscavanagh, County Tyrone, 
Ireland, on May 19, 1844. Francis Arm- 
strong arrived in America at an early 
age, and, after receiving a common 
school education, he entered the employ 
of his uncle, Charles Armstrong, who 
was extensively engaged in general con- 
tracting and was also interested in the 
coal business in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1868 
he branched out as a general contractor, 
in the city of Pittsburg, and achieved 
success from the start, and in the year 
1873 he entered the field of coal mining, 
and soon thereafter became proprietor of 
the Summer Hill Mines, in the Pittsburg 
district; he subsequently became inter- 
ested in and was made President of the 
National Mines, located on the line of 
the Pan-Handle Railroad. For several 
years Mr. Armstrong conducted a num- 
ber of coal yards in Pittsburg, re- 
maining also in the mining business un- 
til the formation of the Pittsburg Coal 
Company, to which corporation he, in the 
year 1899, sold his entire mining interests, 
realizing therefrom a fortune; was mar- 
ried at Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Cora M. 
Osan of Shilo, Ohio, and is the father 
of four children — Charles H. O., Francis 
D. O., Chauncey B. O. and Catharine A. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

ARMSTRONG, Joseph G.: 

Manufacturer; born Allegheny, in 1867; 
and when quite young moved with his 
parents to Pittsburg, on the South Side, 
where he has resided for the past thirty 
years; educated in the city's public 
schools, and at the age of sixteen years 
became apprentice with the J. A. Cham- 
bers Window Glass Company to learn the 
window glass blowing trade. After serv- 



ing his apprenticeship, in 1S87 he joined 
the Window Glass Blowers' Association, 
and took care of the association's inter- 
ests in settling disputes and troubles 
arising between the workmen and manu- 
facturers. In 1S98 he became a candidate 
for Common Council, subject to the de- 
cision of the Republican primaries, and 
has been elected three consecutive times 
to represent his ward in that branch; 
was elected to Select Council, by almost 
a unanimous vote, March, 1904; was nom- 
inated by the Republicans for Coroner. 
Address, 919 Carson St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

ARMSTRONG, Tlieoiiore: 

President and manufacturer; born in 
New York City in 1S44; enlisted in the 
Volunteer Army in 1861 and served in 
the ranks till 1864; after leaving the 
army he became an auditing clerk in 
the Internal Revenue Office in Philadel- 
phia, and in the autumn of 1865 entered 
the service of the Pennsylvania Salt 
Manufacturing Company; in 1866 he was 
made chief accountant at the company's 
factory, at Natrona, Pa., where he spent 
seven years mastering the details of the 
chemical processes employed; he was 
appointed auditor to the company in 1873 
and transferred to Philadelphia; here his 
thorough knowledge of the business 
proved so successful that he was soon 
elected Secretary; then in succession 
Treasurer, Vice President and President. 
The latter office he has since retained, 
and in it has succeeded in remarkably 
systematizing the company's operations ' 
and modernizing its methods. He is a 
member of the Union League, the Manu- 
facturers' Club, the Historical Society, 
and various other associations of the 
Quaker City. Address, 1312 N. Broad St., ' 

Philadelphia, Pa. 

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\R\ER, Leslie P.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Clarion County; was 
born in Charleston, S. C, Sept. 5, 1854; 
removed to Rimersburg, Clarion County, 
Pa., in 1862, where he now resides; was 
educated in the common schools and 
Clarion Collegiate Institute; clerked in 
his father's dry goods store for several 
years, and was subsequently manager of 
same; in 1890 he entered into a partner- 
ship with his brother, and, together, they 
purchased their father's business, which 
they are still conducting; was appointed 
postmaster at Rimersburg in 1886, and re- 
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ditor in 1890; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Rimersburg, Pa. 

ARNOLD, Herbert A., M. D.: 

Born in Norristown, Pa., Aug. 4, 1857; 
was graduated from Norristown High 
School June 16, 1873; was graduated from 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
March 12, 1878, and continued practice 
ever since; member Alumni Association, 
Jefferson Medical College; Philadelphia 
Medical Club; Montgomery County Med- 
ical Society (President in 18S7), Ameri- 
can Medical Association, Association of 
Military Surgeons of the United States 
(Treasurer since 1899), Board of Censors 
of Medico-Chirurgical College of Phila- 
delphia, Surgeon of Squadron of Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer Cavalry during Span- 
ish-American War; now Major and Sur- 
geon Sixth Regiment Infantry, N. G. P.; 
Pennsylvania Society Sons of Revolution, 
Past Master of Masonic Lodge, Past High 
Priest Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, 
Past Grand of Odd Fellows' Lodge, 
Vice President Merion Title and Trust 
Company of Ardmore, Trustee of Mont- 
gomery Chapter of Masons, Director of 
Lower Meron Building and Loan Asso- 
ciation, Director Merion Hall Associa- 
tion, medical examiner for a number of 
life insurance companies; has contributed 
numerous articles to medical journals. 
Married April 22, 1880, A. Louisa Harley. 
Address, Ardmore, Pa. 

ARNOLD, William A.: 

Capitalist; born in Reading, Pa., in 
1836, and educated in the schools of his 
native place; succeeded his father in the 
manufacture of wool hats, in which he 
was engaged for over twenty years, and 
amassed a fortune; has since devoted 
his attention to his investments and 
operations in real estate; was President 
of the Reading Fire Insurance Company 
for a number of years, and a Director 
in the Farmers' National Bank. "When 
the Reading Savings Bank suspended in 
1877, with liabilities of nearly $1,000,000, 
he was appointed assignee and success- 
fully wound up the affairs of the institu- 
tion. He was married to Ellen L. Rick. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

ARTMAN. Enos Reeser: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Military Order of Loyal Legion; Second 
Lieutenant 104th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Sept. 17, 1861; First Lieutenant Dec. 24, 



1S61; resigned and honorably discharged 
to accept appointment under Provost 
Marshal General May 27, 1863; Captain 
213th Pennsylvania Infantry Feb. 28, 1865; 
Major March 4, 1865; honorably mustered 
out Nov. 18, 1865; elected Oct. 20, 18S6. 
Residence, 2012 Walnut St.; office address, 
714 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

AS BLR V, T. Henry: 

Machine manufacturer; born in Bir- 
mingham, England, Oct. 19, 1838; ended 
his schooling at the age of eight and be- 
came employed by a silversmith, a gun- 
lock maker, a gun finisher, a machinist, 
etc.; he came to Philadelphia in 1S56 and 
began work in a machine shop, from 
which he passed to Sharp's rifle factory 
and other establishments, entering Henry 
Disston's works in 1861 to make cavalry 
bridle bits; here he soon became foreman 
of the machine department. In 1865 Mr. 
Asbury began business for himself in an 
attic room, and soon, with John G. Baker 
as partner, opened a small jobbing ma- 
chine shop; this modest venture has 
grown into the extensive Enterprise Man- 
ufacturing Company, one of the best 
known concerns of its kind in the coun- 
try, (since 1S70 he has been President of 
the company, the patented hardware 
specialties of which are sold throughout 
the world. Mr. Asbury is connected with 
other successful concerns, including land, 
canal and heat and power companies, 
and is a director of the Manufacturers' 
Club. Address, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

ASHBRIDGE, Samuel H.: 

Ex-Mayor of Philadelphia; born De- 
cember. 1S49, at Philadelphia, Pa.; edu- 
cated in public schools, he entered mer- 
cantile life as clerk in coal office; later 
he was engaged in the coal business for 
himself; from 1880 to 1886 he held posi- 
tion as chief clerk in Coroners' Office, and 
the office of Coroner from 1SS6 to 1899; he 
was elected Mayor of Philadelphia Febru- 
ary, 1899, by 120,000 mapority, the largest 
ever before given a candidate for that 
office; he was given the Decorated Order, 
Third Class, Red Eagle, by Emperor of 
Germany in 1902. Address, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

ASHBROOK, Joseph: 

Insurance manager of the Provident 
Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, 
Pa.; he was born in Philadelphia, Au- 
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entered the office of a firm of stock- 
brokers. During the Civil War he en- 
listed in the USth Pennsylvania Regiment 
and served throughout the conflict; short- 
ly after entering the service in 1S62 he 
was severely wounded, and soon there- 
after received a commission; was brevet- 
ted Major for gallant services in the 
Wilderness campaign, subsequently as 
Ordnance Officer of the Staff of General 
Griffin, commanding the First Division, 
Fifth Army Corps; was detailed to re- 
ceive the arms and ammunition sur- 
rendered by the Army of Northern Vir- 
ginia at Appomattox Court House in 
April, 1S65; soon after the close of the 
war he became superintendent of agen- 
cies for the Provident Life and Trust 
Company, and was appointed manager 
of its insurance department in 1SS1. Ad- 
dress, 3614 Baring St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ASHBROOK, William Sinclair: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Military Order of Loyal Legion; eldest son 
of Companion Brevet Major Joseph Ash- 
brook; elected Feb. 3, 1S92. Residence, 
3614 Baring St.; office address, 409 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ASHCRAFT, Leon Thomas, A. M.', 
M. D.: 

Born Nov. 4, 1S66, Philadelphia. Pa.; 
he was graduated in 18S3 from Rugby 
Academy, Philadelphia, Pa.; Ph. B. in 
1SS7; A. M. in 1890 from Dickinson Col- 
lege; was graduated from Hahnemann 
Medical College, Philadelphia, M. D. in 
1890; Lecturer on Genito-Urinary Dis- 
eases, Hahnemann Medical College. Phil- 
adelphia; Clinical Chief, Genito-Urinary 
Section. Residence, University Club, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ASHMAN, William BT.t 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia and edu- 
cated in its public schools, graduating 
from the High School in 1850; he began 
his business career in a mercantile estab- 
lishment, but left this to study law, and 
was admitted to the Philadelphia bar 
in 1S57. During the Civil War he served 
as Solicitor for the United States Sani- 
tary Commission, and at a later date 
became Assistant City Solicitor of Phila- 
delphia, his services in which .post were 
so useful and creditable that in 1878 he 
was appointed a Judge of the Orphans' 
Court; elected to this post the same year, 
he still occupies it with great credit and 
ability. An eloquent orator, there are 



few more popular speeakers in the State, 
while he has ably contributed to the lit- 
erature of his profession. In recognition 
of his standing, the Pennsylvania College 
at Gettysburg conferred on Judge Ash- 
man the degree of LL. D. Address, 4400 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ASHHEAD, Henry Graham: 

Author and playwright; born in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., June 30, 1838; married, first, 
Bebecca Francis Warner, daughter of 
Capt. Richard W. Warner of Alexandria, 
Va. ; second, Emma Campbell, daughter 
of James and Angelina (Garsed) Camp- 
bell; was educated at West Chester Acad- 
emy and Saunder's Institute, Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; was admitted to the bar of 
New York Nov. 29. 1859; bar of Dela- 
ware County, Pa., Feb. 23, 1S75. Author: 
History of Delaware County in Eagle's 
"History of Pennsylvania," 1874; in 1882 
was Corresponding Secretary of Bi-cen- 
tennial Association of Chester, Pa.; "His- 
torical Sketches of Chester," 1S83; "His- 
tory of Delaware County, Pa," 1884; 
"Chester and Its Suburbs," 1S86; "Art 
Work of Delaware County," 1897; "Gene- 
alogical Sketch of the Descendants of 
Robert and Phoebe (Delany) Wetherill," 
1902; "Souvenir History of Chester," 1903; 
and the same year was associate editor 
of "Pennsylvania — Colonial and Federal"; 
"History of the Delaware County Nation- 
al Bank," and the "Story of Lapidea 
Farm," now in course of publication; now 
editing "Genealogical and Personal Me- 
moirs of Chester and Delaware Coun- 
ties." soon to be published. Original 
plays: "Mistress Nancy," "The Captain's 
Ward," "Miss De Courcy." "A Hallow 
E'en Tangle," " The Matchmakers," 
"The Silent Witness," 1903-1904. In 1885 
President Cleveland appointed him Post- 
master of the city of Chester. He was 
one of the original organizers of the 
Delaware County Historical Society in 
1895, and has been the Secretary since 
its institution. Address, Chester, Pa. 

ASHMEAD, Lehman P.: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia; the 
great-grandson of two Revolutionary 
officers, Capt. John Ashmead and Sur- 
geon George Lehman, both of whom were 
taken prisoners and confined in Dartmoor 
Prison. England. After holding some 
youthful positions, Mr. Ashmead was ap- 
pointed Midshipman in the Navy in 1841 
by President Tyler, and .served for several 
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Princeton and Cumberland; resigning 
from the Navy, he settled in New Bed- 
ford, Mass., where he married and re- 
sided about fifteen years, engaged in the 
whaling and other lines of business and 
being a member of the City Council. 
When the Civil War began he went to 
West Virginia, where he engaged largely 
in the coal business; he offered his serv- 
ices to the Navy, and in 1862 took part 
in organizing a Philadelphia regiment, 
and marched in the ranks of the Gray 
Reserves to the battle-ground of Antie- 
tam; after the war he organized the Rich- 
mond Granite Company, introducing Vir- 
ginia granite to the Philadelphia market; 
the pedestal of the statue of Washington 
in front of Independence Hall was cut in 
his quarries by Virginia stone dressers 
(ex-Confederate soldiers). President 

oohnson appointed him Naval Officer at 
Philadelphia in 1868, but the Senate did 
not confirm the appointment; he was an 
active member of the Executive Commit- 
tee of the first Citizens' Municipal Re- 
form Association of Philadelphia, and in 
1SS8 took part in establishing a Refuge 
Station for shipwrecked whalemen at 
Point Barrow, Arctic Ocean. Address, S. 
Eleventh, corner Walnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

ASHMEAD, William Harris: 

Son of Capt. Albert S. and Elizabeth 
(Graham) Ashmead; was born Sept. 19, 
1855, at Philadelphia, Pa. ; since July, 
1897, he has been Assistant Curator of the 
division of insects at the United States 
National Museum; he received his edu- 
cation at private and public schools; in 
1901 he received the degree of A. M. at 
the Florida Agricultural College; in 1903, 
the degree of D. Sc. from Western Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. In 1878 he 
married Harriet Holmes, of Philadel- 
phia; was employed by the Lippincott 
Publishing Company of Philadelphia. In 
1876 he went to Jacksonville, Fla., and 
there, with his brother, established him- 
self as publisher of agricultural books, an 
agricultural weekly, ana later of a daily 
paper; he edited the scientific department 
of his weekly paper, devoting himself 
chiefly to investigations of injurious in- 
sects. In 1887 he was special field en- 
tomologist of United States Department 
of Agriculture; in 1888 he was entomolo- 
gist of State Agricultural College at Lake 
City, Fla; assistant entomologist and in- 
vestigator of United States Department 
of Agriculture. During the winter of 1899- 



1900 he took up special studies in Ber- 
lin; then returned to Department of Agri- 
culture; is Fellow of American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science; Cor- 
respondent Member of American Entom- 
ologists' Society of Philadelphia; Vice 
President of the Washington Biological 
Society; in 1894 President of the Cam- 
bridge Entomological Society; 1894-1895 
President of the Washington Entomolig- 
ical Society; in 1898 and 1903 Vice Presi- 
dent of Washington Academy of Sciences; 
Vice President of Association of Econom- 
ic Entomologists. He is author of various 
works, among which are: "Orange In- 
sects," which is a treatise on beneficial 
and injurious insects of Florida; "Mono- 
graph of the North American Proctotry- 
phidae"; also made 240 contributions to 
entomological magazines, journals and 
proceedings of scientific societies. Office, 
United States National Museum, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

ASHTON, William Easterly: 

Physician; son of Samuel Keen and 
Caroline M. (Smiley) Ashton; born June 
5, 1859, at Philadelphia, Pa; he was grad- 
uated from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, where he took his degree of M. A. 
in 1881; married Alice E. Rosengarten 
Oct. 5, 1891, at Philadelphia, Pa.; he is 
Professor of Gynecology in the Medico- 
Chirurg. College. Address, 2011 Walnut 
St,, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ASHURST, John: 

Librarian; born in Philadelphia Dec. 31, 
1865, being the third in succession of his 
name; preparing for college at the Epis- 
copal Academy of Philadelphia, he entered 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, 
and while there was President of the 
Sketch Club and a number of other col- 
lege associations and of the editorial 
staff of the University Magazine. Leav- 
ing the University during his senior year, 
he entered the service of the Philadel- 
phia and Reading Railroad Company; in 
1891 joined the construction department 
of the Western Maryland Railroad, and 
afterward entered the works of the Mary- 
land Steel Company. His service as 
a librarian began in 1895 in connec- 
tion with the West Philadelphia branch 
of the Philadelphia Public Library, 
of which institution he was made 
Assistant Librarian in 1899; in 1900 he 
was elected Librarian of the Mercantile 
Library of Philadelphia, and quickly did 
much in the work of restoring this mori- 






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bund institution to public favor. He is 
a member of the University Club and of 
the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and 
Secretary of the Philobiblion Club. Ad- 
dress, 2000 De Lancey Place, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

ASHHURST, Richard Lewis: 

Lawyer; eldest son of John and Harriet 
Eyre Ashhurst and grandson of Manuel 
Eyre, all of Philadelphia; was born at 
Naples, Italy, where his parents were 
sojourning-, Feb. 5, 1838; was graduated 
with highest honors from the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1S56, delivering the 
Greek salutatory oration; studied law 
with Hon. W. M. Meredith; was admitted 
to the Philadelphia bar in June, 1859, and 
has been engaged in the practice of law 
in that city since that time (except dur- 
ing his service in the United States Vol- 
unteers during the Civil War) ; married 
May 30, 1861, Sarah, daughter of Prof. 
John Fries Frazer of the University of 
Pennsylvania; entered the Army of the 
Union as Adjutant of the 150th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Aug. 11, 1862, 
and served in the Army of the Potomac 
until his honorable discharge for wounds 
received at Gettysburg Sept. 5, 1863; was 
brevetted Captain for meritorious services 
at Chancellorsville and Major United 
States Volunteers for distinguished gal- 
lantry at Gettysburg. He is the author 
of a "Biography of "William Morris Mere- 
dith," "Contemporary Evidences of 
Shakespeare's Identity," and other 
pamphlets and articles on Shakespearean 
and military subjects. He is a member 
of the Phi Beta Kappa, the American 
Philosophical Society, Pennsylvania His- 
torical Society, Loyal Legion, Sons of 
the Revolution, Pennsylvania Bar Asso- 
ciation; he is Vice Dean of the Shake- 
speare Society of Philadelphia and Vice 
President of the Philadelphia Law Asso- 
ciation. He has always been a Republi- 
can in politics, but has never been a 
candidate for any office. Residence, 321 
S. Eleventh St.; office, 225 S. Sixth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ASHWORTH. Daniel: 

Mechanical engineer; was born in Lan- 
cashire, England, Sept. 28, 1842, and came 
to this country at an early age; attended 
the public schools of Pittsburg, and 
served an apprenticeship as designer of 
molds in the glass works of J. B. Lyon 
& Co.; served in the Civil War in Com- 
pany E, 123rd Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 



fantry. For a time he engaged in the 
manufacture of large guns in the famous 
Fort Pitt gun works at Pittsburg. In 
1864 was commissioned engineer in the 
United States Navy and served with the 
Potomac flotilla and with the North At- 
lantic Squadron; for five years after the 
Civil War he worked as master mechanic 
and designer for glass works at Port- 
land, Me., and Boston, and in 1873 ac- 
cepted a position for ten years with the 
Hemingway Glass Company, of Coving- 
ton, Ky. ; became superintendent of the 
Lane & Bodley Company's engineering 
department at Cincinnati, remaining there 
two years, and then becoming a consult- 
ing engineer. In 18S4 returned to Pitts- 
burg, where he has done consulting work 
much of the time with the Carnegie 
Steel Company. Mr. Ashworth is a mem- 
ber of the American Society of Mechan- 
ical Engineers, Engineers' Society of 
Western Pennsylvania and the National 
Association of Steam Engineers. He was 
one of the charter members of the Grand 
Army in Kentucky. He is prominent in 
Masonic and G. A. R. circles in Pitts- 
burg. Address, Park Building, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

ATHERTOJi, Thomas Henry: 

Lawyer; was born in Wyoming, Lu- 
zerne County, Pa., July 14, 1853. His 
original name was Thomas Atherton 
Henry, but, for family reasons, it was 
changed in 1S71, by act of Legislature, 
to Thomas Henry Atherton. He obtained 
his education at Wyoming Institute and 
Princeton College, graduating from the 
latter with the class of 1874; on leaving 
college he began the study of law, his 
preceptor being Charles E. Rice, now 
President Judge of the Supreme Court, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1876. For 
fourteen years he was in partnership with 
Allan H. Dickson, but since 1S92 has 
been in practice alone, his legal business 
being largely in the line of estate and 
corporation law; he is attorney, for the 
Temple Iron Co., West End Coal Co., 
Webster Coal and Coke Co., and the 
Vulcan Iron Works, being a director of 
the last-named firm, and also of the 
People's Bank, the Second National Bank 
of Wilkesbarre and other organizations, 
and counsel for the Wilkesbarre Bridge 
Co. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

ATKINSON, Edward M.: 

President of West Alexander National 
Bank. Address, West Alexander, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. 



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ATKINSON, Lawrence M.: 

Lawyer; born in Hawley, Pa., May 5, 
1874; educated at the Hawley High 
School, graduated at Phillips Academy, 
Exeter, N. H, in 1893, and from the 
Law School of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, Philadelphia, in 1897; admitted to 
the Philadelphia bar, and bar of "Wayne 
County, 1897; is a successful practitioner 
in Honesdale; member of Masonic Lodge 
and Anthony Wayne Chapter, R. A. M. ; 
elected district Attorney of Wayne 
County, serving from 1900 to 1903. Ad- 
dress, Hawley, Pa. 

ATKINSON, Lot: 

President of First National Bank of 
Hawley. Address, Hawley, Wayne 

County, Pa. 

ATKINSON, Lotiis E.: 

Surgeon and lawyer; born near Thomp- 
sontown, Juniata County, Pa., April 16, 
1841; educated in the Medical Depart- 
ment of the University of the City of 
New York, graduating in 1861; returning 
to Pennsylvania, he passed an examina- 
tion for Assistant Surgeon of Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, but was refused a 
commission as not yet of age; in Septem- 
ber, 1S61, he enlisted in the Army as 
Hospital Steward and began duty in the 
General Hospital at Baltimore. In Jan- 
uary, 1863, he was promoted to Assistant 
Surgeon and assigned to the First Regi- 
ment of Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, 
serving with it until September, 1864, 
when the term of the regiment expired; 
he was afterward promoted Hurgeon and 
assigned to the ISSth Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteers, being mustered out in December, 
1865; rheumatism, contracted in Army 
service, leaving him permanently lame 
and incapable of attending to medical 
practice, he studied law, and was admit- 
ted to the bar of Juniata County in 1870, 
since which date he has been in active 
practice; he was elected to Congress in 
1882 and served for ten years, being five 
times re-elected; since 1893 he has been 
entirely engaged in his profession; he is 
Director of the Miffiintown and Patterson 
Water Companies, President of the Juni- 
ata Valley National Bank, Vice President 
of the First National Bank of New 
Bloomfield, and Solicitor of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company for the district; 
he was appointed Judge of the Forty- 
first District in 1901 by Governor Stone, 
his term expiring in 1902; he is a member 
and was the first commander of the 



David H. Wilson Post, Grand Army of 
the Republic. Address Miffiintown, Pa. 

ATKINSON, William B.: 

Physician; born in Haverford Township, 
Delaware County, Pa., June 21, 1832; was 
educated in the public schools of Phila- 
delphia, receiving the degree of A. B. in 
1850, from the Central High School, and 
the degree of A. M. in 1855; was gradu- 
ated M. D. at Jefferson Medical College in 
1853; Secretary and President of the 
Northern Medical Association, also of the 
Philadelphia County Medical Society; 
Permanent Secretary of the Medical So- 
ciety of the State of Pennsylvania, and of 
the American Medical Association, each 
for over thirty years; lectured on "Dis- 
eases of Women and Obstetrics" in 1857; 
assistant professor of these branches in 
the Pennsylvania College; entered the 
United States Army as Surgeon, serving 
till near the close of the war; lectured 
several years on diseases of children in 
the auxiliary faculty of the Jefferson 
Medical College; then elected Professor 
of Sanitary Science and Diseases of 
Children in the Medico-Chirurgical College 
of Philadelphia; now Honorary Professor 
of same. Edited the Medical and Surgi- 
cal Reporter; at present owner and editor 
of Public Health. Author: "Hints in 
the Obstetric Procedure," "Therapeutics 
of Gynecology and Obstetrics"; edited 
"The Physicians and Surgeons of the 
United States," etc. Address, 1400 Pine 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ATKINSON, Wilmer: 

Journalist; son of Thomas and Hannah 
(Quinby) Atkinson; was born June 13, 
1840, at Warwick Township, Bucks 
County, Pa.; he was graduated from the 
Freeland Seminary, Montgomery County, 
Pa.; he married Anna Allen, Nov. 28, 1866, 
at Philadelphia; with Howard M. Jenkins, 
he started the first daily paper in the 
State of Delaware, also the Wilmington 
Daily Commercial, and continued to pub- 
lish them for ten years; in 1877 he 
founded the Farm Journal in Philadelphia, 
which he still publishes; he is also inter- 
ested in farming. Address, 4109 Locust 
St.; office, 1024 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ATWOOD, J. A.: 

Chief Engineer of the Pittsburg & Lake 
Erie Railroad; was born in Chatham, 
Mass., 1851, and in 1878 was graduated 
from the engineering department of the 
New York University; entered the railway 



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service, and has since had varied and val- 
uable experience in this work; was first 
employed by the New York Elevated Rail- 
way, as transit man, next as rodman and 
leveler by the Elizabeth City & Norfolk 
Railroad; then draughtsman in the engin- 
eering department of the West Shore Rail- 
road; was Chief Engineer for the Tenth 
Avenue Cable Railway of New York, 
and then Assistant Engineer for the 
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; from 
1SS9 to 1S96 Mr. Atwood was Engineer 
of Construction for the Pittsburg & Lake 
Erie, which was then rebuilt and equipped 
as one of the model railroads of the 
world; since 1S96 Mr. Atwood has been 
Chief Engineer of the Pittsburg & Lake 
Erie; member of the A. S. of C. E. and 
the E. S. of W. Pa. Address, Philadel- 
phia & Lake Erie Railroad Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

ATIDESRIED, Charles Yoiniis: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 
1S63; son of John T. Audenried, a suc- 
cessful merchant and coal mine operator; 
educated at Rugby Academy and Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, graduating from 
the Department of Arts in 1883 and the 
Law School in 18S6, when he was admit- 
ted to the bar; he served as Secretary 
and Treasurer of the Macungie Iron Com- 
pany from 1887 till it dissolved, in 1896; 
he represented the Eighth Ward of Phila- 
delphia in the Common Council from 1S91 
to 1804, and in the Select Council from 
1S94 to 1S96, when he resigned to accept 
an appointment as Judge in the Common 
Pleas Court No. 4 of Philadelphia; 1897, 
he was elected for the full term of ten 
years; is a member of the Philadelphia 
Country Club, and one of the Vice Pro- 
vosts of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. 
Address, 1827 De Lancy PI., Philadelphia. 

AUL.TMAN, DwigrUt Edward: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, June 17, 1890; Second 
Lieutenant, Fourth Cavalry, June 12, 1894; 
transferred to Second Artillery, Sept. 13, 
1894; First Lieutenant, March 2, 1899; 
Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901; Captain July 
1, 1901. Address, Havana, Cuba. 

AUMAN, William.: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
private B, Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 18 to July 29, 1861; Cor- 
poral and Sergeant, G, Forty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 9, 1S61, to 



July 23. 1864; Second Lieutenant, Forty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, July 24, 
1864; First Lieutenant, Sept. 12, 1864; 
Captain, June 4, 1865; Brevet Captain 
Volunteers, April 2, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious service before Petersburg, 
Va. ; honorably mustered out, July 17, 
1865; Second Lieutenant, Thirteenth In- 
fantry. May 11, 1866; First Lieutenant, 
Oct. 5, 1S67; Regimental Quartermaster, 
Jan. 1, 1870, to Aug. 1, 1871; Captain, 
March 26. 1879; Major, April 26, 1898; 
Lieutenant Colonel Twenty-first Infantry, 
Sept. 7, 1900; transferred to Thirteenth In- 
fantry, March 11. 1901; Colonel Twenty- 
ninth Infantry, Oct. 16. 1901; Brigadier 
General, April 16, 1902: retired, May 10, 
1902. Address, 115 Bidwell Parkway, Buf- 
falo. N. Y. 

A I STIN, Howard: 

Editor; born Oct. 9, 1851, in Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; son of Collins and Anna E. 
Austin; educated at public schools in 
Philadelphia, also by private tutors; he 
married Ida R. Gillespie, June 29, 1882, 
at Philadelphia; from early manhood he 
contributed to magazines and periodicals; 
he was, from 1877 to 1901, Commercial 
Editor of the Philadelphia Record; from 
1901 to 1902, Assistant Managing Editor 
of the same paper, and since 1902 has 
been Managing Editor; since 1878 he has 
been Secretary of the Philadelphia Pro- 
duce Exchange. Residence, 1902 North 
22nd St.; office. 917 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia. 
AVERY, Racliel Foster: 

Reformer; daughter of J. Heron Foster; 
born Dec. 30, 1858, at Pittsburg; she was 
educated at Philadelphia, also studied in 
Europe; at the University of Zurich she 
studied Political Economy; November, 
1888, she married Cyrus Miller Avery; 
from her girlhood she was active in the 
Woman Suffrage movement, and was 
given charge of many conventions; also 
the Nebraska campaign; for more than 
twenty years she was Corresponding Sec- 
retary for the National Suffrage Associa- 
tion. Address, 4069 Powelton Ave., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

AVERY, Robert: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
New York; Captain 102nd New York In- 
fantry, Dec. 17, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel, 
Jan. i, 1S63; honorably mustered out June 
27, 1S64; Major Veteran Reserve Corps, 
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Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant 
and meritorious service in the battle of 
Chancellorsville, Va.; Colonel and Briga- 
dier General Volunteers, March 13, 1865, 
for gallant and meritorious service in the 
battle of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.; 
Major General Volunteers, March 13, 1865, 
for gallant and meritorious service; hon- 
orably mustered out, April 17, 1867; First 
Lieutenant, Forty-fourth Infantry, July 
2S, 1S66; retired, with rank of Lieutenant 
Colonel, Dec. 31, 1S70; Brevet Captain, 
March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious 
service in battle of Chancellorsville, Va., 
and Major, March 2, 1867, for gallant and 
meritorious service in the battle of Look- 
out Mountain, Tenn. Address, 98 Second 
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

AWL, Francis Asbury, Jr.: 

Member Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Military Order Loyal Legion; nephew of 
deceased Companion Col. John W. Awl; 
Second Lieutenant, Sixth United States 
Infantry, Jan 22, 1900; First Lieutenant, 
Sept. 24, 1901; elected May 1, 1901. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

AVER, F. W.: 

Advertising agent; born in Lee, Mass., 
1848; educated in Western New York 
schools; started in the advertising busi- 
ness in 1869 at Philadelphia in associa- 
tion with his father, under the firm name 
of N. W. Ayer & Son; upon the death of 
the latter in 1S73, Mr. Ayer became head 
of the firm, which, under his manage- 
ment, soon became — and has since re- 
mained — the leading advertising agency 
in the world, the yearly aggregate of 
their payments to publishers now ex- 
ceeding four million dollars. Mr. Ayer, 
in addition to conducting this large ad- 
vertising business, is President of the 
Merchants' National Bank, one of the 
largest among the Philadelphia National 
Banks; he is also senior partner of the 
firm of Ayer & McKinney, who have a 
large stock farm in New York State. Mr. 
Ayer finds time to act as Superintendent 
of the Sunday-school connected with the 
North Baptist Church in Camden, N. J., 
and is besides a director in large banking 
and commercial institutions. Home ad- 
dress. Camden, N. J.; office address, 300 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

AYRES, Clianncey Percival: 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 



eldest son of Companion Chief Engineer 
S. L. P. Ayres; elected May 6, 1891. Ad- 
dress, 1420 Master St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

AYRES, Robert: 

Member Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
private, United States Engineers, Dec. 20, 
1S55; Artificer, Dec. 20, 1857; Corporal, 
Dec. 1, 1859; Sergeant, July 1, 1861; First 
Sergeant, July 12, 1862; discharged for 
promotion, Dec. 19, 1862; Second Lieuten- 
ant, Nineteenth United States Infantry, 
Nov. 29, 1862; First Lieutenant, Nov. 25, 
1863; Captain, July 28, 1866; honorably 
mustered out, Jan. 1, 1871; brevetted 
Captain United States Army, Nov. 25, 
1S63, for gallant and meritorious services 
at the battles of Chickamauga, Ga., and 
Mission Ridge, Tenn.; elected Oct. 16, 
1899. Address, care of the Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

AYRES, Samuel L,. P.: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Connecticut; entered the service 
from Connecticut as Third Assistant En- 
gineer, July 21, 1858; frigate Roanoke, 
flagship Home Squadron, 1858-1860; special 
duty, Navy Yard, New York, 1860-1861; 
promoted to Second Assistant Engineer, 
Jan. 17, 1861; steamer Michigan, Lake 
Service, 1861; steam sloop Pensacola, 
West Gulf Squadron, 1861-1863; partici- 
pated in the engagement with the bat- 
teries on the passage down the Potomac, 
the bombardment and passage of Fort 
Jackson and St. Philip, Chalmette bat- 
teries, and the capture of New Orleans. 
Promoted to First Assistant Engineer, 
April 21, 1863; gunboat Nipsic, South At- 
lantic Blockading Squadron, 1863-1866; 
Juniata, Brazil Station, 1866-1867; Navy 
Yard, Portsmouth, N. H, 1867-1870; pro- 
moted to Chief Engineer, March 21, 1870; 
Shenandoah, European Station, 1870- 
1873; Inspector of Machinery, Navy Yard, 
Norfolk, Va., 1873-1874; member of the 
Examining Board of Engineers, 1874-1876; 
Brooklyn, North Atlantic Squadron, 1876; 
Alliance, European Station, 1877-1879; 
member of the Examining Board of En- 
gineers, 1880-1884; Inspector of Machinery 
for the new cruisers, Chester, Pa., 1885; 
Fleet Engineer, Asiatic Squadron, 1886- 
1889; senior member of the Board of En- 
gineers for trial of cruiser Baltimore, 
1889; member of the Board of Examining 
Engineers, 1889-1891; Navy Yard, New 
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gineer Examining Board, august, 1S95; 
President Naval Engineer Examining 
Board, June, 1S96, to date of retirement, 
July, 1897, Companion of the Military- 
Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 1420 
Master St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

B 

BABBITT, James A., M. 13.: 

Born in Waitsfield, Vt., Oct. 22, 1S69; 
educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, 
Mass.; Yale University, degree B. A., 1893; 
Haverford College, degree A. M., 1S96; 
University of Pennsylvania, medical de- 
partment, degree M. D., 1898; Secretary 
of Society of College Gymnasium Direct- 
ors; Physical Director and Associate Pro- 
fessor of Physiology, Haverford College, 
Haverford, Pa.; Clinical Assistant Nose 
and Throat Department Polyclinic Hospi- 
tal, Philadelphia, and Ear Clinic, Out- 
patient Department of Pennsylvania Hos- 
pital; member Philadelphia Medical Club, 
Philadelphia Medical Alumni Society, 
Philadelphia County Medical Society, Wil- 
liam Pepper Medical Society, American 
Society for Research in Physical Educa- 
tion, Chautauqua County Medical Society. 
Member University Club, Merion Club. 
Address, 112 South ISth St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

BABCOCK, Charles A.: 

Author; born in Petersburg, N. Y. ; was 
graduated from Hamilton College, in the 
class of 1874; received degrees of A. M. 
and LL. B. ; studied school systems in 
Germany; held chair of Science in Pre- 
donia New York Normal Schaol; Superin- 
tendent of Schools in Oil City, Pa.; estab- 
lished Bird Day in the schools; member 
of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, the British Astron- 
omical Association, London; National Ed- 
ucational Association, etc. ; published a 
monograph on "Literature in the 
Schools;" "The Essence of Supervision," 
and "Bird Day in the Schools." Mar- 
ried Emma Francis Whitcomb, of Adams, 
N. Y. ; had department in the New York 
Evening Post, five years. Author "House- 
hold Hints," "The Domestic Club," "What 
One Woman Said* to Another," "When 
Birds in the Dooryard Sang." Address, 
Oil City, Pa. 

BABP, R. F.: 

President Second National Bank of 
Nazareth. Address, Nazareth, Northamp- 
ton, Pa. 



BACHE, Fra-nJilin: 

Mining Engineer; born in Philadelphia 
in 1S69, being on his father's side a de- 
scendant of Benjamin Franklin; entered 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1885, 
and was graduated as Mining Engineer in. 
1S90, when he became employed on the 
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur- 
vey; iii 1891 he became engineer of the 
Signa Iron Company of Cuba, and from 
1S92 to 1S96 was manager and engineer 
of several mining companies in Virginia; * 
he then became engineer of the Berwind- 
White Coal Mining Company of Pennsyl- 
vania, and in 1898-1899 was President of i 
the Kala-Inla and the McAllister Coal 
Companies of the Indian Territory, and 
has also served as Treasurer of a gold 
mining company at Sonora, Mexico; at 
present he is in practice as a mining en- 
gineer in Philadelphia; he is a member of 
the American Institute of Mining Engin- 
eers, the University and Markham Clubs, 
the Franklin Institute, and the American 
Academy of Political and Social Science. 
Address, 2101 De Lancey Place, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HACHE, Bene: 

Magazine and newspaper writer; born 
in Philadelphia; son of R. Meade Bache; 
educated at Harvard and Yale Colleges, 
but was not graduated; since 1889 has 
been working on journalism and litera- 
ture. Address, 1S23 Q St., Washington, 
D. C. 

BAIHMAN, Charles W., M. D.: 

Born in Reading, Pa., in 1856; educated 
in the public schools, graduating from 
the High School in the class of 1873; 
then attended the rsorthwestern College 
at Napierville, 111., graduating from that 
institution in 1876; commenced the study 
of medicine, and was graduated from the 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
in 18S0-1SS1; commenced the practice of 
his profession in Reading and is still in 
active practice in that city; had a post- 
graduate course in nervous diseases at 
the Philadelphia Polyclinic in 1889; was 
Secretary for several years of the Read- 
ing Medical Association and of the Med- 
ical Society of the County of Berks, and 
served a term as President of both or- 
ganizations at different periods. Is also 
a member of the Pennsylvania State Med- 
ical Society and American Medical Asso- 
ciation. Address, Reading, Pa. 

BACON, Albert Williamson: 

Pay Director United States Navy; born 
in Philadelphia, appointed from Pennsyl- 



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vania; Captain's Clerk in the Navy, 1S61- 
1863; attached to the Third Division of 
Porter's mortar fleet, Farragut's Squad- 
ron, and in the different engagements on 
the Mississippi River, from the capture of 
the forts below New Orleans to the at- 
tack on Vicksburg; appointed an Acting 
Assistant Paymaster Nov. 7, 1863; steam- 
er Galatea, 1863-1865, West India Squad- 
ron; steamers Marblehead and Yantic, 
1866-1867; commissioned Assistant Pay- 
master July 23, 1866, and irassed Assist- 
ant Paymaster Aug. 1, 1866; Bureau of 
Provisions and Clothing, 186S; on the 
Portsmouth, South Atlantic Squadron, 
1S69-1872; Bureau of Provisions and 
Clothing, 1S72; Naval Storekeeper at Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil, 1873-1876; commis- 
sioned as Paymaster, Oct. 25, 1874; 
Burea.ii of Provisions and Clothing, 1876- 
1877; Paymaster Navy Yard, Washing- 
ton, 1877-1878; Naval Storekeeper at Rio 
de Janeiro, 1879-1SS0; Bureau of Pro- 
visions and Clothing, 1881; Naval Store- 
keeper, Nice, 1881-1882; Omaha, 1883; At- 
lanta, 1S84-1SS8; Paymaster, Navy Yard, 
vvasnington, 1889-1893; General Store- 
keeper, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Feb. 1, 
1893, to Feb. 28, 1895; Fleet Paymaster, 
Asiatic Station, flagship Olympia, March 
1, 1895, to Jan. 11, 1897; promoted to Pay 
Inspector, Feb. 12, 1898; promoted to Pay 
Director, July 10, 1900; on duty as Gen- 
eral Storekeeper, Navy Yard, Mare Island, 
from Feb. 5, 1897, to 1901; retired Jan. 5, 
1903; member of Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the i^oyal 
Legion. Address, Santa Barbara, Cal. 

BAER, George F.: 

President Philadelphia & Reading R. R. ; 
born in Somerset County, Pa., Sept. 26, 
1842; educated Somerset Academy and 
Franklin and Marshall College. At the 
age of thirteen with the Somerset Demo- 
crat, for two years; joined the Union 
Army at the battle of Bull Run, partici- 
pated in all the engagements up to and 
including Chancellorsville, when he was 
the Adjutant-General of the Second Bri- 
gade. Resumed legal studies, and ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1864. In 1868 an act- 
ive practitioner at the Berks County Bar; 
in 1S70 Counsel for the Philadelphia and 
Reading Railroad; confidential legal ad- 
viser of Mr. Morgan in Pennsylvania; 
prominent in the reorganization of the 
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, 1893. 
Elected President of the Reading Compan- 
ies, and of the Central Railroad of New 
Jersey, in 1901. Address, 1718 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



BAER, William J.: 

Jurist; born in Berlin, Somerset County, 
Pa., Jan. 20, 1826. In his youthful days 
he worked on his father's farm, and for 
two years was clerk in a country store. 
He then became a student at Marshall's 
College, Mercersburg, and later studied 
law under Hon. F. M. Kimmel, being ad- 
mitted to the Somerset County bar in 
1849. He became a partner with his pre- 
ceptor, continuing till the latter was 
made Judge, after which he practiced 
alone. As a lawyer he proved able and 
successful, and as a Democrat he was 
sent as a delegate to the constitutional 
convention of 1872, rendering valuable 
service in that body. He received the 
Democratic nomination for President 
Judge in 1881, and though the district was 
very strongly Republican, and he had a 
strong opponent in Hon. John Cessera, 
he won the election. As a Judge he did 
excellent service. Since the close of his 
term, in 1892, he has continued his pri- 
vate practice. Judge Baer has been very 
active in business enterprises in Somerset 
County, organizing a number of coal, 
iron and mineral land companies; and 
also dealing largely in real estate. He 
has served as President of the Somerset 
and Mineral Point Railroad Company. 
Address, Somerset, Pa. 

BAHN, W. D.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Newcastle. Address, Newcastle, Law- 
rence County, Pa. 
BAILIE, William Lamdin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) U. S. Navy Jan. 1, 1863; Second 
Assistant engineer (Master) May 28, 
1864; First Assistant Engineer (Lieuten- 
ant) Jan. 31, 1874; Passed Assistant En- 
gineer (Lieutenant) Feb. 24, 1874; retired 
June 30. 1885. Elected Feb. 7, 1894. Ad- 
dress. "The Normandie," Philadelphia, Pa. 

BAILEY, Charles Justin: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New York. 
Cadet at the Military Academy Sept. 1, 
1876 (8); Second Lieutenant First Artil- 
lery, June 12, 1880; First Lieutenant Jan. 
14, 1888; Captain Seventh Artillery March 
2, 1899; Artillery Corps Feb. 2, 1901. Ad- 
dress, Fort Totten, New York. 

BAILEY, Etlwarfl: 

Banker; born Oct. 19, 1861, Harrisburg, 
Pa.; educated at Phillips Academy, Ando- 
ver, Mass., and Yale College, New Haven, 



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WHO'S WHO IX PENNSYLVANIA. 



Conn. President of Harrisburg National 
Bank, Harrisburg' Trust Company, Har- 
risburg- Traction Company, Central Iron 
and Steel Company. Republican. Ad- 
dress, Harrisburg, Pa. 

BAILEY, Frank H.: 

Lieutenant Commander U. S. Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania. Cadet Engineer, 
Oct. 1, 1S73; Assistant Engineer, July 1, 
1S77; Passed Assistant, Oct. 7, 1S84; Alert, 
Asiatic Station, 1877-1S7S; Trenton, Euro- 
pean Station, 1S79-18S1; Iroquois, Pacif- 
ic Station, 1SS2-1SS5; special duty, Cor- 
nell University, 1885-1888; Chicago, Squad- 
ron of Evolution, 1SS9-1S91; Bureau of 
Steam Engineering, 1891-1S96. Promoted 
to Chief Engineer, June, 1S96; Baltimore, 
August, 1896, to 1899. Promoted to Lieu- 
tenant Commander, March 3, 1899; Bureau 
Steam Engineering, Oct. 13, 1899, to 1903. 
Brooklyn (fleet Engineer), June, 1903, 
which is present station. Address, care 
Navy Department. 

BAILEY, John M.: 

Jurist; born in Dillsburg, York County, 
Pa., July 11, 1839; educated in the public 
scnools and Tuscarora Academy, and in 
1860 began the study of law in the office 
of Scott & Brown, Huntingdon, Pa., and 
was admitted to the bar of Huntingdon 
County in 1862. Soon after he began 
practice he associated himself with his 
former preceptors under the firm name 
of Scott, Brown & Bailey. This continued 
till 1869, when Mr. Scott was elected 
United States Senator, the firm name then 
becoming Brown & Bailey, and in 1SS2, 
Brown, Bailey & Brown, a son of Mr. 
Brown entering it. The firm enjoyed a 
large and profitable practice, and Mr. 
Bailey was called upon to perform various 
public duties. As a member of the Con- 
stitutional Convention of 1872-1873, he 
served on the committees of revenue, 
taxation, and finance, commissions, offices, 
oaths of office, and incompatibilities of 
office. In 1S95 he was elected Judge of 
the Forty-ninth Judicial District, to suc- 
ceed Judge A. O. Furst. Address, Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa. 
BAILY, Kli«ii:i I nu-rii m : 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Assist- 
ant Surgeon Feb. 16, 1847; Major Surgeon 
May 15, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel Surgeon 
June 26, 1876; Colonel Surgeon, Jan. 30, 
1883; retired Nov. 14, 1S88; brevetted 
Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865, for 
faithful and meritorious service. Address, 
158 Capp St., San Francisco, Cal. 



BAILY, Joel J.: 

Merchant and reformer; born at London 
Grove, Chester County, Pa., October 29, 
1826. At the age of seventeen he went 
to Philadelphia, and entered the estab- 
lishment of M. Morris Marple, a dealer 
in notions. Three years later, when only 
twenty years old, he bought out his em- 
ployer and began business on his own ac- 
count. The business was then quite small 
but it grew rapidly under his energetic 
management. In 1852 he closed the re- 
tail, and confined his business to the 
wholesale trade, taking in two of his 
clerks as partners, under the firm name 
of Joel J. Baily & Co. The steady growth 
of the business needed many changes of 
location, the final one being to the large 
double store, 719-21 Market St., in 1S73, 
where the sales rose to ?3, 000.000 annu- 
ally. In 1900 the business was sold out 
to the department store firm of Lit Broth- 
ers. Mr. Bailey became a member and 
director of the Union League in 1863, and 
later became a strong opponent of corrup- 
tion in municipal affairs. When the Com- 
mittee of One Hundred was formed in 1S80 
he became its treasurer, and worked act- 
ively in the cause of reform till the com- 
mittee ceased to exist in 18S6. He was a 
member of the Board of Finance of the 
Centennial Exposition; in 1S82 was chair- 
man of the Finance Committee of the Bi- 
centennial Celebration of the founding of 
Philadelphia; in 1SS6 became chairman 
of the Citizens' Municipal Association, 
served also as a director of the Pennsyl- 
vania Society for the Prevention of Chil- 
dren from Cruelty; Vice President of the 
Fairmount Park Art Association and of 
the Pennsylvania Humane Society, mem- 
ber of the Board of Trade, and director 
of the Delaware Mutual Fire Insurance 
and Bell Telephone Companies. Address, 
1828 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BAILY. Joshua L.: 

Merchant; born in Philadelphia, June 27, 
1S26; father was Joshua Baily, Jr.; 
mother, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas 
Lloyd. Entered dry goods store at the age 
of sixteen, now the senior member of the 
house of Joshua L. Bailey & Co., Phila- 
delphia and New York. President of 
"The Philadelphia Society for the Em- 
ployment and Instruction of the Poor"; 
also President of the Philadelphia Fount- 
ain Society: an original member of 
"The Committee of One Hundred" — or- 
ganized in 1879; member of the National 
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American War; Vice President American 
Tract Society, etc. Wrote pamphlet — "A 
Plea for the Old Soldiers of the National 
Homes." Married, in 1856, Theodate. 
daughter of John D. Lang-, of Vassalboro, 
Maine. Residence, Ardmore, Pa.; office 
address, Philadelphia. Pa. 

BAIRD, Absalom: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1845 (9); 
brevetted Second Lieutenant Second Ar- 
tillery July 1, 1849; Second Lieutenant 
April 1, 1850; First Lieutenant Dec. 24, 
1853; Brevet Captain, Assistant Adjutant 
General May 11, 1S61; Captain Assistant 
Adjutant General Aug-. 3. 1S61; Major 
Acting- Inspector General Nov. 12, 1861; 
Brigadier General Volunteers April 28, 
1862; honorably mustered out of Volun- 
teer service Sept. 1, 1S66; Lieutenant Col- 
onel, Acting- Inspector General, June 13, 
1867; Colonel, Inspector General, March 
11, 1SS5; Brigadier General, Inspector 
General. Sept. 22, 1S85; brevetted Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Sept. 20, 1S63, for gallant 
and meritorious service in the battle of 
Chickamauga, Ga.; Colonel Nov. 24, 1863, 
for gallant and meritorious service at the 
battle of Chattanooga, Tenn. ; Brigadier 
General March 13, 1S65, for gallant and 
meritorious service in the capture of At- 
lanta, Ga. ; Major General March 13, 1865, 
for gallant and meritorious service in the 
field during the war and Major General 
volunteers Sept. 1, 1S64, for faithful serv- 
ice and distinguished conduct during the 
Atlanta campaign and particularly in 
the battles of Resaca and Jonesboro, and 
for general good conduct in the command 
of his division against Savannah. Award- 
ed medal of honor April 22, 1S96, for most 
distinguished gallantry in action at Jones- 
boro, Ga., Sept. 1, 1S64, voluntarily lead- 
ing a detached brigade in an assault 
upon the enemy's works while serving 
as Brigadier General of Volunteers com- 
manding a division; retired Aug. 20, 1S88. 
Address, Catonsville, Baltimore Co., Md. 

BAIRD, Henry Carey: 

Publisher and political economist; son 
of Capt. Thomas J. Baird, of Third Unit- 
ed States Artillery; born Sept. 10, 1S25, at 
the United States Arsenal Bridesburg, 
Pa.; received an academic education. In 
1S50 married Elizabeth Davis Penington, 
who died in 1901. Has written on econ- 
omic questions; protectionist, Greenback- 
er, end silver man. Was nominated by 



the Greenbackers for State Treasurer of 
Pennsylvania, but declined the nomina- 
tion. Was candidate for Mayor of Phila- 
delphia, supported by the Greenbackers. 
Has been a publisher and bookseller since 
1845, and was first publisher in the United 
States to make a specialty of industrial 
literature. He is thought to be the oldest 
living publisher of books in the United 
States now in business. He has written 
many articles, among which are: 
'•Banks," "Money," and "Political Econ- 
omy." which may be found in Appleton's 
American Cyclopedia. He appeared as 
an economic specialist before the Com- 
mittee on Ways and Means, and United 
States Monetary Commission on silver in 
1S76; in 1S78 before House Committee on 
Banking and Currency; his testimony in 
each of these cases being printed. He is 
an honorary member of the Manufactur- 
ers' Club, at Philadelphia, and an active 
member of the American Philosophical So- 
ciety. Address, S10 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa, 

BAIRD, 3ilitoi5 I.: 

President of Guardian Trust Company 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 

B '.!RD, William: 

Captain U. S. Army (retired); is the son 
of General Absalom Baird (retired), for- 
merly Inspector General United States 
Army, and the great grandson of Sur- 
geon Absalom Baird, of the Army of the 
volution; born in Pennsylvania; ap- 
pointed at large to a Cadetship at the 
Military Academy Sept. 1, 1870; was grad- 
uated and appointed Second Lieutenant 
Sixth Cavalry, June 16, 1875; First Lieu- 
tenant Feb. 15, 1881; Captain Feb. 24, 
1891; retired Dec. 3, 1897; active service 
with Sixth United States Cavalry in Ari- 
zona, New Mexico, Old Mexico, California 
and Wyoming, participating in the Chi- 
ricahua, Chimhuevi, Victoria, and Geron- 
imo campaigns under General Crook and 
General Miles; explorations and surveys 
for wagon routes in the Tonto Basin, 
Arizona. In campaigns against the White 
Mountain Apaches, Tontos, Chiricahuas, 
and Navajos 1875-1S7S. In command of 
Indian scouts at Fort Verde, Ariz., and 
after in command of troops detailed to 
guard the United States mail route from 
Prescott to California, 1879. On duty with 
General AVilcox in an extended explora- 
tion of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. 
During the Chimhuevi campaign along the 



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Colorado River and in Southern Califor- 
nia in 1880, performed the duties of Chief 
Quartermaster, and received the thanks 
of the Department Commander; graduate 
School of Military Signaling and Teleg- 
raphy, Fort Myer, Va., 1881. Adjutant 
Sixth Cavalry 1884-1886; garrison duty at 
Fort Myer, Va., 1891; frontier duty Fort 
"Washakie, and inspector of supplies for 
Arapahoes and Shoshones, Wyoming, 1891 
to 1894; garrison duty at Fort Leaven- 
worth, Kan.; Infantry and Cavalry School, 
1894; retired 1897 ("Disability in line of 
duty"); Professor of Military Science and 
Tactics, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology, Sept. 1, 1900, to Feb. 15, 1904; staff 
duty with Governor of Maryland in con- 
nection with organized Militia of the 
State, Feb. 18, 1904. Member of Regular 
Army and Navy Union, Loyal Legion, 
Sons of Revolution, Society of Colonial 
Wars, National Geographical Society, 
Metropolitan Club, Washington, D. C; 
Technology Club, Boston, Mass.; Naval 
Academy Club, Annapolis, Md. Address, 
Annapolis, Md. 

BAKER, A. George, M. D.: 

Born in Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 2, 1857, son 
of the late Dr. Jacob and Mary Catherine 
(Piatt) Baker; attended public schools; 
was graduated from Western University 
in 1S79; entered Jefferson Medical College 
of Philadelphia and was graduated as 
M. D. in 1887; speaks all the modern lan- 
guages of Europe; also Arabic and Chi- 
nese; physician of the Chinese Medical 
Dispensary in Philadelphia. In 1882 mar- 
ried Rebecca A. Comly, daughter of the 
late Allen Comly. Republican in politics; 
active surgeon of the Pennsylvania Naval 
Reserves in the Cuban War; President of 
the Cooper Literary Institute of Phila- 
delphia. Author of "The History of the 
Germans in America," 1891; "History of 
the Knights of St. John of Malta," "Ger- 
man American Christianity and the Prot- 
estant Episcopal Church," "The Phoneu- 
doscope and Its Practical Application" 
(medical), 1898. Address, 404 Susquehan- 
na Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BAKER, George Fales, B. S., M. D.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Pa., on 
July 14, 1S63, being the only son of the 
late Alfred G. and Henrietta R. F. Baker 
of that city; he received his preparatory 
education at the Classical Institute of 
Rev. Dr. Faires and attended the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania for eight years, from 
which he received his degrees. He is a 



member of the Society of Mayflower De- 
scendants. Sons of the Revolution, Society 
of the War of 1812, Colonial Society, and 
of the Military Order of the Founders 
and Patriots of America. After practicing 
his profession for some years, he devoted 
some time to travel. He is a director in 
a number of financial institutions, inter- 
esting himself also in charitable and re- 
ligious works as manager and trustee; he 
is a Republican in politics, and for a num- 
ber of years has been President of the 
American Academy of Music. On Dec. 
31, 1900, he married Lillie Ingham, 
youngest daughter of the late William 
Walker of Pittsburg, Pa. The country 
home of Dr. Baker is "Old Oaks," Rose- 
mont, Pennsylvania. 

BAKER, Gerdon E.: 

Principal of Union High School, Fish- 
ing Creek, Pa.; was born in Stull, Wyo- 
ming County, Pa., Dec. 5, 1879; was 
graduated from the Bloomsburg State 
Normal School, 1901; Principal of Orange 
Borough Schools, 1902-1903; Supervising 
Principal of Fishing Creek Township 
Schools during the fiscal year. Present 
address, Fishing Creek, Pa. 

BAKER, J. Thompson : 

President of Union National Bank of 
Lewisburg. Address, Lewisburg, Union 
County, Pa. 

BAKER, Lewis O.t 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Warren County; 
was born in Freedom, Cattaraugus Coun- 
ty, New York, March 31, 1813; his parents 
removed to Columbus, Warren County, 
Pa., in 1837, where he has since resided; 
was raised on a farm; educated in the 
public schools; is now engaged in mer- 
cantile business; served as a member of 
Council and Burgess of Columbus Bor- 
ough, and during four sessions of the 
Legislature served as an officer of the 
House of Representatives; was elected 
to the House of Representatives in 1900, 
and re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Columbus, Pa. 

BAKE WELL, James K.: 

Lawyer; was born May 31, 1857, at 
Pittsburg, Pa.; son of William and Jane 
H. (Campbell) Bakewell; educated at the 
Williston Seminary; was graduated from 
the Law Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia with the 
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Harding in Philadelphia and William 
Bakewell in Pittsburg; admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar Dec. 24, 1S79; is 
a patent attorney; is a Republican in 
politics. Address Frick Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa, 

BALCri, Edwin Swift: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa.; son 
of Thomas and Emily Swift Balch; early 
education Europe; was graduated from 
Harvard in 1878; studied law in office of 
William Henry Rawle; admitted to Phila- 
delphia bar in 1882; exhibited landscapes 
in Philadelphia Academy Exhibitions of 
1887-1891, and at Philadelphia Art Club; 
published "Glacieres or Freezing Cav- 
erns," 1900; "Antarctica," 1902; also 
many papers about mountain climbing, 
notes of travel, ice, caves, polar explora- 
tion, early man, etc.; is Corresponding 
Member Society Ant. Alzate, Mexico; 
Wyoming Historical and Geological Soci- 
ety, Wilkes-Barre; Fellow American As- 
sociation Advancement of Science, Royal 
Geographical Society; member Franklin 
Institute, American Philosophical Society, 
American Geographical Society, Appala- 
chian Mountain Club, Philadelphia Club, 
Society of Colonial Wars, etc. Address, 
1412 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BALCH George Beall: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Midshipman United States Navy 
Dec. 30, 1S37; Passed Midshipman June 
29, 1843; Lieutenant Aug. 16, 1S50; Com- 
mander July 16, 1S62; Captain July 25, 
1866; Commodore Aug. 13. 1872; Rear 
Admiral June 5, 1878; retired Jan. 3, 1SS3; 
Address, 323 East North Ave., Baltimore, 
Md. 

BALDWIN, L. B.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; As- 
sistant Surgeon May 1, 1875; Passed As- 
sistant Surgeon May 6, 1879; Naval Hos- 
pital Norfolk, Va., 1875; Lehigh, 1876; 
Palos. Asiatic Station, 1S77-1878; Naval 
Hospital, New York, 1879; United States 
Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C, 1879- 
1880; United States Naval Academy, An- 
napolis. Md., practice ships Mayflower and 
Standish, 1881; flagship Pensacola, Pacific 
Station, 1881-1884; receiving ship Wa- 
bash, Boston, Mass., 1884; United States 
Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 1885; 
United States Naval Hospital, Mare Isl- 



and, Cal., 1885 and 1886; Ranger, North 
Pacific Survey, 1S68-1S69; Michigan, on 
the lakes, 1890, to December, 1893; pro- 
moted to Surgeon, Sept. 22, 1891. United 
States Navy Yard and Hospital, Pensa- 
cola, Fla., December, 1893, to April, 1895; 
Montgomery, 1S95; Cincinnati, 1S95-1896; 
Newark, 1896; Puritan, 1897, to March 17, 
1898; May 4, 1898, to Jan. 29, 1899, United 
States Naval Rendezvous, New York, also 
Interior Coast Defense System; April 14 
to July 7, 1899, United States Naval Sta- 
tion, Key West Fla.; May 18, 1899, rank 
Lieutenant Commander from March 3, 
1899; July 24, 1S99, United States Naval 
Hospital, New York, for treatment; Sept. 
12, 1899, Retiring Board, Washington, 
D. C. ; Sept. 18, 1899, retired from active 
service and placed on the retired list. 
Address, 910 Fourth Ave., Louisville, Ky. 

BALDWIN, Richard Jacobs: 

Born in Chester County, Pa., March 1, 
1853; educated in the public schools of 
his native county; later at Kennett 
Square Academy and Maplewood Insti- 
tute, Concordville, Delaware County, Pa. 
Married Sarah Worrall Temple, of Eng- 
lish ancestry, in 1S73. During Harrison's 
Administration he was Postmaster at 
Chadd's Ford, Pa.; in 1S94 he was elected 
to the Legislature of Pennsylvania and re- 
elected in 1896 and 189S; in January, 1902, 
filled the office of Recorder of Deeds for 
Delaware County, Pa., at Media; Republi- 
can in politics; is a descendant in the 
twenty-third generation of King John 
of England; majority of his ancestors 
emigrated from England in the latter 
part of the seventeenth century. Home 
address, Chadd's Ford, Pa. 

BALDWIN. William Herbert: 

Major United States Army; bom In 
and appointed from Pennsylvania Cadet 
Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1S73 (62); 
Auditional Second Lieutenant Fifth Cav- 
alry, June 15, 1877; Second Lieutenant, 
Seventh Cavalry, Sept. 30, 1877; Regi- 
mental Quartermaster April 9, 1880, to 
Nov. 30, 1881; First Lieutenant of Cav- 
alry, Ninth Cavalry, Dec. 12, 1S90, at- 
tached to Seventh United States Cavalry; 
transferred to the Seventh Cavalry Feb. 
9, 1892; at Fort Myer, Va., April 7, 1892, 
to Oct. 2. 1894; Quartermaster at post 
Aug. 11, 1892, to Sept. 30, 189*; Fort Sam 
Houston, Tex., Oct. 5, 1894, to Oct. 4, 1895; 
Fort Grant, Ariz., Oct. 7, 1895, to Nov. 14, 
1896; Quartermaster, Seventh Cavalry, 
Dec. 1, 1895, to Oct. 19, 1896; Captain. 



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Staff, Commissary of Subsistence. Oct. 14, 

1896; Assistant to Purchasing Commis- 
sary, Chicago, ill., Nov. 19, 1S96, to Jan. 
17. 1897; Purchasing and Depot Commis- 
sary. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 1, 1897; 
served during the Spanish-American 
War :is Purchasing and Depot Commis- 
sary, and in charge of outfitting all ships 
with commissary supplies for all the va- 
rious Philippine expeditions and all mili- 
tary camps in the vicinity of San Fran- 
cisco: Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Com- 
missary of Subsistence. United States 
Volunteers, May 9, 1898; .Major. Staff, 
Commissary of Subsistence, Sept. 9, 1S98; 
Colonel and Commissary of Subsistence, 
by assignment, July 22, 189S, to March 2, 
1899; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teer service, .March 7. 1 s:»:». Address, 
Manila. 1'. I. 

iiai.dv, .lolin Montgomery i 

Physician: born June 16, 1S60, in Dan- 
ville. Pa.; in 1SS1 was graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania; was 
Professor of Gynechology at the Philadel- 
phia Polyclinic: also Surgeon to Gynician 
Hospital, and Qynechologist at Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital. Consulting Surgeon to 
Frederick Douglass Hospital. He is au- 
thor of "American Text Book of Gyne- 
cology." Address, 1S31 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HALDY, William J.: 

President of Danville National Bank. 
Address, Danville, Montour County, Pa. 

HAM,. David I.» 

Lawyer; born in Farmington. Warren 
County. Pa.. June 13, 1S44; educated in 
the public schools; in July, 1S62. enlisted 
for the war. serving in the Independent 
Pennsylvania Infantry and the Inde- 
pendent Pennsylvania Artillery; was dis- 
charged June 12, 1865, the day before 
his twenty-first birthday; he then fin- 
ished his education in the Jamestown 
schools and taught for several terms, 
followed by the study of law under Hon. 
William D. Prown at Warren; was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1875. He formed a 
partnership with his preceptor, under the 
firm name of Prown & Ball, and when 
Judge Brown went on the bench became 
partner of Hon. C. C. Thompson, after- 
ward Speaker of the Assembly. In his 
professional career Mr. Pall gained high 
standing in real estate law and took a 
prominent part in very numerous cases. 
A Republican in politics, he served as 



Treasurer of Warren County in 1S71 and 
1872; was elected for successive terms to 
the Warren Board of Education, and for 
years after 1896 was President of the 
Board. He was strongly recommended 
in 1897 for Judge of the Superior Court 
of the Commonwealth, and in 1S9S for 
President .lodge of the Thirty-seventh 
Judicial District. Address, Warren, Pa. 

ii \ i,i,. Harrison : 



President of 
Mahanoy City. 
Pa. 



Pnion National Bank of 
Address, Mahanoy City, 



BALL, John V.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Carnegie, Pa. Address, Carnegie, Pa, 

BALL, M. A.: 

Physician; born in Warren, Pa., Feb. 14, 
ISi'iS; educated in Warren, Pa., and Buf- 
falo. N. Y.. public schools; was graduated 
in 18S9 from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia; studied in Berlin and Paris 
one year; Resident Physician of German 
Hospital. Philadelphia, 1S90-1S91; Resi- 
dent Physician and Chief of Penitentiary 
for eastern part of State at Philadelphia 
or Cherry Hill. Author: "Essentials of 
Bacteriology." Removed to Warren, Pa., 
in 1S9S, where he is now practicing spe- 
ciality of eye and ear. President Warren 
Board of Health; is a Socialist. Address, 
Warren, Pa, 

BALTHASBK, Frnneis W.I 

Member of Legislature; born Feb. 24, 
1S66. in Upper Bern Township, Berks 
County, near Shartlesville; educated at 
Bernville High School; teacher in public 
schools at age of seventeen; was gradu- 
ated from Keystone State Normal School 
in 1 s: s s : was delegate to Congressional 
Convention which nominated Hon. Henry 
D. Green for Congress, and made nom- 
inating speech; elected to the Legislature 
in 1902; member of Lutheran Church. 
Address, Fleetwood, Pa. 

BANES, Robert Coleman: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
cry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Brevet laeut. Col. Charles H. 
Panes; elected May 6. 1896; first class in 
succession Jan. IB, 1S97. Address, 2021 
Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ii wks. Joan N.: 

President of Farmers' Bank of Indiana, 
Address, Indiana. Indiana County, Pa. 



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IIVSMSTKK, Reverend Amo»: 

m-'i.n of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; born in Manchester, England, 
Oct. .1, 1859; son of Amos and Catherine 
Peai on Bannister; General Theological 
Seminary, New York City, 1882; ordained 
deacon 18! .-:tant minister in All 

Saints' Church, New York City, N, Y., 
from 1882 to 1*83; ordained priest i 
married Elizabeth Bench Booth of Mary- 
land Nov. 30, 1885; Grand Chaplain of 
Wyoming A. F. and A. M., 1884-1885; 
rector of St. Thomas' Church, Alamosa, 
from 1880 to 1892; rector of St. Mary's 
Church. Beaver Falls, Pa., from 1893 to 
the present time; Bishop Whitehead's 
Chaplin at the Lambeth Conference in 
London, England, 1897. Address, Beaver 
Falls, fa. 

BARBER, Hdvrln At Lee: 

' jrator and Secretary of the Pennsyl- 
vania Museum and School of Industrial 
Art, Philadelphia; horn in Baltimore, Md., 

II; educated at West Chester, Pa.; 1. 
Hampton, Mass., a.nd Lafayette College, 
Baa ton, Pa.; was assistant naturalist and 
iai correspondent of the New York 
Herald on the United States ecological 
and Geographical Survey of the Ter- 
In 1874-1875; Superintendent of 
West Philadelphia Post Office; Chairman 
of tti<- United States Civil Service Ex- 
amining Board, 1880-1885; received de- 
of A. M., 1880; Ph. D., 1893. In 
1880 was married to Nellie Louise, daugh- 
ter of Major William H. Parker of the 
United States Marine Corps; member of 
( the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil- 
adelphia., the American Philosophical So- 
ciety, the Numismatic and Antiquarian 
Society of Philadelphia, and the Chester 
I County, Pa., Historical Society; Corre- 
I sponding Member of the State Historical 
j Society of Wisconsin; Virginia Historical 
Society; Socio Corresponsal de la Socie- 
dad Mexicana de Historia Natural; 
Membre Correspondent Etranger de la 
3oci6te d' Anthropologic de Paris; mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons 
of the Revolution and of the Colonial 
Society of Pennsylvania. Author: "Pot- 
tery and Porcelain of the United 
States" (1893); "Anglo-American Pottery" 
(1900) ; "American Glassware, Old and 
New" (1901); "Tulip Ware of the Penn- 
sylvania. German Potters" (1903); "Marks 
on American Pottery and Porcelain." Ad- 
:. Pennsylvania Museum, Memorial 
Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. 



)i iitmilR, .John B., Jr.: 

isurer of the Pittsburg Stock Ex- 
nge; born in Pittsburg April 16, 1882; 
nded the public schools of the city, 

and was graduated from the High School 
in 1880. After taking a course in stenog- 
raphy, he entered the office of a broker, 
where he remained until January, 1890, 
when he was made manager of a large 
brokerage firm; was one of the organizers 
of the Pittsburg Stock Exchange, being 
its first secretary and treasurer; he also 
served a term as Vice President, and is 
now serving his fourth term as treas- 
urer; he is a member of the D .-■, lesne, 
Monongahela, Country and Americus 
Clubs; he is also a Knight Templar, a 
thirty-second degree Mason and a Noble 
of the Mystic Shrine. In politics he is a 
Republican. Address, Times Building, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

BAR< lit KI,I>, Andrew Jackson, M.D.: 

Born in Pittsburg, May 18, 1883; he is 

r >n of Henry and Mary (Neuenhagen) 

Barchfeld. He was educated in the public 

schools of Pittsburg and prepared for 
high school by a private tutor. After 
graduating in 1881 he took up the study 
of medicine, and in i884 graduated from 
the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- 
phia. He at once settled in Pittsburg, 
and has practiced there ever since. He 
is a member of the Allegheny County 
Medical Society and of the State and 
National Medical Associations. Is Presi- 
dent of the Board of Directors South Side 
Hospital, and a member of its staff. He 
was City Physician for a number of years. 
He is a Republican in politics and has 
served several terms in the City Council. 
He was also Chairman of the Republican 
City Convention for three different times 
and made an unsuccessful race for Con- 
gress in 1902. In May, 1885, he mar- 
ried Miss Anna Peiffer. Dr. Barchfeld 
has been recently nominated by the Re- 
publicans for Congress. Address, 106 
Eighteenth St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BAR< HIS, J. L,.t 

President of First National Bank of 
Salisbury. Address, Elk Lick, Somerset 
County, Pa. 

BARCLAY, Charles Jamea: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania Sept. 21, 1860; Naval Academy 
1860-1863; promoted to Ensign Oct. 1, 



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1S63; steam sloop Wachusett, Brazil 
Squadron, 1863-1864; steam sloop Kear- 
sarge, European Squadron, 1S65-1866; Pro- 
moted to Master Nov. 10, 1866; steam 
frigate Susquehanna, special service, 1S67; 
commissioned as Lieutenant Feb. 21, 1867; 
steam frigate Minnesota, special service, 
1868; commissioned as Lieutenant Com- 
mander March 12, 1S6S; steamer Michi- 
gan, on the lakes, 1869; Pacific Fleet 1870- 
1872; Torpedo Station, 1873; commanding 
Saugus (ironclad), North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1S74; Dictator (ironclad), North At- 
lantic Station, 1S75-1S76; commanding On- 
ward, 1877-1879; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 
1SS0-1SS1; promoted to Commander No- 
vember, 1881; commanding Alert, Asiatic 
Station, 1883-1886; ordnance duty, Navy 
Yard, Portsmouth, 1SS7, to November, 
1891; Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, 
Portsmouth, November, 1891, to May, 
1893; commanding training ship Ports- 
mouth, May, 1893; commanding Mohican, 
Nov. 30, 1893, to May, 1895; leave of ab- 
scence, May 24, 1896; Inspector Ordnance, 
Navy Yard, Boston, July 17, 1894; pro- 
moted to Captain Oct. 1. 1896; command- 
ing Raleigh Dec. 26, 1896; commmanding 
Amphitrite Jan. 6, 1S97, to October, 1899; 
Captain Navy Yard, Boston, Jan. 5, 1901 
to 1903; Rear Admiral Sept. 11, 1903; com- 
mandant Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash- 
ington, June 1, 1903, present station. 

BARCLAY, John: 

President of Barclay Trust Company of 
Greensburg. Address, Greensburg, Pa. 

BARE, D. M.: 

President of Roaring Spring Bank. Ad- 
dress Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pa. 

BARKER, Angnstine V.: 

Jurist; born in Lovell, Me., June 20, 
1849; educated at Dartmouth College, from 
which he was graduated as A. B. in 
1872, receiving the degree of A. M. from 
this college in 1S75; adopting the law as 
his profession, he became a student in 
the office of Judge E. W. Evans at Chi- 
cago, afterward pursuing his studies at 
Ebensburg, Pa., where he was admitted 
to the bar of Cambria County in 1874; in 
1875 he was admitted to practice before 
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and 
in 1876 before the United States Circuit 
and District Courts. He practiced with 
great success till 1S90; was appointed by 
Governor Beaver to fill the vacancy 
caused by the death of R. L. Johnston, 
President Judge of Cambria County Court 



of Common Pleas; he was elected to this 
office in 1891 for the term of ten years. 
Address, Ebensburg, Pa. 

BARKER, Eben Francis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Forty-fourth Massachu- 
setts Infantry Oct. 8, 1862; Corporal Nov. 
16, 1862; mustered out June 18, 1S63; 
First Lieutenant Corps d'Afrique Oct. 31, 
1863; First Lieutenant Third Infantry 
Corps d'Afrique Feb. 15, 1S64 (changed 
to Seventy-fifth United States Colored 
Troops April 4, 1864); Captain Feb. 23, 
1S65; honorably mustered out Nov. 25, 
1865; elected Feb. 2, 1SS7. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARKER, Ellen ltl:i<- U m.i r : 

Author (Ellen Blackmar Maxwell); 
daughter of John Simmons and Rebecca 
M. Blackmar; born in Springfield, Pa.; 
educated at Edinboro, Pa.; married the 
Rev. Allen Maxwell in 1879; he died in 
1890 at Lucknow, India. Married CapL 
Albert S. Barker, of the United States 
Navy, in 1S94; has written a number of 
books, among which are: "The Bishop's 
Conversion." "Three Old Maids in Ha- 
waii." "The Way of Fire." Address, care 
Admiral A. S. Barker, Navy Department, 
Washington. 

BARKER, F. «.: 

President of Beaver County Trust 
Company. Address, Beaver County, Pa. 

BARKER, Georgre Frederick: 

Professor of Physics at University of 
Pennsylvania 1871-1900; now Emeritus 
Professor; born in Charlestown, Mass., 
July 14, 1835; was graduated from Shef- 
field Scientific School, Yale. Ph. B.. in 
1S58; LL. D. Allegheny College in 1858; 
married Mary M. Treadway August, 1861, 
at New Haven, Conn.; expert in Edison, 
Berliner and other patent suits; member 
National Academy of Science; honorary 
member of Royal Institute of Great Brit- 
ain. Address," 3909 Locust St., Philadel- i 
phia, Pa. 

BARKER, Jesse J.: 

Actuary of the Penn Mutual Life In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia; born 
in Western Pennsylvania, coming from , 
an old Revolutionary family, of which 
Gen. Richard Butler and Gen. William O. 
Butler, of Mexican War fame, were mem- 



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bers and kinsmen of his father. Mr. 
Barker was educated at the High School 
of Philadelphia and at Waynesburg Col- 
lege, Pa.; after graduating, he studied 
law and was admitted to the Philadelphia 
bar, but, preferring mathematical pur- 
suits, he studied the science of life in- 
surance under Emerson W. Peet, then 
Actuary of the National Life Insurance 
Company, and others, and subsequently 

: was employed for some years in the 
actuarial department of the Penn Mutual 
Life Insurance, and in January, 1S80, 
was promoted to the headship of the 

j department; charter member of the Ac- 
tuarial "Society of America. Address, Lo- 
gan Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARKER, Wliarton: 

Presidential nominee in 1900 of Anti- 
Fusion Populists; born at Philadelphia 
May 1, 1846; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1866 and 
received degree of A. M. from the same 

j University in 1869. In 1863 he was com- 

1 mander of a colored company, and 
helped to enlist and organize the 
Third United States Colored Troops; be- 

I came a member of the banking firm of 
Barker Brothers & Co.; in 1878 was ap- 
pointed financial agent of the United 

; States of Russian Government and was 
intrusted with the building of four cruis- 
ers for its Navy. In 1879 Alexander II. 
of Russia made him Knight of St. Stan- 
islaus; was called to Russia to advise on 
the development of coal mines north of 
the Azof; in 1887 obtained from China 
valuable railroad and telegraph and 
telephone concessions; founded and es- 
tablished the Investment Company of 
Philadelphia, $4,000,000 capital; also the 
Finance Company of Pennsylvania, $5,- 
000,000 capital; in 1869 founded the Penn 
Monthly, and in 1880 merged it with the 
American, a weekly paper which he still 
owns and edits. Until 1896 he was a 
prominent Republican; since then he has 
been a Populist. He is a member of the 
American Philosophical Society and of the 
Academy of National Science; is a trus- 
tee of the University of Pennsylvania. 
Address. 119 South Fourth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BARLOW, Eli: 

President of Citizens' National Bank of 
j Corry. Address, Corry, Erie County, Pa. 

BARNARD, Daniel Paddock: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
2 



Legion; First Lieutenant 139th New York 
Infantry Sept. 9, 1862; Captain Oct. 18, 
1S63; honorably mustered out June 19, 
1865; brevetted Major United States Vol- 
unteers "for gallant and distinguished 
services during the recent operations re- 
sulting in the fall of Richmond, Va., and 
the surrender of the insurgent army 
under Gen. Robert E. Lee"; elected May 
2, 1894. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BARNES, T.: 

President of Moshannon National Bank 
of Philipsburg. Address, Philipsburg, 
Center County, Pa. 

BARNES, William Henry: 

Railway official; son of Henry and Ma- 
nila (Medon) Barnes; was born July 12, 
1829, at Philadelphia; was educated at 
private schools; married Eva Hampton 
Oct. 27, 1S57, at Allegheny City, Pa. 
From 1848 to 1856 he served on surveys 
and construction of the Western Division 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad; from 1856 
to 1863 he was Assistant Superintendent, 
Secretary and Comptroller of Pittsburg, 
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway; was in 
the service of the Union Railroad and 
Transportation Company and Empire 
Transportation Company from 1863 to 
1S71; in 1871 he was Director and Treas- 
urer of the Pennsylvania Company. He 
was Receiver of the Allegheny Valley 
Railroad Company from 1884 to 1S92, and 
then became President of the Company 
under its re-organization as the Allegheny 
Valley Railway Company; also President 
of the Western New York & Pennsyl- 
vania Railway Company since Jan. 14, 
1901; he is Director of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad, Pennsylvania Company, Pitts- 
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis 
Railway, and allied corporations. Ad- 
dress, 1727 Spruce St.; office, 256 Broad 
Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARNETT, James Elder: 

State Treasurer of Pennsylvania; born 
at Elders Ridge, Pa., on Aug. 1, 
1S56; in 1882 he was graduated from 
Washington and Jefferson College and 
began the practice of law; was appointed 
Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth 
by Gov. Frank Reeder, and served from 
July 1, 1895, until Oct. 19. 1S97; in 1884 
he enlisted in the National Guard of 
Pennsylvania and was elected Lieutenant 
Colonel of the Tenth Regiment in 1S97; 
he volunteered with his regiment for the 



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Spanish-American War and saw active 
service in the Philippines. Upon the ap- 
pointment of Col. A. L. Hawkins as 
commander of the District of Cavite, P. I., 
Lieut. Col Barnett was, on April 14, 1899, 
placed in command of the regiment and 
acted as regimental commander until the 
regiment was mustered out in San Fran- 
cisco, Aug. 22, 1899; he succeeded Colonel 
Hawkins, who became incapacitated by 
sickness, as commander of the District 
at Cavite. On Aug. 24, 1899, he was 
nominated by the Republican State Con- 
vention for State Treasurer, and elected 
at the general election the following Au- 
gust. Address, 427 Fifth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

BARNITZ, Albert: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Ohio Ser- 
geant Company G, Second Ohio Cavalry, 
Aug. 22, 1861; Second Lieutenant June 1, 
1862; First Lieutenant Feb. 18, 1863; Cap- 
tain Feb. 26, 1863; Major March 20, 1865; 
honorably mustered out Sept. 11, 1865; 
Captain Seventh Cavalry July 28, 1866; 
retired Dec. 15, 1S70; brevetted Major 
March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious 
service in action at Ashland Station, Va. ; 
Lieutenant Colonel March 2, 1867, for 
gallant and meritorious service in the 
battle of Sailors' Creek, Va. ; Colonel Nov. 
27, 1868, for distinguished gallantry at 
the battle of the Washita, Indian Terri- 
torry, Nov. 27, 1868, in which engage- 
ment he was severely wounded. Address, 
War Department, D. C. 

3BARNITZ, William: 

President of Farmers' Bank of Carlisle, 
Pa. Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

BARNWELL, James Gaston: 

Librarian; born in Newtown Stewart, 
Ireland, Feb. 13, 1833; educated in the 
Philadelphia public schools, in which he 
taught as a principal from 1850 to 1S63; 
studied law 1851-1853, but never prac- 
ticed. As a member of the City Council 
in 1857 he voted for the first street rail- 
way in Philadelphia. He was closely 
connected with the Philadelphia Mercan- 
tile Library from 1863 to 1887, and be- 
came Librarian of the Cincinnati Mercan- 
tile Library in 1864, serving till 1866; in 
1884 he was elected Librarian of the 
University of Pennsylvania, and in 1887 
of the Philadelphia Library, which posi- 
tion he still retains. His private collec- 
tion of books is very large and contains 



many rare volumes, and he has written 
much on literary and bibliographical sub- 
jects; is a member of the Pennsylvania 
Library and Philobiblion Clubs. Address, 
2000 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARR, Albert J.: 

Publisher of Pittsburg Post; born in 
Pittsburg January, 1851; educated in com- 
mon schools of Pittsburg and Western 
University; President and General Man- 
ager of the Post Publishing Company. 
Residence, Bidwell St.; office, care of 
The Post, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BARR, Francis X.: 

Lawyer; also one of the clerks of the 
Allegheny County Courts; born Aug. 22, 

1864, in Pittsburg, Pa.; son of James P. 
and Annie (Dunlevy) Barr; educated at 
Fordham College, New York; was admit- 
ted to the Allegheny County bar June 30, 
1SS8; is a Democrat; is a member of 
the Union Club, Pittsburg. Address, 
Edge wood, Pa. 

BARR, William Miller: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Third Assistant Engineer 
United States Navy Dec. 19, 1861; Third 
Assistant Engineer (Midshipman) March 
17, 1S63; Second Assistant Engineer (En- 
sign) Sept. 1, 1864; retired Jan. 11, 1866; 
resigned April 16, 1866; elected Oct. 14, 
1891. Address, 847 North Twentieth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARRATT, Norris S.: 

Judge of Court of Common Pleas No. 2 
of Philadelphia County; born in Philadel- 
phia Aug. 23, 1862; educated at public 
and private schools; admitted to Phila- 
delphia bar 1S83, and has since been en- 
gaged in active practice; to the bar of the 
Supreme Court of the United States 1899. 
On April 1, 1890, he was appointed As- 
sistant City Solicitor and Solicitor for the 
Bureau of Building Inspectors by Charles 
F. Warwick, City Solicitor, and was re- 
appointed by John L. Kinsey, Esq., upon 
his election as City Solicitor; he served as 
Assistant City Solicitor twelve years. 
Upon the election of John Weaver, the 
present Mayor of Philadelphia, to the 
office of District Attorney in November, 
1901, was appointed as his First Assistant, 
in which position Judge Barratt served 
until September, 1902, when he was unan- 
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Party of Philadelphia for Judge, to which 
office he was elected for a term of ten 
years. He is interested in historical mat- 
ters, and is a life member of the Penn- 
sylvania Historical Society, Delaware His- 
torical Society, Delaware Society of Phila- 
delphia (also President), member of Union 
League, the Young Republicans, West 
Philadelphia Republican Club, Penn Club, 
Lodge No. 2, F. and A. M., Oriental R. 
A. C. No. 183, Philadelphia Council No. 
11 R. and S. M., St. Alban's Command - 
ery No. 47, K. T., Philadelphia Consistory 
S. P. R. S., thirty-second degree, Lulu 
Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., Philadelphia 
Yacht Club, and Law Association of Phil- 
adelphia. Address, Court Common Pleas, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARRETT, Alvin Clark:: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Susquehanna Coun- 
ty; was born in Jackson Township, Sus- 
quehanna County, Pa., Sept. 17, 1837; 
spent his early life on a farm; educated 
in the public schools; was engaged as a 
traveling salesman for twenty-five years, 
being with one house in Philadelphia 
for thirteen years; in 1885 he returned 
to New Milford, Susquehanna County, 
where he has since been engaged in farm- 
ing; was Assessor of New Milford for 
three years; elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
New Milford, Pa. 

11 All It 1 E, George: 

Publisher; born in Glasgow, Scotland, 
July 8, 1843, and educated there; early 
in life employed in a London publishing 
house; in 1865 opened a branch house 
in New York. The panic of 1867, finan- 
cially involving the London house, the 
American branch was sold to protect the 
main house; in 1873 he founded the busi- 
ness in which he is now assisted by his 
three partner-sons. The publications of 
the house have been awarded medals in 
International Exhibitions in 1876 at Phil- 
adelphia, 1889 at Paris, 1893 at Chicago, 
in 1900 at Paris; publications and book- 
bindings were awarded a Gold Medal and 
the Grand Prix. Address, 1313 Walnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARRIE, Robert: 

Publisher; born July 6, 1866; educated 
at William Penn Charter School, Phila- 
delphia, and by private tutors. Of all 
the Americans now in Paris, few have a 
better knowledge of the serious side of 



French life and higher respect for French 
art and industry than Mr. Robert Barrie, 
junior member of the firm of George Bar- 
rie & Son, publishers, of Philadelphia. 
Mr. Barrie has made numerous visits to 
Paris during the past fifteen years, some 
of them extending over six months, and 
during this time his relations with French 
artists have been most cordial and ex- 
tensive. Address, 1313 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BARROWS, George Shattuck: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Brevet Major William E. Bar- 
rows; elected Oct. 20, 1892; first class in 
succession July 30, 1901. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARTGES, Adam: 

President of Millheim Banking Com- 
pany. Address, Millheim, Centre County, 
Pa. 

BARTHOLOW, Roberts: 

Emeritus Professor at Jefferson Medical 
College; born in Howard County, Md., 
November, 1831; was graduated in arts 
from Calvert College, and in medicine 
.from University of Maryland; M. D. in 
1852 LL. D., St. Mary's College; was 
professor of theory and practice of medi- 
cine and clinical medicine, and dean of 
the faculty Ohio Medical College, Cincin- 
nati. Author of "Hypodermic Medica- 
tion," "Qualifications for the Military 
Service," "Medical Electricity," etc. Ad- 
dress, 1527 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BARTOL., William C, Ph.: 

Born in Huntingdon, Pa., Nov. 24, 1S47; 
prepared for college in Huntingdon High 
School; was graduated from Bucknell 
University in 1872 with degree of A. B.; 
1875, degree of M. A. ; taught mathematics 
1872-1873 in the Academy at Salisbury, 
Conn; principal of the public schools of 
Centre Hall, Pa., 1874-1875; of the Union 
Grove, Wisconsin, public schools, 1875- 
1876; of the Huntingdon Academy, 1876- 
1877, and Professor of Mathematics in 
the Pennsylvania State Normal School at 
Mansfield, 1877-1881; elected Professor of 
Mathematics and Astronomy in Bucknell 
University, 1881; in 1S87 superintended 
the erection of the Bucknell Astronomical 
Observatory, and was then made its Di- 
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studies in the science of perspective and 
in differential calculus; author of 
"Solid Geometry" (Leach, Shewell, San- 
born & Company). Married in 1875 Mar- 
tha Belle Africa, daughter of A. Jackson 
Africa of Huntingdon, Pa. Address, Lew- 
isburg, Pa. 

BARTOS, Ida M.: 

Teacher; born in the 70's at Pleasant 
View, Pa., of Scotch-Irish parents; en- 
tered the Tuscarora Academy, Academia, 
Pa.; was graduated from Wilson College 
B. A. in 1891 and M. A. in 1895; principal 
of the Tuscarora Academy for six years. 
Home address, Pleasant View, Juniata 
County, Pa, 

BARTON, John K.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Philadelphia, Pa., 1853; was graduated 
from the United States Naval Academy 
at Annapolis, Md., May, 1873; U. S. S. 
Saranac and Benecia, Pacific Station, 
1873-1874; special duty, Chester, Pa., con- 
struction Huron, 1S75; West Indies and 
European Station, Marion, 1875-1878; 
special duty Board of Examining Engi- 
neers, 1S7S-1S79; Shenandoah, South At- 
lantic Station, 1S79-1882; instruction duty, 
United States Naval Academy, 18S2-1886; 
Essex and Palos, Asiatic Station, 1886- 
1889; instruction duty at the United States 
Naval Academy, 1889-1893; Inspector of 
Machinery for the Navy Department, 
Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., 1893; special 
duty Cramp's ship yard. Philadelphia, 
Pa., 1894; Columbia, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1894-1895; Bennington, Pacific Sta- 
tion, member Trial Board Oregon, 1895- 
1897; of Examining Board, Philadelphia, 
Pa., 1899; Lieutenant Commander March, 
1899; head of Department of Steam En- 
gineering, Boston Navy Yard, 1898-1899; 
Newark and Brooklyn, Asiatic Station, 
1900-1902; uprising of Boxers in North 
China and the Allied War, May, 1900; 
the Philippine insurrection; promoted to 
commander January, 1903; head of De- 
partment of Marine Engineering and 
Naval Construction, United States Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Md, August, 1902, 
his present duty. Address, Annapolis, 
Md. 

BASCOM, Florence, Ph. D.: 

Geologist; born at Williamstown, Mass.; 
was graduated from University of Wis- 
consin, receiving degrees of B. L. and 
A. B. 1882, B. S. 1884, A. M. 18S7; at 
Johns Hopkins University Ph. D. 1S93; 
since 1895 successively Lecturer, Associ- 



ate and Associate Professor in Geology at 
Bryn Mawr College; associate editor of 
American Geologist. Fellow of Geological 
Society of America and of the American 
Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence, member of International Congress 
of Geologists; Assist. Geologist on United 
States Geological Survey, member Phi 
Beta Kappa Society and Philadelphia 
Academy of Science. Author of "The 
Structure, Origin, and Nomenclature of 
the Acid Volcanic Rocks of South Moun- 
tain," Journal of Geology, vol. i., No. 8, 
1S93; "A Pre-Tertiary Nepheline-bearing 
Rock," Journal of Geology, vol. iv., No. 
2, 1896; "The Ancient Volcanic Rocks of 
South Mountain, Pennsylvania," Bulletin 
of United States Geological Survey, No. 
136, 124 pp., 28 plates; "Aporhyolite of 
South Mountain, Pennsylvania," Bulletin 
of Geological Society of America, vol. 8, 
1S96; "Peridosteatite and Diabase," Pro- 
ceedings of Academy of Natural Science 
of Philadelphia, 1896; "A Geological 
Tour," Baltimore American, 1896; "The 
Relations of Streams in the Neighborhood 
of Philadelphia to the Bryn Mawr Grav- 
el," American Geologist, vol. xix.. Jan- 
uary, 1897; "The Finland Excursion of 
the International Congress of Geologists," 
American Geologist, vol. xx., November, 
1897; "The Aporhyolite," pp. 343-349, of 
Bulletin of United States Geological Sur- 
vey, No. 150, 1898; "On Some Dikes in 
the Vicinity of Johns Bay, Maine," 
American Geologist, vol. xxiii., May, 1S99; 
"The Geology of the Crystalline Rocks 
of Cecil County," pp. 83-143, Cecil Coun- 
ty, Maryland Geological Survey; also sev- 
eral reviews and editorials in the Ameri- 
can Geologist since July, 1896. In press: 
"The Water Resources of the Philadel- 
phia District," and is occupied in making 
a geological map of the Philadelphia belt 
of crystalline rock formations. Address, 
Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

HASHOKE, Harvey Brown; 

Physician; born July 31, 1864, at West 
Fairview, Pa.; in 1886 was graduated from 
Yale College, and received the degree of 
M. D. at the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1SS9; since then has been practicing 
medicine; has contributed many articles 
on scientific and sanitary subjects to 
magazines; he is also author of "Out- 
lines of Rural Hygiene." Address, West 
Fairview, Pa. 

HATES, Arthur Lahan: 

Congressman, Republican, of Meadville 
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ated from Allegheny College in 1880; ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1882 and has prac- 
ticed law since that time; was elected City 
Solicitor of Meadville in 18S9, and re- 
elected in 1890, 1S92 and 1894; has served 
on the Republican State Central Com- 
mittee; was elected to the Fifty-seventh 
Congress; and re-elected to the Fifty- 
eighth Congress; member of the Sons of 
the American Revolution. Address, 
Meadville, Pa. 

BATES, William N.: 

Assistant Professor of Greek, University 
of Pennsylvania; born in Cambridge, 
Mass., Dec. 8, 1867; educated in private 
schools and in Cambridge Latin School; 
degrees of A. B. 1890, A. M. 1891, Ph. D. 
1893 from Harvard; instructor of Greek 
at Harvard 1893 to 1895; Recorder of the 
Archaeological Institute of America; 
member of the Managing Committee of 
the American School of Classical Studies 
in Athens and of the Council of the 
American School for Oriental Research 
in Palestine; Secretary and Treasurer of 
the Pennsylvania branch of the Archaeo- 
logical Institute of America. Married 
Edith Newell Richardson at Chestnut 
Hill, Mass., Dec. 28, 1901. Address, The 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

BAUER, Louis Gnstav: 

Physician; born in Kocherstienfeld, 
Wiirtemberg in 1846; came to Philadel- 
phia on a visit in I860 and was induced 
to remain; he entered the drug business 
and studied in the College of Pharmacy, 
1864-1865; afterward entered the Univers- 
ity of Pennsylvania, where he was grad- 
uated in medicine in 1872; since then 
has practiced medicine in Philadelphia. 
He is President of the Board of Physi- 
cians of the German Society; physician 
to the Protestant Home for the Aged, and 
Medical Examiner for the Legion of 
Honor, the Knights of Honor, and the 
Odd Fellows' Endowment Society, and 
is a member of various Philadelphia so- 
cieties of medicine and pharmacy; he 
has long been connected with the Orders 
of Freemasons and Odd Fellows, the Ger- 
man Society, German Hospital, and 
other associations. Address, 333 Fair- 
mount Ave., PhiladelDhia, Pa. 

BAUGH, Daniel: 

Manufacturer; born in Chester County, 
Pa., Oct. 22, 1836, and was educated at 
private seminaries; his family for several 



generations had been engaged in the tan- 
ning business or connected with the 
leather industry, but in 1853 his father 
decided to turn his attention to the man- 
ufacture of artificial fertilizers by chem- 
ical and other means, converting the 
power and machinery of the old works 
to use in the new. In 1855 he associated 
with him his sons Daniel and Edwin, 
under the firm title of Baugh & Sons, 
and the manufacture of super-phosphate 
was begun and diligently developed; in 
1860 the plant was removed to Philadel- 
phia and the Delaware River Chemical 
Works established, new lines of manu- 
facturing added till the business became 
one of great importance. In 1862, during 
the Civil War, Mr. Baugh, being a pri- 
vate in the ranks of the Grey Reserves, 
went with his regiment to the defense 
of the State when it was menaced by 
General Lee's Army, the regiment cross- 
ing into Maryland about the time of the 
battle of South Mountain, but not coming 
into action; in 1S88, his father and broth- 
ers having died, Mr. Baugh became pres- 
ident of the Baugh & Sons Company, in- 
corporated the year before, and he is still 
at its head; he was for years President of 
the Sanitarium Association, and is a 
member of numerous clubs and other 
organizations of Philadelphia. Address, 
1610 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BAUM, Charles: 

Physician; born at Lafayette Hill, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa., Jan. 1, 1855; edu- 
cated at York County Academy and the 
Pennsylvania College, and took up the 
study of medicine at the University of 
Pennsylvania, from which he graduated 
and began medical practice in 1877. 
The following year his high merit as a 
student was recognized by the University 
with the degree of Ph. D.. Immediately 
afterward he was appointed Surgical As- 
sistant at the Pennsylvania Hospital, re- 
maining connected with this institution 
till 1888, and serving also as Resident 
Physician; in 1878 he was appointed At- 
tending Physician at the Northern Home 
for Friendless Children, and was also for 
a time connected in various capacities 
with the Northern Dispensary, the Episco- 
pal Hospital, and other institutions; in 
addition to his private practice. Dr. 
Baum has frequently been engaged as 
a medical and surgical expert by the 
Philadelphia & Reading and the Atlantic 
City Railroads, the Union Traction Com- 
pany, and the Delaware Ferry Company; 



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he has made valuable contributions to 
medical literature, and assisted Dr. Agnew 
in the preparation of his great work on 
Surgery. For twelve years also he was 
a private assistant to Dr. Agnew, by 
whom he was highly appreciated; he is 
a Fellow of the College of Physicians, and 
a member of the County and the State 
Medical Societies and the American 
Medical Association. Address, 1828 Wal- 
lace St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BAUM, William Theodore: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant, Twenty-sixth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, May 28, 1861; hon- 
orably discharged, March 9, 1863; elected 
May 6, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa, 

BAUMER, Herman: 

President of Johnstown Savings Bank. 
Address, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa. 

BAUSMAJi, Edwin Wlckerliam: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private, Twelfth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April 24, 1861; mustered out, 
Aug. 5, 1861; private, 100th Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Aug. 27, 1861; Sergeant, Aug. 
31, 1861; discharged to accept promotion, 
Nov. 27, 1862; Second Lieutenant, 100th 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Nov. 28, 1862; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, March 
16, 1864; elected Feb. 6, 1895. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BAYLE, Bnrdette: 

Principal of Public Schools; born In 
Erie County, Oct. 8, 1871; educated in 
Edinboro and Clarion Normals; studied 
languages and mathematics under Dr. 
Clay, Dr. Viewig, and Professor Boyd; 
taught school since 18S8; principal of 
Milesgrove High School, 1898-1900, and 
Mt. Jewett High School, 1901, to present 
time; married to Emma Matteson of 
Cambridge Springs, in 1895. Address, Mt. 
Jewett, Pa 

BEACH, H. I*i 

President First National Bank of Mont- 
rose. Address, Montrose, Susquehanna 
County, Pa, 

BE ALE, Clifford Sonthgate: 

Assistant City Solicitor of the City of 
Philadelphia; born in Philadelphia, April 



7, 1875; son of Rev. J. Hervey Beale, of 
Philadelphia; educated in Philadelphia, at 
Friends' School and Episcopal Academy; 
graduated from Episcopal Academy, 1892; 
entered College of University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1892, and Law Department, 1894; 
graduated with degree of LL B., 1897; 
admitted to the bar, June 12, 1897; mem- 
ber Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Philo 
Lodge, F. & A. M., Royal Arcanum, Pen- 
rose Republican Club, Young Republicans 
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion, Sons of Veterans, and The Dela- 
ware Society; direct descendant of Wil- 
liam Beale (Chester County, 1727); Judge 
Thomas Beale, (Cumberland County, 
Captain Watts Battalion Revolutionary 
Army); Colonel William Beale (1812); 
Judge John Beale (Juniata County), son 
of the Rev. J. Hervey Beale of Philadel- 
phia (Captain, etc., of First Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, 1861-1865). Residence, 1323 
North Sixth St.; office address, 476 City 
Hall, Philadelphia, Pa., and Penn Square 
Building. 

BEALE, Moses: 

Lawyer; born in Bridgton, N. J., Nov. 9, 
1S32; educated in Quaker Seminary in 
Philadelphia; read law and was admitted 
to practice in the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania. Served with distinction as an 
officer during the Civil War; afterward 
was United States District Attorney for 
the Territory of Montana; in 18S4 was ap- 
pointed Health Officer of Philadelphia, 
and again in 1S91. Member of St. Philip's 
Protestant Episcopal Church, being a ves- 
tryman. Member of the Penn Club and 
of Post No. 2, G. A. R. ; also member of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
and of the Medal of Honor Legion. Dem- 
ocrat in politics. Address, Philadelphia. 

BEARD, James Thomas: 

Mining and Civil Engineer; born Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1855; graduated, 
Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, 1874; Co- 
lumbia College School of Mines, N. Y, 
1S77; married Amelia Elizabeth Lawson, 
Omaha, Neb., May 9, 1S87; Assistant En- 
gineer New York and Brooklyn Bridge, 
1877-1S79; Engineer Chicago, Burlington 
& Quincey Railroad, 1S80-18S3; U. S. Dep. 
Min. Surveyor Aspen, Colo., 1883-1885; 
Mining Engineer Ottumwa Fuel Co., Ot- 
tuma, Iowa, 1885-1891; Secretary-Treas- 
urer Eldon Coal and Mining Co., 1891- 
1S93; proprietor Iowa Mining Exchange, 
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State Mine Examininng Board, 18S8-1S96; 
principal School of Mines, International 
Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pa., 
and Associate Editor Mines and Minerals, 
1896 to date; Republican; member North 
of England Institute of Mining and Me- 
chanical Engineers, London, England; 
member Scranton Engineers' Club; au- 
thor of "Beard's Ventilation of Mines, 
Design of Centrifugal "Ventilators." (In- 
ternational Text Book Co.) Inventor of 
Beard-Mackie sight indicator for the de- 
tection of gas. Address, 640 Clay Ave., 
Scranton, Pa. 

BEATES, Henry, Jr.: 

Physician; born Dec. 20, 1857, in Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; graduated from West Point 
Academy in 1876; in 1878 received de- 
gree of M. D.; on September 3. 1897, he 
married Agnes T. Barrington; since May 
IS, 1893, has been State Medical Ex- 
aminer of Pennsylvania; member of the 
Academy of National Science, the Col- 
lege of Physicians, American Academy of 
Politics, Society of Science, Geological 
Society, of American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, Archaeol. Asso- 
ciation of America, and thirty-second de- 
gree Mason; also Union League and 
Contemporary Clubs. Address, 1504 Wal- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BEATH, Robert R.: 

President of the United Firemen's In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia; born 
in Philadelphia Jan. 26, 1839; was edu- 
cated at the public schools of Philadel- 
phia; at the beginning of the Civil War 
enlisted as a private in the Union Army 
and served throughout the war, retiring 
in 1865 with a commission as Lieutenant 
Colonel. A charter member of Post No. 2, 
Philadelphia G. A. R., and on removing 
to Pottsville was later Commander of 
Post No. 23. Local agent in the insur- 
ance business at Pottsville 1868-1872; was 
elected Surveyor General of Pennsylvania, 
1871; was Assistant Adjutant General 
Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army 
of the Republic, 1869-1872; Department 
Commander. 1873. In the National En- 
campment served as Inspector General. 
1871, and as Adjutant General 1875, 1876 
and in 1880; Commander-in-Chief, 1S84. 
Is the author of the Grand Army "Blue 
Book'' and of the history of that order. 
From 1S91 to 1892. Secretary of the United 
Firemen's Insurance Company and be- 
came President in 1892; was a number of 
years Secretary of the National Board of 



Fire Underwriters and served as its 
President in 1902; has been Vice Presi- 
dent Board of Trustees, Pennsylvania 
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, since its 
organization. Address, 747 North Forti- 
eth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BEATTY, C. R.: 

President Farmers' and Merchants' 
Trust Company of Greenville. Address, 
Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. 

BEATTY, John Lewis: 

Architect; born Feb. 14, 1863, in Clare- 
mont, Allegheny County, Pa.; second son 
of the late James T. and Jane Beatty; 
educated in the public schools and the old 
Pittsburg Academy; studied ten years for 
the profession of architect, and began 
practice in 1890; member of the American 
Institute of Architects, Western Penn- 
sylvania; interested in the designing of 
churches. Office, Jackson Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa, 

BEATTY, John W.j 

Artist; son of Richard Beatty; born 
July 8, 1851, at Pittsburg, Pa.; married 
Cora B. Hamnett at Pittsburg, Pa.; was 
a student of the Munich Academy of Fine 
Arts; in 1900, received the degree of 
A. M. at the Western University of 
Pennsylvania; was a member of the Jury 
on Painting for Pennsylvania and New 
York; also of the World's Columbian Ex- 
position in 1903; was a member of the 
National Advisory Board, also of the 
Paris Exposition in 1900; Pittsburg Art 
Society, Pittsburg Artists' Association, 
National Arts Club, honorary member of 
Fine Arts Committee, Pan American Ex- 
position, Buffalo, 1901. Is now Director 
of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

BEAUMONT, Engene Beanharnais: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Cadet, Military Academy, July 
1, 1S56; Second Lieutenant, First Cav- 
alry, May 6, 1861; Fourth Cavalry, Aug. 
3, 1861; First Lieutenant, Sept. 14, 1861; 
Captain Aide-de-Camp, Volunteers, May 
13, 1S63; Major Assistant Adjutant- 
General Volunteers, Oct. 20, 1864; honor- 
ably mustered out. Volunteer service, 
March 19, 1866; Captain Fourth Cavalry, 
July 25, 1865; Major, Nov. 12, 1S79; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Third Cavalry, Jan. 14, 
1892; brevetted Captain, Nov. 7, 1863, for 
gallant and meritorious service in the bat- 



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tie of Rappahannock Station, Va. ; Major, 
April 2, 1865, for gallant and meritorious 
service in the caDture of Selma, Ala.; 
Lieutenant Colonel, April 2, 1865, for gal- 
lant and meritorious service during the 
war; Lieutenant Colonel Volunteers, 
March 13, 1S65, for gallant and meritori- 
ous service during the campaign in Ten- 
nesee, and Colonel Volunteers April 2, 
1S65, for gallant and distinguished ser- 
vice in the battle of Selma, Ala.; award- 
ed medal of honor March 30, 1898, for 
most distinguished gallantry in action at 
the Harpeth River, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1864, 
where he led the attack upon a battery 
and captured the guns, and at Selma, 
Ala., April 2, 1865, he charged with his 
regiment into the enemy's works, while, 
Major and Assistant Adjutant General 
of Volunteers, serving with the Cavalry 
Corps, Army of the Mississippi; retired 
May 6, 1892. Address, 54 West Union St., 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

BEAUX, Cecelia: 

Artist; daughter of John Adolphe and 
Cecelia Kent Beaux; born at Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; at the Julien and the Lazar 
Schools. Paris, she was a pupil of Wil- 
liam Sartain; at the Pennsylvania Acad- 
emy of Fine Arts she was awarded the 
Mary Smith prize four times; also the 
Art Club gold medal, the Dodge prize at 
the National Academy of Design, bronze 
and gold medals at the Carnegie Insti- 
tute, a gold medal of honor, and the 
Temple gold medal of Pennsylvania 
Academy of Fine Arts; in 1900 she re- 
ceived a gold medal at the Paris Expo- 
sition; since 1902 she has been a member 
of the National Academy of Design, the 
American Artists' Society, also member of 
Socete Nationale des Beaux Arts. Ad- 
dress, 4305 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 

BEAVER, David R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Forty-first Pennsylvania In- 
fantry (Twelfth Reserve), April 12, 1864 
honorably mustered out, June 11, 1864 
First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 
191st Pennsylvania Infantry, July 21, 1864 
honorably mustered out, June 28, 1865 
elected May 7, 1S90. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BEAVER, James Addamii 

Jurist; born Oct. 1, 1S37, at Millers- 
town, Pa.; in 1856 he was graduated from 



Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa.; in 
1889 he took the degree of LL. D. at 
Dickinson, Pa., and at Hanover, Ind.; he 
studied law and practiced at Bellefonte, 
Pa., from 1859 to 1861; in the Army of 
the Potomac he served as Second Lieu- 
tenant to Colonel and Brevet Brigadier 
General; on May 3, 1863, he was shot 
through the body, at Chancellorsville, also 
shot in the side at Petersburg, Va., in 
June, 1864; in the same year he lost his 
leg at Ream's Station; in 1864 he was 
mustered out; he resumed law and 
practiced at Bellefonte; until 18S7 he was 
Major General of the Pennsylvania Na- 
tional Guards; in 1882 he was defeated 
for Governor by Robert E. Pattison; he 
was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887 
to 1891, also President of the Board of 
Trustees for the Pennsylvania State Col- 
lege; he was delegate to the Republican 
National Convention in 1880, and Vice 
Moderator of the Presbyterian General 
Assembly in 1SS8 and in 1895; in 1898 he 
was a member of the President's Com- 
mission for Investigation of the War De- 
partment; on Dec. 26, 1865, he married 
Mary A. McAllister at Bellefonte, Pa.; 
member of Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
Address, Bellefonte, Pa. 

BECHTEL, Henry Hora.ce: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain, Tenth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 18, 1861; honorably mustered 
out, July 31, 1861; elected Feb. 3, 1S92. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BECHTEL, O. P.: 

President Judge of the Schuylkill 
County Court; was born in Northumber- 
land County, June 31, 1842; he was edu- 
cated in the public schools, principally at 
Middleport, Schuylkill County, to which 
place his father had moved in 1851; at 
the age of 17 he commenced to teach 
school, first in Wayne Township, Schuyl- 
kill County, and afterward in West 
Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County; 
he received his additional education at 
Allentown Seminary and the Arcadian In- 
stitute at Onnigsburg; at the latter place 
he also taught part of the time; from 
1862 to 1864, he taught in Mohanoy 
City. Schuylkill County; in 1865 he was 
bookkeeper and paymaster for the Preston 
Coal & Improvement Company, at Gir- 
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Schuylkill County bar. In September, 
1 186S, he was married to Mary Elizabeth 
j Epting, of Pottsville. In 1JS73 he was 
1 elected as State Senator; in 1877 he re- 
ceived the unanimous nomination for 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, at 
1 the Democratic Convention of Schuylkill 
County; he has been re-elected twice; is 
now serving his twenty-seventh year as 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Schuylkill County. Address, Schuylkill 
Haven, Pa. 

BECHTEL, Wilinm B.: 

Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., March 
18, 1862; educated in the public schools, 
and graduated from the Reading High 
School in 1879, being assigned the class 
oration; entered Franklin and Marshall 
College, Lancaster; studied law under Ed- 
gar M. Levan, Esq.., and was admitted to 
the bar of Berks County, Nov. 10, 1884; 
served as County Solicitor; acted in poli- 
tics as a Democrat. Address, Reading, Pa. 

BECK, Carol H.: 

Artist; born in Philadelphia; studied at 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 
and in the art schools of Dresden and 
Paris; exhibited at World's Columbian 
Exposition portrait of Hon. Robert E. 
Pattison, then Governor of Pennsylvania; 
"The Lady With a Veil," "Daffodil," at 
the Buffalo Pan American Exposition; 
picture entitled "Study," Mary Smith 
prize, at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine 
Arts Exhibition of 1S99; portraits at Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, Masonic Temple, 
Odd Fellows' Temple, Musical Fund So- 
ciety, Penn Charter School, Woman's 
Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 
vania Society of New York, Wesleyan 
College, Moravian Seminary at Bethle- 
ham, at the Capitols at Harrisburg, Penn- 
sylvania and Trenton, N. J.; editor of 
Catalogue of Wilstach collection of paint- 
ings at Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, 
Philadelphia; member of Plastic Club and 
Fellowship of Pennsylvania Academy of 
Fine Arts. Studio address, 1520 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BECK, Henry Latimer: 

Late Captain United States Army; born 
in Williamsport, Pa., Sept. 5, 1841; son of 
Hon. John B. and Mary A. (Butler) Beck, 
deceased; he is of Swiss-German and 
Scotch-Irish ancestry, his ancestors being 
among the early settlers of York and 
Cumberland Counties, whose military ser- 
vices are found recorded in the archives 
of the State — previous to, during, and 



since the Revolutionary War. Captain 
Beck received his education at Dickinson 
Seminary, and later attended Balmar's 
Academy, at Chester, Pa., from which he 
graduated in 1S59; at an early age he en- 
tered the service of his country during the 
Civil War, and was commissioned First 
Lieutenant, Pennsylvania Artillery, Feb. 
14, 1862; discharged by reason of the 
Government refusing to accept any more 
troops; enlisted as a private in the Regu- 
lar Army, Oct. 30, 1862; assigned to Bat- 
tery G, Fifth United States Artillery, 
serving as Corporal and Sergeant; dis- 
charged Nov. 25, 1862, by reason of pro- 
motion to Second Lieutenant, Thirteenth 
United States Infantry; served as an 
officer with Battery G, Fifth United 
States Artillery; brevetted First Lieuten- 
ant for gallant and meritorious service at 
the battle of Arkansas Post, Ark; bre- 
vetted Captain for gallant and meritorious 
service at the battle of Vicksburg, Miss.; 
promoted First. Lieutenant, June 28, 1863; 
transferred to the Twenty-second United 
States Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; promoted 
Captain, July 31, 1S67; honorably mus- 
tered out of service, General Order No. 
1, Jan. 1, 1871; he participated in many 
battles and skirmishes, the principal en- 
gagements being as follows: Antie- 
tam, Arkansas Post, Port Hudson, Vicks- 
burg, Colliersville, Lookout Mountain, 
Mission Ridge, Chickamauga and Knox- 
ville; at the close of the war he was 
stationed on the frontier, where he had 
many encounters with the Indians; in 
1872 he returned to Williamsport and be- 
came a member of the hardware firm of 
Beck Bros., in which business he has 
been engaged for over thirty years, the 
firm having been organized in 1862 by 
John B., Sr., and Samuel M. Beck, now 
deceased; Captain Beck married, Dec. 20, 
1866, Elvira J., daughter of Francis King 
Bush, of Boston, and has one son, John 
B. ; he is a member of Ren Post, G. A. R., 
and the Veterans' Legion; member of 
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, of 
which he has been a vestryman for over 
twenty-five years. Address, Williamsport, 
Pa. 

BECK, James M.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, July 9, 
1861; educated in Philadelphia schools and 
at the Moravian College, Bethlehem. Pa., 
graduating in 1880; received the honorary 
degree of LL. D. from Muhlenberg College 
in 1902; after a years' service as clerk in 
the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad 



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office, he began the study of law under 
Albert A. Outerbridge, and was admitted 
to practice before the Philadelphia bar in 
1S84; his marked ability as an advocate 
was soon evident, and led in 1885 to a 
partnership with Hon. William F. Har- 
rity, which continued till 1898, and in 188S 
brought him the appointment by the Unit- 
ed States Attorney General of Assistant 
United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania; his rapidly- 
increasing private practice forced him to 
resign this position in 1892, but in 1896 
he received the appointment of United 
States Attorney for the same district, and 
held this position for four years, resign- 
ing July 11, 1900; he was immediately ap- 
pointed Assistant Attorney General of 
the United States, which elevated post 
he retained till April 30, 1903; in 1898 he 
was the Democratic and Independent 
candidate for District Attorney of Phila- 
delphia, but was defeated by P. F. 
Rothermel, the Republican candidate. 
As United States Attorney, he prosecuted 
many important criminal cases, convict- 
ing the Cuban filibusters, the Lancaster 
counterfeiters, and the derelict officials of 
the Chestnut Street Bank; in his prose- 
cution of those who were breaking the 
neutrality laws punishing filibusterinig, he 
had to contend against the strong senti- 
ment in lavor of Cuban independence, and 
was opposed in the Court of Appeals by 
the eminent counsel, Senator Gray, of 
Delaware, but obtained a decision in fa- 
vor of the Government. The case 
against the counterfeiters was also a 
notable one, and ended in the conviction, 
not only of the accused, but also of 
former United States District Attorney 
Ellery P. Ingham and his law partner, 
Harvey K. Newett, who were proved to 
be criminally concerned in the affair; as 
Master, appointed by the United States 
Court, he sold in April, 1902, the Phila- 
delphia Record for $3,000,000, the highest 
price ever obtained for an American 
newspaper at public sale; in 1902 he en- 
tered the law firm of Sherman and Stir- 
ling, of New York, and removed to that 
city; he is also senior member of the 
firm of Beck, Robinson & Kane, of Phila- 
delphia; in 1890 he married Lilla Mitchell, 
a daughter of James Mitchell, of Phila- 
delphia, Mr. Beck's phenomenal progress 
in his profession has been partly due to 
his marked powers as an orator, which 
have been displayed on many public and 
private occasions; in 1892 he delivered the 



Fourth of July oration in Independence : 
Square, and in 1S93 the oration on Penn- 
sylvania Day at the Chicago Exposition; 
another striking speech was that given 
at the unveiling of the Statue of Stephen 
Girard, in Philadelphia. Probably his 
most notable speech was that in response ' 
to the toast: "The American Bar," at , 
the dinner given in London by the Bench 
and Bar Association of England to the : 
similar association of the United States. 
Mr. Beck is a member of the Contempor- i 
ary Club, and the Browning Society of • 
Philadelphia, and of the Lotus Club of 
New York; is President of the New Eng- 
land Society, and is connected with va- 
rious other associations. Office, 44 Wall 
St., New York. 

BECK, John M.t 

Captain Company I, Twelfth Infantry, 
N. G. P., Williamsport, Pa.; was born at ; 
Fort Randall, Dak. (now South Dak.), • 
Nov. 24, 186S; son of Captain Henry Lati- < 
mer and Elvira J. (Bush) Beck; at a very 
early age he removed with his parents ■ 
to Williamsport; he received his educa- , 
tion at the public and private schools of 
that place and in 1S85 attended Harring- ; 
ton's School, Westchester, N. Y., and from 
1887 to 1891 pursued a course of study at 
Lehigh University and was a member of 
the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity; in 1S91 
Captain Beck accepted a situation with 
the hardware firm of Beck Bros. & Co., 
Williamsport, and in 1897 became a mem- 
ber of that firm, in which business he is 
still engaged; Nov. 11, 1891, he enlisted 
as private in Company D, Twelfth Regi- , 
ment Infantry, Pennsylvania National 
Guard; Corporal, January 31, 1893; Bat- ■ 
talion Sergeant-Major, Nov. 11, 1894; hon- 
orably discharged, Nov. 10, 1897; during 
the Spanish-American War Captain Beck ' 
helped organize the company of which he . 
is now Captain, in which he was mus- , 
tered into the State Service, June 21, 1898, • 
and elected Second Lieutenant; First 
Lieutenant, Dec. 20. 1S98, and Captain, 
Jan. 8. 1904; he is a member of the 
Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revo- 
lution, being a descendant from Revolu- 
tionary ancestors through both paternal 
and maternal ancestry. Captain Beck 
was one of the organizers and a charter 
member of the Young Men's Democratic 
Club of Williamsport; he is a member of 
the Masonic fraternity and of Trinity 
Protestant Episcopal Church. Address, 
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BECK, William Butler: 

Captain in United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
at Military Academy, July 1, 1855 to Oct. 
24, 1856; First Lieutenant, Eleventh 
Pennsylvania Infantry, April 24, 1861; 
honorably mustered out, June 26, 1861; 
Second Lieutenant, Fifth Artillery, May 
14, 1861; First Lieutenant, Jan. 26, 1865; 
Kegimental Quartermaster, Oct. 1, 1867, 
to Oct. 30, 1S76; Captain, Oct. 30, 1876; 
j brevetted First Lieutenant, May 10, 1864, 
J for gallant and meritorious service in the 
] battle near the crossing of the Potomac 
.; River, Va.; Captain, Oct. 27, 1864, for 
I gallant and meritorious service in the bat- 
j tie on the Boydton Plank Road, Va. ; 
Major, March 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious service during the siege of 
Petersburg, Va., and Lieutenant Colonel, 
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritori- 
ous service during the war; retired, 
April 24, 1891. Address, River Drive, 
| Passaic, N. J. 

BECK, Wiliiam F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House 
1 of Representatives from Northampton 
county; was born in Lower Nazareth 
Township, Northampton County, Pa., Nov. 
4, 1851; was reared on a farm; educated 
in the public schools, Bethlehem Academy 
and private school; began teaching school 
when fifteen years old, and taught four 
terms; was actively engaged in farming 
from 1875 to 1901; served as School Di- 
rector for three years; was a delegate 
to the Democratic State Convention once, 
and to the County Convention frequently; 
is a member of the County Committee, 
has been connected with the Northampton 
I County Agricultural Society since 1S84, 
and was elected its President in 1S90, in 
which capacity he served seven consecu- 
tive years; was elected a member of the 
State Board of Agriculture in 1900, and 
Vice President of said Board in 1902; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Nazareth, 
Pa. 

BECK William Henry: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania, appointed from 
Illinois; Corporal B, Tenth Illinois In- 
| fantry, April 16 to July 29, 1861; Quarter- 
| master- Sergeant, Sixth Illinois Cavalry, 
Sept. 21, 1861; First Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 
1862; resigned, Feb. 28, 1863; Second 
Lieutenant, Tenth Cavalry, June 18, 1867; 
First Lieutenant, Dec. 11, 1867; Regimen- 



tal Quartermaster, Sept. 1, 1867, to Dec. 
31, 1874; Captain, December 23, 1887; 
Colonel Forty-ninth United States Volun- 
teer Infantry, Sept. 9, 1899; honorably 
mustered out of Volunteers, June 30, 1901; 
Major, Sixth Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; trans- 
ferred to Eighth Cavalry, Feb. 25, 1903; 
Lieutenant Colonel, Third Cavalry, April 
15, 1903. Address, Fort Assiniboine, Mont. 

BEDFORD, George R.: 

Lawyer; born at Waverley, Pa., Nov. 22, 
1840; educated at Madison Academy, 
Waverley; studied law under Hon. Samuel 
Sherrerd, of Scranton, Pa., and at the 
Albany Law School, and was admitted in 
May, 1862, to practice before the Supreme 
Court of New York; moving to Wilkes- 
barre, Pa., he was admitted to the bar 
of Luzerne County in 1862, and during 
the following year began an active prac- 
tice; in 1863 he enlisted as a private in 
the Thirtieth Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, his company doing service in 
the Gettysburg campaign and remaining 
in the field about six weeks; in 1874 Mr. 
Bedford was a candidate for the nomina- 
tion for Judge; he has never been a can- 
didate for any political office, though he 
has been active in the Democratic Party, 
and was Chairman of the Committee of 
the Twelfth Congressional District in 
18S2; he has been a Director of the 
"Wilkesbarre Hospital, a Trustee of the 
Female Institute of "Wilkesbarre, and for 
twelve years preceding 1899 was Master 
in Chancery. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa, 

BEDFORD, Reynolds C.I 

Lawyer; was born Nov. 22, 1872, in 
Brownville, Neb., while parents, of old 
Pennsylvania family, were sojourning 
there; educated in Baltimore, Md., and 
graduated in 1S93 from the University of 
Maryland, Law Department, receiving the 
degree of LL. B.; was admitted to the 
Bar at Scranton, Pa., in July, 1897, and 
in 1901 was appointed by the Court of 
Lackawanna County a member of the 
Board of Law Examiners; he is engaged 
in the general practice of law at Scran- 
ton, Pa. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

BEEBE, Charles H,, M. D.: 

Born Feb. 2, 1861, in city of Philadel- 
phia (lineal descendant of John Beebe, 
who emigrated to New England in 1850) ; 
received his education in the public 
schools of Philadelphia; graduated from 
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 
in 1881. Address, 2117 East Cumberland 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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BEEBE, Dimner: 

Juage of Superior Court of Pennsyl- 
vania, commissioned January 2, 1899, 
Residence, The Newport; office address, 
426 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BEEBKR, William Parson: 

Lawyer; Williamsport, Pa.; born at 
Williamsport, November 25, 1873; attend- 
ed private schools and Dickinson Semi- 
nary, Williamsport, and entered Cornell 
University, graduating in 1S95 with de- 
gree of B. L-.; read law with Jones, Car- 
son & Beeber (J. Levering Jones, Hamp- 
ton L. Carson, Attorney General; Dimner 
Beeber, former Judge Superior Court) and 
attended University of Pennsylvania Law 
School, graduating in 1S98 with degree of 
L.L. B. cum laude; admitted same year 
to the bar of Philadelphia and Lycoming 
Counties, and in 1901 to the Supreme and 
Superior and Federal Courts, and is now 
practicing law in Williamsport with his 
father, under the firm name of J. A. & 
W. P. Beeber; was married, Oct. 26, 1901, 
to Mary C. Holland, daughter of S. S. 
Holland, of Pittsburg; Republican in poli- 
tics, formerly member of City Committee; 
elected to Select Council of Williamsport, 
1902, and is now President of that body; 
member of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, 
and of the Ross Club and other clubs of 
Williamsport. Address, Williamsport, Pa.. 

Bi^SON, Albert Gallatin: 

Captain Company C, Tenth Regiment 
Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania; 
born at Unionville, Pa., Jan. 13. 1844; 
Major and Aide-de-Camp on Major-Gen- 
eral Thomas F. Gallagher's staff, 1875; 
member of Town Council in 1866; Chief of 
Fire Department, 1S82-1883; Military In- 
structor, Trinity College, Washington, 
Pa., 1889. Address, Uniontown, Pa. 

BEIB-ELMAN, William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant, 153rd Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, Oct. 10, 1862; honorably 
mustered out. July 24, 1S63; elected Oct. 
10, 1894. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Ill nil lit. Jacob Atlee: 

Congressman; born Nov. 2. 1S52, in 
Chester County, Pa., and was the son of 
Israel Beidler; after having attended 
common school, he spent four years at 



Locke's Academy, Norristown, Pa.; on 
Sept. 14, 1876, he married Hannah M. 
Rhoades; since 1873 he has been operating 
in coal; Republic Congressman for the 
Twentieth Ohio District since 1901. Ad- 
dress, Willoughby, Ohio; office, Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

BE1TLEK, Abraham M.l 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia, July 8, 
1853; educated in public schools; gradu- 
ated from the Central High School, July, 
1870; studied law with C. Stuart Patter- 
son; admitted to the bar January, 1875; 
In 1S77 appointed Assistant City Solicitor; 
in 1891 director of the Department of 
Public Safety, under Mayor Stuart; in 
February, 1896, Judge Court of Common 
Pleas No. 1, member Board of Managers 
Associated Alumni Central High School; 
ex-President Five-o'clock Club; member 
Board of Trustees Medico-Chirurgical 
Hospital, and Medico-Chirurgical Col- 
lege; Pennsylvania Society Sons of the 
Revolution; President City of Philadelphia 
Police Pension Fund Association. Ad- 
dress, 1615 Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



BEITZEL, D. W.: 

President of Dillsburg National Bank. I 
Address, Dillsburg, York County, Pa. 

BELKNAP, Henry Heston: 

Attorney-at-Law; was born in Phila- , 
delphia, April 23, 1875; graduated Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of 
Finance and Economy, 1894; elected in- . 
structor in Central High School, Philadel- 
phia, 1S94, also Assistant Professor of 
History; studied law in office of George 
Wharton Pepper and graduated from the 
Law Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1900; member of the 
Sons of the Revolution and Colonial So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Address, 815 Cro- 
zer Building; 1420 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BELL,, F. F.: 

Banker; born in Philadelphia May 26, 
1855; was educated in and graduated from 
Girard College; elected City Treasurer in 
1SS5, serving four years; in 1SS9 estab- 
lished the banking firm of T. P. Bell & 
Co. Mr. Bell is a member of the Phila- 
delphia and New York Stock Exchanges. 
Married to Helen G. Edwards of Philadel- 
phia in 188S; is a member of the Union 
League and the Torresdale County Clubs. 
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BELL, James Montgomery: 

Brig-adier United States Army; son of 
William B. Bell; born Oct. 1, 1837, at Wil- 
liams, Pa.; graduated from the Witten- 
berg College, Springfield, Ohio, in 1S62 
and received the degree of A. M. ; on 
March 2, 1872, he married Emily M. 
Hones, at Pittsburg; he entered the 
Union Army; from June 10 to Sept. 25 he 
was First Lieutenant of the Eighty-sixth 
Ohio Infantry; from June 30 to August 9, 
1863, was Captain of the Independent 
Troop of Pennsylvania Cavalry; from 
Oct. 8, 1S63, to July 14, 1865, was Cap- 
tain of Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry; 
made Second Lieutenant of Thirteenth 
United States Cavalry, June 28, 1866; 
First Lieutenant of same, April 2, 1867; 
Captain, June 25, 1876; Major of First 
United States Cavalry, May 25, 1890; 
Lieutenant Colonel of Eighteenth United 
States Cavalry, Jan. 10, 1900; Colonel 
of Edgnth Infantry, July 5, 1899; Briga- 
dier General of United States Volunteers, 
from 1900 to 1901; Brigadier General of 
the United States Army, Sept. 17, 1901, 
and resigned the position Oct. 1, 1901; 
brevetted First Lieutenant and Captain, 
for gallant and meritorious service during 
the battie of the Wilderness, Va. ; made 
Major for the same at Ream's Station, 
Ya., and Lieutenant for same against In- 
dians, at Canon Creek, Mont., Sept. 30, 
1877; he has served on the frontier of 
numerous States — from 1S66 to 1891, 
Kansas, Texas, Indian Territory, Color- 
ado, Nebraska. North and South Da- 
kota, Montana and Wyoming; from 1894 
to 1896, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona; 
from 1896 to 1898, Oklahoma and Kansas; 
he also served through the Spanish- 
American war, and in the Philippine 
Islands from Oct. 26, 1899, to April, 1901; 
took part in several Indian wars — from 
1867 to 1869 in the Cheyenne, Araphoe and 
Kiowas; from 1876 to 1881 in the Sioux 
War; 1877, the Nez Perces; from 1867 to 
1877 he was sent as guard to the engineer 
and construction parties on the Kansas 
Pacific, Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, 
and Great Northern Trans-Continental 
Railroads. During this period he was 
wounded three times; he commanded 
Bell's Expeditionary Brigade to the Cara- 
mines Provinces, South Luzon, February, 
1900; commanding Third District Depart- 
ment of Southern Luzon from March, 
1900. to March, 1901. Military Governor 
of Third District Department of Southern 
Luzon from April, 1900, to March, 1901, 



which comprised the Ambos Caramines, 
the Abay and the Sorsogon Provinces, 
and the Island of Catanduanes. Address, 
1428 Euclid Place, Washington, D. C. 

BELL, John A.: 

President of People's National Bank, 
and Grove City Savings Trust Company 
of Grove City, Pa. 

BELL, Rev. Livingston Carmont: 

Minister, Presbyterian church; born 
Nov. 26, 1860, New Wilmington, Pa.; 
spent early life in Indiana, Minnesota 
and Illinois; educated at Carthage, 111., 
and Wooster, Ohio; was graduated from 
Wooster University, Wooster, Ohio, 1885, 
and Western Theological Seminary, Al- 
legheny, Pa., 1889. Republican. Married 
Jennie Anderson, near New Castle, Pa., 
September, 1886. Pastor Presbyterian 
church. Lonaconing, Md., June, 1889 to 
October, 1892; Greencastle, Pa., 1892; 
Moderator Presbytery of Carlisle, 1897; 
represented Presbytery of Carlisle in the 
General Assembly of Presbyterian church, 
Minneapolis, 1899. Editor The Worker. 
Address, Greencastle, Pa. 

BELL, Martin: 

Jurist, born in Blair County, Pa.; adopt- 
ed the law as his profession, and was Dis- 
trict Attorney for the County from 1887 
to 1S90; was elected Judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas in 1894, his term ex- 
piring in 1904. Address, Holidaysburg, 
Pa. 

BELL, Samuel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Private First Troop Philadelphia 
City Cavalry, May 13, 1861; mustered out 
Aug. 17, 1861; Major and Paymaster Unit- 
ed States Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862; hon- 
orably mustered out, July 20, 1866; bre- 
vetted Lieutenant Colonel United States 
Volunteers, Nov. 24, 1865, "for faithful 
and meritorious services." Elected, Nov. 
4. 1874. Address, 26S South 16th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BELL, William Hemphill : 

Brigadier General, United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet, Military Academy, July 1, 1853; 
brevetted Second Lieutenant Third In- 
fantry, July 1, 185S; Second Lieutenant, 
Dec. 6, 185S; First Lieutenant, May 14, 
1861; Captain, June 11, 1862; Major, Aug. 



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14, 1883; Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 27, 1S92. 
On duty at Omaha, Neb., as Chief Com- 
missary of Subsistence Department of the 
Platte and Purchasing and Depot Com- 
missary of Subsistence, to June 27, 1892; 
Purchasing Commissary at Denver, Colo., 
from Oct., 1891, to March 24, 1894; Chief 
Commissary Department of California, 
from March 26, 1894, to June 30, 1S96; 
Colonel, June 10, 1896; Chief Commissary 
Department of Colorado, from July 6, 
1896, to March, 1S97; Principal Assistant 
to the Commissary General of Subsist- 
ence, at Washington, D. C, from March, 
1S97, until appointed Brigadier General, 
;Staff ; Commissary General of Subsistence, 
Nov. 14, 1897; retired from active service, 
Jan. 28, 189S; brevetted Major March 13, 
1S65, for faithful and meritorious service 
in New Mexico. Address, 2416 Emerson 
:St., Denver, Colo. 

BELL,, William Roe: 

Born April, 1859, Indiana, Pa.; edu- 
cated in Public Schools. After leaving 
school he learned the printing business. 
In Pittsburg he engaged in reportorial 
and editorial work. Since 1890 he has 
been Washington correspondent to the 
Pittsburg Leader, Harrisburg Star-Inde- 
pendent, and Erie Herald. Address, 1345 
Pennsylvania Ave., Northwest, Washing- 
ton. 

HELL, William Thompson: 

Member Board of Public Charities; born 
Mifflin County, Pa., June 23, 1852; son of 
Professor John M. Bell, County Superin- 
tendent for the County of Mifflin. At- 
tended school in Milroy, Pa., and the 
Kishacoquillas Seminary. In September, 
1879, Cashier of the Central Banking 
Company, at Mount Union, Pa.; in 1S92, 
Cashier of the Orbisonia Bank, Orbisonia, 
Pa., dividing his time between the two 
banks; in 1881 married Frank W. Shafer; 
in 1902 Governor Stone appointed him a 
member of the State Board of Public 
Charities; re-appointed by Governor Pen- 
nypacker in 1903. Residence, Mount 
Union, Pa. 

BELLAS, Henry Hobart: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Virginia; 
Second Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry, Oct. 
1, 1873; First Lieutenant April 2, 1879; 
retired, May 26, 1886; Captain of Cavalry, 
Oct. 2, 1890; retired, Oct. 3, 1890. Ad- 
dress, 42J. South 44th St., Philadelphia, 
fa. 






BELMOINT, Leo: 

Lawyer; born Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 
1875; son of Henry and Sarah Belmont; 
after graduating from the University of 
Pennsylvania with degree of Ph. B. at- 
tended the University of Berlin; traveled 
through various European cities, studying 
administrative systems; in 1898 made a 
tour of Mexico to investigate mining 
properties. President of various corpo- 
tingrations, including the Taviche Con- 
centrating Reducing Company; President 
of the Guadaloupe Mining Company; 
member of the Lawyers' Club, Law 
Academy, Mercantile Club and the Uni- 
versity Alumni Association. Contributed 
to University Historical Studies an article 
on "The Effect of Moorish and Jewish 
Learning on the Renaissance in Europe"; 
also "Moorish Learning in the Early Re- 
naissance" to the Overland Monthly. Now 
in active practice of law in Philadelphia 
and New York. Address, 833 Marshall 
St., Philadelphia, or 700 Betz Building 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



BELTZ, D. E.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Ligonier. Address, Ligonier, Westmore- 
land Co., Pa. 

BEMIS, Royal Warren, M. D.: 

Born in Waltham, Mass., Jan. 16, 1868, 
of old New England stock; ancestors on, 
father's side officers in the Revolutionary 
War; educated Waltham public schools; 
degree of M. D. at Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, Pa., 1892; resident phy- 
sician at Municipal Hospital, Philadel- 
phia, for several years; married Ger- V j 
trude L. Foster, of Lynn, in 1896, and ' 
has practiced medicine in Philadelphia 
since that time. Address, 2512 North 5th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BENERMAN, Lonis C, M. D.: 

Born in Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 1861; i 
graduated from the Philadelphia public 
schools in 1878; graduated with honors' 
from the Jefferson Medical College in 
1887, obtaining the pathological prise;: 
commenced practice of medicine in Mis- 
souri; married and returned to Phila- 
delphia. Examiner for life insurance; 
compiled mortuary statistics from the 
National and from the State and local' 
Boards of Health. Address, 4558 Wayne 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BENF1ELD, John: 

President of People's Bank of Danville. 
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|BENHAM, William Monroe: 

Attorn ey-at-law; born in Auburn, N. 
Y., April 8, 1866; educated in the public 
ischool of New Brighton, Pa., and gradu- 
ated from Geneva College, in the class of 
[1887, being awarded the general excel- 
lency prize. Having taken the classical 
icourse, the degree of Bachelor of Arts 
'was conferred on him. In 1889 he en- 
tered the Columbia Law School, New York 
ICity, and graduated in 1S92, with the de- 
tgree of Bachelor of Laws, cum laude. 

He was awarded the first prize for the 
l|greatest knowledge and highest attain- 
knents in his law studies. He was ad- 
mitted to practice in the New York State 
|;Courts on Dec. 7, 1S91; was admitted to 
}the Allegheny County bar in September, 
'!1S92; was made a Mason at Crescent 
/Lodge, No. 576, in 1S94, and also belongs 
,|to the Pennsylvania Consistory, which 
Jgives him the thirty-second degree in 

Masonry; is a member of the Allegheny 
nCounty Bar Association, University Club, 
khe Elks, the Knights of the Ancient 

Essenic Order, and the Eastern Star; is 

Esteemed Loyal Knight of his Elk Lodge, 
llPittsburg, No. 11, and was Supreme 
JSenator, the highest office in the Country, 

of the Essenic Order, during the year 

f.901. In politics he is an ardent Repub- 
ican and at present is First Vice Chair- 
man of the Republican City Executive 
'Committee. Being a fluent public speak- 
aer, he is called upon to deliver addresses 
TO various kinds. His office is Room No. 
501-503 Bakewell Law Building, Pittsburg. 
■)Pa. 

BENNETT, Emerson: 

Author; born in Monson, Mass., March 
16, 1822; educated at district schools and 
Monson Academy; married Eliza G. Daly, 
Philadelphia, 1847; began literary career 
at the age of eighteen, and has written 
over fifty novels and numerous short 
stories, published in leading literary pe- 

t.|riodicals in America and Europe. Au- 
thor: "Prairie Flower," "Leni Leoti," 

■ 'Mike Fink," "Forest Rose," "Forged 
Will," "Clara Moreland," "Bride of the 
[Wilderness," "Outlaw's Daughter," "Bor- 
ier Rover," "Phantom of the Forest," 
'Artist's Bride," etc. Has also been lec- 
turer and elocutionist. Resideu in Cin- 
cinnati, then in Philadelphia. Address, 
5333 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JBEhNETT, James: 

President of Farmers' National Bank 
of Emlenton. Address, Emlenton, Ve- 
nango County, Pa. 



BENNETT, T. P. M.: 

Retired merchant; born Aug. 29, 1845, 
near Milford, Del.; educated at Milford 
Academy, and graduated from a com- 
mercial college; removed to Philadelphia 
in his nineteenth year and entered upon 
a mercantile career; was a member of 
the firm of Bennett Pennewill & Co for 
thirty years; retired from business, 1895. 
Married daughter of the late James S. 
Moore, of Gloucester Manufacturing Com- 
pany. Is a Director of the public schools, 
Trustee and Treasurer of the old Eighth 
Street Trinity Church of Philadelphia. 
Residence, 1905 Green St., Philadelphia. 

BENSON, Edwin North: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventh Pennsylvania 
(Militia) Infantry, Sept. 12, 1862; mus- 
tered out Sept. 26, 1862; private Thirty- 
second Pennsylvania (Militia) Infantry, 
June 26, 1863; mustered out Aug. 1, 1863; 
President of the Union League of Phila- 
delphia, December, 1884, to December, 
1S88. Elected, Oct. 19, 1887. Address, 
2107 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BENSON, R. Dale: 

President of the Pennsylvania Fire In- 
surance Company; was born in Philadel- 
phia, Dec. 6, 1841; at the outbreak of the 
Civil War enlisted in a Pennsylvania 
Regiment; was mustered out as Brevet 
Major of Volunteers in July, 1865; served 
as Colonel of the First Regiment of In- 
fantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania 
during the Pittsburg riots in 1877; for 
some years Colonel Benson identified him- 
self with fire underwriting; was also 
engaged in mercantile business as an im- 
porter and jobber of teas in connection 
with the China trade; was elected Vice 
President of the Pennsylvania Fire In- 
surance Company in 18S1, and in 1S90 be- 
came its President. Member of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legioh. Ad- 
dress, 1120 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BENSON, Richard Dale, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Major R. Dale Benson; elected Nov. 14, 
1900. Address, 1120 Spruce St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BENTON, Frederick L.: 

Surgeon, United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. As- 



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sistant Surgeon, July 21, 189?; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon, July 21, 1901; Asiatic 
Station, January 24, 1903; Surgeon, De- 
cember 28, 1903; Naval Station, Olongapa, 
P. I., 1904, which is present station. 

BERGEY, David H., M.D.: 

Son of Godshalk Reiff and Susan D. 
(Hendricks) Bergey; educated in public 
schools of Lower Salford township, West 
Chester State Normal School, and Ur- 
sinus College; studied medicine with Dr. 
Samuel Wolfe, of Skippack; graduated 
from University of Pennsylvania, with 
degrees of M. D. and B. S., 18S4; re- 
ceived degree of A. M. from Illinois Wes- 
leyan University, 1S94. for non-resident 
work in science and philosophy; practiced 
at North Wales, Pa., 1S84-1893. Author: 
"A Handbook of Practical Hygiene," 
1899; "The Principles of Hygiene," 1901. 
Married, June 5, 1884, Annie S., daughter 
of Joseph P. and Catherine (Staurt'erj 
Hallman, of Skippack, Pa. Republican. 
Member of Montgomery County Medical 
Society, Pennsylvania Medical Society, 
American Medical Association, Society 
of American Bacteriologists, American 
Association of Pathologists and Bacteri- 
ologists, American Climatological Associ- 
ation, American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, National Educa- 
tional Association, University of Pennsyl- 
vania Chapter Sigma Xi. Address, 521 
North 35th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BERGSTRESSER, J. C.I 

Insurance journalist; born in Elysburg, 
Pa., July 15, 1851; graduated in 1871 from 
Lafayette College; studied law and was 
admitted to the bar; was a Civil Engineer 
in railroad construction work for two 
years; establisned the Insurance World 
at Pittsburg, Pa., in 1874, of which he is 
editor and publisher; was an officer in 
the National Guard of Pennsylvania for 
several years, retiring in 1883; is a mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Society Sons of 
the Revolution and Duquesne Club; also 
a charter member of Ascalon Comman- 
dery, Knights Templar. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

BERKELHACH, William H.: 

State Senator from Philadelphia; was 
born in Gwynedd township, Montgomery 
County, Sept. 11, 1850; educated in the 
public schools of Philadelphia, In 1S79 
was appointed Inspector of United States 
Customs Service at the Port of Phila- 



delphia, which position he held until 1S85. , 
He afterward turned his attention to mu- 
nicipal affairs, and in 1886 was one of 
the first to pass a civil service examina- 
tion for Inspector of Streets, under the,. 
Highway Department, and held said of-, 
flee up to the time of his election; was 
elected to the Senate in November, 1900. 1 
Residence, 1817 North 20th St.; office, 918, 
Betz Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



BERKEY, Jacob M.: 

City Superintendent of Schools, Johns- 
town, Pa. ; was born in Somerset County, 
Pa., June 18, 1856; lived with his parents 
on the farm until he was eighteen; at- 
tended State Normal Schools at Millers- 
ville and Indiana, graduating from the 
latter with first honors in 1878; took post 
graduate course of two years; taught in 
the public and normal schools of Somer- 
set and Westmoreland Counties until 1887, 
when he was elected County Super- 
intendent of his native county of Somer- 
set, in which position he served three suc- 
cessive terms; elected City Superintendent 
of Johnstown in 1896, and has been twice 
unanimously re-elected; received the de- 
gree of A. M. from Pennsylvania College 
in 1896; author of "Teacher's Manual and 
Guide," a book used largely by teachers 
throughout Pennsylvania. Address, Johns- 
town, Pa. 



BERIvOWITZ, Henry: 

Rabbi; born in Pittsburg March 18, 1857; 
educated at public schools and Cornell 
University; studied law in Pittsburg witff 
Brown & Lambie; graduated from Uni J 
versify of Cincinnati in 1881; from He- 1 
brew Union College in 1883. in Pioneei 1 
Class of the Rabbis of the first Jewisl 
Seminary in the United States; at present 1 
Rabbi of Rodeph ' Shalom Congregation 
Philadelphia, Pa. Founder of the Socie-' 
ties for Prevention of Cruelty to Childrei 
and Animals in Alabama; organizer o 
the Bureau of Charities in Kansas City 
Member of the Publication Committee o 
the Jewish Publication Society of Amer- 
ica; Founder of the Jewish Chautauqu: 
Society, 1893. Author: "Bible Ethics,'' 
1883; "The First Union Hebrew Reader" 
"Second Union Hebrew Reader," 1883 
"Judaism and the Social Question," 1SSS' 
"The Pulpit Message," 1892; "The Oper 
Bible," 1896; "Kiddush or Sabbath Senti 
ment in the Home," 1898. Married in 188: 
Flora Brunn. Address, 1539 North 33r<! 
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(BERLIN, Alfred Franklin: 

Archaeologist; born Jan. 12, 1848, in 
Cherryville, Northampton County, Pa.; 
(educated at the common schools, also an 
academical education at Easton, Pa. On 
ijune 6, 1871, he married Mary Ella Reed, 
Qf Reading, Pa. He has occupied him- 
ipelf with archaeological research. Is a 
(corresponding member of Anthropological 
'Society of Washington; corresponding 
(member of University Archaelogical Asso- 
ciation of University of Pennsylvania; an 
ilhonorary member of the Royal Italian 
Jpidactic Society, of Rome, Italy. He is 
the author of numerous archaeological 
tpapers ; also author of Section VI. of the 
past Allegheny Section in Prehistoric im- 
plements. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

nBERlVADOU, John Baptiste: 

i ' Lieutenant Commander United States 
itNavy; born in Pennsylvania. Appointed 
•at large. Naval Academy, Sept. 22, 1876; 
^Midshipman, June 22, 1S82; Ensign (junior 
flgxade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, June 26, 
IU.S84; Lieutenant (junior grade), July 1, 
1892; special duty. Corea, 1S83-1885; office 
itNaval Intelligence, December, 1887, to 
^February, 1891; Newark, special service, 
IPebruary, 1891, to May, 1893; sick leave, 
May, 1893. to July, 1893; Bennington, and 
fChicago, European Station, July, 1893- 
1S94; Torpedo Station, September. 1894- 
L897. Promoted to Lieutenant, June, 1896; 
commanding Winslow, December, 1897; 
;' detached Winslow and to Bureau of Ord- 
nance, August, 1899; detached Bureau of 
■ Ordnance, June, 1897, and to Indiana; de- 
tached Indiana, May, 1900, and to Ken- 
tucky; detached Kentucky, August, 1900, 
,|and to Dixie, as Navigator; Lieutenant 
Commander, Feb. 9, 1902; office Naval 
Intelligence, July 21, 1902; also Naval 
War College, Narragansett Bay, R. I.; 
Ordered April 5, 1904, as executive officer 
i)f the battleship Kearsage. Address, care 
■tfavy Department, Washington, D. C. 

BERNARD, George Alexander: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventh Infantry, Na- 
tional Guard, State of New York, Aprn 
26, 1861; mustered out June 3, 1861; First 
Lieutenant Sixty-fifth New York Infan- 
try, Aug. 24, 1861; Captain, Nov. 15, 1862; 
honorably mustered out, Aug. 30, 1864; 
Captain Sixty-fifth New York Infantry, 
Dec. 2, 1864; honorably mustered out, 
July 17, 1865; brevetted Lieutenant Col- 
onel United States Volunteers, April 6, 



1865, "for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices before Petersburg, Va., and at the 
battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Va." 
Elected, May 3, 1S76. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BERXARDY, Engene P.: 

Physician; born at St. Thomas, West 
Indies, Dec. 11, 1846; received his eany 
education in New York; then entered the 
university of Pennsylvania and gradu- 
ated fromi its Medical Department in 

1866. After a period of post graduate 
study he became an Assistant in Surgery, 
and for five years was Assistant Demon- 
strator of Anatomy in the University. 
He also assisted in the Medical and Sur- 
gical Dispensaries, and in the sections 
of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology. 
For two years he was Physician to the 
Philadelphia Dispensary and Obstetrician 
to the Philadelphia Hospital. He is now 
a Physician to the French Benevolent 
Society of Philadelphia. He has made 
important and original scientific investiga- 
tions, and in 1899 received the decoration 
of the palms from the French Academy 
in honor of his original researches and 
his many acts of philanthropy toward 
the poor. For a time during the Civil 
War he was bugler of the Fifty-fifth 
Regiment of New York. He belongs to 
the Philadelphia County and various oth- 
er medical societies, and to the orders of 
Odd Fellows and Masons. Address, 221 
South 17th St., Philadelphia. 

BERJiHElMER, Leo G.: 

Attorney at Law; born May 19, 1876, 
at Philadelphia, Pa.; educated in public 
schools; Central High School; Wharton 
School of Finance and Economy, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and Law De- 
partment of University of Pennsylvania. 
Independent Republican; editor Weekly 
Bulletin; Secretary Young Men's Hebrew 
Association; Secretary Continental Coun- 
cil, No. 1044, Royal Arcanum. Address, 
1804 North Franklin St., 211 Franklin 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BERRY, John M.: 

Born Jan. 14, 1839, in Cecil Township, 
Washington County, Pa. Mr. Berry was 
educated in the public schools; 1862, pri- 
vate in Company G, One Hundred and 
Forty-fifth Regiment; assigned to Army 
of the Potomac; was present at charge of 
Hancock's (Second) Corps at Spottsyl- 
vania, and was wounded. Married, 1870, 



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to M. Jennie Weir. Elected to the Legis- 
lature of his State, 1902. Republican. 
Address, Wylandville, Pa. 

BERRYHILL, Thomas Andrew: 

Surgeon, United States Navy; born in 
Illinois. Appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Assistant Surgeon, June 17, 1886; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon, June 17, 1889; Sur- 
geon, April 9, 1899; Naval Hospital, New 
York, 1889; Ranger, 1891; Naval Labora- 
tory, New York, 1894; Naval Station, Port 
Royal, 1895; training ship Monongahela, 
1897-1900; Naval Laboratory, New York, 
1900-1901; Navy Yard, Pensacola, Oct. 4, 
1902; United States Steamship Baltimore, 
May 14, 1903, which is present station. 

BERTOLETTE, Daniel N.: 

Medical Inspector, United States Navy , 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed Assist- 
ant Surgeon, June 23, 1873; Naval Hos- 
pital, Norfolk, Va„ 1873; Worcester, North 
Atlantic Station, 1873-1876; Constellation; 
practice cruise, 1876; promoted Passed 
Assistant Surgeon, 1S77; training ship 
Minnesota, 1877-1S78; Naval Hospital, 
New York, 1878-1S79; Wyoming, Euro- 
pean Station, 1S79-1S80; Trenton, Euro- 
pean Station, 1881; Naval Academy, 1881- 
1884; Dale, practice cruise, 1SS4; Dolphin, 
1884; Tennessee, North Atlantic Station, 
1885-1887; Thetis, Pacinc Station, 1877- 
1S79; Surgeon, September, 1S8S; receiving 
ship Franklin, 18S9; Naval Hospital, Phil- 
adelphia, 1889-1890; World's Columbian 
Exposition, December, 1S90, to December, 
1S93; Atlanta, North Atlantic Station, 
1894-1S95; United States Steamship Min- 
neapolis, European Station, 1895-1897; 
Headquarters United States Marine 
Corps, Washington, 1897; United States 
receiving ship Vermont, April 9, 1898; 
Naval Medical Examining Board, Wash- 
ington, D. C, Jan. 26, 1899; promoted to 
Medical Inspector, Jan. 22, 1900; delegate 
to International XIII. Medical Congress, 
Paris, 1900; delegate to IX. International 
Hygienic and Demographic Congress, 
Paris, 1900; flagship New York, February, 
1901; Surgeon of the Fleet, United States 
flagship Brooklyn, August. 1901, to May, 
1903; Marine Barracks, Washington, D. 
C, since Oct. 5, 1903. Address, Navy 
Yard, Washington, D. C. 

BERWIXD, Edward Julius: 

Capitalist; born June 17, 1848. at Phila- 
delphia; is President and Director of 
numerous coal concerns: Berwind- White 
Coal Mining Company, Wilmore Coal 



Company, Ocean Coal Company, Punxsu- 
tawney Coal and Coke Company; trustee 
of the Morton Trust Company; Director 
of the Alexandria Coal Company, A. J. 
and S. F. Railroad, of the Atlantic and 
Pacific Railroad Company, and the Elk 
Run Company; of the Fifth Avenue Trust 
Company, the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad, 
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company; 
Colorado and Southern Railroad Com- 
pany; is President and Director of the 
Cienfugos Coal Company and the Inter- 
national Coal Company; Vice President 
and Director of the United States and 
Porto Rico Navigation Company; Di- 
rector Cuban Company, New York City 
Railway Company, Cuba Railroad Com- 
pany, International Mercantile Marine 
Company, Metropolitan Securities Com- 
pany, National Bank of Commerce in 
New York, and the Virginia and South- 
western Railway Company. He is a 
member of many clubs, among which 
are Metropolitan, Union, University, New 
York Yacht Club, Racquet and Tennis of 
New York, Riding Club of New York, 
Army and Navy, the New York Histor- 
ical Society, the New York Botanical So- 
ciety, and the New York Zoological So- 
ciety, United States Naval Academy 
Alumni Association, Metropolitan Mu- 
seum of Art, American Geographical, 
American Museum of Natural History, 
the Philadelphia Club, of Philadelphia; 
Union Club, of Boston; Metropolitan 
Club, of Washington. Address, 2 East 
64th St. ; office, 1 Broadway, New York. 

BETTS, B. Frank: 

Physician; born December, 1S45, at 
Warminster, Pa.; educated in private 
schools, and graduated in 1868 from Hah- 
nemann Medical College of Philadelphia. 
From 1S6S to 1870 took a special course of 
study in Europe; since then he has been 
practicing in Philadelphia. On Nov. ±7, 
1871, married Lucy C. Corse, of Baltimore. 
In 1873 was Professor of Physiology and 
Microscopic Anatomy at Hahnemann Col- 
lege. In 1876 organized the Department 
of Gynaecology, remaining Professor until 
1893. For three years lectured on hygi- 
ene, also on children's diseases for five 
years; is consulting Gynaecologist to the 
Hahnemann Medical College Hospital, and 
the Women's Homeopathic Hospital of 
Philadelphia; member of the American 
Institute of Homeopathy, American Acad- 
emy of Political and Social Science, and 
American Social Science Association. Ad- 
dress, 1609 Girard Ave., Philadelphia. 



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BETTS, Benjamin Franklin, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Eldest son of Companion Lieut. 
Col. Charles M. Betts. Elected Feb. 6, 
1889. Address, 3317 North 16th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BETTS, Charles al.s 

Wholesale lumber merchant; born Aug. 
9, 1838, in Bucks County, Pa.; attended 
school at Hatboro, Pa., and Burlington, 
N. J. In Civil War served from private 
through all grades to Lieutenant Colonel 
commanding regiment, 1S62-1S65; was 
wounded Dec. 10, 1S63; recommended for 
promotion by General Commanding for 
capturing with inferior force a South 
Carolina battalion of Cavalry, with its 
commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel 
Johnson, near Greensboro, N. C, in 1865, 
and for which he received Congressional 
medal of honor. Senior member of Chas. 
M. Betts & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., Buf- 
falo, N. Y., and Sumter, S. C. ; member 
of Pennsylvania Commandery, Military 
Order Loyal Legion, and the Grand Army 
of the Republic. One of the incorporators 
of Lumbermen's Exchange, Philadelphia, 
and its President in 1890; ex-President of 
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' As- 
sociation and Philadelphia Wholesale 
Lumber Dealers' Association; Command- 
er of Medal of Honor Legion 1895-1896; 
has been Bank Director and Trustee of 
Trades' League in Philadelphia. Married 
Louisa G. Hance, May 5, 1866. Address, 
1205-7 Real Estate Trust Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BETZ, John F.: 

Brewer; born near Stuttgart, Germany, 
April 8, 1S31. His parents came to the 
United States in the following year, and 
after gaining a public school education, 
he became employed in the beer industry 
under his brother-in-law. When he was 
twenty-one he went to Europe, and spent 
some years in the study of beer making 
in large establishments of Germany. Re- 
turning to America in 1853, he began bus- 
iness for himself in New York city, es- 
tablishing the Eagle Brewery. He left 
there for Philadelphia in 1S68, and car- 
ried on business in a leased property till 
18S0, when he removed to a brewery he 
had built at Fifth and Willow Sts., taking 
his son, John F. Betz., Jr., as a partner, 
and adding the brewing of beer to his 
former large porter and ale business. Tne 



firm was incorporated as the John F. 
Betz & Son, Limited, in 1888, and its 
business has grown to immense propor- 
tions, extensions and improvements cost- 
ing nearly a million dollars being made 
to the establishment. Mr. Betz has in- 
vested his wealth largely in real estate, 
some of his larger operations being the 
lofty "Betz Building," at Broad and South 
Penn Sts., costing over $1,500,000; the 
Grand Opera House, at Grand St. and 
Montgomery Ave., the Betz Block, in 
New York city, and other operations in 
that city. He owns a large amount of 
other property, and is concerned in sev- 
eral of Philadelphia's larger financial in- 
stitutions. Betzwood, his country seat, 
on the Schuylkill, above Norristown, has 
eight hundred acres of ground, with hand- 
some buildings and other attractions. 
Address, 1901 North Broad St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BEVIN, Abner Avery: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant Twenty-first Connecti- 
cut Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862; First Sergeant, 
Aug. 20, 1862; discharged for promotion, 
Oct. 13, 1864; First Lieutenant Twenty- 
first Connecticut Infantry, Oct. 13, 1864; 
honorably mustered out, June 16, 1865; 
elected, May 5, 1S86. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal region, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BEYER, John: 

President First National Bank of 
Houtzdale. Address, Houtzdale, Clear- 
field County, Pa. 

BIDDLiE, Anthony Joseph Drexel: 

Publisher and author; born West Phila- 
delphia, October, 1874; educated in pri- 
vate schools of Philadelphia and Hiedel- 
berg; studied in the Madeira Islands; in 
1891 returned to the United States and 
was engaged as a reporter on the Phila- 
delphia Public Ledger; was editor of the 
Philadelphia Sunday Graphic for one 
year; since 1897 has been head of pub- 
lishing and printing house of Drexel 
Biddle; also publisher of People, Phila- 
delphia Society Weekly. Author of "An 
Allegory and Three Essays," "All Round 
Athletics," "Word for Word and Letter 
for Letter," "The Madeira Islands," etc. 
Member of Royal Meteorological Society, 
American Numismatic and Archaeological 
Society, etc. Residence, 2104 Walnut St.; 
office, 415 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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BIDDLE, Cadwalader: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 28, 
1837; educated at the University of Penn- 
sylvania, graduating as Bachelor of Arts 
in 1856, subsequently taking the degree 
of Master of Arts, and Bachelor of Laws 
in 1859. Since then has practiced law in 
Philadelphia. Was Secretary and Treas- 
urer of the Board of Trustees oi the Uni- 
versity, 1862-1882, and has been general 
agent and Secretary of the Pennsylvania 
Board of Charities since 1884. He is a 
member of the American Philosophical 
Society and tne Pennsylvania Sons of the 
Revolution. Address, 1420 "Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BIDDLE, Clement: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born Dec. 
11, 1854, Philadelphia, Pa.; descended from 
William Biddle, who came to the Colonies 
on the Delaware River with William Penn 
in 16S2, and from Col. Clement Biddle, 
the Quaker soldier of the Revolutionary 
War; educated at private schools, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania and Lehigh Uni- 
versity; graduated from Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, 1879; entered Medi- 
cal Corps of United States Navy June 
1878. Conveyed Gen. Grant and party off 
the Taku forts, China, via Nagasaki and 
Kobe, to Yokohama, 1879; returned to 
Asiatic Station in 1882; served at United 
States Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, 
served in the Monacy, China, and Talla- 
poosa, South America, 1890; Chief Medi- 
cal officer of Admiral Walker's Nicaragua 
Survey Expedition; 1898, on the Texas, 
participated in naval engagement off San- 
tiago, Cuba, in the battle of Santiago; 
receiving the Sanitago Medal; present at 
the surrender of the Spanish man of war, 
Colon. Ordered April, 1904, as Fleet Sur- 
geon, Asiatic Station. Address, Navy De- 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

BIDDLE, Crais: 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia Jan. 10, 
1823; is a son of Nicholas Biddle, notable 
as the President of the Bank of the 
United States from 1823 till its failure in 
1841; was graduated from Princeton Col- 
lege in 1841. Mr. Biddle took up the 
study of law and was admitted to the 
Philadelphia bar in 1844; he was elected 
to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1849. 
serving one term in the House. On the 
outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he 
became a Major on the staff of Gen. 
Robert Patterson, and saw service in the 
Shenandoah Valley; he was afterward 



appointed appointed on Governora Cur- 
tin's staff, and was detailed to organize 
new regiments. In 1863, when General 
Lee invaded Pennsylvania, Mr. Biddle 
went to the front as a private in a 
militia regiment for State defence. As a 
lawyer he won reputation for learning 
and ability, and built up a large and 
lucrative practice, which continued till 
1845, when he was appointed a Judge of 
the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia. 
In November of that year he was elected 
by the Republicans to this position by a 
large majority. The Republicans and 
Democrats united in nominating and elect- 
ing him in 1S85, and he received a prac- 
tically unanimous third election in 1895. 
He is now Presiding Judge of the Com- 
mon Pleas Courts, in which bench he 
has sat for thirty years. Judge Biddle 
has been much interested in agriculture, 
and has served as President of the Phila- 
delphia Agricultural Scoiety; he has also 
been Vice President of the Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania. Address, 2033 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



BIDDLE}, Edward W.: 

President Judge of Ninth Judicial Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, composed of the 
County of Cumberland, 1895-1905; born 
in Carlisle, Pa., in said County, May 3, 
1852; graduated from Dickinson College 
in 1870; admitted to the bar in 1873; mar- 
ried Gertrude D. Bosler, of Carlisle, in 
1882; practiced law in Carlisle; since 
1S98 trustee and on the executive and 
finance committees of his Alma Mater; 
in 1900 Mrs. Biddle and he, as members 
of the Board of Pennsylvania Commis- 
sioners, officially visited the Paris Expo- 
sition. Author of address on the "Three 
Signers of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence who were members of the Cumber- 
land County Bar." Address, Carlisle, Pa. 



BIDDLE), James: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; 
First Lieutenant Tenth New York In- 
fantry May 2. 1861; honorably mustered j 
out Aug. 31, 1861; Captain Fifteenth In- 
fantry, Aug. 5, 1S61; Colonel Sixth Indi- 
ana Cavalry Nov. 11, 1862; honorably mus- 
tered out of Volunteer service June 27, 
1S65; transferred from the Fifteenth to the 
Twenty-fourth Infantry Sept. 21, 1866; 
transferred to Eleventh Infantry April 25, 
1869; transferred to First Cavalry Dec. 
31, 1870; Major Sixth Cavalry Feb. 21, 
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Oct. 19, 1887; Colonel Ninth Cavalry July 
1, 1S91; brevetted Major Sept. 1, 1862, for 
gallant and meritorious service at the bat- 
tle of Richmond, Ky. ; Lieutenant Colonel 
Dec. 16, 1864, for gallant and meritorious 
service in the battle of Nashville, Tenn., 
and Brigadier General Volunteers March 
13, 1865, for long, gallant and meritorious 
service during the war; retired Dec. 11, 
1896. Address, Pacific Union Club, San 
Francisco, Cal. 

BIDDLE, N. H.: 

President of Bank of Donora. Address, 
Donora, Washington County, Pa. 

BIDDLE, R. L.: 

Banker; born in Carmichaels, Pa.; ed- 
ucated at Waynesburg College, Pa., Le- 
banon, Tenn. Married June 30, 1896, to 
Mary Pitcock. Cashier in the Bank of 
Donora; he is a Republican in politics. 
Address, Donora, Pa. 

BIDDLE, William Phillips: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Mar- 
ine Corps; born in and appointed from 
Pennsylvania; commissioned as Second 
Lieutenant, United States Marine Corps, 
June, 1875; 1875-1876 at Marine Barracks, 
Washington, New York, Philadelphia and 
League Island; 1877-1879, on Hartford 
and Powhatan, North Atlantic Station; 
August, 1877, during the railroad riots, 
with a battalion of Marines in Washing- 
ton, Baltimore, Martinsburg, W. Va., and 
Fort McHenry, which opened up the 
traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- 
road; 1879-1881 at Marine Barracks, 
League Island, and New York; 1882-1885 
on the Kearsarge, North Atlantic and Eu- 
ropean Stations; promoted First Lieuten- 
ant February, 1884; 1886-1887, at Marine 
Barracks, League Island and New York; 
1888-1890, on Swatara, ISorth Atlantic and 
South Atlantic and Asiatic Stations; June, 
1890, made a forced march with a de- 
tachment of marines and sailors from 
Chemulpo to Seoul, Corea, to protect our 
Legation; 1891-1894, at Marine Barracks, 
League Island; promoted Captain Febru- 
ary, 1S94; 1895, Fleet Marine Officer on 
Baltimore, Asiatic Station; 1896-1898, 
Fleet Marine Officer on the Olympia, Asi- 
atic Station; commanded the marines on 
the Olympia during the battle of Manila 
Bay, May 1, 1898; in May and June was 
holding the Cavite Navy Yard with de- 
tachments of marines, and on the Olym- 
pia, blockading Manila till its bombard- 
ment and fall in August; was pro- 



moted Major March, 1899; 1899-1900, in 
charge of the recruiting district of Penn- 
sylvania, Delaware and Western New 
Jersey; August, 1900, commanded the 
First Regiment of Marines of the China 
Relief Expedition, during the march from 
Tientsin to Pekin, for the relief of the 
Legations; commanded the marines in the 
battle of Yang-tsun, Aug. 6, and in the 
fighting on the walls around Pekin, Aug. 
15, when the Chinese were Anally driven 
from the Sacred City by the American 
forces; stationed in Pekin until October; 
October, 1900, at Marine Barracks, Cavite, 
commanding Navy Yard Battalion and 
First Regiment of the First Brigade of 
Marines; promoted Lieutenant Colonel 
March 3, 1903; special duty North Atlantic 
Fleet, 1903; 1904, Dixie, with Panama 
Marine Brigade, present station. Ad- 
dress, League Island, Pa. 

BIELER, Julias: 

President of Third National Bank of 
Pittsburg. Address Pittsburg, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

BIERBOWER, Austin: 

Lawyer and author; son of Casper and 
Lydia Bierbower; born Shelly's Island, 
Pa.; was graduated from Dickinson Col- 
lege; in 1872 studied at the University of 
Berlin; received degree of LL. D. at the 
Iowa Wesleyan University; for several 
years was professor of Latin and Greek 
at the Iowa Wesleyan University; in 1874 
was admitted to the bar; has practiced 
law in Chicago for over twenty years; 
has been European correspondent for Chi- 
cago Tribune and Cincinnati Times Star; 
also author of "Principles of a System 
of Philosophy," "The Morals of Christ," 
1885; also in 1890 "The Socialism of 
Christ," "The Virtues and Their Rea- 
sons in 1896"; in 1894 he wrote "From 
Monkey to Man"; "How to Succeed" in 
1900; on the "Training of Lovers," "Eth- 
ics for Schools"; also various articles in 
magazines and quarterlies. Address, 1S25 
Michigan Ave.; office, 87 Washington St., 
Chicago, 111. 

BIERMAN, E. Benjamin, A.M., Ph.D.: 

Educator; Legislator; Annville, Leban- 
on County; born near Reading, Pa., Dec. 
1, 1839; educated in private schools and 
college; principal of Hamburg High 
School from 1864 to 1867; in 1867 he moved 
to Annville, and was for many years 
Professor, and from 1890 to 1897 President 
of Lebanon Valley College; secretary of 
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Teachers' Association, 1878-1880; degree of 
A. M. by Lafayette College in 1867, and 
Ph. D. by Ursinus College in 1892; mem- 
ber of the Lebanon County Historical 
Society; active in the Presidential cam- 
paigns of 1860, 1872, 1880, 1888 and 1900; 
member of the Republican State Central 
Committee in 18S0; in 1900 elected a mem- 
ber of the State Legislature; 1902 re- 
elected. Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

BIGELOW, Edward Manning: 

Director of the Department of Public 
Works, Pittsburg; born in that city Nov. 
6, 1850; after attending the public schools 
he entered the engineering department of 
the Western University of Pennsylvania, 
but before graduating left to accept a 
position of civil engineer; later he was 
appointed engineer in charge of the sur- 
veys of the city, and in 1880 was made 
City Engineer, a position he held until 
the revision of the form of the municipal 
government, eight years afterward; was 
then elected Director of the Department 
of Public Works, in which capacity he 
has served the public continuously with 
the exception of one year. Within his 
time of office all the important public 
works which now exist, with the single 
exception of the City Hall, from the 
water and sewer systems to the street 
pavement, have been either created or re- 
built. His greatest work has been the 
creation of the public parks. Address, 
825 North Highland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BIGELOW, George A.: 

Insurance; born in Hartford, Conn., in 
the house of his grandfather, the Hon. 
Royal R. Hinman, who was Secretary of 
the State of Connecticut at that time; 
was the son of John Bigelow of Hartford, 
Conn; his great-grandfathers, Bigelow 
Hinman Ashley and Hillier were officers 
in the Revolutionary Army; the family 
have been in this country since the sev- 
enteenth century; they were among the 
earliest settlers in Hartford, as the old 
tombstones show; has resided in Philadel- 
phia and has been in the insurance 
business thirty-five years, being one of 
the first insurance brokers appointed by 
the State; also one of the incorporators 
of several manufacturing companies. Ad- 
dress, 133 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

BIGELOW 7 , John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



Legion; private Second Battery Massa- 
chusetts Light Artillery April 21, 1861; 
Second Lieutenant May 2, 1S61; First 
Lieutenant July 31, 1S61; discharged for 
promotion Dec. 17, 1861; First Lieutenant 
and Adjutant (Purnell Legion) Maryland 
Light Artillery Dec. 17, 1861; honorably 
mustered out Dec. 31, 1862; Captain Ninth 
Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery 
Feb. 20, 1863; honorably discharged for 
disability Dec. 16, 1864; brevetted Major 
United States Volunteers Aug. 1, 1864, 
"for gallant services during the operations 
before Petersburg, Va."; elected Nov. 3, 
1869; transferred from Commandery of 
Massachusetts Feb. 2, 1S87. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., PhiladelDhia, Pa. 

BIGELOW, Thomas Steel: 

Capitalist; son of a carriage manu- 
facturer of Pittsburg; his father died 
while he was Quite young, and his uncle, 
also an uncle of the late C. L. Magee, 
took the boy in charge. Young Bigelow 
was educated at the public schools and 
Dr. Williams' Academy, afterward study- 
ing law with George Shiras, Jr., now 
Justice of the United States Supreme 
Court. Mr. Bigelow, after being admitted 
to the bar, built up a large practice, and 
for nine years was City Attorney, the 
only political office he ever held; he may 
truthfully be called the father of rapid 
transit in Western Pennsylvania; for a 
long while he devoted his time almost 
exclusively to the street railway business 
and conceived the idea of converting the 
old Pittsburg and Oakland horse car line 
into a modern cable road. Address, 917 
North Highland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BIGGER, Matthew: 

General contracting agent; born in 
Montgomery County, Ohio; son of James 
and Evelyn Hamill Bigger; served in the 
Army in West Virginia 1861-1S64; 1864 
until the close of the war, with Sheri- 
dan and others, in the Valley of the 
Shenandoah, participating in the follow- 
ing engagements: Chaplainsville, Prince- 
ton, W. Va. ; Fayetteville, W. Va.; 
Charleston, W. Va.; Wytheville Raid, Win- 
chester, Opaque, Fisher's Hill, W. Va. ; 
Cedar Creek, W. Va., and other minor en- 
gagements. Member of Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion and Order of the Sons 
of the American Revolution. Married 
Mary Davis of Pittsburg, Pa., June 10, 
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BIGGS, Frank King': 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
j ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
, Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Brevet Brig. Gen. Herman Biggs; elected 
May 1, 1SS9. Address, care of Recorder 
i of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
\ delphia, Pa. 

BIGLER, William H.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, June 
10. 1840; son of Rt. Rev. David Bigler, of 

! the Theological Seminary at Bethlehem, 

| Pa., and afterward in Europe, where he 
spent two years at study in the Universi- 
ties of Berlin and Erlangen. Returning 
to America, he was appointed a profes- 
sor in the Moravian College, which post 

! he held for eight years, winning a wide 
reputation for fine scholarship. Marry- 
ing the daughter of Dr. A. W. Koch, of 
Philadelphia, he became interested in 

, medicine, and began the study of this 
science in Hahnemann College, graduat- 
ing in 1871. Since that time he has been 
connected with this college in various 
capacities, and has been one of the most 
prominent figures in the development of 
its school of practice; for a number of 
years he had charge of the Eye and Ear 
Department of Hahnemann College, and 
for several years lectured on ophthal- 
mology; in 1890 he was appointed assist- 
ant professor and in 1891 full professor 
of physiology, and in 1895 was appointed 
also to the chair of pediatrics; he was 
treasurer of the Alumni Association for 
11 years after its organization; member 
of the Homeopathic Medical Society of 
Pennsylvania since 1872, having served it 
as Vice President and President; for two 
years he was President of the County 
Medical Society, and since 1876 has been 
a member of the American Institute of 
Homoeopathy. He has contributed large- 
ly to the literature of his profession, was 
co-editor of the Journal of Homoeopathic 
Materia Medica in 1S76, and since 1893 
has been an editor of the Hahnemannian 
Monthly. Address, 1425 Spruce St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

BIHLER, L. C: 

Traffic manager of the Carnegie Steel 
Company and the Union Railroad. He 
entered transportation service with the 
Nypano (now Erie) Railroad as stenog- 
rapher and rate clerk, advancing to chief 
clerk and contracting agent; Nov. 1, 1888, 
he accepted the position of contracting 
agent with the Cotton Belt route, later 



being made General Eastern Freight and 
Passenger Agent of the Cotton Belt at 
Pittsburg; April 1, 1895, he resigned 
from the Cotton Belt route and became 
assistant to the General Freight Agent 
of the Carnegie Steel Company. Novem- 
ber, 1S97, was elected Assistant General 
Freight Agent of the company, and in 
April, 1890, Assistant Traffic Manager. In 
December, 1903, was named for his pres- 
ent position. Member of the Board of 
the Moravian Church; was educated in 
Governors of the Pittsburg Traffic Club 
and also the Duquesne Club of that city. 
Address, Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

BIKLfi, Henry Wolf: 

, Attorney-at-law, Philadelphia, Pa*; 
born October 20, 1877, at Gettysburg. Pa.; 
educated at Pennsylvania College, Gettys- 
burg; was graduated in 1897; Democrat in 
politics; Instructor in Law Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania; non-resi- 
dent lecturer on law in Bryn Mawr College. 
Author of "The Constitutional Power of 
Congress over the Territory of the United 
States," 1901; joint author with Hon. 
George M. Dallas of "Analytical Tables 
of the Law of Evidence," 1903. Resi- 
dence, 3405 Chestnut St.; office address, 
426 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BINDIiEY, kiawin: 

President of Duquesne National Bank 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BINGAMAN, Charles Francis: 

Lawyer; one of the leading practition- 
ers of Pittsburg; was born in Lionville, 
Chester County, Pa., Dec. 7, 1847; is of 
German and Irish descent; on maternal 
side, the Ralston family were prominent 
in the north of Ireland and fought in the 
battle of the Boyne under King William, 
in 1690, emigrating to Pennsylvania in 
1728. After attending the public schools 
of Chester County, he went to the Ches- 
ter Military Academy, and subsequently 
began the study of medicine; he entered 
the Hahnemann Medical College of Phil- 
adelphia for his lectures and graduated 
with the class of 1871; during the follow- 
ing year he pursued his medical studies 
further, and in 1872 he located in Pitts- 
burg; has a large general practice and 
stands high in his profession. He is a 
member of and has been President of the 
Homcee-Medical Society of Allegheny 
County, the Homoeopathic Medical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania and the American 



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Institute of Homoeopathy; has twice been 
a delegate for the latter society to the 
International Congress at its meetings 
held in London; was offered but declined 
a professorship in the Cleveland Univer- 
sity of Surgery and Medicine. Member 
of Franklin Lodge, F. and A. M. He is 
affiliated with the Baptist Church and 
has served a term as State Medical Ex- 
aminer. Address, 5227 Westminster St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

BINGHAM, Henry Harrison: 

Congressman; Republican, of Philadel- 
phia; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 4, 1841; 
was graduated at Jefferson College in 
1862; studied law; entered the Union Army 
as a lieutenant in the One Hundred and 
Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers; was 
wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1863, at 
Spottsylvania, Va., in 1864, and at Farm- 
ville, Va., in 1865; mustered out of ser- 
vice July, 1866, as brevet Brigadier Gen- 
eral of Volunteers; received the medal 
of honor for gallantry on the field of 
battle. He was appointed Postmaster of 
Philadelphia in March, 1867, and resigned 
December. 1872, to accept tne clerkship 
of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace at Phila- 
delphia, having been elected by the 
people; was re-elected clerk of courts in 
1875; was delegate at large to the Repub- 
lican National Convention at Philadel- 
phia in 1872, also delegate from the First 
Congressional District to the Republican 
National Convention at Cincinnati in 
1876, at Chicago in 1884 ana 1888, at 
Minneapolis in 1892, St. Louis in 1896, 
and at Philadelphia, June 19, 1900. He 
was elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty- 
seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fif- 
tieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty- 
third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty- 
sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses, ani. 
re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress 
without opposition. Address, 315 South 
12th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BINGHAM, .In. I son D.: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Massena, St. Lawrence County, 
New York, May 16, 1831; in 1S50 appointed 
cadet at the United States Military 
Academy, West Point, N. Y., from the 
Tenth Congressional District of Indiana; 
promoted to Second Lieutenant, Second 
United States Artillery, July 1, 1S54; pro- 
moted to First Lieutenant, Second Artil- 
lery, March 12, 1856; on expedition to 
Harper's Ferry, Va., to suppress John 



Brown's raid, 1S59; appointed Captain 
and Assistant Quartermaster, in United 
States Army, May 13, 1861; served during 
the Rebellion of the Seceding States; in 
charge of trains and supplies of General 
Bank's command, in the field, in Mary- 
land, from August, 1861, to Feb. 12, 1862, 
and in charge of Quartermaster's depot, 
at Nashille, Tenn., from March, 1862, to 
March, 1863; served as Chief Quarter- 
master of the Seventeenth Army Corps 
(Lieutenant Colonel ex-officio), from Jan. 
1, 1863, to April 23, 1863, when General 
Grant appointed him Chief Quartermaster 
of the Department and Army of Tennes- 
see; he continued on duty, in the field, as 
Chief Quartermaster of that Army from 
that date during the time it was com- 
manded by Generals Grant, Sherman and 
McPherson, up to the date the latter was 
killed in battle, and subsequently by Gen- 
erals Logan and Howard, to the end of 
the siege of Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 25, 1864. 
From December, 1S65, to January*, 1867, 
was on duty with General Sherman at 
St. Louis, Mo., as Inspector of the Quar- 
termaster's Department; was on duty as 
Chief Quartermaster, Department of the 
Lakes, at Detroit, Mich., from Jan. 8, 
1867, to March 31, 1870; served as assistant 
in the office of the Quartermaster Gen- 
eral at Washington, D. C, from April 4, 
1870, to October, 1879; served as Chief 
Quartermaster, Deparement of the Mis- 
souri, 1879 to 1883; served as Chief Quar- 
termaster, Division of the Pacific and De- 
partment of California from 1883 to 1886; 
served as Chief Quartermaster, Division of 
the Missouri, 1S86, to 1894; promotions, to 
Quartermaster, with the rank of Major, 
July 29, 1866; to Deputy Quartermaster 
General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colo- 
nel, March 3, 1875; to Assistant Quarter- 
master General with the rank of Colonel, 
July 2, 1S83; brevets, Major, Lieutenant 
Colonel and Colonel, March 13, 1865, for 
faithful and meritorious services during 
the war; Brigadier General, April 9, 1865, 
for faithful and meritorious services in 
the field during the war; retired from 
active service, May 16, 1895. Member of 
the Society of the Army of the Potomac, 
of the Army of the Cumberland, of the 
Army of the Tennessee; Commander of 
the Society of Veterans of Indian Wars 
of the United States since its organiza- 
tion, April 23, 1S96; companion of the 
Military order of the Loyal Legion of 
the United States and as ex-Senior Vice- 
Commander of the Commandery of the 
State of Illinois, a member of the Com- 



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mandery-in-Chief ; member of Manhattan 
Club of New York, of Union League of 
Philadelphia, and Osceola Club of Pen- 
sacola, Fla.; also member of Association 
of Graduates of the United States Mili- 
tary Academy at West Point, N. Y. Ad- 
dress, 1536 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
BINNEY, diaries Chauncey: 

Lawyer; son of Horace, Jr., and Eliza 
Frances (Johnson) Binney; born Oct. 20, 
1855; in 1878 graduated from Harvard; 
studied law in the office of William Hen- 
ry Rawle, at Philadelphia; also at Law 
School, the University of Pennsylvania; 
on July 2, 1SS1, was admitted to the 
bar. Married Sarah Cooke Dawes 
on June 24, 1885, at Englewood, N. J., 
who died Dec. 28, 1900. From 1881 to 1893 
he practiced law at Philadelphia; was 
Assistant Attorney in the Department of 
Justice of United States from 1893 to 1897; 
and since September, 1897, has been Spe- 
cial Attorney for same Department. In 
November, 1901. resumed law practice in 
Philadelphia. His politics are Democrat- 
ic. Member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
American Forestry Association, Pennsyl- 
vania Forestry Association and Univer- 
sity, Philadelphia; Reform, New York; 
Cosmos, Washington, Clubs. Author of 
"Restrictions Upon Local and Special 
Legislation in State Constitutions," pub- 
lished in 1894; "Life of Horace Binney," 
published in 1903; also a contributor to 
legal periodicals. Address, 1801 Pine St.; 
office, 703 North American Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
BINNS, William H.: 

President of First National Bank of 
California, Pa. Address, California, Pa. 
BIRCH, Robert S.: 

Principal Boys' High School of Reading, 
Pa.; born in the city of Reading July 17, 
1877; educated in the public schools of 
his native city and was graduated with 
the highest distinction from the Reading 
High School June 28, 1S94; had the pre- 
vious year won first prize as essayist; 
entered Princeton University and won 
sophomore prize for essay 1896, College of 
New Jersey; was graduated from Prince- 
ton in 1898 with "high honors" in class- 
ics; Instructor in History and Classics, 
Boys' High School, Reading, June, 1898, 
until elected principal in June, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 
BIRD, Frederick Mayer: 

Clergyman; son of Robert Montgomery 
and Mary E. (Mayer) Bird; born June 28, 



1838, at Philadelphia; was graduated 
from the University of Pennsylvania in 
1857; also from the Union Theological 
Seminary of New York in 1860; married 
Frances P. Snowhill April 26, 1877. 
Chaplain and Professor of Psychology, 
Christian Evidences, and Rhetoric at Le- 
high University 1881-1886; also acting 
chaplain at the same university 1896-1898; 
from 1893 to 1898 editor of Lippincott's 
Magazine; author of "The Story of Our 
Christianity," 1893; editor of several col- 
lections of hymns, and has written many 
articles on hymnology; contributor to sun- 
dry cyclopedias and periodicals; associate 
editor of Chandler's Encyclopedia, 1898. 
Address, South Bethlehem, Pa. 

IMItKIMilMl. .John: 

Engineer; born Nov. 16, 1844, near Read- 
ing, Pa.; descended from early settlers 
from Germany and Sweden; educated at 
the public schools, Friends' High School, 
Philadelphia; Hill School of Pottstown 
and Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania; 
expert in water right cases and irrigation 
problems; developed schemes for utilizing 
the power of Niagara River gorge and St. 
Louis River in Minnesota; General Man- 
ager of the South Mountain Mining and 
Iron Company; first American to examine 
and report on the noted Cerro de Mercado 
at Durango in Mexico; recommended blast 
furnaces on the Great Lakes to utilize 
the Lake Superior ores there; consulting 
engineer for receivers of PhiladelDhia & 
Reading Coal & Iron Company and Thom- 
as A. Edison; at present, for the Cam- 
bria Steel Company and the Colorado 
Fuel & Iron Company; connected with 
United States Geological Survey as ex- 
pert on iron ore. In 1889 he prepared 
the report on iron ore for the Eleventh 
Census; also Twelfth Census reports on 
iron ore and manganese ore. Past 
President of the American Institute 
of Mining Engineers, President of the 
famous Franklin Institute of Philadel- 
phia, President of the Pennsylvania For- 
estry Association. Member of Engineers 
and Manufacturers' Clubs, Philadelphia; 
Engineers' Club and American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers of New York, and 
Canadian Mining Institute. Address, 
Broad and Cherry Sts.. Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

BIRKMIRE, William Harvey: 

Engineer and architect; son of John 
Harvey and Mary A. Birkmire; born 
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Philadelphia; educated at public and pri- 
vate schools; studied architecture with 
Samuel Sloan; married Louisa A. Meny of 
Philadelphia July 12, 1888, at New York. In 
18S5 removed to New York to take charge 
of construction department at Jackson 
Architectural Iron Works; also in 1902 
took charge of J. B. & J. M. Cornell 
Iron Works, and made practical steel de- 
tails for large buildings, including the As- 
tor hotels; was architect and engineer on 
Central Bank Building, Silk Exchange 
Building, Lord's Court Buliding in New 
York. Author of "Construction of High 
Office Buildings." published in 1S98. In 
1S93 wrote "Skeleton Construction in 
Buildings"; "Architectural Iron and 
Steel," 1891; "The Planning and Con- 
struction of American Theatres," in 1896; 
"Compound Riveted Girders," in 1893. 
Address, Bathgate Ave., New York. 

BIRNEY, David Bell: 

Surgeon; born in Philadelphia June 5, 
1862; son of Gen. David Bell Birney of 
Civil War fame; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1SS2 as 
A. B., and three years later was given 
the degree of A. M. ; during these years 
he studied medicine in the university, 
graduating M. D. in 1885, when he was 
appointed Resident Physician in the 
Presbyterian Hospital, and later became 
assistant in surgery to Dr. Ashurst in 
the university, where for eight years he 
was an assistant demonstrator and quiz- 
master in surgery, t rom 1S8S to 1S93 he 
served as Vaccine Physician for the city 
of Philadelphia, and in 1S94 was elected 
Visiting Physician to the Out-Patient 
Department of St. Mary's Hospital. 
Griswold College gave him the honorary 
degree of LL. D. in 1896; he was a charter 
member of the Keystone Club, and was 
a member of the Girard, Faculty, and 
Saginaw Civil Service Clubs. Address, 
1810 De Lancy Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BISHOP, John S.: 

Major United States Army (retired); 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 23, 1834; 
son of William and Catherine (Walter) 
Bishop; descended from John Clinton, a 
signer of the Declaration of Independence; 
educated in public schools of Philadel- 
phia; 1856-1857 member of Shelby Guards, 
Nashivlle, Tenn.; 1861 drilled and in- 
structed recruits for Illinois regiments, 
one company of which furnished fifty-two 
commissioned officers. Private, Sergeant 
and First Lieutenant and Adjutant Sixty- 



eighth Illinois Volunteers, 1S62; Post Ad- 
jutant, Alexandria, Va., during second 
Bull Run campaign; Corporal, First Lieu- 
tenant and Captain 107th Indiana Legion 
during Morgan Raid; 1S65 Lieutenant 
Colonel and Colonel 108th U. S. C. I.; 
1S64-1S65 succeeded General F^rce in 
command Northern District of Missis- 
sippi, 1S65-1S66; aduiting account 

account of State of Indiana against United 
States, 1867; Second Lieutenant, Thitirth 
U. S. Infantry, March 7, 1867; First Lieu- 
tenant. Thirteenth Infantry, Jan. 19, 1872; 
Captain, Thirteenth Infantry, March 1, 
1887; Major (retired) by act of April 23, 
1904; in United States Army Transport 
Service, 1S9S-1902. Married at Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, June 14, 1888, Mary Elizabeth,, 
daughter of Thomas and Rachael (Banta) 
Shepherd. In 1S64 compiled and edited 
a "Chronological History of the War (sale 
of 60,000 copies). Address, 21333 Green. 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BISHOP, Wiliam Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Colonel 
John S. Bishop; private Third New Jer- 
sey Infantry May 11, 1898; First Ser- 
geant May 11, 1S98; discharged to ac- 
cept appointment in United States Vol- 
unteers; Captain Eighth United States 
Volunteer Infantry July 27, 1898; honor- 
ably mustered out March 6, 1899; First 
Lieutenant Forty-seventh United States 
Volunteer Infantry Aug. 22, 1899; resigned 
and honorably discharged March 31, 1901. 
Elected Feb. 8, 1899; transferred from 
Commandery of New York, May 1, 1901. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BISPHAM, Georjre Tnclter: 

Lawyer; born May 24, 1838, at Philadel- 
phia. In 1858 graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, also from Law 
Department of same University in 1862; 
married Nancy Brinley, June 5, 1872, at 
Philadelphia. In 1861 was admitted to- 
the bar, and since has practiced at Phil- 
adelphia. Later was admitted to the bar 
of the United States Supreme Court; is : ' 
one of the Solicitors of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company; also Solicitor for the i 
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, the 
Girard Trust Company, and other corpo- 
rations. He is Professor Equity Juris- 
prudence in the Law Department at the 
University of Pennsylvania; was Chancel- 
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phia irom 1897 to 1S99. He is author of 
"Principles of Equity." Address, 1805 
iDe Lancey Place; office, 900 Girard Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

1BISPHAM, Harrison Augustus: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Ca- 
det Engineer, Oct. 1, 1881; Ensign, July 
,|1, 1887; Lieutenant (junior grade), May 
M, 1896; Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; re- 
ceiving ship Richmond, Oct. 31, 1S99; 
i Frolic, Oct. 1, 1900, to September, 1903; 
iKaval Academy, Annapolis, Md., since 
jJDec. 28, 1903. Address, Annapolis, Md. 

JBITLER, Renben Oscar: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Kavy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Naval Academy, June 19, 1875; 
Wachusett, Pacific Station, 1S79; Mid- 
shipman June 10, 1881; U. S. S. Speedwell 
and receiving ship Wabash, 1881; Enter- 
prise, North Atlantic and Asiatic Sta- 
tions, 1882-1883; Ensign (Junior Grade) 
March 3, 1883; Ensign June 26, 1884; Es- 
llsex, Asiatic Station 1883-1885; Coast Sur- 
vey, 18S5-1S90; Eagle, Bache, Endeavor 
and Gedney, while on Coast Survey duty; 
Monongahela, February to August, 1890; 
frantic, August, 1890 to July, 1891; re- 
ceiving ship Vermont, July, 1891 to April, 
0.894; Lieutenant (Junior Grade), 1892; 
'jMarblehead, North Atlantic and European 
^Stations, April, 1894 to January, 1897; 
Lieutenant, April, 1896; Branch Hydro- 
graphic Office, Norfolk, Feb. 1, 1S97; U. 
S. S. Lebanon attached to Admiral Samp- 
son's fleet in operations against Cuba, 
] April, 1898, until close of Spanish- Amer- 
ican War; Branch Hydrographic Office 
Norfolk, November, 1898 to August, 1899 
Resolute, August to December, 1899 
Vixen, December, 1899 to July, 1900; To- 
peka, July, 1900 to April, 1901; Alliance, 
April, 1901 to December, 1902; Lieutenant 
Commander June 3, 1902; inspection duty 
under Bureau of Ordnance, December, 
1902 to 1904; inspector of ordnance at 
Newport News, Va. Address, Newport 
News, Va. 

BITTE1VGER, John W.: 

Jurist; born at York Springs, Adams 
County, Pa., in 1834; educated in private 
[schools and at Pennsylvania College; read 
| law in office of Hon. Moses McLean at 
Gettysburg, Pa., and of Judge V. Bowie 
at Rockville, Md. ; was admitted to the 
bar at Rockville in 1856; before beginning 



practice he studied and graduated in the 
Law School of Harvard University. Lo- 
cating at Lexington, Ky., began to prac- 
tice, but moved to York, Pa., 1860, and 
was admitted to the bar of York County. 
He advanced rapidly in his profession, 
and in 1S63 was elected District Attorney, 
holding this office for six years. Return- 
ing to private practice in 1870, he devel- 
oped a large and profitable business, and 
was looked upon as a leading lawyer in 
his section. In 1890 he was elected to the 
bench, on the death of Judge Gibson, and 
in 1896, on the retirement of Judge Lati- 
mer, he became President Judge. He was 
re-elected to a second term in 1900. Ad- 
dress, York, Pa. 

BITTINGER, John R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House 
of Representatives from Adams County; 
was born in Oxford Township, Dec. 30, 
1849; educated in the public schools; 
worked on his father's farm until nine- 
teen years old; went west and was in his 
uncle's drug store for a year; returned 
to Pennsylvania and assisted on the farm 
until 1S71; has since been engaged in the 
manufacture of lime and shipping of 
stone and ballast; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1896; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, 266 
North St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

BLABOJf, George W.: 

Manufacturer; born in Wells, York 
County, Maine, Sept. 28, 1824. With little 
opportunity for education, he began work 
on a farm, then in a small carpet factory 
at Southboro, Mass., ana later as sales- 
man for an oilcloth firm in Baltimore, 
Md. After traveling many years for this 
firm, he started in business for himself 
in Philadelphia in 1852, beginning the 
sale of oilcloths in a small way, taking 
two partners successively. The panic of 
1857 tried him severely, but he weathered 
the storm, and in 1861 the former firm 
was dissolved, and he continued business 
by himself under the firm name of George 
W. Blabon & Co. He began to manu- 
facture oilcloth in 1864, and in 1875 erect- 
ed a large plant at Nicetown, in the 
northern section of the city. He added 
linoleum to his business in 1881, and to- 
day the production of the establishment 
is one of the largest in the world. Mr. 
Blabon has been largely interested in 
steel railways, in banks and other corpor- 
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way in Janesville, Wis., and of a land 
company in Texas. Address, 2101 Ven- 
ango St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BLACHLY, Oliver L., M. D.: 

Was born in Sparta, Washington Coun- 
ty, Pa., October 5, 1852; he is a son of 
Dr. Stephen L. and Sarah (Lindley) 
Blachly, and is of sturdy New England 
descent; was educated in the public 
schools and took a course at the Waynes- 
burg, Pa., College, from which he was 
graduated in 1874; he later entered the 
Jefferson Medical College and in 1877 he 
was graduated. He is a member of the 
Washington County Medical Society, the 
State Medical Society, the American 
Association and the Wilkinsburg Med- 
ical Club; he is also a member of 
the Jefferson Medical Alumni Associa- 
tion and of the Independent Order of 
Heptasophs; in politics he is a Republi- 
can; he is a member of the Presbyterian 
Church; he was married on May 18, 1880, 
to Miss Anna Sherrard. Address, Wilk- 
insburg, Pa. 

BLACK, Channcey Forward: 

Lawyer; born at Somerset, Pa; son of 
Jeremiah S. Black; Lieutenant Governor 
of Pennsylvania, 1882-1886; also Demo- 
cratic Candidate for Governor in 1886; 
President of the National Association of 
Democratic Clubs. Address, York, Pa. 

BLACK, J. Frank: 

President of Chester National Bank. 
Address, Chester, Delaware County, Pa. 

BLACK, Samuel W.: 

Real estate agent; is the dean of the 
real estate brokerage fraternity in Pitts- 
burg, and has been for the past thirty- 
five years a leader in his work; born in 
Pittsburg, he has grown up with the city 
and is well versed on real estate values; 
son of Dr. Alexander Black, a well known 
Pitsburg physician, and a nephew of the 
famous Col. Samuel W. Black, who 
fought in the Mexican War. He is con- 
sidered an authority on real estate values 
and one of the best experts in the Pitts- 
burg district. Almost every real estate 
broker of any prominence has received 
his preliminary training with Mr. Black 
as a tutor. In disputes as to the value 
of properties Mr. Black's opinion is gen- 
erally sought as that of an expert. Ad- 
dress, Farmers' Bank Building, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 



BLACK, Wiliam Murray: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet, 
Military Academy, July 1, 1873 (1); Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Engineers, June 15, 1877; 
First Lieutenant March 31, 1880; Captain, 
Corps of Engineers, Dec. 31, 1886. Served 
at St. Augustine. Fla., in charge of vari- 
ous fortifications and of river and harbor 
improvements in the Florida District; 
member of various boards of Engineer 
Officers to consider river and harbor im- 
provements, November, 1891, to Aug. 28, 
1895; commanding Company C, Battalion 
of Engineers, and Instructor of Civil En- 
gineering, United States Engineer School, 
with station at Willets Point, Aug. 28, 
1895, to March 2, 1897; Assistant to Chief 
of Engineers, Washington, D. C in 
charge of fortification and personnel 
branch of office of Chief of Engineers; 
member of Board of Officers on Gulf 
fortifications, March 2, 1897, to June 1, 
1S98; Engineer Commissioner, District of 
Columbia; Lieutenant Colonel and Chief 
Engineer, United States Volunteers, May 
y, 1898; Major, Corps of Engineers, May 
18, 1898; honorably discharged from Vol- 
unteer service, June 13, 1898; Chief En- 
gineer of Third Army Corps, May 25, 1898, 
until June, 1898; Chief Engineer, Fifth 
Army Corps, June, 1898; on staff of Major 
General Commanding Army, June 10 to 
Dec. 2, 1898; served at Tampa and in 
Porto Rico campaign, being in command 
of first landing party of United States 
troops at Guanica, Porto Rico, July 25, 
189S; organized Provisional Battalion of 
Engineers for Porto Rico expedition, 
and bought and had charge of all engineer 
material for expedition; on temporary 
duty in office of Chief of Engineers, Dec. 
3 until Dec. 16, 1898; ordered to Havana, 
Dec. 16, 1898; Chief Engineer, Department 
of Havana, on staff of Major Gen. Lud- 
low, Jan. 2, 1899; on duty in connection 
with the Isthmian Canal Commission since 
1901. Address, Corcoran Building, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

BLACKBURN, William M.: 

Engraver; born June 1, 1872; son of 
Francis Blackburn, Philadelphia. Pa.; 
educated in public schools; in 1900 was 
associated with a bank note company in 
Philadelphia for the engraving of securi- 
ties. In 1903 made an extensive tour 
through foreign countries. Married Mar- 
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! associated in the engraving and publish- 
ing business in Philadelphia. Address, 
1436 Drummond St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BLACKBURN, "William Wallace: 

Director in the Carnegie Companies, 
Pittsburg, Pa.; was born on Feb. 1, 
1859, at Hollidaysburg, Pa.; he is a son 
of Joseph H. and Sarah J. Blackburn; 
his father was for years a merchant at 
Hollidaysburg, but is now retired and 

i| lives at Wiliamsburg, Pa. The present 
Carnegie official was educated at the 
public schools of Hollidaysburg and was 

i first employed as a clerk in a general 

1 merchandise store in Williamsburg. 

| Later he was employed as a general 

; clerk in the Hollidaysburg Iron and 
Nail Company, and in March. 1SS0, he 
went to Pittsburg and accepted a posi- 
tion with Wilson, Walker & Co., who 
then owned and operated the Lower Union 
Mills of the present Carnegie Company. 
Since then he has filled various posi- 

j tions in the Carnegie Companies about 
the works and general offices, and is now 

' a Director and Secretary of the Carnegie 
Steel Company. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BLACKWOOD, Norman Jerome: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
1 and appointed from Pennsylvania; Naval 
Cadet, May 17, 1883; resigned, Feb. 20 
1886; Assistant Surgeon. July 7, 1890 
Passed Assistant Surgeon, July 7, 1893 
Surgeon, Nov. 3, 1901; Miantonomoh, 1891 
Naval Hosiptal, Norfolk, 1893: receiving 
ship Independence, 1894; Monocacy, 1895- 
1898; Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1898; 
Alliance, 1901; Iinnois, April 22, 1901, 
which is present station. 

BLAINE, G. "W.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Northeast. Address, Northeast, Erie 
County, Pa. 

BLAIR, Parr Dalton: 

Principal of Schools; born in Harts- 
town, Pa., March 28, 1877; removed to 
Townville, Pa. ; attended Meadville High 
School, Allegheny, Beaver and Grove 
City Colleges; graduated from the Clarion 
State Normal School, 1897; principal of 
Mead Township High School, Spartans- 
burg schools. Glen Hazel schools, now 
principal of the Springboro public schools. 
Address, Townville, Pa. 

BLAIR, Reed P.: 

Senior member of the firm of Reed F. 
Blair & Co., iron and steel brokers, of 



Pittsburg; born in Allegheny, Oct. 10, 
1868, his father being a member of the 
firm of Boggs, Blair & Buhl, original 
partners in the big Allegheny dry goods 
house. He was educated in the public 
schools of Allegheny, and at the age of 
fifteen years was employed by the Penn- 
sylvania Company, where he learned tel- 
egraphy. At seventeen he was the pri- 
vate secretary of T. M. Carnegie, the 
then Chairman of Carnegie Brothers & 
Company, Limited. When nineteen years 
of age he held the responsible position of 
assistant cashier of this company. After- 
ward he was private secretary to William 
L. Abbott, chairman of Carnegie, Phipps 
& Co., for five years. When the Carne- 
gie Steel Company was organized Mr. 
Blair retired. Since then he has been 
engaged in the iron and steel business as 
broker and dealer, and for some years his 
company has looked after the sale of 
nearly all the ingot molds in the United 
States, in addition to their ores, coke, 
limestone and pig iron. Address, Frick 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BLAKELEY, Archibald: 

Lawyer; born July 24, 1827, at Glade 
Run, in the Connoquessing Valley, But- 
ler County, Pa.; son of Lewis and Jane 
(McAllister) Blakeley; was educated in 
the common schools of the county and by 
private tutors, and at Marshall Academy, 
Virginia. He studied law at Butler, Pa., 
with G. W. Smith and was admitted to 
the Butler bar Nov. 9, 1852; was elected 
District Attorney for the county of But- 
ler in 1853 for the term of three years, 
which he served. He served in the War 
of the Rebellion in the Seventy-eighth 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 
fantry; moved to Pittsburg in April, 1868, 
and was admitted to the Allegheny County 
bar April 11, 1868; Republican in politics. 
Address, Bakewell Building, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

BLAKELY, Archibald Mechlins : 

Lawyer; born May 30, 1861, at Butler, 
Pa.; son of Archibald and Susan D. 
(Me'chling) Blakeley; was educated in 
the public schools of Allegheny City, the 
Pittsburg Episcopal Academy, and the 
Western University of Pennsylvania; 
was graduated from the Law Department 
of the University of Michigan with the 
class of 1885. Admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar October 3, 1885; Republican 
in politics. Address, Bakewell Building, 
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BLAKELY, George: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., July 5, 1870; appointed 
from Pennsylvania; cadet at the United 
States Military Academy from June 16, 
1888, to June 11, 1892, when he was grad- 
uated and promoted in the Army to Sec- 
ond Lieutenant of Artillery, Second Ar- 
tillery, June 11, 1S92. Served at Fort 
Warren, Mass., Sept. 30, 1S92, to Aug. 29, 
1894; Fort Monroe, Va., to July 22, 1896; 
graduate of the Artillery School, 1896; 
Instructor in Mathematics, Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics, United States Mil- 
itary Academy, West Point, N. Y., May 
4 to Nov. 21, 1S98; Senior Assistant In- 
structor to Practical Military Engineer- 
ing and Signaling from June IS until 
Oct. 31, 1898; First Lieutenant of Artil- 
lery, Second Artillery, Feb. 13, 1899; Cap- 
tain Artillery Corps, May 8, 1901; on re- 
cruiting duty, Kansas City, Mo., June- 
August, 1901; in command of the First 
Company, Coast Artillery, at Fort Dade 
and Fort De Soto, Fla., Aug. 15, 1901, 
to Sept. 9, 1902; in command of the Elev- 
enth Company, Coast Artillery, at Key 
West, Fla., Sept 10, 1902, to Jan. 17, 1903. 
At West Point, N. Y., Assistant Profes- 
sor of Mathematics, United States Mili- 
tary Academy. Address, United States 
Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. 

BLAKELY, John ltiis.se 11 Young: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; Naval Cadet, September 29, 18SS; 
Ensign, July 1, 1894; Lieutenant (junior 
grade), March 3, 1899; Lieutenant, July 
1, 1900; San Francisco, lS92-18b3; Detroit, 
1894-1898; Wisconsin, 1898-1902; Minneap- 
olis, Aug. 4, 1902 to 1903; Dixie, October, 
1903. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

BLAKELEY, William: 

Attorney-at-law; born at Brown's Mills, 
Butler County, Pa., March 10, 1833; edu- 
cated at common schools and afterward 
entered the law office of his brother 
Archibald, who was then practicing in 
Butler County; was admitted to the bar 
in 1856, and two years later was elected 
District Attorney; in that year also he 
took a deep interest in the John C. Fre- 
mont campaign and made a number of 
speeches for the "Pathfinder." At the 
outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted 
and was given authority to recruit a com- 
pany; in a short time he recruited four 
companies and was made a Lieutenant 



Colonel; in 1864 was made a Colonel, and 
afterward a Brigadier General on recom- 
mendation of General Sheridan for gal- 
lant services on the field; after being 
mustered out he engaged in the practice 
of law in Pittsburg and has taken an 
active interest in Republican Party Poli- 
tics, frequently serving as a delegate to 
conventions. Member of the Union Vet- 
eran Legion and of the Grand Army of 
the Republic; member of the Presbyterian 
denomination. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BLAKELEY, William Augustus: 

Lawyer; born February 24, 1866; son 
of Archibald and Susan D. (Mechling) 
Blakeley; was educated at Sewickley 
Academy, Sewickley, Pa.; Western Uni- 
versity of Pennsj'lvania and Michigan 
University. Admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar June 13, 1891; Republican in 
politics. Address, 440 Diamond St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

BLAKESLEY, William Augustus: 

Lawyer; born in Franklin, Pa., on Feb. 
24, 1866; son of Col. Archibald Blakesley 
and Susan Drum Blakesley; his father 
is a prominent lawyer of Pittsburg and 
his mother was a daughter of the late 
Hon. Jacob Mechling of Butler, Pa; on 
both sides he is descended from pioneer 
families of Western Pennsylvania. His 
education was received in the schools 
of Allegheny, the Western University of 
Pennsylvania, and the University of 
Michigan, of which latter institution he 
was a member of the class of 1887. In 
the spring of 1S87 he left college and 
engaged actively in journalistic work; 
for a brief period he was a member of 
the editorial staff of the Pittsburg Com- 
mercial Gazette, but in the fall of 1887 
left that paper and became court repor- 
ter for the Pittsburg Press; he remained 
with that paper until his admission to the 
bar on June 12, 1891; he studied law 
under the tutorship of his father, and 
pursued his studies while performing 
his reportorial duties. From the date of 
his admission to the bar his career has 
been a busy and an unusually successful 
one; he was appointed Deputy District 
Attorney of Allegheny County in 1895. 
and held that position during the latter 
part of Mr. Burleigh's administration 
and the first year of Mr. Haymaker's in- 
cumbency; he resigned in the fall of 1897 
and entered actively upon the general 
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both civil and criminal, and his extensive 
practice and success both as a case tryer 
and counselor have given him a high 
standing and much prominence at the 
bar. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BLAKSLEE, A. P.: 

President First National Bank of Or- 
wigsburg. Address, Orwigsburg, Schuyl- 
kill County, Pa. 

BLATT, H. S.: 

President of Elwood City National 
Bank. Address, Ellwood City, Lawrence 
County, Pa. 

BLEAKLEY, O. D.: 

President of Franklin Trust Company. 
Address, Franklin, Venango County, Pa. 

BLAND, H. Willis: 

Jurist; born in Blandon, Berks County, 
Pa., in 1S46; descendant of the first set- 
tlers of that district; educated in the 
Birdsboro public schools till the age of 
fifteen, when he enlisted in the volunteer 
army service and fought throughout the 
Civil War, taking part in the principal 
battles in Virginia and making an excel- 
lent record as a soldier. He was only 
nineteen at the end of his four years of 
war experience, and then, having to 
make his way in the world, he became a 
clerk in the Phoenix Iron Company, at 
Phcenixville, Pa. ; the taste for mechanics 
here acquired induced him to become a 
machinist, at which occupation he worked 
in Philadelphia for some time, mean- 
while studying in the evenings at a poly- 
technic school and spending much of the 
night over his books; as a result of in- 
cessant work and study he broke down 
physically, and, obliged to give up hard 
manual labor, he began the study of law 
under J. H. Jacobs at Reading, Pa. As 
a lawyer he quickly acquired an excel- 
lent practice, at first in the criminal 
courts, and afterward in the civil courts, 
winning a wide reputation as an advocate 
of unusual eloquence and marked ability. 
In 1891 he was appointed by Governor 
Pattison Judge of the Berks County Or- 
phans' Court, to which position he was 
elected in 1902. Address, Reading, Pa, 

BLISS, Tasker Howard: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania, 
Cadet Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1S71; 
Second Lieutenant First Artillery, June 
16, 1S75; First Lieutenant, July 1, 1SS0; 



Captain, Dec. 20, 1892; Major Commis- 
sary Subsistence, April 30, 1898; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel Chief Commissary Subsistence 
of Volunteers, May 9, 1S9S; honorably dis- 
charged June 13, 1899; Brigadier General 
of Volunteers, April 26, 1901; honorably 
discharged from Volunteers, June 20, 1901; 
Brigadier General United States Army, 
July 21, 1902. Address, 22 Jackson Place, 
Washington, D. C. 

BLISS, Ward H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Delaware County; 
born at Lewisburg, Union County, Pa., 
Dec. 15, 1855; was educated at Lewisburg 
(now Bucknell) University, graduating 
in 1S74; taught school one year; was ad- 
mitted to the Delaware County bar in 
1S7S, and has practiced law since that 
time. In 1S81 began the publication of 
The Weekly Reporter, the official legal 
paper of the county, which he has since 
edited; from 1882 to 1893 he owned and 
edited the Delaware County Republican, 
the oldest newspaper in the county; has 
published a "Digest of the Special Laws 
Relating to Delaware County," and eight 
volumes of "Delaware County Reports." 
Member of the House of Representatives 
sessions of 1889, 1S91, 1S93, 1895, 1S97, 1899 
and 1901, and re-elected in November, 
1902. Address, Chester, Pa. 

BLOOMINGDALE, Charles, Jr. 010111 
de plume "Kairl"): 

Journalist, author; born March 16, 1868, 
in Philadelphia; son of Charles Bloom- 
ingdale and Caroline Cadette (Elfelt) 
Bloomingdale; was educated in private, 
public and High schools, University of 
Pennsylvania, class of 1887. He wrote 
and produced "The Sighing Dutchman"; 
with Philadelphia Press four years, de- 
partment known as "Up the Street and 
Down Again"; edited Footlig"hts and 
Stageland. Author of "Mr., Miss and 
Mrs.," now in fourth edition (Lippincott), 
and "A Failure," published in 1904 
(Lippincott); dramatic writer for twelve 
years, chief work being on Philadelphia 
Bulletin. Married in 1898 Katherine 
Fleck of Philadelphia. Office address, 
Welsbach Company, Broad and Arch Sts.; 
home address, 210 S. Eleventh St., Phila- 
delphia. 

SLOUGH. H. K.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lancaster County; 
born in South Hanover Township, Dau- 



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phin County, Pa., Dec. 29, 1844; was edu- 
cated in the public schools and Palmyra 
Academy; in early life was engaged as 
a miller, and later began the study of 
medicine under Dr. D. C. Keller of Union 
Deposit, Pa.; in 1870 he began the prac- 
tice of medicine in Bachmansville, where 
he remained three years, then removed 
to Elizabethtown, and is still engaged 
there in the practice of his profession. 
He assisted in organizing the Elizabeth- 
town Exchange Bank and is a director of 
same; is also President of the Elizabeth- 
town Water Company; served as School 
Director five terms; has always been a 
stanch Republican; was a member of the 
House of Representatives, session of 
1891; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Elizabethtown, Pa. 

BUM, Isaac: 

Merchant and railway financier; born 
in Strasburg, France, March 5, 1849; 
came to America after the Civil War and 
entered the dry goods business in Wheel- 
ing, W. Va., as Isaac Blum & Brother. 
He removed to Philadelphia about 1876, 
and there soon after began the business 
of manufacturing ladies' cloaks and suits, 
which grew into an extensive business; 
impaired health compelled him to retire 
in 1892, two of his brothers continuing 
the business under the firm name of Blum 
Brothers; on regaining his health he be- 
came interested in the Hestonville Rail- 
way Company, then in a depressed con- 
dition; he formed a syndicate which pur- 
chased a controlling interest in its stock, 
and which succeeded in quickly restor- 
ing the lost prosperity of the road; when 
it became necessary to change the motive 
power to electricity, he financed the pro- 
ject, raising $1,250,000 within forty-eight 
hours by an issue of gold bonds and pre- 
ferred stock. He was elected President 
of the road in 1895, and was also made 
President of the Fairmount Park and 
Haddington Railway Company; he was 
one of the organizers of and is a Director 
of the Market Street National Bank. 
Mr. Blum is President of the Blum Com- 
pany, importers, 565-7 Broadway, New 
York; he has also been tendered and has 
accepted the Presidency of the new Bank 
of Commerce which he is now organizing. 
Address, 1913 Wallace St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 



BUM. Ralph: 

Manufacturer; born 
France, Aug. 19, 1861; 



in Quatzenheim, 
came to America 



in 1867; resided in Wheeling, W. Va., un- 
til 1877, when he moved to Philadelphia; 
was graduated from high school of that 
city, and later became a member of the 
firm of Blum Brothers; was appointed by 
Governor Stone as Commissioner of Char- 
ities and Correction for State of Penn- 
sylvania; re-appointed by Gov. Penny- 
packer; sent by United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture to Paris Exposition 
in 1900, as special Commissioner to re- 
port on exhibits of agricultural schools, 
and to visit such schools in Europe for 
the benefit of the Department. In the 
same year was appointed by Governor 
Stone as Commissioner to represent State 
of Pennsylvania at Paris Exposition. Has 
served as President, Vice President and 
Director of the National Farm School, 
Doylestown, Pa.; Director Coplay Cement 
Company, Coplay, Pa.; is also Secretary 
and Treasurer Blum Brothers, Inc., Phil- 
adelphia. Is a public spirited citizen, 
deeply interested in many charitable in- 
stitutions, and strongly identified with 
the Republican party. Author of political 
satire, "Bryan's Sinking Ship," 1S96. Now 
resides with his family at his country 
villa, "Shifra," at Ogontz, Montgomery 
County, Pa. 

BLl'MLE, Francis Xavier: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Cameron County; 
born in Zeughouse, Wurtemburg, Ger- 
many, Sept. 9, 1S48; was educated in the 
parish schools at Eglingen; also attended 
the School of Agriculture and Forestry 
at that place. In 1868 he emigrated to 
America; in 1876 located in Emporium, 
Cameron County, Pa., where he still re- 
sides; in 1892 was elected County Treas- 
urer; served as President of the Agricul- 
tural Society of Cameron County for 
three years, and of the Board of School 
Directors for one term; was elected to 
the House of Representatives in 1900 
and re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress. Emporium, Pa. 

BLYE, Harry Clay: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman I United States Navy, Nov. 17, 
1862; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- 
ter). March 23, 1864; First Assistant En- 
gineer (Lieutenant), Jan. 1, 1868; Passed 
Assistant Engineer (Lieutenant), Feb. 
24, 1874; retired (Lieutenant), Oct. 28, 
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of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOAS, Howard L.: 

Secretary of Monticello Brick Works; 
born in Reading-, Pa., April 29, 1864; was 
educated in the public schools of his na- 
tive city and at the Northwestern Col- 
lege, Naperville, 111. He entered into 
business pursuits early in life, and inci- 
dentally embarked in politics; was elected 
to Select Council to represent the Seventh 
Ward, the heaviest taxpaying ward in 
Reading, in 1896; re-elected in 1900 and 
1904; for the past two years has been 
President of Select Council; served as 
Vice President of Reading Sesqui-Cen- 
tennial celebration in 1S98. He is Secre- 
tary of the Monticello Brick Works, the 
largest brick concern in the United 
States, capitalized at $2,500,000; Secretary 
of the Reading Hardwood Company, em- 
ploying 1,800 hands, and shipping its pro- 
ducts to all parts of the world; Director 
of the Keystone Hardware Company, and 
also of the Consolidated Hardware Com- 
pany. Married Kate M. Harbster, daugh- 
ter of Matthan Harbster, in February, 
1884. Address, Reading, Pa. 

BODGES, Jesse T.i 

Chief Engineer and Superintendent of 
Fairmount Park; born in West Phila- 
delphia June 27, 1858; educated in private 
schools in West Philadelphia; studied 
engineering with Joseph Johnston, City 
Surveyor; later Mr. Bodges became As- 
sistant Engineer to Mr. Thayer, who was 
then Superintendent of Fairmount Park, 
and his active service in connection with 
park work has covered a period of twen- 
ty years. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BODINE, Samuel Taylor: 

Capitalist; born Aug. 23, 1854, in Phila- 
delphia, he is to-day one of the most in- 
fluential citizens in his native city; son of 
Samuel Tucker Bodine and Louisa Wylie 
Millikin; was educated at the German- 
town Academy and at the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1873 with the 
degree of B. A., and having the additional 
honor of having the University confer 
upon him three years later the degree of 
M. A. In June, 1873, he became shipping 
clerk for the Royersford Iron Foundry 
Company of Royersford, Pa., and held 
this position until January, 1875; from 
this time until July 1, 1S76, he was ship- 
ping clerk for the Cohensey Glass Com- 

O 



pany of Bridgeton, N. J.; he then left to 
accept a responsible position with Peter 
Wright Sons, where he remained until 
June 1, 1882; upon organization, in June 
1S82, of the United Gas Improvement 
Company, he was elected Secretary and 
Treasurer; on Dec. 1, 1888, he was pro- 
moted to the position of General Mana- 
ger of this company, and on Feb. 26, 1892 
he was still further advanced, this' time 
to the position of Second Vice President 
He has held aloof from political affilia- 
tions of any nature; is connected with 
many corporations, being a Director and 
Second Vice President of the Welsbach 
Light Company and Welsbach Commer- 
cial Company, a Trustee of the Penn- 
sylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company 
a Director of the Charleston, S. C, Min- 
ing and Manufacturing Company, a Di- 
rector of the American Society for the 
Extension of University Teaching, and a 
Trustee of the estate of William G. War- 
den. He is a member of prominent clubs 
and social organizations throughout the 
country, a few of which are the Phi Kap- 
pa Sigma, his college fraternity; the Rit- 
tenhouse and University of Philadelphia, 
University of New York, Germantown 
Cricket Club, Merion Cricket Club and 
Essex County Club of Manchester, Mass. 
On Nov. 15, 1883, he was married to Miss 
Eleanor Gray Warden. Address, 222 Rit- 
tenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOGGS, George C: 

President Trust National Bank of 
Finleyville. Address, Finleyville, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. 

BOGGS, H. H.: 

President of Dollar Saving Fund and 
Trust Company and Allegheny Safe De- 
posit Company. Address, Allegheny, Pa. 

BOHANJfAS, Daniel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Second Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, May 9, 1861; mustered out July 
26. 1861; private Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Aug. 15. 1861; Corporal, Aug. 
28, 1S61; Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1864; First Ser- 
geant, Aug. 1, 1864; discharged for pro- 
motion, Dec. 25, 1864; Second Lieutenant 
Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, Dec. 
25, 1864; First Lieutenant, March 25, 1865; 
honorably mustered out, Aug. 30, 1865; 
elected Oct. 20, 1897. Address, 124 South 
Sheridan Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



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BOHANNAN, Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Forty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861; First 
Lieutenant, Sept. 18, 1862; honorably mus- 
tered out July 17, 1865; elected Feb. 5, 
1890. Address, Nineteenth, corner Mt. 
Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOICE, James Y.: 

Clergyman; born in Ireland in 1847; was 
educated in Pittsburg High School, Duff's 
College, Prof. Haydon's Academy and 
Westminster College; studied theology in 
United Presbyterian Theological Semin- 
ary, Allegheny, Pa., and Reformed Pres- 
byterian Theological Seminary, Philadel- 
hia; ordained, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1868; 
one of the editor's Reformed Presbyterian 
Advocate for seventeen years; elected Pro- 
fessor of Greek in Theological Seminary 
of Reformed Presbyterian Church in 
1890. He was pastor of Second Reformed 
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, for 
seventeen years; pastor of the First Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church, Philadel, 
phia, since 1894. In 1872 he married Mat- 
tie, daughter of the late John McFee; he 
received from Richmond and Cedarville 
Colleges the Doctorate. Address, 2213 
Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOK, Edward William: 

Editor; born in Helder, Holland, Oct. 
9, 1863; brought to America at six years 
of age and educated in the public schools 
of Brooklyn, N. Y.; worked as sten- 
ograper for the Western Union Telegraph 
Company; at nineteen founded and edited 
the Brooklyn Magazine, which was suc- 
cessful when he sold it a year later. He 
became a friend of Rev Henry Ward 
Beecher and obtained from him a series 
of weekly newspaper letters, which be- 
came the foundation of the Bok Syndi- 
cate Press, which employed over eighty 
prominent authors of America and Eu- 
rope; he was employed as stenographer 
and manager in two large publishing 
houses, that of Henry Holt & Co., 1884- 
1885. and of the Scribners, 1885-1888. In 
1889 he removed to Philadelphia, where 
he became the editor of the highly popu- 
lar Ladies' Home Journal, of which he 
At a later date he became Vice President 
of the Curtis Publishing Company. On 
Oct. 22, 1896, he married Mary L. Curtis. 
daughter of Cyrus Curtis, the founder of 
The Ladies' Home Journal. He, when 
quite young, began the collection of auto- 



graph letters and documents of famous 
men, his collection growing to number 
25,000 and becoming one of the finest pri- 
vate collections in the United States. Au- 
thor of "The Beecher Memorial," "The 
Young Man in Business," "Successward," 
and "Before He is Twenty." Residence, 
The Grange, Merion, Pa.; office, 425 Arch 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOLARD, Jacob: 

State Senator from Crawford County; 
born June 5, 1837, and raised on a farm 
in Spring Township, Crawford County, 
Pa.; in 1862 he enlisted in Company B, 
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and the 
following year was promoted to Hospital 
Steward; in 1865 was again pro'moted to 
Captain of Company B, One Hundred and 
Ninety-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volun- 
teers, in which rank he served until the 
close of the war. In 1874 he was com- 
missioned by Governor Hartranft Captain 
on the staff of the Fifteenth Regiment, 
National Guard, and was re-appointed 
in 1879 by Governor Hoyt; in 1890 he 
served on the Pennsylvania Road Com- 
mission, being appointed by Governor 
Beaver. He served as President of the 
Crawford County Agricultural Society for 
eight successive years; is now engaged in 
the manufacture of leather and raising of 
cattle and fine carriage horses; is Presi- 
dent of the First National Bank at Cam- 
bridge Springs, where he resides; served 
as member of the House of Representa- 
tives, session of 1895; was elected to the 
Senate in November, 1902. Address. Cam- 
bridge Springs, Pa. 

BOLL,, Charles S.: 

President Commercial Bank of Harris- 
burg. Address, Harrisburg, Dauphin 
County, Pa. 

BOLLER, Alfred Pancoast: 

Civil engineer; born Feb. 23, 1840, at 
Philadelphia; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1S58, where 
he received degree of A. M. ; also in 1861 
from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- 
tute as civil engineer. From 1862 to 1885 
was engineer with railroad ancl other 
corporations; for a number of years has 
been contractor for bridge constructing; 
was engineer of double track bridge over 
the Hudson at Albany; also over the 
Thames River, New London, Conn., and 
Central bridge and viaduct over Hudson 
River, New York; also the four-track 
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gineer in Department of Parks and Pub- 
lic Works in New York; also extension 
of Wabash lines into Pittsburg. Author 
of Wabash lines into Pittsburg. Address, 
1 Nassau St., New York. 

HOLLIJiG, Robert Hagrerdorn, M. D.: 

Born at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 
Pa., June 20, 1867; was educated at pri- 
vate schools in the neighborhood, and at 
Bremen Seminary, and finally graduated 
from the Classical Institute of Philadel- 
phia; entered the Medical Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania, class of 
1889; was graduated in May, 1889; en- 
tered St. Luke's Hospital, South Bethle- 
hem, Pa., as resident physician; from 
there to Germantown Hospital, Philadel- 
phia; after finishing his service, entered 
practice at Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 
June, 1S92. Married Julia Campbell Rus- 
sell, daughter of Commodore A. M. Rus- 
sell, United States Navy, in 1S93; has 
since resided at Chestnut Hill, being in 
active practice. Member of the Philadel- 
phia Cricket Club and Southern Club of 
Philadelphia. Address, Chestnut Hill, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOLTON, J. Gray: 

Presbyterian minister; born in County 
Derry, Ireland. March 17, 1849; son of 
Samuel and Mary Gray Bolton; for ten 
generations the Boltons have lived in 
the Townland of Lismoyle; he is de- 
scended from the Boltons of England, the 
Grays of Scotland, and Irish for many 
generations; he arrived in Philadelphia 
in 1866; was educated at Lafayette Col- 
lege and Union Theological Seminary; re- 
ceived degrees of A. M. and D. D. from 
his Alma Mater; married S. Josephine 
Townsend of Philadelphia Jan. 11, 1883. 
He is Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge 
of Pennsylvania, P. and A. M.; life mem- 
ber of Pennsylvania Historical Society; 
Presbyterian Historical Society; member 
of the Transatlantic Society of America, 
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the 
Scotch-Irish Society; twice appointed to 
defend the action of the Synod of Penn- 
sylvania in the General Assembly; is a 
Director in a trust company in Philadel- 
phia. Address, 2109 Pine St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BOLTON, William Jordan: 

United States Store-keeper; son of 
James and Mary Ann Bolton; born 
October, 1833, at Norristown, Pa.; 
was educated at Norristown public 



schools, also Tremont Seminary; became 
a machinist and engineer; married Emma 
Rupert Feb. 28, 1868, at Frankford, Pa., 
(who is now deceased). At Norristown, 
Pa., he was Burgess and Councilman; 
also Sheriff of Montgomery County; he 
served in the uniformed Militia of Penn- 
sylvania from 1855 to 1861; from 1861 to 
1S65 was Major, Captain, and Colonel 
in the Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 
fantry. In 1865 he was brevet Brigadier 
General of United States "Volunteers; from 
1868 to 1878 he was Captain, Colonel and 
Major General in the National Guard of 
Pennsylvania; 1861 to 1875 served in the 
Civil War in the Department of Annapolis, 
Md.; Northeastern Virginia, North Car- 
olina, in the Army of Virginia, also in 
the Army of Potomac; from 1864 to 1865 he 
served in the Department of Virginia, 
Army of Ohio, the Military Division of 
the Mississippi, Sherman's Expeditionary 
Army, Military Division of Tennessee, 
Army of the Cumberland, and Army of 
the Potomac; he also served in the Mid- 
dle Military Division of the District of 
Alexandria, Va. He fought in twenty- 
three battles, ending at Appomattox Court 
House; also twenty-five skirmishes. He 
is a member of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion, Antietam Battle Command- 
ery of Pennsylvania, Union Veteran Le- 
gion of Pennsylvania, Historical Society 
of Motgomery County, Pa. He is a Re- 
publican in politics. Address, 6630 Wood- 
land Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOMBAUGH, Charles Carrol: 

Physician; born in Harrisburg, Pa., 
Feb. 10, 1S28; received a preparatory 
education at Captain Alden Partridge's 
Military School and entered Harvard 
University, from which he was graduated 
in 1850; after studying at Jefferson 
Medical College of Philadelphia for three 
years, received the degree of M. D. He 
was a practitioner until the beginning of 
the Civil War, when he entered the 
Union Army as Surgeon and served from 
August, 1861, to May, 1865; at the close 
of the war he became medical examiner 
for various life insurance companies. He 
established the Baltimore Underwriter in 
July, 1865, of which he was editor and 
proprietor for thirty-three years, retiring 
from active service in 1898. He is the 
author of several works, among them 
being "Strategems and Conspiracies to 
defraud Life Insurance Companies"; mem- 
ber of the American Medical Association, 
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Mary- 



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land; has been Vice President of the Am- 
erican Academy of Medicine, Secretary of 
the Baltimore Academy of Medicine, Presi- 
dent of the Harvard Club of Maryland, 
and is prominently identified with the 
University Club, the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American 
Revolution, etc. Address 836 Park Ave., 
Baltimore, Md. 

BOJiAR, James: 

Merchant; borh April 3, 1S64, in Dun- 
fermline, Scotland; was educated in Eng- 
land; married Fannie Young Harrison, 
March 7, 1SS9. Connected with Carnegie 
Steel Company for fourteen years; then 
commenced business under the name of 
Pittsburg Gage Company, and organized 
the firm of James Bonar & Co., which 
was changed to James Bonar & Co. Inc., 
two years ago. Address, Frick Building, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

BOND, S. C.S 

Banker; born in Jefferson County, Pa., 
July 7, 1863; educated in home institutions 
and Eastonn Business College. Organized 
First National Bank of Brockwayville 
July, 1900, and was made President of 
same in January, 1903; he is principally 
engaged in the lumbering business; is a 
Republican in politics. Address, Brock- 
■wayville, Pa. 

BONNAFFON, Edward Walters: 

Paymaster United States Navy; born 
5n and appointed from Pennsylvania; As- 
sistant Paymaster, Nov. 7, 1S96; Passed 
Assistant Paymaster, March 15, 1898; 
Paymaster, Aug. 27, 1901; receiving ship 
Vermont, 1896; Yosemite, 1897-1900; As- 
sistant General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, 
League Island, 1900-1902; Assistant Gen- 
eral Storekeeper, Navy Yard, New York, 
May 12, 1902; Asiatic Station. Aug. 31, 
1903; General Storekeeper, Naval Station, 
Cavite, P. I. Address, Cavite, P. I. 

BONNAFFON, Sylvester, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Private Ninety-ninth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Dec. 14, 1861; Corporal, 
April 1, 1862; Sergeant, May 1, 1S62; 
Second Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1S62; First 
Lieutenant, June IS, 1S64; Captain, Oct. 
10, 1864; honorably mustered out, July 
1, 1865; Second Lieutenant, Thirty-first 
United States Infantry, May 22, 1S67; 
brevetted Major United States Volun- 
teers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious services at the battle of 



Boydtown Plank Road, Va. ; Lieutenant 
Colonel, March 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious services during the war. 
Awarded the Medal of Honor under res- 
olution of Congress "for having checked 
the rout and rallied the troops of his com- 
mand in the face of a terrible fire of 
musketry in the battle of Boydtown PlanK 
Road, Va., Oct. 27. 1864"; elected May 5, 
1SS0. Address, 3439 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BO\SALL, Amos: 

Farmer; son of Benjamin and Anne 
Heacock Bonsai; born Jan. 20, 1830, in 
Delaware County, Pa.; was educated at 
the Bolmer Academy, Westchester, Pa., 
and from 1S47 to 1848 in the Medical De- 
partment at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania; in 1860 received degree of A. M. 
at the Lafayette University. In May, 
1853, accompanied Dr. Kane as Master's 
Mate of the United States Navy to 
Arctic regions in search of Sir John Fran- 
klin, returning in Oct., 1855. At Elwyn, 
Delaware County, Pa., he has been thirty- 
two years on Board of Managers at the 
Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble 
Minded Children; also Manager for twen- 
ty-two years of the Philadelphia House 
of Refuge, now at Glen Mills, Delaware 
County, Pa. Residence, 3731 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOOK, George Milton: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Acting Midshipman, Nov. 23, 1861; was 
graduated September, 1S65; Ensign, Dec. 
1, 1S66; Master, March 12, 18bS; Lieuten- 
ant, March 26. 1869; Lieutenant Com- 
mander, May 28, 1881; Commander, Dec. 
16, 1891; Captain. March 29, 1S99. Re- 
tired with rank of Rear Admiral, March 
S, 1900. Address, 106 Front St., New- 
castle, Pa. 

BOOKER, John G.: 

Pastor of the Berean Baptist Church; 
born Feb. 2, 1S53. at Nottingham, Eng- 
land- was educated at Nottingham. Pas- 
tor of the Great Valley Baptist Church, 
Chester County. Pa.; Allegheny Avenue 
Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa.; and 
Berean Baptist Church, Reading, Pa.; 
married Sarah Henson, Nov. 24, 1S75. 
Began business on his own account. 1S75; 
relinquished the same and was ordained 
to the Baptist ministry in 1893; he is a 
RepuDlican in politics. Address, 742 
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BOOZ, Albert: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
egion; private Eighteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry,, April 24, 1S61; mustered out, 
Aug. 7, 1S61; private, Eighty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 13, 1861; 
Sergeant, Oct. 17, 1S61; discharged for 
promotion, May 27, 1863; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, May 27, 1863; honorably dis- 
charged for disability, June 20, 1863; 
elected Feb. 2, 1887. Address, 1414 North 
17th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOPE, Henry P.: 

Vice President and General Manager of 
the Carnegie Steel Company; born in 
Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, Sept. 
19, 1S5S; educated in the public schools 
of Lancaster and finished his studies 
privately, llis first venture in life was 
as a clerk in the State Agency of A. S. 
Barnes & Co., Columbus, Ohio; subse- 
quently studied short-hand and became 
an expert reporter; he reported the Ohio 
Legislature sessions of 1878-1879, and 
gained much knowledge and experience; 
after the session of 1S79 retired from 
public life and returned to his Sales 
Agency, going to Chicago as a repre- 
sentative of his old firm, A. S. Barnes 
& Co.; shortly afterward removed to 
Pittsburg and began his long connection 
with the Carnegie interests. Mr. Bope's 
advance was rapid and sure; he was suc- 
cessively with Carnegie Brothers & Co., 
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., the Carnegie 
Steel Company, Limited, and the Na- 
tional Steel Company. His work was in 
the sales department, and he was moved 
to a leading position when the United 
States Steel Corporation became an ac- 
complished fact; in April, 1900, he was 
Assistant General Sales Agent, and in 
the following year he was made First 
Vice President; to-day he is First Vice 
President and General Sales Manager of 
the Carnegie Steel Company, the National 
Steel Company, and the American Steel 
Hoop Company. Mr. Bope married Miss 
Katherine Spencer, of Columbus, Ohio. 
His promotion was attained by ability 
and faithful service. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

BORCHERS, Lyman Taft: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant, Sixty-seventh 



Pennsylvania Infantry. Jan. 4, 1862; Cap- 
tain, Feb. 1, 1S63; honorably mustered 
out, May 15, 1865; elected Feb. 6, 1895. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 ChestnutSt., Philadelphia, Pa, 

BORIE, Beanvean: 

Banker and broker; born in Philadel- 
phia, May 9, 1846; was graduated from 
the College Department of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1865, and en- 
tered the banking and brokerage firm 
of his father, the firm name becoming 
C. & H. Borie; as senior partner of this 
prominent firm he has long been a lead- 
ing element in the financial interests of 
Philadelphia. For many years an active 
member of the Philadelphia Stock Ex- 
change; has served on important com- 
mittees, has been several times its 
Vice President, and was made President 
of the Exchange in October, 1900; he is 
a Director of the Legigh Valley Railroad 
Company, the Bethlehem Steel Company, 
the American Dredging Company, and 
the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance 
on Lives; Vice President of the Philadel- 
phia Warehouse Company, and a member 
of the Real Estate Trust Company. He 
is a member of the Union League, the 
Art Club, and the Philadelphia Club. 
Address, 1035 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 

BORIXG, Edwin McCurdy: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private, First Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 20, 1861; mustered out, July 
26, 1S61; First Sergeant, Seventy-ninth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 17, 1861; 
discharged for promotion, June 19, 1864; 
First Lieutenant, Seventy-ninth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, June 19, 1864; honorably 
mustered out, July 12, 1865; elected, Oct. 
16, 1SS9. Member of the Executive Com- 
mittee of the Pennsylvania, Chickamau- 
gua and Chattanooga. Battle Field Com- 
mission. Address, 933 Fairmount Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BORLAND, John W.: 

Captain, Sixteenth Regiment Infantry, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania; born in 
Mercer, Pa., Sept. 30, 1874; received his 
military instruction at Grove City Col- 
lege in 1891; Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1893; 
Corporal, 1895; Sergeant, 1897; discharged, 
189S. at Mt. Gretna, Pa.; First Sergeant, 
Fifteenth Regiment Infantry, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, 1S9S; mustered out with 



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the Company, 1S99, at Athens, Ga.; en- 
listed as a private in Company F, Fif- 
teenth Regiment Infantry, National 
Guard Pennsylvania, 1S99; First Sergeant 
1899; elected First , Lieutenant, 1900 
elected Captain of the Sixteenth, 1902 
Republican. Address, Grove City, Pa. 

BORTHWICK, John Livingston Din- 
widilie: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Philadelphia, August 11, 
1S40; educated in that city and received 
the degree of M. A.; is a member of the 
First Troop. Philadelphia City Cavalry, 
and with it served in the First Shenan- 
doah Valley Campaign of 1861; was pres- 
ent at the engagement of Falling Waters, 
Virginia; entered the Navy as a Third 
Assistant Engineer, Oct. S, 1861, and was 
ordered to the Itasca; in that vessel par- 
icipated in the preliminary engagements 
below Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the 
removal of the obstructions below those 
forts, the passage of the forts and the 
capture of New Orleans; also in the en- 
gagements at Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, 
East Feliciana. Port Hudson. Baton 
Rogue, Pass Manchac, Donaldsonville, 
College Point and Red Church, all on the 
Mississippi River; at Velasco, Coast of 
Texas, and in the preliminary engage- 
ments and passage of Forts Morgan and 
Gaines. Mobile Bay; promoted to Second 
Assistant Engineer. Aug. 3, 1863; to a 
First Assistant Engineer, Oct. 11, 1866; 
to a Passed Assistant Engineer, Feb. 24, 
1874; to Chief Engineer, with the rank 
of Lieutenant Commander, Sept. 7, 1885; 
Michigan. November, 1892; Amphitrite, 
April, 1895-1S96; Navy Yard, New York, 
June, 1896 to date of retirement, October, 
1896. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

BOSBTSHELL, Oliver C.I 

Oliver C. Bosbyshell, soldier, enjoys 
the honorable distinction of having been 
the first Union soldier hurt by the 
enemy in the War of the Rebellion; he 
enlisted in April, 1861, and served his 
country until Oct. 1864; on the 18th day 
of April. 1861, as a Private in the Wash- 
ington Artilleryists of Pottsville, Schuyl- 
kill County — the first command to re- 
spond to President Lincoln's call for 
seventy-five thousand men — he was 
marching with his comrades through 
Baltimore, en route to Washington, when 
the memorable attack was made upon 



them by Southern sympathizers; Private 
Bosbyshell was struck on the head with 
a brick. Colonel Bosbyshell was born in 
Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the 3rd of 
January. 1S39; his father and mother, 
however, were natives of Philadelphia; 
he grew up in Schuylkill County, receiv- 
ing a fair education in the public schools, 
and was a student in the law office of 
his uncle, W. L. Whitney, when the war 
broke out, and he immediately enlisted as 
a private in the Washington Artillery 
and served continuously throughout the 
Civil War. having attained the rank of 
Major; was mustered out of service Oct. 
1, 1S64. Returning to Pottsville, the war 
being virtually ended, Major Bosbyshell 
engaged in business; always a devoted 
Republican, he was nominated by his 
party in Schuylkill County in 1866 for 
Prothonotary; the county being Demo- 
cratic, he was not elected, yet he re- 
ceived the highest vote of any Repub- 
lican candidate of the party that year. 
In 1867 he became a member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic and organ- 
ized Post 23, of Pottsville; he was its first 
commander; afterward he became Dis- 
trict Commander of Schuylkill County; in 
1869 he was elected Department Com- 
mander of Pennsylvania. In the same 
year he was made Register of Deposits 
in the United States Mint in Philadel- 
phia; soon afterward he was made As- 
sistant Coiner; he removed to Philadel- 
phia and has lived in that city ever since. 
In January, 1S77, he was appointed Coiner 
by President Grant and served as such 
until in February, 1S85, he was appointed 
by Colonel Dechert, the City Controller, to 
the position of Chief Clerk in the Con- 
troller's Office; it was a tribute to Major 
Bosbyshell's worth that he, a Republican, 
should be selected for the next most im- 
portant position in a Democratic Con- 
troller's office. Colonel Bosbyshell was 
appointed Superintendent of the Mint of 
the United States at Philadelphia by 
President Harrison on Oct. 17, 1899, and 
served a full term in that office, or until 
April. 1903, when he was made Vice 
President, and subsequently Treasurer of 
the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co., a 
position he still holds. Has been particu- 
larly interested in the National Guard of 
Pennsylvania for many years, having 
been Major of the Second Regiment in 
December, 1878, promoted Lieutenant 
Colonel and Colonel, serving in all posi- 
tions with credit. In August. 1893, re- 
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of officers. However, when the late war 
with Spain absorbed the National Guard, 
Colonel Bosbyshell was called again into 
the ranks of the National Guard, and by 
Gov. Hastings's direction, organized the 
Nineteenth Regiment Infantry, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, becoming its 
Colonel, a position he held until the mus- 
tering out of the regiment at the close of 
the war with Spain. Director of the Mu- 
sical Fund Hall; Chairman of the trus- 
tees of University Lodge, No. 610, F. and 
A. M. ; Companion of Pennsylvania Cora- 
mandery, Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion of the United States; one of the 
founders of the Pennsylvania Society Sons 
of the Revolution; treasurer of the Penn- 
sylvania Commandery and Treasurer Gen- 
eral of the National Commandery of the 
Military Order of Foreign Wars; a mem- 
ber of the Union League, Historical So- 
ciety and Old Guard of the Second Regi- 
ment, United States Volunteers, and 
Past Commander of the Department of 
Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, being a Comrade in Post 2, of this 
lie, being a Comrade in Post 2, of Phila- 
delphia. Address. 236 South 44th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOSWELL, Russell Thomas: 

Lawyer; born in Carlisle, Cumberland 
County, Pa., Nov. 27, 1S63; attended the 
A. D. Bache, Thomas Wood and Thad- 
deus Stevens public schools and the 
Protestant Episcopal Academy; graduated 
A. B. Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 
June 26, (Latin Salutatory), and A. M. 
on June 30, 1887, from same college; after 
three years' course, the last two at the 
Law Department, graduated LL. B. at 
the University of Pennsylvania June 8, 
1887 and he was admitted to practice 
same year; visited Europe in 1889; Jan. 
22, 1895, married Martha West, daught- 
er of Adam S. and Elizabeth F. 
Bare; Jan. 1, 1903, with Walter E. Buck- 
ley, Esq., he formed law firm of Boswell 
& Buckley; member of Law Academy, Law 
Association of Philadelphia, and charter 
member of the Pennsylvania Bar Associa- 
tion. Address, 604 Drexel Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa, 

BOSWORTH, Giles B.: 

Coke manufacturer, capitalist; born in 
Pittsburg, Feb. 2, 1856; son of Mahlon M. 
and Adelia L. Bosworth; educated in pub- 
lic schools; employed as Post Librarian 
at the Allegheny Arsenal at the age of 



15; Auditor, Secretary, Treasurer and 
Vice President of the H. C. Frick Coke 
Company, retaining the Vice Presidency 
after the Frick Company merged with the 
Carnegie Steel Company, and later with 
the United Steel Corporation; with- 
drew from the latter in 1901; has since 
resided in Pittsburg and at Colorado 
Springs, Col.; married in 1878 to Melzena 
A. Reed, of Pittsburg; contributed ex- 
tensively to newspaper publications and 
compiled statistics of the coke trade. 
Clubs: Union, Pittsburg, El Paso, Colo- 
rado Springs. Address, Union Club, 
Pittsburg; and Colorado Springs, Colo. 

BOIDIXOT, William Bradford Stock- 
ton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant, Ninth New 
Jersey Infantry, Oct. 15. 1861; Captain, 
May 16, 1862; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, Feb. 17, 1864; elected April 13, 
1867. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

BOIGHTER, Francis: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Naval Cadet, May 17, 1883; Ensign, July 
1, 1S99; Lieutenant (junior grade), Sept. 
26, 1897; Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; 
Portsmouth, 1889; Thetis, 1893; Marble- 
head, 1897; Yosemite, 1897; Naval Proving 
Ground, 1901; Rainbow, Feb. 1, 1902; Wis- 
consin, Aid on staff of Rear Admiral 
Cooper. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

BOIGHTOX, John Wesley: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Regimental Quartermaster-Ser- 
geant, First Wisconsin Cavalry, Sept. 1, 
1861; discharged for promotion, July 12, 
1S64; First Lieutenant and Regimental 
Quartermaster, First Wisconsin Cavalry, 
July 13, 1864; honorably mustered out, 
Jan. 5, 1865; elected Oct. 14, 1891. Ad- 
dress care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOl'LTON, Harry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Clearfield County; 
was born In England in 1872; educated 
in the public schools of Arizona Terri- 
tory and Pennsylvania; worked in the 
coal mines of Clearfield County; studied 



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law while supporting himself as a sten- 
ographer, and was admitted to practice 
as an attorney in 1S97; was appointed 
Secretary of the Clearfield Republican 
County Committee in 1894, in which ca- 
pacity he served until 1S9S; was elected 
chairman of the County Committee in 
1899, which position he held until 
1902, when he resigned to make a can- 
vass for the Republican nomination for 
the office of Assembly, to which office he 
was elected in November, 1902. Address, 
404 Briggs St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

BOUTON, Joseph W.s 

Judge of Court of Common Pleas of 
McKeon County. Address Smethport, Pa. 

BOVARD, Forrest J., B. S.. M. D.: 

Born in Tionesta, Pa., in 1874; was 
graduated from Grove City College in 
1892; completed one year in Pittsburg 
College of Pharmacy; graduated from Jef- 
ferson Medical College in 1897; has prac- 
ticed medicine in Tionesta, Pa., since 
1897; served three years as physician to 
the Forest County, Pennsylvania, Home; 
surgeon to Pennsylvania Railroad; Ex- 
aminer for Equitable, Mutual Benefit, 
New York Mutual Life, Home Life, 
Aetna, Metropolitan, Penn, Mutual, State 
Life, Northwestern, Security Life & Trust, 
Fidelity, Pittsburg Trust & Life, Pro- 
tected Home Circle, Modern Woodmen. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

BOVARD. George W.l 

Merchant; President Tionesta Board of 
health; Surgeon Major Fourth Regiment, 
Sons of Veterans Reserve of Pennsylva- 
nia; member Olive Lodge F. and A. M., 
Tionesta, Pa.. Venango County and Penn- 
sylvania State Medical Society and Am- 
erican Medical Association; son of John- 
son and Lydia Adams Bovard; was born 
in Butler County, Pa., May 12, 1S41; 
reared and educated in his native coun- 
ty. In 1862, enlisted in Company F, 137th 
Pennsylvania Volunteers and served nine 
months, when he was honorably dis- 
charged. After that he engaged in mer- 
cantile business at Sherman Well, Venan- 
go County, where he was postmaster five 
years. In 1871 removed to Tionesta, 
where he established his present business, 
being also a member of the firm of E. 
Berlin & Company, merchants, at Whig 
Hill. Pa. In 1869, married Miss Sarah 
Stewart, of Butler County. They have 
three children: Charles Stewart, Forest 
Johnson, M. D., and Roy, a student at 



the State College of Pennsylvania. Is a 
member of George Stowe Post, Grand 
Army of the Republic, No. 274, of the I. 

0. O. F. and A. O. U. W. Address, Tion- 
esta, Pa. 

BOAVEN, Eil ward Roseoe: 

Insurance official; born Oct. 16, 1839, 
in Philadelphia, Pa., son of William Ezra 
and Elizabeth (Kirtley) Bowen; educat- 
ed at schools in Philadelphia; graduated, 
1856, from Classical and Commercial High 
School, Lawrenceville, N. J.; served dur- 
ing Civil War, and promoted to rank of 
Lieutenant Colonel, 114th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1S64; Compan- 
ion Military Order Loyal Legion, Penn- 
sylvania Commandery; member Merion 
Cricket Club; now with Equitable Life 
Assurance Society; April 4, 1872, mar- 
ried Katherine Moore, daughter of Joseph 
Thomas and Ann Williams (Moore) Ma- 
ther. Address, 238 Drexel Building, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

BOAVEN, Edward Roseoe, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. 
Col. Edward R. Bowen; elected May 4, 
1898. Address, 238 Drexel Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BOAVEN, George Altliens: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private, Twelfth New Jersey In- 
fantry, August 11, 1S62; Sergeant, Sept. 
4, 1862; First Sergeant, July 6, 1863; dis- 
charged for promotion, April 24, 1864; 
First Lieutenant, Twelfth New Jersey In- 
fantry, April 25, 1864; Captain, Nov. 12, 
1S64; honorably mustered out, June 4, 
1865; elected, May 1, 1895. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOAA'ER. Frank: 

Meat curer; born in Philadelphia. Nov. 

1, 1840; educated in the public schools of 
that city, graduating from the Central 
High School; he engaged in business as a 
butcher in 1858, and in 1865 joined the 
meat-curing firm of John Bower & Co. 
John Bower, his cousin, died in 1875. and 
the other partner, William Enterman, re- 
tired in 1890, leaving the business to Mr. 
Bower, and the estate of John Bower, 
represented by Charles Bower; the busi- 
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mensions, and is one of the largest and 
most complete meat-packing and curing 
houses in the City of Philadelphia, being 
fitted with every facility for the curing 
and packing of beef and pork, it having 
a capacity for handling three hundred 
hogs a day; Mr. Bower was President for 
six years of the German Fire Insurance 
Company, is a Director of the Guarantee 
Company, is prominently identified with 
the Trades' League, the Commercial Ex- 
change, and other organizations; he is an 
ardent horseman, and for ten years was 
President of the Belmont Driving Club. 
Address, S02 North 24th St., Philadelphia. 

BOWER, Thompson: 

President of Watsontown National Bank 
Address, Watsontown, Northumberland 
County, Pa. 

BOWERSOX, Francis Clouser: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Snyder County, 
was born in Franklin Township, Snyder 
County, Pa., Nov. 9, 1867; educated in the 
public schools, and Central Pennsylvania 
College, at New Berlin, Pa., since con- 
solidated with Albright College; is now 
a Trustee of Albright College; taught 
public school three terms; served as clerk 
to the County Commissioners for two and 
a half years, which position he resigned 
in July, 1S93, to accept the office of 
County Superintendent of Public Schools, 
to which he had been elected the pre- 
vious May, and served in said capacity 
for three terms; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Middleburg, Pa. 

BOWMAN, Charles C: 

Mining President and Director; born in 
Troy, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1852; educated in 
the High School of Lansingburg, N. Y., 
but at 14 was apprenticed to the wood- 
working trade; while thus engaged he 
saved money for a college course, and 
subsequently entered Union College, from 
which he graduated in 1875, with a diplo- 
ma for civil engineering. During the fol- 
lowing Summer he was employed in con- 
structing the State Insane Asylum at 
Danvers, Mass., and early in 1876 became 
engaged in the Pittston coal region, in 
the employment of the Pennsylvania Coal 
Company; served in this situation till 
July, 18S2. when he entered the firm of 
C P. Matthews & Co., operating the 
Florence Colliery, of which he became 



the Manager, and afterward the selling 
agent, for this and other collieries, in 
which service he built up a successful 
trade; his business connections extended 
till he became the President of the Avoca 
Coal Company, Secretary and Treasurer 
of the Franklin Coal Company, Director 
of the Raub Coal Company, Treasurer of 
the Luzerne County Fair Association, etc. 
In 1S96 he was elected Mayor of Pitts- 
ton. Address, Pittston, Pa. 

BOWMAN, E. W.: 

Assistant Cashier, Citizens National 
Bank, Tionesta, Pa.; son of James Clin- 
ton and Elizabeth Walters Bowman; born 
at Tylersburg, Clarion County, Aug. 14, 
1871; attended the Edinboro State Normal 
School; graduated with first honors from 
the Clarion State Normal School in 1892. 
After spending some time in teaching, he 
attended the Indiana State University; in 
1894 took the position of Registrar in the 
Clarion State Normal School; in 1896 
went to Tionesta, where he has been As- 
sistant Cashier in the Citizens' National 
Bank ever since. Was married to Miss 
Minnie Landers, of Tionesta, in 1897. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

BOWMAN, James Clinton: 

Banker, lumberman and oil producer; 
son of David and Ellen Robertson Bow- 
man; was born near Newmansville, Clar- 
ion County, Jan. 31, 1847; reared on his 
father's farm and educated in the local 
schools of his district. Embarked in the 
lumber business in 1869, and for almost 
thirty years conducted a successful busi- 
ness as a manufacturer of lumber in For- 
est and Clarion Counties. Became an 
oil operator in 1898, and has extensive in- 
terests in Forest and Venango Counties. 
Was married to Miss Elizabeth Walter, of 
Newmansville. and to them were born 
three children: Ernest W., of the Citizens 
National Bank, Mrs. Ethel May Proper 
and Fern. In 1S89 was made cashier of 
the Second National Bank of Clarion, 
which position he held till 1S96, when he 
removed to Tionesta, where he has since 
been cashier of the Citizens' National 
Bank. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

BOWMAN, John J.: 

Principal of the Ezra F. Bowman Tech- 
nical School; born in Lancaster, Aug. 10, 
1S7S; educated in public schools of Lan- 
caster and Academy of Franklin and 
Marshall College. Author: "The Manipu- 



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lation of Steel in Watchwork," (Jewelers' 
Circular Publishing Co., 1903). Served in 
National Guard of Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, Lancaster, Pa. 

BOYCE, James C.i 

Lawyer; was born Oct. 7, 1S39, at Old- 
town, Maine, the son of Michael and 
Ruth H. (Dyer) Boyce; was educated at 
the public schools of Bangor, Me., and 
Holy Cross College, Wooster, Mass. ; was 
tadmitted to the bar in the City of New 
York, Nov. 19, 1S60; to the Venango 
County bar, Pennsylvania, April S, 1S72; 
to the Allegheny County bar, Pennsyl- 
vania. April 29, 1890; before moving to 
Pittsburg he practiced in Venango and 
McKean Counties, Pa.; for twenty-five 
years he has been the General Attorney 
for the Oil Well Supply Company. Ad- 
dress, 215 Water St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BOYD, James P.: 

Lawyer and author; born in Lancaster, 
Pa., December, 1836; was graduated from 
Lafayette College in 1859, and admitted 
to the bar in 1863; was editor of People's 
Journal for over twelve years. Author 
of "History of the Crusades," "Bible Dic- 
tionary," "Lives of Grant, Sherman, 
Sheridan, Blaine, Harrison, McKinley, and 
Emperor William I.," etc. Address, 2241 
Ontario St., Philadelphia. 

BOYD. George \V.: 

General Passenger Agent Pennsylvania 
Railroad; born in Indianapolis, Ind. ; edu- 
cated at the High School; entered the 
freight office of the Cleveland, Columbus, 
Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad, where 
he served as clerk and chief clerk; in 
June, 1872, he was appointed Cashier of 
the Passenger Department of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad at the general office in 
Philadelphia; in 1874 he was promoted to 
the chief clerkship of the department, 
and in 1882 became the first incumbent 
of the newly-created office of Assistant 
General Passenger agent. He discharged 
the duties of this office with conspicuous 
ability and success until May, 1903, when 
he was made General Passenger Agent. 
His work in favor of abolishing illegal 
ticket selling by scalpers, and his efforts 
toward developing the personally con- 
ducted system of travel under the direct 
supervision of railroad companies are 
universally acknowledged. Residence, 1821 
Green St.; office address, 401 Broad 
St. Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 



BOYD, Guy Mortimer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Deceased Com- 
panion Capt. William H. Boyd; elected. 
Oct. 14, 1S91; First Class in Succession, 
March 3, 1896. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOYD, Harriet Ann (Miss): 

Archaeologist; born in Boston, Mass., 
1^71; graduated from Smith College in 
1892; A. M., 1901; student at American 
School of Classical Studies, Athens, 
Greece; Instructress of Archaeology at 
Smith College since 1900; served as 
nurse in the Greco-Turkish War. and also 
at Tampa in 189S; was decorated with 
Red Cross by Queen Olga of Greece for 
service as nurse in Greco-Turkish War; 
is a contributor to American Journal of 
Archaeology, member of Alpha Society, 
Smith College; American Institute of 
Archaeology, etc. Address, Haverford, Pa. 

BOYD, James: 

Lawyer and Railroad President; born 
in Fayette County, Pa., March 29, 1821, 
educated at Haddington College, Ger- 
mantown, Pa.; studied law and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Montgomery County 
in 1842; here he quickly gained a success- 
ful practice, and became especially well 
known in criminal cases, in which he was 
long a leading figure in his section; sub- 
sequently he became notable in civil 
practice, in which he was very success- 
ful. In 1S56 he was made Counsel for the 
Reading Railroad Company, which posi- 
tion he still holds; was Burgess of Norris- 
town in 1844 a.nd 1845, but since then has 
taken no part in political affairs; in 1871 
he was elected a member of the Conven- 
tion to revise the Constitution of Penn- 
sylvania. His business interests have 
been numerous and important, he having 
been and still is President of the Stony 
Creek & Philadelphia Railroad, the Perki- 
oman Railroad, and the Newtown & New 
York Railroad; also of the Norristown 
Bridge Company, the Norristown Gas 
Company, also water company, and the 
Montgomery Cemetery Company, besides 
being connected with banking and trust 
companies; he is noted for his philanthro- 
py and benevolence, and has been an im- 
portant aid in charitable movements. Ad- 
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HO YD, James: 

Merchant; born Feb. 1, 1858, in Boston, 
Mass., where he was educated and re- 
sided until 1877; from 1S77 to 1881 en- 
gaged in cattle business in Colorado; in 
1SS1, removed to Philadelphia, where he 
established the business of James Boyd 
& Brother; in 1882 he married Elizabeth 
J. Longstreth, daughter of Dr. M. Fisher 
Longstreth, of Philadelphia. He is Presi- 
dent of the Chicago Electric Hose Co., 
of Wilmington, Del.; Treasurer and Gen- 
eral Manager of the Eureka Packing Co., 
of Philadelphia; Vice President of the 
Standard Roller Bearing Co., of Phila- 
delphia; member Executive Council of 
Philadelphia Board of Trade, Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania 
Horticultural Society, New England So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania, and Merion Crick- 
et, Bryn Mawr Polo and Radnor Hunt 
Clubs. Address, Haverford, Pa. 

1IO YD, Joseph Fulton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master, United States Volunteers, Oct. 7, 
1861; appointment expired by Constitu- 
tional limitation, March 4, 1863; Captain 
and Assistant Quartermaster, United 
States Volunteers, March 4, 1863; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel and Quartermaster (by 
assignment), March 17 to Nov. 1, 1S63; 
Lieutenant Colonel and Quartermaster (by 
assignment), Feb. 25, 1864. to June 21, 
1865; Colonel and Quartermaster (by as- 
signment), June 21, 1S65, to March 13, 
1866; honorably mustered out, March 13, 
1866; brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colo- 
nel, Colonel and Brigadier General 
United States Volunteers, March 13, 
1865, for faithful and meritorious services 
during the war; elected. Oct. 17, 1888. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOYD, R. J.: 

President First National Bank of Green- 
castle. Address, Greencastle. Franklin 
County, Pa. 

1IOYER, F. W.: 

President of Schuylkill Trust Company 
of Pottsville. Address, Pottsville, Schuyl- 
kill County, Pa. 

BOYER, Solomon B.: 

Lawyer; born in Northumberland Coun- 
ty, Jan. 4, 1829; brought up on a farm, 
in connection with which he opened a 



country store when a boy, journeying to 
Philadelphia to purchase goods when six- 
teen years of age. His education was 
very meagre, his boyhood being spent in 
farm work, store keeping, and cabinet 
making, until 1850, when he was elected 
Justice of the Peace, holding this office 
for five years. This led him to the study 
of law, and in 1858 he was admitted to the 
Northumberland County bar. He became 
a member of the Town Council of Sun- 
bury in 1862, and was elected Mayor of 
that town in 1S63. Meanwhile he had 
gained a large and profitable law prac- 
tice, which has since continued to grow, 
he being especially successful in criminal 
cases. He is also an adept in civil law, 
and has long practiced in the State Su- 
preme Court, and the United States Dis- 
trict and Circuit Courts. He is the au- 
thor of "Boyer's Criminal Digest," a 
work esteemed by the legal profession. 
Address, Sunbury, Pa. 

BOYER, Walter N,: 

Railroad manager; born in Pottsville, 
Pa., May 19, 1S68; educated in the public 
schools of Pottsville and Philadelphia, and 
the Towne Scientific School of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, which he left in 
18S7 to accept a position with the Eliza- 
bethport Iron Company. He subsequently 
became Superintendent of the New York 
Cable Construction Company, and in 1S90 
entered the service of the Philadelphia 
and Reading Railroad as special car 
agent, which he left to become Secretary 
and Treasurer of the United Railway 
Supply Company, of which he was part 
owner and is now General Manager. He 
is also Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Delaware River and Atlantic Railroad 
Company, and of several other railway 
and power associations. He is a member 
of the Masonic Order, the Union League, 
the Athletic Club, and several other clubs 
of Philadelphia. Address, 1010 S. 47th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOYER, Zaccur Frail, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased compan- 
ion Lieut. Col. Zaccur P. Boyer. Was 
elected Oct. 10, 1894. First Class in Suc- 
cession Nov. 17, 1900. Address, 807 N. 
Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOYLE, Eil ward Melville: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Private 111th Pennsylvania In- 



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fantry Feb. 20, 1S64; honorably discharged 
June 16, 1S65; elected Nov. 2, 1898. Ad- 
dress, 1534 Diamond St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOYLE, John Richards: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Private Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania 
Infantry Oct. 12, 1861; transferred to 111th 
Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 17, 1862; dis- 
charged to accept promotion March 11, 
1862; Second Lieutenant 111th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry March 12, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant May 1, 1S63; First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant March 12, 1864; mustered out 
to accept promotion Aug. 15, 1864. Cap- 
tain and Assistant Quartermaster United 
States Volunteers Aug. 16, 1864; honor- 
ably mustered out March 20, 1866. 
Elected May 2, 1894. Address, 1340 N. 
Perth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BOVLE, Patrick O.: 

Editor; born in the Rosses, Donegal, 
Ireland, in 1846; brought by his parents to 
America in 1847, the family settling in 
Butler County, Pa. Here his father died 
of ship fever, and the mother removed to 
Brady's Bend, where the boys, as they 
grew up, obtained employment in the iron 
works at that place, going to Pithole, 
then a busy petroleum centre, in 1865. 
Patrick engaged in manual labor, and 
continued to do work of various kinds 
throughout the oil region till 1874, when 
an attack of sunstroke incapitated him 
for outdoor work in the summer season. 
He now turned his attention to news re- 
porting, connecting himself with a num- 
ber of journals. After the failure of the 
Richburg Echo in 1881 Mr. Boyle began 
the work of "oil scouting," private oil 
reporting, gathering news which proved 
of much value to oil speculators and 
brokers. In 1SS5 he purchased the Oil 
City Derrick, with which paper his 
name has since been identified. It is an 
authority in all matters relating to pe- 
troleum, and has a reputation through- 
out the State, Mr. Boyle's editorial ut- 
terances being an important element in 
its standing and success. Address, Oil 
City. Pa. 

BOYLE. Thomas Xewton: 

Clergyman; son of Thomas and Maria 
Boyle; born April 26, 1S39. at Blairsville. 
Pa. ; educated in schools of Indiana Coun- 
ty. Pa. From 1856 to 1S57 attended the 
Bellefonte (Pa.) Academy; received de- 
gree of D. D. at Mt. Union College in 



1884; degree of LL. D. at the Western 
University of Pennsylvania in 1894; mar- 
ried Sarah E. Weatherwax, March 11, 
1863, at "West Alexandria, Pa. In 1859 
was ordained to the Methodist Episcopal 
Ministry. In the Civil War was Captain 
of Company H, 140th Regiment of Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers; was delegate to Gen- 
eral Conventions of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church three times, also Presiding 
Elder for twelve years. In 1901 was 
Chaplain-in-Chief to the Grand Army of 
the Republic, since 1895 has been Grand 
Prelate of the Grand Commandery of 
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania; Trus- 
tee of Allegheny College, and American 
University. Address, Crofton, Pa. 

BRADEX, Glenn F.: 

General Manager of the South Penn 
Oil Co. ; born in Waterford, Erie County, 
Pa., on June 1, 1856. After receiving a 
practical common school education he se- 
cured employment with the old Union 
Pipe Line Company and remained there 
for three years, resigning to accept a 
position with the United Pipe Line Com- 
pany. In 1882. when the Great Cherry 
Grove excitement prevailed, he was sent 
to that field in the capacity of district 
foreman, and, after the excitement sub- 
sided, he was called to Oil City, where he 
held a responsible position for a year in 
the general offices. He took charge of 
the important Thorn Creek development 
and displayed ability in handling the enor- 
mous product of that pool. In 1S86 Mr. 
Braden was made Superintendent of the 
Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines, and 
in 18S8, was promoted to the very re- 
sponsible position of General Superintend- 
ent of the National Transit Company's 
entire pipe line system and affiliating 
companies, embracing all the territory 
covered in Pennsylvania, New York, West 
Virginia, and. later. Southeastern Ohio. 
Three years ago he resigned this posi- 
tion to accept the general management 
of the South Penn Oil Company. Address, 
Waterford, Pa. 

BRADFORD. James He>-^varil: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born at Wilmington. Del., Oct. 13, 1844; 
member of the Pennsylvania Commandry 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
private First Battery Delaware Light Ar- 
tillery Oct. 20, 1862; discharged Nov. IS, 
1862; private Seventeenth United States 
Infantry Nov. 18, 1862; discharged for 
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I ant Seventeenth United States Infantry 
Nov. IS, 1862; First Lieutenant May 1, 
1863; Adjutant Second Battalion Seven- 

: teenth Infantry Oct. 19, 1864, to Dec. 1, 

| 1865; Captain Seventeenth Infantry Dec. 

!1, 1865; transferred to Twenty-sixth In- 
fantry Sept. 21, 1866; unassigned May 
19, 1869; assigned to Nineteenth Infantry 
Aug. 16, 1S69; Major Eleventh Infantry 
Feb. 24, 1891; Lieutenant Colonel Seven- 

i teenth Infantry Aug. 16, 1S94; retired Aug. 

|! 27, 1896. Brevetted Captain United States 

1 Army Aug. 1, 1S64, "for gallant services in 
the battle of Spotsylvania, and during the 
present campaign before Richmond, Va." 
Elected Novl, 1882. Address, The Nor- 

i mandie, Columbus, Ohio. 

BRADLEY, Charles Henderson: 

Merchant; born in Pittsburg, fifty years 
ago, and his entire career has been inti- 
mately associated with many of the lead- 
ing features of the growth of that won- 
i| derful city. On the completion of his ed- 
i ucation he engaged in business with his 
i father. In 1890 he purchased the business 
of A. Bradley & Co., retaining the old 
I firm name. In 1899 a consolidation of 
1 ten of the largest concerns in the stove 
and range building trade was effected 
I under the title of the Pittsburg ' Stove 
I and Range Company, and Mr. Bradley 
was elected President of this organiza- 
tion. Mr. Bradley is largely interested 
in many other organizations, business 
1 and social. He is President of the ^Etna 
Electric Light Company, a director in the 
Tradesmen's National Bank, of Pittsburg, 
a member of the Americus Club, and a 
School Director for the Twentieth Ward. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BRADLEY, Thomas: 

Vice President of the Security Trust 
and Life Insurance Company; born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., October, 1S42; was edu- 
cated at the Philadelphia schools. Has 
been engaged in mercantile pursuits; was 
Treasurer of the Norristown Insane Asy- 
lum for fourteen years. Address, 1232 
Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRADLEY, Walter T.: 

Merchant; born near Smyrna, Del., 
July 7, 1855. He moved to Philadelphia 
in 1871, and became an apprentice in the 
bookbinding department of the J. B. 
Lippincott & Co., publishing house. After 
his apprenticeship ended, he went to 
Bennington, Vt., and entered the semi- 
nary there, studying such branches as he 



thought would be necessary to success in 
a business career. On his return to 
Philadelphia, he engaged in the sale of 
lime, coal and builders' supplies, the firm 
being known as Grein & Bradley. In 
18S0 he bought out Mr. Grein and con- 
tinued the business alone, and in 1885 
purchased the business of Joseph B. 
Hancock, thus doubling his facilities. 
Since then the capacity of the yard has 
increased, and the firm (Walter S. Brad- 
ley) is one of the largest importers of 
cement in Philadelphia. Mr. Bradley 
took a leading part in the organization 
of the Builders' Exhange, and has been 
a member of the Trades League and the 
Philadelphia Bourse since their origin. 
He is also a member of the Union League, 
of the Manufacturers' and Columbia 
Clubs, of the Fuel Society and the Char- 
itable Society of the Twenty-ninth Ward. 
He has established a Fuel Library, which 
is maintained at his expense. Address, 
2304 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRADY, Rev, Cyrus Townsentt, LL. LI.: 

Clergyman and author; son of Jasper 
Ewing and Harriet Cora (Townsend) 
Brady; born Dec. 20, 1861, at Allegheny, 
Pa. In 1883 graduated from the United 
States Naval Academy; also received de- 
gree of LL D. from St. John's College 
Annapolis. Md., in 1902; married Clarissa 
Sidney Guthrie (who died in 1890); after- 
ward he married Mary Barrett. For sev- 
eral years was connected with the Mis- 
souri Pacific, and Union Pacific Railroads. 
He studied Theology under Bishop Worth- 
ington, of Nebraska; in 1S90 was ordained 
deacon, and priest in 1S90. Until 1S95 
was rector of Protestant Episcopal 
churches in Missouri and Colorado; arch- 
deacon of Kansas; therefor archdeacon 
of Pennsylvania till 1899. From 1S99 to 
1902 was rector of St. Paul's Church, Over 
brook, Philadelphia, which he resigned 
to engage in literary work; was ehaplin 
of the First Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 
fantry in the Spanish-American War; 
is a member of the American Academy 
of Political and Social Science; Sons of 
the Revolution; Military Order of For- 
eign Wars; Society of Colonial Wars, also 
a member of various clubs, among which 
are Authors', (N. Y.), University, Frank- 
lin Inn (Phila.). Author of "For Love of 
Country," published in 1898; also "For 
Freedom of the Sea," "The Grip of 
Honor." in 1899; "Stephen Decatur," 
"Recollections of a Missionary in the 
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Fighters," "Commodore Paul Jones," 
"Reuben James," in 1900; "When Blades 
are out and Love's Afield," "Under 
Top's'ls and Tents," "Colonial Fights 
and Fighters," in 1901; "Hohenzollern," 
"Woven with the Ship," "In the Wasp's 
Nest," "Border Fights and Fighters," in 
1902; "The Southerners," "The Bishop," 
"In the War with Mexico," "Sir Henry 
Morgan Buccaneer." "The Doctor of Phil- 
osophy," in 1903; "The Corner in Coffee," 
"A Little Traitor to the South," "The 
Conquest of the Southwest," etc., in 1904. 
Address, 455 E. 17th St., Flatbush, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. 

BRADY, John Richard: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Naval Cadet, Sept. 6, 1889; Assistant En- 
gineer, July 1, 1895; Passed Assistant En- 
gineer, Feb. 10, 1899; rank changed to 
Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; 
Lieutenant, April 19, 1901; Concord, 1893; 
Indiana. 1895; Inspection duty, Bureau 
Steam Engineering, 1899; Chicago, March 
10, 1900 to 1902; Naval Academy, Annap- 
olis, Md., 1903. Address, Annapolis, Md. 

BRANDT, Joseph L,.: 

Cashier of the Exchange Bank of Mari- 
etta, Pa,; born near Maytown, Pa,, May 
21, 1847; educated at the Millersville State 
Normal School; was graduated from 
Crittenden's Commercial College, Phila- 
delphia, in 1868; teacher in public schools, 
1865 to 1879; received a State Teacher's 
permanent certificate 1875, and completed 
his career as Principal of the Maytown, 
Pa. High School. In 1876, married Agnes 
May, daughter of Rev. Joseph Nissley, 
near Hummelstown, Pa. Cashier of the 
Exchange Bank, Marietta, Pa., in 18S0, 
now holding that position. Elder in the 
Presbyterian Church. Address, Marietta, 
Pa. 

BRASHEAR, John A.: 

Manufacturer; son of B. B. and Julia 
Brashear; born, 1840, at Brownsville, 
Pa.; educated at public schools; received 
degree of Sc. D. at the Western Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, also degree of LL. D. 
at the Washington and Jefferson College; 
married Phoebe Stewart, Sept. 25, 1S62, 
at Pittsburg, Pa. At the age of 30 he be- 
gan construction of astronomical instru- 
ments; was formerly acting Director of 
the Allegheny Observatory; at present 
Acting Chancellor for the Western Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, Fellow American As- 



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sociation for the Advancement of Science 
at the Royal Astronomical Society of 
Great Britain. He has been Past President 
of the Western Pennsylvania Engineers' 
Society, also Pittsburg Academy of Arts 
and Sciences. He is a member of the 
American Association of Mechanical En- 
gineers, British Astronomical Association, 
Societe Astronomique de France, Soci- 
ete Beige d'Astronomie, Honorary mem- 
ber of the Toronto Astrophys Society; 
member of the American Philosophical 
Society, Astrophys Society of America. 
Address, 1954 Perryville Ave., Allegheny, 
Pa. 

BRAY, Henry A.: 

Insurance manager; born in Belvidere, 
N. J., June 17, 1857; married in 1891 to 
Mary Isabelle Cummings, daughter of the 
late Thomas Cummings, of Brooklyn, 
N. Y. Connected with the Delaware, 
Lackawanna and Western Railroad six- 
teen years; Atchison, Topeka and Santa 
Fe, four years, resigning from the latter 
in 1S90, to assume the management of 
the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 
Co. at Philadelphia, continuing in that 
connection twelve years. Republican in 
politics. In November, 1902, Manager, Or- 
dinary Department of the Prudential In- 
surance Co. of America, at Philadelphia, 
Address, 1702 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRAZNELL,, A. S.: 

President of Citizens' Bank of Brad- 
dock, Pa. Address, Braddock, Pa. 

BRECHEMIX, Lonis: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; A. M. Cen- 
tral High School, Philadelphia, 1S74, arid 
M. D. University of Pennsylvania, 1876. 
Assistant Surgeon, June 6, 1878; Major 
Surgeon, Nov. 9, 1S96. Address, 655 Mis- 
sion St., San Francisco, Cal. 



BRECK. Charles (In Pont: 

Lawyer; born on the Brandy wine at 
Rokeby, near Wilmington, Del., May 18, 
1840. On his father's side is descended 
from an old Boston family who came to 
this country in 1635; on his mother's from ' 
a Delaware family of celebrity. Was 
graduated from Union College in the class 
of 1859. Read law with Victor du Pont, 
Esq., at Wilmington. Completed his stud- 
ies in Scranton and was admitted to the 
bar at Wilkesbarre in 1861. Has been a 
resident of Scranton since that time; was 
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Refused re-nomination. Political faith, 
| Democratic of the old school. Married 
Anna E. Beckwith, of New York. Has 
given much of his life to banking, and is 
I now President of one of the most im- 
portant banks in the city. Has been 
identified with different manufacturing 
enterprises in his adopted city for many 
years. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

BRECKENRIDGE, Hugh H.: 

Artist; born Leesburg, Va. ; son of Al- 
exander P. Breckenridge; married Rox- 
anna Grace Holme, Philadelphia, June 15, 
1895. Secretary of the Faculty and In- 
structor in the Pennsylvania Academy of 
the Fine Arts since 1894. Member Phila- 
delphia Water Color Club and of the New 
York Water Color Club. Pupil Pennsyl- 
vania Academy of Fine Arts, and of Bou- 
gereau, Ferrier, and Doucet, Paris. 
Awarded First Chas. Toppan Prize, Penn- 
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1S91; 
awarded Traveling Scholarship for study 
abroad by the same institution, 1892. 
Awarded medal Atlanta Exposition, 1S95; 
honorable mention Paris Exposition, 1900; 
medal Pan-American Exposition, Buffa- 
lo, 1901; awarded Second Corcoran Prize, 
Washington, D. C, 1903. Address, Penn- 
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts; residence, 
Fort Washington, Pa. 

BRECKONS, Joseph Allison: 

Journalist; son of Edward Robson 
and Mary Elizabeth Breckons; born 
Nov. 27, 1857, at St. Clair, Pa.; educat- 
ed at Kewanee, 111., from 1864 to 1869; 
also at St. Clair from 1869 to 1871. From 
1871 to 1S73 attended the Academy of 
Millersville, Pa.; married Josephine White 
June 10, 1S82, at Philadelphia. From 
1884 to 1S93 published the Cheyenne, Wy- 
oming Daily Leader, also Wyoming cor- 
respondent to the New York Sun, Chica- 
go Record. San Francisco Call, Omaha 
Bee, Salt Lake Tribune, Denver Repub- 
lican, from 1894 to 1900. In 1899 estab- 
lished the Wyoming Industrial Journal. 
Since 1900 has been Washington Corres- 
pondent of the Denver Republican, Salt 
Lake Herald, Cheyenne Tribune, Honolu- 
lu Bulletin. Author of "Water Right 
Problems on Bear River," published in 
1899; also "The Carey Arid Land Act," 
"Irrigation Age," "Irrigated Colorado," 
"Arid Land Legislation," "Illustrated 
West," written in 1S94. Address, 815 15th 
St., N. W.; office, 1417 G St., N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 



BREDIN, James: 

Lawyer; born May 9, 1831, at Butler, 
Pa.; the son of John and Nancy (McClel- 
land) Bredin. Was educated in the com- 
mon schools and Butler Academy, with 
one session at Washington College. In 
July, 1846, was appointed Midshipman in 
the United States Navy, serving on the 
United States ship of the line Ohio and 
on the sloop of war Warren during the 
Mexican War on the Mexican Coast. 
Was present at the taking of Luspan and 
the bombardment of Vera Cruz. Re- 
signed in January, 1850, and commenced 
the study of law with his father in 
Butler, Pa., completing his course with 
Ebenezer McJunkin. Was admitted to 
the bar at Butler, Pa., June 14, 1853. In 
1854 went into the banking business at 
Butler and New Castle, Pa.; June, 1855, 
resumed the practice of law at Butler, 
practicing there until the autumn of 1871, 
when he removed to Allegheny County 
and was admitted to the bar there Nov. 
18, 1871. In 1874 was elected a Judge of 
the Courts of the Seventeenth Judicial 
District, composed of the Counties of 
Butler and Lawrence; returned to Butler 
and served as Assistant Law Judge from 
January, 1875, to January, 1885. Re- 
turned to Allegheny County in November, 
1S85, and resumed the practice of law. 
Address, 432 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BREED, Rev. David Riddle. D. D.: 

Professor of Practical Theology in the 
Western Theological Seminary (Presby- 
terian) Allegheny, Pa.; born in Pittsburg, 
June 10, 1848, of old Puritan ancestry; de- 
scendant of Allen Breed, who came to 
America in 1630, and on the maternal 
side of President Jonathan Edwards; was 
graduated from Hamilton College in 1867, 
from Auburn Theological Seminary in 
1870; married Mary Elizabeth Kendall, of 
Grand Rapids. Mich., 1870. Was pastor 
of House of Hope, Presbyterian Church, 
St. Paul, 1S70-1S85. In 1885 removed 
to Chicago, where he organized the 
Church of the Covenant. In 1S94, pastor 
of the historic ' First Presbyterian 
Church of Pittsburg, until elected in 1898 
to the position which he now holds. Au- 
thor: "Abraham; the Typical Life of 
Faith," "Heresy and Heresy," "A His- 
tory of the Preparation of the World for 
Christ," and "The History and Use of 
Hymns and Hymn Tunes." Has taken 
awards both in Europe and America for 
colored photography. Member of Philo- 



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sophical Society of Great Britain. Ad- 
dress, 123 Dithridge St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BREED, Henry Atwood: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; private 155th Pennsylvania Infan- 
try Aug. 9, 1862; discharged for promo- 
tion Aug. 21, 1862; Second Lieutenant 
155th Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 22, 1862; 
honorably discharged for disability Oct. 
3, 1863. Elected Feb. 6, 1889. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BREGY, T. A.: 

Judge of Court of Common Pleas of 
Philadelphia. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRE1DEXBAUGH, Edward Swoyer: 

Chemist; sen of the Rev. E. Breiden- 
baugh; born Jan. 13, 1S49, at Newville, 
Cumberland County, Pa; was graduated 
from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 
in 1868. From 1871 to 1873 studied chem- 
istry at the Sheffield Scientific School, 
Yale; was Instructor of Analytical Chem- 
istry at the Sheffield School from 1872 to 
1873; also Professor of Natural Sciences 
from 1873 to 1874 Carthage (111.); Professor 
of Chemistry and Mineralogy at Pennsyl- 
vania College since 1874; married Ida 
Kitzmiller Nov. 20, 1873, at Philadelphia; 
has been Mineralogist to State Board of 
Agriculture; practices as chemist. He is 
author of "Pennsylvania College Book," 
"Lecture Notes on Inorganic Chemistry," 
"Mineralogy on the Farm," "Directory 
in Elementary Chemistry," "Course in 
Qualitative Analysis," "Syllabus of Lec- 
ture on Geology," also various articles on 
scientific subjects for magazines. Ad- 
dress, Gettysburg, Pa. 

BREL.SFORD, Charles Henry: 

Educator; son of John P. and Frances 
Brelsford; born May 11, 1S53, in Bucks 
County, Pa; educated at the public 
schools of Bucks County. From 1894 to 
1896 was graduate student at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Since 1884 has 
been Supervisor of the Philadelphia pub- 
lic schools; member of the Teachers' In- 
stitute, Educational Club and Schoolman's 
Club. Philadelphia; also author of "Co- 
lumbia Series of Graded Spelling Books." 
Address, 2434 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. 

BREIVDLE, Abraham S.i 

Lawyer; member of the Lebanon bar; 
born at Schaefferstown, Pa., June 12, 1854. 
His parents were farmers, and he was 



reared on the farm. Leaving the public 
schools, he prepared for college, and was 
graduated from Franklin & Marshall Col- 
lege, at Lancaster, with honors, in 1877. 
After teaching two terms in the public 
schools of his native town, he began the ; 
study of law in the office of Gen. J. P. S. 
Gobin, at Lebanon, and was duly ad- j 
mitted to the bar in 1882. Received the 
degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater in 
1NS0; has done a large amount of liter- 
ary work, historical, poetical and fiction; \ 
has been a campaign speaker for the 
Republican Party in many political cam- 
paigns. Is still engaged in the active 
practice of his profession. Address, 
Schaefferstown, Pa. 

BREXEMAX, Abram Adam: 

Chemist; son of Dr. Abraham and Anna 
Breneman; born April 28, 1847 in Lan- 
caster, Pa. In 1866 graduated from the 
Pennsylvania State College, B. S. From 
1S67 to 1S68 was Instructor; also Profess- 
or of Chemistry at the Pennsylvania State 
College from 1869 to 1872, and Professor 
of Industrial Chemistry from 1879 to 
1882, at Cornell University. Since 1882 
has been Analyst, Chemical Expert, ' 
writer and lecturer; inventor of Brene- I 
man process of rendering iron non-corrod- 
ible. From 1884 to 1893 was editor of the 
Journal, also "Vice President of the Am- 
erican Chemical Society from 1S90 to 1892. 
He was President of the Committee on 
Awards on Mineral Waters at the World's 
Columbian Exposition in 1893. He is un- 
married. Author of (with Prof. G. C. 
Caldwell) "A Manual of Introductory 
Laboratory Practice," published in 1S75; 
also pamphlet on "The Fixation of Atmos- ; 
pheric Nitrogen" in 1S90; he has written ; 
many scientific papers. Address, Ben- 
sonhurst, N. J.; office, 97 Water St., New a 
York city. 

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DREXEMAX, F. H.: ; 

President of Lancaster County National 
Bank. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 

BREXGLE, G. Henry: 

Vice President; born in Baltimore, Md., 
Feb. 25, 1866; removed to Philadelphia in 
1S74; was graduated from Harvard Col- 
lege in class of 1887. Vice President and > 
Treasurer of the Trust Company of 
North America. Address, Philadelphia. 

BREXXEX, William J.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 9, 
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and then at a private school under the 
auspices of the Christian Brothers. Dur- 
ing the war left school and secured work 
in a rolling- mill; re-entered school, but 
i poon after left to learn the machinist's 
! trade. In 1872 he left the city and trav- 
eled, working at his trade, but soon re- 
I turned and taught a class of young mill 
I men. In 1S80 he ran for Alderman of the 
Twenty-fourth Ward. He then took up 
the study of law, with J. K. P. Duff, and 
j in 1SS3 was admitted to the bar. He was 
the youngest delegate to the National 
Democratic Convention in 1876; was elect- 
ed to Common Council in 1877 and ob- 
Itained several much needed reforms. 
[From 1S82 until 1895 was County Chair- 
; man of his party. In 1886 was defeated 
for Auditor General of the State, and in 
1S90 was defeated in the Congressional 
(Irace by Hon. John Dalzell. In many im- 
iportant cases tried in the Allegheny 
Courts has figured prominently and has 
been instrumental in aiding the cause of 
'(organized labor, notably in the Pitts- 
Iburg district. Address, 503 Wylie Ave., 
'Pittsburg, Pa. 

[BREWERTON, Henry Feltns: 

Major United States Army; member of 
the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 

j Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
Second Lieutenant Fifth United States 
Artillery May 14, 1S61; First Lieu- 
tenant March 1, 1S62; Captain Sept. 18, 

,11868; Major Fifth Artillery Nov. 28, 1892; 
retired Nov. 28, 1892. Brevetted Captain 
United States Army Oct. 19, 1864, "for 

Igallant and meritorious services in the 
battle of Cedar Creek, Va." Elected 

I Dec. 2, 1868. Address, 1037 E. Jersey St., 

I Elizabeth, N. J. 

BREWSTER, Andre Walker: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
New Jersey; appointed from Pennsylvania 
as Second Lieutenant Tenth Infantry Jan. 
19, 1885; First Lieutenant Twenty-second 
Infantry Dec. 17, 1S91; transferred to 
I Ninth Infantry Feb. 9, 1892; Captain As- 
sistant Quartermaster of Volunteers Oct. 
15, 1898; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teers May 12, 1899; Captain Ninth In- 
fantry March 2, 1899. Address, Pekin, 
China. 

BREWSTER, Francis E.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, March 
17, 1852; son of Hon. F. Carroll Brewster, 
and a lineal descendant of Elder William 



Brewster, a Mayflower Pilgrim; is also 
a descendant of David Rittenhouse, the 
Colonial astronomer. Entering the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1866, he grad- 
uated B. A. in 1870; subsequently stud- 
ied in his father's office, and was ad- 
mitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1873. 
Since then he has attained prominence in 
his profession, and in 18S3 was admitted 
to practice in the United States Supreme 
Court. In 1S99 he was elected Solicitor 
for the Board of City Trusts. He is a 
member of the Lawyers' Club, and of the 
Germantown Cricket, the Philadelphia 
Barge, and the Racquet Clubs. Address, 
214 W. Washington Square, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

BREAVSTER, Frederick Carroll, Jr.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 4, 
1S51; son of the late Hon. F. Carroll 
Brewster, Judge of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas and at one time Attorney Gen- 
eral of Pennsylvania, and a descendant of 
Elder William Brewster, of the Mayflower 
Pilgrims. Judge Brewster married Em- 
ma Barton, daughter of Dr. W. P. C. 
Barto;:. Through her the subject of this 
sketch is a great grandson of Jonathan 
Dickinson Sergeant, the First Attorney 
General of Pennsylvania, and a great- 
great-grandson of David Rittenhouse, the 
celebrated astronomer. F. C. Brewster, 
Jr., was educated in the private schools, 
and in the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he was graduated B. A. in 1S67. 
He studied law under John C. Bullitt and 
his father, and was admitted to the bar in 
1S70, at the same time receiving from his 
Alma Mater the degree of M. A. Subse- 
quently he was admitted to practice In 
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and 
the Supreme Court of the United States. 
In 1S81 he married Sophie Grace Almon 
(now deceased), daughter of Hon. Will- 
iam Johnston Almon, Senator from Nova 
Scotia, in the Parliament of the Dominion 
of Canada, at Ottawa, and niece of Sir 
William Ritchie, Lord Chief Justice of 
the Dominion of Canada. He was a 
member of the First City Troop 1S74-1878, 
and is a member of the Lawyers', the 
Germantown Cricket, and other clubs, and 
of the Union League. Address, Will's 
Avenue north of Manheim St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BREWSTER, John: 

President of Standing Stone National 
Bank of Huntingdon. Address, Hunting- 
don, Huntingdon County, Pa. 



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BRICE, Singleton Mercer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest nephew of deceased Com- 
panion Lieut. "William Howard Brice. 
Elected Feb. 4, 1891. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRICKER, .loli it Randolph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion: Captain 179th Pennsylvania Infant- 
ry Nov. 18, 1S62; honorably mustered out 
July 27, 1863; Captain and Commissary of 
Subsistence United States Volunteers 
May IS, 1864; honorably mustered out 
Oct. 9, 1865. Brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers Aug. 29, 1865, "for 
faithful and meritorious services." Elect- 
ed Nov. 12. 1890. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRIDENBAUGH, Samnel R.: 

Pastor Reformed Church; born Sinking 
Valley, Blair County, Pa.; educated at 
public schools, Mercersburg Academy, 
Franklin and Marshall Academies, Lan- 
caster, Pa., Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege, which he entered in 186S, graduating 
with honor in 1872; Theological Seminary 
of Reformed Church, Lancaster, graduat- 
ing in 1875. Was ordained to ministry in 
1875, pastor at Claysburg one and one- 
half years. Taught at Martinsburg, Pa., 
as principal of academy one year. Pas- 
tor at Berlin, Pa., eight years; Trinity 
Reformed Church, Bloomsburg, Pa., two 
years; Reformed Church of the As- 
cension, Norristown, Pa., five years, 
and of Second Reformed Church, Read- 
ing, Pa., twelve years, which position he 
now holds; married Lydia A. Bowman, 
Chambersburg, Pa., on Jan. 19, 1876. Dur- 
ing pastorate at Claysburg, Berlin and 
Reading, succeeded in having erected at 
each place a beautiful church edifice. 
While pastor at Berlin represented the 
Pittsburg Synod as Synodical editor of Re- 
formed Church Messenger. For nine years 
has been a member of Board of Home 
Missions of Reformed Church. In 1S96 
was a delegate from Reformed Church 
of United States to "Alliance of Re- 
formed Churches of the World," which 
met in Glasgow, Scotland, and in June, 
1904, will represent this denomination at 
the "Alliance of Reformed Churches of 
the World," which will meet in Liver- 
pool, Eng. Honorary title of D. D. con- 



ferred by Franklin and Marshall College 
in 1896. Address, 228 South 6th St., Read- 
ing, Pa. 

BRIDGES, Robert ("Droch"): 

Editor; connected with Scribner's Mag- 
azine since 1887; born July 13, 1858, at 
Shippensburg, Pa. In 1879 graduated from 
Princeton, and received the degree of A. 
M. in 1SS2; reporter for the Rochester 
Democrat and Chronicle in 1880. From 
1SS1 to 1887 asst. news editor for the New 
York Evening Post, also literary critic of 
Life from 1SS3 to 1900. Author of "Over- 
heard in Arcady," published in 1894; also 
"Suppressed Chapters," in 1895; "Bramble 
Brae" (collected poems), 1902. Edited 
"The Roosevelt Book," 1904. Member of 
the University, Century, Princeton, Ards- 
ley Clubs, also Aldine Association, St. 
Andrew's Society. Address, 19 W. 31st 
St., New York; office, 153 5th Ave., New 
York city. 

URIEL, Abraham: 

Born in Wernersville, Berks County, 
Pa; educated in the public schools of Oley 
Township, in the same county, to which 
he removed with his parents at the age 
of five years; enlisted in Company K, 
Ninety-third Pennsylvania Volunteers 
and participated in all engagements in 
which the regiment took part until the 
expiration of his term of enlistment in 
1864; located in Reading, Pa., at the close 
of the war; represented the Eighth Ward 
in Common Council for two terms as a 
Democrat; served three years as Collector 
of Taxes in the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth 
Wards of Reading; was Assessor of the 
Eighth Ward for twelve years. Married 
Sallie Brown in Princetown Jan. 27, 1866. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

RRIGGS, Frank; Obadiah: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion First 
Lieut. James F. Briggs; Cadet United 
States Military Academy Aug. 28, 1868; 
Second Lieutenant Second United States 
Infantry June 14, 1872; resigned and hon- 
orably discharged Dec. 16, 1S77; elected 
Oct. 20, 1886. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

BRIGHT, O. Percy: 

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tutors, and entered Tale College in 1SS1; 
was graduated with degree of B. A. in 
1SS5; was graduated from University of 
Pennsylvania, Department of Law, in 
1888; same year admitted to the bar of 
Philadelphia, where he continues to prac- 
tice. In 1896 married Ella Frazier Stick- 
nej% daughter of the late Judge John B. 
Stickney of Florida. In 1902 married 
Marian W. Mullen, daughter of Edwin D. 
Mullen of Germantown. Address, 21 
South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRIGHTLY, Frank F.: 

Legal author; born in Philadelphia Feb. 
26, 1845; educated in the public schools; 
studied law under his father, the author 
of valuable digests of legal decisions, 
and at the Law Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, where he was 
graduated in 1866. He was admitted to 
the bar under a special rule on Feb. 11, 
1S65, before he was twenty years of age. 
He became actively and prominently en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession, 
but during the past twenty years has 
energetically engaged in his father's spe- 
cialty of authorship. In 1887 issued "A 
Supplement to Brightly's Digest"; since 
then has published several new editions 
and supplements to this valuable work of 
reference. His first legal work, published 
in 1887, was "A Digest of the Laws and 
Ordinances of the City of Philadelphia 
from 1701 to 1887." Other works include 
new volumes of "Brightly's Digest of 
Pennsylvania Decisions," "A Digest of 
the Decisions of All the Courts of the 
State of New York from the earliest 
period to 1892," a new edition of "Binn's 
Justice," "Brightly's Quarterly Digest," 
etc. In these labors Mr. Brightly has 
accumulated a very large and valuable 
law library, containing over ten thousand 
volumes, and rich in rare works of early 
law. Address, 134 South 9th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BRILL, George Reiter: 

Illustrator, author; son of William H. 
and Elizabeth S. (Holstein) Brill; educat- 
ed at the public schools, Allegheny; also 
Binghamton High School; studied at the 
Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. 
He was married at Philadelphia in 1899. 
Member of the Art Club of Philadelphia, 
Philadelphia Sketch Club, Fellowship of 
the Academy of Fine Arts; also News- 
paper Artists' Association; in 1902 wrote 
"Andy and the Ignoramus"; also "Bobby 



Bumpkin" in 1903. Address, 116 North 
Seventeenth St.; studio, 1520 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRIMMER, Edward Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Carbon County; 
was born of English parents in Abersy- 
chan, Monmouthshire County, South 
Wales, July 12, 1854; educated in the com- 
mon schools of Treherbert, Glamorgan- 
shire, South Wales, where his parents 
removed when he was quite young; at 
fifteen years of age he began work as a 
telegraph operator on the Taff Vale Rail- 
road; after a few years he resigned and 
took a position as brakeman on the same 
railroad, and was promoted by degrees 
to locomotive engineer; emigrated to the 
United States in 1881, since which time 
he has been following the occupation of 
stationary engineer; has been employed 
by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com- 
pany for the last fifteen years; was 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, 222 Locust 
St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

BRIJVCKLE, John lliiuiln: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Delaware 
Second Lieutenant Fifth Artillery May 
14, 1861; First Lieutenant Sept. 18, 1862; 
Captain Oct. 7, 1874; brevetted Captain 
April 6, 1865, for gallant and meritorious 
service in the battle of Sailors' Creek, 
Va,, and Major April 9, 1865, for gallant 
and meritorious service in the campaign 
terminating with the surrender of the 
insurgent forces under Gen. R. E. Lee; 
retired with rank of Major Aug. 27, 1896. 
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Address, Columbus Hotel, Port- 
land, Me. 

BRI1VKER, Adam: 

President of South Bethlehem National 
Bank. Address, South Bethlehem, North- 
ampton County, Pa. 

BRINKERHOFF, Henry J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Cumberland County; 
was born in Gettysburg, Adams County, 
Pa., Nov. 19, 1855; removed to Cumber- 
land County when a boy; educated in 
the public schools, and spent his early life 
on a farm; when seventeen years old he 
began clerking in a general store; in 



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1S7S he engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
and has been actively engaged in buying 
and selling grain, feed, coal and lumber 
and in growing fruit; has always been 
an active Republican, but never before 
held any political office; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, 1254 Derry St., Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

BRINTON, Christian: 

Editor; son of Joseph Hill Brinton; 
born Sept. 17, 1S70, at Thornbury, Chester 
County, Pa.; in 1892 was graduated from 
Haverford College. Studied at the Uni- 
versity of Heidelberg; also at the Uni- 
versity of Paris; afterward was a pupil 
of Felix Galipaux of the Vaudeville Thea- 
ter, Paris, and has acted in Paris and 
London; he made his first appearance 
with the Empire Stock Company in New 
York, and later was with the Felix Morris 
Company, Kelsey and Shannon Company, 
and with Mme. Pilar-Morin in panto- 
mime. From June, 1900, to September, 
1903, was associate editor of the Critic; 
has since been Art Director of Every- 
bodys' Magazine; is a member of several 
clubs, among which are Arctic, Players' 
(New York), The University (Philadel- 
phia) ; has written numerous articles on 
art and literature for the Critic and other 
magazines. Address, 16 Gramercy Park; 
office, 31 East Seventeenth St., New York. 

BRINTOIV, Frederick Schermerhorn: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Dec. 9, 1S72; son of the late 
Robert Morton and Octavia E. Fosdick 
Brinton; completed schooling at German- 
town Academy in 1890; was graduated 
from the University of Pennsylvania in 
1S94 with degree of B. S. ; degree M. E., 
1895; elected Secretary of the Marine 
Construction & Dry Dock Company of 
New York at Mariners' Harbor, 1903. 
Member of Loyal Legion, Naval Archi- 
tects and Marine Engineers, and of 
the University of Pennsylvania Club of 
New York City. Address, University of 
Pennsylvania Club, New York, N. Y. 

BRIXTON, John Hill., M. D.: 

Surgeon; born in 1832 at Philadelphia; 
in 1S50 was graduated from the Univers- 
ity of Pennsylvania, and received degree 
of A. M. in 1S53; also degree of LL. D. in 
1901; was graduated from the Jefferson 
Medical College. Philadelphia, in 1852. 
From 1S61 to 1S65 was Brigade Surgeon of 



United States Volunteers; also Professor 
in the Practice of Surgery and Clinical 
Surgery at the Jefferson Medical College 
in 1882; in 1851 was a member of the 
Academy of National Science, Philadel- 
phia; also of Pathological Society, Octo- 
ber, 1857; American Medical Association, 
Philadelphia, in 1872; Academy of Sur- 
gery, April, 1S90; American Philosophical 
Society in 1SS6. In 1S69 was Miitterlec- 
turer on surgical pathology, also Surgeon 
to St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, 
1S59, and at the Philadelphia Hos- 
pital from 1S67 to 18S2 and the Jeff- 
erson College Hospital, Philadelphia, 1S77. 
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Loyal Legion; also Pennsyl- 
vania Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution, and Society of Colonial Wars. 
Address, 1423 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HROMALL, William Booth: 

Lawyer; born in Chester, Delaware 
County, Pa., on Jan. 30, 1S43; entered 
Haverford College in September, 1856, and 
was graduated in 1861; served as a mem- 
ber of the 124th Regiment of Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers; from August, 1S62, to 
May, 1S63, attached to General Kane's 
Brigade, Geary's Division, Twelfth Army 
Corps, the Army of the Potomac. Admit- 
ted to the bar in February, 1864, and has 
been in active practice ever since in the 
courts of Delaware County and the ad- 
joining counties of Philadelphia and 
Chester; served in the municipal offices 
of School Director and City Council, 
President of the Penn Club, Director of 
the First National Bank of Chester and 
the Delaware County Trust Company, 
Solicitor of Delaware County National 
Bank, Cambridge Trust Company, and 
the Chester Traction Company; local So- 
licitor of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 
Company. Married Anna Mary Hinkson. 
Address, Chester, Pa. 

BROMLEY, Thomas, Jr.: 

Carpet manufacturer; born in Phila- 
delphia Aug. 23, 1864; son of Thomas 
Bromley, one of the pioneers and the 
most active producers in the great car- 
pet manufacturing business of Philadel- 
phia. Educated in the public schools, 
he entered the Bromley mills in 18S2 in 
the capacity of a loom apprentice, and 
worked his way up till he had a thorough 
knowledge of every department of the 
carpet making business. When the firm 
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its Secretary, and in 1894 was made 
Treasurer, now holding both these offices. 
In 1889 he invented a power loom for 
making Smyrna rugs, which made so 
great a revolution in the trade that now 
only the most inferior grades of rugs are 
woven on the old hand looms; when a 
committee of the carpet manufacturers 
of America represented their interests 
before the Tariff Committee of Congress, 
Mr. Bromley took such an active part in 
its work that he was elected Secretary 
and Treasurer of the committee. Aside 
from his business relations, he is a mem- 
ber of the Manufacturers', Columbia, 
Athletic, and Pennsylvania Barge Clubs, 
and is much devoted to athletic sports 
and to horsemanship. Address, Tabor 
Road, Olney, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRONSON, Cliarles Hopkins: 

Auditor of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie 
Railroad Company; was born at Dayton, 
Ohio, Sept. 11, 1S45. He is a son of 
Charles H. and Emily (Gale) Bronson. 
He attended the public schools of Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, and later attended the 
Rockewell St. school in Cleveland, Ohio. 
In 1861 he secured a position as cashier 
in a drygoods house in Cincinnati; was 
employed in the local freight office of the 
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad; was a 
member of the Seventh Regiment of 
Ohio National Guards when that body 
was called on to aid in repelling the 
Morgan raid. He was the orderly sent 
by General Burnside with despatches to 
General Hobson. For this service he was 
sworn into the Union Army in Com- 
pany C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh 
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, wich 
the rank of Corporal. Later the com- 
pany was incorporated into a Zouave 
Battalion, with Mr. Bronson as Orderly 
Sergeant. He served in this capacity for 
five years and was discharged honorably. 
For ten years thereafter he held clerical 
positions with various firms and then 
he entered the employ of the Kentucky 
Central Railroad at Covington, Ky., hold- 
ing various positions of responsibility. 
Between the years 1884 and 1889 he was 
General Auditor of the Chesapeake and 
Ohio Railroad. On Dec. 1, 1889, he be- 
came connected with the Auditor's office 
of the Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati & 
St. Louis Railway at Cleveland, Ohio. 
Since April, 1890, he has been Auditor of 
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie system. He 
is a member of the American Associa- 
tion of Railroad Accounting Officers. He 



is also a member of the Board of Audi- 
tors of the Vanderbilt Lines. He was 
made a Mason at Richmond, Va., and is 
a member of Washington Chapter Royal 
Arch Masons No. 9, and St. Andrew's 
Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 13, 
both of Richmond. He is a member of 
the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of 
the Mystic Shrine, Syria Temple of Pitts- 
burg, -and of the Fort Pitt Conclave, No. 
429, of the Improved Order of Heptasophs. 
In politics he is a Republican. On Sept. 
20, 1876, he married Grace Darling Ran- 
som. He is a member of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. Address, 315 Neville 
St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BROOKE, Edward: 

President of First National Bank of 
Birdsboro, Pa. Address, Birdsboro, Pa. 

BROOKE, George: 

Ironmaster, of Birdsboro, Pa.; born in 
that place in 1822; son of Matthew 
Brooke, a pioneer iron founder; with his 
brother Edward he built up the present 
large establishment of the E. & G. 
Brooke Iron Company at Birdsboro, oper- 
ating furnaces, rolling mills, forges, nail 
works, etc.; also owning coal mines, iron 
mines, extensive quarries and many other 
properties. George Brooke has long been 
a prominent factor in the financial affairs 
of Berks County; he is President of the 
First National Bank of Reading, Presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Trust Com- 
pany, Director of the Wilmington and 
Northern Railroad Company, President 
of the Pennsylvania Diamond Drill Com- 
pany, Treasurer of the Keystone Coal 
Company of West Virginia, and a stock- 
holder in many other corporations; he 
has served in the Borough Council and in 
the School Board, and is in every way 
a public spirited citizen. In 1862 he 
married Mary B. Irwin, daughter of John 
H. Irwin, a grandson of Frederick Au- 
gustus Muhlenberg, the first Speaker of 
the National House of Representatives. 
Member of the Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

BROOKE, Hunter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private 124th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 11, 1862; honorably discharged 
May 15, 1863; Sergeant 29th Pennsylvania 
(Militia) Infantry June 20, 1863; honor- 



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ably discharged Aug. 1, 1863; Second 
Lieutenant 192d Pennsylvania Infantry 
July 6, 1SG4; First Lieutenant July 16, 
1S64; honorably mustered out Nov. 11, 
1864; elected Feb. 5, 1S90. Address, 1905 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROOKE, John Rutter: 

Major General United States Army; 
born July 21, 183S, at Philadelphia; in 
April, 1S61, he enlisted in the Fourth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, and was promoted 
until he became Brigadier General of 
Volunteers May 12, 1S64. On Aug. 1, 1864 he 
was made Brevet Major General; was com- 
missioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Thir- 
ty-seventh United States Infantry July 28, 
1866, and was transferred to Third Infan- 
try March 15, 1S69; March 20, 1870, was 
made Colonel of the Thirteenth Infantry; 
and of the Third Infantry June 14, 1S79; 
Brigadier General April 6, 1S8S. He com- 
manded the Departments of Platte, Da- 
kota and Missouri, and on May 22, 1897, 
was made Major General. In April, 1898, 
he was sent to command troops at Chick - 
amauga Park; July, 1S9S, he was ordered 
to Porto Rico, head of Military Commis- 
sion, then Governor General of Porto 
Rico; in December, 1898, he was Governor 
General of Cuba and commanding Divi- 
sion of Cuba; May, 1900, he commanded 
the Department of the East, and was re- 
tired July 21, 1902. Member of the Penn- 
sylvania Commandery of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion. Address, Rose- 
mont, Pa. 

BROOKE, Marl*: 

Lieutenant in the United States Army; 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Major John Brooke; Cadet United 
States Military Academy June 18, 189S; 
Second Lieutenant Corps of Engineers 
United States Army June 12, 1902; elected 
May 1, 1901; first class in succession May 
12, 1902. Address, Corcoran Building, 
Washington, D. C. 

BROOKE, Rawle, William: 

Lawyer; son of C. "Wallace and Eliza- 
beth Tilghman (Rawle) Brooke; born Aug. 
29, 1S43; in 1863 was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania; married Eliz- 
abeth Norris Feb. 7, 1872; served in the 
Civil War as Lieutenant and Captain with 
the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry; was 
b revetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel; 



was Vice President of the Historical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Author of "The 
Right Flank at Gettysburg," "With 
Gregg in the Gettysburg Campaign." 
"Gregg's Fight at Gettysburg." Address, 
230 South Twenty-second St.; office, 216 
South Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROOKE, William: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Fourth Infantry Oct. 7, 
1891; First Lieutenant April 26, 1898; Cap- 
tain Thirty-fifth United States Volunteer 
Infantry July 5, 1899; Major Forty-sixth 
United States Volunteer Infantry Aug. 17, 
1S99; honorably mustered out of Volun- 
teer service May 31, 1901; transferred 
from Fourth to Fifteenth Infantry Nov. 
21, 1S99; Captain Feb. 2, 1901. Address, 
Monterey, Cal. 

BROOKFIELD, Robert Morris: 

Soldier; born in and appointed from 
Pennsylvania Cadet at the United States 
Military Academy from June IS, 1892, to 
June 12, 1S96, when he was graduated 
and promoted to Second Lieutenant of 
Infantry, Second Infantry. June 12. 1896; 
served at Fort Keogh, Mont., to Feb. 
26, 189S; with Alaskan Exploring Ex- 
pedition to July 5, 189S; with regimental 
recruits Aug. 3 to Aug. 26, 1898; Atlanta, 
Fort MacPherson, and Lithia Springs, 
Ga., and en route to Montauk, L. I., 
Aug. 3 to 26, 1S98; Montauk, L. I., and 
Anniston, Ala., Aug. 26; First Lieu- 
tenant of Infantry Sept. 28, 1898, 
Huntsville, Ala., and on leave of absence 
from Oct. 22 to Dec. 24, 1S98; ordered 
to proceed with Twelfth Infantry to Ma- 
nila and to join Twenty-third Infantry 
there, Dec. 24, 1898; assigned to Twenty- 
third Infantry Jan. 1, 1899; transferred 
to Eleventh Infantry Feb. 28, 1S99; with 
regiment, San Juan, Porto Rico; resigned 
Oct. 15, 1900. Address, 819 North Twen- 
tieth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROOKS, F. Edward, M. D.: 

Superintendent of the public schools of 
Philadelphia since 1891; born in Stony 
Point, N. T. ; taught school at Cudde- 
bacville, N. Y., at the age of eighteen, 
and a year later entered the Liberty 
Normal Institute. Professor in the Uni- 
versity of Northern Pennsylvania, and 
later occupied the Chair of Literature 
and Mathematics in Monticello Academy, 
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matics at the State Normal School of 
Millersville, Pa., in 1855, and made 
President of the same institution in 1866; 
eected President of the State Teachers' 
Association in 1876, and President of 
the Normal Department of the National 
Educational Association. Received de- 
gree of A. M. from Union College in 1858, 
and degree of Ph. D. from three promi- 
nent institutions. Author of many valu- 
able educational works. Address, Over- 
brook, Pa. 

BROOKS, Ueraldine: 

Author; daughter of the late Elbridge 
Streeter and Melissa (de Baun) Brooks; 
born June 26, 1875, at Philadelphia; edu- 
cated at the Adelphi Academy, Brook- 
lyn; Somerville (Mass.), High Schools, 
and Radcliffe College from 1893 to 1897; 
she is unmarried; member of the Authors' 
Club at Boston; has written a number of 
works, among which are: "Dames and 
Daughters of Colonial Days," published 
in 1900; also "Dames and Daughters of 
the Young Republic," in 1901; and "Ro- 
mances of Colonial Days," in 1903. Ad- 
dress, 60 St. Nicholas Ave., New York. 

BROOKS, Henry: 

Manufacturer; born in Yorkshire, Eng- 
land; at an early age emigrated to this 
country; educated in West Philadelphia. 
Upon the death of his father, George 
Brooks, assumed control of the Oriental 
Mills, which he now operates. He has 
twice been elected Clerk of Quarter 
Sessions, President of the Standard Fire 
Insurance Company, and member of the 
Manufacturers' and Young Republican 
Clubs. Address, 5300 Girard Ave., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BROOKS, James Croxall: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain and Commissary of Sub- 
sistence United States "Volunteers Jan. 
1, 1863; honorably mustered out Dec. 19, 
1865; brevetted Major United States Vol- 
unteers March 13, 1865, "for meritorious 
services in his department during the 
war"; elected May 6, 1891. Address, 117 
North 33rd St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROOKS, .Toll 11 Crafts Wright: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
New York; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet Military Academy July 1. 1881; 
Second Lieutenant Fourth Artillery June 



14, 1SS5; First Lieutenant Aug. 14, 1889; 
Captain Assistant Quartermaster of Vol- 
unteers May 17, 1898; Major Quartermas- 
ter of Volunteers Nov. 12, 1898; honorably 
discharged from Volunteer service June 
30, 1901; Captain Sixth Artillery March 2, 
1S99; transferred to Fourth Artillery April 
21, 1S99; Artillery Corps Feb. 2, 1901. 
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Address, Fort Riley, Kans. 

BROOKS, M. J. B.: 

Postmaster; born in Elk (now Cameron 
County), Pa., Aug. 28, 1845; educated in 
private schools; engaged in lumbering un- 
der the firm of John Brooks & Sons; en- 
tered Railway Mail Service in 1S84; was 
appointed Postmaster at Driftwood, Pa., 
April 1, 1903. Address, Driftwood, Pa. 

BROOKS, Thomas R.: 

President of North Scranton Bank. Ad- 
dress, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. 

BROOKS, William Benthal: 

Captain United States Navy; member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; ap- 
pointed Third Assistant Engineer United 
States Navy Feb. 16, 1S52; Second As- 
sistant Engineer July 21, 1855; First As- 
sistant Engineer July 21, 1858; Chief En- 
gineer (Lieutenant) Aug. 1, 1S61; Chief 
Engineer (Commander) Jan. 22, 1873; 
Chief Engineer (Captain) Dec. IS, 1885; 
retired (Captain) March 1, 1S92; elected 
Nov. 1, 1882; in April, 1S98 was called 
again to duty, and served during the 
Spanish-American War. Address, 437 West 
6th St., Erie, Pa. 

BROOMELL, I. Norman: 

Dentist; son of Isaac and Rachel 
Broomell; born Nov. 25, 1858, in Chester 
County, Pa.; educated at the Friends' 
Central School, Philadelphia, where he 
received degree of A. M. ; was graduated 
from the Pennsylvania College of Dental 
Surgery and received degree of D. D. S.; 
married Lidie T. Seabury. Since 1898 
has been Professor of Dental Anatomy, 
Dental Histology and Prosthetic Dentistry 
at the Pennsylvania College of Dental 
Surgery. Member of the American Den- 
tal Association, Pennsylvania State Den- 
tal Society, Academy of Stomatology, 
Pennsylvania Association of Dental Sur- 
geons, New York State Dental Society. 
Author "Anatomy and Histology of the 



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Mouth and Teeth," published in 1S9S; 
"The Teeth and Temperament," "Dental 
Cosmos," in 1S97; "The Enamel Organ," 
"Items of Interest," in 1S99; "Oral Em- 
bryology," in 1900. "Some Early Teach- 
ings Regarding the Teeth," 1903. He is 
a Republican in' politics. Address, 302 
North Fortieth St.; office, 1420 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROSIIIS, William H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lancaster County; 
was born in Martic Township, Lancaster 
County, Nov. 30, 1839; educated at public 
and select schools; raised upon a farm, 
and is at present engaged in farming; 
was a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, sessions of 1883, 1885 and 1901; 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Marticville, Pa. 

BROWKR, Daniel Roberts: 

Physician; born 1839 at Philadelphia; 
was graduated from the Polytechnic 
College, Philadelphia, and received de- 
gree of M. S. in I860; also M. D. at the 
University of Georgetown in 1864, and 
A. M. at the Wabash College, LL. D. at 
the Georgetown, Kenyon College, and St. 
Ignatius College, 111. In 1864 was As- 
sistant Surgeon in the United States Vol- 
unteers; is Professor of Nervous and 
Mental Diseases at the Rush Medical Col- 
lege; also Professor of Nervous Diseases 
at the Post-Graduate School, Chicago. 
He is author of numerous monographs 
and text books on insanity. Address, 597 
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. 

BROWER, I. J.: 

President of Farmers and Mechanics' 
National Bank of Phoenixville. Address, 
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa. 

BROWN, Adam M.: 

The first Recorder of Pittsburg; born in 
Brownsdale, Butler County, Pa., Aug. 3, 
1830; comes of distinguished ancestry, his 
grandfather, Adam Brown, having served 
in the Continental Army under Wash- 
ington; his father was James Brown, for 
whom Brownsdale was named. He secured 
a liberal training in the county schools, 
and at the age of fifteen was a skilled 
debater; studied law and was admitted 
to the bar in 1853; has been a life-long 
Republican and was a member of the 
Pittsburg Select Council for three years; 
-vas a delegate to the convention that 



nominated Abraham Lincoln for Presi- 
dent in 1S64, and to the one that nomi- ' 
nated Grant in 1S68. During his career 
at the bar he was regarded as one of the 
ablest members of the profession; he was 
appointed as Recorder of Pittsburg by 
former Governor Stone. Address, 433 
Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



BROWS, Ambrose C.I 

Attorney at law; son of George W. 
Brown and Esther Badger Brown; born 
in Clarion County, Nov. 21, 1866; educated 
in the local public school, the Clarion 
Collegiate Institute, Rimersburg, Pa.; 
Grove City Colege, and the Clarion State 
Normal School, being a graduate of the 
latter institution. Taught school with 
marked success in the public schools of 
Clarion County and as principal of the 
Edenburg and Clarion public schools. 
After reading law with Hindman & Hoy 
of Clarion, he was admitted to practice 
in the courts of Clarion, Warren and 
Forest Counties; removed to Tionesta in 
1902. Married July 14, 1898, to Milss 
Marian L. Brown of Huntingdon County, 
a sister of the late J. M. Brown, M. D., 
of the University of Pennsylvania, and 
of John F. and George E. Brown, general 
agents of the Penn Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company. They have one daughter, 
Martha. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 



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BROWS, Amos Peaslee: 

Educator; son of Amos P. and Frances 
(Brown) Brown; born Dec. 3, 1864, at 
Germantown, Pa.; was graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania and re- 
ceived degree of B. A. in 18S6, M. E. in 
1887, and Ph. D. in 1S92. From 1887 to 
1889 was Assistant Geological Surveyor of 
Pennsylvania; also Instructor of Mining 
and Metallurgy at the University of Penn- 
sylvania from 1889 to 1891, Professor of 
Geology and Mineralogy since 1S92. He is 
unmarried. Address, 20 East Penn St., 
Germantown, Pa. 

BROWN, Arthur Erwin: 

Scientist; born Aug. 14, 1850, at Bucks 
County, Pa.; educated chiefly in Europe; 
Secretary of the Zoological Society of 
Philadelphia; also Vice President and Cu- 
rator at the Academy of Natural Sciences 
of Philadelphia; member Zoological So- 
ciety of Philadelphia, Academy of Natu- 
ral Sciences, American Philosophical So- 
ciety; also member of the Board of Man- 
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omy, and honorary member of the New 
York Zoological Society; is correspondent 
member for the Zoological Society of 
London, and has written various zoolog- 
ical and biological articles for journals 
and society proceedings. Address, 1208 
Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROWS, diaries W.: 

Plate glass manufacturer; born in New- 
buryport, Mass., in 1858; educated at 
Dumner Academy; was graduated from 
Newburyport High School. In early life 
he followed the sea; from 1S79 to 1885 in 
charge of vessels in the China and Aus- 
tralian trade; in 1SS6 established the 
glass business in Minneapolis, and or- 
ganized the Arm of Brown & Haywood 
Company; in 1895-1896 President of the 
National Window Glass Jobbers' Associ- 
ation; in 1897-1898 President of the Min- 
neapolis Jobbers' Association. Married 
Alice Greenleaf of Newburyport, Mass., 
in 1SS3. Independent in politics. In 189S 
sold out the Brown & Haywood Company 
business in Minneapolis to the Pittsburg 
Plate Glass Company, and was chosen 
Secretary and Director of the Pittsburg 
Plate Glass Company, which office he 
still holds; he is also President of the 
Michigan Chemical Company of Bay City, 
Mich.; President of the Owosso Sugar 
Company (with factories at Owosso and 
Lansing) ; Secretary of the Columbia 
Chemical Company of Barberton, Ohio; 
Director in the Patton Paint Company 
of Milwaukee, Wis., and President of the 
James E. Patton Company of Milwaukee. 
He is a member of the Minneapolis Club 
of Minneapolis, Minn., and of the Du- 
quesne and Union Clubs of Pittsburg, the 
Allegheny Country Club, and the Edge- 
worth Club at Sewickley. Address, Se- 
wickley, Pa. 

BROWN, Christian H., M. D.: 

Born May 8, 1857, at Lancaster, Pa.; son 
of Edwin H. Brown, Cashier of the 
Farmers' National Bank of Lancaster for 
thirty years; was graduated from the 
Lancaster High School and Franklin and 
Marshall College; attended University of 
Pennsylvania; received medical degree in 
1,878; Resident Physician of the Philadel- 
phia Hospital, 1878-1879; Assistant Physi- 
cian Insane Department, 1879-18S0; com- 
menced practice of medicine in 18S1 at 
Lancaster; Attending Physician to the 
Lancaster County Hospital, and Secretary 
Lancaster City Board of Health; removed 



to Philadelphia in 1S87; practice exclu- 
sively diseases of the eye. Author and 
teacher of the science of Optometry; 
member of County, State and National 
Societies, and the American Ophthalmo- 
logical, Otological and Laryngological 
Society. Address, 4327 Baltimore Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROWN, E. L..: 

President of First National Bank of 
Derry Station. Address, Derry Station, 
Pa. 

BROWN, Ernest W.: 

Professor of mathematics; born at Hull, 
England, Nov. 29, 1S66; only son of Will- 
iam Brown, of Hull, and Emma Martin, 
Wainfleet, Lincolnshire; educated at the 
Totteridge Park School and Hull and 
East Riding College; scholarship at 
Christ's College, Cambridge, in January, 
1SS4; B. A. degree (Mathematical Tripos) 
in 1887; elected Fellow in 1SS9; Fellow of 
Royal Society, 1898; Fellow of Royal 
Astronomical, Cambridge Philosophical, 
London Mathematical, American Philo- 
sophical and American Mathematical So- 
cieties; published Treatise on the Lunar 
Theory (Cambridge Pitt Press, 1S96), and 
monographs and reviews on celestial me- 
chanics, especially the lunar theory. Ad- 
dress, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. 

BROWN, Etuelbert Washington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Lieut. Col. William H. Brown; 
elected May 4, 1892. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROWN, Francis Shnnk: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia June 9, 
1853; his father, Chalres Brown, repre- 
sented a Philadelphia district in Con- 
gress for many years, and his maternal 
grandfather was for two terms Governor 
of Pennsylvania. Mr. Brown was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Phila- 
delphia and the Wilmington Conference 
Academy in Dover, Del., from which he 
was graduated in 1S74; studied law and 
was graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania Law Department in 1879. 
He is Commodore of the Philadelphia 
Yacht Club and Commander of the Penn- 
sylvania Naval Reserves. Address, 5927 
Drexel Road, Overbrooks Farms, W. Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 



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BROWN, Isaac BroTHiell: 

Secretary of Internal Affairs; was born 
Feb. 20, 1S48, and was reared on a farm 
at a place now called Rasselas, in Elk 
County, Pa. ; at the age of sixteen he 
entered the Union Army as a private sol- 
dier, and served in the 211th Regiment 
of the Third Division, Ninth Corps, Army 
of the Potomac, his service covering the 
last year of the war. Subsequent to the 
war he was educated at Smethport Acad- 
emy and Alfred University, from which 
last named institution he was graduated 
with the class of 1S69; after graduation 
he commenced the reading of law, but 
taught school and engaged in the insur- 
ance business as a means of gaining a 
living during the period he was engaged 
in his law studies; he was admitted to 
practice in the courts of Erie County in 
May, 1876. In 1878 he was nominated 
for the Legislature by the Republicans of 
the Second Assembly District of Erie 
County, and was defeated through a 
combination of Democrats, Greenbackers 
and disappointed Republicans; in 1880 
Mr. Brown was again nominated, and 
was elected, as was he also in 1S82, and 
again in 1SS4. In 1SS7 he became Deputy 
Secretary of Internal Affairs and Super- 
intendent of the Bureau of Railways, 
which positions he has since held con- 
tinuously except for a period of four 
months, in 1S95, when he was appointed 
by Governor Hastings as Secretary of In- 
ternal Affairs. During his Legislative 
career he prepared, introduced and se- 
cured the passage of the bill for the es- 
tablishment of the Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Home at Erie. Mr. Brown has been a 
member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public since 1S69, and has several times 
been elected delegate to the National En- 
campments, serving also on the staffs of 
several of the Commanders in Chief. His 
service in the National Guard of Penn- 
sylvania covers a period of thirteen years, 
during which time he was Second Lieu- 
tenant and Captain in the Sixteenth and 
Seventeenth Regiments and Judge Ad- 
vocate, with rank of Major, on the staff 
of Brig. Gen. James A. Beaver. For ten 
years he has been President of the Sur- 
vivors' Association of Hartranft's Divi- 
sion of the Ninth Army Corps. Mr. 
Brown was President of the Commission 
appointed under an act of Assembly for 
the erection of the equestrian statue of 
the late ex-Governor Hartranft, and is 
also a member of the Pennsylvania State 
Forestry Commission; he is President of 



the Corry Water Supply Company and 
the Wilcox Manufacturing Company, and 
was also President of the St. Louis Na- 
tional Convention of Railway Commis- 
sioners. In June, 1900, the degree of 
LL. D. was conferred upon him by Alfred 
University; he was elected Secretary of 
Internal Affairs on Nov. 4, 1902. Address, 
Harisburg, Pa. 

BROWN, James W.: 

Congressman (Republican) of Pittsburg; 
was born in that city July 14, 1S44, and 
has resided in Pittsburg and Allegheny 
County all his life; educated in the com- 
mon and private schools of Allegheny 
County; has been connected with the 
iron and steel business ever since he 
came to manhood, and is still in that 
business. Was married Oct. 7, 1867, to 
Clara Palmer Howe, daughter of the 
Hon. Thomas W. Howe, deceased; was 
elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress on 
the Citizens and Fusion ticket. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

DUOWX, John Cook;: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fifth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry Aug. 14, 1S62; Sergeant Major Nov. 
IS, 1863; discharged for promotion May 
30, 1S64; First Lieutenant and Adjutant 
Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry May 30, 1864; 
Captain March 7, 1S65; honorably mus- 
tered out Aug. 7. 1S65; elected Oct. 16, 
1S89. Address, 1731 North 16th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BROWN, .1 «.ii ii Rowland: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Cain. 
John C. Brown; elected Nov. 14, 1900. 
Address, 1731 North 16th St., Philadelphia. 
Pa. 

BROWX, J. Woods: 

Special Agent of the Fire Association 
of Philadelphia for the Middle Depart- 
ment; was born at Milton, Pa., June 25, 
1S64; was graduated from Princeton Uni- 
versity in 1S85; established a local fire 
insurance agency at Milton, Pa., in 1S8S; 
was appointed Deputy Insurance Commis- 
sioner of Pennsylvania by Governor Pat- 
tison in 1891, which position he retained 
until 1895, when he resigned to enter 
the service of the Merchants' Insurance 
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tion until February, 1901, when he was 
appointed Special Agent for the Fire As- 
sociation. Address, Hotel Stenton, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

BROWN, Marshall: 

Jurist; born at Brownsdale, Butler 

County, Pa., Feb. 12, 1853, the son of 

Adam Mercer Brown, a lawyer, in whose 

office he studied, gaining admittance to 

the bar of Allegheny County in 1874. 

I After enjoying a profitable practice, in 

which he won a reputation for ability, he 

was appointed in 1900 a Judge of the No. 

1 Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny 

County to succeed Judge Slagle, deceased. 

In 1901 he was nominated and elected 

j to this position, his term beginning in 

I January, 1902. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

BROWN, Reynolds D.: 

Professor of law; born in Newcastle, 

Del., May 6, 1869; was graduated at Har- 

yard College as B. A. 1S90; taught at 

J Germantown Academy and at the Penn 

I Olmster School; studied in law school of 

1 the University of Pennsylvania, gradu- 

1 ating in 1894; Fellow in law school till 

I 1S97, when appointed Professor of Law in 

this school. He is a member of the law 

I firm of Burr, Brown & Lloyd. His club 

{I connections are with the Sharswood Law 

I Club, the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, 

and the Germantown Cricket Club and 

the Huntingdon Valley Country Club. Ad- 

1 dress, 5112 Newhall St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROWN, Robert Alexander: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 1881; Second 
Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry June 14, 18S5; 
served with regiment (Fourth Cavalry) 
■ at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., from January 
till June, 1890; at Presidio, San Francisco, 
Cal., from June till December, 1890; In- 
structor in Tactical Department, United 
States Military Academy, January, 1891, 
to Jan. 25, 1S93; First Lieutenant of Cav- 
alry, Seventh Cavalry, Nov. 28, 1891; 
transferred to Fourth Cavalry Dec. 1, 
1S91; Regimental Quartermaster, Fourth 
J Cavalry. Feb. 3, 1893, to Feb. 3, 1897, at 
Fort Walla Walla, Wash.; on leave of 
absence in Japan, Sept. 4 to Dec. 17, 
1S96; with regiment as Troop Officer, Feb. 
3. 1S97, to June 14, 189S, at Fort Walla 
Walla, Wash,; with troop at Presidio, 
San Francisco, Cal., June 17 to June 30, 
1S98; Major and Inspector General, United 
States Volunteers, June 7, 1S98; served 
at Camp Alger, Va. ; Thoroughfare, Va. ; 



Camp Meade, Pa.; Greenville, S. C, as 
Inspector General, Second Division, Sec- 
ond Army Corps, from July 11 till Nov. 
2S, 189S; at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, as In- 
spector General, Department of Pinar del 
Rio, Cuba, Dec. 12, 1S98 to April 30, 1899; 
Captain of Cavalry, Eighth Cavalry, Sept. 
14, 1S99; Major and Inspector General, 
United States Volunteers, Sept. 30, 1899. 
Inspector General Second Division, Eighth 
Army Corps, Oct. 8, 1899, to May 8, 1900; 
Assistant Secretary to the Military Gov- 
ernor in the Philippines May 9 to Oct. 17, 
1900; Inspector General Department of 
Southern Luzon Oct. 17, 1900, to June 30, 
1901; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teer service June 30, 1901; Aide-de-Camp 
on staff of Major Gen. Arthur Mac Ar- 
thur, July 1, 1901, to Sept. 30. 1902. Ad- 
dress, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 

BROWN, Rev. S. T.: 

Born in Wyoming, Ont., Canada, Sept. 
30, 1877; parents moved to Western Ohio 
in 1884, where he received his early edu- 
cation; was graduated from the Univers- 
ity of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, class of 
1S99; attended the Lane Theological Sem- 
inary, Cincinnati, Ohio; was graduated 
from the Western Theological Seminary, 
Allegheny, Pa., class of 1902; Pastor of 
the First Presbyterian Church of Finley- 
ville, Pa., since September, 1902. Address, 
Finleyville, Pa. 

BROWN, William Alexander: 

Lawyer; born at Philadelphia Oct. 23. 
1865; son of William Brown, Jr., and 
Isabella Brown; of Scotch-Irish Coven- 
anter ancestry; educated in public 
schools; admitted to the Freshman Class, 
Technological Department of Lehigh Uni- 
versity, 1SS4; student in the Law De- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1S88-1891; was graduated with de- 
gree of Bachelor of Laws; admitted to the 
bar 1891, and has since practiced in Phil- 
adelphia. Member of the Board of Di- 
rectors, West End Trust Company; Dean 
of the Philadelphia Law School of the 
Temple College. Independent Republican 
in politics. Address, 1001 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BROWN, William H.: 

Chief Engineer of Pennsylvania Rail- 
road; born in Lancaster County, Pa., Feb. 
29, 1836; educated at the Philadelphia 
High School, and took up the profession 
of engineering, assisting in railroad and 
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appointed by Col. Thomas A. Scott en- 
gineer of the military railroads in North- 
ern Virginia, handling this difficult posi- 
tion with signal ability; in 1862 he became 
engaged as assistant engineer on the 
Pan Handle Road; in 1864 on the Pitts- 
burg division of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road; in March, 1865, on the Oil Creek 
Road; in July became principal engineer 
of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad; in 
1869 took charge of the repair shops at 
Altoona, and subsequently held several 
engineering positions till Aug. 1, 1S74, 
when he was appointed to the important 
post of Chief Engineer of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad. Mr. Brown's fine ability 
has been shown in many instances, in- 
cluding examples of remarkably rapid 
bridge building during the Civil War and 
after floods. Among his chief works of 
construction may be named the magnifi- 
cent Broad Street Station at Philadel- 
phia. Address, 3510 Baring St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

BROWN, Wiliam M.: 

Lawyer and merchant; born in Green- 
ville, Pa., in 1850; educated in the schools 
of New Castle, Pa.; after teaching and 
filling a position as bank clerk, he studied 
law under the late Judge McMichael, and 
was admitted to the bar of Lawrence 
County, Pa., in 1876. After a period of 
successful law practice, he accepted a 
position in 18S3 as Special Agent in the 
United States Land Office, but soon left 
it, and for five years was engaged in 
other pursuits. After practicing at the 
bar again for two years, he became in- 
terested in railway concerns, being made 
Vice President and Manager of the New 
Castle Electric Street Railway, of which, 
in 1896, he became a Director and the 
Secretary and Treasurer. In 1SS4 he had 
entered into mercantile pursuits at the 
head of the firm of Brown, Thompson & 
Co., general dealers, and from 1888 to 
1889 was Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Standard Paper Company; in later years 
he became prominently concerned in the 
street railway of Montgomery, Ala., and 
President of the Syracuse Rapid Transit 
Railway Company. In political affairs he 
served for eight years in the Select Coun- 
cil of New Castle, and in the Senate of 
Pennsylvania for the term ending in 1900. 
Address, New Castle, Pa. 

BROWN, William Wallace: 

Lawyer; born at Summer Hill, Cayuga 
County, N. Y. ; studied in the public 



schools, the academy at Smethport, Pa., 
and in Alfred University at Alfred, N. Y. 
Subsequently he entered the office of Hon. 
Byran D. Hamlin of Smethport as a law 
student, and was there admitted to the 
bar in 1867. Settling at Corry, Pa., he 
formed a law partnership with Mr. Man- 
ley Crosby, and from 1S74 to 1S7S served 
asi City Solicitor. After nine years in 
Corry, he removed to Bradford, Pa 1 ,, 
where he became a member of the legal 
firm of Sterrett, Brown & Rose, and four 
years later of Brown & Roberts; this 
was dissolved in 1887, and after eight 
years' practice alone — five years as City 
Solicitor — he entered into partnership 
with Mr. F. P. Schoonmaker. Mr. Brown 
served as a private in the Civil "War, at 
first in the New York Twenty-third Regi- 
ment and afterward in the First Pennsyl- 
vania Rifles, this service preceding his 
law studies; he has been concerned in most 
of the leading court cases since Bradford 
became a city in 1879, and has a large and 
lucrative practice; he was also concerned 
in several business enterprises( including 
a number of narrow gauge railroads, has 
served on the Smethport and Corry School 
Boards, and for six years was President 
of the Bradford Board of Trade. From 
1883 to 18S7 member of Congress, Six- 
teenth District Pennsylvania, Forty eighth 
and Forty-ninth Congresses; 1S97 to 1S99 
Auditor for the War Department; 1900 to 
present time Auditor for the Navy De- 
partment. Address, Treasury Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

BROWNE, William H.: 

Lawyer and author; born in Philadel- 
phia Nov. 14, 1840; educated at the Uni- 
versity of Pensylvania and Amherst 
College, where he was graduated A. M. 
in 1S61. In 1899 he received from Ur-. 
sinus College the honorary degree of 
LL. D. ; for some years he was a teacher 
of the classics, history and elocution, but- 
meanwhile studied law and was admitted 
to the Philadelphia bar in 1865; he quick-' 
ly gained prominence as a brilliant advo- 
cate, and was retained in many import- 
ant cases, being particularly successful j 
in divorce suits. One of his most notable' 
cases was that in which he opposed thei 
Mount Morich Cemetery Corporation. 
which had refused to permit the body of. 
a wealthy colored man to be buried in 
its grounds; he defeated the corporation' 
in the lower court, and subsequently in 
the Supreme Court. In addition to his 
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widely known as an author in legal and 
lighter literature; his legal works com- 
prise some fourteen volumes, some of 
■i which have become standard authorities; 
?iamong these are "Commentary on the 
Law of Divorce," "Law of Negligence 
• in Pennsylvania," "Law of Decedents' 
Estates in Pennsylvania," and the "Penn- 
sylvania Legal Time Table," a very use- 
ful manual of laws and court rules; his 
Slighter works embrace "Heart Throbs of 
ifGifted Authors," "Witty Sayings by Wit- 
! ty People," "Famous Women of History," 
iland several others, including an abridg- 
ement of the Waverley Novels. Mr. Browne 
was formerly an active cricket player, 
and was a Director of the Belmont Crick- 
et Club; he was also actively interested 
in the reform movement in municipal 
politics, in connection with the Committee 
■ of One Hundred. Address, 1124 Spruce 
tlSt, Philadelphia, Pa. 



BROAVXFIELD, Owen Russell: 

Secretary and Treasurer of Citizens' 
'Title and Trust Company of Uniontown; 
born near Haydentown, Fayette County, 
Pa., Feb. 1, 1S6S; was educated in the 
public schools, Southwestern State Nor- 
mal School, Geneva and Monongahela 
Colleges; clerk in the County Commis- 
sioners' Office from 1897 to 1903; en- 
gaged in coal and timber enterprises. 
Republican in politics. Presbyterian, 
Knight Templar and thirty-second degree 
Mason. Residence, Fairchance, Pa. 

BROWNSCOMBE, Miss Jennie: 

Artist; born East of Honesdale; is of 
English descent, her father being a na- 
tive of Devonshire, England, while her 
maternal ancestors settled in Massachu- 
setts in 1630, her great-grandfather tak- 
ing part in the Revolutionary War; 
taught school for several years; studied 
art at Cooper Institute, the National 
Academy of Design, and the Students' 
Art League. Her first oil painting was 
sold from the Academy in 1876, since 
which time her work has had a national 
reputation; many of her pictures have 
been reproduced in etching, photogravure, 
engraving, etc. She studied in Paris, 
Rome and other European cities, and has 
spent the last few years in Italy, where 
she is continuing her painting. Address, 
Honesdale, Pa. 



MRU A, Lynn A.: 

President of Citizens' National Bank 
of Hollidaysburg. Address, Hollidaysburg, 
Blair County, Pa. 



BRIBAKER, J. L,., M. D.: 

Born in Juniata County, Pa., Feb. 17, 
1854; educated at Eagleton Institute; 
received degree of M. D. from Washing- 
ton University in 1874; practiced in Isa- 
bella County, Mich., 1884-1S91; removed 
to Juniata Borough in 1S91; Treasurer of 
the borough ever since its incorporation; 
Surgeon to P. R. R., and also Surgeon, 
Sheridan Troop, N. G., Pennsylvania. 
Enlisted in Sheridan Troop, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer Cavalry, in 1898, and took 
part in the expedition to Porto Rico. Ad- 
dress, 507 Fourth Ave. (Juniata), Al- 
toona, Pa. 

BRUBAKER, R. H.: 

President of Conestoga National Bank 
of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Lan- 
caster County, Pa. 

BRICE, Rev. diaries H., D. D.: 

Pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Jersey Shore, Pa.; born in Bea- 
ver County, Pa.; was graduated from Al- 
legheny College, Meadville, Pa.; studied 
theology at the Western Theological 
Seminary, Allegheny City; began as a 
home missionary in Guthrie County, 
Iowa; pastor at Union City, Pa., two 
years; Fifth Presbyterian Church, Kansas 
City, Mo., ten years; church at Muncy, 
Pa., three years, and has been with his 
present charge since June, 1900. In 1893 
was elected Moderator of the Synod of 
Missouri; in 1895 received the degree of 
D. D. from his Alma Mater. Address, 
Jersey Shore, Pa. 

BR TEN, Edward D.: 

Clergyman; born in Newark, N. J., 
July 17, 1823; educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia and the Univers- 
ity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1842. 
Then deciding to prepare himself for the 
ministry, he entered the Theological Sem- 
inary of Princeton, N. J., and afterward 
the Union Theological Seminary of New 
York City, graduating in 1S46; he was 
immediately licensed to preach by the 
Presbytery of New York, and in 1S4S 
was ordained to the Ministry by the 
Presbytery of Philadelphia. Becoming 
pastor of the Southwark First Presby- 
terian Church on the day of his ordina- 
tion, he remained in charge of that 
church for many years. In 1874 he be- 
came pastor of the Presbyterian Church 
of the Atonement in Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress. 122 South Nineteenth St., Phila- 
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BRUMBAUGH, Martin Grove, A . M., 
Ph. D., LL. D.: 

President of Juniata College, Hunting- 
don, Pa.; Professor of Pedagogy, Univers- 
ity of Pennsylvania; born in Huntingdon 
County April 14, 1862; son of George B. 
and Martha P. Brumbaugh; educated in 
Juniata College, Millersville State Normal 
School, Harvard University and Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania; President of Juniata 
College 1S94 -, and Professor of Peda- 
gogy, University of Pennsylvania, 1895; 
first United States Commissioner of Edu- 
cation for Porto Rico, 1900-1902; member 
of the Valley Forge Park Commission; 
editor Lippincott's "Educational Series," 
"Glimpses of Longfellow" (Corson), "His- 
tory of Porto Rico"; author with J. S. 
Walton, of "Stories of Pennsylvania," 
with Anne H. Hall of "The Standard 
Primer," and author of "History of the 
Brethren," "Lectures on Ruth," "The 
Standard Readers." Address, University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRUMM, Charles N.: 

Lawyer: born at Pottsville, Pa., June 
9, 1838; received a common school edu- 
cation, with the exception of one year 
at Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, 
Pa.; served an apprenticeship at the trade 
of watchmaker; studied law two years; 
left studies and enlisted as a private 
under the first call of President Lincoln 
for three months' men, and was elected 
First Lieutenant of Company I, Fifth 
Pennsylvania Volunteers; after the ex- 
piration of his term re-enlisted Sept. 15, 
1861, for three years, and was elected 
First Lieutenant of Company K, Seventy- 
Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Nov. 18, 
1861; was detailed on the staff of Gen. 
Barton as Assistant Quartermaster and 
aide-de-camp, which position he held un- 
der General Barton and General Penny- 
packer until the expiration of his term 
of service; resumed the study of law, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1871; 
has since practiced the profession of law 
at the Schuylkill County bar; was elected 
to Congress in 1878 to represent the 
Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania, but 
was counted out by 192 votes; during the 
administration of Persident Harrison he 
was appointed Deputy Attorney General, 
but declined to accept the appointment; 
was elected to the Forty-seventh, Forty- 
Eighth. Forty-ninth. Fiftieth, and Fifty- 
fouth Congresses, and re-elected to the 
Fifty-fifth Congress as a Republican, re- 
ceiving 16,613 votes against 14,512 votes 



for Warren F. Shepherd, Democrat, and 
239 votes for S. G. Hollopeter, Prohibi- 
tionist. Upon his return from the army 
Mr. Brumm became very conspicuous as 
Government Revenue Assessor, which 
office was made necessary by the income 
tax, which was then in existence, being 
levied upon all earnings above a certain 
sum. Lawlessness reigned so extensively 
in the county that no one would make 
assessments until Mr. Brum took it in 
hand, and after a number of desperate 
encounters succeeded in finnishing the 
work. He was later selected by the Un- 
ion League, together with Mr. Benjamin 
Bannan, to procure certain legislation at 
Harrisburg: Such as the Green-Judge 
bill and the Jury and Police bills. Po- 
itica prejudice ran so high at the time 
that, because of his actions at the State 
capita, he was compelled to fight the 
local courts for two years before he could 
be admitted to the bar, and only then 
then after he had been admitted to prac- 
tice in the Lebanon County bar. Besides 
his career in Congress he has been very 
successful in his profession, having, in the 
midst of a large practice, tried upward of 
thirty Homeside cases, and only one of 
his clients was executed. During the 
great anthracite coal strike he was se- 
lected by District No. 9 of the United 
Mine Workers of America as their coun- 
sel to appear before the Strike Commis- 
sion appointed by President Roosevelt, 
and took a very prominent part in the 
argument before the same. On the 6th of 
April. 1862. Mr. Brumm was married to 
Virginia James of Minersville, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Minersville, Pa. 

BRUJiDAGE, Asa R.: 

Lawyer; born at Conyngham, Pa., 
March 22, 1S2S, being descended on his 
father's side from Revolutionary soldiers, 
and on his mother's from the Brodheads 
of early Pennsylvania, his uncle, Hon. 
Richard Brodhead, having been an able 
member of the United States Senate. 
At the age of fourteen Asa left home and 
rode on horseback to Jackson, Miss., in 
company with Dr. J. B. Thornton of 
Virginia, who took with him forty slaves. 
In Mississippi he entered the Centenary 
College at Brandon, of which Dr. Thorn- 
ton was President, and was graduated in 
1847. Returning home he began the study 
of law, and was admitted to the bar of 
Luzerne County in 1849. Mr. Brundage 
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: tice, of which a large number of note- 
I worthy cases passed through his hands. 
\ He was elected District Attorney in 1855, 
and has held numerous local offices, while 
| on many occasions he has represented 
! his party, the Democratic, in State and 
' national conventions. Address, Wilkes- 
; barre, Pa. 



BRUNDAGE, Frank M.: 

United States Consul; born in Pennsyl- 
vania Aug. 18, 1S51; obtained the degree 
of M. D. in Jefferson Medical College in 
Philadelphia in 1874; practiced profession 
in Conyngham, Luzerne County, Pa., un- 
til Nov. 1, 1897; appointed Consul to Aix- 
la-Chapelle Oct. 15, 1S97. Address, Aix- 
la-Chapelle, Germany. 

BRUNDRED, B. F.: 

Oil producer of Oil City, Pa.; born in 
Paterson, N. J.; after graduating at 
Worcester, Mass., in 1865, he moved to Oil 
City in July, 1866, and has been a resi- 
dent of that city ever since; he became 
an employee of the Empire Line, having 
charge of all shipments of crude and re- 
fined oil from points on the now W. N. 
Y. & P. R. R., between Tidioute and 
Titusville; the position involved a vast 
amount of detail on account of the large 
number of refineries and loading racks 
from which these shipments were made; 
he was appointed Chief Clerk of the Green 
Line in 1870, with loading racks at Fox- 
burg, Parker's Landing, and other points 
on the Allegheny Valley Railroad; he oc- 
cupied these two positions until 1877, 
when he resigned to engage in the pro- 
duction of oil at Edenburg and Bradford. 
He was successful in his new venture, 
and in 1S79 built and managed the Union 
Refinery, which passed into the hands of 
the Standard Oil Company in 1882; he 
was elected Treasurer of the Eclipse Lu- 
bricating Oil Works at Franklin in 1883; 
he was elected President of the Imperial 
Refining Company in 1884, which re- 
sponsible position he held until the works 
were abandoned in 1894. Address, Oil 
City, Pa. 



BRUNGES, Stanley R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Wyoming County; 
was born in Eaton Township, Wyoming 
County, Pa., Feb. 8, 1852; moved with 
his parents to Tunkhannock Township, 
same county, in 1871, where he has since 
resided; educated in the public schools 
and at Keystone Academy, Factoryville, 



Pa.; moved upon the farm where he now 
resides in 1878; has always been actively 
engaged in farming and identified with 
farmers' interests; is at present Presi- 
dent of the Agricultural Society of Wyo- 
ming County; has always been interested 
in the public schools and was for many 
years a member of School Board; was 
Supervisor, Poormaster, Township Treas- 
urer and Clerk; was a member of the 
House of Representatives, session of 1897; 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Tunkhannock, Pa. 

BRtXNKR, Edgar P., M. D.: 

Born March 26, 1849, in Worcester 
Township, Montgomery County, Pa. ; edu- 
cated at Freeland Seminary; was gradu- 
ated from Hahnemann College, Phila- 
delphia, in 1869; practiced medicine for 
several years at Norristown and Penns- 
burg, Pa.; in 1878 removed to Philadel- 
phia, where he has continued to practice. 
Member of County Medical Society, 
American Institute of Homeopathy, Odd 
Fellows Lodge and Encampment. Married 
in 1SS2 to Amelia Baus; Republican in 
politics. Address, 1724 Spring Garden St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRUNNER, Frank A.: 

Manufacturer; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 
Aug. 4, 1861; educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia and in private 
schools in Paris. Returning to America, 
he was employed by the Franklin Sugar 
Refining Company, but subsequently 
studied law at the University of Penn- 
sylvania, graduating in 1886; he did not 
enter upon the practice of his profession, 
but engaged in manufacturing pursuits, 
and is now the President of the Interna- 
tional Light, Heat and Power Company. 
He is a member of the Moelton Club of 
Philadelphia, the Iroquois Club of Chi- 
cago, and the Masonic Order. Address, 
Torresdale, Pa. 

BRUNOT, Hilary S.: 

United States Consul; born near Penns- 
ville, Fayette County, Pa., June 4, 1860; 
he was educated at the Jefferson Acad- 
emy, Canonsburg, Pa., at Kenyon Col- 
legiate Schools, Gambier, Ohio; engaged 
as Manager and Editor of the Daily Press, 
Greensburg, Pa., and with manufactur- 
ing concerns until 1S97; appointed United 
States Consul at St. Etienne, June 23, 
1897. Address, St. Etienne, France. 

BRYAN. Edwin Horace: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



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Legion; private First Delaware Infantry 
Nov. 20, 1861; Regimental Commissary 
Sergeant April 5, 1S62; discharged for 
promotion Jan. 3, 1S63; Second Lieutenant 
First Delaware Infantry Jan. 3, 1S63; 
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 
March 1, 1S63; honorably mustered out 
July 12, 1S65; brevetted Captain United 
States Volunteers April 9, 1S65, "for 
meritorious services during the recent 
campaign terminating with the surrender 
of the Insurgent Army under Gen. R. E. 
Lee"; elected Feb. 2, 1SS7. Address, 256 
North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRYAN, Edwin Horace, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Capt. Edwin H. Bryan; elected Oct. 20, 
1S97. Address, 256 North Third St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BRYAN, Henry Northam, M. D.: 

Born Oct. 9, 1S53, in Pemberton, N. J.; 
in 1S55 moved to Philadelphia, Pa., where 
he has since resided; educated in the 
public and Friends' schools; was gradu- 
ated from the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy March, 1S74; was graduated 
from the Jefferson Medical College, 18S4; 
Chief of Surgical Clinic and Surgical Dis- 
pensary of the Medico-Chirurgical Col- 
lege, 1SSS-1896; was graduated 1895; 
member of the American Medical Asso- 
ciation, the Philadelphia County Medical 
Society, and the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania. In August, 1S93, married 
Virginia Ryan Yerger. Address, 114 
North 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BRYANT, Henry Grier: 

Traveler, explorer; born in Allegheny, 
Pa., Nov. 7, 1S59; son of Walter and 
Ellen A. (Henderson) Bryant; prepared 
at Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hamp- 
shire, 1S76-1S79; was graduated from 
Princeton, 1SS3; A. M., 1886; was gradu- 
ated from Law University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1886; explored Grand Falls of La- 
brador, 1891; second in command Peary 
Relief Expedition, 1S92; Commander 
Peary Auxiliary Expedition, 1S94; Com- 
mander Mt. St. Elias (Alaska) Expedi- 
tion, 1897; President of Geographical So- 
ciety of Philadelphia, 1S97-1900; Fellow of 
Royal Geographical Society, 1904-1902. of 
London; Corresponding Member of Geo- 
graphical and Anthropological Society, 
Stockholm; Honorary Vice President In- 
ternational Geographical Congress, Berlin, 



1S99; Secretary of American Alpine Club, 
1904; writer of "Report on Peary Auxili- 
ary Expedition," 1S94, and papers be- 
fore Geographical Congresses. Residence, 
2013 Walnut St.; office, S06 Land Title 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUBB, John AVilson: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Army; pri- 
vate, Sergeant and First Sergeant Com- ' 
pany E, First Battalion, Twelfth Infan- " 
try, Sept. 13, 1S61, to April 24, 1866; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 
Twelfth Infantry, Feb. 5, 1866; trans- 
ferred to Thirtieth Infantry Sept, 21, 1S66; 
transferred to Fourth Infantry March 23, 
1S69; Captain March 16, 1S79; Major April 
26, 1S98; Lieutenant Colonel, Twelfth In- 
fantry, Oct. 20, 1S99; Colonel Twenty- 
fourth Infantry July 1, 1901; transferred 
to Twelfth Infantry Aug. 12, 1901. Ad- 
dress, Manila, P. I. 



BICH, Lemon: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private 12Sth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 5, 1862; mustered out May 
19, 1S63; private 195th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry July 16, 1S64; Regimental Quarter- 
master Sergeant July 24, 1S64; mustered 
out Nov. 4, 1S64; First Lieutenant 213th 

4 
Pennsylvania Infantry March 8, 1S65; re- 
signed and honorably discharged May 26, 
1S65; elected Oct. 20, 1892. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUCHANAN, Alexander Simms: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal ' 
Legion; private Third United States Re- 
serve Corps May 27, 1861; mustered out 
Aug. 19, 1861; Second Lieutenant Tenth 
Missouri Infantry April 21, 1S62; First 
Lieutenant Jan. 2, 1863; resigned and 
honorably discharged Dec. 28, 1863; elect- 
ed Nov. 12, 1890. Address, 3 Decatur St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUCHANAN. James Isaac: 

President of the Pittsburg Trust Co., 
born in Hamilton, Ontario; his father 
was President of the Executive Council 
and a prominent Canadian Government 
official; he was educated at the Gait 
County Grammar School (Dr. Gassie's), 
and afterward entered a wholesale dry 
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in 1870 he visited Africa. In January, 
1S77, he started as junior clerk in the 
Oil City Trust Company; then became 
the private secretary and business man- 
ager to the late Capt. J. J. Vander- 
grift until the latter's death. Mr. Bu- 
chanan was made one of the trustees of 
the Vandergrift estate; became Vice 
President of the Pittsburg Trust Com- 

! pany, and succeeded C. B. Mevay as 
President; he is also prominently identi- 

i tied with many other business interests 

I of the "Smoky City," and is President of 

1 the Rates and Railroad Company, besides 
being a prominent Mason, and an elder in 

jthe East Liberty Presbyterian Church; 
is now Chairman of the Pittsburg Or- 
chestra Committee of the Art Society and 

! President of Academy of Science and 
Art. Address, 6108 Walnut St., Pitts- 

Iburg, Pa. 

BUCHANAN, J. M.: 

President of First National Bank of 
iBeaver, Pa. Address, Beaver, Pa. 

BUCHANAN. James T.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg March 4, 
,1S46; educated in the public schools of 
Chambersburg, Pa.; in 1862 he enlisted in 
the 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, a nine 
jmonths' regiment, and in 1S63 re-enlisted 
in the Twenty-first Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Cavalry, serving until discharged in 
1x65; he returned to Pittsburg, and in 
January, 1867, was appointed clerk in 
the office of the Second Auditor of the 
rTreasury Department, Washington City; 
he then commenced the study of law, and 
was graduated from the Columbian Col- 
lege in June, 1871, and on June 12, 1S71, 
jwas admitted to practice in the Supreme 
Court of the District of Columbia. Re- 
turning to Pittsburg he was admitted 
!jto the Allegheny County bar in Septem- 
ber. 1876; he soon became associated with 
it the Montooth brothers, and upon the 
Jleath of C. C. Montooth Mr. Buchanan 
lecame a partner with Major E. A. Mon- 
| :ooth, attending to the civil business. Ad- 
iress, 400 Grant St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BUCHANAN, Robert George: 

Paper merchant; born on May 5, 1872, 
n Philadelphia, Pa., being the son of 
Clara Eliott Buchanan and Alexander 
3imms Buchanan, the well-known whole- 
sale dealer in paper. Young Buchanan 
was educated in the public schools of 
Philadelphia, and entered the employ of 
lis father's firm, Garrett & Buchanan, in 
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1889; in December, 1S95, Mr. Buchanan 
started in business for himself, associating 
with him in his enterprise C. W. Collins, 
under the firm name of Buchanan & Col- 
lins, in the same line as his father. 
They were successful from the start, and 
rapidly built up a large business. In 
January, 1896, the two firms — Garrett & 
Buchanan and Buchanan & Collins — de- 
cided to consolidate, the proposition com- 
ing from the older firm. This was done, 
and the firm incorporated under the firm 
name of Garrett-Buchanan Co., with the 
subject of this sketch as Vice President 
and Secretary. Mr. Buchanan is also a 
member of the Board of Directors of sev- 
eral manufacturing concerns, and is a 
member of the Undine Barge Club, Manu- 
facturers' Club, and the prominent gun 
and Athletic clubs of Philadelphia. Mr. 
Buchanan is a single man and popular in 
social life. He has also traveled much 
and is an enthusiastic gentleman sports- 
man. Address, 933 South Bonsall St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BVCHER, Joseph C.I 

Jurist; born at Middletown, Md., July 
28, 1836, his father being minister of the 
Reformed Church at that place. He was 
educated at Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege, Lancaster, Pa., graduating in 1855; 
taught for one year in a Maryland 
academy, and then studied law at New 
Berlin, Pa., being admitted to the bar in 
1858. He entered into partnership with 
his preceptor, Hon. Isaac Slinker, the 
firm being dissolved in 1862, when Mr. 
Slinker was elected Auditor General of 
Pennsylvania; meanwhile Mr. Bucher had 
served a term as District Attorney. 
After the dissolution of the firm he re- 
moved to Lewisburg, Pa., where he en- 
joyed a varied and extensive practice, 
principally in Union and Snyder Counties; 
in 1871 he was elected by his party, the 
Democratic, Judge of the Twentieth Ju- 
dicial District, and served with such abil- 
ity that he was re-elected in 1881; in 1891 
he was again the nominee of his party, 
but was defeated, and returned to private 
practice, opening an office at Sunbury, 
while retaining his office at Lewisburg; 
in 1892 he succeeded Hon John B. Packer 
as Solicitor for the Pennsylvania, North- 
ern Central, Philadelphia & Erie, and 
other railroad companies, and in 1894 was 
nominated by his party for Congressman- 
at-Large, but declined on the plea of 
professional engagements. He is a Di- 
rector of the Lewisburg Railroad & 



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Bridge Company, and the Lewisburg Na- 
tional Bank. Address, Lewisburg, Pa. 

Bl'CHER, William H.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
France, appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Assistant Surgeon, April 5, 1898; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon, April 5, 1901; Naval 
Hospital, Norfolk, Dec. 12, 1902; Surgeon, 
March 3, 1903; Asiatic Station, since Aug. 
8, 1903. Address, Cavite, P. I. 

BUCK, \ ni. -.-(■■ s \\ ill in m : 

Banker; born at the family homestead 
in Carroll Township, Cambria County, 
Pa., March 15, 1858; while he was quite 
young his father was elected Sheriff of 
the county and removed with his family 
to Ebensburg, the county seat, and later, 
after the expiration of his term, the 
household was established in Carrolltown, 
where ex-Sheriff Buck entered mercan- 
tile business. The son received a sub- 
stantial education in the common schools, 
and at the age of seventeen years sought 
and found employment as a clerk in the 
banking house of Collins, Johnston & Co., 
of Edensburg; his apprenticeship was of 
brief duration, for at the end of three 
years his aptitude for the business led 
to his promotion to the post of Cashier. 
In 1871 Mr. Buck probably enjoyed the 
distinction of being the youngest cashiei 
in the United States; two years later he 
was taken into the lr mas partner, and 
the name wa schanged to Johnston, Buck 
& Co. With leading citizens Mr. Buck 
established the First National Bank of 
Edensburg, Pa., taking the post of Cash- 
ier; is also President of the First Na- 
tional Bank of Carrolltown, Pa. Ad- 

BFCKLAND, E, H., M, 1J, D. D. S.: 

Born and educated in Springfield, 
Mass.; graduated as dental surgeon at 
the Philadelphia Dental College Feb. 28, 
1885, and in medicine at the Medico- 
Chirurgical College of Philadelphia April 
11, 1891. Married Florence P. Byers. 
daughter of Colonel Charles P. Byers of 
Springfield, Mass.; Republican. Address, 
1524 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Bl'CKLEY, Edward S.: 

Iron master (retired); born Dec. 30, 
1827; descendant of the fifth generation 
from John Buckley of "Wiltshire, Eng- 
land, who, in 1681, bought of William 
Penn in London a tract of land in Penn- 
sylvania: educated school at Westchest- 
er and University of Pennsylvania; was 



engaged in mining and smelting and 
manufacture of iron ore. Married, 1848, 
Harriet I. Smith; 1856, Katharine Water- 
borough; 1871, Mary W. W. Van Vaux 
daughter of Hon. Richard Van Vaux. Of- 
fice, 505 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUCKLEY, B. Nelson: 

Railway official; born in Philadelphia, 
Jan. 19, 1870; Director of a number of 
street railway companies in Pennsyl- 
vania, New Jersey and Delaware; mem- 
ber of Hunt and Polo Clubs, and of Co- 
lonial Society of Pennsylvania; Republi- 
can. Address, Erdenheim, Chestnut Hill, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUCKLEY, Richard Vaux: 

Lawyer; member of the Philadelphia 
bar; born in Philadelphia in 1872; an- 
cestors prominent in public and social 
life in Philadelphia for two hundred 
years; educated at St. Paul's School, Con- 
cord, N. H, and at Princeton University, 
from which he graduated in 1893 with the 
B. A. degree; read law with George 
Tucker Bispham; admitted to the bar in 
1S97, with the degree of LL. B. from 
the University of Pennsylvania Law 
School; has since actively practiced in 
Philadelphia; member of the law firm of 
Hancock, Lewis & Buckley; member of 
the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake 
& Delaware Canal Company, and of vari- 
ous organizations and clubs in Philadel- 
phia and New York. Address, 71S Real 
Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUCKLEY, Seth: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in England, April 16, 1862; located in 
Philadelphia in 1864, where he has since 
resided; was educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia; has always taken 
an active interest in politics, and is serv- 
ing his third successive term as Constable 
of the Thirty-first ward; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address. 202S Dreer St.; office, 1319 
Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUCKLYN, John Knight: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Quartermaster Sergeant Battery 
E Twenty-first Rhode Island Light Ar- 
tillery. Sept. 30, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion March 1. 1862; Second Lieutenant 
First Rhode Island Light Artillery March 
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Captain (a. w. m.) Jan. 11, 1865; honor- 
ably mustered out Feb. 2, 1S65; brevetted 
Captain United States Volunteers Oct. 
19, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious 
and oftentimes distinguished services 
throughout the campaign before Rich- 
mond and in the Valley of the Shenan- 
doah." Awarded the "Medal of Honor" 
under resolution of Congress, "for most 
distinguished gallantry in action at Chan- 
cellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863. On this 
occasion Lieut. Bucklyn, though himself 
("wounded, gallantly fought the section of 
' the Battery under his command, under a 
fierce fire from the enemy until his am- 
| munition was all expended, many of the 
! cannoneers and most of the horses of the 
section were killed or wounded, and the 
(enemy was within twenty-five yards of 
the guns, when, disabling one piece, he 
brought off the other in safety." Post 
Commander, Department of Connecticut, 
Grand Army of the Republic. Elected 
Oct. 21, 1885. Address, Mystic, Conn. 
HI'CK WALTER, J. A.: 

President of Royersford Trust Com- 
pany and Industrial Savings Bank. Ad- 
dress, Royersford, Montgomery County, 
jPa. 
jltUDD, Henry: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 
[112, 1849; son of Henry and Martha (Berg) 
IjBudd; educated at Episcopal Academy 
and University of Pennsylvania, B. A. 
is6S; M. A. 1871; read law with Hon. 
|Peter McCall; admitted to bar, 1871. Au- 
thor: "Leading Cases in American Law 
}f Real Property," "Index Digest of 

1 Weekly Notes of Cases with George H. 
Smith; notes to volume 1 of American 
ind English Decisions in Equity. Mem- 
ber Phi Beta Kappa, University Club of 
Philadelphia, Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania. Married Judith J., daughter of 
Ipillie Dallett. Address, 727 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

jfltUDD, Otlio Williams: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Maryland. 
5econd Lieutenant Fourth Cavarly Dec. 8, 
868; First Lieutenant Jan. 5, 1874; Cap- 
lain Dec. 28, 1882; retired April 22. 1891. 
uldress, The Argyle, San Antonio, Texas. 

ilEHLER, William Georg-e: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
n Philadelphia, Pa., March 25, 1837; son 
f William Olds and Henrietta Ruhamah 
Juehler. Educated in the private schools 
f Harrisburg, Pa., 1844; entered the 



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United States Navy as a Third Assistant 
Engineer, Nov. 21, 1857; promoted to 
Second Assistant Engineer, Oct. 8, 1861; 
First Assistant Engineer Oct. 6, 1S62; 
Chief Engineer, United States Navy, Nov. 
10, 1863. Was an officer of the United 
States steam frigate Niagara at the laying 
of Atlantic Telegraph Cable; received a 
gold medal from the Chamber of Com- 
merce of the City of New York. Served 
during the entire Civil War, first as Chief 
Engineer of the United States steamer 
Aroostook, and participated in the en- 
gagements on the James river, destroying 
the Rebel batteries, and the attack on 
Fort Darling under Capt. Rogers, in 
1862; was Chief Engineer of the United 
States steamer Galena from 1863 to 1865. 
He served on the Michigan, Narragansett, 
Suwannee, Chattanooga, Nampanoag, 
Pushmatahah, Neshaminy, Miantonomah, 
Terror, Minnesota, Franklin, Ticonderoga, 
Brooklyn, Plymouth, Kearsarge, Powhat- 
tan, and Pensacola; as Engineer of the 
fleet on the South Atlantic Station in 
1S75, on the flagship Brooklyn, and on the 
European station on the flagship Pensa- 
cola, 18S5 to 1888. Member of United 
States Naval Board of Inspection for four 
years. Was twice a member of the Ex- 
amining Board of Naval Engineers, the 
last time for over fifteen months with 
the relative rank of Commander and 
Captain, his promotion to the latter grade 
taking date June 4, 1894. On Dec. 20, 
1894, he was detached from duty as a 
j member of the Examining Board of Naval 
| Engineers and ordered to the Navy Yard, 
i Portsmouth, N. H., in charge of the 
Department of Steam Engineering, where 
he remained until his retirement as 
a Rear Admiral in March 25, 1899, 
having attained the age of sixty- two 
years. Is a member of the Military Order 
of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 
the Society of the Colonial Wars, the So- 
ciety of the Sons of the Revolution, and 
The Military Order of Foreign Wars. Ad- 
dress, 124 South 17th St., Philadelphia. 

BUEHRLE, Robert Koch: 

Educator; born at Ueberlingen, Grand 
Duchy of Baden, Germany, Sept. 24, 1840; 
came to America in 1846, and settled in 
Bucks County, Pa., in 1848; first City 
Superintendent of Allentown, Pa., in 1868 
to 187S; of Reading, Pa., from 1878 to 1880, 
and of Lancaster, Pa., where he is still 
in office. Honorary degree of A. M. in 
1878 and Ph. D. in 1886, conferred upon 
him by Franklin and Marshall College. 



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Member of Pennsylvania and National 
Educational Associations, and Lancaster 
County Historical Society. Address, Lan- 
caster, Pa. 

BULL, Henry Tilgnani: 

Lieutenant United States Army; son of 
Com'd'r James H. Bull, United States 
Navy; born at West Chester, Pa., May 
28, 1880; was graduated as Civil Engineer 
at University of the South, in 1900; was 
Civil Engineer with Lackawanna Steel 
Company in 1901. Enlisted as first class 
private in First United States Volun- 
teer Engineers in 1S98, serving in Porto 
Rico; was made Second Lieutenant of 
Cavalry dating from Feb. 2, 1901, and 
was assigned to Thirteenth Cavalry, now 
stationed at Angeles, Luzon, Philippine 
Islands. 

BULL, James Armltage: 

Assistant Paymaster United States 
Navy; son of Com'd'r James H. Bull, 
United States Navy; born on Nov. 19, 
1878, at Santa Barbara, Cal.; was gradu- 
ated at University of the South as B. A. 
in 1900; Inspector at Pan-American Ex- 
position, Buffalo, N. Y., 1901; clerk to 
Quartermaster United States Marine 
Corps in Philippines in 1901 to 1902. Su- 
pervisor of San Fernando Province, Lu- 
zon, Philippines, 1902 to 1903. Appointed 
Assistant Paymaster, United States Navy, 
May 28, 1903. Now on duty on United 
States steamship Frolic, Cavite, P. I. 

BULL, James Henry: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
June 13, 1852 in West Chester, Pa.; son 
of James Hunter Bull, of West Chester; 
entered the United States Naval Acade- 
my on July 26, 1866; was graduated 
June 6. 1870. Served from 1870 to 1871 
fishing banks and Darien Canal Expedi- 
tion; 1871 to 1872 North Atlantic Squad- 
ron flagship; 1873 Nicaragua Surveying 
Expedition; 1873 to 1876 Asiatic Squadron; 
1876 to 1879 United States Coast Survey 
on California Coast; 1879 Newport Tor- 
pedo School and cruising; 1880 receiving 
ship at Norfolk; from 1880 to 1883 United 
States steamship Powhattan, special cruis- 
ing duty; 1882 to 1885 Instructor in Gun- 
nery at the Naval Academy; 1885 to 1886 
Pacific Squadron; 1887 to 1890 Asiatic 
Squadron; 1890 to 1893 executive officer 
New London Naval Station; 1893 to 1895 
cruising in Pacific and Atlantic Squad- 
rons; 1895 to 1897 executive officer and 
commanding Naval Station at Pensacola, 



Fla. ; 1S97 to 189S executive officer New- 
port' on Isthmus Canal Surveying Expedi- 
tion and during Spanish War on blockade 
of Havana; 189S to 1900 executive officer 
of the Petrel and Monterey in Philippine 
Island insurrection; 1900 to 1902 in charge 
of Branch Hydrographic Office, Buffalo, 
N. Y.; 1902 to 1904 Lighthouse Inspector, 
Seventh District, headquarters Key West, 
Fla.; 1904 Aid to Commandant, Navy 
Yard, Mare Island, Cal., awaiting arrival 
of the Solace to command same. Married 
in Santa Barbara, Cal., on March 5, 1878, ( 
to Katherine Whittelsey Tillman, of De- 
troit, Mich. Address, Navy Yard, Mare ' 

Island, Cal. 

I 

BULL, James Hnnter: 

Lawyer; oldest living member of the 
bar of Chester County; was born in 
Chester County on March 17, 1817; son of 
Rev. Levi Bull, D. D., and grandson of 
Lieut. Col. Thomas Bull, of Sixth Penn- 
sylvania Regiment, War of the Revolu- 
tion, and captured at Fort Washington^ 
New York. Was graduated at Gambier 
College, Ohio; studied law at West Ches- 
ter and admitted to bar in 1849. Married 
Mary A. Sheaff, of Churchtown, Lancas- 
ter County. Was Chief Burgess of West 
Chester, District Attorney, and during 
Civil War United States Marshal. Ad- 
dress, West Chester, Pa. 

BULLABD, William H. G.: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na-, 
val Cadet, Sept. 28, 1882; Ensign, July J 
1, 1888; Lieutenant (junior grade). Sept. 
5, 1896; Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Mc- 
Arthur, 1SSS-1891; Bureau of Equipment,, 
1S92-1S93; Maval Academy, 1S93-1896; New- 
ark, 189o-1896; Lancaster, 1896-1897; Co- 
lumbia, 1897-1898; Monongahela. 1899; Na- 
val Academy, 1899-1900; Princeton, 1901- 

1902; Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.. 

since Jan. 6, 1903 Address, Annapolis, 

Md. 

BUNN, William M.J 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia; was, 
the seventh of eleven sons; educated in 
the public schools and Episcopal Acad- 
emy in Havana, N. Y. At the age of 
sixteen his father secured him a place 
with John Frost, a wood engraver; at the 
end of a year he left to join an oldei 
brother as a wood carver. When wai 
broke out he joined Baxter's Philadelphir 
Fire Zouaves, or the Seventy-second Regi 
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severely wounded at Savage Station, Vir- 
ginia, June 2a, 1S62, and was subsequent- 
ly taken prisoner and carried to Rich- 
mond, where he was confined several 
months. Republican. In 1867 he re- 
ceived the nomination for Representative 
in the State legislature; the following 
year he was re-elected, after which he 
was elected to the office of Register of 
Wills. In 1875 he was elected Uuardian 
of the Poor, and re-elected in 1S78. He 
purchased a controlling interes't in the 
Sunday Transcript in 1878, and became 
the editor. He was appointed Governor 
of Idaho by President Arthur in 18S4. 
Upon his confirmation by the United 
States Senate, he leased his paper to 
Thomas M. Jackson, for a periou of two 
years. He urged, passed and signed the 
anti-Mormon bill, which disfranchised all 
polygamists and made the State Repub- 
lican. He parted with the Transcript in 
the early 90's. He is a member of the 
Cjover and Lawyers' Clubs in Philadelphia, 
and of the Lotus Club of New York. Ad- 
dress, Philadelphia, Pa. 

I Bl'RBANK, Jacob Edward: 

Major United States Army; born in 

, Pennsylvania; appointed from Indiana; 

i Additional Paymaster Volunteers Feb. 19, 

1 1863, to April 10, 1867; Major Paymaster 

United States Army Jan. 17. 1867; retired 

March 3, 1875. Address, 4 Parker St., 

Maiden, Mass. 

' HIRCHFIELD, A. P.: 

Member of the firm of Jos. Home & 
' Co.; a Vice President of the Western 
Pennsylvania Exposition Society; a di- 
j rector of the Pittsburg Chamber of Com- 
merce, and a prominent member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic; born in 
Allegheny and educated in the public 
schools of that city; entered the dry goods 
house of William Semple at the age of 
twelve; remained there \intil 185S, when 
he entered the employ of Joseph Home 
<fc Coi; by earnest application to busi- 
ness he attracted the firm's notice, and in 
1866 became a partner. Since then his 
interest has never waned and he has 
served faithfully his business interests. 
In the administration of the affairs of 
many of the city's leading commercial 
and financial institutions he has figured 
prominently, and was Senior Vice De- 
partment Commander of the Grand Army 
of the Republic until 1895, when he was 
promoted to Senior Vice, Commander in 
Chief of the National Grand Army of the 



Republic. Address, 401 South Negley 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

BIRGAN. R. P.: 

President of Carnegie National Bank. 
Address, Carnegie, Pa. 

BI RGWIN. George C.J 

Lawyer; born Aug. 17, 1851, at Pitts- 
burg, Pa.; son of Hill and Mary (Rhipps) 
Burgwin; was graduated from Trinity 
College, Hartford, with the class of 1872, 
and from the Law Department of Co- 
lumbia College, N. Y., in 1875; was ad- 
mitted to the Allegheny County bar Sept. 
18, 1875; is prominent in the Episcopal 
Church. Is a Republican; member of the 
Union Club and the Church Club of 
Pittsburg. Address, 424 Fourth Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

BURK, Benry: 

Congressman. (Republican), of Philadel- 
phia; was born at Wurttemberg, Ger- 
many, Sept. 26, 1S50; attended public 
schools about three years; is engaged in 
the manufacturing business; married El- 
len Carney Aug. 18, 1873; was elected to 
the Fifty-seventh Congress and re-elected 
to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, 
2301 North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BURK, Jesse Y.: 

Clergyman; born in Philadelphia, Sept, 
15, 1840; educated at Prot. Epis. Acad- 
emy, University of Pennsylvania and 
Philadelphia Divinity School; rectorships, 
St. James, Downington, Pa.; Trinity, 
Philadelphia; Secretary University of 
Philadelphia; St. Peter's Clarksboro, N. J.; 
Secretary University of Pennsylvania. 
Married Gertrude Hel§ June 19, 1866. Ad- 
dress, Clarksboro, N. J. 

BIRKE, Edward J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Luzerne County; 
was born in Ireland, Nov. 11, 1853; was 
educated in the common schools of his 
native country; served as Burgess of 
Pittston in 1891-1892, and as a member 
of Council from 1885 until his election as 
member of the House of Representatives 
in November, 1900; re-elected in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Pittston, Pa. 

BURKE, Thos. N.: 

Attorney at law; born in Mt. Carmel, 
June 7, 1872; educated at Mt. Carmel 
public schools; entered on journalistic 
work in 1889; published Mt. Carmel Amer- 



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ican; city editor of the Mt. Carmel Daily 
News, Evening Star and Shamokin Daily 
News; read law with Judge Voris Auten; 
admitted to the bar in 1899. Democrat. 
A present member of the Democratic Ex- 
ecutive Committee and Chairman of the 
Mt. Carmel Democratic Borough Com- 
mittee. Address, Mount Carmel, Pa. 

BURLEIGH, Clarence: 

Lawyer; native of Boston, Mass.; when 
a boy moved to Pittsburg, where he began 
life as a pattern maker; he was naturally 
a student and at odd moments managed 
to pick up much valuable information; 
began the study of law in 1S75, and two 
years later was admitted to the bar; when 
the new charter went into effect he was 
appointed an Assistant City Solicitor; was 
assigned to the Department of Public 
Safety; on the death of District Attorney 
R. H. Johnson in June, 1S91, Mr. Bur- 
leigh was appointed to succeeu him; at 
the expiration of the term to which he 
was appointed elected to a full term. In 
1S95 he was ejected City Solicitor. Ad- 
dress, Forbes Ave. and McKee Place, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

BIRNAP, George Jaeou: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer United 
States Navy May 13, 1861; Second Assis- 
tant Engineer (Ensign) Jan. 16, 1863; 
First Assistant Engineer (Lieutenant* 
Jan. 1, 1S65; Passed Assistant Engineer 
(Lieutenant) Feb. 24, 1874; Chief Engineer 
(Lieutenant Commander) Nov. 1, 1879; 
Chief Engineer (Commander); Chief En- 
gineer (Captain) ; retired (Captain) FeD. 
10, 1899. Elected Dec. 13, 1S90. Trans- 
ferred from Commandery of California 
Jan. 1, 1898. Address, 6218 Morton St., 
Germantown, Pa. 

BURNHAM, David Roe: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; 
First Lieutenant Sixty-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Aug. 28, 1861; Captain 
Nov. 9, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Sept. 15, 1864; Second Lieutenant Thirty- 
fifth Infantry June 18, 1867; transferred 
to Fifteenth Infantry Aug. 12, 1869; First 
Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1875; Captain Oct. 31, 
1884; retired June 15. 1891. Address, Pas- 
adena, Cal. 



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BURNHAM, George, Jr.: 

Locomotive manufacturer; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Nov. 30, 1849; son of George 
Burnham, one of the firm of proprietors 
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works who 
succeeded the originator of the works, 
Matthias W. Baldwin, and his partner 
and successor, John Baird. He was edu- 
cated in the Rensselaer Polytechnic In- 
stitute, Troy, N. Y., graduating as a civil 
engineer in 1872. Entering the Baldwin 
works, in which his father had become 
senior partner, he succeeded him in the 
firm, which adopted the title of Burn- 
ham, Williams & Co. The Baldwin works 
have of recent years enormously devel- 
oped in capacity and are decisively the 
foremost locomotive manufactory in the 
world. In political life he became prom- 
nent as an active reformer in municipal 
affairs, and as President of the Municipal 
League of Philadelphia worked earnestly 
for the overthrow of the political "ma- 
chine" in that city; he resigned the Pres- 
idency of this association a few years 
ago, but is still on its list of members, 
and is the Treasurer and a member of 
the Executive Committee of the National 
Municipal League, an outgrowth of the 
Philadelphia association; he is an asso- 
ciate member of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers and a member of the 
University and Art Clubs of Philadel- 
phia, and the City Club of New York. 
He married Anna G. Lewis. April 14, 
18S1. Address, 214 North Thirty-fourth 
St.; office, 500 North Broad St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 



BURNHAM, William Power: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 10, 1860; son of Major 
D. R. Burnham, United States Army, re- 
tired; educated in public schools, Kansas , 
State Agricultural College. United States s 
Military Academy. Captain. Twentieth 
Infantry; served during the war with 
Spain as Lieutenant Colonel in Cuba and 
Philippines. Married Grace F. Meacham 
1890, daughter of late Major F. Meacham, 
Surgeon United States Army. Author: 
"Three Roads to a Commission, United 
States Army," 1893; "Duties of Outposts, , 
Advance and Rear Guards," 1893; "Mili- ( 
tary Training of the Regular Army"; 
"Regulations St. John's Military School." 
1894; "Historical Sketch, Twentieth Unit- 
ed States Infantry." 1902. Member of the l ! 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, For- 
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I dress, "War Department, Washington, D. 
i.C; present address, Rialto Building, San 
Francisco, Cal. 

i BURNS, Charles Marquedent, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
1 dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
I Legion; Captain's Clerk, United States 
I Navy, Jan. 1, 1862; resigned April 14, 
1863; Acting Assistant Paymaster (Mas- 
i ter) April 11, 1S63; resigned and honorably 
I discharged April 17, 1865. Elected Oct. 4, 
1S65; Council of the Commandery May 6, 
1891-1893. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BURNS, Frank Lorenzo: 

Contractor; born Jan. 18, 1869, in Ches- 
!> ter County, Pa.; descended from a Quaker 
family; educated at public schools; be- 
I came identified with the Wilson Ornitho- 
logical Club, upon its inception in 1888; 
J in 1901, was one of five ornithologists of 
J Pennsylvania elected to the new class of 
J members created by the American Orni- 
1 thologists' Union. Author: "The Araer- 
r ican Crow"; "A Monograph of the Flick- 
Jer"; "A Bird Census." Address. Berwyn, 
Pa. 

J BURNS, Ira H.: 

Lawyer; born in Clifford. Pa., of Scotch- 
Irish ancestry, July 9, 1S42; educated at 
the Academy at Great Bend; studied law 
in the office of Bentley & Pitch, Montrose, 
Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Sus- 
quehanna County in 1864. He opened an 
1 office in Scranton, Pa., in 1866; was ad- 
I mitted to practice in the Mayor's Court, 
i and in 1868 at the bar of Luzerne County. 
1 Mr. Burns ranks high as a lawyer, and 
ij has been concerned in numerous impor- 
tant cases before County Courts and the 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was 
one of the counsel for the private coal 
j operators before the celebrated Anthra- 
cite Commission, his final plea being re- 
garded as one of the ablest presented. 
' For over twelve years he filled the posi- 
tion of City Solicitor for Scranton. A 
Democrat in politics, he in his earlier 
years was active in writing editorial arti- 
cles, his caustic style attracting much 
attention. He was the Democratic candi- 
date for the Legislature in 1876. Address, 
I Scranton, Pa. 

(BURNETT, E. A.: 

President of Second National Bank of 
] Mechanicsburg. Address. Mechanicsburg, 
j Cumberland County, Pa. 



BURNETT, George Ritter: 

First Lieutenant United States Army, 
retired; born in Montgomery County, Pa., 
April 21, 1858; educated in the public 
schools, High School, Norristown, Pa.; 
Pennsylvania State Normal School, Mill- 
ersville, Pa.; graduate of Pierce's College 
of Business, Philadelphia, Pa., 1874, and 
of the United States Military Academy, 
1880. Graduate of the United States 
School of Application for Infantry and 
Cavalry, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1885; 
served in the Apache campaigns of 1880 
and 18S1 in New Mexico and Arizona, 
and received Congressional medal of honor 
for distinguished gallantry at Cuchillo 
Negra, N. M., 1881; LL. B., University 
of Iowa, 1904. At present detailed as Pro- 
fessor of Military Science and Tactics by 
the War Department at the State Uni- 
versity of Iowa; appointed Colonel by the 
Governor of Iowa, 1902. Republican. Ad- 
dress, Iowa City, Iowa. 

BURR, Charles W., M. D.: 

Born Nov. 16, 1861, in Philadelphia; edu- 
cated at the Episcopal Academy; re- 
ceived the degree of B. S. from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1883 and M. D. 
from the same institution in 1886; elected 
Neurologist to the Philadelphia Hospital 
in 1896; one time President of the Phila- 
delphia Neurological Society and of the 
Pathological Society of Philadelphia; Pro- 
fessor of Mental Diseases in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania since 1901; he 
has written a great deal on medical sub- 
jects, especially on neurology. Address, 
1327 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BURTON, George: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Lieut. Col. George W. Burton; elected 
May 4, 1892; First Class in Succession 
Dec. 26, 1898. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

BUTLER, J. Edgar: 

Lawyer; born 1S87, in Chester County, 
Pa.; graduate of Haverford College, and 
of Law School of University of Pennsyl- 
vania; member of the Philadelphia bar; 
Republican. Address, 1420 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BUTLER, John Gazzam: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 



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Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1S59; 
Second Lieutenant Fourth Artillery June 
11, 1863; transferred to Ordnance Jan. 29, 
1864; First Lieutenant March 7, 1867; Cap- 
tain June 23, 1874; Major Sept. 15, 1890; 
Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 2, 1901; Colonel 
Aug. 16, 1903; Brigadier General, retired, 
1904; brevetted First Lieutenant Sept. 20, 
1863, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vice in the battle of Chickamauga, Ga. 
Address, Watertown Arsenal, Mass. 

BITLER, John Morris: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Sergeant One Hundred and 
First Ohio Infantry July 22, 1862; dis- 
charged for promotion Feb. 5, 1863; First 
Lieutenant One Hundred and First Ohio 
Infantry Feb. 5, 1S63; resigned and hon- 
orably discharged for disability Jan. 27, 
1864; elected Feb. 2, 1887. Address, 
Ogontz, Pa. 

BITLER, Smetlley D,: 

Captain United States Marine Corps; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
entered Marine Corps April 8, 1899; Ma- 
rine Barracks, League Island, Pa., April 
6, 1901, to 1902; special duty North At- 
lantic Fleet Nov. 7, 1903, to 1904 Lancas- 
ter, 1904. Address, Navy Yard, League 
Island, Pa. 

BUTLER, Thomas S.: 

Congressman (Republican) of Westches- 
ter; was born in Uwchland, Chester 
County, Pa., Nov. 4, 1S55; received a 
common school and academic education; 
is an attorney at law; was elected to 
the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty- 
seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, West 
Chester, Pa. 

BITLER. "William: 

Jurist; born in West Chester, Pa., Sept. 
5, 1862; the son of William Butler, Sr., a 
prominent attorney and Judge, who 
served for eighteen years on the bench of 
the Common Pleas Court and twenty-two 
years on that of the United States District 
Court. Mr. Butler was graduated at 
Swarthmore College in 18S3; studied law 
in the office of his cousin, Hon. Thomas 
Butler, of West Chester, and was admit- 
ted to the bar in 1887. After ten years 
of practice, he was appointed in August, 
1897, to fill the vacancy caused by the 
death of Judge Waddell, and in November 



was elected to the bench of the Common 
Pleas Court for the full term of ten years. 
Address, West Chester, Pa. 

Bl'TTERWORTH, James: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, 
Sept. 4, 1840; educated at the public 
schools; graduated from Central High 
School, Philadelphia, in 1S57; entered busi- 
ness with his father in 1S60, and became a 
partner in 1866; in 1S99, upon the busi- 
ness being incorporated under the title 
of H. W. Butterworth & Sons Co., w T as 
made President, and continues to occupy 
the position. Representative of the State 
of Pennsylvania in Pennsylvania Muse- 
um and School of Industrial Art. Ad- 
dress, 1432 Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

BYROADE, George Lawrence: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; private, Corporal and Sergeant, 
Battery F, First Artillery Jan. 23, 1894, to 
April 26, 1897; Second Lieutenant Third 
Infantry April 13, 1897; First Lieutenant 
March 2, 1899; transferred to First In- 
fantry May 20, 1899; retired with rank of 
Captain Nov. 11, 1901. Address, State 
College, Lexington, Ky. 

BYERS, Nelson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant One Hundred 
and Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry 
Sept. 16, 1862; Captain Nov. 29, 1863; hon- 
orably mustered out June 6, 1865; elected 
Feb. 5, 1S96. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

BYRNES, Timothy Ananstine: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order ot the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventeenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 18, 1861; honorably dis- 
charged Aug. 2, 1861; Captain Thirteenth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry Oct. 11, 1S62; Major 
Dec. 1, 1864; honorably mustered out July 
14, 1S65; elected Feb. 10. 1897. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CADWALADER, Charles E.: 

Physician, soldier, philanthropist; born 
in Philadelphia Nov. 5. 1839; son of the 
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tified with the principal public interests 
and movements throughout the history 
of Pennsylvania; like his progenitors he 
has been one of its most public spirited 
citizens. He is a graduate of the De- 
partments of Arts and Medicine of the 
University of Pennsylvania, and has had 
a very active part in the promotion of its 
interests and in the elevation of the 
standard of medical education, taking a 
principal part in the procurement of the 
State Board of Medical Examiners and 
Licensers. The Civil War breaking out 
at the time of his graduation interrupted 
the practice of his profession for a num- 
ber of years. Enlisting in 1S61, in the 
First City Troop, whose services had been 
accepted by the United States Govern- 
ment, he remained in that branch of the 
service by accepting a commission in Col. 
Rush's Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry Regi- 
ment, until transferred by General Hook- 
er as one of his aides on the latter's as- 
signment to the Command of the Army 
of the Potomac. He continued thereafter 
to serve with the General Start of the 
Army, General Meade having also ap- 
pointed him one of his Aides on succeed- 
ing General Hooker in the command. 
These officers entertained a high opinion 
of Colonel Cadwalader's services, Col- 
onel Rush promoting him six files 
to a Captaincy during the Penin- 
sular Campaign. He about the 
same time received an appointment as 
Major in the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
which he declined, not wishing to leave 
his regiment. General Hooker in his 
recommendation for his brevet as Major 
mentions him as "especially distinguished 
for his gallantry and meritorious ser- 
vices in the battle of Chancellorsville, 
May 3, 1863, and the cavalry fight at 
Brandy Station, June 9, 1S63," adding 
that "he served with marked zeal and 
devotion." Gen. Meade in his recommen- 
dation for his brevet as Lieutenant Col- 
onel said. "I cannot speak too strongly 
of the activity, zeal and energy displayed 
by Captain Cadwalader during his ser- 
vices under me," and recommended that 
he be brevetted Lieutenant Colonel "for 
distinguished gallantry and good conduct 
at the battle of Gettysburg and in subse- 
quent operations, including the campaign 
from the Rapidan to the James in 1864 
and the siege of Petersburg." After the 
war he resumed the practice of medicine 
and is widely known for his philanthropic 
activities therewith, and in various public 
and political connections. Member of the 



Pennsylvania Commandery of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legion, Society 
of Colonial Wars, Society of the Cincin- 
nati, College of Physicians and various 
clubs. Address, 1519 Locust St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

CADWALADER, John: 

Lawyer; son of Judge John Cadwalader; 
born June 27, 1843, at Philadelphia; was 
graduated from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1862, where he received the 
degree of A. M. From 1885 to 1889 he 
was Collector of Port of Philadelphia. He 
is President of the General Society of the 
War of 1812; also of the Pennsylvania In- 
stitution for the Blind and the University 
Club, the New York and Baltimore Trans- 
portation Line, Baltimore and Philadelphia 
Steamboat Company. Is a member of the 
American Philosophical Society; also of 
the Board of Council, Academy of Nation- 
al Sciences and Jury Commissioner of the 
United States Circuit Court. Democrat. 
Address, 1519 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CADWALADER, George Barges: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Ensign Eighth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry April 22, 1861; honorably mustered 
out July 29, 1861; First Lieutenant Forty- 
sixth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 4, 
1861; First Lieutenant and Regimental 
Quartermaster Sept. 17, 1861; honorably 
mustered out to accept promotion July 
17, 1863; Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Volunteers July 17, 
1863; honorably mustered out Sept. 10, 
1866; brevetted Major and Lieutenant Col- 
onel United States Volunteers March 13, 
1865, "for faithful and meritorious ser- 
vices during the war"; Colonel Nov. 1, 
1865, "for faithful and efficient services in 
the Quartermaster's Department." Elect- 
ed Feb. 9, 189S. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CADWALADER, Richard McCall: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 17, 1839, at Trenton, 
N. J.; in 1860 was graduated from Prince- 
ton; studied law at Harvard; was gradu- 
ated in 1863 from Harvard Law School. 
In 1864 was admitted to the bar. Mem- 
ber of the Sons of the Revolution; also 
Treasurer of the General Society and 
President of the Pennsylvania Society; 
he is Deputy Governor of the Pennsyl- 
vania Society of Colonial Wars; Auditor 
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



member of the American Historical Asso- 
ciation; member of the Philadelphia Club. 
Author of "Law of Ground Rents," "Fort 
Washingtpn and the Encampment at 
White Marsh"; contributor to Keith's 
Councilors of Pennsylvania and the Am- 
erican Law Register. Address, 1614 Lo- 
cust street, Fort Washington, Pa.; office, 
133 South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAGEY. Elmer: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Point Marion. Address, Point Marion, 
Fayette County, Pa. 

CAIN, John Herron: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twelfth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry April 25, 1861; mustered out Aug. 
5, 1861; Captain One Hundred and Fifty- 
fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 29, 1862; 
Major Sept. 2, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel 
Dec. 31, 1862; Colonel July 22, 1863; re- 
signed and honorably discharged Aug. 30, 
1863; elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAIRNS, Andrew A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in that city June 22, 1864; was edu- 
cated in the public schools and Jefferson 
Medical College, graduating from the lat- 
ter in 1887, since which time he has been 
actively engaged in the practice of medi- 
cine; elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. Address, 1539 
Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CALDER, Alexander Stirling: 

Sculptor; was born in Philadelphia in 
1870; studied art in the schools of the 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 
and for two years subsequently under 
Chapu and Falgucere at Paris; he was 
awarded the gold medal of the Philadel- 
phia Art Club in 1893. Adopting sculp- 
ture as his profession, Mr. Calder opened 
a studio in Philadelphia, his first com- 
mission being the statue of Dr. Samuel 
D. Grass, which now stands in front of 
the Army and Navy Medical Museum 
at Washington. Other significant ex- 
amples of his art are his model for a 
bronze statue of M. W. Baldwin, founder 
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works; his 
drinking fountain for the 1892 class of 
the University of Pennsylvania, and nu- 
merous striking designs, including such 



subjects as "The Miner," "The Dozing 
Hercules," "Narcissus," etc., displaying 
very original treatment of the male fig- 
ure. He is very happy in his treatment 
of children. He is a member of the Na- 
tional Sculpture Society, the Art Club of 
Philadelphia and the Public Art League 
of the United States. Address, 337 South 
Broad St., Philadelphia. 

CALDWELL, Daniel Graffius: 

Major United States Army; born in 
and apointed from Pennsylvania; As- 
sistant Surgeon Seventy-fourth Infantry 
Aug. 4, 1862; honorably mustered out 
Oct. 21, 1863; Assistant Surgeon United 
States Army Feb. 2S, 1866; Major Sur- 
geon Dec. 14, 1882; retired May 2, 1896. 
Address Commonwealth Club, Broadway 
and Seventy-second St., New York, N. Y. 

CALDAVELL, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Thirteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April ho, 1S61; mustered out, 
Aug. 6, 1861; private, Sixty-first Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Aug. 6, 1861; Corporal 
June 1, 1862; Regimental Sergeant Major 
Sept. 12, 1863; discharged for promotion 
April 19, 1864; Second Lieutenant Sixty- 
first Pennsylvania Infantry April 19, 1864;' 
honorably discharged for disability Nov. 
18, 1S64; elected Feb. 14, 1SS5. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CALHOUN, Samnel Crawford: 

Lawyer; seventh of ten sons; born Sept. 
14, 1S65, in Armstrong County, Pa.; at- 
tended Law Department of Drake Uni- 
versity. Des Moines. Iowa; admitted to 
the bar of Pennsylvania in 1898, where 
he has practiced his profession. His an- 
cestors came from Donegal, Ireland. 
Democrat in politics. Present address, 
Emlenton, Pa. 

CALIFP, Joseph Mark: 

Major Artillery Corps, United States 
Army; born at East Smithfield, Pa., Aug. 
31, 1813; son of Hosea and Mary Califf. 
Appointed Second Lieutenant Seventh 
United States C. Infantry, 1863; First 
Lieutenant 1865. In action at Darby- 
town Road, Va., 1864; in trenches before 
Richmond and Petersburg, Va., 1864-1865; 
in assault on Petersburg, and pursuit of 
Confederate forces and capitulation at 
Appomattox Court House, Va., 1865; with 
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1865; Provost Marshal, Port Lavaca, 
Texas; Captain by brevet for gallant and 
meritorious services, 1S65; mustered out 
Oct., 1866; appointed Second Lieutenant 
Third United States Artillery, 1867; First 
Lieutenant, 1875; Captain, 1896, becoming 
Major 1901, and assigned to Coast Artil- 
lery; transferred to Field Artillery Sept., 
1901; commanding Light Battery C, 
Third Artillery, during Spanish-American 
War; in Cuba and Porto Rico from 
July to December, 1898; in action at 
Homogueros, P. R., 1898; now com- 
manding Field Artillery at Fort Douglas, 
Utah. Professor Military Science and 
Tactics at State University of Iowa, 
1886-1889; honor graduate of Artillery 
School; member Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion and Order of Foreign 
Wars. Address, Fort Douglas, Utah. 

CALL, Joseph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1857; edu- 
cated in the public schools; learned the 
trade of painting and decorating; elected 
Constable of Twentieth Ward; was mas- 
ter painter at United States Mint under 
President Harrison; appointed master 
painter of City Hall, Philadelphia; was 
elected to the House of Representatives 
Feb. 19, 1901. to fill the vacancy caused 
|by the resignation on Jan. 28, 1901. of 
IHon. William H. Keyser; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, 1917 North 
Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CALLAGHAN, John Thomas, Jr.: 

Mining engineer; born July 31, 1872, in 
i Austin, Tex. ; at five years of age 
moved to Washington. D. C, and at- 
tended public schools and St. John's Col- 
lege; entered Lehigh University, South 
Bethlehem, Pa., with the class of 1895; 
was graduated, taking the degree of 
Metallurgist and Mining Engineer. In 
1S97 connected with the Government as a 
Steel Inspector for United States Navy, 
stationed at the Homestead Steel Works, 
Munhall, Pa.; Upper and Lower Union 
Mills and Carbon Steel Company, Pitts- 
burg, Pa.; Bethlehem Steel Company. 
iSouth Bethlehem, Pa.; Penn Steel Cast- 
ing and Machine Company, and Ameri- 
can Steel Foundries and Seaboard Steel 
Casting Company, Chester, Pa., which 
is his present station. In 1901 married 
Mary Gertrude Henneberry of Chester, 
Pa.; is a life member of American In- 



stitute of Mining Engineers; in 1902 was 
appointed to represent the District of 
Columbia as a delegate to the Interna- 
tional Mining Congress held at Butte, 
Mont. Permanent address, Chester, Pa. 

C ALLEN, J. Spencer, M. D.: 

Born Jan. 15, 1S54, at St. Clair, Pa.; 
educated at the Wyoming Seminary, 
Kingston Pa.; in 1SS1 was graduated 
from the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, Baltimore; married Mattie B. 
Parmley in June, 1SS7, at St. Clair, Pa.; 
is ex-President of the Schuylkill County 
Medical Society; also a member of the 
Pennsylvania State Society. Address, 
Shenandoah, Pa. 

GALLERY, James Dawson: 

President of the Pittsburg Railway 
Company; was born in Pittsburg and 
educated in the Catholic parochial and 
public schools of that city and Alle- 
gheny, later graduating from the famous 
Catholic University at Notre Dame, 
Indiana. Mr. Callery's father was in- 
terested in the horse car lines of Pitts- 
burg, and young Callery began investi- 
gating electric propulsion, and shortly 
made the old Second avenue horse car 
line the first successful trolley road in 
Pittsburg. In 1898 Mr. Callery was elect- 
ed President of the United Traction Com- 
pany, and in 1900 President of the South- 
ern Traction, then organized; he is in- 
terested in many of Pittsburg's large 
corporations, among them the Philadel- 
phia Company, Consolidated Ice Com- 
pany, Schenley Hotel Company, Pittsburg 
Provision Company, American Window 
Glass Company, City Insurance Com- 
pany and Colonial Trust Company. Ad- 
dress, Ellsworth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

CALLOWAY, "William: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Tamaqua. Address, Tamaqua, Pa. 

CALPI1V, Patrick; F.: 

State Senator from Lackawanna Coun- 
ty; was born in Scranton, Lackawanna 
County, Pa., March 25, 1872; educated in 
the public schools and Wood's Business 
College; worked about the mines until 
1890, when he became an apprentice at 
the carpenter trade; in 1894 he engaged in 
his present business, contracting and 
building; was elected to the Common 
Council of Scranton in 1898, and re- 
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1902; served as its President in 1900 and 
1901; was elected to the Senate in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

CALVERT, Philip Powell: 

Zoologist; born in Philadelphia Jan. 29, 
1871; educated in Central High School of 
Philadelphia, Universities of Pennsyl- 
vania, Berlin and Jena; Ph. D., Univers- 
ity of Pennsylvania, June, 1895; Instructor 
in Zoology, University of Pennsylvania, 
1S92-1904; specialist on Odonata (dragon 
flies); associate editor of Entomological 
News (Philadelphia); President of Ameri- 
can Entomological Society (Philadelphia). 
Married Amelia C. Smith July 17, 1901. 
Address. Biological Hall, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAMPBELL, Archibald : 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania and appointed from New 
York; Cadet Military Academy June 14, 
18S5; additional Second Lieutenant Fifth 
Artillery June 12, 1S89; Second Lieuten- 
ant Third Artillery Dec. 10, 1889; First 
Lieutenant June 7, 1897; Captain Artil- 
lery Corps February 2, 1901. Married 
Julia Defries Sample, of Washington, D. 
C. Address, World's Fair Station, St. 
Louis, Mo. 

CAMPBELL. Edward: 

Member of the Pensylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; born in Uniontown, Fayette Co., 
Pa.; was Second Lieutenant, Eighty- 
fifth Infantry Nov. 12. 1861; Captain 
May 15, 1862; Major Sept. 6, 1862; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Oct. 16. 1863; honorably 
mustered out Nov. 22, 1864; elected Feb. 
3, 1S92. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CAMPBELL, Howard J., M. D.: 

Born Jan. 17, 1845; educated in Uni- 
versity of Pensylvania and Friends' 
School, Philadelphia; Resident Physician 
Philadelphia Hospital; Representative 
Commissioner of Pennsylvania to Vienna 
Exposition, 1873; Acting Medical Cadet 
United States Hospital, 1S64; Surgeon of 
G. A. R. Post No. 35, Philadelphia. Mar- 
ried Beulah Q. Landis July 10, 1882. 
In retail drug business early part of 
1874; Medical Examiner and Director of 
Keystone Mutual Life Insurance Asso- 
ciation; now Director of Life Insurance 
Company of Pennsylvania; President 
Safety Bank and Trust Company, Phila- 



delphia. Republican in politics. Ad- j 
dress, 828 North Broad St., Philadelphia. 

CAMPBELL, H. S.: 

President of the Safety Banking and 
Trust Company of Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, 117 North Broad St., Philadelphia. 



CAMPBELL, Col. James A. G.: 

Banker; born Feb. 19, 1858, in Chester, 
Pa.; son of James Campbell, the pioneer 
textile manufacturer of that city; edu- 
cated in public schools in Chester; in 
1879 entered the banking house of El- 
liott Sons & Co., Philadelphia; President 
of Delaware County Trust, Safe Deposit 
and Title Insurance Company of Chester, 
Pa., 1899-1904. In 1893 organized the 
Clearing House for the banks of the 
city of Chester; in 1883 elected First 
Lieutenant of Company B, Sixth Regi- 
ment, N. G. P.; on staff of Brig. Gen. 
George R. Snowden, with rank of Cap- 
tain, 18S7; serving during Homestead 
riots, 1892; Division Inspector, with rank 
of Lieutenant Colonel, 1898; resigned to 
become Adjutant Second Battalion, Sec- 
ond Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
Infantry, with rank of Second Lieutenant, 
1898, serving in Spanish War. Member 
of Lawton Camp, Spanish American War 
Veterans; Penn Club, and Springhaven 
Country Club. Married Elizabeth Hub- 
ley, daughter of Rev. Philip H. Mowry, 
D. D. Address, Chester, Pa. 



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CAMPBELL, James Fairman: 

Attorney and counsellor at law; born 
at Davenport, Iowa, on May 27, 1S72; 
son of Hon. James D. Campbell, General' 
Solicitor of the Philadelphia and Read- 
ing Railway Company. Residence, Wyn- 
cote, Montgomery County, Pa. 

CAMPBELL, James Watson: 

Pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church;' 
born Sept. 14, 1872, of Scotch-Irish de-. 
scent; educated common schools, Cham- 
berlain Institute; was graduated civil 
engineering course in Allegheny College, 
Meadville, Pa.. 1893; travelled in Europe 
and Holy Land, 1896; began preaching, 
1894; was graduated from Drew Theo- 
logical Seminary, Madison. N. J.. 1899; 
commissioned Chaplain Sixteenth Regi- 
ment, N. G. P., 1902. Married 1S98 Edith 
M. Payne, Cherry Creek, New York; ap- 
pointed pastor First M. E. Church, New 
Castle, Pa., 1903. Address, New Castle, 1 
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CAMPBELL, Jolin Garsed: 

Manufacturer; was born at Leiperville, 
Delaware County, Pa., March 31, 1852; 
his father, James Campbell, the pioneer 
I textile manufacturer of the city of 
|! Chester, was financially ruined by the 
disastrous panic of 1857; at his death 
his son, then twelve years of age, ob- 
tained employment in a factory as a 
cloth boy. In 1869 he was apprenticed 
to his uncles, Richard and John Garsed, 
'ijin Frankford, Pa., to learn the trade of 
^machinist; in 1876 he accepted a position 
1 in the ticket office of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company, and later was trans- 
ferred to the ticket office at the Centen- 
]■ nial Exposition Grounds. Toward the 
' close of that year he had charge of erect- 
ing machinery for a firm at Bridesburg, 
! Pa. The following year he started a 
3 hosiery mill at Marcus Hook, Pa., but 
' shortly withdrew from the firm and ac- 
• cepted a position with the Pennsylvania 
; Railroad Company. In 1883 he established 
^ia coal yard at Tacony and secured inter- 
ests in yards at Holmesburg and Fitler's, 
' where he built up a large and remunera- 
tive business; acquainted with the theory 
■'iand practice of textile manufacturing, in 
1888, with his brother and cousin, he 
1 formed a partnership in finishing cotton 
goods. Mr. Campbell visited Europe and 
1 stocked the works with the latest im- 
J proved French napping machinery, the 
first ever used in this country; the 
business, from a small beginning, grew 
rapidly, compelling the erection of a 
large plant in Frankford Junction, Pa., 
which additions were repeatedly made. 
He owns the controlling interest and is 
President of the Industrial Dyeing and 
Finishing Works at Frankford Junction, 
H Philadelphia, Pa. Member of the Sons 
of St. George and other organizations. 
On Dec. 31, 1S91, he married Katherine 
Harper, of Camden, N. J. Address, 3829 
Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAMPBELL, John M.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia May 30, 
1851; the son of James Campbell, one 
of Pennsylvania's most noted jurists and 
Postmaster General of the United States 
under President Pierce; was educated 
in private schools and at the University 
of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1870, 
and afterward studied law for three 
years in his father's office, being ad- 
mitted to the bar in May, 1S73. In ad- 
dition to his law practice, Mr. Campbell 



became warmly interested in the cause 
of education, following his father in 
this and being the first to propose the 
establishment of a Normal School for 
girls; he succeeded Lewis O. Cassidy on 
the Board of Education in 1875, and 
served as President of the Fifth Section- 
al Board; in 1S90 he was President of 
the Board of Education; in 1SS4 he was 
appointed Surveyor of the Port of Phila- 
delphia, serving till 1889, and in 1895 was 
chosen by the Judges to succeed Richard 
Vaux as a member of the Board of City 
Trusts. Mr. Campbell has taken an ac- 
tive interest in Democratic politics, has 
been a delegate to nearly every national 
convention since 1874, and was an elector 
on the Presidential ticket in 1880; he suc- 
ceeded his father as manager of St. 
Joseph's Orphan Asylum, and was a 
member of the Catholic Congress at Chi- 
cago in 1S93. He belongs to the Friendly 
Sons of St. Patrick, and to the Art, 
Lawyers', Catholic, University Clubs. 
Address, 215 South Sixth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

CAMPBELL, John W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from McKean County; 
was born in Warren County, Pa., July 
11, 1860; educated in the common schools; 
at seventeen years of age he began work 
in a saw mill, which occupation he fol- 
lowed until 1889, when he entered into 
partnership with his father and brother 
in the lumber business; was elected 
Treasurer of McKean County in 1898, and 
at that time sold out his lumber interest 
and engaged in the oil business, in which 
he is still engaged; elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, 1008 North Second St., Har- 
risburg, Pa. 

CAMEBOIN, James Donald: 

Capitalist; born May 14, 1833, at Middle- 
town, Pa. In 1825 was graduated from 
Princeton; was in turn Clerk, Cashier and 
President of the National Bank of Mid- 
dletown; from 1S63 to 1S74 was President 
of the Northern Central Railroad Com- 
pany; also Secretary of War from 1876 to 
1877; was United States Senantor from 
Pennsylvania from 1877 to 1897, delegate 
to the National Republican Convention in 
1868, and afterward in 1880; also Chair- 
man of the National Republican Conven- 
tion in 1880; is interested in coal and iron 
manufacturing. Address, Middletown, Pa. 



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CAMPSEY, David McMillen: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Washington Coun- 
ty; was born near Claysville, Washing- 
ton County, Pa., Oct. 13, 1843; educated 
in common and norman schools, and at 
Eastman's Business College, Poughkeep- 
sie, N. Y. ; served as a private in Com- 
pany D, Forty-fifth Regiment of Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer Militia, and honor- 
ably discharged Aug. 29, 1863; was Au- 
ditor for Donegal Township, and served 
in the Borough Council of Claysville; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Claysville, 
Pa. 

CANAN, M. H.: 

President of Central Pennsylvania Trust 
Company of Altoona. Address, Altoona, 
Pa. 

CANEVIN, J. F.: 

Regis, Bishop; since 1903 has been As- 
sistant Roman Catholic Bishop of Pitts- 
burg; also rector of St. Paul's Cathedral. 
Member of the Board of Diocesan and 
Consultors, and School Board of the Dio- 
cese of Pittsburg. Address, Grant St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

CAW, James E.: 

Pay Director United States Navy; bcrn 
in Nova Scotia; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania July 14, 1S70; Assistant to In- 
spector, New York, 1S71-1872; Fortune, 
1873-1874; Paymaster General's Office, 
1875; Tallapoosa, special service, 1875- 
1S7S; promoted to Passed Assistant Pay- 
master, Oct. 12, 1878; receiving ship Pas- 
saic, 1879-1882; Iroquois, Pacific Station, 
1882-1885; General Storekeeper, Key 
West, 1886-1889; Kearsarge, North At- 
lantic Station, July, 1890, to June, 1893; 
promoted to Paymaster, Sept. 21, 1891; 
receiving ship Franklin, June, 1893, to 
1896; settling accounts, July. 1S96; New- 
ark, July, 1896; Marion, 1S97; receiving 
ship Independence, December, 1S97; Mo- 
hican, February. 189S-1S99; Navy Yard, 
Portsmouth, 1899-1903; Pay Inspector, 
Jan. 13, 1901; settling acounts, January, 
1903; Pay Director, Jan. 5, 1903; Naval 
Station, New Orleans, May 15, 1903. 
which is present station. 

CANTIjIN, Jolin Robinson: 

Real estate operator; born in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Nov. 27, 1874; educated at 
Protestant Episcopal Academy, public 
schools and University of Pennsylvania; 



is a Republican in politics. Address, 812 
North Forty-first St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAPP, Thomas Henry: 

Lawyer; born at Jonestown, Lebanon 
County, Pa., Aug. 15, I860; educated at 
Swatara Collegiate Institute; entered the 
office of Grant Weidman as a student at 
law; was admitted to practice at the Leb- 
anon County bar in 1881, and soon after at 
the bars af several other counties, and be- 
fore the State Appellate and the United 
States Circuit and District Courts. In 
1SS3 the law firm of Capp & Schock was 
formed, which lasted till 1899. During 
this period and afterward Mr. Capp en- 
joyad a large and lucrative practice, hav- 
ing been concerned in nearly all cases of 
importance in the county courts, and is 
known as an able, skillful and successful 
trial lawyer. Politically he is an ardent 
Republican, has been Chairman of the 
Republican County Committee, is County 
Solicitor, and, in the sessions of 1887, 1889 
and 1891, ably represented his county in 
the State Legislature. In 1903 he was 
widely indorsed by lawyers and party 
leaders for appointment to the bench of 
the Superior Court; served as temporary 
and permanent Chairman of the Republi- 
can State Convention held at Harrisburg 
on April 6, 1904. Mr. Capp was one of 
the incorporators of the People's Nation- 
al Bank of Lebanon, and is Vice President 
of the Jonestown Bank and the Lebanon 
Insurance Company, President of the 
Union Boiler Company, and is interested 
in other industrial concerns. He is an 
Episcopalian, a member of the vestry of 
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, 
at Lebanon, and its Junior Warden. Ad- 
dress, Lebanon, Pa. 

CAPP, William Mnsseri 

Physician; son of John Charles and 
Sarah (Singer) Capp; born Jan. 22, 
1842, at Philadelphia; was graduated ' 
from the Central High School, Philadel- 
phia; afterward, in 1885, was graduated 
from the Jefferson Medical College, Phil- 
adelphia. Married Ida Estelle Stitt Nov. 
29, 1868, at Philadelphia; is a member of 
the American Medical Association, the 
Pennsylvania State Medical Society, Phil- 
adelphia County Medical Society, His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania; author 
of a number of books, among which arc: 
"The Daughter— Her Health," "Educa- 
tion and Wedlock." published in 1890; 
"Temptations," "Habits," "Character," 
in 1S94. Is a member of the Medical and 



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i Union League Clubs. Address, Devon, 
I Pa.; office, 1S31 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

CABBAIGH, Harvey Clarence: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Ar- 
imy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed 
(from Illinois; Cadet Military Academy 
July 1, 1878; Second Lieutenant, Fifth 
Artillery, June 13, 18S2; First Lieutenant 
April 25, 1888; Captain April 1, 1890; Cap- 
tain, Fourth Artillery, March 2, 1899; 
Captain, Assistant Adjutant General, 
Volunteers, May 12, 1898; Lieutenant 
I'Colonel, Judge Advocate of Volunteers, 
Nov. 15, 1898; Major, Judge Advocate of 
^Volunteers, April 17, 1S99; Major, Judge 
(Advocate of United States Army, Feb. 
'[2, 1901; Lieutenant Colonel, Judge Ad- 
vocate, Dec. 18, 1902. Address, Judge 
Advocate General's Department, Manila, 
P. I. 

CAREY, William Ellis: 

i| Capitalist; born in 1866 in Pennsylvania; 
kt the age of sixteen he entered the 
chemical laboratory of Edgar Thompson 
Steel Works; became superintendent of 
iplate mill at the age of twenty-one; in- 
Vented Carnegie reforged armor; he suc- 
ceeded Charles M. Schwab and has since 
ifoeen President of the Carnegie Steel 
(Company; also President of the National 
Steel Company and American Steel Hoop 
Company; since Aug. 4, 1903, has been 
President of the Federal Steel Corpora- 
ion. Member of the American Institute 
3f Mining Engineers. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

1VRHART, Daniel: 

Dean, and Professor of Civil Engineer- 
'ng, Western University of Pennsylva- 
nia; was born Jan. 28, 1839, at Clin- 

on, N. J.; studied at the Polytechnic In- 
stitute, Troy, N. T., and later at the 
Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania; was 
graduated as civil engineer from same 

ollege in 1859; received from same the 
-iegree of Master of Civil Engineering in 

S69. and received from the Western 

• Jniversity of Pennsylvania degree of 
ic. D. From 1859 to 1868 practiced as 
ivil engineer; at the Polytechnic College 
■f Pennsylvania, from 1868 to 1878, he 
ras Professor of Civil Engineering. In 

• '8S2 he founded the Department of En- 
gineering at the Western University of 
'ennsylvania. Author of "Plane Survey- 
flg" (test book), "Field Book for Civil 
Engineer." Address, Wilkinsburg, Pa. 



CARLEY, John: 

President of Merchants' and Manu- 
facturers' National Bank of Sharon. Ad- 
dress, Sharon, Pa. 

CARL/1,, John Franklin: 

Geologist; born May 7, 1828, on Long 
Island, N. Y. ; was educated at the Union 
Hall Academy, Jamaica, L. I. From 
1S49 to 1853 published the Newark Daily 
Eagle; from 1853 to 1861 civil engineer 
and surveyor at Flushing, L. I.; in 1864 
removed to Pleasantville, Pa.; later be- 
came interested in oil development; in- 
vented static pressure sand-pump, also- 
removable pump chamber and other de- 
vices used in oil operations. He was 
appointed to the Geological Survey of 
Pennsylvania in 1874, and as assistant in 
charge of the oil regions. Address, Pleas- 
antville, Pa. 

CARMACK, Harry Edward: 

Attorney at law; admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar Dec. 13, 1S90; 
born March 27, 1864, at Brownsville, Pa.; 
son of Zachariah W. and Mary (Wall) 
Carmack; educated in the public schools 
of Brownsville and Western University 
of Pennsylvania (Preparatory Depart- 
ment) ; was graduated from the Colum- 
bian University Law School with the 
class of 1890 (Washington), and was 
three years (1887-1890) in the office of 
the Secretary of the Interior, Washing- 
ton, D. C. Address, Bakewell Building, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

CARRINGER, Marion A.: 

Educator; son of Miles C. Carringer and 
Mary A. Robinson Carringer; born Nov. 
5, 1876, at Shenkleyville, Pa. Graduated 
from the Marienville public schools in 
1893; from Clarion State Normal in 1895; 
from Bucknell University in 1900 with de- 
gree of Bachelor of Philosophy; received 
degree of Master of Philosophy from 
Bucknell in 1901. Taught four years in 
Marienville public and high schools; was 
principal of same in 1902 and 1903; taught 
mathematics in Clarion State Normal, 
spring term, 1903. Registered as law stu- 
dent in Forest County, Sept. 2, 1901, and 
in Clarion County, Aug. 22, 1903. Re- 
moved to Tionesta in April, 1904. Ad- 
dress, Tionesta, Pa. 

CARPENTER, John Qnincy: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
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vania) Artillery April 24, 1S61; mustered 
out Aug. 5, 1861; Second Lieutenant 150th 
Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 1, 1862; 
First Lieutenant Oct. 16, 1862; Captain 
Jan. 23, 1S64; resigned and honorably 
discharged June 7, 1S65. Elected May 
5, 1SS0. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CARPENTER, Louis Henry: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Glassboro, N. J., Feb. 11, 1839; 
son of Edward Carpenter; descended 
from Samuel Carpenter, first Treasurer 
of the Province of Pennsylvania and 
Deputy Governor under William Penn; 
was graduated from Philadelphia High 
School and member of class of 1S59, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, leaving at the 
end of the junior year. Enlisted in Sixth 
United States Cavalry Nov. 1, 1S61; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, Sixth Cavalry, July 27, 
1862; served in the Army of the Potomac 
in the Peninsular, Fredericksburg, Get- 
tysburg and Wilderness campaigns; ap- 
pointed Aide-de-Camp to Major Gen. 
Philip H. Sheridan, and served in the 
Shenandoah Valley; participated in these 
campaigns in many battles and engage- 
ments; became Colonel of Volunteers in 
Kentucky; mustered out of the VolunteeT 
service at Helena, Ark., in March, 1866, 
and joined regular regiment (Sixth Cav- 
alry), as First Lieutenant, in Texas; ap- 
pointed Captain in the Tenth Cavalry, 
on the reorganization of the Army in 
1866, and participated in several Indian 
campaigns between 1S67 and 18S0; estab- 
lished Fort Myer, Va., as a cavalry sta- 
tion when Major of Fifth Cavalry in 
18S7; detailed as Director of the School 
of Cavalry at Fort Riley when Lieuten- 
ant Colonel Fifth Cavalry, 1892-1897; Col- 
onel Fifth Cavalry June 2, 1S97, and 
was in command of Fort Sam Houston, 
San Antonio, Tex., when war was de- 
clared against Spain. Appointed Briga- 
dier General of Volunteers May 4, 1898, 
on the first list selected; assigned to 
command First Division, Third Corps, 
and afterward the Third Division, Fourth 
Corps, serving at Chickamauga, Tampa 
and Fernandina; finally sent in command 
of the Eighth Cavalry, Fifteenth Infan- 
try, and Third Georgia Volunteers, oc- 
cupying the Province of Puerto Principe 
in Cuba, the first troops sent on this 
duty after the battle of Santiago; served 
as Military Governor of the province 



until it was reorganized and pacified, 
the Cuban insurgents disbanding and 
laying down their arms, the first to take 
this step in Cuba. On July 12, 1899, mus- 
tered out of the Volunteer service and 
returned to the United States. Appointed 
Brigadier General, United States Army, 
Oct. 18, 1899; retired Oct. 19, 1899, at his 
own request, after thirty-eight years of 
service; received six brevets and a medal 
of honor. Member of Loyal Legion, Sons 
of the Revolution, Order of Foreign 
Wars, Society of Army of Potomac, Cav- 
alry Association, Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, Colonial Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia Academy of Natu- 
ral Sciences. Clubs: Union League, Rit- 
tenhouse of Philadelphia, and Army and 
Navy of Washington. Residence, 2318 
De Lancey Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CARR, Clarence A.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Crawford County, Pa., July 
26, 1856; entered the Naval Academy at 
Annapolis, Md., as a Cadet Engineer in 
September, 1875; was graduated in June, 
1S79; served in all grades of the Engineer 
Corps and was commissioned as Chief 
Engineer in the Navy in February, 1898. 
In October, 1S98, he married Blanche, 
daughter of the late Rear Admiral Joseph 
Lanman, United States Navy; he has 
had thirteen years and six months' 
service at sea, and this includes duty on 
every station except the South Atlantic. 
During the Spanish-American War he 
had duty in connection with the fitting 
out of auxiliary cruisers in New York, 
and as Chief Engineer of the ordnance 
supply vessel America. In 1885 he re- 
ceived the honorary degree of M. E. from 
the Stevens Institute of Technology, to 
which place he was detailed for three 
years as Professor of Marine Engineer-' 
ing; much of his shore duty has been 
as Inspector of Machinery, in which ca- 
pacity he served in connection with the' 
building of the torpedo boats Bailey, 
Wilkes and Stewart; the cruiser Marble- 
head, and the battleships Kentucky and 
Nebraska. Address, care Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

CARR, William Wilkins: 

Lawyer and jurist; born in Washington. 
D. C, May 19, 1853; educated in the 
Philadelphia public schools and the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, graduating with 
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Istudied law in the of.ice of George M. 
Dallas, and was admitted to the bar in 
1876, beginning practice in 1S78. Many 
important cases in civil and criminal law 
'passed through his hands, and in 1SS8 he 
was appointed Assistant United States 
District Attorney in Philadelphia, in 
which position he was engaged in the 
►trial and conviction of the defaulters of 
ithe Spring Garden and the Keystone Na- 
tional Bank failures. A Democrat in 
politics, he took part in many conven- 
tions and was chosen an officer of the 
|Democratic National Convention which 
n iminated Cleveland in 1S92. In June, 
j!lS93, President Cleveland appointed him 
(Postmaster of Philadelphia, which posi- 
tion he held till the autumn of 1S97. 
L'nder his administration of the office 
many useful reforms were made, and 
lie extensive trolley system of Phila- 
delphia was utilized for the rapid dis- 
tribution of the mails; various other im- 
jportant changes were made. In 1893 
,ie became a member of the law firm of 
^Patterson & Carr, and resumed his prac- 
tice on the expiration of his postmaster- 
fhip; in 1901 he was the Democratic 
?:indidate for District Attorney of Phila- 
delphia, and in 1903 became Judge of the 
JNo. 2 Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Carr 
Jiias been a legal author, his works in- 
cluding a text book on the "Trial of 
,-.unatics," and one on the "Judicial In- 
terpretation of the Tariff Acts." Ad- 
ores, 1210 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

'ARRUTH, John G.: 

Manufacturer; born in Paisley, Scot- 
and, Feb. 25, 1851; educated there; came 
America in 1867 and secured a posi- 
iion in a large Philadelphia mercantile 

,stablishment, in which he was rapidly 

j.dvanced to the post of general mana- 
fer. In 1876 he resigned this position 
nd began the manufacture of woolen, 

worsted and cotton goods, his business 
rowing so great that in 1894 he built 

? he large Endurance Mills, in which the 
est grades of goods are manufactured. 

vlr. Carruth was one of the founders of 
he United Life Insurance and Trust 
'ompany, is President of the Industrial 
'rust Title and Savings Company, and 
'as one of the originators of the Phila- 
elphia Bourse; he is a Director in the 
pinth National Bank and the Philadel- 
'hia Casualty Company, and a member 
f the Union League, Trades League, 
nd Manufacturers' Club. He contrib- 
ted a dormitory house at the University 



of Pennsylvania as a memorial to his 
daughter, Jean May. Address, 1300 
Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CARSON, Hampton Lawrence: 

Attorney General; born in Philadel- 
phia, Feb. 21, 1852; was admited to the 
bar of Philadelphia in 1874, after having 
taken the degree of B. A. at the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania and a three years' 
course in the Law School. He has argued 
causes in every branch of the United 
States Courts and in the Supreme 
Courts of Pennsylvania, New York, New 
Jersey, and a number of other States; 
he was prominently connected with the 
trial of various bank cases in the Federal 
courts, one of which was the first of its 
kind to reach the Supreme Court of the 
United States and has become a leading 
case; he was the leading counsel in a 
case recently tried before the Supreme 
Court of the United States, which in- 
volved the rights of Indian tribes in 
Oklahoma, known as the Lone Wolf case; 
he was the special representative of the 
American Bar Association at the gather- 
ing of the English and French bars at 
Montreal and was invited to speak be- 
fore the bench and bar of England in 
London at the banquet to Labori, who 
defended Dreyfus and Zola. He is the 
author of the "Law of Criminal Conspir- 
acies," a work which is the accepted 
authority in almost every State in the 
Union; has published "A History of the 
Celebration of the One Hundredth Anni- 
versary of the Promulgation of the Con- 
stitution of the United States," the "His- 
tory of the Supreme Court of the United 
States," and is now engaged in writing 
the history of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania and a life of Lord Mans- 
field. For many years he was a pro- 
fessor in the Law Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, teaching the 
laws of contracts and sales; he is a mem- 
ber of the Philadelphia Law Association, 
the American Philosophical Society, the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and 
of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons 
of the Revolution. His father, Dr. Jos- 
eph Carson, was for twenty-five years 
Professor of Materia Medica in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. His maternal 
great-grandfather was the first naval 
constructor of the United States Govern- 
ment and built "Old Ironsides" and all 
the battleships which participated in the 
War of 1812 on the American side; his 
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Jersey Judge, and his grandfather was one 
of the Philadelphia merchants who signed 
the non-importation agreement of Revo- 
lutionary times. In 1899 Mr. Carson re- 
ceived from Lafayette College the degree 
of LL. D.; he was appointed Attorney 
General by Governor Pennypacker, Jan. 
20, 1903. Residence, 1033 Spruce St.; 
office address, 315 Real Estate Trust 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CARSON, John Miller: 

Editor; born June 18, 1S37, at Philadel- 
phia; was educated in public schools of 
Philadelphia; on November 28, 1861, he 
married Annie L. Miller, of Philadelphia. 
At the age of seventeen he entered a 
printing office, becoming a compositor, 
working as such for five years, and later 
became a reporter on morning papers. 
From May 5, 1861, until June, 1864, 
served as Lieutenant and Captain of the 
Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry; he resumed newspaper work in 
Philadelphia until 1873, when he went to 
Washington to become night editor of 
the National Republican; was assistant 
correspondent of the New York Times in 
1874, and in 1877 chief of Times Bureau; 
resigned same position in 1882. From 
1882 to 1902 was chief of the Washington 
Bureau of the Philadelphia Public Ledg- 
er; since then has been chief of consoli- 
dated bureaus of Philadelphia Ledger 
and New York Times. He served as 
clerk for the Ways and Means Commit- 
tee, House of Representatives; assisted 
in forming Tariff Act of 1883 and Mc- 
Kinley Bill of 1890; was one of the 
founders, first President, and gave the 
name to the Gridiron Club. Address. 1332 
Vermont Ave.; office, Post Building, 
Washington, D. C. 

CARSON, John Miller, Jr.: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; cadet Mil- 
itary Academy, July 1.1881; Second Lieu- 
tenant Fifth Cavalry, June 14. 1885; First 
Lieutenant Seventh Cavalry Dec. 3, 1891; 
transferred to Fifth Cavalry, Feb. 9, 1892; 
Captain, Feb. 11, 1897; Major Chief Quar- 
termaster Volunteers, May 17, 1898; hon- 
orably mustered out of Volunteers, May 
1. 1901; Major Quartermaster, April 12, 
1903. Address, West Point, N. Y. 

CARTER, Charles Gihhs: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Captain 



John J. Carter; elected Feb. 6, 1S95. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CARTER, James Francis: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- 
val Cadet, March 24, 18S7; Ensign, July 
1, 1893; Lieutenant (junior grade), March 
3, 1899; Lieutenant, May 26, 1900; Bos- 
ton, 1S91-1S93; Alert, 1893-1896; training- 
ship and station, Newport. 1896; Newark, 
1S97; Mayflower, 1898; Enterprise, 1901 
to 1902; battleship Maine since Dec. 29, 
1902. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

CARTER, John Joyce: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Thirty-third New York 
Infantry, May 13, 1861; Regimental Com- 
missary Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861; dis- 
charged to accept promotion, May 20, 
1862; Second Lieutenant Thirty-third 
New York Infantry, May 21, 1862; honor- 
ably mustered out, June 2, 1863; Captain 
First New York Cavalry, Oct. 10, 1863; 
honorably mustered out, July 20, 1S65. 
Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under 
resolution of Congress, "for while in com- 
mand of a detached company, seeing his 
regiment thrown into confusion by a 
charge of the enemy, without orders 
made a countercharge upon the attacking 
column and checked the assault; pene- 
trated within the enemy's lines at night 
and obtained valuable information, at the 
battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862"; 
elected Feb. 8, 1893. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CARTER, Martin J.: 

United States Consul; is forty-five 
years of age; born at Minersville, Pa., 
and educated in the public schools of 
that State; has had seventeen years' 
commercial experience; appointed Consul 
at St. Johns. Sept. 1, 1897; retired July 
8. 1898; reappointed July 9. 1898; retired 
March 4, 1S99; reappointed March 4, 
1899; appointed consul at Yarmouth, 
N. S., March 8, 1901. Address, Yar- 
mouth, N. S. 

CASE, David Brninnnl: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Colonel 
Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry, May 10, 
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1S9S; Major Twenty-ninth United States 
Volunteer Infantry. July 5, 1899; honor - 
bly mustered out, May 25, 1901; Captain 
Commissary of Subsistence United States 
Army, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Subsist- 
ence Department, Manila, P. I. 

CASANOVA, J. N.: 

Coal mine manager; born in Cardenas, 
Cuba, May 23, 1838, of a prominent Cu- 
ban family; was sent to a school in New 
York at ten years of age; afterward stud- 
ied at West Chester, Pa., and in the 
Polytechnic College of Troy, N. Y., where 
he took a course in civil engineering, 
graduating in 1859. He was subsequently 
appointed United States Consul at Guay- 
aquil, Ecuador, which post he filled ac- 
ceptably for two years, and afterward 
travelled extensively in Europe; purchas- 
ing large interests in coal lands near 
Philipsburg, Pa., he made that place his 
home in 1872, investing largely in town 
lots. His only political office was as 
Burgess of Phillipsburg in 1878, though 
he was frequently a delegate to Demo- 
cratic State conventions, and was a del- 
egate to the National Convention at Cin- 
cinnati in 18S0, which nominated Gen- 
eral Hancock for the Presidency. He 
became actively engaged in business in- 
terests, being for fifteen years General 
Mannager of the Derby Coal Company; 
he served also as President of the Elec- 
tric Light, Gas Power and Heating com- 
panies of Philipsburg and the water com- 
pany, and was connected with the man- 
agement of the Water, Light and Power 
Company of Ironton, Col. In 1898 he 
offered his services to the Government, 
and would have gone to Cuba on the 
staff of General Davis, but his services 
were not required. He went to Cuba 
in the fall of 1898, and since then re- 
mains there, having established the 
Havana Post, the only daily American 
paper in Cuba. On the death of his wife 
in 1897 he retired from business. Ad- 
dress, Philipsburg, Pa. 

CASS, Joseph K.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Tyrone. Address, Tyrone, Pa. 

CASS ATT, Edward Buchanan: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; son 
of A. J. Cassatt, President of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad; Cadet Military Acad- 
emy, June 15, 1889; Second Lieutenant 



Ninth Cavalry, June 12, 1893; transferred 
to Fourth Cavalry, Aug. 5, 1893; Captain 
Assistant Adjutant General Volunteers, 
May 12, 189S; honorably discharged from 
Volunteer service, May 12, 1899; First 
Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry, March 2, 
1899; Major Twenty-seventh United 
States Volunteer Infantry, July 5, 1899; 
honorably mustered out of Volunteers, 
April 1, 1901; Captain Thirteenth Cav- 
alry, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I. 

CASSATT, Mary (Miss): 

Artist; sister of A. J. Cassatt, President 
of Pennsylvania Railroad; born at Pitts- 
burg, Pa. In 1875 she went to Europe to 
study art; afterward studied in Spain 
some years; later returned to Paris; many 
of her paintings were exhibited in the Im- 
pressionists' Expositions, Paris. In 1898 
she returned to America for a brief rest 
and exhibited portraits and paintings 
at Durand-Ruel's. Address, Rue de 
Marignau, Paris, France. 

CASSATT, Alexander Johnston: 

President of Pennsylvania Railroad; 
born Dec. 8, 1839, at Pittsburg; was edu- 
cated at the University of Darmstadt 
and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 
married Lois Buchanan, niece of James 
Buchanan, fifteenth ' President of the 
United States. From 1859 to 1861 was en- 
gaged in locating railways in Georgia; 
afterward, . in 1861, entered service of 
Pennsylvania Railroad as rodman; was 
Assistant Engineer of the Philadelphia 
and Trenton Railroad in 1863, also Resi- 
dent Engineer of the Philadelphia and 
Erie Railroad in 1864. In 1867 he was 
Superintendent of Motive Power and Ma- 
chinery of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 
also General Superintendent of Pennsyl- 
vania system in 1870; from 1871 to 1874 
was General Manager of Lines east of 
Pittsburg, also Third Vice President from 
1874 to 1880, and First Vice President 
from 1880 to 1882; Sept. 30, 1882, he re- 
signed the Vice Presidentship, and was 
elected Director, Sept. 12, 1883, and 
was elected President of the road in 
1899. Is owner of Chesterbrook Stock 
Farm. For many years he has resided 
in Philadelphia during the winter, al- 
ways removing to his magnificent coun- 
try seat, "Cheswold," at Bryan Mawr, in 
the spring; his stock farm, the well- 
known Chesterbrook Stud, is famous as 
having bred and trained some of the 
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been one of the Governors of the Mon- 
mouth Park and the Coney Island 
1899. In 1891 he was elected First Vice 
President of the Inter-Continental Rail- 
way Commission; is a director of numer- 
ous financial, trust and insurance com- 
panies. He was the founder of the 
"community of interest" policy of the 
Eastern railroads. Apart from his skill- 
ful work in expanding the Pennsylvania 
system, his greatest achievement is the 
planning and starting the construction of 
the greatest of railway tunnels under the 
Hudson, Manhattan Island and the East 
River, and he modern railway terminal 
station in New York City. Is owner of 
Chesterbrook Stock Farm. For many 
years he has resided in Philadelphia dur- 
ing the winter, always removing to his 
magnificent country seat, "Cheswold," at 
Bryn Mawr, in the spring; his stock farm, 
the well known Chesterbrook Stud, is 
famous as having bred and trained some 
of the finest animals in the country; he 
has been one of the Governors of the 
Monmouth Park and the Coney Island 
Jockey Clubs. He is a yachtsman and 
President of the Merion Cricket Club. 
His family is very prominent socially. 
Address, 202 South Rittenhouse Sq.; sum- 
mer home. Bar Harbor; office, Broad St. 
Station, Philadelphia. 

CASSEL, Henry Burel: 

Congressman; Republican, of Marietta; 
was born in Marietta, Lancaster County, 
Pa., Oct., 19, 1855, and after passing 
through the public schools of Marietta 
finished his education at the Columbia 
Classical Institute; has been a stanch Re- 
publican, and became interested in poli- 
tics at an early age. His first public of- 
fice was as a member of the County 
Committee in 1SS1; he became Chairman of 
the County Committee in 1893; was sent 
as a delegate to the National Republican 
Convention held in St. Louis in 1S96, and 
in 189S was nominated and elected to the 
lower house of the State Legislature, 
where his father had served fifty-nine 
years before, and was re-elected in 1900; 
served as member of the important Com- 
mittees of the Judiciary General, Ways 
and Means, and Public Buildings. As a 
business man he is the proprietor of the 
firm of A. N. Cassel & Son, wholesale 
and retail lumber dealers; is also asso- 
ciated as director or stockholder in a 
number of other companies; was elected 
Nov. 5, 1901, to the Fifty-seventh Con- 
gress to fill the vacancy caused by the 



death of Hon. Marriott Brosius. and re- 
elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Ad- 
dress, Marietta, Pa. 

CASSELS, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twelfth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 25, 1861; mustered out, Aug. 
5, 1S61; First Lieutenant Eleventh Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, Nov. 8, 1S61; Captain, 
April 16, 1S62; Major, Oct. 28, 1S64; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, April 
1, 1S65; Captain Ninth United States Cav- 
alry, July 28, 1866; declined, Oct. 10, 1866; 
brevetted Lieutenant Colonel United 
States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for 
faithful, meritorious, and untiring ser- 
vices as Provost Marshal of the Depart- 
ment of Virginia and North Carolina; 
elected May 6, 186S; Council of the Com- 
mandery, May 7, 1890-1S92; Junior Vice 
Commander of the Commandery, May 4, 
1S9S-1899. Address, Washington, D. C. 

CASTLE, Homer L,: 

Lawyer; born July 20. 1S59. at Clyde, 
Ohio; son of A. B. and Mary (Clark) 
Castle; was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Michigan with the class of 1879, 
and from the Law Department thereof 
in 1SS1; was admitted to practice in the 
courts of Michigan on graduation there. 
In the fall of 1881 was admitted to prac- 
tice in the Supreme Court of Ohio. June 
30, 18S3, was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar. He is prominent in the 
ranks of the Prohibitionists. Address, 
440 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

CASTNER, Lewis M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lycoming County; 
was born in Hunterdon County, New 
Jersey, Dec. 25, 1852; was educated in the 
public schools of that State; removed to 
Williamsport. Pa., in 1SS2. and engaged 
in the manufacture of looking-glass and 
oval picture frames, which business he 
still follows; served eight years as a 
member of the Common Council of 
Williamsport, and was President of Coun- 
cil three years; was elected to the House 
of Representatives in 1S98 and 1900; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Williamsport, Pa. 

CATANACH, James S.: 

Special agent of the Hartford Fire In- 
surance Company in the Middle Depart- 
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fire insurance business in February, 
1866, with W. D. Sherrerd, with whom 
he remained until July 1, 1876, on 
which date he became the Secretary of 
Manayunk Insurance Company; be- 
came Eastern Special Agent of the 
Firemen's Fund and Union of San Fran- 
cisco in 1880, and Middle Department 
Special Agent of the Hartford Fire In- 
surance Company in February, 1881; was 
a member of Executive Committee of 
Middle Department Association, and also 
its Chairman, for a number of years; 
was elected President of the Association 
for the year 1897. He was one of the 
original members of the Association and 
prominent in its organization in 1883. 
Mr. Catanach writes for the insurance 
papers and is an authority on the work- 
ing of the co-insurance clause of the 
fire insurance policy. Address, 414 Wal- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CATHCART, William: 

Baptist clergyman; born in London- 
derry County, Ireland, Nov. 8, 1825; edu- 
cated at the University of Glasgow, 
Scotland, and Horton, (now Rawdon, 
College), Yorkshire, England; for twenty- 
seven years has been minister of the 
Second Baptist Church of Philadelphia; 
in 1S73 he received the degree of D. D. 
from Lewisburg, now Bucknell, Univer- 
sity. Author: "The Baptists and the 
American Revolution," "The Ancient 
British and Irish Churches," "The Life 
ind Labors of St. Patrick," "The Papal 
-System," "The Baptist Encyclopaedia." 
President of the American Baptist His- 
torical Society for eight years. Address, 
Hoyt, Pa. 

CATTELL, Edward James: 

("Francis H. Hardy,") author; born in 
Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 1856; son of Elijah 
G. and Catharine (Hardy) Cattell; edu- 
cated in private schools in United 
States, England, and Germany; traveled 
in Europe and the East; during ten 
years' residence abroad was a frequent 
contributor on economic, geographical, 
and political topics, to London Times, 
Fortnightly Review, and Cornhill Maga- 
zine; 1891-1893, Assistant Editor of St. 
Stephen's Review, London; since 1901 
Editor Foreign Commercial Guide. 
Author (1897), "The Mills of God"; 
(1900), "To the Healing of the Sea," 
"The World's Manufactures of Cotton," 
(Phila. Com. Museum). Residence, 1534 
Mt. Vernon St.; address, Philadelphia 
Commercial Museum, Philadelphia. 



CATTELL,, Henry Ware: 

Physician; medical editor; born in 
Harrisburg, Oct. 7, 1862; son of Rev. W. 
C. Cattell, D. D., LL. D. (President of 
Lafayette College from 1863 to 1883), 
and of Elizabeth McKeen Cattell; gradu- 
ated from Lafayette College, 1883; from 
Medical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, 1887; editor of Interna- 
tional Medical Magazine, 1S94 to 1897; In- 
ternational Clinics, 1900 to 1903; Trans- 
lator of "Ziegler's Special Pathology"; 
Author of "Post-Mortem Pathology"; 
Demonstrator of Morbid Anatomy, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1S92 to 1897; 
Senior Coroner's Physician of Philadel- 
phia, 1896; Director of the Ayer Clinical 
Laboratory, 1899 to 1901, and Pathologist 
to the Presbyterian Hospital, Philadel- 
phia Hospital, etc. Has traveled much 
abroad and has written many articles for 
the medical press. Address, 3709 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia. 

CATTELL,, James McKeen: 

Professor of Psychology, Columbia Uni- 
versity; born May 25, 1860, at Easton, 
Pa. ; graduated from the Lafayette College 
in 1880, and received the degree of A. M. 
in 1883; also degree of Ph. D. at Leipsig 
University in 1S86; for two years was a 
student at Gottingen, Leipsig, Paris and 
Geneva; also Fellow of Johns Hopkins 
University from 1882 to 1883; was student 
and Assistant at the University of 
Leipsig for three years, and Lecturer at 
the University of Cambridge for one 
year; from 18S8 to 1891 was Professor 
of Psychology at the University of Penn- 
sylvania; Professor of Experimental Psy* 
chology at Columbia since 1891. Mem- 
ber of the National Academy of Sciences; 
also member of the American Psycho- 
logical Association, and was President in 
1895; Fellow American Association for 
the Advancement of Science, Vice Presi- 
dent in 1898; Fellow and President of the 
New York Academy of Sciences; also 
member of the American Philosophical 
Society, London Aristotelian Society, 
London Neurol. Society, American Physiol. 
Society, American Society of Natural- 
ists (President) ; editor of Science and 
The Popular Science Monthly. Address, 
Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 

CAUFFMAN, Frank Guernsey: 

Musician; born in Philadelphia, March 
S, 1850; educated in Friends' Central 
High School. Philadelphia; married, 
January, 1S79, to Sara Byerly Hart; 



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member of Strakosch Italian Opera Com- 
pany during- the 70's; composer: Sa- 
lammbo," for orchestra; cantata, "Life," 
for solo, chorus and orchestra; Vorspiel 
"Alciphron," for orchestra; Scenes from 
Alciphron, for solo and orchestra; Whit- 
man's "Death Carol," for baritone and 
orchestra; rhapsodie for string orchestra; 
also chamber music, part songs, songs, 
and church music. Address, Roxborough, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAVEN, Joseph L.: 

President of the Real Estate Title, 
Insurance & Trust Company of Phila- 
delphia. Address, 609 Mutual Life 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CAVENAUGH, Harry Gibbons: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Delaware; 
Corporal and Sergeant, First Delaware 
Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861, to July 25, 1864; 
First Lieutenant, First Delaware Vet- 
eran Infantry, July 26. 1864; Captain, 
Dec. 26, 1864; honorably mustered out, 
July 12, 1865; Second Lieutenant, 
Thirty-seventh Infantry, July 28, 1866; 
transferred to Fifth Infantry, May 19, 
1869; assigned to Thirteenth Infantry, 
March 31, 1870; First Lieutenant, Sept. 
4, 1S71; Captain, Aug. 16, 1884; Major, 
Sept. 17. 1898; retired, Sept. 16, 1899. 
Address. 161 West Penn St., German- 
town, Pa. 

CHALLENGER. Thomas Holdich: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant, Fourth 
Delaware Infantry, Aug. 23, 1862; Cap- 
tain, Sept. 28, 1864; honorably discharged, 
May 15, 1865; elected, May 1, 1889. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa, 

CHALFANT, George N.: 

Lawyer; son of the Rev. George Wilson 
and Sarah E. (Moore) Chalfant; born 
Aug. 6, 1864, at Martin's Ferry, Belmont 
County, Ohio; was graduated from the 
Martin's Ferry High School with the 
class of 18S0, and from 1880 attended 
Layfayette College, from which he was 
graduated in 1884; was admitted to 
the Allegheny County bar in December of 
1888; is a Republican; member of the 
University Club, Pittsburg. Address, 123 
Meadow St., Pittsburg, Pa. 



CHAMBERLAIN, Daniel Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; Second Lieutenant, Fifth 
Massachusetts Cavalry, Jan. 25, 1S64; 
First Lieutenant, March 15, 1864; honor- 
ably mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865; elected, 
Oct. 20, 1886. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CHAMBERLIN, Thomas: 

Fire insurance; born near Lewisburg, 
Union County, Pa., March 18, 1838; son 
of John and Elizabeth Hayes Chamber- 
lin, and grandson of Col. William 
Chamberlin (officer of the Revolution) ; 
was educated at Bucknell University, 
A. B., 185S; Universities of Heidelberg 
and Berlin, 1859 to 1861; returned home 
in 1S61; in 1862 participated in the en- 
gagements of Mechanicsville, Gaines 
Mill and Newmarket Cross Roads, in 
which last engagement he was wounded; 
in Libby Prison from July 13th to 
18th; took part in the battles of South 
Mountain and Antietam as Acting Major 
of Fifth Pennsylvania Reserve, 1862-1863; 
served as Commandant of Georgetown, D. 
C; shared in the battles of Chancellors- 
ville and Gettysburg; severely wounded in 
latter; promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, 
1S64 ; retired on certificate of disability, 
on account of wounds; settled in Phila- 
delphia in 1S74, and ever since engaged 
in fire insurance; member of Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania, Military Order 
of Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the 
Republic, &c. Married, Oct. 25. 1870, to 
Frances English, of Georgetown, D. C. 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHAMBERS, Isaiah Slench: 

Clergyman; son of William W. and 
Elva Caroline (Mench) Chambers; born 
May 22. 1S65, at Miffiinburg, Pa.; in 1889 
graduated from Lafayette College; re- 
ceived degree of A. M. in 1892; after- 
ward graduated from the Union Theo- 
logical Seminary, New York. Married 
Annie W. Weaver, June 1, 1892, at 
Easton. Pa.; in 1892 was ordained to 
Presbyterian Ministry. While at college 
he took charge of a small chapel at East 
Stroudsburg, Pa.; since 1902 has been 
Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, 
Merchantville. He is a member of the 
Presbyterian Ministers' Association of 
Philadelphia and member of Masonic Fra- 
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Gate" (poems); "Reuben, the Builder," 
published in 1900; "Harold Payson," in 
1901; "The Modern Devil"; "On the Sunny 
Side"; "Somebody Forgets," written in 
1903. Address, Merchantville, N. J. 

CHAMPAIGN, William Ellis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Tioga County; was 
born in Cedar Run, Lycoming County, 
Pa., Jan. 3, 1861; was educated in the 
common schools; appointed Postmaster 
at Gaines, Tioga County, Pa., under 
President Harrison; elected Sheriff in 
1S94 and Delegate to State Convention 
in 1S96; his early occupation was lumber- 
ing, but for the past fifteen years has 
been engaged in the life insurance busi- 
ness; was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in 1900; re-elected in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Gaines, Pa. 

CHANCE, Henry Martyn: 

Mining engineer; born January 18, 1856, 
at Philadelphia; in 1874 graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania as civil 
and mining engineer; afterward gradu- 
ated from Jefferson Medical College in 
1881. Married Lillie E. Mickley April 20, 
1882; from 1874 to 1884 was Assistant 
Geologist at the Pennsylvania Geologi- 
cal Survey; also Geologist in charge of 
exploration of coal fields in North Caro- 
lina in 1884; from 1885 to 1886 was man- 
ager of iron mines in Pennsylvania; also 
assistant manager of tunnel work from 
1886 to 1887; general consulting practice 
as mining expert since 1S87; member of 
American Institute of Mining Engineers, 
American Philosophical Society, Engin- 
eers' Club of Philadelphia; also author of 
several geological reports, technical 
papers, etc. Address, 819 Drexel Build- 
ing, Philadelphia. 

CHANNELS, Leon S.: 

Lawyer; born May 23, 1868 in Canton 
Township, Bradford County, Pa.; was 
graduated from the Canton High School 
in 1890, after teaching two terms in the 
public schools of Sullivan and Bradford 
Counties; read law with his brother, S. F. 
Channell, in Wellsboro, Pa.; was admitted 
to the Tipga County bar in June, 1894. 
He formed a partnership with D. H. 
Griffin in the Spring of 1S95 for the 
practice of law in Mansfield, Pa.; is a 
Republican; has been Borough Clerk; 
is Secretary of the Mansfield Building 
& Loan Association and a Trustee of the 
Mansfield State Normal School. Address, 
Mansfield, Pa. 



CHAPIN, John Bassett: 

Physician; born Dec. 4, 1829, son of Wm. 
and Elizabeth H. (Bassett) Chapin; was 
graduated from Williams' College in 1850; 
Jefferson Medical College, 1853. Married, 
March 18, 1858, Harriett E. Preston; 
resident physician New York Hospital, 
and interne 1852-1854; Assistant Physician 
Utica State Hospital, 1854 to 1858; Resi- 
dent Physician Brigham Hall, Canan- 
daigua, N. Y., 1859 to 1S69; Commissioner 
to plan and build Willard State Hospital, 
and Medical Superintendent of same, 1869 
to 1S84; Physician-in-Chief, Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital for the Insane, Phila- 
delphia, 1884, and still in service; mem- 
ber Phi Beta Kappa, Williams; LL. D. 
Jefferson Medical College; honorary 
member Medico Psycholological Asso- 
ciation, Great Britain; honorary member 
Society Mental Medicine, Belgium; Presi- 
dent American Medical Psychological As- 
sociation, 1889. Author: "Compendium 
of Insanity." Address, 4401 Market St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHAPIN, Samnel Farnum: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon, Thirtieth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry (First Reserve) Dec. 17, 1S61; dis- 
charged to accept promotion, Sept. 15, 
1862; Major and Surgeon, 139th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Sept. 12, 1862; honorably 
mustered out, June 21, 1S65; elected, 
Feb. 5, 1890. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CHAPMAN, Henry Cadwalader: 

Physician; born May 17, 1845, at Phila- 
delphia; in 1863 was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania, also Medical 
Department of same University, in 1867; 
for three years studied in Europe; since 
1870 has been in practice in Philadelphia; 
has lectured on Anatomy and Physiology 
at the University of Pennsylvania; at the 
Jefferson Medical College in 1877 be- 
came Lecturer on Physiology of the Ner- 
vous System; is Physician and Curator 
at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences; 
also author of "Evolution of Life"; "His- 
tory of the Discovery of the Circulation 
of the Blood"; "Medical Jurisprudence 
and Toxicology." Address, 2047 Walnut 
St., Philadelphia. 

CHASE, Aaron Aug-nstns: 

Lawyer; born March 28, 1S39, in Ben- 
ton Township, Lackawanna County, Pa.; 



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was educated at Madison Academy, 
Waverly, Pa.; Democrat; was in the 
United States military service 1863; ed- 
itor and proprietor of the Daily Times, 
Scranton, Pa., 1872 to 18S5, when he re- 
sumed practice of law; during labor 
troubles, 1877, was twice imprisoned for 
denouncing the killing of three men as 
murder, alleging they were shot for the 
purpose of breaking up the strike. Ad- 
dress, Scranton, Pa. 

CHASE, George Howlnnd: 

Chemist and Metallurgist; born in 
Union Springs, Cayuga County, N. Y., 
Sept. 14, 1866; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania 1885; post 
graduate, taking second degree, 1886. 
Address. 6020 Greene St., Germantown, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHA17NCEY, Charles: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant and Ad- 
jutant, Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
Nov. 3, 1861; Captain, April 1, 1862; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Sept. 6, 
1864; elected, Feb. 7, 1900. Address, 251 
South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

«le CHAVANNE, Countess Loveans 

Author, journalist; n6e Ouirda Benson; 
born June 19, 1861, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 
daughter of Capt. Henry John Benson 
of .United States Navy; was educated at 
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Paris, 
France; married in 1SS6 to Alexandre 
Jean Loveau, Count de Chavanne (died 
in 1892). Decorated in France, 1887, for 
works of philanthropy, by La Society 
Fraternelle des Veuves et Orphelines des 
Officers en Retraite DScore de la Legion 
d'Honneur, by the Mayor of Neuilly. 
Carrie to United States in 1S96; nursed 
sick soldiers at Camp Merritt during 
Spanish-American War. Author "Ouirda, 
or American Gold Regilding the Coronets 
of Europe." Residence, 406 South Forty- 
fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHESSHOWN, Archibald DeV., M. D.t 

Born in Washington County, Aug. 13, 
1844, a son of John and Mary Ann 
(Young) Chessrown; was educated in the 
public schools of Pittsburg, and in 1S60 
began to study medicine; in 1S64 he en- 
tered Jefferson Medical College at Phila- 
delphia, graduating in 1870; since 18S8 
he has been the jail physician of Alle- 
gheny County. He is deeply interested in 



medical research and is prominent in a 
number of medical societies; is a mem- 
ber of the South Side Medical Club, the 
Allegheny County, State, National and 
Mississippi Valley Medical Associations; 
of the Pittsburg Obstetrical Society, of 
the National Prison Congress and the 
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce; is a 
Republican in politics and is a member 
of the Presbyterian Church. He was 
married, June 14, 1870, to Miss Sarah 
Phillips, of Pittsburg. Address, East 
End, Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

CHEYNEY, Edward Potts: 

Educator; son of Waldron J. and Fan- 
nie P. Cheyney; born Jan 17, 1861, at 
Wallingford, Pa.; was graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1883; 
afterward took a post-graduate course 
for one year, and received degree of 
A. M. at same university; in 1S84 trav- 
eled abroad, visiting German universities 
and studying in the British Museum; Pro- 
fessor of European History at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, also author of 
"Social Changes in England in the Six- 
teenth Century," published in 1896; "So- 
cial and Industrial History of England," 
in 1901; also many monographs and re- 
view articles on historical and economic 
subjects. Residence, 259 South 44th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHEYNEY, James Barton: 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia, April, 
1860; educated in Friends' Schools, State 
Normal School, at West Chester, Pa., and 
private tutors; began journalistic career 
in Chester County (Pa.), Village Record; 
managing editor of The Every Evening, 
Wilmington, Del.; Pennsylvania Grit, 
William sport, Pa.; editor and associate 
editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 
seven years; has contributed to various 
magazines, periodicals and newspapers. 
Permanent address, 1S22 Mt. Vernon St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHILD, Clarence G.: 

Editor and teacher; born in Newport, 
R. I., March 22. 1S64; received his early 
education at St. John's House, Newport; 
entered Trinity College in 18S2, graduating 
as Master of Arts in 1891, and serving as 
Instructor in Mathematics and English at 
Trinity from 1S90 to 1891; studied at the 
University of Munich 1891 to 1S92, and 
at the Johns Hopkins University 1S92 to 
1895, graduating as Doctor of Philosophy. 
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sistant editor on the extensive revised 
edition of Worcester's Dictionary. He be- 
came Instructor in English at the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1896, and Assist- 
ant Professor in 1901, and, in 1900-1901, 
served as non-resident Lecturer in Anglo- 
Saxon at Bryn Mawr College. In 1902 he 
received the degree of L. H. D. from 
Trinity College. He has. published vol- 
umes and articles on John Lyly, Old Eng- 
lish Phonology, and other literary and 
philologic subjects. Address, 4237 Sansom 
St., Philadelphia. 

CHIL.DS, Louis M.i 

Lawyer; born in Norristown, Pa., Aug. 
14, 1S52; was educated at the University 
of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1872; then 
engaging as assistant to his father in the 
iron business. Soon after he began the 
study of law in the office of G. R. Fox 
at Norristown, and was admitted to the 
bar of Montgomery County in 1876; his 
early practice was successful, but in 1878 
he removed to Philadelphia, as promising 
a wider field. This enterprise did not 
prove encouraging, and he returned to 
Norristown in 1SS0, where he has con- 
tinued in the practice of the law. He 
was especially expert in the handling of 
civil suits, and in time gained a very 
large and profitable business. A number 
of large interests are under his care, and 
he has been eminently successful in all 
classes of legal cases, having handled 
many such in both civil and criminal law. 
Address, Norristown, Pa. 

CHIPMAN, Charles: 

Hosiery manufacturer; born in Phila- 
delphia Oct. 24, 1842. His parents being 
poor, he was obliged to begin work at 
twelve years of age; four years were 
spent on a farm, with only three months' 
schooling; then three years in an um- 
brella handle manufactory, going to pri- 
vate school at night and paying for same 
by his own wages, till 1861, when 
he enlisted in the Cameron Dragoons — 
afterward the Fifth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry — and served through the war as a 
non-commissioned officer, receiving only 
one slight wound. After the war he en- 
gaged in a window glass store at a 
small salary, marrying while in this busi- 
ness, his bride being Mary Van Arts- 
dalen, of Bucks County, Pa.; in 1874 he 
engaged in the paint manufacture with 
Eugene E. Nice, and in 1884 began the 
manufacture of hosiery in parnership with 
his two sons. This business, established 
in Germantown, prospered until it became 



one of the leading establishments in that 
line of manufacture. He retired from busi- 
ness on June 1, 1894, leaving the business 
to his sons. He is an active Freemason 
and is connected with several charitable 
and other associations; also a member of 
Union League, Board of Governors of 
Masonic Home, Pennsylvania, Road Driv- 
ers' Association of Pennsylvania, Cedar 
Park Driving Club, New York Road Driv- 
ers' Association, etc. Address, 232 East 
Wister St., Germantown, Pa. 

CHRISMAN, William: 

Lawyer; born in Pottsville, Pa., in 
1S54. The early years of his life were 
spent on a farm, he studying at night 
and attending the public schools during 
the winter months;- at seventeen he 
began teaching; he was graduated from 
the Bloomsburg State Normal School in 
1877, and for a number of years taught 
at Bloomsburg; studying law during this 
interval, he was admitted to the bar in 
1882, being elected Town Treasurer in 
the same year; was elected School Di- 
rector in 1888, and served the School 
Board as Treasurer; has been actively 
engaged in legal practice, and has been 
identified with many important cases, 
both civil and criminal. In 1S90 the court 
appointed him District Attorney to fill 
an unexpired term, and he was after- 
ward elected for the three years' term. 
He was made Chairman of the Demo- 
cratic County Committee in 1S88, acting 
in that capacity for five years. Address, 
Bloomsburg, Pa. 

CHRISTY, Butler Case: 

Lawyer, born in Murrysville, West- 
moreland County, Sept. 15, 1842; is a son 
of James and Mary J. (Case) Christy; 
was educated in the public schools and 
took a year's preparatory course in an 
academy at Elizabeth, Pa. ; then entered 
Mount Union College, Ohio, but at the 
end of three months left college to en- 
list in Company C of the 123d Pennsyl- 
vania Volnuteer Infantry. This was on 
Aug. 7. 1862; on the same day he was 
married to Miss Ida M., daughter of 
Nathaniel Stevens. At the battle of 
Chancellorsville, May 3, 1S63, he was 
wounded and taken to the Mt. Pleasant 
Hospital in "Washington, D. C. ; was dis- 
charged two months later for disability; 
then taught school several years, studied 
law and was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar, May 7, 1865; is a Republican 
in politics and has served in the State 
Legisalture; was the Recorder of Alle- 



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gheny County for nine years. He was 
made a Mason in 1872 at Sewickley 
Lodge, now defunct, and admitted to Al- 
legheny Lodge, being Senior Warden of 
the Sewickley Lodge; is a member of 
Sheridan Post, No. 88, Grand Army of 
the Republic, and was Judge Advocate 
to the Department of Pennsylvania and 
Grand Dictator of the Knights of Honor 
of Pennsylvania, and representative to 
the Supreme Lodge; is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. Address, 
Farmers* Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

CHRISTY, George H.: 

Lawyer; born in Kinsman, Ohio, on 
Jan. 22, 1837, and educated at Western 
Reserve College, in Hudson, Ohio. Al- 
though now one of Pittsburg's most suc- 
cessful patent lawyers, having made that 
branch of law his special study, Mr. 
Christy started in life, as have many of 
the most notable of the legal profession, 
as a journalist, in which occupation he 
was engaged in Pittsburg during the 
years 1859, 1860 and 1861, when he was 
called by the Western University of 
Western Pennsylvania to fill, during the 
years of 1862, 1863 and 1864, the position 
of Professor of Mathematics, which posi- 
tion he resigned in 1864 to enter the 
United States Army service, and there he 
remained until the close of the Civil 
War, serving as First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant of the Twenty-second (U. S. 
C. T.) Regiment, First Brigade, First 
Division of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps. 
Two sons and three daughters are the 
result of Mr. Christy's matrimonial alli- 
ance in 1867; and the sons, Marshall A. 
and Bayard H, are now in law practice 
with their father, the firm being known 
as Christy & Christy; is connected with 
several leading clubs, notably the Revels' 
Island Club of Virginia, the Huron Moun- 
tain Club, of Michigan, the Duquesne 
Club of Pittsburg, and the Lawyers' Club 
of New York. He is also a member of 
the Loyal Legion and of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

CHUBB, William: 

President of the Reliance Insurance 
Company of Philadelphia; born in Phila- 
delphia March 21, 1845. After leaving 
school he entered the office of the Re- 
liance as clerk and his entire business 
life has been connected with that com- 
pany; was elected Secretary in 1869, Vice 
President in 1892, and President in 1894. 
Address, 429 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 



CHURCH, John T.: 

Builder; born Glen Iron, Sept. 4, 1S55; 
educated at Bloomsburg State Normal 
School, Bloomsburg, Pa., and Eastman's 
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
Married Ella H. Yorger, of Swengle, Pa., 
Jan. 1, 1881; rebuilt the Glen Iron Fur- 
nace for the Jackson Iron Company in 
1880, complete; in 1896 compiled and took 
up all the unfinished business for R. G. 
Dunn & Co. at their minor offices; 1901, 
organized the Glen Iron Furnace Com- 
pany, of which he was made President, 
and has had charge of all the work and 
regulated the running of the furnace. 
Republican. Address, Glen Iron, Union 
County, Pa. 

CHURCH, Samuel Harden: 

Railway official and author; born in 
Caldwell County, Mo., Jan. 24, 1858; son 
of William and Emily (Scott) Church, 
daughter of Walter Scott, who emigrated 
from Scotland to Pennsylvania in 1819; 
family have lived in Pittsburg since 1S22; 
was educated at Pittsburg public schools 
and Bethany Preparatory School, in West 
Virginia. After filling various clerkships 
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
he became Superintendent of Transpor- 
tation in Columbus, and Secretary in 
Pittsburg; while in Columbus was Aide- 
de-Camp on staff of Governor Hoadly, 
with the rank of Colonel. Governor Hoad- 
ly and staff presented him with a gold- 
and-silver sword in recognition of his con- 
duct in handling troops in the Cincinnati 
riots in 18S4. Author of "Oliver Cromwell, 
a History." This book has passed through 
seven editions and enjoys a very large 
circulation in England. The discussion 
following its appearance led to the erec- 
tion of two statues of Cromwell in Lon- 
don; "John Marmaduke, a Romance of the 
English Invasion of Ireland in 1649" 
(1889); "Beowulf, a Poem" (1901); "Per- 
ruddock of the White Lambs" (1902): 
"The Brayton Episode" (a play produced 
by Sarah Truax, 1903). Received the 
honorary degrees Litt. D. and M. A. from 
Yale and Western Pennsylvania Univer- 
sities; is Vice President of the Union Steel 
Casting Company; a Trustee of the Car- 
negie Institute, Pittsburg, Pa.; was 
speaker in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsyl- 
vania for National Republican Committee 
in 1896 and 1900; President McKinley gave 
his speech on the silver question to the 
press with his personal endorsement; dele- 
gate to National Republican Convention 
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daughter of James McH. Reinhart, of 
Pittsburg', Pa. Address, Union Station, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

CHURCHILL, Charles Coureelle: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Second 
Lieutenant, Third Artillery, March, 1848; 
First Lieutenant June 30, 1852; Captain 
May 14, 1861; retired Feb. 28, 1862. Ad- 
dress, 62 Ayrault St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLAPP, B. Frank: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Aug. 5, 
1854; educated at Classical Institute of 
Rev. Dr. Faires and Episcopal Academy; 
studied law in the office of Hon. F. 
Carroll Brewster; received degree of 
LL. B. (1876) from University of Penn- 
sylvania; admitted to the bar 1876; Sec- 
retary of The Law Association of Phila- 
delphia, 1891-1899; member of the Union 
League, Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, the Penn Club, University Club, 
and the American Academy of Political 
and Social Science. Address, Land Title 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLAPP, John Martin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain 121st Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Sept. 3, 1862; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged for disability Aug. 7, 
1863; elected Feb. 2, 1887. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
1 nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLARE, Israel Smith: 

Historian; born near Lancaster, Pa., 
Nov. 24, 1847; educated in the public 
schools of Lancaster County, Pa., and 
State Normal School at Millersville, Pa.; 
spent early life in educational work in 
public schools and literary work. Author: 
"Illustrated Universal History," 1876; 
"Complete Hisstorical Compendium," 1884; 
"Unrivaled History of the World" (5 vol- 
umes), 1890; "Library of Universal His- 
tory" (15 volumes), 1896; "History of 
the British-Boer War," 1900; editor in 
chief a/id historical editor of Cram's 
Magazine, 1899-1901 (Chicago); contrib- 
uted historical maps to Cram's Univer- 
sal, ancient and modern atlas, etc. Mar- 
ried at Mount Joy, Pa., Mrs. Louisa 
Williams, Feb. 12, 1896. Address, Lan- 
caster, Pa. 

CLARE1VCY, James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 



born April 1, 1849, in Allegheny City: 
at the death of his father in 1856 he 
removed with his mother to Philadelphia, 
where he has since resided; he has, with 
the exception of a short term of service, 
from 1872 to 1S74, in the Philadelphia Fire 
Department, been engaged in the mercan- 
tile business all his life; was a member 
of the House of Representatives, sessions 
of 1S93, 1895, 1S97, 1S99 and 1901; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, 407 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLARK, Charles Carr: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy Sept. 1, 18S6; Second 
Lieutenant, Ninth Infantry, June 12, 1890; 
First Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry, June 1, 
1897; Captain, Signal Corps, Volunteers, 
June 2, 189S; honorably discharged from 
Volunteers Nov. 30, 1898; Captain, Twen- 
tieth Infantry, Jan. 12, 1900; transferred 
to Fifth Infantry Feb. 17, 1900. Ad- 
dress, Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y. 

CLARK. Clarence H.: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia; for 
many years member of the firm of E. 
W. Clark & Co., bankers; was the first 
President of the Fidelity Trust Company; 
later was President of the National Life 
Insurance Company; for many years was 
President of the Centennial National Bank 
in which position he was succeeded by 
his son, C. Howard Clark. Residence, 
southwest corner of 42d and Locusts Sts., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLARK, Edward White: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; brother of deceased Companion 
Brevet Lieut. Col. Joseph H. Clark; 
elected May 7. 1S90. Address, 160 Bul- 
litt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLARK, E. Heath: 

Jurist; born in Brookville, Pa., July 22, 
1839; educated in the Saltsburg and New 
Bethlehem Academies, and studied law 
under the late Judge W. P. Jenks and 
others. After his admission to the bar, 
he entered into partnership with W. P. 
and G. A. Jenks, the Arm continuing for 
about twenty years. After a long period 
of successful private practice, Mr. Heath 
was nominated and elected in 1891 to 
succeed Judge W. W. Bar as Judge of 
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ing of Clarion and Jefferson Counties; he 
served a full term of ten years, retiring 
January 4, 1902. Address, Brookville, Pa. 

CLARK, Elmer Wright: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Iowa; Ca- 
det Military Academy June 15, 1SS9; 
Second Lieutenant, Fourteenth Infantry, 
June 12, 1893; First Lieutenant, Eigh- 
teenth Infantry, April 26, 1898; Captain 
Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I. 

CLARK, George Shiras: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fifteenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry Oct. 10, 1862; Regimental Quar- 
termaster Sergeant March 1, 1863; dis- 
charged for promotion May S, 1863; Cap- 
tain Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry May 
8, 1863; honorably mustered out June 21, 
1865; elected Oct. 16, 1S89. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLARK, George Stephenson : 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Lieut. Col. John Clark; elected May 6, 
1S91. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

CLARK, H. E.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Sheraden. Address, Sheradenville, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

CLARK, James A.: 

The Democratic member of the Board 
of Allegheny County Commissioners; is 
an Ohioan by birth, his parents having 
moved from Virginia to Bellmont County, 
Ohio, shortly before his birth. He was 
seven years old when the family moved 
to Pittsburg, and in that city's public 
schools he was educated. Mr. Clark, on 
leaving school, obtained employment at 
the Central Stock Yards, after which he 
became Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Keystone Paint and Color Company in 
the East End; while serving in that ca- 
pacity he was appointed an Assistant 
Gas Inspector, a position he held during 
the administration of Gov. Robert E. 
Pattison. Mr. Clark has always been a 
Democrat, and his influence has been 
felt in the party councils ever since he 
reached his majority; for many consecu- 



tive years he was a delegate to the State 
conventions, and he was also a delegate ) 
to the National Convention; in 1S96 Mr. J 
Clark became a County Commissioner, 
this being his third term. Is a delegate 
to the Democratic National Convention at ' 
St. Louis. Address, 541 Park Ave., Pitts- '• 
burg, Pa. 



CLARK. John Goodrich: 

Physician; born in Wayne County, Ind., 
June 4, 1867; son of Thomas E. and- 
Nancy (Goodrich) Clark; educated in 
public schools, Earlham College and V' 
Ohio Wesleyan University; was graduated i 
from Medical Department, Jniversity of 
Pennsylvania, 1S91; post-graduate work 
at Johns Hopkins University and Uni- 
versities of Leipzig and Prague. Former 
Associate of Gynecology in Johns Hop- 
kins University; now Professor of Gyne- 
cology in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania; Chief Gynecological Surgeon, Uni- 
versity Hospital; consultant to the St. 
Agnes, Bryn Mawr, Women's, and other 
hospitals. Member of College of Physi- 
cians of Philadelphia, American Medical 
Association, American Gynecological So- j 
ciety. Maried to Anna M. Evans of 
Philadelphia. Clubs: Medical, Faculty, 
University, Merion Cricket. Writer on 
medical and surgical topics, conductor of 
special researches in the Johns Hopkins 
University, the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, and the Universities of Leipzig 
and Prague. Address, 218 South Fifteenth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 






CLARK, J. W.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Glen Campbell. Address, Glen Camp- 
bell, Pa, 

CLARKE, Creston: 

Actor; son of John Sleeper Clarke and; 
nephew of the late Edwin Booth, actor; , 
born Aug. 20, 1S65, at Philadelphia; at- 
tended the College of St. Croix, Paris, 
France; in 1886 was graduated from 
Hampstead Collegiate School. London; 
married Adelaide Prince, actress, April 
17, 1S95, at New York. In 18S2 began his. 
professional career in London; made his 
first appearance on American stage at, 
Wallack's Theatre, New York; has at- 
tained much success in tragic roles. < 
Author of "The Last of His Race"' 1 
(drama); part author of "The Ragged- 
Cavalier" (comedy drama). Address, 
Players' Club, Gramercy Park, New- 
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CLARKE, Hngli A.: 

Professor of music; born of Scotch 
ancestry in Canada in 1839, his father 
being professor of music in the University 
of Upper Canada, and having previously 
been a Doctor of Music at Oxford Uni- 
versity. The son's native talent was 
trained in the line of music, his early 
education being obtained at Knox Acad- 
emy in Toronto. His proficiency in his 
chosen profession brought him in 1S75 
the offer of a professorship in music 
from the University of Pennsylvania, 
and he has filled this chair ever since, 
having for a number of years past been 
conducting courses in music which are 
open to men and women alike. Professor 
Clark has taken a prominent part in 
the musical functions of the University, 
most notably in the production in 1885 
of the Acharnians of Aristophanes; the 
musical settings for this production were 
entirely his work, and their excellence 
was recognized in the honorary degree 
of Doctor of Music, which the University 
confered on him in 1886. Address, 223 
South Thirty-eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLARKE, "William Packer: 

Editor; born at "Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 
9, 1861; was graduated from Williams- 
port Dickinson Seminary in 1SS0 with 
degree of A. B., and Albany Law School, 
with degree of LL. B., 1882; admitted 
to the bar at Binghamton, N. Y., 1883 to 
1S90; accepted editorial chair of Daily 
Star at Grand Junction, Colo., and ad- 
mitted to Colorado bar, but never prac- 
ticed; was Deputy Clerk of District 
Court, 1S93; Oct. 7, 1891, married Vir- 
ginia Frances Anable, daughter of Henry 
S. Anable, of Long Island City, N. Y.; 
1894 returned to Williamsport, on editor- 
ial force of Daily News; since 1901, on 
Daily Gazette and Bulletin. Enlisted in 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, Com- 
pany B, Twelfth Infantry, 1SS0; served 
as private, Corporal, and First Sergeant, 
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 
1S84; Adjutant, 1888; 1S91 moved to Colo- 
rado and organized Company F, Second 
Infantry, National Guard of Colorado; 
Captain until 1893, then Major; resigned 
1S95, and returned to Pennsylvania; com- 
manded a battalion during riots at Crip- 
ple Creek, Colo.; served at Bull Hill; on 
staff of Gen. Gobin as Major and Ord- 
nance Officer, Hazleton riots, 1897; at 
Shenandoah riots, 1900 and 1902, and 
Major and Inspector. Address, Williams- 
port, Pa. 



CLARKSOX, Edward: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Carbondale. Address, Carbondale, Pa. 

CLAUSE, William L.: 

President Columbia Chemical Co.; Sec- 
ond Vice President Pittsburg Plate Glass 
Co.; born in Homer, Medina County, Ohio, 
Nov. 6, 1S58; educated in public schools 
of Akron, Ohio, where he resided for 
twenty years. In 18S1 married Elizabeth 
Ann Fish; in 1889, Secretary of the Dia- 
mond Plate Glass Co. at Kokomo, Ind., 
afterward consolidating with Pittsburg 
Hate Glass Co., of which he became a 
Director; 1S99, President of the Columbia 
Chemical Co.. which position he still oc- 
cupies. Director of the Rennous, Kleinle 
C, Baltimore, Md. ; the Owosso Sugar 
Co. of Owosso, Mich.; the Michigan Chem- 
ical Co. of Bay City, Mich.; the Patton 
Paint Co., and the J. E. Patton Co., of 
Milwaukee; the Goehring Manufacturing 
Co., of Akron, Ohio; the Pitcairn Coal Co., 
and the West Virginia Coal Co. Republi- 
can in politics; member Duquesne Club 
and Union Club, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Alle- 
gheny Country Club, and Edgeworth Club, 
of Sewickley, Pa., where he resides. Ad- 
dress, 1618 Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

CLAY, Albert Tobias: 

Clergyman; son of John Martin and 
Mary Barbara Clay; born Dec. 4, 1866, 
in Hanover, Pa; was graduated from 
Franklin and Marshall College in 1889; 
also Lutheran Theological Seminary in 
1892. In 1894 received degree of Ph. D. at 
the University of Pennsylvania; married 
Elizabeth Sommerville McCafferty in 
1895. From 1892 to 1895 was Lutheran 
Clergyman Instructor at the University 
of Pennsylvania in Hebrew: also First 
Assyrian Fellow at University of Penn- 
sylvania from 1892 to 1893; was instruct- 
or of Old Testament Theology at Chi- 
cago Lutheran Seminary from 1S95 to 
1898. From 1899 to 1903 lectured on 
Hebrew, Assyrian, and Semitic Archae- 
ology at the University of Pennsylvania. 
Since 1893 has been Assistant Professor 
of Semitic Philology and Archaeology, 
and Assistant Curator Babylonian An- 
tiquities at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Author of "Babylonian Expedition 
of the University of Pennsylvania," Vol. 
x. ; "Business Documents of Murashu, 
Sons of Nippur," dated in the reign of 
Darius II., and, with Prof. H. V. Hel- 
precht, vol. ix., dated in the reign of Ar- 
taxerxes I. Address, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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CLAY, Antony Alexander: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Fifty-eighth In- 
fantry Jan. 9, 1S62; honorably mustered 
out Jan. 17, 1865. First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Sept. 23, 1S65; honorably mustered 
out Jan. 24, 1866; elected Feb. 7, 1866. 
Council of the Commandery May 5, 1897 
to 1899. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CLAY. Cecil: 

Soldier; son of Joseph Ashmead and 
Cornelia (Fletcher) Clay; born Feb. 13, 
1842, in Philadelphia; was graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1S59, 
where he received the degree of A. M. ; 
married Annie Wood Kester, June 8, 
1865, at Philadelphia. In February, 
1862. he was Captain of the Fifty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Volunteers; also Major on 
Sept. 30, 1864; Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 
19, 1S64; Colonel Nov. 20, 1864; brevetted 
Colonel and Brigadier General of the 
United States Volunteers. He was mus- 
tered out Jan. 24, 1866; received a Con- 
gressional medal of honor for dis- 
tinguished bravery at the storming of 
Fort Harrison, Va. On Sept. 29, 1864, 
he lost his right arm and was badly 
wounded in the left hand. From 1870 
to 1879 was President of St. Lawrence 
Boom and Manufacturing Co.; since 18S3 
has been Chief Clerk of United States 
Department of Justice. From 18S7 to 
1897 was Colonel of the Second District 
of Columbia National Guard; contributes 
frequently to Forest and Stream; also a 
member of the Board Reform School, 
District of Columbia; Military Order 
Loyal Legion, Medal of Honor Legion, 
National Geological Society, Pennsylvania 
History Society, Churchmen's League, 
District of Columbia. Address, 1513 S St., 
N. TV ; office. Department of Justice, 
Washington, D. C. 

CLAAVSON, Lneien: 

President of the Westmoreland Na- 
tional Bank of Greensburg. Address, 
Greensburg, Pa. 

CLEAVER, Henry T.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1. 1871; Second As- 
sistant, Jan. 23, 1874; Passed Assistant, 



May 19, 1S79; Benicia, North Pacific 
Station, 1S73 to 1874; Trenton, European 
Station, 1877 to 1S79; Despatch, special 
service, 18S1 to 1SS3; Trenton, Asiatic 
Station, 18S3 to 1SS6; Michigan (North- 
west lakes), 1887 to 188S; Palos, Asiatic 
Station, 1888 to 1891; Navy Yard, New 
York, 1892 to 1893; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 
1S93 to 1894; waiting orders, May, 1S94; 
ordered to the Alert, June, 1S95 to 1898. 
Promoted to Chief Engineer, February, 
1S96; United States steamship Benning- 
ton, May, 1898; Yorktown, Nov. 17, 1898, 
to 1900; promoted to Lieutenant Com- 
mander, March 3, 1899; Monterey, Nov. 
17. 1900, to 1902. Inspection duty (Bu- 
reau of Steam Engineering April 1, 1902, 
to 1904.) Commander, Oct. 11, 1903. In- 
spector of Machinery at works of New 
York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. 
Address, Camden, N. J. 

CLEAVER, Israel, 31. D.: 

Physician; born in Berks County, Pa., 
Nov. 26, 1842; educated in the public 
schools of Reading. Pa., and graduated 
from the Boys' High School in the class 
of 1859, as valedictorian, this being the 
fourth graduating class of the institu- 
tion; taught school for three years, 
meanwhile commencing the study of 
medicine; became a Medical Cadet in the 
United States Army in Philadelphia in 
1862; was graduated as a Doctor of Med- 
icine from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1S63; enlisted in the army and was 
assigned to a Marine Brigade on the 
Missiissippi River as an Assistant Sur- 
geon in 1863, remaining in the brigade 
two years, or until the conclusion of the 
war; practiced medicine in Pennsylvania 
in Clearfield and Centre Counties six 
years, and then in the fall of 1S71 located 
in the city of Reading, where he has 
since practiced his profession. Member 
of the Reading Board of Health, 1S74 to 
1879; is at present Medical Inspector for 
Berks County of the State Board of 
Health in the case of contagious dis- 
eases. Was a member of the United 
States Board of Pension Examiners; is 
a member of the Reading Medical Asso- 
ciation, the Medical Society of the Coun- 
ty of Berks, the State Medical Society, 
and of the Grand Army of the Republic. . 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

CLEAVER, Wilbnr Moore: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
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First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 
Israel Clever; elected, May 4, 1898. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLEBORXE, Christopher James: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Scotland, Dec. 16, 1838; a gradu- 
ate of the University of Pennsylvania. 
March 15, 1860; elected a member of 
Academy of Natural Sciences, July 31, 
I860; appointed from Pennsylvania, May 
9, 1861, as an Assistant Surgeon, with 
rank of Master, and attached to sloop- 
of-war Jamestown, North Atlantic 
Squadron, from May, 1861, to January, 
1862; participated in the destruction of 
the Alvarado, under batteries at Fernan- 
dina, Aug. 5, 1861; ordered to sloop-of- 
war Dale, South Atlantic Squadron, ex- 
pedition to Stono River; engagements on 
South Edisto, and service with Forty- 
fifth Pennsylvania Regiment at Otter 
Island, S. C. 1862; ordered to gunboat 
Aroostook, West Gulf Squadron, 1863; 
operations off Mobile, 1863. Commis- 
sioned Surgeon, with rank of Lieutenant 
Commander, Nov. 24. 1863; at Naval Ren- 
dezvous, Philadelphia, 1864; ordered to 
United States ship Ticonderoga, South 
Atlantic Squadron, and coast of Brazil, 
1864-1865; present at both battles of Fort 
Fisher, December. 1864 (where the Ticon- 
deroga. soon after going into action, lost, 
by the bursting of her Parrot gun, 
twenty-one kiled and wounded) ; present 
at bombardment and capture of Fort 
Fisher. Jan. 15, 1865; ordered as Judge Ad- 
vocate of Naval Retiring Board, Phila- 
delphia, 1865; attached to flagship Rhode 
Island, West India Squadron, 1866; and 
in charge of Bienville during epidemic of 
yellow fever, 1866; Judge Advocate of 
Naval Retiring Board, 1867; elected mem- 
ber of Conchological Society of Philadel- 
phia, March 7, 1867; on sloop-of-war 
Saratoga, 1S68-1869; flagship Powhatan, 
1870; member of Naval Medical Examin- 
ing Board, 1870; ordered to Naval Sta- 
tion, League Island, 1871; elected mem- 
ber of Pennsylvania Historical Society, 
Sept. 23, 1872; attached to sloop-of-war 
Juniata. Plymouth. Brooklyn and Con- 
gress. European Squadron, 1872-1874; 
ordered to Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1875-1878; delegate to American Medi- 
cal Association, 1876. Commissioned as 
Medical Inspector, with rank of Com- 
mander, Jan. 6. 1878; on special duty 
from Portsmouth from November, 1878, 
to April, 1879; ordered to flagship Ten- 



nessee as Fleet Surgeon of North Atlan- 
tic Fleet, 1879-1881; attached to Navy 
Yard, Portsmouth, 1881-1884; elected 
member of Historical Society of Virginia, 
1S83; member of Medical Examining 
Board, Philadelphia, 1884-1887; appointed 
one of the Vice Presidents of the Inter- 
national Medical Congress, June 4, 1886; 
Chairman of the Medical Committee of 
the Constitutional Centennial, 1887; 
organized Volunteer Medical Corps of the 
Centennial, September, 1887. Commis- 
sioned Medical Director, with the rank 
of Captain, September, 1887; elected 
President of Volunteer Medical Associa- 
tion of Philadelphia, 1887; Director of 
Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., January, 
1888, to April, 1891; Director of Naval 
Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., April, 1891, to 
August, 1894; Director of Naval Hospital, 
Norfolk, from August, 1894, to 1899. 
Retired, with rank of Rear Admiral, Nov. 
10, 1899. Address, 49 East 14th St., At- 
lanta, Ga. 

CLEEMANN, Richard Alsop, M. D.: 

Born, Feb. 22, 1840, in Philadelphia, Pa; 
was educated at private schools in Phila- 
delphia and University of Pennsylvania; 
was graduated with degree of B. A. in 
1859 and A. M. 1862; received the degree 
of M. D., 1862; was Acting Assistant 
Surgeon United States Army, 1862 to 1864 
and has since been practicing general 
medicine in Philadelphia; visiting phy- 
sician to St. Mary's Hospital, Philadel- 
phia, 1872 to 1879; was a member of the 
Board of Health of Philadelphia, 1879 to 
1887; a Director of Charities and Correc- 
tion, Philadelphia, 1887 to 1892; Presi- 
dent of the State Quarantine Board of 
Pennsylvania since 1893; has written re- 
ports on Epidemics and on Transactions 
of the College of Physicians of Philadel- 
phia, and has contributed papers to vari- 
ous medical journals. Address, 2135 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLEMENS, Josephs 

Chaplain United States Army; born in 
England; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Chaplain, Feb. 2. 1901; assigned to Fif- 
teenth Infantry, July 26, 1901. Address, 
Monterey, Cal. 

CLEMENT, Samnel M.: 

Ex-Sheriff of Philadelphia; born in 
Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1838; was educated 
in the public schools; entered business 
life in 1859 as a cigar manufacturer, 
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ested in public affairs; began his political 
career in minor places; was a Director 
and President of the Ninth Ward School 
Board, and in 1885 was elected Police 
Magistrate by nearly 20,000 majority; was 
re-elected in 1890; was appointed Com- 
mitting Police Magistrate at the City 
Hall by Mayor Fitler, and in 1892 by 
Mayor Stuart; was an alternate delegate 
to the Republican National Convention 
in Minneapolis in 1892; in 1893 he was 
nominated by the Republican County 
Convention for Sheriff of Philadelphia, 
and was elected by a majority of 52,769 
votes; under his direction the Sheriff's 
office was removed from the old quarters 
in Independence Hall to the new City 
Hall. Sheriff Clement was Chairman of 
the Republican Campaign Committee in 
1S95, 1S96 and 1S97; in 1S97 he formed the 
law, real estate and insurance firm of 
Samuel M. Clement & Sons, in which he 
is now occupied. He is a member of the 
Union League, and has long been active 
in the Masonic order. Address, 23 North 
Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLEPPER, Fdgar Ellis: 

Architect; born in Kittanning, Pa., Dec. 
IS, 1871; was educated in the common and 
high scools of Kittanning, and as archi- 
tect under private tutors; moved to Ap- 
ollo, Pa., in 1889 employed by Apollo 
Building Company, and in 1S94 by Nicola 
Building Company of Pittsburg, Pa. Mar- 
ried, June 22, 1S99, Martha A. Barr, 
of Apollo, Pa.; designed South Sharon 
High School building, Miller & Mason 
office building, Lewis Opera House, 
Sharpsville City Hall, South Sharon City 
building, Sharon Club building, United 
Presbyterian and Catholic Churches, and 
Jewish Synagogue, South Sharon, Pa.; 
Joseph Schmidt's Hotel, South Sharon, 
Pa.; McDowell Bank building, Sharpsville, 
Pa., and many buildings in Shenango 
and Beaver Valleys. Now designing the 
Sharon City Building and the Mercer 
County Trust Company's building, Mer- 
cer, Pa.; member of firm of Haller & Clep- 
per, Ambridge, Pa. Address, 310^ East 
State St., Sharon, Pa. 

CLINTON, George W.: 

United States Consular Agent; born at 
Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 15, 1861; was grad- 
uated from the High School of that city 
in 1S79; has been a resident of Cumber- 
land, British Columbia, for nineteen 
years; appointed Consular Agent at 
Union, British Columbia, Feb. 8, 1892; ap- 



pointed Consular Agent at Cumberland. 
British Calumbia, Nov. 10, 1S9S. Address, 
Cumberland, B. C. 

CLOTHIER, Isaac H.: 

Merchant; born in Philadelphia Nov. 5, 
1837; was educated in Friends' Schools; 
in 1864 maried to Mary C. Jackson, 
daughter of William Jackson; active in 
the management of the firm of Straw- 
bridge & Clothier 1868 to 1895, when he 
retired from business; Director in the 
Girard Trust Company, the Keystone 
Watch Case Company, the Seaboard 
Steel Casting Company, and the Stand- 
ard Roller-Bearing Company; said to be 
the largest non-resident owner of New 
York real estate; Republican; member of 
the Society of Friends; Manager of 
Swarthmore College; Merchants' Fund, 
The School of Industrial Art, Trustee of 
the Williamson School and of the Free 
Library of Philadelphia, etc. His tastes 
are distinctly literary; is a writer of force 
and clearness. Received degree of A. M., 
conferred by Swarthmore College, June, 
1903. Address, Eighth and Market Sts., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLUBB, Henry Stephen: 

Minister; Bible Christian Church; born 
June 21, 1S27, at Colchester, England; 
edited Vegetarian Messenger, Manchester, 
England. 1850 to 1S52; moved to United 
States in 1853; published "History and 
Results of the Main Law in 1856"; 
Clarion, Grand Haven, Mich., 1S57 to 
1S62. Commissioned by Abraham Lin- 
coln, 1S62, as Assistant Quartermaster, 
with rank of Captain; wounded at second 
battle of Corinth, Oct. 3, 1S62; served 
under Grant during siege of Vicksburg as 
Master of River Transportation; Acting 
Quartermaster of the Seventeenth Army 
Corps in 1865; served under Sheridan at 
San Antonio, Tex., 1S65-1866; published 
Grand Haven Herald, 1870 to 1872; twice 
elected Alderman of Grand Haven, Mich.; 
Senator of Michigan, 1873-1874; called 
to Bible Christian Church, Philadelphia, 
1876, where he still remains; President of 
Vegetarian Society of America; edited 
Food, Home and Garden ten years, which 
in 1900 consolidated with the Vegetarian 
Magazine. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CLYDE, Thomas Edward: 

Banker; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 17. 
1860; was educated in the Public and 
High School of Chester, Pa.; entered, as 
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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Pennsylvania National Guard; appointed 
Adjutant of Sixth Infantry 1S90; Major, 
1S93, and Lieutenant Colonel 1S98, serving 
as such during Spanish American War; 
In 1S7S, entered as a clerk banking house 
of Samuel A. Dyer; becoming Teller and 
Assistant Cashier 1886; Teller of Chester 
National Bank, 1892; Cashier First Na- 
tional Bank, Chester, Pa.; Manager of 
Chester Clearing House Association; 
Treasurer of Penn Club and Economic 
League; member of the Pennsylvania 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution; 
Spanish American War Veterans. Mar- 
ried, Oct. 7, 1890, Jane Smedley Hinkson. 
Address, Chester, Pa. 

CLYMER, Robert S.: 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 
1855; a descendant of George Clymer, one 
of the signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence; educated in the Philadelphia 
public schools and graduating from the 
High School, Mr. Clymer engaged in 
commercial business, which he followed 
for a number of years. During this time 
he was desirous of studying law, and 
after much reading in this direction he 
was registered as a law student and 
gained admission to the bar in 1882; hav- 
ing removed to Gloucester County, N. J., 
he was elected Clerk of the City of 
Woodbury, in 1877, for four years, and 
served as Chosen Freeholder for one year; 
was subsequently made City Solicitor of 
Woodbury, and in this position won a high 
reputation for legal ability. His practice 
grew large, both in Gloucester County 
and in Philadelphia, in which city one of 
his most important cases involved the 
constitutionality of the city ordinance 
which taxed non-residents. The ordinance 
was declared unconstitutional. In 1S91 
Mr. Clymer was appointed President Law 
Judge of Gloucester County, holding this 
position until 1897. No case decided by 
him was ever reversed by a higher court. 
Address, 916 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 

IT Si. 

€OATES, Florence Earle: 

Author; daughter of George H. and El- 
len Frances (Von Leer) Earle; born in 
Philadelphia; educated at private schools 
in New England and at Convent of the 
Sacred Heart, Paris; also studied at Brus- 
sels. Married Edward H. Coates. Since 
1895 has been President of Browning So- 
ciety, Philadelphia. Author of poems pub- 
lished in 1898. Address, Willing Terrace, 
Germanytown, Pa. 
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COATES, Edward Horner: 

President of the Pennsylvania Academy 
of Fine Arts; born in November, 1846- 
was graduated from Haverford College 
in 1S60. From 1S83 to 1S90 was Chair- 
man of the Committee on Instruction at 
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; 
in 1SS3 was Chairman of the Muybridge 
Commission for Investigation of Animal 
Locomotion at the University of Penn- 
sylvania. Since 1890 he has been Presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Academy of 
Fine Arts. Address, Willing Terrace 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

COATES. George Morrison, M. D.: 

Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, 
March 24. 1874; son of Joseph Horner 
Coates and grandson of G. M. Coates; 
preparatory education at Haverford Gram- 
mar School. Received the degree of A B 
in 1S94 and M. D. in 1S97, from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Was appointed 
Assistant Surgeon in the United States 
Navy on April 24, 1898, and served during 
the Spanish War on the United States 
Battleship Richmond at League Island 
and on the United States Steamship 
New Orleans on the Cuban and Porto 
Rican coasts, taking part in numerous 
bombardments. Was honorably discharged 
on Oct. 8, 1898. Served as resident phy- 
sician in St. Christopher Hospital for 
Children, Philadelphia, and in the Penn- 
sylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, till 1901, 
and since then has been engaged in the 
practice of medicine. Commissioned First 
Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania on June 25, 
1900. and Major and Surgeon Jan. 12, 
1903; attached to the Second Infantry, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania; at pres- 
ent holds the following appointments: 
Clinical Assistant in the Laboratory and 
Instructor in Atology, Philadelphia Poly- 
clinic and College for Graduates in Medi- 
cine; visiting physician to the Philadel- 
phia Orphan Asylum; Surgeon to the 
Dispensary of the Children's Hospital, 
Philadelphia; Laryngologist to the Penn- 
sylvania Institution for the Instruction 
of the Blind. Is a Fellow of the College 
of Physicians of Philadelphia and a mem- 
ber of the Philadelphia County Medical 
Society, Philadelphia Pathological Soci- 
ety, Pennsylvania State Medical Society, 
the American Medical Association and 
the H. C. Wood Medical Society; Veteran 
Companion of the Military Order of For- 
eign Wars; life member of the Philadel- 
phia Zoological Society; member of the 



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National Guard Association of Philadel- 
phia, the Medical Club, Markham Club 
and University Barge Club of Philadel- 
phia. Address, 334 South 19th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

COATES, Henry T.: 

Publisher; born in Philadelphia Sept. 
29, 1843; graduated at Haverford College 
in 1862. In 1868 he entered into the pub- 
lishing business in Philadelphia as a 
member of the firm of Porter & Coates; 
subsequently changed, on the withdrawal 
of Mr. Porter, to Henry T. Coates & Co. 
In 1874 he married Miss Estelle B. Loyd. 
For years the establishment of the firm 
was one of the leading retail bookstores 
of Philadelphia, but in 1903 the retail de- 
partment was given up and the house now 
confines itself to publishing. He edited 
the "Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry," 
1878, and "Children's Book of Poetry," 
1879^ and wrote "Short History of the 
American Trotting and Pacing Horse," 
1901. He is a member of the Union 
League, Academy of Natural Sciences, 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, etc., 
and Treasurer of the Philadelphia Zoologi- 
cal Society. Residence, Berwyn, Pa.; of- 
fice, 919 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COATES. William M.: 

President of the United Security Life 
Insurance and Trust Company of Penn- 
sylvania. Address, 1717 Spruce St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

COBl'RN, James P.: 

President of tlje First National Bank 
of Bellefonte. Address, Bellefonte, Pa. 

COCHRAN, Archibald A.: 

Lawyer; born at Chester, Pa., Nov. 21, 
1865; educated at Gilbert's Academy and 
in the public schools in his native city; 
he read law in the office of O. B. Dickin- 
son Esq.; was admitted to the bar of 
Delaware County May 2, 1887; entered 
into partnership with his preceptor in the 
practice of their profession, the same 
continuing until Jan. 1, 1890, when it was 
dissolved; Mr. Cochran's legal acquire- 
ments and business tact speedily won 
recognition, and he rapidly commanded 
a constantly growing and remunerative 
practice. In 1894 he was elected by the 
Councils City Solicitor, and so acceptably 
did he fill the duties of the office that he 
was re-elected in 1896, 1898, 1900 and 1902. 
the latter time for a period of three 



years. At the annual State Conventions 
of Officials of Cities of the Third Class 
Mr. Cochran has always been accorded a 
place on the Committee on Legislation. 
As a member of this Committee he has 
drafted many of the Acts of Assembly 
relating to third-class cities. He is a 
member of the Toung Men's Republican 
Club of Chester, the Penn Club, the Alpha 
Boat Club, and the Springhaven Golf 
Club. He is President of the Board of 
Trustees of the First Presbyterian 
Church. On May 31, 1893, he married 
Jennie, daughter of E. T. Robb, of Ches- 
ter, Pa. 

COCHRAN, C. B., M. A.: 

Born in Albion, Mich., 1S54; graduate 
of the Ann Arbor High School, Classical 
Course, 1872; entered University of Mich- 
igan 1872, was graduated 1877, and en- 
tered Medical Department 187S; in 1879 
appointed Assistant to Professor of Sur- 
gery. Fellow of the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science; 
member of the Franklin Institute and 
the Society of Chemical Industry. Mar- 
ried to Sara B. Marshall, of Chester 
County, Pa., in 1SS5; appointed Micro- 
scopist and Hygienist to Pennsylvania 
State Board of Agriculture in 1S84; Chem- 
ist of Philadelphia Milk Exchange in 1885; 
Chemist to Dairv and Food Commission 
of Pennsylvania in 1S95. Address, West 
Chester, Pa. 

COCHRAN, J. Henrys 

State Senator from Lycoming County; 
was born in New Brunswick, Jan. 15, 
1S45; parents removed to Calais, Me., 
shortly thereafter, where he resided until 
the age of eighteen, when he removd to 
Pennsylvania; received a common school 
education; has always been engaged in 
the business of lumbering, and, in more 
recent years, has been engaged rn bank- 
ing and is interested in other industrial 
enterprises; served as a member of the 
Senate sessions of 1895, 1S97, 1899 and 
1901- re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, 201 North Front St., Harrisburg, 
Pa. 

COCHRAN, Rev. Joseph W., D. D.: 

Pastor of Northminster Presbyterian 
Church- born 1867 in Peoria, HI.; gradu- 
ated Minneapolis High School 1S85; grad- 
uated Macalester College. St. Paul, 1889; 
graduated McCormick Theological Semi- t 
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byterian Church, Madison, Wis., 1S93-1S98. 
Entered present pastorate May 1, 189S. 
Degree from Macalester College. Address, 
35th and Baring Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COCHRAN, M. M.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Dawson. Address, Dawson, Pa. 

COCHRAN, Thomas Bannigardner: 

Editor; born Aug. 21, 1845, in York, Pa., 
in 1861 was graduated from Lancaster 
High School; afterward learned printing. 
From 1864 to 1872 was reporter for Leg- 
islative Record, Harrisburg; also Journal 
Clerk at Pennsylvania Senate from 1872 
to 1876; from 1877 to 1889 was Chief Clerk 
of the Senate; was admitted to Lancaster 
bar in 1873; in 1S72 was Common Coun- 
cilman, also School Director from 1877 to 
1889; was a member of Republican County 
and State Committees, and the Chairman 
of former; since 1889 has been editor and 
part owner of the Lancaster Examiner. 

j He married Anna M. Pearsol April 8, 1875. 

i Address, 316 North Lime St., Lancaster, 
Pa. 

J COCHRANE, Henry Clayt 

Colonel United States Marine Corps; 
born in Chester. Pa., 1842; son of James 
I Cochrane and Sarah J. Gillespie; edu- 
;j cated in the best schools of that section 
and Philadelphia; one of the first to 
volunteer his services in the Civil War; 
I examined and passed for a Lieutenancy in 
the Marine Corps, but being under re- 
quired age served in the Volunteer Navy 
I under Admirals Goldsborough, Dupont and 
Farragut. until 1863, when he was ap- 
pointed Lieutenant; in battle of Port 
Royal, S. C, on 19th birthday; during fol- 
lowing forty years served at the Naval 
Academy, War College, every Navy Yard 
on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts; also 
in Alaska, Honolulu, Mexico. Central and 
South America, the West Indies, Europe, 
Africa, China and the Philippines. Spent 
fifteen years at sea, cruising in ships 
■from the old sailing vessel Jamestown to 
the modern flagship Philadelphia. Helped 
to suppress labor riots (1877) and arson 
and pillage abroad, in Alexandria, Egypt, 
after the bombardment of that city by 
the English in 1882, also on the Isthmus 
of Panama in 1885. Present at the coro- 
nation of Czar Alexander III. in Moscow, 
and decorated with the Cross of the Le- 
!?ion of Honor by President Carnot of 
France, for services at the Universal Ex- 



position of 1889, where he commanded a 
detachment of United States Marines. 
During the war with Spain he was Major 
of the famous Marine Battalion that held 
the heights of Guantanamo, Cuba, and 
detailed as Governor of City of Manzan- 
illo; sent to China in 1900 when the For- 
eign Legations were besieged in Pekin, in 
which remarkable campaign his regiment 
lost a Captain and over thirty men; 
ordered to Manila and organized and 
commanded First Brigade of Marines; ap- 
pointed Military Governor of Peninsula 
of Cavite. Married Elizabeth F., daugh- 
ter, of the late Captain Edward P. Lull, 
United States Navy, in 1887, then Com- 
mandant of the Navy Yard at Pensacola. 
Companion of Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion, Grand Army of the Republic, Mili- 
tary Order of Foreign Wars, Military Or- 
der of the Dragon, and other societies. 
Permanent address, Chester, Pa. 

CODY, Charles Paxton: 

Architect; was born near London, Can- 
ada, in 1854; named Paxton after Lord 
Paxton, the designer of the Crystal Pal- 
ace; educated at the Canadian Literary 
Institute, Woodstock, Canada, and en- 
tered the building trade; while following 
this and other pursuits he studied archi- 
tecture. Married at Cleveland, Ohio, to 
Ella E. Ede, in 1882. Entered the pro- 
fession of architecture at Erie, Pa., in 
1892, and in March, 1903, was elected an 
Associate of the American Institute of 
Architects. Address, Erie, Pa. 

COE, John Nichols: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Battalion Eleventh 
United States Infantry April 14, 1862; 
Corporal May 17, 1862; Sergeant Jan. 1, 
1863; First Sergeant Jan. 1, 1863; Regi- 
mental Commissary Sergeant April 1, 
1863; Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant 
Jan. 11, 1865; discharged for promotion 
April 1, 1865; Second Lieutenant Eleventh 
United States Infantry March 12, 1865; 
First Lieutenant March 12, 1865; Adjutant 
Second Battalion Eleventh Infantry June 
18 to Oct. 4, 1865; Quartermaster Oct. 4, 
1865, to Sept. 21, 1866; transferred to 
Twentieth Infantry Sept. 21, 1866; Regi- 
mental Quartermaster Twentieth Infantry 
Dec. 6, 1866. to June 19, 1868; Captain 
June 19, 1868; Major Twenty-first Infan- 
try April 26, 1895; Lieutenant Colonel 



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Thirteenth Infantry Aug. 11, 1S98; re- 
tired July 12, 1899. Elected Nov. 5, 1884. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COFFIN, William C.J 

Vice President Riter-Conley Manufact- 
uring Co. ; born in Allegheny City, Pa., 
1862; was graduated as civil engineer 
from the Western University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1S83. Engaged by Riter and 
Conley, 1885; became Vice President when 
the company was incorporated in 1898. 
Member American Society of Mechani- 
cal Engineers, American Institute of 
Mining Engineers, Engineers' Club of 
New York, Engineers' Society of Western 
Pennsylvania. Residence, Howe St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

COFFIN, Rev. Selden J., Pli. D.: 

Minister; born in Ogdensburg, N. T., 
Aug. 3, 1838; son of the late Prof. James 
H. Coffin, LL. D. ; was graduated at 
Lafayette at the age of twenty; after 
teaching for three years in Bloomsbury, 
Easton and Towanda, pursued Theologi- 
cal course at Princeton, where he gradu- 
ated in 1864; ordained in 1S74. From 
1864 to 1886 Hollenback Professor of 
Mathematics and Astronomy. Fellow of 
the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science; member of the 
Moravian, Trinity and Pennsylvania His- 
torical Societies, and Philosophical Socie- 
ty of Great Britain; since 1859 Secretary 
of the Alumni Association of Lafayette. 
Published "The Men of Lafayette," 1826 
to 1892; "Lafayette College, Its History, 
Its Men, Their Record." Address, Easton, 
Pa. 

COFFROTH, Alexander H.: 

Lawyer; born in Somerset, Pa., May 
18, 1828; studied law under Hon. Jere- 
miah S. Black; was admitted to the bar 
in 1S51, and soon became a leader in 
the courts of Somerset County. For 
many years he has been looked on as 
one of the ablest attorneys of the dis- 
trict, and has been President of the 
Somerset County Bar Association since 
its organization. Before the Civil War 
Mr. Coffroth was Major General of Vol- 
unteers, and though he took no part in 
the war, the title of General has since 
clung to him. For many years he has 
been a leading figure in the Democracy 
of Pennsylvania, and in 1862 was elected 
to Congress as a representative of his 
party, being at that time the young- 



est member of the House. He was re- 
elected in 1S64, but declined a third nom- 
ination. He took an active part in Con- 
gress in the discussions of the Civil War 
period, and was returned again in 1878. 
General Coffroth was appointed by Con- 
gress as one of the pallbearers at the 
funeral of President Lincoln, and is said 
to be the only surviving member of those 
chosen for this honorable duty. Address, 
Somerset, Pa. 

COGGINS, Paschal Heston: 

Lawyer; author; born in Philadelphia 
on the 10th of January, 1852; educated in 
California and Pennsylvania; was gradu- 
ated from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1872; admitted to the bar in 1S73. In 
1S76, at Sacramento, Cal., married Caro- 
line Leonard. Is an Independent in poli- 
tics. Has written juvenile books, and 
articles for the leading magazines. Mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Historical So- 
ciety, the Unitarian Club, the Writeabout 
Club. Residence, 5025 McKean Ave., Ger- 
mantown; office, 133 South Twelfth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

COHEN, Josiah: 

Attorney; born Nov. 29. 1841, at Fal- 
mouth, England; received his early edu- 
cation at private schools and graduated 
from the Institution of Jewish Learn- 
ing, London, Soon after came to Am- 
erica and was admitted to the Allegheny 
County (Pa.) bar, Jan. 2, 1866; had a 
large and lucrative practice and in 1901 
was appointed Judge of the Orphans 
Court; is a Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress. 427 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

COHEN, Katherine M.: 

Sculptor and painter; daughter of 
Henry and Matilda (Samuel) Cohen, of 
England; born March 18, 1S59, in Phila- 
delphia; was educated at private school 
and Ogontz, Pa., until sixteen; took pri-' 
vate lessons in literature, art, and lan- 
guages. Studied at School of Design; 
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Stu- 
dents' Art League under St. Gaudens; and 
six years in Paris schools. She is an- 
honorary member of the American Art 
Association, Paris; New Century Club. 
Philadelphia. Since 1880 has been en- 1 
gaged in sculpture; principal works be- 
ing portraits, and bas reliefs; decorative 
work: "Romola," "Lorna Doone," "Rab- 
bi ben-Ezra." "Priscilla," "Maid Marion,' 
"The Israelite" (life-size statue); portrait 
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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; paintings 
of figure; and landscapes. Address, 10 
S. 18th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COHEX, Dr, Solomon Soils: 

Professor of Clinical Medicine in Jef- 
ferson Medical College; born in Philadel- 
phia Sept. 1, 1857; educated in the public 
schools; was graduated with degree of 
A. B. from Central High School in 1S72 
and degree of A. M. in 1S77; was gradu- 
ated from Jefferson Medical College in 
1S83. In the Philadelphia Polyclinic and 
College for Graduates in Medicine; he 
has been Demonstrator of Pathology and 
Microscopy, 1883 to 1SS4; Professor of 
Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 1887 
to 1902, and successively Secretary, Vice 
President and President of the Faculty 
and editor of the Philadelphia Polyclinic, 
1S95 to 1898. In Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege he has been Chief Clinical Assistant 
in the Out-Patient Medical Department, 
1SS4-1SS7; lecturer on special therapeutics, 
1887 to 1890; clinical lecturer on medicine, 
1S90 and 1901, when he was elected Senior 
Assistant Professor, and in 1904 Professor 
of Clinical Medicine. He is likewise phy- 
sician to Jefferson Hospital. Address, 
1525 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COLAHAN, John B., Jr.: 

Lawyer; born in the city of Philadel- 
phia in 1848, and received rudimentary 
tuition at Saunder's Institute, and after- 
ward pursued his studies at the High 
School, from which he was graduated 
with distinction in 1866; he then began 
the study of law under the able guid- 
ance of his father, a distinguished law- 
yer, widely known for his talented 
efforts at the bar of Pennsylvania for 
many years, and from whom the son 
inherited qualities of a high intellectual 
order. Mr. Colahan also attended the 
Law Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, and after a thorough qual- 
ification was admitted to the bar in 
1S69, when he immediately began the 
practice of his profession, which has 
been in every way attended with suc- 
cess; he soon acquired so comprehensive 
a knowledge of real estate law that his 
services became in very general demand 
for the investigation of titles to prop- 
erty, and his practice has become one 
of the most extensive and lucrative in 
the Orphans' Court, the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas, and the Supreme Court. 
Mr. Colahan has also had large experi- 
ence as counsel in connection with liti- 



gation affecting estates of vast import- 
ance, embracing the celebrated proceed- 
ings in court brought by the heirs of 
the late Joseph Dugan and those of 
Gen. Robert Patterson; was one of the 
principal factors in the organization of 
Real Estate, Title and Insurance Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. He was also for a 
number of years one of the Board of 
Directors of and counsel for the Land 
Title and Trust Company of Philadel- 
phia; for a number of years past he 
has been President of the Belmont 
Cricket Club, one of the best known 
organizations of its kind in the United 
States; is Chairman of the Board of 
Censors of the Law Association of Phil- 
adelphia; Vice President of the State 
Bar Association, and a member of its 
Executive Committee since its organiza- 
tion with the exception of one year; 
President of the Twenty-seventh Ward 
Republican Club; an active member of 
the Committee of Fifty in 1895, and 
Chairman of its Committee on Nomina- 
tions; Treasurer of the Philadelphia 
Fencing and Sparring Club, one of the 
oldest athletic organizations in the United 
States and an officer of the association 
for over thirty years; Secretary of the 
Hamilton Club, and President of the 
Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadel- 
phia. In politics Mr. Colahan is a Re- 
publican. Married April 14, 1873, Mary 
Ophelia Cowton. Address, 4004 Pine St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

COLBORN, Louis C: 

Lawyer; son of A. J. Colborn; born 
Feb. 20, 1850, in Lower Turkeyfoot 
Township, Somerset County, Pa.; edu- 
cated in public schools of Somerset, in 
State Normal Schools of Millersville and 
West Chester; principal of the schools 
of Somerset Borough, 1869 to 1873; Uni- 
ted States Commissioner, 1872-1883; 
Burgess of Somerset Borough in 1884- 
1885; School Director, 1888-1891. He 
studied law with his father, and was 
admitted to the bar in 1874; member of 
the Supreme Court, 1888; District At- 
torney in 1888-1891; during his term the 
Nicely brothers were executed, and the 
famous moonshine murder cases were 
tried and the parties convicted. Member 
of Hebron Chapter Masons, an Odd 
Fellow, Royal Arcanum and Maccabee. 
Married in 1875 Mary E. Knable. Con- 
tributed much toward bringing about re- 
forms in County Homes and State 
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and Treasurer of the Associated Chari- 
ties of Pennsylvania. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Somerset, Pa. 

COLE, Charles Lawrence: 

United States Consul General at Dres- 
den, Germany; born July 26, 1837, in 
Allegheny, Pa.; educated in private 
schools and Western Pennsylvania Uni- 
versity at Pittsburg, Pa. Married to 
Sarah M. Kerr March 25, 1858. Republi- 
can in politics. Entered service of the 
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago 
Railroad Company, in 1861, as clerk to 
General Freight Agent. In 1871, when 
the property was leased to the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company, was made 
Assistant General Freight Agent, and 
later appointed General Freight Agent 
of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts- 
burg; resigned, 1897, after service of 
thirty-six years; also resigned Vice Pres- 
idency of the Iron City National Bank 
at Pittsburg. In 1S97 was appointed by 
President McKinley United States Consul 
General at Dresden, Saxony, Germany. 
Address, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. 

COLE, Henry A.: 

President of the National Bank of 
Royersford. Address, Royersford, Pa. 

COLEMAN, B. Dawson: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Lebanon. Address, Lebanon, Pa. 

COLEMAN, James Melville: 

Teacher and author; born near Og- 
densburg, N. Y., in December, 1859; en- 
tered Geneva College in 1SS3; was grad- 
uated in 1887: entered the Reformed 
Presbyterian Seminary in Allegheny, 
Pa., same year; a student in the grad- 
uate courses of the University of Michi- 
gan 1890-1892. In 1892 was elected to the 
Sterrett Chair of History and Political 
Philosophy in Geneva College, his pres- 
ent r.osilion. Married in 1S92 Etta Mc- 
Garey of Jefferson County. Pa. Pub- 
lished "Social Ethics," 1903. Address, 
2829 Fourth Ave., Beaver Falls, Pa. 

COLEMAN, Leigrhton: 

Bishop; born in Philadelphia May 3, 
1837; was graduated from the General 
Theological Seminary, New York, in 1861; 
received degree of A. M. in 1S69; also 
LL. D. in 1888; S. T. D., Racine, 1875. In 
1860 was deacon; also priest in 1862; 
from 1861 to 1863 he was Rector of St. 
Luke's Church. Bustleton, Pa.; St. 



John's, Wilmington, Del., from 1S63 to 
1S66; also St. Mark's, Mauch Chunk, Pa., 
from 1S66 to 1874, and Trinity Church, 
Toledo, Ohio, 1874 to 1879. From 1S79 to 
1887 he resided in England; was Rector of 
Church of the Redeemer, Sayre. Pa., 
from 18S7 to 1S8S. Author of "History 
of the Lehigh Valley"; "The Church in 
America"; "History of the American 
Church." Since Oct. IS, 18SS, he has been 
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Delaware. 
Address, Wilmington, Del. 

COLHOCN. Saninel R.: 

Pay Director United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed Assistant 
Paymaster Sept. 2S, 1S69; Assistant to 
Paymaster, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 
and Recorder to Board of Paymasters, 
1869-1871; Canonicus and Saugus (iron- 
clads), North Atlantic Station, 1872-1S73; 
Assistant to Paymaster at Villefranche. 
France, 1S74-1S76; promoted to Passed 
Assistant Paymaster Jan. 15, 1S75; leave 
in Europe, 1877; Marion, North Atlantic 
and South Atlantic Stations, 1S79-1SS2; 
training ship New Hampshire. 1SS4-1885 
(service lasted less than one year) ; pro- 
moted to Paymaster July 16, 18S6; spe- 
cial duty in office of General Storekeeper, 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., 1S87-1888; Os- 
sipee. North Atlantic Station, 1889; spe- 
cial duty in office of General Storekeeper. 
Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, 1890- 
1891; Monongahela, Training Squadron, 
March. 1891, to August, 1S93; Navy- 
Yard. New York, August, 1893-1896; Mo- 
nad nock February, 1S96; Oregon July, 
1S96-1S98; Torpedo Station 1S9S-1901; Pay 
Inspector Dec. 23, 1899; Iowa (fleet) 1901 
to 1903; Pay Director Nov. 22, 1902. 
Navy Yard, New York. July 1, 1903, ! 
which is present station. 

COLIvET, George H.: 

President of coal company; born in 
Philadelphia Aug. 24, 1843; educated in 
the schools of Philadelphia and at the 
University of Pennsylvania, which he , 
entered at the age of fifteen, graduating 
in the course of arts in 1862. His grad- 
uating class was a famous one, including 
among its members Persifor Frazer, 
the distinguished scientist; Provost Pep- 
per and Provost Harrison, who have 
done so much for the advancement of 
the university, and other notable Phila- 
delphians. Mr. Colket became active in 
the coal mining industry, and for many 
years has been President of the Hunt- 
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and Coal Company. He is a member 
of the Union League, and the Univers- 
ity, Country, and other clubs. Address, 
2004 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 

COLLIER, Frederick Hill: 

President Judge of Court of Common 
Pleas; son of Sara (Hill) Collier and 
the Rev. William Collier, D. D. ; born 
Feb. 23, 1S26, in Lancaster County, Pa.; 
received preparatory education at Brook- 
ville Academy near Washington, D. C. 
In 1S49 was graduated from Columbia 
College; studied law and was admitted 
to the bar at Washington, D. C. ; re- 
moved to Pittsburg, and on Jan. 11, 
1851, was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar; in 1856 was elected District 
Attorney of Allegheny County, serving 
three years; organized and commanded 
during the War of the Rebellion the 
139th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Infantry; in 1S86 received the de- 
gree of LL. D. from Adrian College, 
Michigan; was brevetted Brigadier Gen- 
eral of Volunteers for gallant services; 
in 1869 was elected Judge of Common 
Pleas of Allegheny County for a ten- 
year term, and re-elected in 1S79, 18S9 
and 1S99. In January. 1903, Judge Col- 
lier was qualified as President Judge of 
Court of Common Pleas No. 1. Member 
of Pennsylvannia Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- 
dress, Sharpsburg, Pa. 

COLLINGWOOD, Davd Fonlk: 

Insurance; born in the early 60's in 
Pittsburg, and is now prominent in the 
affairs of his native town. His first 
position was as a drug clerk; after that 
for a time he worked for the Pittsburg 
Bessemer Steel Company, now Hometead 
plant of the Carnegie Steel Company. 
Later he went into the oil business, and 
in 1S85 he associated himself with his 
father in the insurance firm of Loomis 
& Collingwood. Mr. Loomis, at the close 
of 1885, retired, and Mr. Collingwood's 
father purchased his interest, the firm 
then becoming Collingwood & Son. In 
November, 1902, his father died, and he 
became sole manager of this very ex- 
tensive business, the old firm name still 
being retained. Mr. Collingwood was 
recently elected County Treasurer on the 
Citizens' ticket; he is a stockholder in a 
number of corporations and a Director in 
the Keystone Bank; he is also a member 
of the Pittsburg Club and a past officer of 
several Masonic bodies. Address, 248 
Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



COLLINGWOOD, Marshall Scott: 

Treasurer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
July 4, 1865; Assistant Treasurer of The 
Real Estate Trust Company of Philadel- 
phia. Address. 873 North Forty-first St, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

COLLINS, Edgar Thomas: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy June 15, 1893; Addi- 
tional Second Lieutenant, Eighth Infan- 
try, June 11, 1897; Second Lieutenant, 
Twenty-third Infantry, March 8, 1898; 
transferred to Eighth Infantry April 29, 
1S98; First Lieutenant March 2, 1899; 
Captain, Sixth Infantry, May 28, 1902. 
Address, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 

COLLINS, Emerson: 

Lawyer; was born at Hepburn, Ly- 
coming County, Pa., April 30, 1860; was 
graduated from Lafayette College in 
1SS4, receiving degree of A. M. ; read 
law and was admitted to Lycoming 
County bar in 1887, and has since prac- 
ticed his profession at Williamsport, 
Pa.; is a Republican in politics, serv- 
ing as County Chairman and delegate 
to State conventions; was elected to the 
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 
in 1894; appointed by Governor Hastings 
a member of Board of Managers of the 
Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory in 
1897-1902; last two years as President. 
Address, Williamsport, Pa. 

COLLINS, T. D.: 

Lumber merchant; son of Jabez and 
Adeline Doud Collins; born at Cortland, 
N. Y.. in 1S31; prepared for college at 
the Cortland Academy and finished the 
college course at the age of twenty. 
Upon leaving school was appointed by 
Judge Stevens to a position on the en- 
gineering corps of the Binghamton and 
Syracuse Railroad, which was then in 
course of construction. He soon rose to 
one of the highest positions in the corps, 
being Engineer of one of the divisions; 
after this embarked in the lumber busi- 
ness in Forest County; acquired property 
rapidly, and in 1882 moved to Nebraska, 
Forest County, on a tract of 7,000 acres; 
is now proprietor of the T. D. Collins' 
Mill, and is a partner in the following 
firms: Collins, Darrah & Co., Collins & 
Kreitler, Watson Land and Lumber Com- 
pany. Collins & Watson, the Buck Mills 
Lumber Company, and the Salmon Creek 
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in manufacturing coal boats and barges 
for transporting coal on the Monongahela, 
Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers; owns fine 
timber tract in the State of Washington 
and real estate in California and New 
York; he was an organizer and is a stock- 
holder and President of the Citizens' Na- 
tional Bank in Tionesta. Was married to 
Miss Mary Stanton, and with her is deep- 
ly interested in the work of foreign mis- 
sions. Early in 1904, through Bishop Mc- 
Cabe of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
he gave an endowment fund of $100,000 to 
the Board of Foreign Missions for work 
in India. Address, Nebraska, Pa. 

COlrliTJM, James Walter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Major 
Richard S. Colllum; elected May 7, 1902. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COLLIM, Richard S.: 

Major United States Marine Corps; 
born in and appointed from Indiana; ap- 
appointed Acting Midshipman of United 
States Navy, Sept. 20, 1854; resigned 
May 7, 1857; commissioned as Second 
Lieutenant Sept. 7, 1861; frigate St. Law- 
rence Sept. 30, 1861, to May 30, 1863; 
during that period served in the South 
Atlantic Squadron at St. Simon's, Ga. ; 
Port Royal, South Carolina; engagement 
with Sewell's Point Battery and Con- 
federate ram Merrimac, Potomac River; 
bombardment of Sewell's Point and cap- 
ture of Norfolk, Va.; East Gulf Squad- 
ron and three boat expeditions on the 
Florida coast and Indian River. Com- 
missioned First Lieutenant Dec. 30, 1862; 
while on leave of absence in July, 1863, 
volunteered his services to Governor 
Morton of Indiana during the raid of 
the Confederate General, Morgan; tender 
of services accepted, and was placed in 
command of a battalion of provisional 
troops, Cairo and Mound City, 111.; Mis- 
sissippi Squadron, August, 1863, to Au- 
gust, 1864; during that period engaged 
in several expeditions into Kentucky in 
pursuit of guerrillas; member of a com- 
mission appointed by Admiral Porter to 
investigate charges against certain ac- 
tive rebel sympathizers at Louisville, 
Ky. ; frigate New Ironsides. August, 

1864, to April, 1865; two attacks on Fort 
Fisher; Navy Yard, Washington, April, 

1865. to November, 1867; in temporary 
command at the barracks, Navy Yard, 



during the confinement at the yard of 
Paine and his associate conspirators; in 
command of Marine Barracks, Mound 
City, 111., November, 1S67, to December, 
1S6S; Richmond, Mediterranean Squad- 
ron, January, I860, to November, 1S71; 
Naval Academy, January, 1872; commis- 
sioned Captain March 13, 1872; Marine 
Barracks, Boston, April, 1S72, to Janu- 
ary 1S75; commanded detachment of 
marines at the great fire in Boston, 
November, 1872; in command of two 
companies which successfully guarded 
the removal of the treasure from the 
Sub-treasury to the Custom House on 
that occasion; headquarters, February, 
1875, to June, 1875; Fleet Marine Officer 
of Asiatic Station, and by special ap- 
pointment of the Navy Department, 
Judge Advocate of the fleet; flagship 
Tennessee, June, 1875, to July, 1878; 
member of the Board of Inspection, Au- 
gust, 1S7S, to November, 1881; Marine 
Barracks, League Island, Pa., Decem- 
ber, 1881, to April, 1885; expedition to 
Panama, April and May, 1885; commis- 
sioned Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master, May 4, 18S5; in charge of the 
Depot of Supplies, Philadelphia, Pa.. 
Maly, 1885, to February. 1890; Head- 
quarters of Marine Corps, February, 

1590. to October, 1S91; Assistant Quar- 
termaster's Office, Philadelphia, October, 

1591, to 1897; retired with the rank of 
Appointed by the Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania to command the Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Home in Erie, Pa., with rank of 
Colonel, Jan. 1, 1899; in November, 1903, 
was compelled to resign on account of ill- 
health. Address, 917 French St., Erie, Pa. 
Major, June, 1S97. Address, 917 French 
St., Erie, Pa. 

COIiTON, William Francis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fifteenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry Aug. 8, 1862; Corporal Nov. 1, 
1862; Sergeant Major March 1, 1863; dis- 
charged for promotion March 14, 1863; 
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Fifteenth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry March 14, 1863; 
Captain May 11, 1864; honorably mus- 
tered out June 21, 1865; elected May 5. 
1S86. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

COLA'ILLE, Alexander: 

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born in that part of the old district of 
Spring Garden now known as the Fif- 
teenth Ward of Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 
1847; educated in the public schools; 
entered the office of Richard Smethurst 
and John B. Squires in 1863 to learn the 
business of conveyancing and real es- 
tate; since 1S67 has been engaged in 
[ the same business on his own account; 
. represented the Fifteenth Ward in Com- 
: mon Council of Philadelphia from 1890 
j to 1894; elected to the House of Repre- 
! sentatives in 1898 and 1900; re-elected 
in November, 1902. Residence, 2330 
Poplar St.; office address, 2201 Fairmount 
I Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COL, WELL, H. A.: 

President of the National Kittanning 
Bank of Kittanning. Address, Kittan- 
l| ning, Pa. 

COLAVELL, John C.s 

Commander United States Navy; born 
I in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Acad- 
I emy Sept. 22, 1870; was graduated June 
1 1, 1874; promoted Ensign July 17, 1875; 
I Master June 1, 1881; Lieutenant (junior 
I grade), March 3, 1883; Lieutenant June 
30, 1887; Palos, Asiatic Station, 1874- 
r 1875; training ship Constitution 1876; 
J Guard, special service, 1887-1888; Coast 
Survey schooner Drift 1878-1879; Coast 
Survey schooner Gedney 1879-1880; Yan- 
tic, North Atlantic Station, 1880-1883; 
I special duty, Navy Department, 1883- 
1884; Greely relief steamer Bear 1884; 
Office Naval Intelligence 1885; Torpedo 
Station 1886; Office Naval Intelligence 
1886-1887; Ossipee, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion 18SS; Yorktown, Squadron of Evolu- 
tion, 1888-1890; Office of Naval Intelli- 
gence May 8, 1893. to June, 1894; Cin- 
cinnati June 16, 1894, to March, 1S95; 
Assistant Inspector Sixth Lighthouse 
District March 15, 1895; Texas Aug. 15, 
1895; Katahdin to October, 1896; Office 
Naval Intelligence October, 1896, to 
April, 1S97; Naval Attache, London, 
April, 1897, to 1901; promoted to Lieu- 
tenant Commander March 3, 1S99; Naval 
Station, Cavite, Jan. 29, 1901-1903; 
Equipment Officer, Navy Yard, League 
jlsland. Pa., since June 10, 1903. Address, 
League Island, Pa. 

COMBS, Gilbert Raynolrts: 

Musician; born in Philadelphia Jan. 5, 
1863; was organist and choir master in 
several of Philadelphia's prominent 
churches; was formerly President of the 



Sinfonia, the only National Musical Fra- 
ternity of the world, and is at present 
President of the Crotchet Club of Phila- 
delphia. Address, 1921 South Broad 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CONARD, Henry Shoemaker: 

Botanist; son of Thomas P. and Rebecca 
S. (Baldwin) Conard; born in Philadelphio 
Sept. 12, 1S74; educated at Friends' Se- 
lect School, Philadelphia; Westtown 
Friends' Boarding School, Chester Coun- 
ty, Pa.; Haverford College, where he 
received degrees of B. S., 1894, and A. M., 
1S95; Teacher of Science, Westtown 
School, 1S95-1S99; Harrison Fellow in Bi- 
ology, University of Pennsylvania, 1899- 
1901; Ph. D., 1901; Senior Fellow in 
Botany, 1901-1903; Instructor in Botany, 
1903-1904. Author in part of "Nym- 
pedia of American Horticulture"; also a 
monograph of the water-lilies published 
by the Carnegie Institution of Washing- 
ton. Birthright member of Society of 
Friends (Quakers). Married April 13, 1900, 
E. Laetitia Moon, Ph. D. (Chicago); A. B., 
A. M. (Smith). Student in Ecole des 
Hautes Etudes, Paris. Author of papers 
on "Religion of American Indians." 
Address, 4323 Sansom St., Philadelphia. 

CONAWAY, John F.: 

Soldier; born in the City of Philadelphia 
Sept. 27, 1840, and was graduated from the 
Central High School in that city in 
July, 1857; on Aug. 13, 1862, he enlisted 
as a private in the Fifteenth Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer Cavalry, a regiment 
raised from various counties in the State, 
and composed almost entirely of well- 
educated young men; he was mustered 
into the service of the United States on 
Aug. 22, 1862, for three years, and on 
Oct. 30 of same year was appointed 
Corporal of Company E. On Jan. 21, 
1865, he was made Sergeant Major of 
the regiment, and on March 13, 1865, was 
commissioned First Lieutenant of Com- 
pany B, having filled all the grades of 
non-commissioned officers to the entire 
satisfaction of his superior officers. On 
the same day that he was commissioned 
First Lieutenant of Company B he was 
appointed on the staff of Brevet Brig. 
Gen. William J. Palmer, with the rank 
of Acting Aide-de-Camp, and served in 
that capacity until June 21, 1865, when 
he was mustered out of service with his 
regiment at the close of the war at 
Nashville, Tenn. ; since the close of the 
war Lieutenant Conaway has been ac- 



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tively engaged in business in Philadel- 
phia. He is a member of the Loyal Le- 
gion and Grand Army of the Republic, 
and as Commander of Post No. 2, one 
of the largest in the State, gave great 
satisfaction for his efficiency. Address, 
1913 North Twelfth St., Philadelphia. 

COXXELL, William: 

President of Connell Coal Mines; born 
at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Sept. 10, 
1824; moved with his parents to Luzerne 
County, Pa., when seventeen years old, 
and went to work as a boy in the mines, 
his family being poor; his alertness be- 
ing soon observed, he was taken into 
the office of the Wyoming Valley Coal 
Company, and there made such rapid 
progress that in 1856, after twelve years' 
service, he was given full charge of the 
mines of the company. In this position 
he remained for fourteen years. In 1ST0 
the charter of the coal company expired, 
and Mr. Connell, in a master stroke of 
boldness and enterprise, secured the full 
control of the mines which he had so 
long managed. Since then he has be- 
come President of the Connell Coal Com- 
pany, the Third National Bank of Scran- 
ton, the Lackawanna Mills, and several 
other important organizations, and is a 
stockholder and Director in many other 
corporations. He was elected to Con- 
gress as a Representative of the Elev- 
enth Congressional District in 1S96. and 
served in that body for three terms, end- 
ing in 1903. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

COXXELL, William L,.: 

Mine operator; born in Minooka, near 
Scranton. Pa., Oct. 14. 1862; educated in 
the public schools; entered the furniture 
establishment of Hill & Keiser. Scran- 
ton, in 1881, and after some eight years' 
service became a member of the firm, 
which is now known as Hill & Connell. 
His energy soon carried him into other 
enterprises, and he gradually gained a 
controlling interest in various mining 
and manufacturing organizations, espe- 
cially the Enterprise Coal Company, one 
of the largest works of its kind in that 
region, of which he is Treasurer and 
General Manager; he is also President 
of the Holmes Metallic Packing Com- 
pany, of the Scranton Paint Company, 
and of the Hawley Electric Light and 
Power Company, and is connected with 
other business concerns, including a 
number of collieries. He was elected to 
the Common Council of Scranton in 1889 



and 1S91, but ill-health forced him to re- 
sign while President of that body; in 
1892 he was elected Mayor of Scranton, ' : 
holding that office till 1S96. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. j 



COXXELLAX, John H.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia July 
27, 1S49; educated in the public schools 
of Philadelphia and by private tutors; 
he read law in the office of James E. 
Gowen; admitted to the bar in 1870. 
Married Miss Alice Matlack in 1SS2. Is 
a Democrat in politics; elected title officer 
of The Equitable Trust Company of Phil- 
adelphia in 1S90, which position he still 
holds. His home address is No. 5343 
Wayne Ave., Germantown, Pa. 



COXXET, Andrew Thompson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; private Third New Jersey 
Infantry April 27, 1861; mustered out 
July 31, 1861; private Thirty-first New » 
Jersey Infantry Sept. 3, 1862; First Ser- 
geant Sept. 17, 1S62; discharged to ac- 
cept promotion Jan 1, 1S63; Second 
Lieutenant Thirty-first New Jersey In- 
fantry Jan 1, 1S63; honorably mustered 
out June 24, 1S63. Elected May 2, 1888. , : 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

COXXIFF, Thaddens M.J 

Principal and School Superintendent; 
born in County Cavan, Ireland, Aug. 9, 
1854; moved to Pennsylvania in early 
boyhood; was educated in public schools 
and Normal School in New York; Mag- 
istrate of Plains, Pa., since 1S79; was ap- 
pointed six successive terms by the 
Judges of the Courts as Prison Commis- 
sioner, and annually elected President of 
the Board from 1S93 to 1899. Member ' 
of the bar of Luzerne County, and an 
occasional contributor to the periodicals. ■ 
Democrat. Address, Plains, Pa. 



COXRAD, Jacob, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion 
Lieutenant Jacob Conrad. Elected Feb. 
10, 1897. Address, 868 North 27th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

COX VERSE, John H.: 

Manufacturer; born Dec. 2, 1840. at 
Burlington. Vt.; educated at the Univer- 
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erator the General Assembly of the Pres- 
byterian Church of United States. Is in- 
terested in many charitable and religious 
concerns; Trustee Princeton Theological 
Seminary; since 1893 has been a member 
of the American Philosophical Society. 
He is a member of the firm Burnham, 
Williams & Co., proprietors of the Bald- 
win Locomotive Woi-ks, Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, 500 North Broad St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

CONWAY. Edwin Jennings: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; private First United States 
Dragoons April 22, 1852; discharged 
April 22, 1867; private First United States 
Cavalry Nov. 28, 1S59; discharged Dec. 
4, 1862; First Lieutenant and Adjutant 
Eighteenth Missouri Infantry Dec. 4, 
1S62; honorably mustered out April 7, 
1S63; Second Lieutenant Fourth United 
States Cavalry Feb. 19, 1863; First Lieu- 
tenant Sept. 7, 1864; Captain Aug. 17, 
1S67; retired Dec. 31, 1S70; brevetted 
Captain United States Army April 2, 
1S65, ''for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in the capture of Selma, Ala." 
Elected May 4, 1892. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CONYNGHAM, John Nesbit: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; nephew of deceased Com- 
panion Brevet Lieut. Col. John B. Coyng- 
ham. Elected Feb. S, 1893. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COOK, A. Wayne: 

President of the Forest County Na- 
tional Bank of Tionesta. Address, Tion- 
esta, Pa. 

COOK, D. S.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wrightsville, Pa. Address, Wrights- 
ville, Pa. 

COOK, Gnstavns Wynne: 

Artist and architect; son of R. Y. Cook; 
was an artist, architect and electrical en- 
gineer; is General Manager of the South 
Chester Tube Company. Chester, Pa. 
Member of the Boards of the Pennsylvania 



"Warehousing and Safe Deposit Co., South 
Chester Tube Company, and the Guaran- 
tee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Address, 
Lansdowne, Pa. 

COOK, Joel: 

Editor; born March 20, 1842, at Philadel- 
phia; in 1859 graduated from the Central 
High School, B. A., at Philadelphia; in 
1863 was admitted to the Philadelphia 
bar; afterward adopted journalism as a 
profession. From 1862 to 1863 was war 
correspondent with the Army of the 
Potomac; since 1865 has been on the 
editorial staff of the Public Ledger; also 
its financial editor since 18S3. Since 
June, 1S65, on staff of foreign corres- 
pondents of London Times; President of 
Philadelphia Board of Trade; also mem- 
ber of Board of Public Education and 
Chairman of its Committee on the Cen- 
tral High Schools; President of the Boai'd 
of Port Wardens; member of the Board 
of Harbor Commissioners; American 
Philosophical Society. He is a member 
of the Union League Club; author of 
"A Holiday Tour in Europe"; An East- 
ern Tour at Home"; "England, Pictur- 
esque and Descriptive"; "America, Pic- 
turesque and Descriptive"; "A Visit to 
the States." Address, Board of Trade, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

COOK, Lawrence B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
was born in Indiana County, Pa., Sept. 
27, 1S70; when quite young he removed 
with his parents to Pittsburg; was edu- 
cated in the public and private schools, 
and while acquiring an education taught 
in the public and private schools of Al- 
legheny County; in 1890 he began the 
study of law; was admitted to the bar in 
December, 1892, since which time he has 
been engaged in the active practice of 
his profession; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, 929 Yickroy St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

COOK, Lyman: 

Manufacturer; son of Charles A. and 
Phoebe Ford Cook; born at Whitney's 
Point, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1848; was educated 
in local schools of native place. His 
maternal grandfather was a graduate of 
Yale College and afterward pastor of 
the Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, N. Y., 
for many years; in 1S64, when but six- 
teen, enlisted in the First Veteran Cav- 



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airy of New York and served one year 
in the Civil War; in 1865 was attracted 
to the Pennsylvania oil fields by the 
excitement which then prevailed; was at 
Pithole one year when, through a spirit 
of adventure, he found his way into the 
wilds of Forest County; became inter- 
ested in the lumber industry, and, for 
almost forty years, he has manufactured 
and marketed lumber by water. Since 
1893 he has had charge of the Govern- 
ment work of improvement of Allegheny 
River, from Warren to Redbank. On 
Dec. 28, 1876, was married to Harriet M. 
Arner, of Nebraska, Pa. Mrs. Cook has 
been an active worker in the local and 
county work of the Woman's Christian 
Temperance Union for many years. Ad- 
dress, Nebraska, Pa. 

COOK, Richard Y.: 

President of Guarantee Trust and Safe 
Deposit Co.; born Feb. 25, 1845, in Phila- 
delphia, where his mother's family had 
been resident since 1682; on maternal 
side is the seventh generation from Dr. 
Thomas Wynne, surgeon of William 
Penn's colonizing expedition, who land- 
ed in Pennsylvania in 1682. Dr. Wynne 
was a Justice of the First Supreme 
Court of the Province, and President of 
the first Provincial Senate; on paternal 
side descended from Thomas Cook, who 
emigrated to New England from Old 
England, landing in Massachusetts in 
1638. Richard Y. Cook is President of the 
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 
of Philadelphia, Vice President of the 
Pennsylvania Warehousing and Safe De- 
posit Co., Chairman of the Finance 
Committees of the Tradesmen's National 
Bank and Market Street National Bank; 
member of the Board of Directors of 
the Finance Company of Pennsylvania; 
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of 
the George W. South Memorial Church 
of the Advocate; was Assignee of the 
Chestnut Street Trust and Saving Fund 
Co., and, in connection with G. H. Earle, 
Jr., for five years published the Phila- 
delphia Record, making $2,000,000 for 
creditors— a venture which these two 
gentlemen undertook with money raiseu 
by themselves for the benefit of the 
creditors of the Chestnut Street Na- 
tional Bank and Chestnut Street Trust 
and Saving Fund Co. All creditors of 
the bank were paid in full, with interest, 
and others almost the entire amount of 
their claims. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 



COOKE, George Henry: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Philadelphia, Pa.; graduate of 
Central High School with degrees of 
A. B. and A. M. and of Philadelphia 
Medical College with M. D. Entered 
United States Navy as Assistant Sur- 
geon, 1S62; served successively at vari- 
ous naval hospitals and navy yards and 
on ships; volunteered for duty on U. S. S. 
Tioga at Key West when epidemic of 
yellow fever appeared; Assistant Sur- 
geon, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 
1866; on the Resaca, assigned to Pacific 
Squadron, Bay of Panama, 1867, during 
virulent yellow fever epidemic; then de- 
tailed to Alaska to take part in ceremony 
incident to transfer of that territory to 
United States; on Vandalia, detailed to 
European Station, 1876, in 1877 receiving 
on Board Gen. and Mrs. Grant and suite, 
visiting principal ports and cities bor- 
dering the Mediterranean, including Jeru- 
salem and Constantinople; accompanied 
Gen. and Mrs. Grant on tour of the Nile 
on board the Khedive's steam yacht 
Zinnt-el-Bachreen; detailed aide to Gen. 
Grant while guest of King George at 
Athens, Greece; detailed to Pacific Sta- 
tion in 18S5 on Lackawanna during epi- 
demic of yellow fever, he contracting the 
disease; was on Mohican, 1886, detailed 
to take United States Special Commis- 
sioner George H. Bates for negotiation 
of treaties with native rulers of South 
Pacific Islands and to explore Easter 
Island and from there bring ancient colos- 
sal monolithic images, stone crown, ta- 
bles, etc., now in National Museum. 
Fleet Surgeon, South Atlantic and South 
Pacific Stations, 1890-1891; cruiser Balti- 
more, Pacific Station, 1891-1893. during 
Chilian revolution and attacks on the 
liberty parties from the Balitimore in the 
city of "Valparaiso; retired by age limit, 
189S, but by order of Secretary of Navy 
retained on duty in charge of United 
States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, and 
as member of Medical Examining Board 
during war with Spain; 1903, ordered to 
duty at United States Naval recruiting 
rendezvous. Philadelphia, his present sta- 
tion. Companion Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion. Residence, Ridley Park, 
Delaware County, Pa. 

COOKE, Jay.: 

Financier and railroad promoter; born w 
in Sandusky, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1821; son of 
Hon. Elentheros Cooke, a lawyer of that 
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1831 to 1833. Entering the banking house 
of E. W. Clark & Co., Philadelphia, in 
1839, he soon became the confidential 
clerk of the firm, and eighteen months 
before he became of age was given power 
of attorney to sign all matters for the 
firm; he was admitted as a partner in 
1S42 and continued in the firm till 1858, 
when he retired for a time from the 
banking business to enter into that of 
negotiating railroad securities; the sale 
of the Pennsylvania State canals was 
negotiated by him. In 1S61 he resumed 
the banking business, forming a firm 
known as Jay Cooke & Co., branches 
being afterward established in New York 
and Washington, and a branch in Lon- 
don known as Jay Cooke, McCulloch & 
Co., Mr. McCulloch, ex-Secretary of the 
Treasury, being a partner. While con- 
nected with E. W. Clark & Co. that firm 
had negotiated a large part of the gov- 
ernment loans to carry in the Mexican 
War, and the experience then gained 
prepared Mr. Cooke for the far greater 
work of negotiating the Civil War loans, 
into which he very actively entered; the 
need for raising money for this war was 
immense and the credit of the govern- 
ment at its opening very low; each suc- 
cessive Secretary of the Treasury — Chase, 
Fessenden and McCulloch — did his best to 
raise war funds by direct negotiation of 
the government securities, but each was 
compelled to call Mr. Cooke to his aid 
as the sole fiscal agent of the govern- 
ment, and his service in this contingency 
was of the utmost value to the govern- 
ment financiers; it is said that he nego- 
tiated in all two thousand million dollars 
■of government loans at a very small rate 
of compensation. The greatest financial 
operation undertaken by the house of 
Jay Cooke & Co. after the war was the 
disposal of the securities of the North- 
ern Pacific Railroad Company, an enter- 
prise which proved too heavy during the 
financial panic of 1873, the house being 
forced to suspend; in subsequent years, 
however, the stocks and bonds of the 
road regained their value, the enterprise 
was completed, and the fortune of Mr. 
Cooke was restored. He is now a large 
■owner of Western lands. Address, 
office, 122 South Fourth St., Philadelphia; 
residence, Ogontz, Pa. 

€OOKE, Walter Howard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Fourth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April 20, 1861; honorably mus- 



tered out, July 31, 1861; Major Eleventh 
Pennsylvania (Militia) Infantry, Sept. 12. 
1S62; honorably mustered out, Sept. 25, 
1862; private Independent Company Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry (attached to Twentieth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry), June 29, 1863; 
Sergeant-Major Twentieth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry during his term of service; hon- 
orbaly discharged, July 30, 1863. He was 
awarded medal of honor under resolu- 
tion of Congress "for having volunteered 
his services after his regiment had 
marched to the rear to be mustered out," 
on the eve of the battle of Bull Run, dur- 
ing which battle he served as Aide to 
Colonel Hunter, commanding Second Di- 
vision: elected Feb. 5, 1S90. Address. 
Norristown, Pa. 

COONS, Giles M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bradford County; 
born in Onondaga, N. Y., Dec. 23. 1839: 
when twelve years old he removed with 
his parents to Union, Pa.; educated in 
the public schools of Canton, Pa., where 
he now resides; learned the milling trade 
and worked at it until the spring of 1861, 
when he entered the Army in the first 
call for three months' men. Re-enlisted 
Nov. 1 for three years, and served in 
the 106th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- 
try, participating in many important 
battles, including Yorktown, Malvern 
Hill. Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettys- 
burg, Wilderness, Petersburg, Weldon 
Railroad, besides many skirmishes and 
minor engagements, and was discharged 
at Battery 5, Appomattox, having been 
wounded twice and promoted three times; 
has always been a Republican, casting 
his first vote for Abraham Lincoln; has 
been in business in Canton since 1870 as 
a lumberman, manufacturer and builder; 
served eight years as Councilman; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Canton, Pa. 

COOPER, A. F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Indiana County; 
born in Clarion, Clarion County, Pa., 
April 18, 1855; removed with his parents 
to New Bethlehem when four years old, 
and attended the district school in that 
town until he was fifteen; then started to 
learn the milling trade with his father, 
and worked at it for ten years; in 1885 
he moved to Homer City, Indiana County, 
Pa., and took charge of the Homer City 
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manufacture of incubators and brooders 
in partnership with Mr. J. I. Nix, in which 
business he is still engaged; served as 
member of the Town Council and School 
Director; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Homer City, Pa. 

COOPER, Allen Foster: 

Congressman (Republican) of Union- 
town; born on a farm in Franklin Town- 
ship, Fayette, County, Pa., June 16, 1862; 
was educated in the public schools of his 
native township, in the State Normal 
schools at California and Lockhaven, Pa., 
and at Mount Union College, Ohio; was 
graduated from the State Normal School 
at California, Pa., in the class of 1882, 
and taught school for six years. Decid- 
ing upon the profession of tne law, he 
entered the Law Department of the Uni- 
versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and 
was graduated from that institution in 
the class of 1S88; was admitted to the 
Circuit Court of Washtenaw County, 
Mich., and to the Supreme Court of the 
State of Michigan before his graduation 
from the law school; after completing 
his law course in University of Michigan, 
returned to Fayette County, Pa., and was 
admitted to the bar of that county Dec. 
4, 1SSS; on Jan. 1, 1889, he formed a law 
partnership at Uniontown, Pa., with his 
classmate. J. Q. Van Swearingen, which 
still exists; is a member of the bar of the 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania., of the 
District and Circuit Courts of the United 
States for the Western District of Penn- 
sylvania, and of the Supreme Court of 
the United States. He was nominated 
for Congress on Sept. 16, 1902, at Pitts- 
burg, as the first Republican candidate 
for the new Twenty-third District of 
Pennsylvania, and was elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress; this is the first 
time he ever sought or held any public 
office. He was married on March 26, 
1^90, to Miss Alice C. Lackey, of Fayette 
County, Pa.; since their marriage the • 
have resided in Uniontown, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Uniontown, Pa. 

COOPER, Renjamin Georgre: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain 177th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry. Nov. 17, 1862; honorably mustered 
out, Aug. 5, 1863; elected Feb. 6, 1895. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



COOPER. Charles Lawrence: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventy-first New York 
(Militia) Infantry, May 27, 1862; mus- 
tered out, Sept. 2, 1862; private Twenty- 
first New York (Militia) Infantry, June 
27, 1863; mustered out, Aug. 6, 1863; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant 127th United States Col- 
ored Infantry, Sept. 7, 1864; First Lieu- 
tenant, March 5, 1865; honorably mus- 
tered out. Oct. 20, 1865; Second Lieuten- 
ant 39th United States Infantry, July 28, 
1S66; First Lieutenant, Oct. 5, 1867; trans- 
ferred to Tenth Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1871; Cap- 
tain, Sept. 5, 1883; Major Fifth Cav- 
alry, July 5, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel 
Fifteenth Cavalry, Feb. 17, 1901; Colonel 
Jan. 30, 1903; Brigadier General retired 
Aug. 17, 1903. Elected April 1, 1868. Ad- 
dress, Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, 
Cal. 



COOPER, Philip Henry: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal k 
Legion; Acting Midshipman United States r 
Navy, Sept. 28. I860; Ensign, May 28, i 
1863; Master, Nov. 10, 1865; Lieutenant, 
Nov. 10, 1866; Lieutenant Commander, 
March 12, 186S; Commander. Nov. 1, 1879; 
Captain, April 11, 1S94; Rear Admiral, 
Feb. 9, 1902; commanding Cruiser Squad- 
ron Asiatic Fleet since January, 1903; 
elected Feb. 5, 1868. Address, care Navy 
Department, Washington, D. C. 

COOPER, Samnel William: 

Lawyer and author; born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., March 5, 1860; educated at 
home with tutor; was graduated from 
Law School, University of Pennsylvania, 
1881; admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 
1881, and in active practice since. Mem- 
ber Art Club, the Lawyers' Club, Clover 
Club and Penn Club. He is the author of 
"Confession of a Society Man," 1887; 
"Three Days," 1889; "Think and Thank." 
1S90; independent in politics; married, 
Dec. 28, 1S93. Homie Weldon of Jackson- 
ville. Fla. Residence, 309 South Twelfth 
St.; office, 1200 Betz Building, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

COOPER, Thomas Valentine: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Deleware County; 
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Jan. 16, 1835; educated in the public 
schools; learned the art of printing; 
[served in the three months' service as 
First Lieutenant, Fourth Pennsylvania 
IVolunteers, and three years as private in 
Company C, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania 
Volunteers; is at present and has been 
leditor of the Delaware County American 
[for forty-seven years, except the four 
years in which he served in the Army of 
Ithe Union. He was a member of the 
[House of Representatives, sessions of 
I1S70 and 1872; member of the Senate from 
tS74 to 1889; elected President pro tem- 
pore of the Senate at the close of the 
jsession of 1877, and re-elected for the ses- 
sion of 1S7S; Chairman of Republican 
fetate Committee, 1881 to 1888. Author of 
jwork entitled "American Politics"; ap- 
pointed collector of the Port of Philadel- 
phia in July, 1889, and served until 
(March, 1S94, when he resigned; elected 
,(to the House of Representatives in 1900; 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Media, Pa. 

COPE, Fred. H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Chester County; 
oorn in West Marlboro Township, Ches- 
ter County, Pa., Sept. 9, 1866; educated at 
[Westtown Orthodox Quaker School; is 
'extensively engaged in farming in Lower 
Oxford Township. He was elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1900; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, Ox- 
ford, Pa. 

COPE, Porter Farqnharson; 

Author, organizer of corporations; son 
pf Caleb Cope, merchant and financier, 
ind great-nephew of Thomas Pirn Cope, 
''ounder of the first American line of 
Trans- Atlantic Packet ships; born in 
Philadelphia, June 15, 1869; married Hen- 
•ietta, daughter of the late Joshua Bunt- 
ng, of Philadelphia, June 14, 1900; was 
graduated at H. Y. Lauderbach's Acad- 
emy and lectured on chemistry there, 
'.8S5; read law at University of Pennsyl- 
vania and in the offices of George Tucker 
3ispham and "Wayne MacVeagh; pursued 
special branches in literature, mining, 
' heoretical and applied science; published 
•he Illustrated Weekly, 18S6, and the 
.Yeekly Recorder, 1887; editor of Leisure 
foments, 1SS7; editor and publisher of 
Society, 18S9-1890. In December, 1896, he 
00k an active part in re-establishing the 
5econd Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry; 
n 1897, as President of the Monroe Doc- 



trine Club, was engaged in the movement 
against the ratification of the Anglo-Am- 
erican Arbitration Treaty; in 1900 was 
Secretary of the Citizens' National Re- 
publican Convention Association of Phil- 
adelphia. Member of Philadelphia Section 
of the American Branch of the Society for 
Physical Research, Theosophical Society, 
Tennessee Historical Society, Colonial, 
Historical, and Genealogical Societies of 
Pennsylvania, and Franklin Institute. 
Republican in politics. Address, 4806 
Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

COPE, Tlmm.-is: 

President of the Nazareth National 
Bank of Nazareth. Address, Nazareth, 
Pa. 

CORNLY, James I.: 

President of the Lincoln Saving and 
Trust Company of Philadelphia. Address, 
Harrison Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



CORNMAJf, Daniel: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1869; Second 
Lieutenant Twenty-first Infantry, June 
13, 1873; First Lieutenant, June 17, 1877; 
Regimental Adjutant, Oct. 14, 1882, to 
March 15, 1887; Captain. March 6. 1S8S; 
Major, March 2, 1899; Lieutenant Colonel 
Twenty-fourth Infantry, Oct. 5, 1901 r 
Colonel Seventh Infantry, Aug. 8, 1903. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

CORNMAJf, Oliver Perry: 

Author; son of Samuel and Jane (Fife) 
Cornman; born Aug. 26, 1866, at Philadel- 
phia; was graduated from Central High 
School, Philadelphia; in 1899 received de- 
gree of Ph. D. at the University of Penn- 
sylvania; is Supervisor of the North 
West School. Philadelphia. Since 1897 
has been lecturer at the University of 
Pennsylvania on child psychology; mem- 
ber of American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science. Author (with 
Dr. Oscar Gerson) of "Brief Topical Sur- 
vey of United States History"; "Physi- 
ology Primer"; "Spelling in the Elemen- 
tary School," published in 1902. He is 
unmarried. Address. 2252 North Twen- 
tieth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CORNWELL, Gibbons Gray: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Capt. 
Robert T. Cornwell; Captain Sixth Penn- 






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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



sylvania Infantry, May 10, 1898; honora- 
bly mustered out, Oct. 17, 1S9S; elected 
May 3, 1893. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

CORXWELL, Robert Thompson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Sixty-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Sept. 17, 1862; honorably 
mustered out, Oct. 25, 1864; elected Feb. 
8, 1S93. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CORRIX, William Hudson: 

Electrical Engineer; born Sept. 8, 1865, 
in Franklin, Venango County, Pa. ; edu- 
ucated and received military training at 
Allegheny College. Enlisted in Sixteenth 
Regiment, N. G. P., 1894; served as Regi- 
mental Commissary Sergeant, Regimental 
Quartermaster and First Lieutenant; in 
1898 went with his regiment to Porto 
Rico; promoted to Captain in 1899. He 
is a Republican in politics. Address, Oil 
City, Pa. 

CORSON, Alan: 

Civil Engineer; born July 13, 1876, in 
Philadelphia; son of Thomas F. Corson, 
M. D., Assistant Surgeon Sixty-sev- 
enth Pennsylvania "Volunteer Infantry; 
descendant of the Huguenot family 
of Corsons who settled in America in 
16S5 and during the Civil War were in- 
terested in anti-slavery movement; edu- 
cated in the public schools of Philadel- 
phia; was graduated from the Central 
High School in 1894 with the degree of 
A. B.; studied civil engineering at the 
University of Pennsylvania and gradu- 
ated in 1898 with degree of B. S. in C. E.; 
since employed in municipal work; at 
present engaged in the real estate busi- 
ness and civil engineering. Member of 
the Engineers Club of Philadelphia; 
married, Dec. 10, 1902, Lillian C. Burton, 
daughter of Ellwood and Anna H. Bur- 
ton of Tullytown, Bucks County, Pa. 
Address, 1616 West Lehigh Ave., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CORSON, Joseph Kirby: 

Major United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cor- 
poral and Sergeant Company K Fourth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, April 20 to July 
■26, 1861; Assistant Surgeon Thirty-fifth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, March 23, 1863; 



brevetted Major Volunteers, March 13, 
1S65, for faithful and meritorious services ' 
in the Wilderness campaign in Virginia; 
honorably mustered out, June 11, 1S64; 
Assistant Surdgeon Uunited States Army, 
Oct. 9, 1867; Major Surgeon, Nov. 14, 
18SS; awarded a medal of honor April 
21, 1S$9, for most distinguished gallantry ; 
in action near Bristol Station, Va., Oct. 
14, 1S63; retired Nov. 30, 1897. Member' 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery Military ' 
Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 
Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, 
Pa. 



CORSON. Robert R. 

Philanthropist; born New Hope, Bucks 
County. Pa., May 3, 1831; son of Dr. 
Richard D. Corson and Helen S., daughter 
of Thomas P. Johnson of New Jersey; in 
1S56 he removed to Philadelphia to enter 
into the business of shipping coal to 
eastern markets; in 1857 married Rebecca 
J., daughter of Edward Foulke of Gynedd; 
in 1861, associated with others, opened an 
old boat house at the foot of Washington 
Avenue, called "The Union Volunteer Re 
freshment Saloon," which, with "The 
Cooper Shop Refreshment Saloon," be 
came two of the great benevolent insti 
tutions of Philadelphia during the war 
for the Union, aiding thousands of our 
soldiers. Governor Buckingham of Con- 
necticut asked him to serve as Military 
State Agent; also Governors Washburne 
of Maine, Holbrook of Vermont, Andrew 
of Massachusetts, Saloman of Wisconsin, 
Bradford of Maryland, Cannon of Dela- 
ware, the Governor of Michigan, Olden of 
New Jersey, Morton of Indiana, and Ram- 
sey of Minnesota; also Generals Gilmore 
of New York and Smith of Rhode Island 
the former appointing him Aide-de-Camp 
with rank of Colonel, and the latter as 
Lieutenant Colonel. General Mongomery. 
found Mr. Corson's help so valuable that 
he issued an order requiring all sick and 
wounded soldiers not in United States 
hospitals, or with regiments, to report to 
his office. Thus, being officially employed 
by appointment from thirteen States, he 
and his assistants daily visited hospitals 
conferred with the men, looked after their 1 
letters and papers, visited prisons and 
battlefields, including Antietam, Gettys- 
burg, Yorktown, White House and Fort- 1 
ress Monroe. Always interested in phi- 
lanthropic and relief work. In 1881 he 
joined the syndicate to purchase the 
caverns at Luray, Va., and was elected 
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ized and superintended the erection of 
Luray Inn. and introduced electric lights 
into the caverns. He is a member of 
the Board of Pennsylvania Institution for 
the Deaf and Dumb, Women's Medical 
College of Pennsylvania, Art Club, Muni- 
cipal Reform Association, the Municipal 
League, Pennsylvania Civil Service Re- 
form Association, Philadelphia Society for 
Organizing Charity, Philadelphia Foun- 
tain Society, Pennsylvania Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and 
Hay's Mechanics' Home. Address, 5121 
Pulaski Ave., Germantown, Pa. 

CORYELL, John B.: 

President of the Lycoming National 
Bank of Williamsport. Address. Wil- 
liamsport, Pa. 

|COSBY, Spencer: 

„j Captain, Corps of Engineers, United 
^States Army; born in Baltimore, Md., 
.pet. 2, 1867; son of Admiral P. C. Cosby, 
jjt'nited States Navy; was graduated from 
the United States Military Academy at 
iWest Point in 1891 at the head of his 
Jblass; served for three years at Willets 
.([Point, N. Y. ; was at the Engineer School 
jbf Application from 1894 to 1901, and 
.luring 1902 was stationed in Philadelphia 
^constructing the fortifications for the de- 
fense of the city, and connected with the 
,.vork of improving the Delaware River. 
"During the Spanish-American War was 
Commissioned Major of Volunteers; was 
Durst in charge of the torpedo defense of 
k ,he Delaware, and later served on the 
-staff of Major General Brooke in the 
■ampaign in Porto Rico. From Septem- 
ber, 1901. to March. 1903, was in charge of 
; he Mobile, Ala., Engineering District, 
jtuilding locks and dams, dredging har- 
bors, etc. Has been on duty in Manila 
f|nce May, 1903, as Lighthouse Engineer 
L|f the Philippine Islands. Address Ma- 
nia, P. I. 

OSSLETT, Charles: 

. Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
tery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
region; Second Lieutenant 116th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, March 3, 1864; Cap- 
ain, June 13, 1864; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged, June 22, 1865, for disa- 
bility; brevetted Major United States 
UTolunteers, March 13. 1865, "for gallant 
jemduct at Williams' Farm, Va."; elected 
Kov. 12. 1890. Address, care of Recorder 
f Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
dplphia, Pa. 



COSTER, Rev. Robert John, D. D.: 

Educator; clergyman of the Episcopal 
Church; son of William and Jane Eliza 
(Wilkinson) Coster; born near St. Leon- 
ards, Calvert County, Md.; educated in 
College of St. James, near Hagerstown. 
Md., under Dr. John Barrett Kerfoot 
(afterward Bishop of Pittsburg), receiv- 
ing degree of A. B. in 1862; made deacon 
in 1863 and priest in 1866 by Bishop 
Whittingham; principal of Grammar 
School of the College of St. James, 1862- 
1S64; taught private school in Annapolis, 
Md.. 1864-1865, under the patronage of 
Governor Bradford and the Hon. Judge 
Tuck; received degree of M. A. from Trin- 
ity College, Hartford, 1868, and degree 
of D. D. from Western University of 
Pennsylvania, 1S97. He married, April 
3, 1S66, Helena Marie Wardenburg, 
daughter of William Augustus and Maria 
(Price) Wardenburg of Baltimore; moved 
to Pittsburg and became rector of Bishop 
Bowman Institute in 1866, and rector of 
Grace Church, Pittsburg, in 1868; Sec- 
retary of the Convention of Diocese of 
Pittsburg, 1868-1888; member since 1874 
of the Standing Committee of the Dio- 
cese, and President since 1891; he spent 
the summers of 1878 and 1881 in Europe. 
Author of "The Life and Character of 
the Rev. Thomas Crumpton, D. D.." a 
memorial address, 1893; "A History of 
Grace Church, Pittsburg." 1903. Resi- 
dence, 1080 Shady Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

COTTRELL, Charles W.: 

Architect; born March 15, 1868, in Le 
Boeuff, Erie County, Pa.; educated In 
the public schools and Waterford Acad- 
emy at Ft. Le Boeuff; was graduated 
from the Jamestown Business College 
(Jamestown, N. Y.), 1892. Went to Brad- 
ford, Pa., the same year and took up car- 
penter work and the study of architec- 
ture; designed several buildings in that 
city; in 1901 went to Pittsburg, Pa.; in 
December. 1901, married Nellie A. Besse 
of Bradford. Pa.; now in the architectural 
and building business. Address, 3604 
Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

COULTER, James: 

President of Muncy Banking Company 
of Muncy. Address, Muncy, Pa. 

COULTER. Richard: 

Lawyer and banker; born in West- 
moreland County, Pa., Oct. 11, 1827; 
nephe wof Justice Richard Coulter of the 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; edu- 






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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



cated at Jefferson College and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Westmoreland Coun- 
ty in 1849; before his admission he had 
served in the Mexican War as a private 
in a Greensburg company; shortly after 
his admission his uncle was elevated to 
the Supreme bench and he took the va- 
cated office and with it a large part of 
his uncle's clientage; he continued in 
successful practice till the Civil War, 
when he was among the first to respond 
to President Lincoln's call for troops, be- 
coming Lieutenant Colonel of the Elev- 
enth Pennsylvania Regiment; the regi- 
ment re-entered the service at the expira- 
tion of its three months' enlistment, Mr. 
Coulter becoming its Colonel; he re- 
mained in the Army till the end of the 
war, being severely wounded at Fred- 
ricksburg. Gettysburg and Spotsylvania. 
In August, 1S64, President Lincoln bre- 
vetted him Brigadier General for gallant 
conduct in the Wilderness and Spotsyl- 
vania battles, and subsequently Presi- 
dent Johnson raised him to the brevet 
rank of Major General for gallant con- 
duct at Five Forks. He returned to 
Greensburg after the war, but did not 
resume the practice of the law, devoting 
himself instead to general business, grad- 
ually acquiring large coal interests and 
engaging in the banking business; after 
1874 he became extensively engaged in 
these lines of business, being largely in- 
terested in corporations; he has long 
been President of the National Bank of 
Greensburg and is one of the leading 
stockholders in the Keystone Coal and 
Coke Company, one of the largest bi- 
tuminous mining concerns in the country. 
Address, Greensburg, Pa. 

COVODE, J0I111 Alexander: 

Manufacturer, merchant; born in 
Westmoreland County, Pa., May 6, 1S53; 
entering college in 1872, he graduated 
with the class of 1876; pursued the gen- 
eral scientific course; President of the 
Grand Rapids, Mich., Furniture Associa- 
tion, Kent County Savings Bank, and 
Lemon & Wheeler Company; Secretary 
of Berkey & Gay Furniture Company. 
He is a Republican in politics. Address, 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 

COWAN, Frank: 

Author; son of Edgar C. Cowan (United 
States Senator 1 ; born Dec. 11, 1S44, at 
Greensburg, Pa.; educated at Mt. Pleas- 
ant and Jefferson Colleges; in 1869 re- 
ceived degree of M. D. at Georgetown 



Medical College; was Secretary of United 1 
States Senate Committee on Patents in 
1862. He studied law and was admitted 
to the bar in 1865; was one of President 
Andrew Johnson's Secretaries from 1865 , 
to 1S69; after 1869 he practiced medicine 1 
at Greensburg, Pa., but soon returned to 
the law. From 1872 to 1875 he was editor 
and proprietor of Frank Cowan's paper j 
(Industrial) at Greensburg; he was Gen- 
eral Superintendent of the Westmoreland , 
Hospital from 1S95 to 1S96; has traveled 
extensively in Europe, Africa, Asia, South 
America and Australia, and entered \ 
Corea before that country had made any 
treaties with foreign nations; at present 
devoting attention to fruit culture and . 
writing. Author of "Cnrious Facts in 
the History of Insects," "Zomara, a Ro- 
mance of Spain," "Fact and Fancy in 
New Zeland," "Dictionary of Proverbial 
Phrases Relating to the Sea," "Austra- 
lianisms," also numerous pamphlets and 
several volumes in verse. Address,; 
Greensburg, Pa. 

COWLES, Warren Hay den: 

Major United States Army; born in: 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Dakota; 
cadet Military Academy, June 14, 1S76; 
Second Lieutenant Sixteenth Infantry, 
June 12, 1S80; First Lieutenant, Sept. 6, 
1SS6; Captain Fourth Infantry, April 26. 
1898; transferred to Twenty-fourth In- 
fantry, April 17. 1902; Major, July 30, 
1903. Address, Fort Assinniboine, Mont. 



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COWLEY, William: 

Physician; born in Pittsburg, Sept. 8,- 
1864; his grandparents, Samuel and Jane 
Cowley, emigrated from Ireland to Amer- 
ica in 1S31 and settled in Pittsburg; his 
father. Dr. David Cowley, was one of the, 
prominent physicians in his day in West- 
ern Pennsylvania; after attending the 
public schools of Pittsburg he was a stu- 
dent at the Hahnemann Medical College 
in Chicago and was graduated in 1886 
from the Hahnemann Medical College 
of Philadelphia. He returned to Pitts- 
burg and began the practice of his pro- 
fession with his father; since the deatr 
of the latter he has been alone. He iii 
a member of the International Hahne- 
mann Association, of the Homoeopathic 
Medical Society of Pennsylvania, and ol 
the Iron City Microscopical Society; he 
is a member of the Swedenborgiar 
Church, and in politics has been classec 
as an independent. Address, 6009 Centre 
Ave., Pittsburg. Pa. 






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< OX, Justice, Jr.: 

Iron merchant; was born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Oct. 31, 1844; was educated at 
• Williston Seminary, Mass.; began his 
>\ business career in a dry goods house of 
I Philadelphia in 1868, and in 1S73 became 
'agent for the Catasaqua, Chickies and 
'j Montgomery Iron Companies. In 1890 he 
built furnaces at Bristol for the Bristol 
'Iron & Steel Co., of which he became 
Secretary and . Treasurer, and subse- 
quently became actively connected with 
j several iron mining and manufacturing 
J companies; was one of the pioneers in 
'developing the mineral resources of the 
"JTennessee mountains; also became con- 
nected with several Philadelphia financial 
'institutions, including the Solicitors' 
M^oan & Trust Co. and the West Phila- 
delphia Title & Trust Co.; is concerned 
'lialso in the Balston Electric Company of 
IBalston, N. Y.. He is well known among 
^charitable societies for his philanthropic 
assistance, both with money and per- 
sonal aid in management. Address, 1934 
(Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

fOXE, Frank Morrell. 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
%orn in and appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; Second Lieutenant Eighty-seventh 
1'nited States Colored Infantry, Nov. 2, 
1863; First Lieutenant, May 9, 1864; First 
Lieutenant Eighty-first United States Col- 
ored Infantry, Dec. 1. 1S64; Captain Eigh- 



ty-seventh United States Colored Infan- 
try. July 7. 1865; Captain Eighty-fourth 
United States Colored Infantry, Aug. 31, 
1865; brevetted Major Lieutenant Colonel 
and Colonel Volunteers, March IS. 1865, 
'or faithful and meritorious services dur- 
jf.ng the war; honorably mustered out, 
'March 14. ISr.fi; Captain Fortieth Infan- 
cy. July 28, 1S66; transferred to Twenty- 
fifth Infantry, April 20, 1S69; Major Pay- 
master, March 3. 1S75; Lieutenant Depart- 
ment of Paymaster General, Feb. 24, 1S96; 
Colonel Department of Paymaster Gen- 
eral, Feb. 1, 1899; Brigadier General, 1904. 
Address, care Chief Paymaster Depart- 
nent California, San Francisco, Cal. 

-RABB, Georjye Washington: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
ippointed from Pennsylvania; private 
Second Pennsylvania Infantry April 20 to 
Tiily 2. 1861; Second Lieutenant Fifth 
Artillery May 14, 1861; First Lieutenant 
f>b. 22. 1865; Captain April 17, 1881; 
rrevetted First Lieutenant Sept. 17, 1862, 
or gallant and meritorious service in 



the battle of Antietam, Md., and Captain 
April 2, 1S65. for gallant and meritorious 
service during the siege of Petersburg, 
Va.; retired with rank of Major March 
8, 1S9S. Address, 220 Seventy-seventh 
St., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CRAGIN. Charles I.: 

Manufacturer; born in Massachusetts in 
1847; educated in public schools of Massa- 
chusetts; removed to Philadelphia in 1869 
as representative of a Boston drygoods 
firm; in 1870 purchased the plant and good 
will of the Dobbins Electric Soap Com- 
pany and since that date has been its 
President. Is Director of the Fourth St. 
National Bank of Philadelphia. Address, 
Forest Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CRAIG. Alexander R.» 

Physician; born in Columbia, Pa., July 
31, 1868; was educated in the Franklin and 
Marshall College, at Lancaster, gradu- 
ating A. B., in 1890 and A. M. subse- 
quently; entered the University of Penn- 
sylvania, where he studied medicine, and 
graduated as M. D. in 1893. After some 
hospital and office practice in Philadel- 
phia he settled as a physician in Colum- 
bia in 1895. where he has since been en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession. 
He is Surgeon to the Columbia Hospital 
and the Pennsylvania Railroad; Secre- 
tary of the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons of Columbia, and in 1900 was 
elected Assistant Secretary of the Amer- 
ican Academy of Medicine. Address, 
Columbia, Pa. 

CRAIG, Brad J.: 

Professor of Mathematics; born in 
Beaver County, Pa., 1877; was graduated 
from Indiana State Normal School Pa. 
1896; Geneva College. Pa. 1896; in 1900 
oratorical representative of this college; 
in 1900 appointed delegate to the Tri- 
State Collegiate League Convention; re- 
ceived honors in the Classical Depart- 
ment in Oratory: principal of the West 
Bridgewater Public Schools in 1900, of 
Beaver High School in 1901. Address, 
Beaver, Pa. 

CRAIG. John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; Captain Sixth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry April 22, 1861; honorably 
mustered out July 21, 1861; Captain 
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry 
Aug. 30, 1861; transferred to 147th Penn- 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



sylvania Infantry Oct. 10, 1S62; Major 
147th Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 10, 1862; 
Lieutenant Colonel March 20, 1864; Colo- 
nel (A. W. M.) June 14, 1865; honorably 
mustered out July 15, 1865. Elected Oct. 
21, 1885. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CRAIG, John F.: 

President of the Citizens' National Bank 
of New Bethlehem. Address, New Beth- 
lehem, Pa. 

CRAIG, J. H.: 

President of the Real Estate, Title and 
Trust Company of Altoona. Address. Al- 
toona, Pa. 

CRAIG, Joseph W.l 

President of Freedom National Bank, 
of Freedom. Address, Freedom, Pa. 

CRAIG, Robert: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1862; 
Second Lieutenant Fourth Artillery June 
18, 1866; First Lieutenant Feb. 5, 1S67, to 
Jan. 16, 1889; Captain Assistant Quarter- 
master, Dec. 10, 1888; Captain Signal 
Corps Dec. 18, 1890; Major March 29, 
1897; Lieutenant Colonel July 8, 1898; re- 
tired Dec. 1, 1899. Address, 1822 I St., 
N. W., Washington, D. C. 

CRAIG, Samuel G.: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in De- 
kalb County, 111., June 1, 1874. His pa- 
rents moved to Atchison County, Mo., 
when he was four years of age; obtained 
his preliminary education in the public 
schools and Tarkio (Mo.) College; was 
graduated from Princeton University in 
1S95 and from Princeton Theological 
Seminary in 1899; spent a year in post- 
graduate study in Princeton, receiving 
the degrees of A. M. and B. D. in 1900. 
He is now pastor of the First Presby- 
terian Church, Ebensburg, Pa. Address, 
Ebensburg, Pa. 

CRAIG, Thomas C.J 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; en- 
tered service as Assistant Surgeon July 
9, 1881; ordered to United States receiv- 
ing ship Colorado, at New York: James- 
town, at Mare Island, Cal.. 1S82: July, 
1882, to Nantucket; December, 1882. to 



receiving ship Colorado; June, 1883. to 
Naval Hospital. New York; September, 
1883. to Minnesota. Appointed Passed As- 
sistant Surgeon May 1, 1884; to Vandalia, 
North Atlantic Station; to Marion, Asiat- 
ic Station, 1S85; 1887 to Naval Hospital, , 
Norfolk, Va. ; 18S8 to Naval Hospital. New 
York; 1890 to Vesuvius; 1891 to Boston. | 
Squadron of Evolution; 1893 to Navy 
Yard. New York- to Marine Rendezvous, , 
New York. July. 1896-1897. Commissioned 
as Surgeon, October, 1896. Retired. 
March, 1S97. Address. 187 Washington , 
Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CRAMP, Charles Henry: 

Head of the great ship-building com- ' 
pany. of Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Cramp is 
a son of William Cramp, an old Phila- 
delphian, whose mighty ship and engine- 
building company is known wherever the : 
seas are traversed; born in Philadelphia, 
May 9. 1828, and there received his early 
education, being graduated from the Cen-' 
tral High School. He studied the ship- 
building business thoroughly and in 1857 
he became a partner with his father in 
the firm of William Cramp & Sons, and 
to the fame of this concern as builders 
of fine wooden vessels they added the 
splendid achievements which made them 
known in all lands as chiefs of their 
craft in the building of war ships. Resi- 
dence, 507 South Broad St.; office ad- 
dress. Beach, cor. Ball St., Philadelphia: 
residence 507 South Broad St. i 

CRAMPTON, Louis William: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army: 
born in Maryland; M. D., University of 
Maryland, 1869; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; Assistant Surgeon June 26, 1875;' 
Major Surgeon Sept. 6, 1895; Lieutenant 
Colonel. Deputy Surgeon General, Aug. 9. 
1903. Address, 204 South Eighth St., St.. 
Louis. Mo. 

CRANDAL, Frederick Mortimer: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Maryland: 
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1848. to 
Nov. 13. 1849; First Lieutenant Thirty- 
third Illinois Infantry Aug. 15, 1861 tc 
November, 1862; Captain Assistant Ad- 
jutant General "Volunteers Oct. 2, 1862:1 
Colonel Fortv-eight United States fcol-; 
ored) Infantry Aug. 8, 1863; brevetted! 
Brigadier General Volunteers Oct. 24, 
1865. for gallant and meritorious ser- 1 
vice; honorably mustered out Jan. 4, 
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fantry July 28, 1866; Captain Forty-first 
Infantry June 12, 1867; Major Third In- 
fantry Jan. 21, 1895; transferred to Twen- 
ty-fourth Infantry Nov. 11, 1869; brevet- 
ted Captain and Major March 2, 1867, for 
gallant and meritorious service in the 
battle of Arkansas Post, Ark., and 
Lieutenant Colonel March 2, 1867, for gal- 
lant and meritorious service in the cap- 
ture of Fort Blakely, Ala.; letbed May 
12, 1895. Address, Aberdeen, Wash. 

CRANDALL, Francis Asbnry: 

Journalist, librarian, specialist in United 
States public documents; son of Rev. An- 
drew Jackson and Amelia (Fink) Cran- 
dall; born Nov. 28, 1837, at Carbondale, 
Pa.; was educated at Cazenovia, New 
York, Seminary. Sept. 17, 1861, he mar- 
ried Annie A. Jones at Trenton (now 
liarneveld), N. Y. ; learned the printing 
trade and became editorial writer; for 
I over thirty-five years was managing edi- 
tof, editor, and publisher in Utica, Caze- 
novia, Scranton, St. Louis, Oswego, Erie, 
'providence, and Buffalo; was first United 
States Superintendent of Documents; or- 
ganized document service, which now sup- 
plies about 4,000 libraries; published first 
:| catalogues and indexes of United States 
j public documents that were accepted by 
1 experts as scientific and adequate; drafted 
; elaborate bills to improve methods of doc- 
1 ument publication. In company with 
1 Jos. A. Scranton (firm-name Crandall & 
Co.) founded, in 1867, the Scranton Morn- 
ing Republican, first daily paper in Scran- 
ton to receive Associated Press dispatches 
1 nr any telegraphic service. In 1873 bought 
|Erie Gazette (founded, 1820, by Joseph 
ISterrett) and changed it, 1875, to Erie 
'Sunday Morning Gazette, the first Sun- 
day issue in Erie. He occasionally con- 
tributes to the Library Journal, Nation, 
iand various newspapers. Member of the 
American Library Association, American 
Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence, Library Association of D. C. (Presi- 
dent 1901), correspondent member of the 
Buffalo Historical Society. Address, 2219 
Fifteenth St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 



CRANDALL, 15. in. I Percy: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
New York, appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Assistant Surgeon Jan. 17, 1888. Passed 
Assistant Surgeon Jan. 17, 1891. Surgeon 
jiSept. 24, 1899; Galena, 1888; Philadelphia, 
1892; Naval Hospital, New York. 18:35; 
St. Mary's, 1S96; Iowa, 1897; training ship 
and station, Newport, 1899; recruiting 



duty, Bureau Navigation, Jasuary, 1901, 
to 1902. Naval Station, Guam, July 1. 
1902, to 1904; Oregon, since January, 1904. 
Address, care Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

CRANKSHAW, John H.: 

Insurance agent; born at Chorley, Lan- 
cashire, England, Feb. 23, 1845; the fam- 
ily being poor, his education was very 
meagre, and at seven years of age he 
was put at work in a calico-printing fac- 
tory, and at fourteen in a bleaching and 
finishing establishment, where he had to 
work in a temperature of 1.30 to 1.60 de- 
grees for much of the time. He be- 
came foreman of his department at 
twenty-one and manager of all the works 
three years later. In 1874 he took the 
position of Assistant Superintendent of 
the Prudential Life Insurance Company 
of London. In his new field he showed 
such marked ability that, in 1880, he was 
induced by Brill Collard of New York to 
give up his position and come to Ameri- 
ca to take charge of the business of the 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 
in North Philadelphia. He took hold 
of the office with a force of seven 
men and scarcely any business, and 
in fifteen years' time had five hun- 
dred men engaged in his district and a 
business of 300,000 policy holders, with an 
annual premium of $1,250,000. In 1895 he 
was appointed chief supervisor of the 
company for a district embracing the 
States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- 
land and Southern New Jersey. Address, 
Norristown, Pa. 

CRARY, N. B.: 

Merchant; born at Beach Grove, Pa., 
Aug. 15, 1830, on the land owned and 
named by his ancestors previous to the 
Revolution; grandson of Nathan Beach, 
one of the pioneers of Wyoming Valley; 
son of Dr. Mason Crary, of Wilkesbarre, 
Pa.; is of Scottish descent, from the Clan 
McQuarrie, and from Major General John 
Mason, of Pequot fame; Thomas Stanton, 
founder of Stonington, Conn., and Capt. 
John Gallup, the hero in Block Island fight 
(first naval engagement fought in Amer- 
ican waters) ; was educated at Berwick 
Academy, Pennsylvania; in 1857 he and 
others bought and laid out the town of 
Shickshinny, and in 1861 organized it 
into a borough. President of Union 
Turnpike Company, and Vice President 
of the Tube Works in Shickshinny. Re- 
publican. Maried Miranda Lee Overton, 



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daughter of Henry Overton, of Wilkes- 
barre, Pa., Jan. 23, 1860. Address, Shicks- 
shinny, Pa. 

CRATER, Lewis: 

Author; born Aug. 9, 1843, near Spring 
City, Chester County, Pa.; son of Ephraim 
and Susanna Carter; a descendant of 
Jacob Crater, Bishop of the Mennon- 
ite Church, Crater's Ford, Montgomery 
County, Pa., 1S32; educated in common 
schools; was graduated from Bryant & 
Stratton's Commercial College, Philadel- 
phia. Enlisted in Company H. Fiftieth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, 1861; promoted as 
First Lieutenant for meritorious service 
at battle of Pegram Farm, 1865; was with 
the regiment in the following engage- 
ments, viz.: Port Royal, 1861; Beaufort, 
1861; Port Royal Ferry, 1862; Pocotaligo, 
1S62; White Sulphur Springs, Va„ 1S62; 
Bull Run, 1862; Centreville, 1862; Chan- 
tilly, 1S62; South Mountain, 1862; Antie- 
tam, 1S62; Fredericksburg, 1S62; siege of 
Vioksburg, 1863; Jackson, 1S63; Blue 
Springs, 1863; Hough's Ferry, 1863; Le- 
noir Station, 1863; Campbell Station, 1S63 
siege of Knoxville. 1S63; Wilderness. 1864 
Ny River, 1S64; Spottsylvania. 1864 
North Anna River, 1864; Bethseda 
Church, 1864; Cold Harbor, 1S64; Peters- 
burg, 1S64; Weldon Railroad, 1864; Hatch- 
er's Run, 1S64; Garrison Fort McGilvery, 
1864-1865; Fort Steadman, 1865; capture of 
Petersburg, 1S65. Member of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion; Union Veteran 
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; 
Patriotic Order Sons of America, and 
Knights of the Golden Eagle. Is Sec- 
retary and Treasurer of the Reading 
Steam, Heat & Power Co.; also Secretary 
of the Mt. Penn Paper Box Co., Ltd. Au- 
thor: "History of the Fiftieth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers," "The Grater- 
Crater Family," and "History of the St. 
Peter's Methodist Episcopal Church, of 
Reading, Pa." Address. 204 South Sixth 
St., Reading, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, Andrew J.: 

President of the Union National Bank 
of Minersville. Address, Minersville, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, James Stoner: 

Lawyer; born May 24. 1872, in Blair 
County, Pa.; son of J. A. and Elizabeth 
Stoner Crawford; was graduated from the 
Blair Presbyterial Academy, Blairstown. 
N. J., in 1891, and from Princeton in the 
class of 1895; also from the Pittsburg Law 



School in 1S97. He was admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar Dec. IS. 1897. Ad- 
dress, Frick Building, Pittsburg. Pa. 

CRAWFORD, James S.: 

President of the First National Bank 
Bank of Duquesne. Address, Duquesne, 
Pa. 

CRAWFORD, John Agnew! 

Member of Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Hospital Chaplain United States 
Volunteers Aug. 5, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out Aug. 21, 1865. Elected Oct. 
14. 1S91. Address, 2215 Rittenhouse 
Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, John W\: 

State Senator from Allegheny County; 
born in Mifflin Township, Allegheny 
County, Pa., in 1861; received his educa- 
tion in the public schools and at the 
South West Normal College, California, 
Pa. ; engaged in the real estate business 
at an early age; has been President of 
the First National Bank of Duquesne, 
Pa., since its organization; is senior mem- 
ber of the firm of Crawford & Eberman. 
bankers and brokers. Times Bulid- 
ing. Pittsburg; has been a staunch and 
active Republican all his life; was the 
First Burgess of Duquesne, serving two 
terms; served as a member of the Du- 
quesne Borough Council; was elected to 
the Senate in November, 1S96; re-elected 
November, 1900. Address, Duquesne, Pa. 

CRAWTORD, Joseph Ury: 

Engineer; born in Ury, Fox Chase. 
Philadelphia. Aug. 25, 1842. His father 
was Stephen R. Crawford, of Glasgow, 
Scotland, and his mother was Jane Wil- 
son, of Edinburgh, Scotland. They were 
among the first of the Scotch to settle 
In Pennsylvania. He attended the Clas- 
sical Institute and the University of 
Pennsylvania as a member of the class 
of 1S62. When the war broke out he 
enlisted, in April, 1861, in the Seven- 
teenth Pennsylvania Regiment. After- 
ward he joined the Sixth New Jersey In- 
fantry, as Second Lieutenant of Com- 
pany B, and was promoted to the First 
Lieutenacy at the battle of Williams- 
burg. He was made Captain at the bat- 
tle of Seven Pines. He was the En- 
gineer Officer of Field Fortifications on 
Gen. Hooker's staff, at Fair Oaks, in 
1S62. He served through the Gettysburg 
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Spottsylvania and Petersburg campaigns 
he served as Engineer Officer on Major 
Gen. Mott's staff, and at the end of the 
war Mr. Crawford decided to follow the 
profession of engineering, and he at first 
became identified with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as Senior Assistant 
Engineer of the Alexandria and Fred- 
ericksburg Railroad. He subsequently 
became Principal Assistant Engineer, 
and afterward Chief Engineer of the 
California Division of the Texas and 
Pacific Railroad; was sent to Japan as 
Consulting Engineer of the Government, 
and here his services were so thoroughly 
appreciated that at the close of his en- 
gagement he was decorated by the Em- 
peror with the Order of the Rising Sun. 
He was employed by the late Jay Gould 
to make surveys between the Pacific 
Coast and Salt Lake City, as well as in 
Wyoming and Nebraska. In 1SS2 he 
again entered the service of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company, as Chief En- 
gineer of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill 
Valley Railroad. During 1S86 and 18S7 
he built the Piedmont and Cumberland 
Railroad. In August, 1SS9, he was made 
Assistant to the Second Vice President 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
Upon the death of John DuBarry, Sec- 
ond Vice President, he was appointed 
Engineer of Branch Lines. On May 1, 
1S74. Mr. Crawford married Harriet Cut- 
ler Henriques. Residence, Fox Chase; 
office, 257 Broad St. Station, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, Josiab Hngkes: 

Presbyterian minister; born in Phila- 
delphia, Aug. 1, 1870, of Scotch-Irish 
ancestry; several of whom were Presby- 
terian ministers; prepared for college in 
schools and by private tutors; was grad- 

\ uated from Princeton College 1S96, with 
B. A degree; from Princeton Theological 
Seminary 1S99; received a Scribner prize 

J in Greek; degree of M. A. from Princeton 
Tniversity, 1900. Address, Fox Chase, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, Robert: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; mem- 
: ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) United States Navy- June 23, 
1863; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- 
ter) July 25, 1866; First Assistant En- 
gineer (Lieutenant) Feb. 20, 1874; Passed 
Assistant Engineer (Lieutenant) Feb. 



24, 1S74; retired Jan. 30, 1892; Assistant to 
Inspector of Machinery at Cramps' Ship- 
yard, Philadelphia. Elected Feb. 7, 1894. 
Address, Cramps' Shipyard, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

CRAWFORD, R. L,.: 

Jurist; born in 1S59; made the law his 
profession and was admitted to the 
bar of Greene County in 1SS2; opening 
an office in Waynesburg, Pa., he entered 
upon a successful practice until 1896, 
when he was elected President Judge of 
the Common Pleas Court of Greene 
County, his term expiring in 1906. Ad- 
dress, Waynesburg, Pa. 

CAAVFORD, Robert Mruee: 

Associate Judge of Forest County; son 
of George and Frances Mongar Crawford; 
born in Venango County, Oct. 19, 1843; 
reared on his father's farm; educated at 
Jayne's Union Academy, Clintonville, Pa.; 
enlisted September, 1S62, in Company L, 
Fourth Pennnsylvania Cavalry, and served 
throughout the war, being honorably dis- 
charged in July, 1S65; participated in all 
the battles in which his company was 
engaged, and was wounded at Hatch's 
Run in February, 1S65. In 186S he went 
to Tionesta and embarked in the lumber 
business; has been a pilot on the Alle- 
gheny River since 1870; was elected Asso- 
ciate Judge of Forest County in 1S99. 
He was married to Miss Ellen Warner of 
Tionesta Oct. 20, 1889. Address, Tionesta, 
Pa. 

CRAWFORD, Robert Parks: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; First Lieutenant Fifty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Infantry Feb. 10, 1862; dis- 
charged for promotion Sept. 11, 1863; Cap- 
tain and Assistant Adjutant General 
United States Volunteers Sept. 4, 1863; 
resigned and honorably discharged May 1, 
1S65; brevetted Major and Lieutenant 
Colonel United States Volunteers May 1, 
1865, "for faithful and meritorious ser- 
vices." Elected Oct. 16, 1889. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion. 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, William E.: 

Lawyer; born at Warrensville, Lycom- 
ing County. Aug. 14, 1850; educated in 
public schools and Bucknell University at 
Lewisburg, Pa.; read law with Hon. John 
J. Metzger; admitted to the bar Aug. 28, 
1873, and has practiced his profession 



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since that time. Has resided at Hughes- 
ville, Pa., since 1875. Republican in poli- 
tics. From 1900 to 1903 a member of the 
Republican State Committee. Address, 
Hughesville, Pa. 

CRAWFORD, William Harvey: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; First Lieutenant Sixty-first Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Aug. 1, 1S61; Captain 
May 21, 1S62; honorably discharged Dec. 

18, 1862, to accept appointment in United 
States Navy; Third Assistant Engineer 
(Midshipman) United States Navy Feb. 

19, 1863; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- 
ter) June 20, 1864; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged April 30, 186S. Elected 
Feb. 5, 1890. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CRAWLEY, Edwin Schofield: 

Mathematician; son of Joseph S. and 
Elmira Hammell Crawley; born July 31, 
1862, at Philadelphia; received preparatory 
education at Rugby Academy, Philadel- 
phia. In 1S82 graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania and received de- 
gree of Ph. D. in 1S92; married Annie 
Reckefus, April 3, 1888, at Philadelphia. 
From 1SS2 to 1885 was Instructor in 
Civil Engineering, also Instructor in 
Mathematics, in 1885. In 1889 was As- 
sistant Professor at the University of 
Pennsylvania and in 1899 Thomas A. 
Scott Professor of Mathematics in the 
same institution; member of the Ameri- 
can Mathematical Society, also author of 
"Elements of Plane and Spherical Trig- 
onometry," published in 1889; "Tables of 
Logarithms," 1899; "Short Course in 
Plane and Spherical Trigonometry," 1902. 
Address, 330 Springfield Ave., Chestnut 
Hill, Philadelphia. 

CREASY. Prof. Mark: 

Educator; born near Light Street, Co- 
lumbia County, Pa; was graduated from 
the Bloomsburg State Normal School in 
1891, and has been connected with the 
Hawley Schools since 1891, as Vice Prin- 
cipal and Principal; married Phoebe 
Shew. Address, Hawley, Pa. 

CREASY. William Trenton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Columbia County, 
was born in Catawissa Township, Colum- 
bia County, Pa., in 1856; was educated in 



the common schools, Catawissa Academy, 
and Bloomsburg State Normal School; 
commenced teaching school at the age of 
sixteen; is at present engagea in farm- 
ing and fruit growing; was mercantile 
appraiser in 1S93; has served as school 
director; was a member of the House of 
Representatives sessions of 1895, 1897, 1899 
and 1901, and was re-elected in November, 
1902, by an increased majority over other 
years. In 1S99 he was the Democratic 
nominee for State Treasurer, being the 
unanimous choice of his party, and re- 
ceived a vote far in excess of the regu- 
lar ticket. In the session of 1899 he was 
the Democratic caucaus nominee for 
Speaker of the House. Elected chairman 
of the Democratic State Committee in 
1901 and re-elected in 1902. Address, 
Catawissa, Pa. 

CREE, John Kirby: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 1881; Second 
Lieutenant Third Artillery June 14, 18S5; 
First Lieutenant July 13, 1892; transferred 
to Sixth Artillery, March 8, 1898; Captain 
First Artillery Dec. 11, 1900; Artillery 
Corps Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort H. G. 
Wright, New York. 

CREIGHTON, Edward B.: 

Special agent of the New Hampshire 
Fire Insurance Company of Manchester 
in the Middle Department; born in Penn- 
sylvania; engaged in the insurance busi- 
ness in the local office at Phillipsburg 
Pa., and was later in the local business 
at Lewistown. Appointed special agent of 
the Farmers' Fire Insurance Company o) 
York, Pa., which position he held for l 
six years, resigning in 1896 to become 
special agent of the Norwich Union Fire 
Insurance Society; afterward appointee? 
special agent of the New Hampshire Fire 
Insurance Company; is Vice President of ' 
the Association of the Middle Depart- 
ment, and has served several terms on the 
executive and other committees. Address, 
316 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CHESSMAN, Warren F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bucks County, was 
born in Sellersville, Bucks County, Pa., 
Jan. 30, 1872; educated in the public 
schools of Sellersville; taught school one 
year; was graduated from Lehigh Uni- 
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gineer; was engineer in charge of con- 
struction for the Sellersville, Souderton 
I! and Hellertown water works; also, for the. 
Inland Traction Company, running from 
J Perkasie to North Wales; later was en- 
l| gineer for the Philadelphia and Lehigh 
!| Valley Traction Company in building a 
line from Allentown to Philadelphia, and 
also the Doylestown and Easton Street 
Railway Company, from Doylestown to 
Easton; was elected Justice of the Peace 
of Sellersville in 1894; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Sellersville, Pa. 



CRESSON, Charles Clemont: 

Lieutenant United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Second 
Lieutenant Sixty-sixth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 3, 1861; transferred to Seven- 

| ty-third Pennsylvania Infantry March 11, 
1S62; First Lieutenant March 13, 1862; 

I Captain Aug. 30, 1862; Major Jan. 1, 1864; 

: Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 24, 1864; honor- 
ably mustered out Aug. 24, 1865; Second 
Lieutenant Seventeenth Infantry May 11, 
1866; transferred to Thirty-fifth Infantry 

1 Sept. 21. 1866; First Lieutenant Oct. 7, 
1S67; assigned to Seventh Cavalry Dec. 15, 

.1 1870; transferred to First Cavalry Dec. 23. 
1S70; retired Apr. 4, 1879; brevetted First 

J Lieutenant March 2, 1867, for gallant and 
meritorious service in the battle of Mill 

(Creek, Ga.; Captain March 2, 1867, for 
gallant and meritorious service in the bat- 
tle of Resaca, Ga., and Major March 2, 
1S67, for gallant and meritorious service in 
the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., and 

j Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 27, 11890, for gal- 

'jlant and meritorious service in action 

|>against Indians at the Lava Beds, Cal., 

jiApril 17, 1873, and gallant service in ac- 
tion against Indians at Camas Meadow, 
Idaho, Aug. 20, 1877. Address, 815 Gray- 

ison St., San Antonio, Texas. 

CRESSON, Ezra Townsend: 

Secretary of the Franklin Fire Insur- 
ance Company of Philadelphia; born in 
Byberry, Pa., June IS, 1838; has passed 
the larger part of his business life in the 
home office of the Franklin Fire Insurance 
Company, and in October, 1878, was ap- 
pointed to the Secretaryship of the com- 
pany. Residence, Swarthmore, Pa.; office, 
421 Walnut St. 

CRISPIN, B. F., Jr.: 

President of First National Bank of 
Berwick. Address, Berwick, Pa. 



CRISAVELL. George S.: 

Jurist; born in Venango County, Pa., 
April 7, 1850; was engaged on his father's 
farm during his boyhood, studied in the 
local academy, and taught the district 
school for several terms. Adopting the 
legal profession, he studied in the office of 
Henry A. Miller, and was admitted to the 
bar at Franklin, Pa., in 1S75. During the 
succeeding twelve years he conducted a 
successful private practice, and in 1887 
entered the legal firm of Lee, Criswell & 
Hastings, continuing association till 1894 
Mr. Criswell was engaged almost wholly 
in civil practice and was regarded as one 
of the leading lawyers practicing in Ve- 
nango County, there being few notable 
cases in which he or his firm were not 
concerned. He served two years (1885 to 
1SS7) as a member of the Pennsylvania 
Legislature, and in March, 1895, was ap- 
pointed to fill the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Judge Charles E. Taylor. 
At the ensuing election he was made 
President Judge of Venango County for 
a term of ten years. He is a member of 
the Masonic Order and an elder in the 
Presbyterian Church. Address, Franklin 
Pa. 

CRITCHFIELD, Norman Brace: 

Secretary of Agriculture; born in Som- 
erset County, Pa., July 20, 1838; educated 
m public and normal schools of his native 
county, and Ohio University; during the 
Civil War he served in the 171st Penn- 
ylvania Militia and Twenty-eighth Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, with which latter 
regiment he continued until the close of 
the war; he has held the positions of 
School Director, Prothonotary and Clerk 
of Courts; elected to the Senate 1890; ap- 
pointed judge in the Department of Agri- 
culture at the World's Columbian Exposi- 
tion in 1S93, and served as Vice President 
and Chairman of the board of judges in 
said department; was re-elected to Senate 
in 1894, and appointed Secretary of Agri- 
culture, Feb. 24, 1903. Address, Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

CROCKER, William Douglas: 

Lawyer; born in Buffalo, N. T., Sept. 
19, 1851; educated in Tale College, from 
which he graduated B. A. in 1873. Be- 
ginning the study of law in the Albany 
Law School he afterward studied in the 
office of J. W. Ganson at Buffalo, finish- 
ing in the office of Allen & Gamble, at 
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the bar at Williamsport in 1ST6, and 
practiced alone till 1885, when he became 
a partner of Judge Linn. Since the death 
of Judge Linn in 1S90 he has practiced 
alone. His practice has been mainly in 
civil and corporation cases, and this em- 
braces many cases of prominence in his 
locality. He was elected City Solicitor in 
1890. and served for eight years. At 
present he is clerk of the United States 
Circuit Court of the Central Pennsyl- 
vania District. He is President of the 
Citizens' Water Company, of Canton, Pa. 
Address, Williamsport, Pa. 

CROMELIEN, Alfred: 

Soldier; born at Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 
1810; son of Geo. Cromelien, and grandson 
of David I. Cromelien, prominent old time 
Philadelphia merchants; educated at the 
school of Dr. John W. Faires, Philadel- 
phia. Married, first, 1S64. to Edith, daugh- 
ter of the late Henry Cohen; by whom 
survive three daughters. Secondly, 1S9S, 
to Anna Smyth, daughter of the late 
Francis Sherrett, St. Lucie, Barbados, B. 
W. I.; was for many years a member of 
the Union League, Fencing and Sparring, 
Riding, and other Clubs. Military His- 
tory: After eight months' service in 
the militia, appointed Second Lieutenant, 
Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Cavalry, and entered upon service Dec. 
2. 1861 (Army of the Potomac). Favor- 
ably mentioned officially Feb. S, 1S62; pro- 
moted to First Lieutenant Aug. IS, 1862; 
employed on outpost duty, taking part in 
various reconnoissances, skh-mishes, and 
engagements; Acting Aide-de-camp (First) 
Advance Brigade, Fourth Army Corps on 
the Virginia Peninsula. On expedition 
up the Virginia Peninsula June and 
July 1863, and demonstration against 
Richmond July 1 and 2, 1S63. Engaged 
near Bottoms Bridge, Va., July 2, 1863, 
where volunteered services to. and assist- 
ed Major S. H. Roberts, 139th New York 
Volunteer Infantry, in skirmish with the 
enemy. Commended in special order from 
Brigade Headquarters, Aug. 11, 1S63. Re- 
signed on account of physical disability, 
occasioned by exposure on continuous, 
arduous service, whilst unfit for duty 
since June 1 (at which date declined and 
returned twenty days' leave of absence to 
headquarters, having learned of projected 
expedition). Resignation accepted and 
honorably discharged, Sept. 23, 1863. 
After the Civil War he took great inter- 
est in the National Guard of Pennsylva- 



nia, and served as Captain and Aide-de- 
camp, Major, and Inspector, First Bri- 
gade staff, 1875 and 1876, and as Lieuten- 
ant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral. First Division Staff, 1S77, receiving 
favorable mention in the official report on 
the operations of the First Division during 
the disturbances in Pennsylvania, July. 
1S77. Resigned and honorably discharged 
Sept. :.. 1S77. Member of the Grand Army 
of the Republic, Society of the Army of 
the Potomac. United Service Club, etc., 
and an early companion of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United 
States: was Registrar of the Pennsyl- 
vania Commandery in 1S79. In the ser- 
vice of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany 1S94 to 1904. Passed United States 
Civil Service examination 1902. Appoint- 
ed to Postal Service 1903. In charge of 
Record and Archive Section, Executive 
Division, United States Post Office, Phila- 
delphia. Pa.. 1904. Address, 2407 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CRONE!, AVesley F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Schuylkill County; 
born in Hegins Township, Schuylkill 
County, Pa., May 2S, 1S63; worked in the 
breaker and coal mines when a boy; edu- 
cated in the Donaldson public schools, 
and taught school for ten years in Don- 
aldson: was transcribing clerk in the 
County Commissionei-'s office of Schuyl- 
kill County for five years, which posi- 
tion he held when elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Donaldson, Pa. 

CROSKEY, John Welsh, M. D.: 

Physician; born on the 26th day of 
January. 1S5S, in the family residence on 
historic Rittenhouse Square; son of Henry i' 
Croskey; educated at Dr. Faires' Insti- 
tution, and Eastburn Academy, and Medi- 
co-Chirurgical College, in Philadelphia.. 
1SS9. and on graduation was elected Chief 
of the Surgical Clinic of the Medico- 
Chirurgical, and later in the Adjunct 
Faculty as lecturer on Minor and Opera- 
tive Surgery and Demonstrator in band- 
aging; 1897 succeeded Dr. P. D. Keyser. 
attending surgeon at the famous Will's 
Eve Hospital; 1901 elected Ophthalmi: 
surgeon to the Philadelphia Hospital 
(Blockley), 1902 elected Ophthalmic sur- 
geon to Samaritan Hospital, also to the ( 
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partment. Member Masonic Order, the St. 

' George Society, Pennsylvania Historical 

i Society. Philadelphia County Medical So- 

1 ciety, Medico-Chirurgical Society and the 

[ American Medical Association. Editor of 

! the Medico-Chirurgical Journal. Married 

on the loth day of December, 18S0, to 

Elizabeth Estes Browning. Address. 3325 

Powelton Ave., W. Philadelphia, Pa. 

CROSSAN, KENNEDY: 

Railroad engineer; born in Chester 
County, Pa., in 1851; studied in the pub- 
lic schools; apprenticed to a blacksmith at 

li fourteen; left it at seventeen and began 

J a series of travels, working- his way. He 
became a laborer at Aledo, 111., worked in 
a sawmill at Humboldt, Kan.; then on a 
railroad, in a hardware store, at Inde- 
pendence, Kan. ; stage driver at Leaven- 
worth, cattle drover in Texas, etc. Re- 

, turning to Philadelphia in has twenty-first 
year, he became employed by Besh & 
Keller, railroad contractors, and was soon 
put in charge of their construction work, 
including the Machinery Hall of the Cen- 
tennial Exposition. As an independent 
contractor, his first work was on the 
Schuylkill Valley Railroad. Subsequent- 
ly he became active as a railroad con- 
tractor, and in connection with Filbert & 
Porter executed the difficult work of low- 

I' ering the North Penn Junction. Mr. 

rJCrossman was concerned in building the 
first pier at Atlantic City and was Presi- 

jdent of the pier company. He also be- 
came President of the Indianapolis Street 
Railway Company, which position other 
jinterests compelled him to resign. He is 
a Director of the Fox Chase National 
Bank, and a member of the Turf Club. 
Address, Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pa. 

CROUCH, John Fletclier: 

Clergyman; born in Dover, Del.. Dec. 20. 
1S35; educated at the Academy of Dover; 
took a medical course in Hahnemann Col- 
lege, Philadelphia; entered the ministry 
in the Philadelphia Annual Conference of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1859; 
has served nine charges in Philadelphia 
as pastor, and one in Lancaster, Allen- 
town. Mauch Chunk, and Chester. Mem- 
ber of the General "Conference in New 
Fork, 1888; President of the Philadelphia 
Conference, Tract Society, member and 
Vice President of the Board of Church 
Extension of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church; married to Mary Frances Metz- 
?er, of Dauphin County, Pa., April 22, 



1862. Republican; present pastor of the 
Mt. Pleasant Avenue Church, Mt. Airy, 
Philadelphia. Address, Mt. Airy, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CROW, Alexander Jr.: 

Accounting Warden of the Protestant 
Episcopal Church of the Redemption; born 
and educated in Philadelphia; has been a 
delegate to many of the conventions of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
Diocese of Philadelphia; served for one 
term as Sheriff of Philadelphia County. 
Address, Twenty-second and Callowhill 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CROW, Dallas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion: private Ninety-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Aug. 30, 1861; Corporal 
June 1, 1S62; Sergeant Dec. 10, 1S63; Regi- 
mental Commissary Sergeant Sept, 1, 1864; 
discharged for promotion March 1, 1865; 
First Lieutenant Ninety-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry March 1, 1S65: Captain 
March 2. 1S65; honorably mustered out 
Aug'. 28, 1S65. Elected Oct. 10, 1S94. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion. 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CROWELL, John Franklin: 

Author; son of Daniel and Sarah Crow- 
ell; born Nov. 1, 1857. in York. Pa. In 
1SS3 graduated from Yale, receiving degree 
of Ph. D. at Columbia, and degree of Litt. 
D. at the University of North Carolina; 
studied at the University of Berlin. From 
1S83 to 1SS4 was principal of the Schuyl- 
kill Seminary at Fredericksburg, Pa., held 
same office from 1SS6 to 1S87; President 
of Trinity College, N. C, from 1887 to 1894; 
also head of the department of economics 
and sociology at Smith College. .Mass., 
from 1895 to 1S97. In 189S traveled and 
studied in Europe; engaged in writing and 
lecturing on economics and sociology from 
1S9S to 1899; 1900-1901, expert agent to 
United States Industrial Commission. 
Now expert on Internal Commerce at the 
Bureau of Statistics. Department of Com- 
merce and Labor, Washington. In 1903 
and 1904 he lectured on International 
Trade and Commercial Geography, at 
Columbian University; Secretary of Eco- 
nomic and Social Science Section of the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. Married, first, Laura K. 
Getz, Reading, 1887. died 1888; second, 
Carrie H. Pascoe, Philadelphia, 1891. Au- 



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thor of "The True Function of the Ameri- 
can College"; "A Program of Progress"; 
"Taxation in American Colonies"; "The 
Logical Process of Social Development"; 
"The Distribution of Farm Products in 
the United States"; "The Iron and Steel 
Trade of the United States"; "The Lum- 
ber Trade of the United States"; "Com- 
mercial Advisability of Deepening the 
Mississippi From St. Louis to Cairo," etc. 
Address, 2144 P St., N. W., Washington; 
office, Department of Commerce and La- 
bor, Bureau of Statistics. 

CROWNOVUR, J. C: 

Cashier of the Merchants and Farmers' 
National Bank; President of the Safe De- 
posit and Trust Company of Greensburg. 
Address, Greensburg, Pa. 

CROXTON, John George: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fifty-first Ohio Infantry 
Sept. 7, 1861; Regimental Commissary 
Sergeant Oct. 28, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion Feb. 24, 1863; Second Lieutenant 
Fifty-first Ohio Infantry Feb. 24, 1863; 
First Lieutenant July 24, 1S64; First Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant June 1, 1865; honor- 
ably mustered out Oct. 3, 1865. Elected 
Feb. 2, 1S87. Address, 3904 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CROZER, Samuel Aldricli: 

Cotton manufacturer, capitalist, philan- 
thropist; born in Aston Township, Dela- 
ware County, Pa., Dec. 25, 1825; son of 
John P. Crozer; entered his father's 
business, the Crozer Mills, at seventeen, 
He owns controlling interest in the Croz- 
er Steel and Iron Co., of Roanoke, Va., 
the Upland Coal Co.; his real estate 
holdings include thousands of acres of 
productive coal fields in Virginia and 
much of the Borough of Upland, Pa. For 
fifty years President of National Baptist 
Council for Missionary Purposes; Presi- 
dent of Baptist Publication Society, Penn- 
sylvania Training School for Feeble 
Minded Children at Elwyn, and of Cro- 
zer Theological Seminary since its insti- 
tution, 1868; manager of Deaf and Dumb 
Asylum. Philadelphia; for more than 
thirty years President of Upland Borough 
Council. At his personal cost he has 
erected many Baptist Churches in Dela- 
ware County, Emanuel Church in Chester 
being a memorial to his wife. In 1896 he 
presented a large tract of land to the 
city of Chester, known as Crozer Park, 



contributing liberally for its improvement. 
In 1854 married Abigail Cheney, of Lowell, 
Mass. Address, Upland, Pa. 

CRUICE, John Mnlchinock: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 
Robert B. Cruice; elected Nov. 2, 1898; 
first class in succession Sept. 14, 1899. 
Address, 114 North Eighteenth St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CRl'MRINE, Boyd: 

Lawyer; was graduated from Washing- 
ton and Jefferson College in 1860; ad- 
mitted to the Washington County bar, 
Pennsylvania, in August, 1861, and to the 
Allegheny bar Sept. 7, 1872. Author of 
"The Courts of Justice, Bench and Bar 
of Washington County, Pennsylvania," 
and other valuable historical works; was 
State Reporter of Supreme Court de- 
cisions, Pennsylvania; reported 116 to 146, 
inclusive of the volumes of the State re- 
ports; is now in practice at 432 Diamond 
St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

CRYER, Matthew Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Sixth Ohio 
Cavalry Oct. 16, 1S63; First Lieutenant 
Dec. 23, 1863; Captain Nov. 12, 1864; 
Major April 8, 1865; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged June 3, 1S65; elected Feb. 
3, 1892. Address, 504 Crozier Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

CULIN, Stewart: 

Author; born July 13, 1858, at Philadel- 
phia; educated at Nazareth Hall, Pa. Is 
prominent as anthropologist and author of 
numerous works and papers relating to 
anthropological subjects. Since 1S90 a Fel- 
low of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science. He is author of 
"Korean Games," 1896; "Chess and Play- . 
ing Cards." 1896. Address. 260 South 
Thirty-eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Cl'I/roX, William 1J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Northumberland 
County; born in Shamokin, Northumber- 
land County, Pa., Dec. 11, 1866; attended 
the public schools of Shamokin until fif- 
teen years old, when he began work in 
the mines, which occupation he has since 
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for years; was elected to the Borough 
Council twice; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress. Shamokin, Pa. 

CUMING, John !£.: 

President of the Tenth National Bank 
of Philadelphia. Address, 1807 North 
Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CUMINGS, Charles Andrews: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Captain 
Henry W. Cumings; piivate Fifteenth 
Pennsylvania Infantry May 11, 1898; mus- 
tered out Jan. 31. 1899; First Lieutenant 
Forty-first United States Volunteer In- 
fantry Aug. 17, 1899; honorably mustered 
out July 3, 1901. Elected Feb. 7, 1900. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CUMINGS, Frank: P.: 

Attorney-at-law; born in Lycoming 
County Oct. 31, 1854; was educated in 
public and normal schools; taught school 
from 1876 to 1881. Admitted to the bar 
in Lycoming County April 3, 1884, con- 
tinued in active practice since to the 
i present; is member of the Superior and 
|Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania, and the 
«iDistrict and Circuit Courts of the United 
States; Adjutant of Twelfth Regiment. 
; Pennsylvania National Guard, from 1.S82 
to 1888; was elected City Solicitor of the 
City of Williamsport, Pa., April 14, 1902, 
for a term .of three years. Address. Wil- 
liamsport, Pa. 

CUMINGS, Henry Harrison: 

State Senator from Warren County; 
was born at Monmoufh. 111., Dec. 1, 1840; 
removed in August. 1852. to Madison, 

:jLake County, Ohio, which remained 
his home until the autumn of 1865; 

'educated at Oberlin College, Ohio; grad- 
uated in 1862; enlisted in the summer of 
1S62, in the 105th Ohio Volunteer In- 
fantry; served in the Fourteenth Army 
Corps, participating in all its campaigns 
and most of its battles; discharged at the 
close of the war as a Captain; settled 
soon after in Tidioute, Pa., where he has 
since resided; actively engaged in the oil 
business, farming, lumbering, manufac- 
turing and banking; is and has been for 
many years President of Tidioute School 
[Board ; was elected delegate to the Re- 
publican National Convention of 1SS8; 



was Commander Department of Pennsyl- 
vania Grand Army of the Republic 1895-6; 
was elected to the Senate in November, 
1S9S; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Tidioute, Pa. 

CUNNINGHAM, Thomas Davis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fifty-Sixth Pennsylvania 
Infantry Sept. 25, 1861; Sergeant Nov. 1, 
1S61; First Sergeant May 20, 1862; dis- 
charged for promotion Oct. 14, 1862. 
Second Lieutenant Pennsylvania Infantry 
Oct. 15, 1862; First Lieutenant March 4, 
1S63; honorably discharged Nov. 3, 1863, 
for disability from wounds. Elected Feb. 
6, 1SS9. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

CURE, John W.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Jermyn. Address, Jermyn, Pa. 

CURRY, John: 

Banker; born in Londonderry, Ireland; 
educated in township public schools. 
Married Emma J. Penfleld. He made a 
success at lumber manufacturing; now 
President of Ridgway National Bank; is 
a Republican in politics. Address, Ridg- 
way, Pa. 

CURRY, Richard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in that city Aug. 7, 1864; educated 
in the public schools; is engaged in the 
general contracting business, being su- 
perintendent of Keystone Paving and 
Construction Company; was copyist in 
the Navy Department under President 
Harrison; has always taken an active 
part in politics, having been a member 
of the Republican Executive Committee 
of the Eighth Ward for the past sixteen 
years, and is Recording Secretary of the 
same; was elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives on February 19, 1901. to fill 
vacancy caused by death on Dec. 1, 1900, 
of Hon. William F. Stewart; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, 146 East Al- 
len St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CURTIN, Roland Gideon, M. D.: 

Born at Bellefonte on Oct. 29, 1839. 
He is the son of Dr. Constance Curtin, of 
Dysart, County Clare, Ireland, who died 
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Ann Kinne, who was lineally descended 
from Thomas Welles, the third Governor 
of Connecticut. Dr. Curtin received his 
early education in the Bellefonte public 
schools. At sixteen he entered the Scien- 
tific Department of Williston Academy, 
at Easthampton, Mass., from which he 
graduated in 1859. He then, for some 
time, engaged in the iron business in 
Philadelphia. At the outbreak of the 
Civil War he was appointed United States 
Naval Storekeeper at the Philadelphia 
Navy Yard. After the war he entered 
the Department of Medicine of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania and graduated 
in 1S66. After serving a term of eighteen 
months as resident physician in the Phil- 
adelphia Hospital, and three months as 
resident in the Insane Department of the 
same institution, he spent some time in 
visiting the hospitals of Great Britain 
and the Continent. Returning to Amer- 
ica, he was appointed United States Ge- 
ologist under Prof. F. V. Hayden. Dr. 
Curtin was Professor of Geology and 
Mineralogy at the Wagner Free Institute 
1871-1873; assistant physician to the Phil- 
adelphia Lying-in Charity 1871-1882; Chief 
of the Medical Dispensary of the Hos- 
pital of the University of Pennsylvania 
for ten years; assistant to the Professor 
of Clinical Medicine. University of Penn- 
sylvania 1870-1887; Lecturer on Physical 
Diagnosis and physician to the University 
Hospital since 1SS7; physician to the 
Throat and Chest Department of the 
Howard Hospital 1S76-1SS2; visiting phy- 
sician to the Maternity Hospital. Phila- 
delphia, for seven years; visiting physi- 
cian to the Presbyterian Hospital since 
18S7; member of the Medical Staff of the 
Philadelphia Hospital (Blockley) since 
1880; consulting physician to the Rush 
Hospital for Consumptives, St. Timothy's 
Hospital, and the Douglass Memorial Hos- 
pital. He was President of the Alumni 
Association of the Auxiliary Department 
of Medicine. University of Pennsylvania; 
Chairman of the Executive Committee of 
the Alumni of the Medical Department, 
University of Pennsylvania; First Presi- 
dent of the Alumni Association of Phila- 
delphia Graduates of the Medical De- 
partment. University of Pennsylvania; 
President of the Medical Board of the 
Philadelphia Hospital since 1890; Presi- 
dent of the Association of Hospital Sur- 
geons and Physicians of Philadelphia; 
honorary Vice President of the Section on 
Climatology and Demography of the In- 
ternational Medical Congress, Washing- 



ton, 1SS7; honorary President of the Med- 
ico-Climatology Division of the World's 
Congress; Auxiliary to the World's Co- 
lumbian Exposition, and delivered the ad- 
dress of welcome to the foreign delegates, 
Chicago, 1893; President of the Grand 
Chapter of the Alpha Mu Pi Omega Med- 
ical Fraternity; Assistant Medical Direc- 
tor of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876; 
member of the Committee of Arrange- 
ments of the International Medical Con- 
gress, Philadelphia, 1876; member of the 
First and Second Pan-American Medical 
Congresses, Washington, D. C, 1893, and 
the City of Mexico. 1S96; delegate from 
the American Medical Association to the 
British Medical Association, London. 1895. 
Dr. Curtin is a Fellow of the College of 
Physicians, member of the Philadelphia 
Obstetrical Society, Pathological Society, 
American Medical Association, Medical 
Society of the State of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia County Medical Society, 
American Climatological Association (Vice. 
President, 1SS6-18S7; President, 1872-1893), 
and a member of its Council for many 
years; Associate member of the Institute 
of Art, Science and Letters; member of 
the American Social Science Association; 
Past Master of the Masonic fraternity, 
Knight Templar, member of the Scottish 
Rite, Thirty-second Degree; member of 
the Fairmont Park Association, Geneal- 
ogical Society of Pennsylvania, New Eng- 
land Society, Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic. Pennsylvania Forestry Association, 
and a life member of the Academy of , 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. The de- 
gree of Ph. D. was conferred upon him, 
by the University of Pennsylvania in 1S71, 
and the honorary degree of A. M. by La- 
fayette College in 1883. On March 21, 
1882, he married Julia Robinson, a daugh- 
ter of the late Edwin Taylor, of Hart- 
ford, Conn. President of the Alumni So- 
ciety of the Medical Department of the 
rniversity of Pennsylvania. 1903-1904;! 
Commander of Philadelphia Naval Veter- 
ans. 1903-1904: Vice President of Medical 
Club of Philadelphia. 1903-19TM. Address, 
22 South ISth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CURTIN, Koland 1.: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; was 
born in Bellefonte, Pa., 1874; entered 
Naval Academy at Annapolis Sept. 6, 
1892; was graduated in 1896; promoted to 
Ensign 1899; Junior Lieutenant 1901. and 
to Lieutenant April 28, 1903; made first 
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as navigating officer of the "Wasp, at- 
tached to Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet; 
at the end of the war was ordered to the 
battleship Massachusetts; transferred 
from her to the Machias, and after a 
year was ordered to the flagship New 
York; after a few months on that vessel 
was given command of the torpedo boat 
Poote, which he retained for several 
months, until he was ordered as Inspector 
of the Neafie and Levy shipyards in 
Philadelphia, where he remained one 
year; was then ordered to the Scorpion, 
North Atlantic Squadron, as navigating 
1 officer; transferred from her to the tor- 
| pedo boat destroyer Lawrence, which is 
jj his present duty. Lieutenant Curtin re- 
I ceived a highly commendatory letter from 
ij Secretary Moody for the bravery and 
1 coolness displayed by him during the fire 
J on the Lawrence, Nov. 13, 1903. He is a 
son of General Curtin, of Bellefonte, and 
,1 a great nephew of Gov. Andrew G. Cur- 
i tin. Address, Bellefonte, Pa. 

1 CURTIS, Cyras: 

Publisher; born in New England June 

^ 18, 1850; received a public school educa- 

«i tion and subsequently went to Philadel- 
phia, where he engaged in the newspaper 
publishing business, establishing the Trib- 
une and Farmer. He followed this en- 

j terprise with the Ladies' Home Journal, 
which achieved a phenomenal success and 
has attained an almost unequalled circu- 
lation. To this, as head of the Curtis 

: Publishing Company, he added the Satur- 
day Evening Post, an old paper, claiming 
to be a direct continuation of the Penn- 
sylvania Gazette, founded by Benjamin 
Franklin in 1729. This journal has also 
been handled with striking ability, and 
has a very large circulation. Office, 425 
Arch St., Philadelphia; residence, Wyn- 

1 cote, Pa. 



CURTIS. Edwin E.: 

Presbyterian minister; born in Oil City, 
Pi., May 20, 1S72; educated at Chamber- 
lain Institute, Randolph, N. Y. ; York 
Collegiate Institute. York, Pa.; was grad- 
uated from Princeton University in 1S99; 
itook Master's degree from Princeton in 
11901; was graduated from the Princeton 
(Theological Seminary 1902. Was married 
to Harriet Stewart Jeffers, of York, Pa., 
ibn June 17, 1902. Republican. Pastor of 
the Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church 
it Chestnut Level, Pa. Address, Chest- 
lut Level, Pa. 



CURTIS, J. G.: 

Postmaster; born November, 1829, in 
Newton, Conn.; educated at same place 
until he was sixteen years old, when he 
learned the machinist trade; Postmaster 
at Ludlow. Married 1868, to Mary A. 
Chambers. Built a tannery at Curtis, 
Steuben County, N. Y., in 1854, in con- 
nection with J. D. Hamilton, and at Em- 
porium, Pa., in 1866. Moved to Ludlow 
and built a tannery and a saw mill in 
186S. Republican. Address, Ludlow, Mc- 
Kean County, Pa. 

CISHIXG, G. M.: 

President of the Clarion County Na- 
tional Bank of Knox. Address, Knox, Pa. 

CISHIXG, William Chaining: 

Chief engineer of maintenance of way, 
Southwest System, Pennsylvania lines 
west of Pittsburg; born at St. John, New 
Brunswick; was graduated B. A. in 1884, 
and M. A. in 1886, from the University 
of New Brunswick, and B. S. in 1887 from 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- 
ogy. Entered railway service of the 
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg in 
1S87, and was connected with different 
divisions in various capacities until as- 
suming his present position Jan. 1, 1903. 
He is a member of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers, American Railway En- 
gineering and Maintenance of Way As- 
sociation. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

CISHMAN, Danford Rockwell: 

Attorney-at-Law; born in Stafford 
Springs, Tolland County, Conn., April 7, 
1844; moved with his parents to Erie 
County, Pa., in April, 1861; educated at 
the Edinboro, Erie County, State Normal 
School; admitted to the bar of Erie 
County in 1874. Practiced law from 1874 
to the present time at North East, Pa. 
Address, North East, Pa. 

CISHMAN. Ernest T.: 

Instructor in mathematics, Pennsyl- 
vania Military College. Chester, Pa.; born 
in the town of Paris, Oxford County, 
Me., Nov. 17, 1S76. Prepared for college 
at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's 
Hill, Maine, and Hebron Academy. He- 
bron, Me. Entered Colby College, Water- 
ville, and graduated with the class of 
1900. Principal of the high school at Co- 
lumbia Falls, Me., one year, and instruct- 
or of mathematics at the Rockland Mili- 
tary Academy, Nyack, N. Y., two years. 
Address, Chester, Pa. 



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CITHBERT, Mayland: • 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer United 
States Navy Aug. 24, 1861; Second As- 
sistant Engineer (Ensign) April 21, 1863; 
resigned and honorably discharged Aug. 
22, 1864. Elected Feb. 6, 18S9. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

CUYLER, Thomas De Witt: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 
2S, 1S54. In 1874 was graduated from 
Yale. Married Frances Lewis May 3, 
1881. In 1876 was admitted to the bar; 
was Judge Advocate General to National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, also Director of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 
Equitable Life Assurance Society, and 
other financial institutions. Member of 
the Society of the Cincinnati. Also a 
member of clubs, among Which are the 
Philadelphia, Rittenhouse (Philadelphia), 
Century, University, Union (New York). 
Address, 1S30 Spruce St.; office, 701 Arcade 
Building. Philadelphia, Pa. 

CARNEGIE, Andrew: 

Manufacturer and philanthropist; born 
Dunfermline, Scotland, Nov. 25, 1835; 
came to the United States with fami- 
ly. 1845, settling in Pittsburg; 1S47, given 
work attending small stationary en- 
gine, but soon became telegraph mes- 
senger for Atlantic and Ohio com- 
pany; later operator and clerk in of- 
fice of superintendent and manager of 
telegraph lines. Pennsylvania R. R., Pitts- 
burg; joined Mr. Woodruff, inventor of 
sleeping car; was successfully engaged 
with Pennsylvania Railroad, Edgar Thom- 
son Steel Works, Pittsburg Bessemer 
Steel Works, Lucy Furnaces, Union Iron 
Mills, Keystone Bridge Works, Hartman 
Steel Works, Frick Coke Company, Sco- 
tia Ore Mines, etc.; founded Pittsburg In- 
stitute and has given large sums of money 
for libraries and other philanthropic 
works in various cities; has published ar- 
ticles on labor question; also "An Ameri- 
can Four-in-Hand in Britain," New York; 
"Round the World," "Fifty Years' March 
of the Republic." Member of the Union 
League, Authors', Engineers', Lotus, and 
other clubs; married Miss Louise Whit- 
field. Address. 2 E. 91st St., New York. 



UAL AND, Jndson: 

Physician; born in New York City July 
11, 1S60; educated in the Philadelphia 
public schools and the Medical School of 
the University of Pennsylvania, graduat- 
ing in.lSS2. Since his graduation he has re- 
mained connected with the teaching force 
of the university as Demonstrator of Clin- 
ical Medicine from 1882 to 1895, and since 
then as Instructor in the same subject. 
For four years after 1885 he was Lectur- 
er on Physical Diagnosis; in addition to 
his university work he has had an ex- 
tensive practice in Philadelphia, and since 
has been Professor of Diseases of the 
Chest and of Clinical Medicine — the latter 
since 1897 — in the Philadelphia Polyclinic 
College. He is also visiting physician to 
the university, the Polyclinic, and the 
Philadelphia hospitals, and consulting 
physician to the Kensington Hospital for 
Women. At different times he has been 
engaged in duties in various other insti- 
tutions, and has officiated on numerous 
public occasions connected with his pro- 
fession; he was editor of the International 
Medical Magazine from 1891 to 1S95, of 
the International Clinics from 1S91 to 
1S99, associate editor of the Annual of 
Universal Medical Sciences, and a col- 
laborator of the Climatologist. He is a 
member of a large number of medical 
societies in Philadelphia and elsewhere in 
the United States, and an honorary mem- ( 
ber of the Moscow Therapeutic Society, 
the Rocky Mountain Interstate Medical 
Society, etc; he is also a member of the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania and of 
the Art University, Markham, Bachelors' 
Barge, Winter Harbor and Centaur Bi- 
cycle Clubs. Address, 317 South Eigh- 
teenth St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

DALE, Alexander H.: 

Lumberman; grandson of the Hon. Al- 
exander Holeman, a judge of Venango 
County, and a representative of the same 
county in the State Legislature for more 
than a half century past; son of Judge 
Joseph Gates Dale and Nancy Holeman 
Dale; was born at Tionesta, May 11, 1S61; 
educated in public schools and at Butch- 
hel College. Has been lumberman and oil 
producer for the past twenty years. Mem- 
ber of control of Tionesta for a number 
of years. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

DALE, James A.: 

Business manager; born in Shippens- 
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public schools; in 1S61 was appointed a 
clerk in the Mechanicsburg Post Office, 
but left it after a year to enlist in the 
Volunteer service, though only seventeen 
years old. He was discharged a few 
days after the battle of Antietim, and, 
returning home, entered a drug store in 
Mechanicsburg, where he remained for 
six years; he finally became a partner of 
Mr. Herring, his employer, but in 1868 
removed to York, where he became the 
senior member of the drug firm of Dale 
& Hart; this he managed with success 
till 18S7; the firm is now known as Dale, 
Hart & Co., and is one of the largest of 
its kind in the State. Mr. Dale now gives 
little attention to the drug business, be- 
ing engaged in various other concerns; 
the first of these was the York Match 
Company, of which he was President for 
ten years, when it was sold out at a very 
large profit. He has been President of 
the York County National Bank, of the 
York City Market Company, of the York 
Hotel Company, and Vice President of the 
York Opera House Company. In 1896 
Governor Hastings appointed him Fish 
Commissioner for Pennsylvania. Address, 
York, Pa. 

DALE, Richard: 

Lawyer; married Annie S. Williamson. 
Is President of the Pennsylvania branch 
of the Society of the Cincinnati. Address, 
1 1215 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DALLAM, Samuel Field: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
l and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
at the United States Military Academy 
from Sept. 1, 1892, to June 12, 1896, when 
he was graduated and promoted in the 
Army to Additional Second Lieutenant 
of Cavalry, June 12, 1896; Fort Riley, 
Kans., Sept. 30, 1896; Second Lieutenant 
of Cavalry Dec. 22, 1S96; Fort Meade, 
S. D., Feb. 2, 1S97; Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 
9, 1898; First Lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry. 
December, 1900; Captain Oct. 29, 1902. 
Address, Fort Apache, Ariz. 

DALLAS, George Mifflin: 

Jurist; son of Trevanion B. Dallas; born 
Feb. 7, 1839, at Pittsburg, Pa.; received 
the degree of DL. D. from the Prince- 
ton University; admitted to the bar in 
1859; is Professor of Law of Torts, Evi- 
dence and Practice in the Law Depart- 
|'inent of the University of Pennsylvania; 
was delegate to Constitutional Conven- 
tion which framed present Constitution of 
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Pennsylvania. Married Ellen Markoe 
Wharton Oct. 22, 1867. Since March 17, 
1892, has been United States Circuit 
Judge, Third Circuit. Address, 1514 Pine 
St., Philadelphia., Pa. 

DALLY, Gearg-e Washing-ton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fifth New Jersey Infan- 
try Aug. 23, 1861; Corporal Aug. 1, 1862; 
discharged for promotion June 3, 1863; 
Second Lieutenant Fifth New Jersey In- 
fantry June 4, 1863; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged for disability Jan. 25, 
1S64; elected May 5. 1S86. Address, 3730 
Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DALY. T. L.: 

President of the Bank of Charleroi. 
Address, Charleroi, Pa. 

DALY, T. M.: 

President of Continental Title and Trust 
Company of Philadelphia. Address, 21 
South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DALZELL, John: 

Congressman (Republican) of Pitts- 
burg; born in New York City April 19. 
1845; moved to Pittsburg in 1847; received 
common school and collegiate education, 
graduating from Yale College in the class 
of 1865; studied law, and was admitted to 
the bar in February, 1867; has since prac- 
ticed his profession; never held any office 
until he was elected to the Fiftieth Con- 
gress; was elected to the Fifty-first, Fif- 
ty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-Fourth, Fif- 
ty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh 
Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty- 
eighth Congress. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

DALZELL, William Sage: 

Lawyer; son of John and Mary Louise 
(Duff) Dalzell; born Aug. 17, 1868, at 
Pittsburg. In 1891 was graduated from 
Yale; later studied law at Harvard; also 
studied in the office of George Tucker 
Bispham and in Law Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania; in 1893 was 
admitted to the Allegheny County, Pa., 
bar; became partner in firm of Dalzell, 
Scott & Gordon in 1898. Married Mary 
Ruth Hough Oct. 4, 1893. Address, 56 St. 
Nicholas Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

DAMBACH, Edward: 

President of the Citizens' Bank of 
Evans City. Address, Evans City, Pa. 



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DAMFMAN, John B.: 

Xi wspaper man and advertising spe- 
cialist: born in Chester County, Pa., 1851; 
admitted to bar of Reading, Pa., 1875; 
founder and for fifteen years editor and 
publisher of Reading Herald; for six 
years editorial writer and literary editor 
of Pittsburg Times; now engaged in the 
advertising business at Reading, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Baer Building, Reading, Pa. 

DANA, Charles Edmund: 

Professor of Art at University of Penn- 
sylvania; son of Brig. Gen. Edmund L. 
and Sarah Helen (Peters) Dana; born 
Jan. 18, 1843, at Wilkesbarre, Pa.; in 
1865 was graduated as civil engineer from 
the Union College. He married Emilie H. 
Woodbury in 1870 at AVilkesbarre; for 
eight years was Assistant Engineer in 
the Pennsylvania Railroad; studied art in 
Paris under Luminals. Since 1S93 has 
been Professor of Art at the University 
of Pennsylvania; member of the Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society, Wistar Asso- 
ciation, Archaeol. Society, University of 
Pennsylvania; Fellow Society of Arts, 
London; Numis. and Antiquarian Soci- 
ety of Philadelphia, Loyal Legion, Aztec 
Club, Military Order of Foreign Wars; 
Sons of the American Revolution, Foun- 
ders and Patriots, etc.; is President of 
the Philadelphia Water Color Club; Presi- 
dent Fellowship of the Academy of Fine 
Arts, Vice President Fairmount Park Art 
Association, Vice President National Arts 
Club of New York. Author of "Glimpses 
of English History." etc. Address, 2013 
De Lancey Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 

DANA, Stephen Winehester: 

Clergyman; born in Canaan, Columbia 
County, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1840: educated 
in schools of Canaan and South Adams, 
Mass; was graduated from Williams Col- 
lege in 1861; appointed same year prin- 
cipal of Hinsdale Academy; in 1863-1866 
studied in Union Theological Seminary, 
New York City; in November, 1S66, was 
pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, 
Belvidere, N. J.; in 1S6S was called to 
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church, Phil- 
adelphia, holding this position more than 
thirty-five years; Trustee of Lincoln Uni- 
versity; Director of Union Theological 
Seminary; has been President. Vice Pres- 
Ident and C'hnplain of New England So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania; in 1880 received 
D. D. from Williams; published "Woman's 
Possibilities." 1899. married October, 
1868, Miss Rebecca Rodman Paul of Bel- 



videre, N. J., who died 1S77; married 
again at Williamsport, Pa., July 12, 1883, 
to Miss Eleanor Howard Crocker. Ad- 
dress 3925 Walnut St., W. Philadelphia. 

DAXXER, Thomas D.: 

State Senator from Northampton Coun- 
ty, Pa.; was born in Moore Township, 
Northhampton County, Sept. 5, 1851, and 
spent his early life on the farm; educated 
in the common schools, Weaverville Acad- 
emy and the State Normal School at 
Kutztown, Pa.; was graduated from the 
University of Michigan Law School in 
1879; taught in the common schools of 
his native county for several terms; 
served as School Director in the Borough 
of Coplay, Lehigh County; was admitted 
to practice law in all the courts of the 
State of Michigan in 1879, and in the 
courts of his native county in 1S90; is now 
engaged in the practice of his profession; 
elected Solicitor to the Board of In- 
spectors of the Northampton County 
Prison in November, 1892, and each suc- 
cessive year since, up to and including 
1902; elected Solicitor of the city of 
Easton in 1S98 for the term of two years, 
and re-elected in 1900; elected Chairman 
of the Democratic Committee of North- 
ampton County in 1900, and re-elected in 
1901 and 1902; elected to the Senate in 
November, 1902. Address, Easton, Pa. 

DARBY, Edwin Tyler: 

Dentist; born in Binghamton, N. Y., 
Aug. 21, 1S45; studied dentistry in the 
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 
graduating in 1865, and entered upon the 
practice of his profession in Philadelphia, 
in which he has been notably successful. 
He was appointed in 1876 Professor of 
Operative Dentistry in the Pennsylvania 
College of Dental Surgery, retaining this 
position till 1878. at the same time study- 
ing medicine in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, graduating in 1S7S; in the same 
year he was appointed Professor of Oper- 
ative Dentistry and Dental Histology in 
the Dental Department of the Univers- 
ity, a position which he still retains, 
and in which he has been a leading in- 
fluence in bringing this department up 
to its present high standing. He is a 
member of the National Dental Associa- 
tion, the Pennsylvania State Dental So- 
ciety, and the Academy of Stomatology; 
also of the Union League and the Uni- 
versity Club of Philadelphia. Office, 1513 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; residence, 
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DARLIXGTON, Edward B.: 

President of the National Bank of 
Kennett Square. Address, Kennett 
Square, Pa. 

DARLINGTON, Jesse: 

President of the Charter National Bank 
of Media. Address, Media, Pa. 

DARLINGTON, Joseph G.: 

Merchant; born in Pittsburg, Pa.; his 
maternal ancestors were among the early 
settlers of the colonies coming to Am- 
erica in 1630, whose descendants fought 
bravely in defense of the colonies and the 
War of the Revolution. Educated at the 
1 riends' School on Walnut Street, above 
Sixth, Philadelphia; he then entered the 
silk importing house of Dale, Ross and 
Withers, at that time the leading silk 
merchants in the United States, in which 
he served for four years. At the close 
of his apprenticeship with Dale, Ross and 
Withers, he entered the drygoods house 
of John W. Thomas, at a small salary, 
where his early training and his fidelity 
to his duty won the appreciation and re- 
spect of his employer, which he eventual- 
ly showed by taking him into partnership. 
On Jan. 31, 1874, when Mr. Thomas re- 
tired from business, Mr. Darlington con- 
tinued the same under the firm name of 
Joseph G. Darlington & Co. The busi- 
ness has grown to be very large, having 
an extensive estabilishment in Philadel- 
phia and offices in Paris, Lyons, and other 
cities in Europe. Mr. Darlington has been 
a Director, Secretary and Vice President 
of the Union League of Philadelphia, and 
for four consecutive years was the Presi- 
dent of that organization. He is a Di- 
rector of the Franklin National Bank, 
Trustee of the Penn Mutual Life In- 
j surance Co., one of the Philadelphia Di- 
j rectors of the American Surety Com- 
pany of New York, a hereditary member 
of the Connecticut State Society of the 
Cincinnati, a member of the Saint Nicho- 
las Society of New York, and a member 
of many clubs and organizations in Phila- 
delphia. Address, Haverford, Pa. 

fDARRACH, Henry: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia July 17, 
1850; his father, Dr. William Darrach, 
was an eminent physician of Philadel- 
phia, and his remote American ancestor 
was William Bradford, who came to 
I Pennsylvania with William Penn in 1682, 
i and, on his mother's side, Capt. James 
1 Sands, who settled on Block Island in 



1640. He studied law in the Law Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania; 
also reading law in the offices of Charles 
M. Wagner and Hon. F. Carroll Brew- 
ster; he was admitted to the Philadelphia 
bar in 1876, and in addition to his legal 
practice has been active in the insurance 
world, he having organized the Philadel- 
phia Fire Underwriters' Tariff Associa- 
tion and the Perpetual Fire Insurance 
Company of Philadelphia; of the last 
named association he is President. Ad- 
dress, 4101 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DARRAGH, Robert W. 

Lawyer; born at West Bridgewater, Pa., 
July 15, 1S70, of old time Pennsylvania 
and New Jersey ancestry; lineal descend- 
ant of John Hart of New Jersey, signer 
of the Declaration of Independence; edu- 
cated in Beaver High School; was gradu- 
ated 1S93 with degree of A. B. from Al- 
egheny College; member of Phi Beta Kap- 
pa; admitted to the bar in 1901; member 
of Beaver School Board; Treasurer and 
Trustee of Beaver College. Married in 
1901 Jessie B., daughter of Gen. A. L. 
Hawkins. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Beaver, Pa. 

DAIGHERTY, Harry K.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Mercer County; was 
born in Pine Township, Mercer County, 
Pa., Dec. 28, 1868; was educated in public 
schools and Grove City College; was 
Principal of Commercial Department of 
Grove City College two years; studied law 
and was admitted to the bar of Mercer 
County June 11, 1895, and has since con- 
tinued in the practice of his profession; 
enlisted in Fifteenth Regiment, N. G. P., 
in 1S8S, and was appointed Sergeant Ma- 
jor of the Fifteenth Regiment Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers May 11, 1898; commis- 
sioned First Lieutenant of Company G 
of the same regiment Oct. 25, 1898; acted 
as Assistant Adjutant General on staff 
of Brigade Commander at Camp Haskell, 
Ga., and was mustered out Jan. 31, 1899, 
at Athens, Ga.; is a Director of the 
People's National Bank of Grove City, 
Mercer County, Pa., and a member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Cottage 
State Hospital, located at Mercer, Pa.; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1900, and re-elected in 
1902. Address, Mercer, Pa. 

DAITGHERTY, James Denny: 

Lawyer and inventor; born in Kittan- 
ning, Pa., Oct. 17, 1855; educated in pub- 



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lie schools, Elder's Ridge Academy, Pa., 
and Mount Union College, Ohio; studied 
law with G. S. Crosby and John Gilpin; 
admitted to Armstrong County bar in 
18S6; inventor of a typewriter and of im- 
provements in typewriters and adding 
and sewing machines. Republican in poli- 
tics. Member of Odd Fellows, Elks, Ar- 
canum and Heptasophs. Married Eliza- 
beth L. Field of Lincoln County, Canada; 
now practicing law and holds office of 
Referee in Bankruptcy. Address, Kittan- 
ning, Pa. 

DAIGHERTY, S. D., M. A.: 

Clergyman; born near Senicksburg, 
Pa., April 17, 1857, of German and 
Irish descent; educated in the public 
schools of West Mahoning, Salisbury 
Academy, and Gettysburg College, grad- 
uating in 1888, and Theological Seminary, 
graduating in 1891. He became pastor of 
the First English Lutheran Church 
(Sharpsburg), Pittsburg, June, 1891; in 
1896 was called to Israel Church, Altoona, 
and in 1S99 became pastor of the Im- 
manuel Lutheran Church of Norwood. 
Superintendent of Missions of the Phila- 
delphia Conference of the Lutheran 
Church, General Synod. Address, 1424 
Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DAVENPORT, Stanley "Woodward: 

Lawyer; born July 21, 1861. at Ply- 
mouth. Pa.; in 1884 was graduated from 
Wesleyan University, Conn., with degree 
of A. M.. For three years was Register 
of Wills of Luzerne County. Pa.; also 
Secretary and Treasurer of Central Poor 
Districts, Luzerne County; he was a mem- 
ber of Congress for the Twelfth Penn- 
sylvania District from 1899 to 1901. Ad- 
dress, Plymouth, Pa. 

DAVID, Thomas Iloylston Adams: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Volunteers July 17, 
1862; resigned and honorably discharged 
Jan. 20, 1864; elected Feb. 6, 1895. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion. 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DAVIDSON, J. N.J 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Allegheny. Address, Allegheny, Pa. 

DAVIDSON, John W.I 

City official; born in County Down, 
Ireland, Sept. 20, 1841. The family came 



to Philadelphia four years later, the fath- 
er engaging in the grocery business. Mr. 
Davidson was educated in the public 
schools, and afterward became an ap- 
prentice to the stone-cutting trade. A 
fondness for the sea, however, led him 
to ship in the merchant trade during the , 
dull seasons, and in 1861 he enlisted in 
the Volunteer service, in which he served 
for three years as Corporal and Sergeant. 
After his discharge from the Army he en- 
tered the Naval transport service. In 
1865 he engaged in business in Philadel- 
phia; in 1S72 was appointed by Mayor 
Stokeley Lieutenant of the Germantown 
police station; resigned in 1S79 to engage I 
in business again, becoming a member of 
the firm of Thomas Mills & Brother, 
manufacturers of bakers' and confection- 
ers' supplies. He took an active interest in 
municipal politics, and in February, 1901, 
was elected Receiver of Taxes for the 
City of Philadelphia. Address, 4953 Rubi- 
cam St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DAVIES, William T.: 

Lawyer; born at Glanmorganshire, 
Wales. Dec. 20, 1831, his father coming 
to America two years later and settling 
on a farm in Bradford County, Pa.; he ' 
was educated in the district schools and : 
at Owego Academy, N. Y., and for sev- 
eral years taught school, being principal 
of the graded school at Towanda for 
four years after 1S56. During this time ■ 
he studied law, and was admitted to the 
bar in 1861; he helped recruit a company i 
for the war in 1862, of which he was 
First Lieutenant and afterward Captain; 
but in October, 1862, an attack of typhoid 
fever, with a relapse in 1S63, which af- l 
fected his hearing, led to his discharge for 
disability. On his return home he con- i 
tinued his law practice, becoming asso- • 
ciated with Hon. Ulysses Mercur (after- 
ward Justice of the Supreme Court) in 
1S69; he entered into other partnerships, 
but has practiced alone since 1890. An 
active Republican in politics, he was 
elected District Attorney in 1S65, State 
Senator in 1876 and 1880, and Lieutenant 
Governor of the State in 1886. For many 
years he was Chairman of the Republi- ' 
can County Committee, and was a dele- 
gate to the Republican National Con- ; 
vention of 1876. Address, Towanda, Pa, 

DAVIS, A. J.: 

Principal of Schools; born in Clarion 
County, Pa., in 1847; attended common - 
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when he was sixteen years of age he 
enlisted as a soldier in the Civil "War, 
Battery B, Third Pennsylvania Heavy 
Artillery, Naval Brigade, and served un- 
til the end of the war, taking part in a 
number of engagements; was graduat- 
ed from State Normal School at Edins- 
boro, Pa. ; received the degree of M. 
S. from National Norma} University, 
Lebanon. Ohio; A. M. from Bucknell 
University, Lewisburg, Pa., and honor- 
ary degree of LL. D. ; Superintendent of 
Schools in Clarion County, Pa., for eight 
years; had charge of Indian Training 
School at Sitka, Alaska; fifteen years 
principal of the State Normal School at 
Clarion, Pa.; served for twenty-eight 
years in the National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania; has five commissions as Captain 
and three as Major; was Captain of Com- 
pany D. Fifteenth Regiment. P. V. I., 
during Spanish war. Member of the 
Presbyterian Church and a Mason. Ad- 
dress, Clarion, Pa. 

DAVIS, Byron C.J 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventy-first Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry May 21, 1S61; Corporal 
Feb. 22, 1S62; Sergeant May 1, 1862; First 
Sergeant Oct. 16, 1862; discharged for 
promotion March 1, 1863; Second Lieuten- 
ant Seventy-first Pennsylvania Infantry 
March 1, 1S63; First Lieutenant Sept. 20, 
1S63; Captain Sept. 21, 1S63; elected Feb. 
8, 1S93. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

DAVIS, Charles: 

County Engineer of Allegheny County; 
is a native of Bucks County, Pa.; attend- 
ed Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., 
and in 1861 enlisted as a private and 
served during the war; after being mus- 
tered out of service he entered the civil 
engineering profession, engaging in the 
construction of a railroad in Lawrence 
County, Pa. In this profession he has 
since been prominent, and in 1881 was 
made County Engineer of Allegheny 
County; is a member of the G. A. R., of 
the Loyal Legion, the Union Veteran Le- 
gion, the American Society of Civil En- 
gineers, and of the Engineers' Society 
of Western Pennsylvania; is Treas- 
urer of the Academy of Science and Art 
of Pittsburg. In 1897 received the de- 
gree of A. M. from Washington and 
Jefferson College; was one of the five 



Commissioners to the Vienna Exposition 
in 1S73 under appointment of President 
Grant, known as the United States Ar- 
tisan Commission. Address, 912 Western 
Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

DAVIS, Charles Belmont: 

Author; son of L. Clark and Rebecca 
Harding Davis; was born Jan. 24, 1866, 
at Philadelphia; was graduated from Le- 
high University; served during adminis- 
tration of President Cleveland as United 
States Consul at Florence, Italy. Ad- 
dress, Gilsey House, New York. 

DAVta, Charles L.: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in New Brighton, Beaver County, 
Pa., Feb. 27, 1S39; grandson of Capt. John 
Davis of the Continental Army; great- 
grandson of John Morton, a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence; educated at 
Lawrenceville High School, N. J.; en- 
gaged as a Civil Engineer on railroads in 
Northwestern Pennsylvannia and Dela- 
ware prior to the Civil War; served as 
First Lieutenant in Signal Corps with 
First Army Corps at Fredericksburg, Va., 
and in pursuit of Gen. Jackson irt Shen- 
andoah Valley, 1862; Chief Signal Officer, 
Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, 
1862; Captain Eighty-second Pennsylvania 
Volunteers and Signal Corps, 1863. On 
a Board of Officers at New Orleans, La., 
1863, for examination of officers for ap- 
pointment in Signal Corps; joined Army 
of the Potomac in October, 1863, and 
served as Chief Signal Officer of that 
army from January, 1865, until the close 
of the war; brevetted Major, U. S. V., 
April, 1865; appointed Second and First 
Lieutenant, Tenth United States Infantry, 
1866; brevetted Captain and Major, U. 
S. A., 1867; Captain. Tenth Infantry, 1879; 
Major, Eleventh Infantry, 189S; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel, Eleventh Infantry, 1899; Col- 
onel, Fifth Infantry, 1901; Brigadier Gen- 
eral. 1903; retired at his own request, 
after forty-one years' service, Feb. 10, 
1903. From 1866 to 1893 served on Mexi- 
can and Indian frontiers; on college 
duty in North Carolina, 1893 to 1897; 
with Governor of North Carolina organ- 
izing and discharging volunteers, 1898- 
1899; Collector of Customs under the 
Military Government of Porto Rico. 1899- 
1900; commanding Governors Island, New 
York Harbor, to April. 1901, when he 
was ordered to the Philippine Islands, 
where he served until December, 1902, with 
the Eleventh and Fifth United States In- 



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fantry. Member of Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion, Order of Foreign Wars, 
Society of the War of 1812, Sons of the 
Revolution, Order of the Cincinnati, life 
member of the Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania. He married in 18S0 Margaretta 
Stewart Bowers of Cooperstown, N. Y. 
Address. 23 Front St., Schenectady, N. Y. 

DAVIS, F. AV.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Bradford. Address, Bradford, Pa. 

DAVIS, <;. Harry: 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia, from an 
old family of that city. His maternal 
grandfather, Daniel Fitter, was at one 
time Sheriff of the county, and was the 
grandfather also of the Mayor Fitler. Mr. 
Davis obtained his education in the pub- 
lic schools, and afterward he read law in 
the offices of Charles Ingersoll and Will- 
iam Ernst, being admitted to practice at 
the time of the oil well excitement, 
which helped him to build up a profitable 
business. He practiced chiefly in the civil 
courts, he having little to do with crim- 
inal cases. A Colonel in the Civil War, he 
has long been active in Grand Army mat- 
ters, being a Past Commander of the 
George J. Meade Post No. 1, and Past 
Judge Advocate General of that body. He 
has long been interested in the Franklin 
Reformatory Home for Inebriates, and 
for ten years has been its President. An 
independent in politics, he was the anti- 
machine candidate for Register of Wills 
in 1900. In November, 1901, he was elect- 
ed to the bench of Common Pleas Court 
No. 5. Judge Davis has for years been a 
member of the Union League, the Penn- 
sylvania Historical Society, and other 
Philadelphia associations. Address, City 
Hall, Philadelphia. Pa. 

I> \\ IS, Gwilym: 

Surgeon; born in Altoona, Pa., July 20, 
1857; educated at the Central High School. 
Philadelphia, and in the Medical Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he was graduated in 1879, winning 
the Henry C. Lea prize of $100 for the 
best thesis on the "Minute Anatomy of 
the Liver." He subsequently entered St. 
Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and was 
graduated at the Royal College of Sur- 
geons in 1880, with a certificate of mem- 
bership in that body; he further studied 
in the hospitals of France and the Uni- 
versity of Gottingen, Germany, where, in 
1881, he received the degree of M. D. ; 



he then returned to Philadelphia, where 
he became active in medical and surgical 
practice, both private and institutional. 
He was resident Physician to the Penn- 
sylvania Hospital May, 1S81, to October, 
18S2; became Assistant Surgeon to the 
Orthopaedic Hospital in 1883, and after- 
ward Surgeon; Out-Patient Surgeon to 
the Episcopal Hospital in 1884, and later 
Surgeon; Out-Patient Surgeon to the Chil- 
dren's Hospital; Surgeon to St. Joseph's 
Hospital; Surgeon to the German Hospital 
and Associate Professor of Applied Anat- 
omy at the University of Pennsylvania, 
holding some of these positions temporar- 
ily, and others permanently. He now de- 
votes most of his time to his large surg- 
ical practice, including the treatment of 
deformities; he has made many important 
contributions to the literature of his pro- 
fession, and is a member of many medi- 
cal societies. Address, 255 South Six- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DAVIS, J. De Pny: 

Lawyer; born in Allentown, Pa., in 
1825; son of Charles Davis; moved to 
Reading with his father, and read law in 
the latter's office; then attended lectures 
at a law institute in Philadelphia, and 
was admitted to the Reading bar on Jan. 
4, 1S47. He served in the Mexican War as 
a private in the Third Regiment of Ken- 
tucky Volunteers, and was subsequently 
a Lieutenant in the Eleventh United 
States Infantry. During the Civil War 
he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 167th 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and, 
upon the death of the commander of the 
regiment. Col. Charles Knoderer, killed 
in battle, succeeded 'to the colonelcy. 
Colonel Davis returned to Reading at the 
close of the war, and entered upon the 
practice of his profession; in 1867 he was 
elected State Senator and served two 
terms; he went to Marshall, Tex., in 1874. 
to serve as Solicitor of the Texas and 
Pacific Railroad, then in course of con- 
struction: after holding this office six 
years, he returned to Reading, where 
he now resides, retired from active busi- 
ness. Address, Reading, Pa. 

DAVIS, John D,: 

Professor of Oriental and Old Testa- 
ment Literature; born March 5, 1854, at 
Pittsburg, Pa.; in 1879 he was graduated 
from the College of New Jersey (now 
Princeton), where he took degrees of Ph. 
D.. D. D., and from Washington and Jef- 
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1S79 to 1SS0 he studied at the University 
of Bonn; also at the University of Leip- 
zig from 1SS4 to 1S86; in 1SS3 he was 
graduated from the Princeton Theological 
Seminary. He married Marguerite Sco- 
bie of San Francisco June 13, 1889. He 
is author of "Genesis and Semitic Tradi- 
tion," "A Dictionary of the Bible,"; co- 
editor of "The Bible Student." Address, 
Princeton. N. J. 

DAVIS, Josh 11 si: 

Manufacturer; born in Cambria County, 
Pa., Feb. 6, 1843; when the war broke 
out he entered the Army as a boy sol- 
dier and served through the struggle, 
finally engaging in business in Ebens- 
burg, Cambria County, in 1867. In the 
same year he removed to Kane, McKean 
County, and established himself as a 
general merchant; here, forseeing the fu- 
ture of the borough, he bought land in 
its vicinity, his investment yielding him 
a return of an unlooked for kind. The 
discovery of oil in the vicinity gave Kane 
a boom, and Mr. Davis took advantage 
of it by building largely on his property, 
while he became a heavy stockholder in 
many business enterprises, and a mem- 
ber of the Kane Gas Light and Heating 
Company, and the McDade, Davis & Co. 
Banking House. In 18S6 he sold out his 
mercantile business, and entered into the 
manufacture of brush handles, and be- 
came a member of the firm of Howells, 
Moffit & Co., largely engaged in the man- 
ufacture of clothes' pins, which business 
has had a great development; he founded 
the La Mount Chemical Works. Mr. 
Davis is President of the Kane Board 
of Trade, and was made Chief Burgess 
of the Borough in 1894. Address, Kane, 
Pa. 

DAVIS, Lemuel Clarke: 

Editor; born Sept. 23, 1835, on a farm 
on the site of the city of Sandusky, Ohio. 
His parents had been pioneers in Ohio, 
but in his infancy they moved to Mary- 
land, where his mother soon died and his 
father when he was sixteen; was edu- 
cated in a boarding school at Norristown, 
Pa., and afterward at the Episcopal Acad- 
emy of Philadelphia, subsequently study- 
ing law, and at the same time doing edi- 
torial work on the Legal Intelligencer and 
the Morning Times. He continued en- 
gaged in legal and newspaper work till 
1889, when he was made managing editor 
of the Philadelphia Inquirer. This con- 
nection he held for twenty years, leaving 



it in 1889 to become associate editor of 
the Public Ledger. In 1893 he was made 
managing editor and subsequently editor- 
in-chief, holding his position under sev- 
eral ownerships to the present time. Mr. 
Davis in his earlier days contributed 
much to the magazines and published a 
novel called "The Stranded Ship." He 
married the notable novelist, Rebecca 
Harding, in 1S63, and his eldest son, Rich- 
ard Harding has risen to distinction as an 
author. Address, 230 S. 21st St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

DAVIS, Lewis E,, jI. D.: 

Born in Allegheny County, Pa., Oct. 6, 
1S55; son of James and Nancy (Burns) 
Davis; after attending public schools he 
studied at Curry University; also received 
private instructions; in 1SS1 was gradu- 
ated from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, and at once began to prac- 
tice in Wisconsin, where he remained a 
year; he then moved to Pittsburg and has 
resided there ever since. He is a member 
of the Allegheny County Medical Society, 
the Medical Library Association, and the 
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Association 
of Surgeons; he is a Knight Templar of 
the Masonic Order, and is also affiliated 
with the Royal Arcanum and Knights 
of Pythias. Married on April 12, 18S3, 
Miss Anna Figley, who died June 15, 
1885; on Oct. 20, 18S7, he married Sarah 
D. Figley. Member of the Christian 
Church, and in politics is a Republican. 
Address, 319 Craig St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

DAVIS, Rebecca Harding: 

Author; born in Washington, Pa., June 
24, 1S31, daughter of Richard Harding, 
and descended from an English family 
which settled in the south of Ireland, 
during Queen Elizabeth's reign. Her 
mother also came of English ancestry 
through the Leetes of Virginia. In her 
infancy Miss Harding's parents removed 
to Alabama, and subsequently to Wheel- 
ing, then to Virginia. It was while re- 
siding here that Miss Harding wrote her 
popular novels: "Life in the Iron Mills" 
and "Margaret Howth," which were pub- 
lished as serials in the Atlantic Monthly 
and afterward in book form. She was 
married, in 1S63, to L. Clarke Davis, later 
editor of the Public Ledger, and since 
that time has resided in Philadelphia. 
Her principal later works have been "Dal- 
las Galbraithe," "Waiting for the Ver- 
dict," "A Law Unto Herself." "Berry- 
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"Silhouettes of American Life," "Kent 
Hampden," "Doctor Warrick's Daught- 
ers," and "Frances Waldeaux." She was 
a regular editorial writer for the New 
York Tribune for a number of years, and 
has been a frequent and popular contribu- 
tor to the leading magazines. Mrs. Davis 
has two sons and one daughter. Ad- 
dress, 230 S. 21st St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DAVIS, Richard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Fayette County; 
was born in Tioga County June 27, 1852; 
educated in the common schools and at 
Woodhull Academy, Steuben County, N. 
Y. ; has resided in Fayette County for 
many years and is a resident of Everson, 
where he has served as Secretary and 
President of the School Board; has been 
prominently identified with various min- 
ers' organizations since 1S83; was elected 
to the House of Representatives in 1900; 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Everson, Pa. 

DAVIS, Richard Harding: 

Novelist; journalist; born Philadelphia, 
1864; son of L. Clark Davis, editor of the 
Philadelphia Public Ledger, and of Re- 
becca Harding Davis, the well known au- 
thor; received his education at Lehigh 
and the Johns Hopkins Universities; after 
graduating from the latter institution he 
turned his attention to literary work; in 
1887 became reporter on the Philadelphia 
Record; he continued engaged in this 
line of literary labor for two years, part 
of this time being spent in England as 
correspondent to the home press. He then 
went to New York, under an engagement 
to write special articles for the Evening 
Sun; his first success in the purely liter- 
ary line was the story of "Gallagher"; in 
consequence of this he was offered and 
accepted, in 1S90, the editorial manage- 
ment of Harper's Weekly, and held it 
successfully for a year, when he resigned 
in order to devote his time wholly to 
literary work of a more original and at- 
tractive class. Author of "Our English 
Cousins"; an historical work, "The Rulers 
of the Mediterranean," and "The Exiles." 
He has received from the Sultan of Tur- 
key the Order of the Medjidie, in recog- 
nition of the justice of his descriptions of 
Eastern affairs; 1896. present at corona- 
tion of Czar Nicholas II., reporting 
spectacle for Harper's Magazine; has 
traveled much, getting material for his 
books. Among his later books are "Cin- 



derella and Other Stories" (1896); "Van 
Bibber and Others" (1893); "Soldiers of 
Fortune" (1S97); "The King's Jackal," 
"Cuba in War Time" (1898). At present 
he is in Japan as special correspondent 
for Collier's Weekly. Address, Marion, 
Mass. 

DAVIS. Robert C.I 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
at the United States Military Academy 
from June 15, 1894, to April 26, 1S9S. when 
he was graduated and promoted in the 
Army to Second Lieutenant of Infantry, 
Seventeenth Infantry, April 26, 1S9S; 
served at Tampa, Fla., from May 20 to 
June 7, 1S9S; in the Cuban campaign, 
taking part in the battles of El Caney 
July 1. San Juan July 2, and other en- 
gagements, resulting in the capture of 
Santiago; left Cuba Aug. 14, and landed 
at Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug. 21; on sick 
leave Sept. 1 to Dec. 1; rejoined regiment 
at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, Dec. 1, 1898; 
left Columbus Barracks for the Philippine 
Islands Jan. 15. 1899, by way of New 
York, Suez Canal, etc.; First Lieutenant 
of Infantry, Seventeenth Infantry, March 
2, 1899; reached Manila March 10, 1S99; 
served in Manila till March 23; in the 
lines near B. H. No. 5; on Rio Grande 
expedition May 14; reached San Fernando 
June 1; took part in attacks there; left 
San Fernando Aug. 9; took part in the 
fighting from there to Angeles Aug. 20, 
1S99; served in war with Filipino insur- 
gents; Adjutant, Third Battalion, Seven- 
teenth Infantry, March 23, 1899; Captain 
Nov. 28. 1902; on duty at Military Acad- 
emy, West Point, N. Y., since Aug. 10, 
1901. Address, West Point, N. Y. 

DAVIS, R, X.: 

Principal of schools; principal of Dun- 
more High School; born in Wyoming 
County, Pa., 1858; educated in common 
schools, Keystone Academy, and Wyo- 
ming Seminary, graduating in 1880: for 
thirteen years principal of Archbald High 
School and for the past seven years prin- 
cipal of Dunmore High School; is con- 
sidered authority upon the botany and 
geology of Northeastern Pennsylvania. 
Address, Dunmore, Pa. 

DAVIS, Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Cambria County; 
born in Cambria Township, near Ebens- 
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was educated in the public schools; en- 
gaged in farming and lumbering until the 
breaking out of the Civil War, when he 
enlisted as a private in the regular Army; 
was placed on the recruiting service, and 
in six weeks recruited more than 120 men; 
was promoted to First Sergeant of Com- 
pany C, Nineteenth United States In- 
fantry, in November, 1881; went with the 
regiment into active service in Kentucky 
and participated in thirty-two battles, in- 
cluding Shiloh, Sone River, Chickamauga, 
Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, 
and in the campaign from Chattanooga to 
Atlanta; was promoted to Second Lieuten- 
ant in 1863, and to First Lieutenant in 
January, 1864; resigned from the Army at 
the close of the war on account of failing 
health; was elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in 1900; re-elected in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Ebensburg, Pa. 

DAVIS, William Watts Hart: 

Journalist; born July 29, 1820, at South- 
ampton Township, Bucks County, Pa.; 
was graduated from Norwich University 
in 1842. From 1S42 to 1844 was instructor 
in the Military Academy at Portsmouth, 
Va., and was admitted to the bar in 1846; 
entered Harvard Law School in 1846, but 
afterward left to enlist in Massachu- 
setts regiment for Mexican War; on July 
19. 1848, was mustered out with rank 
of Captain; practiced law in New Mexico. 
He served as United States District At- 
torney, Attorney Ganeral, and Secretary 
of Territory; Acting Governor, Superin- 
tendent of Indian affairs, and Superin- 
tendent of Public Bridges, from 1S53 to 
1S57; published the Santa Fe Gazette for 
several years (Spanish and English). Since 
185S has been engaged in journalism. He 
was United States Commissioner to Paris 
Exposition in 1878; also United States 
Pension Agent at Philadelphia from 1885 
to 1889. Member of the Pennsylvania 
Geological Survey Commission; also Presi- 
dent of Bucks County Historical Society; 
member of the American Historical Soci- 
ety; Military Order Loyal Legion, etc. 
Author of "Spanish Conquest of New 
Mexico"; "History of the 104th Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment"; "History of the Hart 
Family"; "Life of John Davis," etc. Ad- 
dress, Doylestown, Pa. 

DAVISON, Joseph Kirby: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Major Twenty-ninth New Jersey In- 
fantry Sept. 20, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel 



Jan. 27, 1863; honorably mustered out June 
30, 1S63. Elected Nov. 7, 1SS3. Address, 
71S Samson St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DAVISON, Joseph Kirby, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
hgion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. Col. 
Joseph K. Davison. Elected Nov. 12, 
1890. Address, 71S Sansom St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

DAY, Frank Miles: 

Architect; son of Charles and Anna 
(Miles) Day; born April 5, 1861, at Phila- 
delphia; received preparatory education 
at Rittenhouse Academy, Philadelphia; in 
1883 was graduated (B. S.) from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; studied architect- 
ure at the University of Pennsylvania; 
also three years in Europe. Married 
Anna Blakiston Nov. 5, 1S96. Fellow and 
Vice President of American Institute of 
Architects. Member of the Academy of 
Natural Science, and of the American 
Philosophical Society. Address, German- 
town; office, 925 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

DEACON. Howard Ridgeway: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; private Twenty-third Pennsylvania 
Infantry Sept. 4, 1861; transferred to 
Sixty-first Pennsylvania Infantry Dec. 1, 
1861; discharged for wounds Jan. 9, 1863; 
Second Lieutenant 197th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry July S, 1S64; honorably mustered 
out Nov. 11, 1864. Elected Feb. 3. 1886. 
Address, 2110 South Broad St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

DEAL., Lemeiil J.: 

Chemist and surgeon; born in Philadel- 
phia Feb. 24, 1842; was educated in the 
University of Pennsylvania, graduating 
in 1860; subsequently studied for two 
years at the Union Theological Seminary; 
then studied medicine at the Jefferson 
Medical College, graduating, M. D., in 
1865. From 1864 to 1866 he was Acting 
Assistant Surgeon in the United States 
Army; lectured on chemistry at the 
Franklin Institute in 1866, and at the 
Wagner Institute in 1S66, 1874, 1876 and 
1S77. He was assistant demonstrator of 
Anatomy and chemical surgical assistant 
in the Jefferson Medical College, 1866-1874; 
Professor of Chemistry in the Missouri 
Medical College 1874-1876. and in the 
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1881. He has served as secretary of the 
Philadelphia County Medical Society and 
the Philadelphia Medical Club, and as 
President of the National Medical Society 
of Philadelphia. The Wagner Institute 
gave him the honorary degree of Ph. D. 
in 1S72. Address, 2106 N. Hancock St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEAN, George Washington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
er)' of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Thirty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry (Ninth Reserve) Aug. 28. 
1861; discharged Feb. 7, 1863; Acting Sec- 
ond Assistant Engineer (Ensign) United 
States Navy April IS, 1863; resigned and 
honorably discharged May 10, 1S65. Elect- 
ed May 4, 1S87. Address, 8 Vine St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

DE.V\, John: 

Jurist; born in Williamsburg, Pa,, Feb. 
1"), 1835; the grandson of one of the pio- 
neer settlers of that section of Pennsyl- 
vania during the times of Indian war- 
fare. He was educated at the Williams- 
burg Academy and at Washington College, 
and engaged in school teaching, studying 
law in his spare hours. He was admitted 
to the bar at Hollidaysburg in 1855, to the 
Huntingdon bar in 1S61, and to the bar of 
the Supreme Court in 1871. In 1857 he 
was elected Superintendent of the Blair 
County School, but resigned in 1859 to 
form a law partnership with Hon. S. S. 
Blair, who, during the partnership, served 
two terms in Congress. The firm was dis- 
solved in 1864, and in 1S67 Mr. Dean was 
appointed District Attorney, and elected 
to this office in October, 1867. In 1871 he 
was elected on the Republican ticket 
President Judge of the Twenty-fourth 
Judicial District, including Huntingdon, 
Blair and Cambria Counties; was re- 
elected in 1891, and in 1892 was elected a 
Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- 
vania for a term of twenty-one years. 
Address, 454 City Hall. Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEAN, Richard C.I 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
New Jersey, April 17. 1876; entered the 
service as Assistant Surgeon; attached to 
sloop Dale, coast of Africa, 1857 to 1859; 
steamer Crusader, Home Squadron. I860; 
steam sloop Wyandotte. 1861; steam sloop 
Tuscarora, special service, 1861 to 1863. 
Commissioned as Surgeon, Aug. 1, 1861; 
steam sloop Tuscarora, North Atlantic 



Blockading Squadron, 1S64; Naval Acad- 
emy, 1865 to 1866; steam sloop Sacramen- 
to, special service, 1S67; steamer Michi- 
gan, on the lakes, 186S to 1869; assistant 
to Chief of Bureau of Medicine, 1870 to 
1S74. Commissioned as Medical Inspector, 
June S, 1873; frigate Congress, European 
Station, 1873 to 1876; member of Ex- 
amining and Retiring Boards from 1877 
to 1878; member of Board of Inspection 
in 1879. Commissioned as Medical Direct- 
or, June, 1880; Naval Hospital, Philadel- 
phia, from 18S0 to 1S83; Naval Hospital, 
New York, March, 18S3 to 1886; member 
of Examining and Retiring Boards, from 
1S86 to 1S87; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, 
from 1887 to 1S91; member of Examining 
Board, January, 1S91, to June, 1893; spe- 
cial duty in Europe, from June, 1S93 to 
December, 1S93; President Medical Exam- 
ining Board, from December, 1S93, to 
May, 1S95. Retired, May, 1S95. Member 
Naval Retiring Board. Address, 1736 I 
St., Washington, D. C. 

DE VRDON, Rohert R.: 

Insurance journalist; born in Lowell, 
Mass., March 23, 1S45; educated in public 
and private schools; was engaged for a 
few years in mercantile pursuits, cul- 
minating in the publishing business at 
Chicago in 1867. The following year be- 
came identified with the Northwestern 
Review of Chicago, which he purchased 
of its founder, the late W. F. Brewster, 
in 1S69. and in 1S75 removed to Philadel- 
phia, changing its name to The United 
States Review; has maintained continu- 
ous active connection with that paper 
since 1869. Mr. Deardon entered political 
life soon after taking up his residence in 
Philadelphia; was elected to the Penn- 
sylvania Legislature from a prominent 
district in 1882, and was re-elected in 
18S4, 1SS6, and 1888, covering four suc- 
cessive terms of eight years in all. He 
was Chairman of the House Insurance 
Committee in 1885, and of the Committee 
on Appropriations in 1887 and 1889; 1890, 
was unanimously chosen as a candidate 
for Receiver of Taxes of Philadelphia, on 
the Municipal League ticket, but he de- 
clined the nomination. Residence, N. 11th 
St.. corner 69th Ave., Oak Lane; office 
address, 411 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DeARMIT, William P.: 

Coal operator; born in Holiday sburg. 
Pa., in 1850; his father was of French 
descent and his mother was of Scotch- 
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noted Col. John Piper, the Piper family 
being prominent in the Revolutionary 
War. After obtaining a good education, 
he entered the employ of the New York 
and Cleveland Gas and Coal Company in 
1S72 as a bookkeeper; two years later 
he was made Treasurer and in 1S87 was 
elected to the Presidency of the company. 
At that time natural gas had made great 
inroads into the business, but by adopt- 
ing progressive methods and pushing the 
trade into new fields he was able to in- 
crease the business of the company in 
1S92 to over fifty per cent, more than 
had ever been sold, even before the ad- 
vent of natural gas; he is noted as a man 
who has studied every phase of the coal 
business, and who knows the needs of 
every branch of its operation; in July, 
1901, he left the New York and Cleveland 
Gas Company, and was later made Pres- 
ident of the Empire Coal Mining Com- 
pany. A notable feature of his campaign 
for better conditions in the coal mining 
business has been his sturdy opposition 
to the so-called company or "pluck-me" 
stores. Address, 1226 Murray Hill Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

DECHERT, Henry M.: 

Lawyer; born March 11, 1S32, at Read- 
ing, Pa.; son of Elijah and Mary W. (Por- 
1 ter) Dechert; was graduated at Yale in 
1S50; taught school near Pottstown. Pa.; 
admitted to Philadelphia bar in 1854 and 
has since practiced in Philadelphia; in 
1862-1863 was First Lieutenant in Twen- 
ty-fifth and Fortieth Pennsylvania Regi- 
ments. Married at Philadelphia, Sept. 
15, 1857, Esther S. Taylor. President of 
Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust 
Company of Philadelphia and of State 
Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Penn- 
sylvania. Member of State Bar Associa- 
tion; Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. F. & 
A. M. ; Grand Army Republic; Sons of 
Revolution, Naval Order; also University. 
Art, Lawyers. Penn, United Service and 
Belmont Clubs. Has three children: 
Henry T., a member of Philadelphia bar 
and Colonel commanding Second Regi- 
ment, N. G. P.; Edward P., a journalist 
in Boston, and Bertha M., wife of Charles 
H. Gale of Cleveland, Ohio; and three 
grand children. Robert, Esther and Mar- 
garet. Residence, 3930 Walnut St.; office, 
1201 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DECHERT, Henry T.: 

Lawyer; born Feb. 2, 1859, in Philadel- 
phia; son of Henry M. Dechert; educated 
at University of Pennsylvania; receiving 



degrees of A. B., 1879; LL. B., 1881, and 
A. M., 18S2; admitted to Philadelphia 
bar in 1881, and to bar of the Supreme 
Court of the United States in 1889. He 
has been active in the National Guard of 
Pennsylvania; enlisted in 1884 in First 
Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry; 1890, 
commissioned a Lieutenant in Second 
Regiment Infantry; Major, 1S91; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel. 1893, and Colonel, 1899. 
In 1898 (Spanish- American War) served 
as Lieutenant Colonel of the Second 
Pennsylvania Infantry during its entire 
tour of duty, commanding five companies 
in the Department of the East. Married 
in 1S95 to Virginia Louise Howard. Mem- 
ber of the firm of Melick, Potter & Dech- 
ert. Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion, by inheritance from his 
uncle, Brig. Gen. Robert P. Dechert. Ad- 
dress, 32 South Broad St., Philadelphia. 

DECKER, W. IV.: 

Principal of Schools; born near New 
Oxford, Pa., March 30, 1873; attended the 
public schools of Adams County; grad- 
uated as President of the class of 1895, 
from the State Normal School at Ship- 
pensburg. Pa. ; took course in Ursinus 
College and American Business College, 
Allentown, Pa.; taught school in Adams 
and Lancaster Counties. In 1896 he 
went to Lehigh County, Pa., where he 
married and has since lived; at present 
is a teacher in the public schools of Al- 
lentown, Pa. He is active in church 
work. I. O. O. F. circles, and the politi- 
cal affairs of his town. Address, Macun- 
gie, Pa. 

DEDRICK, Thomas S.: 

Physician, Arctic traveller; born at 
Everittstown, N. J., November, 1866; son 
of Rev. T. S. and Phoebe (Newman) 
Dedrick; educated at public schools at 
Hackettstown, N. J., and Hackettstown 
Collegiate Institute; journalistic train- 
ing; public school teacher 1S98; editor and 
proprietor of the Warren Tidings, Wash- 
ington, N. J., 1889-1893; graduate of 
Plahnemann Medical College, 1896; grad- 
uate of Maternity Hospital, Philadelphia; 
Graduate of Medico-Chirurgical Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, 1903-1904. Married at 
Washington, N. J., 1896, Cora Norton 
Boyd. Assistant to Peary Arctic Expe- 
dition of 1898-1902; at the end of three 
years resigned, owing to strained rela- 
tions with the commander; upon volun- 
tary services being refused, he remained 
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the Eskimos rather than leave men in 
the Arctic without chance for medical 
aid; first man to live thus with the North 
Greenland Eskimos. Member of staff 
department, Medico-Chirurgical and 
Samaritan Hospitals. Member of Arctic 
Club. New York, and Philadelphia Geo- 
graphical Society. Address, 3147 N. 
Broad St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEEGAN, Thomas F.: 

Contractor; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 
30, 1S66; educated in the public schools; 
at the age of thirteen he started to work 
his way up in the world, beginning at 
the foot of the ladder, and succeeding 
so well that, at the age of twenty-five, 
he had entire charge of the construction 
of the Third Avenue Cable Road in New 
York, which required the services of two 
thousand men; he became a railroad con- 
tractor in 1893. and has built the follow- 
ing street railways: Lombard and South 
Streets; West End Road, in West Phila- 
delphia, comprising Spruce, Locust. Thir- 
ty-third, Thirty-fifth, Baring, Fortieth, 
and Forty-first Streets and Elm Avenue; 
Passyunk double-track road from Front 
and Market Streets to Point Breeze; part 
of the Tenth and Eleventh Streets Road, 
and part of the Fifth and Sixth Streets 
Road. He did the special car barn work 
for the Hestonville Road, at Forty-third 
Street and Lancaster Avenue, without in- 
terfering with the running of the road; 
he also built and equipped complete the 
Bucks County Railroad in IS,??, and finan- 
ciered the road, also; in connection with 
the Lombard and Tenth Streets lines, it 
may lie stated that this road was com- 
pleted in the quickest time on record for 
a road of its length, viz., fourteen miles 
of road in sixteen working days; he was 
instrumental in the promotion of the 
American Railways Company, which is 
capitalized at $25,000,000; he is one of the 
incorporators of the People's Light and 
Power Company of Wilmington, Del., 
which has a capital of ?2.non.OOO, and at 
the present time is forming, with the aid 
of other capitalists, the largest granite 
corporation ever organized, having ac- 
quired the largest granite deposits in the 
world, at Port Deposit. Md.. situated on 
a mountain 400 feet high, and extending 
over an area of 221 acres. Address, 313 
Arcade Building. Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEEMER, Ellas: 

Consri-f-ssman (Republican) of Williams- 
port, Lycoming Comity; born in Bucks 
County, Pa., Jan. 3, 183S; was educated 



in the common schools; engaged in the 
mercantile business in his native county, 
and later in Philadelphia, until the war 
broke out. In July. 1861, enlisted as a 
private in Company E, 104th Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, and served in the Pen- 
insula campaign until the middle of May 
following, when he was discharged for 
disabilities resulting from injuries re- 
ceived while in the line of duty. He is a 
member of Reno Post, G. A. R. In the 
spring of 1S66 he moved to Willamsport, 
where he has continuously resided; was 
President of the Common Council, 18SS- 
1S90; is engaged in the manufacture of 
lumber, employing between 500 and TOO 1 
men in his different operations; became 
President of the Willamsport National 
Bank in 1894, and has been its President 
ever since. He is not a politician and 
has never held public office, but has al- 
ways taken an interest in party affairs; 
was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress, 
and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Con- 
gress. Address, Williamsport, Pa. 






DE HA VEX, Holstein: 

Real estate agent; born in Philadel- 
phia, July 21. 1843; educated in the public 
schools, graduating from the High School 
in 1S62. Deciding to engage in conveyanc- 
ing, he entered the office of Cash & Red- 
ner, and afterward that of Louis H. Red- 
ner. where he became a thorough master 
of the business; in 1866 he became asso- 
ciated in the management of the Norris 
Hill estate, a tract of over 500 acres in 
the northern part of the city, at the same 
time carrying on business as a real estate 
broker and conveyancing, in which line 
of business he soon became a leader; he 
is still engaged in the management of the 
Norris estate and that known as Straw- 
berry Hill, and is concerned with other , 
large estates and with prominent oper- 
ative builders; he has been a notary pub- 
lic since 1869 and a member of the Con- 
veyancers' Association since 1871." He is 
a director in the Real Estate Title and 
Trust Company of Philadelphia and of 
the United Firemen's Insurance Com- 
pany, and is a life member of the Union 
League; in 1895 Governor Hastings ap- 
pointed him one of the Commissioners 
of the Valley Forge Park, and he was 
made Secretary of the Commission. Ad- 
dress, 2037 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



DE LAND, Clyde O.: 

Atithor, artist; born at Union City, Pa., > 
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(N. Y. ) High School; eclectic course at 
University of Rochester; was graduated 
in 1898 from Drexel Institute, Philadel- 
phia; the most important part of his art 
training was received from Howard Pyle, 
the illustrator; in Rochester he was prom- 
inent as a concert pianist and music 
teacher; was art editor of Sotheron's 
Magazine, Philadelphia, in 1S96, and since 
1S97 his work has appeared in the leading 
magazines. Author of "The First Amer- 
ican Flag" (1898) and "Wassailing" 
(1899). Among his pictures are: "The 
Raising of the First American Flag" 
(1S98), "The Constellation and the In- 
surgente" (1899), and "Lee's Farewell 
After Appomattox" (1903); many of the 
recent novels have been illustrated with 
his drawings, one of the latest being 
Charles Major's "A Forest Hearth." Mem- 
ber of Alpha Zeta Fraternity, Delta Up- 
silon Fraternity, and Franklin Inn Club 
(authors and artists), Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, 4429 Osage Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DELANEY, J. C.I 

Factory Inspector; born in Ireland, 
April 22, 1848; came to America when 
five years old; when eight years old com- 
menced picking slate at mines near Scran- 
ton, Pa.; two years later he drove mules 
on the Delaware and Hudson Canal; at 
twelve he ground bark in a tannery; in 
the spring of 1882 he enlisted as a pri- 
vate in Company 1, 107th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and for meritorious services 
was several times promoted, being in 
command of his company at the close 
of the rebellion; was captured at Bull 
Run, Gettysburg and Yellow Tavern, but 
each time made his escape; for conspic- 
uous gallantry at Dabney's Mill he was 
awarded a Congressional medal. After 
the war he attended Kingston Academy 
one term; worked with the Lehigh Valley 
Engineer Corps from 1866 until the road 
was completed. For his distinguished 
services President Johnson in 1867 ap- 
pointed him a Second Lieutenant in the 
Thirty-second United States Infantry, but 
for family reasons he declined the honor. 
In recognition of political services ren- 
dered he was in 1873 appointed messen- 
ger in the Executive Department by Gov- 
ernor Hartranft, where he remained until 
1879, when he was made Senate Libra- 
rian, in which capaciay he served until 
1890, resigning then to accept the posi- 
tion of Receiver of Public Moneys at 
Oklahoma, serving until his resignation 
■was accepted by President Cleveland in 



the fall of 1S93, when he at once returned 
to Pennsylvania; was commissioned Su- 
perintendent of Public Grounds and Build- 
ings by Governor Hastings, March 2is, 
1895, and served until April 24, 1899; he 
was appointeu Factory Inspector by Gov- 
ernor Pennypacker. Feb. 3, 1903. Ad- 
dress, 500 No. Third St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

DE LAXEY, Matthew A.J 

First Lieutenant and Assistant Sur- 
geon United States Army; born in South 
Canaan, Wayne County, Pa., March 6, 
1874; educated in public schools; graduate 
of Pennsylvania Normal Institute, 1896; 
Medical Department, University of Penn- 
sylvania, June, 189S; special course grad- 
uate of University of Pennsylvania, same 
year; graduate of Ashhurst Surgical So- 
ciety, 1S9S; appointed resident physician, 
Chester Hospital, Chester, Pa., and St. 
Agnes' Hospital, Philadelphia, 1898; As- 
sistant Surgeon, National Soldiers' Home, 
Old Point Comfort, Va., same year; twice 
promoted. Commended by Inspector 
General for service in yellow fever epi- 
demic, same place, 1899; certificate from 
Medical Council of Pennsylvania, 1899; 
commissioned First Lieutenant and As- 
sistant Surgeon United States Army, June 
29, 1901; on duty at Fort Monroe, Va.. 
until Nov. 1, 1901; Army Medical School. 
Washington, D. C, until April, 1902; grad- 
uate of this school. Assigned to duty, 
Philippine Islands, April. 1902; in com- 
mand Military Cholera Hospital, Manila. 
P. I. Address, Manila, P. I. 

DEXMSOX, David T.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Falls Creek. Address, Falls Creek, Pa. 

DENNISSON, Samuel G.: 

President of the Saving Fund Society 
of Germantown. Address, 5458 Main St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

DENNISTON, John Thaw: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal Twelfth Pennsylvania 
Infantry. April 25, 1S61 ; mustered out, 
Aug. 5, 1861; private 155th Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Aug. 22, 1862; discharged for 
promotion, Sept. 2, 1862; Second Lieuten- 
ant 155th Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 2, 
1862; Second Lieutenant, Dec. 29, 1862; 
resigned and honorably discharged, Dec. 
31, 1864; elected Jan. 2, 1868. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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DEMMIXG, Henry Clay: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Independent Company 
Pennsylvania Infantry, May 26, 1862; mus- 
tered out. May 28, 1862; private 127th 
Pennsylvania Infantry, July 22, 1862; 
mustered out. May 8, 1863; recruit, July 
11, 1864; discharged for promotion, July 
21, 1864; First Lieutenant 192d Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, July 21. 1864; First Lieu- 
tenant and Regimental Quartermaster 
194th Pennsylvania Infantry, July 24, 
1864; honorably mustered out, Nov. 5, 
1864; Second Lieutenant (Provisional) 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Feb. 17, 1865; 
First Lieutenant Seventy-seventh Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, March 7, 1S65; honor- 
ably mustered out, Feb. 21, 1866; elected 
Oct. 20, 1886. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

DEMMING, George: 

Lawyer; born Feb. 17, 1870, in Harris- 
burg, Pa.; son of Col. Henry C. Demming 
of that place; was graduated from Harris- 
burg High School, 1887; also from Penn- 
sylvania State College in 1890. Followed 
civil engineering for two years; studied 
law in Philadelphia with Thomas Learn- 
ing, Esq., and at University of Pennsyl- 
vania; admitted to Philadelphia bar in 
1S95; admitted to United States Supreme 
Court bar in 1903; engaged in the prac- 
tice of law in Philadelphia. Member of 
the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Loyal Legion. Address, 1112 Land Title 
Building, Philadelphia, and Harrisburg 
Club, Harrisburg, Pa. 

DEXTLER, Clarence Engene: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, July 1. 18S0; Second 
Lieutenant Sixth Infantry, June 15, 1884; 
First Lieutenant Twentieth Infantry, 
April 27, 1891; transferred to Eleventh In- 
fantry. July 20, 1891; Captain Infantry, 
Sept. 21, 1S98; assigned to Fifth Infantry, 
Jan. 1. 1890; transferred to Eleventh In- 
fantry, April 6, 1899. Address, Headquar- 
ters. Department of California, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

DERICKSOX, Mrs. J. H.: 

Temperance advocate and lecturer; born 
at Buffalo Furnace in 1852: daugh- 
ter of Major Xewlon and Mrs. E. Markle 
Newlon; her father, an iron man of con- 



siderable means, gave his children every 
advantage for improvement; she was ed- 
ucated at Meadville; in 1873 became the 
wife of Joseph H. Derickson of Meadville, 
a grandson of the late Judge Derickson of 
Crawford County. Shortly after their 
marriage Mr. and Mrs. Derickson moved 
to Tionesta, where he had extensive in- 
terests in the manufacture of lumber. 
She was the prime instigator of the tem- 
perance movement in Forest County; was 
the first local President of the Tionesta 
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 
and served for many years; was first 
County President of the Women's Chris- 
tian Temperance Union, and has served 
as a county officer since its organization; 
has represented her county and State 
in different State and National conven- 
tions. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

DERR, Cyrus G.: 

Lawyer; born in Lebanon, Pa., July 18, 
1848; son of William M. Derr, Esq.; edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native 
town, and then entered the law office of 
his father to prepare to engage in the 
same profession; he attended the Law 
Department of the University of Penn- 
sylvania in Philadelphia, and upon his 
return to Lebanon was admitted to prac- 
tice in the several courts of Lebanon 
County. In 1872 he removed to the city 
of Reading, where he has since been in 
active practice; he has for a number of 
years occupied a prominent place at the 
Berks County bar, and has been Solicitor 
in Reading for the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company ever since the construction of 
that company's Scuylkill Valley Division. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

de SCHWEIMTZ, ii. E.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 
26. 1S58; educated at Moravian College,. 
Bethlehem, Pa., and University of Penn- 
sylvania; Ophthalmic Surgeon, Philadel- 
phia Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous- 
Diseases; Professor of Ophthalmology, 
Jefferson Medical College, 1892-1902; re- 
signed; Professor of Ophthalmology, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1902 to present 
time; was graduated in medicine. Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1881; Professor 
of Ophthalmology, Philadelphia Polyclinic, 
1891; Professor of Ophthalmology, Jeffer- 
son Medical College, 1892; resigned, 1902; 
Professor of Ophthalmology, University 
of Pennsylvania, 1902. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, 1705 Walnut St., Philadel- 
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de SCHWEINITZ, Paul; 

Clergyman of Moravian Church; born 
in Salem. N. C; first member of the 
de Schweinitz family, whose genealogy is 
complete back to 1350; came to Bethle- 
hem, Pa., from Germany in 1770; edu- 
cated in Moravian Parochial School in 
Bethlehem, Pa.; Nazareth Hall, Naza- 
reth, Pa.; Moravian College and Theo- 
logical Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa., and 
University of Halle, Germany; ordained 
Deacon of the Moravian Church, 1885, 
and Presbyter, 1888. On Jan. 27, 1887, he 
married Miss Mary C. Daniel of Beth- 
lehem, Pa. Served as pastor of the Mo- 
ravian Church in Northfield, Minn., 1886- 
1890; in Nazareth, Pa., 1890-1898; Secre- 
tary and Treasurer of Executive Board 
of the Moravian Church in America, 
Northern Province; Treasurer of Society 
for Propagating the Gospel Among the 
Heathen; Treasurer of the Moravian Col- 
lege and Theological Seminary; advis- 
ory member of the Boards of Trustees 
of Nazareth Hall, Linden Hall, and Beth- 
lehem Seminary for Young Ladies; Presi- 
dent of Moravian Aid Society; member of 
the Executive Committee of the Moravian 
Historical Society; charter member and 
Vice President of the Pennsylvania Ger- 
man Society; Secretary of Missions for 
the Moravian Church in America. Ad- 
dress, 20 Church St., Bethlehem, Pa. 

DESHONG, Alfred Otlenheimer: 

Capitalist; born at Chester, Pa., Sept. 
30, 1837; educated in schools of the bor- 
ough; served during the Gettysburg cam- 
paign and was honorably discharged Aug. 
4, 1863. In 1865 he and his brother, John 
O. Deshong, Jr., entered into partnership 
in the management of the noted Deshong 
quarries in Ridley Township. He is an 
art critic and collector. Address, Chester, 
Pa. 

DETAR, C. \\, M. D.: 

Physician; son of David and Sarah J. 
Hollis Detar; born at Fryburg. Clarion 
County, Sept. 12, 1870; educated at the 
Edinboro State Normal School; followed 
teaching a short time and entered the 
study of medicine. Graduated at the 
Western University. Pittsburg, in March, 
1892. Began the practice of medicine at 
Leeper the following April. After prac- 
ticing two and one-half years there, re- 
moved to Kellettville, Forest County, 
where he has resided ever since, and has 
built up a large practice. Was married 
in February, 1S93, to Miss Minerva M. 



Mahle, of Fryburg; has two sons: Reed L., 
and Russell W. Is a member of Olive 
Lodge, No. 557, F. and A. M. Address, 
Kelletville, Pa. 

DETRE, Cyrus S.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Eighty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861; Sergeant, 
Oct. 13, 1S61; First Sergeant, Nov. 11, 
1S62; discharged for promotion, Dec. 14, 
1862; First Lieutenant and Adjutant 
Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, 
Dec. 14, 1862; honorably mustered out, 
Dec. 2, 1864; elected May 5, 1886. Ad- 
dress, 1820 Wallace St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEVERECX, Alfred: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant United States 
Marine Corps, Aug. 30, 1861; retired "for 
disability incurred in the line of duty," 
March 31, 1864; elected May 4. 1887. Ad- 
dress, 2108 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEVEREAUX, Robert: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Cresson. Address, Cresson, Pa. 

DEVELEV, Jas. Aylward: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, May 6, 
1860; prepared for college at Rugby Acad- 
emy, Philadelphia; graduated at Wesleyan 
University, class of 1883; graduated 
from University of Pennsylvania, Law 
Department, and admitted to the Phila- 
delphia bar in 1886; admitted to United 
States Supreme Court in 1892; practicing 
law since admission to bar. President 
of the Mortgage Trust Company of Penn- 
sylvania since 1896; married, in 1893, Mary 
Alice, daughter of Charles Scott. Ad- 
dress, 400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DEWALT, Arthur G.: 

State Senator from Lehigh County; 
born Oct. 11, 1854, at Bath, Northampton 
County, Pa.; was graduated from the 
Keystone State Normal School at Kutz- 
town, Pa., in 1870; taught school for one 
term in Lehigh County; in 1871 he en- 
tered the sophomore class at Lafayette 
College, and was graduated with honor 
in 1874; was instructor of classics in Oley 
Academy one term; served one year in 
the Pennsylvania Railroad office at Phil- 
adelphia. In April, 1876, he began the 
study of law with Hon John D. Styles; 
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tv in October. 1877. and has since been 
engaged in the practice of his profession: 
elected District Attorney of Lehigh Coun- 
ty in 1880- admitted to the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania in 1883, and to all the 
courts of Philadelphia in 18SS; was Ad- 
jutant General of the Fourth Regiment. 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, for nine 
years- was delegate to a number of State 
Democratic conventions; elected to tne 
Senate in November, 1902. Address. Al- 
lentown, Pa. 

DE WITT, Calvin: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Captain Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Infan- 
try Oct 24, 1861; resigned, Jan. IS, I860, 
received degree of A. B. in 1S60, A. M. 
in 1863 from Princeton University, ana 
M. D. in 1865 from Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege- Assistant Surgeon. May 14, 1867; 
Major Surgeon, July 21, 1885; Lieutenant 
Colonel Department of Surgeon General. 
Dec 15, 1898; Colonel Assistant Surgeon 
General, May 7, 1901; retired with rank of 
Brigadier General. Aug. 10, 1903. Ad- 
dress, 1707 Twenty-first St.. N. W. Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

DE WITT, Clinton: 

Lawyer; born in Northern New Jersey, 
May 6 1842; his parents removed to a 
farm in Luzerne County, Pa., in 1844, and 
to South Eaton, Wyoming County, in 1S56; 
he was educated in the public schools of 
Towanda; he began the study of law 
while in Wyoming Seminary, and com- 
peted it after a journey West, during 
which he taught school in Oregon; he was 
admitted to the Wyoming County bar in 
1870 but later removed to Towanda. 
where he entered into several successive 
partnerships, but subsequently practiced 
alone- as a lawyer his practice has been 
extensive and successful. Politically he 
took part with the Greenback party early 
in life, and was its delegate-at-large for 
Congress in 1876. speaking in forty-six 
counties during the campaign; he was 
nominated for Congress by his party in 
1878 and defeated the Democratic candi- 
date in his district by 7,000 votes. In 
1893 Governor Pattison appointed him on 
the committee to take action against the 
coal trust, then in process of organiza- 
tion. Address, Towanda, Pa. 

in It 1. 1.. Rev. James C.J 

Clergyman; born near Murraysville. 
Westmoreland County, Pa., 1865; his par- 



ents were of Scotch and Irish descent, 
the grandfather on the father's side be- 
ing one of the first settlers in the State; 
educated at Laird Institute and Wash- 
ington and Jefferson College, September 
1886- graduated. 1890; same year entered 
the Western Theological Seminary, com- 
pleting his course in 1893; first pastorate 
in New Bethlehem and Leatherwood 
Persbyterian Churches. Clarion County, 
Pa In 1893 he married Miss Bertha Gra- 
ham Havmaker; he was then called to 
his present field. Bakerstown, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Bakerstown, Pa. 

DICK, Evans R.: 

Banker and railroad President; born in 
St. Louis, Mo., in 1S5S; educated in the. 
University of Pennsylvania, leaving in 
his senior year to engage in the banking ( 
business as a member of the firm of Dick 
Brothers & Company of Philadelphia and 
New York. He has also engaged actively 
in railroad business, and is President of 
the Brookville, Westport and Sault Ste. { 
Marie Railroad and Vice President of the 
Ohio River and Charleston Railroad and 
the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia 
Railroad. He is a member of the Ritten- 
house and University Clubs, the Phila- 
delphia Country Club, and the Union 
League. Address, 200 North American 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

DICK. Snmnel B.: 

Capitalist; born in Meadville. Pa., on 
Oct. 26, 1836, of Scotch-Irish par-, 
entage; he was the third son of Gen. 
JoluT Dick, a member of Congress and 
one of the first Associate Judges of Craw- 
ford County. Pa.; he attended the dis- 
trict schools and Allegheny College, at 
Meadville, until he went into the banking 
business with his father. At the com- 
mencement of the Civil War he organized 
the Meadville Volunteers; participated in 
battle of Drainsville. Va„ 1861, and was 
wounded; 1862, in the seven days' fight 
before Richmond and the Second Bull ! 
Run; also South Mountain and Antietam; 
1863, was Colonel of the Fifty-sixth Penn- 
sylvania, and marched with them into 
Western Virginia. He was engaged in 
the oil business in its infancy; was elected 
to Congress in 1878. A Mason as far back 
as 1857, he has filled every grade of offi- 
cial position up to Grand Master of the 
State; reorganized bankrupt Shenango 
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extended the line finally to the Carnegie 
Steel Works, near Pittsburg; since his 
retirement from the Pittsburg, Bessemer 
and Lake Erie Railroad, he is largely in- 
terested in the Colorado and Northwest- 
ern Railroad, and is President of the 
Company; President Pennsylvania Min- 
ing and Milling Company of Colorado; 
President Clinton Mining Company of 
Colorado; President Meadville Malleable 
Iron Works, Phoenix Iron Works, and 
Meadville Gas Company. Address, Mead- 
ville, Pa. 

DICKERMAN, Charles Heber: 

Congressman (Democratic), of Milton. 
Northumberland County, Pa.; was born in 
Harford, Susquehanna County, Pa., Feb. 3, 
1S43; educated in the public schools of his 
native village and at Harford University; 
taught school several years; read law in 
the office of Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, 
Binghamton, N. Y., but before qualifying 
for admission to the bar became book- 
keeper for a large coal company. Some 
years later he engaged in the coal com- 
mission business at Bethlehem, Pa.; soon 
after was made General Manager of the 
Chapman Slate Company. Chapman Quar- 
ries, Pa.; in 1S80 he removed to Miltori. 
and was elected Secretary and Treasurer 
of the car-building firm of Murray, Dou- 
gal & Co., Ltd., of that place; served 
many years as Director of the Second 
National Bank of Mauch Chunk, Lehigh 
Valley National Bank of Bethlehem, 
the Sunbury Trust and Safe Deposit Com- 
pany of Sunbury, and the First National 
Bank of Milton, Pa.; was elected Presi- 
dent of the last-named bank, January, 
1S97. and still occupies that position. 
Married Joy I. Carter, March 10, 1869, 
at Beaver Meadow, Pa. ; was for three 
years Democratic Chairman of Northum- 
berland County, and a delegate to the 
National Democratic Convention of 1892; 
was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. 
Address, Milton, Pa. 

DICKERT, Thomas W., A. M.: 

Clergyman; born March 9, 1869, at Zion 
Hill, Bucks County, Pa.; educated in 
public schools at Zion Hill and Quaker- 
town. Pa.; preparatory school to Lehigh 
University, Bethlehem, Pa.; Franklin and 
Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa.; Theo- 
logical Seminary of the Reformed Church 
in the United States. Lancaster, Pa.; 
was graduated from Quakertown High 



School. June 25, 1886; Franklin and Mar- 
shall College, June 21, 1S94; Theological 
Seminary of the Reformed Church in the 
United States, May 13, 1897. Public 
school teacher, Richland Township, Bucks 
County, Pa., 1886-1890; teacher, Franklin 
and Marshall Academy, 1S94-1S97; teacher, 
j Allentown College for Women, Allentown, 
Pa., 1S99-1903; pastor Solomon's Reformed 
Church, Macungie, Pa., June 12, 1897, to 
Oct. 31, 1902; pastor St. Stephen's Re- 
formed Church, Reading, Pa., since Nov. 
1, 1902; President Lehigh Classis, East- 
ern Synod, Reformed Church in the 
United States, May 14, 1900, to May 20, 

1901. Married Rebecca Bettiger of Trum- 
bauersville, Pa., June 8, 1897; ordained 
to the Christian ministry, June 12, 1S97; 
installed as pastor of Solomon's Re- 
formed Church, Macungie, Pa., June 12. 
1S97; installed as pastor St. Stephen's 
Reformed Church, Reading, Pa., Nov. 23, 

1902. Author of "Two Hundred Questions 
on Ancient History" and "Two Hundred 
Questions on United States History," Roth 
published in 1896; degree of A. M. con- 
ferred by Franklin and Marshall College, 
June 14, 1900. Republican in politics. 
Address, 765 North Eleventh St., Read- 
ing, Pa. 

DICKEY, S. Ralston: 

Banker; born in Oxford, Pa.; educated 
in local schools and academies. Member 
of Borough Council. President of the Na- 
tional Bank of Oxford, from 1884 to date. 
Married Marion G. Rutherford, Harris- 
burg. Pa. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Oxford, Chester County. Pa. 

DICKEY, William: 

President of the National Bank of 
Brookville. Address, Brookville, Pa. 

DICKINSON, Oliver Booth: 

Lawyer; born in Dayton, Ohio. Sept. 
25, 1857; son of Rev. E. W. Dickinson. 
D. D. ; educated in public school of Mar- 
cus Hook borough, Chester Academy, 
Peddi Institute. Hightstown, N. J., and 
University of Lewisburg (now Bucknell 
College). In 1875 he moved to Chester 
and read law with his brother, William 
H. Dickinson; admitted to the bar of Del- 
aware County, 1878; Democrat in politics; 
solicitor for Delaware County Trust Com- 
pany; director of Delaware County Na- 
tional Bank; Secretary of Board of Trus- 
tees of Pennsylvania Military College. 
Member of Penn Club of Chester; Ridley 



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Park Golf Club and Springhaven Country 
Club; married H. Evelyn Sines, Oct. 30, 
1880. Address, Chester, Pa. 

DICKINSON, Samuel Meredith: 

.Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Paymaster (Lieutenant) 
United States Navy, June 17, 1861; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Oct. 31, 
1862; elected Oct. 20, 1S86. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DICKSON, Rev. Jnmes Stnart: 

Pastor of Woodland Presbyterian 
Church; born in Honesdale, Wayne Coun- 
ty. Pa.; educated at University of Penn- 
sylvania; was graduated in the class of 
isso, Department of Arts. Studied for 
the ministry in Princeton Theological 
Seminary, graduating in May. 1S83; or- 
dained to the ministry and installed pas- 
tor of Dayton Presbyterian Church, New 
Jersey, by the Presbytery of New Bruns- 
wick, October. 1SS3; 1S86, pastor of 
Woodland Presbyterian Church, and con- 
tinues in its pastorate. Married. July, 
1883. Miss M. A. Campbell, daughter of 
William P. Campbell, formerly of New 
Orleans. La. Address, 4111 Locust St., 
West Philadelphia, Pa. 

DICKSON, Samuel Henry: 

M< dical Inspector United States Navy; 
born in Connecticut; appointed from 
Pennsylvania; Asistant Surgeon, March 
19. 1875; Passed Assistant Surgeon, April 
30, 1S80; South American Station, 1875; 
Gettysburg, special service, 1876-1878; Na- 
val Hospital. Norfolk, 1878-1880; Naval 
Hospital, Philadelphia, 1881-18S2; Asiatic 
Station, 1882-1885; practice-ship Constel- 
lation, 1885-1887; receiving-ship Dale, 
1887-1889; Atlanta. Squadron of Evolu- 
tion, 1889-1890. Promoted to Surgeon, Oct. 
5. 1890; leave of absence and waiting or- 
ders. Dec. 17. 1890, to May 6, 1891; May 
18, 1891, ordered as Surgeon on Constella- 
tion; detached. Sept. 1, 1891; waiting or- 
ders to October 5, 1891; Marine Headquar- 
ters. Washington, Oct. .".. 1891, to 1894; 
waiting orders, December, 1894; member 
Medical Examining Board, May, 1895; 
U. S. S. Texas, July, isfir,; Massachu- 

tts, July, 1896, to 1899; Navy Yard, 
Washington, July 1. 1899; Headquarters 
Marine <v>rps. O-et. S. 1900. to 1903; Medi- 
cal Inspector, Jan. 26, 1902; Kearsarge, 
since Nov. 24. 1903. Address, care Navy 
Department, Washington, D. C. 



DICKSON. S. W.l 

President of Berwick Savings and 
Trust Company of Berwick. Address, 
Berwick, Pa. 

DICKSON, T. Speer: 

Lawyer; born in Bedford County, Pa., 
in 1S4S; worked on a farm and attended 
school till 1864; when sixteen years of age 
he enlisted in the 202d Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunters, which during most of 
its time of service was actively engaged 
against Moseby's guerillas; after the war 
the regiment was sent to the anthracite 
coal fields, where the "Molly Maguires" 
were then pursuing a course of outrage 
and murder; after his discharge, Aug. 3, 
1865, he returned to school, obtaining a 
Normal School training and gaining the 
highest certificates from Pennsylvania 
and Ohio. For twenty years after that he 
was engaged in teaching, in all grades of 
schools, and served as principal of the 
public schools in a number of towns; 
while School Examiner in Champaign 
County, Ohio, he, with another, pur- 
chased the St. Paris Dispatch, for the pur- 
pose of supporting the candidacy of Gen. 
J. W. Keifer for Congress; in this he : 
proved successful. He subsequently stud- 
ied law, was admitted to the bar in 1886, 
and practiced in McConnellsburg, Pa., un- 
til appointed Clerk of Court in the Sixth 
District of Dakota; subsequently return- 
ing to Pennsylvania, he established The 
Star, a Republican newspaper, in Mifflin 
County; this he sold in 1893 and became 
associated with Congressman John B. 
Robinson of Media, Pa., as managing ed- 
itor of Mr. Robinson's paper, the Media 
Ledger, and as a member of the law firm t 
of Robinson & Dickson; he made the Led- ( 
ger one of the most successful weeklies > 
in its section of the State, and as coun- r 
sel for the County Commissioners, which ( 
position he held from 1894 to 1900, longer 
than any of his predecessors; gained 
great popularity for his methods of cut- 
ting down the fees of officials. Address, 
Fifty-second and Haverford Aves., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

DIEFFENBACH, Albert Christian: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born ( 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. Ca- 
det Enginer Oct. 1, 1881; Ensign July 1, 
lss7; Lieutenant (junior grade), Dec. 29, 
1895; Lieutenant Dec. 9, 1898; Bureau of . 
Ordinance April 1. 1898, to 1900; Concord 
April 2. 1900, to 1903. Inspector of Ordin- 
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Head, Md., since July 6, 1903. Address, 
Indian Head, Md. 

DIEHL, Oliver: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. As- 
sistant Surgeon July, 1880; Passed Assist- 
ant Surgeon, July, 1883; Surgeon, March, 
1896; Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, May, 
1893; United States ship Terror, April, 
1807 to 189S; Michigan, October, 1S98; 
Navy Yard, League Island, May 21, 1901, 
to 1903; New Orleans, since March 19, 
1903. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

DIEHL, S. W. B.: 

Commander United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania to Naval 
Academy September, 1S69, as Midship- 
man; Midshipman, May, 1S73; Ensign, 
July, 1874; Master, November, 1879; Ju- 
nior Lieutenant, March, 1SS3; Lieutenant, 
January, 1S86; Lieutenant Commander, 
March, 1899; European Station. Alaska, 
Wabash, Congress, Hartford, 1873-1875; 
North Atlantic Station, Vandalia and 
Plymouth, 1876-1878; Hydrographic Office, 
1878-1S79; South Atlantic Station, Marion, 
1879-1882; Bureau of Navigation, 1S83- 
1884; Torpedo Station, 1884; Bureau of 
Navigation, 1884-1887; special service, 
Boston, 18S7-18S9; Bureau of Equipment 
and Recruiting as Superintendent of 
Compasses, 1889-1S93; South Atlantic 
Station, Detroit, July 1893, to April, 1894; 
Bureau of Navigation, April, 1894, to Sep- 
tember, 1894; Asiatic Station. Machias, 
September, 1894, to March, 1S97; Detroit, 
March. 1897, to May, 1S97; European Sta- 
tion Cincinnati, May, 1897. to August, 
1897; Office of Naval Intelligence, Sep- 
tember, 1S97, to February, 1898; Bureau 
of Equipment, Superintendent of Com- 
passes, February, 1898, to July, 1898; 
special service Buffalo, September, 1898, 
to July, 1899; Bureau of Equipment, Su- 
perintendent of Compasses, July, 1899, to 
July, 1901; special service, commanding 
Boston, since July 19 1901; Commander, 
July 11, 1902. Address, care Navy De- 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

DIFFENDERFPER, Frank Held: 

Journalist; son of Michael and Mary 
(Esterle) Diffenderffer; born in New Hol- 
land, Lancaster, Pa.; educated at public 
schools and Marshall (now Franklin and 
Marshall); in 1903 received degree of Litt. 
D. He was engaged as a bookseller 



at Ciudad Jaures, Mexico; banker from 
1871 to 1874. Since 1874 he has been en- 
gaged as journalist, editor of the New 
Era (daily! Lancaster, Pa., since 1877. 
Is a Republican. In 1856 was President 
of Fremont Club of Lancaster City; was 
one of the founders of the Pennsylvania 
German Society, and for three years its 
Secretary; afterwards became its Presi- 
dent. Since 1S96 has been Secretary of 
Lancaster County Historical Society; also 
Secretary of Lancaster County Agricul- 
tural Society since 1891. Author of "His- 
tory of the Three Earls," "The German 
Exodus to England in 1709," "German 
Immigration Into Pennsylvania Through 
the Port of Philadelphia, from 1770 to 
1775"; pub. 1901. Member of the Sons of 
the American Revolution. Address, 41 
North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. 

DILLINGHAM, Albert CaDlwell: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Naval Academy, July, 1S65; Ensign, July, 
1871; Master, June, 1874; Lieutenant, De- 
cember, 1880; Plymouth, Europe, 1870- 
1872; Torpedo Station, 1875-1876; Coast 
Survey, 1876-1879; Wachusett, South At- 
lantic Station, 1879-1882; Navy Yard, Nor- 
folk, 1882-1883; Naval Academy, 1S83- 
1886; Richmond, North Atlantic Station, 
1SS6-1S8S; receiving ship Vermont, 1888- 
18S9; receiving ship Dale 1SS9, to June, 
1892; training ship Portsmouth, June, 
1S92. to July, 1894; Cincinnati, July, 1S94- 
1895; Navy Yard, New York, August, 
1895, and War College, to 1897; Nashville, 
August, 1897; Texas, Aug. 19, 1897, to 
1900. Promoted to Lieutenant Command- 
er, March 3, 1899; Lighthouse Inspector, 
Sixteenth District, Sept. 27, 1900. to 1901; 
Promoted to Commander, 1901. Com- 
manding Detroit since Dec. 23, 1902. Ad- 
dress, care of Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

DL.ILING, John: 

President of the Western Savings and 
Deposit Bank of Pittsburg. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

DDDIICK, Benjamin J.: 

Lawyer; born in Honesdale, Pa., Oct. 3, 
1S5S; son of Attorney General Samuel E. 
Dimmick; prepared for college at Adams' 
Academy, Quincy, Mass., and at Phillips 
Exeter Academy; Yale, 1881, B. A., M. A. 
Married, Nov. 9, 1881, Louise B. Hunt, 
of Hartford, Conn. Republican. Admit- 



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ted to the bar in 1SS2; moved to Scranton. 
Pa in 1SS3; practiced his profession until 
1885, since occupied with business affairs. 
President of the Lackawanna Trust and 
Safe Deposit Company, and Scranton 
Lace Curtain Company; Director of 
Third National and South Side Banks; 
Trustee of Pennsylvania Oral School for 
the Deaf; Scranton Public Library, and 
Scranton' Society for Prevention and 
Cure of Consumption. Clubs: The Uni- 
i sity Yale, National Arts, in New 
York;' The Scranton Club, The Country 
Club ' of Scranton. Address, Scranton, 
Pa. 
DINKEY, Alva Clymer: 

President of the Carnegie Steel Co.; 
born Feb. 20, 1866; at Weatherly, Carbon 
County, Pa.; was educated in the public 
schools of Weatherly and Braddock, Pa. 
II, first worked as a water carrier in the 
Edgar Thomas Steel Works and was so 
industrious that his employers placed him 
in a position where advancement was 
possible; learned telegraphy, and in l*s2 
was given a position as operator at the 
Edgar Thomas Works; later went to the 
Pittsburg Locomotive Works and learned 
the machinist's trade; afterward secured 
a position with the Carnegie Company 
at the Homestead Mils, and in 1889 was 
a clerk to Superintendent Potter. In 
that year Mr. Dinkey had much to do 
with the preliminary plans of the armor 
plate department, as the company was 
arranging to embark in the manufacture 
of armor plate. Mr. Dinkey was next 
made chief electrician of the Homestead 
plants. In 1900 he was appointed assist- 
ant to General Superintendent Corey, and 
in April. 1901, he was made General 
Superintendent of the Homestead Steel 
Works. Recently he received his pres- 
ent position. Address, Carnegie Build- 
ing, Pittsburg, Pa. 
D'lNVILLIERS, Edward Vincent: 

Geologist; son of Camille and Ann 
S. (Maitland) d'Invilliers; born Aug. 2, 
1857, at Germantown, Pa.; studied at 
Broad Street Military Academy, Phila- 
delphia, and graduated from the Univer- 
sity "1" Pennsylvania in 1878. From 187S 
to 18S5 was Assistant Geologist of the 
Second Geological Survey of Pennsyl- 
vania; also Geologist and Consulting En- 
gineer from 1885 to 1904. Author of Geol- 
ogy of Berks County. Pa.; of Great Valley, 
Lebanon; Dauphin. Cumberland, and 
Franklin Counties; of Pittsburg Coal Re- 



gion- of Cornwall Iron Ore Mines, of 
Juniata, Mifflin. Snyder and Union Coun- 
ties Pa.; (all in reports of Second Geo- 
logical Survey of Pennsylvania). Member 
of the American Institute of Mining En- 
gineers. Fellow of the Geological Survey 
of America, and American Philosophical 
Societies, etc. Address, 506 Walnu 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



St. 



DISE, Josephs 

Banker; born Oct. S, 1849, in York 
County Pa.; educated in public schools 
and private tuition in architecture and 
drawing under Prof. Stilman, of Liver- 
pool, England. President of the First 
National Bank since Oct. 21, 1S86; six 
years a School Director; Secretary of 
Board the full term; Borough Council for 
nine years; Chairman of the Water works 
Committee, which built the water-works. 
Married Amand Frey, Nov. 7, 1S72. a 
daughter of Reuben Frey, prominent resi- 
dent of York County. Pa. Served in Com- 
pany H, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Vet- 
eran Volunteers and participated in nu- 
merous engagements of that regiment, 
including Bentonville, the last battle of 
the Civil War. Leader in organizing near- 
all the leading industries of his town for 
thirty years. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Glen Rock, Pa. 

DISSIXGER, Aaron: 

President of the Elizabethtown Nation- 
al Bank. Address, Elizabethtown. Pa. 

DISSTOX, Jacob S.: 

President of Tacomy Trust Company 
of Philadelphia. Address. 3700 Longshore 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DISSTON, "William: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia June 
24. 1859. He is the fourth son of the late 
Henry Disston, of England, who came to 
America, and in 1S40 established the Diss- 
ton saw manufactory. On his father's 
side descended from John d'lsney. who 
came from Normandy with William the 
Conqueror in the eleventh century; on 
mother's side from a Swedish family, 
who came to Philadelphia in 1640; was 
educated at the Episcopal Academy and 
afterward spent seven years in his fath- 
er's manufactory. President of Henry 
Disston & Sons' Saw Works; President of 
the German-American Title and Trust 
Company, and a Director of the Union 
League. Address. Chestnut Hill, Phila- 
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DIXON, Edwin Saunders: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia on Feb. 
14, 1S48. He is the son of Isaac and 
Ann Gibson Dixon, his father being of 
the sixth generation to bear tne name 
of Isaac Dixon in this country. His an- 
cestors were from England; educated in 
Philadelphia and admitted to the bar in 
1870. Immediately upon his admission 
he began the practice of real estate, 
commercial and corporation law. In 189S 
Mr. Dixon was elected to the Presidency 
of the Trust Company of North Ameriea, 
to fill the vacancy caused by the death 
of the late J. Wain Vaux. Although he 
has relinquished the Presidency, Mr. Dix- 
on is still a member of the Board of 
Directors of this company, in addition to 
which he is a Director of the William H. 
Hortsmann Co., President and Director 
of the Iselesboro Land Improvement 
Company of Maine, Director Nov. 2 of 
the Voting Trust of the Sioux City Ter- 
minal Railway Company of Iowa, Director 
of the Lumbermen's Insurance Company, 
a member of the Council of the Academy 
of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 
Chairman and Treasurer of the Lud- 
wick Institute (the oldest educational 
institute in Philadelphia, where many 
prominent Philadelphians were educated), 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Grandom 
Institution, Trustee for the Spruce Street 
Meeting. Mr. Dixon is trustee for several 
important estates and is counsel for 
many large mercantile manufacturing 
and insurance companies. He was mar- 
ried in Philadelphia, in 1890, to Isabelle 
Wetherill Hacker, of that city. Three 
children were born to them, Edwin S. 
Dixon, Jr., Samuel G. Dixon, Jr., and 
Morris H. Dixon. Address, 505 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DIXOX, Henry C.i 

Principal of the Western Pennsylvania 
Classical and Scientific Institute, Mount 
Pleasant, Pa.; born Sept. IS, 1864, near 
Tolesboro, Kentucky. He went with his 
parents to Indiana; attended the public 
schools of that State; was graduated from 
Franklin (Ind.) College, 1S90. He taught 
in the public schools of Indiana till 1896, 
when he assumed his present position. 
In 1896 he married Miss Helen I. Stanton, 
of Madison, Ind. Address, Mount Pleas- 
ant, Pa. 

DIXON, Samuel Gibson: 

Physician; son of Isaac and Ann (Gib- 
son) Dixon; born March 23, 1851, at Phil- 



adelphia; educated at Mantua Academy; 
graduated from Mercantile College; he 
studied law and in 1877 was admitted to 
the bar; afterward studied medicine at 
the University of Pennsylvania, from 
which he graduated; in 1886 was Demon- 
strator of Psycology at the University 
of Pennsylvania; graduated from Depart- 
ment of Bacteriology, Kings' College Lon- 
don. In 18S8 was appointed Professor of 
Hygiene in Medical and Scientific Depart- 
ments; also Dean of Auxiliary Depart- 
ment of Medicine at the University of 
Pennsylvania. At the Academy of Natu- 
ral Sciences, Philadelphia, in 1890, was 
appointed Professor of Bacteriology and 
Microscopical Technology. Since 1891 has 
been Curator of same academy, and 
President since 1896. In 1898 was ap- 
pointed a member of the Board of Edu- 
cation of Philadelphia; Trustee of the 
Wistar Institute of Anatomy; Vice Presi- 
dent of the Zoological Society of Phila- 
delphia, member of the Council of the 
American Philosophical Society, Vice 
President Ludwick Institute, manager 
Grandom Institution, member of Phila- 
delphia, University, and Merion Cricket 
and Radnor Hunt Clubs. Author of "Phy- 
siological Notes," published in 1866, and 
many articles in medical journals and the 
proceedings of the Academy of Natural 
Science on Bacteriological Hygiene, and 
other subjects. Address, Ardmore, Pa.; 
office, 1900 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DO AX, Horace A.: 

President of the West End Trust Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. Address, Broad 
St. and South Penn Square, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

DODD, George Allan: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Alva (Rose's Valley), Lycoming Coun- 
ty, Pa., July 26, 1852; was appoint- 
ed a Cadet of the United States Mil- 
pointed a Cadet of the United States Mil- 
itary Academy at West Point; was grad- 
uated 1876; following day commissioned 
Second Lieutenant in Third United States 
Cavalry; First Lieutenant 1880; Captain 
1SS9, and Major in the Fourteenth United 
States Cavalry 1901. Transferred to 
Third Cavalry 1903; 1876-1888 continually 
on active frontier service against hostile 
Indians, successively under the commands 
of Generals Crook, Terry, McKenzie and 
Merritt; 1891-1893 command of post of 
Fort Hancock, Texas. While there de- 
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drills and system of training cavalry- 
men and horses now in general use, later 
many public drills and exhibitions being 
ordered and given by his troop, instigating 
and materially assisting in inauguration 
of military tournaments and displays of 
advanced training and skill, at New York, 
etc.; 1893 participated in opening of Okla- 
homa, having successful charge of the 
"North Central District"; 1894 on duty in 
Chicago labor riots; 1S9S in Sumner's 
Brigade, Wheeler's Cavalry Division; en- 
gaged in attack on San Juan (wounded); 
siege, bombardment and surrender of 
Santiago; August, 1S99, ordered to Phil- 
ippine Islands; participated in Lawton 
and Young's raid northward and around 
Tariac (Aguinaldo's capital), including 
capture of Aguinaldo's treasure and sup- 
ply camp near San Nicolas, P. I.; 1900, 
extensive personally conducted scouting 
and operations against Insurrectos in Ilo- 
cos Sur and De Union Provinces and 
Boulegan Mountains, resulting in capture 
and dispersing large numbers of Insur- 
rectos. In November, 1903, sent on spe- 
cial mission in connection with Chippewa 
Indians, Leech Lake, Minn. Son of Allan 
■Grinnell Dodd, an officer of Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, mortally wounded at Fort 
Stedman, 1S65, and Emily Dodd. Address, 
1316 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DODDS, Frank: L.: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; Cadet at Military Academy 
July 1, 1875; Second Lieutenant Ninth 
Infantry June 13, 1879; First Lieutenant 
June 15, 1887; Captain April 28, 1898; 
Major, Judge Advocate May 22, 1901. 
Address, Judge Advocate General's De- 
partment, Manila, P. I. 

DODSOS, Truman M.: 

President of the Lehigh Valley National 
Bank of Bethlehem. Address, Bethlehem, 
Pa. 

DOHERTV, Philip: 

President of the People's National Bank 
of Latrobe. Address, Latrobe, Pa. 

DOLAN, Patrick: 

President of the Pittsburg District of 
the United Mine Workers of America; 
born on Feb. 27, 1857, at Coatbridge, 
Scotland. Until 1S86 worked in the coal 
mines of his native town. Fifteen years 
ago he moved to Pittsburg and worked in 
the McDonald mines until he retired to 
become President; has been President of 



the McDonald local union, a national or- 
ganizer of the miners, a member of the 
District Executive Board, and since 1898 
has been District President. In the few 
years he has held this office the member- 
ship has grown from 1,000 to 30,000 mem- 
bers. As a labor leader Mr. Dolan is 
known throughout the country and for 
years has been a member of the Nation- 
al Scale Committee of the United Mine 
Workers. He is looked upon as one of 
the best trades union orators and his ad- 
ministration has been marked by peace 
between operators and miners. He was 
instrumental in forming the Iron City 
Trades Council and two years ago was 
one of two delegates from American 
labor unions to the British Trades Coun- 
cil in London. Address, 426 Diamond 
St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

DOLAN, Thomas: 

Textile manufacturer; born in Mont- 
gomery County, in the State of Pennsyl- 
vania, on the 27th day of October, 1834. 
and while still young moved to Phila- 
delphia, where he secured a position in 
a commission house where the principal 
business was the sale of fancy knit goods 
and hosiery. Here he got ideas which de- 
termined him to embark in the manufac- 
turing business, and in 1S61 he began in 
a small way to make knit goods at Han- 
cock and Oxford Streets. In 1866 he 
changed to Berlin shawls, and continued 
until 1S72, when the market declined, and 
Mr. Dolan began the manufacture of 
worsted materials for men's wear, and a 
little later fancy cassimere and ladies' 
cloaking materials. He gave up the pro- 
duction of knit goods in 1882 and devoted 
himself exclusively to men's wear, al- 
though the works are si— known as the 
Keystone Knitting Mills. For many years 
he conducted his business alone, but now 
he has several partners, who look after 
certain branches of the great establish- 
ment, and the firm is known as Thomas 
Dolan & Company. Mr. Dolan is Presi- 
dent of the Quaker City Dye Works Com- 
pany, the Philadelphia Association of 
Manufacturers of Textile Fabrics, the 
Textile Dyers' Association, Vice President 
of the National Association of Wool 
Manufacturers, and of the Union League 
Club of his native city. He is also Presi- 
dent of the United Gas Improvement 
Company, a Director of the Philadelphia 
Traction Company, the Brush Electric 
Company, the School of Design for 
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many other institutions and corporations. 
Address, 1809 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

DOLLEY, C. A.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Fort Allegheny. Address, Fort 
Allegheny, McKean County, Pa. 

DONALDSON, Francis Adams: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Sergeant Seventy-first Pennsylvania 
Infantry May 26, 1861; discharged for 
promotion May 1, 1862; Second Lieutenant 
Seventy-first Pennsylvania Infantry May 
1, 1S62; discharged for promotion Aug. 
27. 1862; Captain 118th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 19, 1862; honorably discharged 
Jan. 14, 1864. Elected May 5, 1880. Ad- 
dress, 212 S. 3d St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DONEHOO, Rev. James R.: 

Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of 
Austin, Pa.; born in Allegheny, Pa., Nov. 
27, 1867; attended the public schools of 
Pittsburg; prepared for college at the 
Preparatory Department of the Western 
University of Pennsylvania; was graduat- 
ed from Washington and Jefferson Col- 
lege in 1889; read law with the Hon. John 
D. Shafer; was graduated from Princeton 
Theological Seminary in 1895; was pastor 
of the Presbyterian Church of Wells, 
Minn.. 1895 to 1898. Author of "The New 
Testament View of the Old Testament," 
published by Presbyterian Board of Pub- 
lication, 1900. Address, Austin, Pa. 

DONKIN, James: 

Clergyman; born in Cornwall, England. 
July 11, 1878; educated East Stroudsburg 
Normal School and Schuylkill Seminary 
Building, Pa.; licensed to preach by the 
East Stroudsburg, Pa., Conference of the 
Evangelical Association in 1900; served 
appointments at Fredericksburg, Lock 
Kaven. Philadelphia and Reading; Pro- 
nibitionist in politics. Address, 1750 Cot- 
ton St., Reading, Pa. 

DONNAN, John W.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Washington. Address, Washing- 
ton, Pa. 

DONNELL,, James J.: 

President of Bank of Pittsburg; born on 
March 24, 1840; early education was re- 
ceived in the public schools of Allegheny. 
At the age of seventeen he secured em- 



ployment as Junior Clerk in the banking 
house of N. Holmes & Sons. It was in 
this establishment that young Donnell 
laid the foundation of his career. His 
earnest attention to details and rapid as- 
similation of the technical knowledge of 
the business soon stamped him as a 
young man of promise. His promotion, 
therefore, was steady. In every depart- 
ment of the business entrusted to his 
care he devoted all his best energies, and, 
step by step, he advanced until, in 1872, 
he was admitted to partnership in the 
firm. On Oct. 1, 1S99, he was elected to 
the Presidency of the Bank of Pittsburg. 
Although the bank, naturally, has his 
first attention, Mr. Donnell is interested 
in many other financial and commercial 
institutions, among which may be men- 
tioned the Fidelity Title and Trust Com- 
pany, of which he is Vice President. He 
is also a Director in the Allegheny Gen- 
eral Hospital. Mr. Donnell was President 
of the Monongahela Navigation Company, 
which built and owned the dams and 
locks, and controlled the navigation of the 
Monongahela River. In 1897 this prop- 
erty was condemned and purchased by 
the Government, and in payment the 
largest check ever received in Pittsburg 
was rendered. He was one of the organ- 
izers and builders of the Citizens' Trac- 
tion Railroad, which has helped to give 
Pittsburg one of the best systems of 
street railway of any city in the United 
States. Member of city of Pittsburg 
Sinking Fund Commission and Alle- 
gheny County Sinking Fund Commission. 
Married Miss Anna Warden, a daughter 
of William G. Warden, of Philadelphia, 
one of the organizers of the Standard Oil 
Company. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

DONOVAN, Cornelius C.l 

Lawyer; born in Scranton, Pa., March 13 
1856; from 1861 to 1885 his home was with 
his parents: educated at public schools of 
Glenwood, Susquehanna County, Pa., and 
Keystone Academy; read law. and was 
admitted to the bar at Montrose, Pa., in 
1882. In 1S85 he returned to Scranton, 
where he is now County Solicitor. He 
is a Democrat in politics; has been en- 
gaged in all of the many election contests 
in Lackawanna County since 1885, and is 
serving his fourth consecutive five-year 
term as Alderman of his ward; State 
Vice President Ancient Order of Hibern- 
ians. Address, 610 and 611 Mears Build- 
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DORAN, Joseph I.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 
1844, the son of former Judge Joseph M. 
Doran. After a short period of educa- 
tion in the University of Pennsylvania, 
he became a law student in the office of 
Hon. John C. Bullitt and was admitted to 
the bar in 1865. Two years later he was 
admitted to the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania. His business soon grew pros- 
perous, being confined to railroad and 
general corporation law, in which he be- 
came consulting counsel of many cor- 
porations and General Solicitor for the 
Norfolk and Western Railroad. He de- 
voted himself with zeal and earnestness 
to his practice and his business has grown 
to large proportions. About 1S80 he be- 
came closely identified with the develop- 
ment of the coal and iron interests of Vir- 
ginia and West Virginia. He has been to 
some extent an author, his pamphlet on 
"Our Fishery Rights in the North At- 
lantic," published in 1888, being an ex- 
haustive investigation of an intricate and 
important subject which attracted much 
attention. Address 120 S. 19th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

DOREMUS, George S. Mott: 

Clergyman; born in Morris County, 
N. J., June 13, 1871; educated in Som- 
erville (N. J.) Classical School, Lafay- 
ette College and Seminary of the Re- 
formed (Dutch) Church at New Bruns- 
wick, N. J., graduating in 1S97; same 
year ordained to the ministry and in- 
stalled pastor of the Presbyterian Church 
at Pleasant Grove, N. J. Married Saidie 
E. , daughter of the Rev. Joseph Horner, 
July 13, 1897. Pastor of Grace Presbyte- 
rian Church of Philadelphia. Address, 
Grace Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. 

DORLAM), 'William Alexander Neu- 
iii nn: 

Physician; born Dec. 26, 1864, in Hilton 
Head, S. C.J son of Dr. William Matthews 
Dorland; educated in Central High 
School. West Philadelphia Academy, 
and University of Pennsylvania; was 
graduated as Medical Doctor, 18S6. Re- 
publican in politics. Member College of 
Physicians. Philadelphia; American Acad- 
emy of Medicine. American Medical As- 
sociation. Philadelphia County Medical 
lety, Pennsylvania State Medical So- 
ciety, Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, 
and of Union League of Philadelphia, 
University Club. Pennsylvania Society of 
Colonial Wars, Colonial Society .of Penn- 



sylvania; New England Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Netherland Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Pennsylvania Society of the 
order of the Founders and Patriots of 
America, Pennsylvania Forestry Asso- 
ciation. Author: "American Pocket Medi- 
cal Dictionary," "American Illustrated," 
"American Encyclopedic Dictionary of 
Medicine" (in preparation), "Modern Ob- 
stetrics," "Syllabus of Gynecology." As- 
sociate in Gynecology, Philadelphia Poly- 
clinic, etc. Address, 120 South 17th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

DORRIS, William: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Huntingdon. Address, Huntingdon, Pa. 



DOSTER, William E.: 

Lawyer; born in Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 
8, 1837, his father being a woolen manu- 
facturer at that place; educated at Beth- 
lehem, and at Yale College, where he 
graduated in 1857, and afterward studied 
law at Harvard Law School, at Easton, 
and at Philadelphia. He subsequently 
spent a year in the study of civil law at 
Heidelberg, Germany, and six months 
studying French law at Paris. Returning 
home after the Civil War began, he raised 
a cavalry company and went to the war 
as its Captain. During the war he was 
promoted to Colonel, and in 1S64 was mus- 
tered out of the service as brevet Briga- 
dier General. He was admitted to the 
bar at Easton, but practiced for one year 
at Washington, D. C, engaged in trials 
before Military Commissions and -Court 
Martinis. He was engaged for the de- 
fence in the trial of the conspirators 
against the life of President Lincoln, and 
also of Atzerott and Payne for the attack 
upon Secretary Seward. He returned 
to Easton after the close of these cele- 
brated cases, and practiced law there till 
1873, when he removed to Bethlehem, 
where he has since remained. During his 
career he has been alone in his practice, 
and has gained wide reputation for high 
legal ability and attainments, being con- 
sidered one of the best trial lawyers in 
the State. He served as Registrar in 
Bankruptcy from 1868 to 1879, and has 
been Counsel for the Lehigh Coal and 
Navigation Company twenty-five years, 
for the Bethlehem Iron and Steel Com- 
pany twenty-three years, etc. For fif- 
teen years he has been President of the 
New Street Bridge Company. Address, 
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DOTY, Edmund Southard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bedford County, was 
born at Mifflintown, Juniata Qounty, Pa., 
May 14, 1S51; was educated in the public 
schools of that town, Airy View Acad- 
emy, Port Royal, Pa., and at Lafayette 
College, from which institution he was 
graduated in 1872; read and practiced law 
with his father; was for some time an 
Assistant District Solicitor for the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company; turned his 
attention to the banking business and in 
1890 removed to Bedford, becoming the 
Cashier of the First National Bank of 
that town, which position he now holds; 
with his brothers, controls the First Na- 
tional Bank of Mifflintown, of which his 
brother, E. N. Doty, is Cashier, and the 
First National Bank of Kensington, Pa., 
of which his brother, D. B. Doty, is 
Cashier. Is a brother of the Hon. L. W. 
Doty, Judge of the Courts of Westmore- 
land County, Pa. Was elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1S9S; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, Bed- 
ford, Pa. 

DOT DEN, Alfred: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Millersburg. Address, Millersburg, Pa. 

DOl'GHTT, John Edward: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant Fourth New Jersey In- 
fantry Aug. 17, 1861; First Sergeant Oct. 
19, 1S62; Regimental Sergeant Major Jan. 
19, 1865; discharged to accept promotion 
Feb. 1, 1865; Captain Fourth New Jersey 
Infantry Feb. 2, 1865; honorably mustered 
out July 9, 1865. Elected May 3, 1893. 
Address, 212S North Marvine St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

DOTY, Lueian \V.: 

Jurist; born in Mifflintown, Juniata 
County, Pa.; was graduated from Lafay- 
ette College; studied law under his father, 
Edwin S. Doty, a prominent lawyer of 
his day; began practice at first in Juniata 
County, and in 1881 in Westmoreland 
County. Here he made marked progress, 
his ability being so notable and so widely 
recognized that he was nominated for 
Judge in 1889, over several able oppon- 
ents, was elected by a large majority, and 
went on the the bench in January, 1890. 
During six years of this time he was the 
only Judge of all the Courts of the coun- 
ty, which subsequently required three 



Judges to transact its business. In 1S99 
he was re-elected on the Democratic 
ticket, although the county was then 
strongly Republican. Address, Greens- 
burg, Pa. 

DOUGLASS, Joshua: 

Lawyer; born near Rochester, N. Y., 
Aug. 1, 1826; taken by his parents to 
Meadville, Pa., in 1832; educated at Mead- 
ville Academy; went overland to Califor- 
nia in 1850; taught school at Meadville 
from 1851 to 1852; studied law and was 
admitted to the Crawford County bar in 
1S54. In 1856 he entered into part- 
nership with the Hon. Darwin A. Fin- 
ney, this terminating in 1S67; he was 
admitted to practice before the Su- 
preme Court of Pennsylvania in 1856, the 
United States Circuit and District Courts 
in 1858, and later before the United States 
Supreme Court. He was a member of the 
Board of School Controllers of Mead- 
ville from 1855 to 1864, and for many years 
a trustee of the Meadville Theolog- 
ical School. He was a delegate to the 
Free Soil National Convention of 1852, 
and to the Republican National Conven- 
tion of 1S92. Aside from his legal prac- 
tice, he has been connected with import- 
ant business enterprises. He was Presi- 
dent of the Bank of Crawford County 
from 1865 to 1S67, and in 1866 became one 
of the organizers of the Allegheny Trans- 
portation Company, with which he re- 
mained connected as Director and Solicit- 
or. This company laid the first pipe for 
the conveyance of petroleum from the 
wells to the railroads, and in 1876, as the 
Pennsylvania Transportation Company, 
proceeded to extend its pipe lines to the 
seaboard. Mr. Douglass successfully con- 
ducted its legal business and its many 
litigations till it was finally absorbed by 
the Standard Oil Company. In 1870 he 
reorganized the Union and Titusville Rail- 
road and remained its Solicitor and one of 
its Directors. He was also a promotor 
and Director of the Titusville and Pe- 
troleum Cenre Railroad, and conducted its 
active litigation. Address, Meadville, Pa. 

DOUGLASS, S. A.: 

Lawyer; senior member of the Indiana 
County bar; born in Indiana, Pa., in 
July, 1827, in the same square in which 
his office is now located, and where he 
has resided for seventy years; educated 
in common schools and Indiana Academy; 
read law with William M. Stewart; ad- 
mitted to the bar 1S51; 1854 clerk in the 



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District Court at Indianapolis, Ind. ; com- 
menced the practice of law at Indiana, 
Pa., in 1855; was elected Secretary and 
Solicitor of Council of Borough of Indi- 
ana in 1856, where he served continu- 
ously with exceptions of the years 1857, 
1861 and 1863, until September, 1895. mak- 
ing a service of thirty-six years; was 
appointed Deputy Collector of Internal 
Revenue of the Twenty-first District. In 
United States Service 1S63-1864 as private 
in Company I and Company H, Second 
Battalion. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- 
try. Secretary and Treasurer of Green- 
wood Cemetery, of which he was one of 
the original incorporators in 1879. Mem- 
ber Indiana Post, 28, Grand Army of the 
Republic, Department of Pennsylvania. 
Independent Republican. Address, Indi- 
ana, Pa. 

DOI GLASS, William S.: 

City official; born in Philadelphia; edu- 
cated in public schools; after leaving 
school was engaged in the marble busi- 
ness with his father; at the beginning of 
the War of the Rebellion he enlisted in 
the Union Navy, and was attached to 
Admiral 1 lahlgren's Squadron, in which 
he served for two and a half years; re- 
turned to Philadelphia and engaged in 
the marble business. Was Sergeant-at- 
Arms in the House of Representatives at 
Harrisburg. in 1874, and a member from 
1875 to 1878. Served as City Commis- 
sion. r of Philadelphia, for nine years. 
Member of many prominent clubs. Ad- 
dress, 1415 South 13th St., Philadelphia. 

DOl'THETT, Ada in M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Butler County; 
-was born in Forward Township, Butler 
County, Pa., Sept. 15, 1864; worked on i 
farm till sixteen years old, attending pub- 
lic school in the winter; entered Wither- 
spoon Institute, at Butler. Pa., in 1881, 
and took a two years' course; taught 
public school seven years; engaged in the 
general mercantile business at Browns- 
dale, Pa., in 1890, and has continued suc- 
cessfully in this business ever since; was 
elected County Auditor in 1890 for three 
years; elected to the House of Represen- 
tatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Erownsdale, Pa. 

DOUTT, Anion M.: 

Physician; son of Amon Doutt, Sr. ; born 
at Beaver. Pa.. Sept. 29, 1854; educated 
in the Beaver High School; went to Tion- 



esta in 1S77, where he became one of 
the borough's successful business men, 
engaging later in the drug and mercantile 
business; was graduated from the Cleve- 
land Medical College in 1896; practiced 
his profession at Denver, Colo., for a time, 
then removed to Tionesta. where he con- 
tinues to practice. Was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1900. Was married, Sept. 24, 18S4, to 
Miss Linnie Grove, of Tionesta. They 
have one daughter, Genevieve, who is a 
student at Beaver College, Beaver, Pa. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

DOWLER, Eli R.: 

President of the Braddock Trust Cora- 
j panv of Braddock. Address, Braddock. 
1 Pa." 

DOWNES, Fred E.: 

Head master Dickinson Collegiate Pre- 
paratory School; born in Greenwich, 
Conn., May 4, 1871; entered Hudson River 
Institute. Claverack, N. Y., September, 
1886; was graduated 1888; taught in Con- 
necticut public schools 1888-1889; entered 
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., 1SS9; 
was graduated 1893; received degree of , 
M. A. from his Alma Mater 1S96; teacher 
of mathematics in Williamsport Dickin- 
son Seminary. Williamsport, Pa., 1893- J 
1894; Vice Principal Dickinson Collegiate 
Preparatory School, Carlisle, Pa., 1894; 
became Head Master of that institution 
in 1S98, which position he still holds. Ad- 
dress, Carlisle, Pa. 

DOWNEY, R. F.: 

President of the Union Deposit and f 
Trust Company of Waynesburg. Address, 
Waynesburg, Pa. 

DOWNING, J. D.: 

President of Eldred Bank of Eldred. 
Address, Eldred, Pa. 



DOWNING. Jerome F.: 

Manager of the Western department of 
the Insurance Company of North Amer- 
ica, and of the Philadelphia Underwrit- . 
ers', with headquarters at Erie, Pa.; was 
born at Enfield, Mass., March 24, 1827. 
He was reared on a farm, and reaching ( 
manhood entered journalism in his native, 
State, and subsequently was editor in 
chief of the Troy, N. Y., Daily Post. 
Having decided to abandon journalism for 
the law, he became principal of the high 
school in Carlisle, Pa., studying law 
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admitted to the bar of that place in 1855, 
removing the same year to Erie. Here 
he acquired a lucrative practice and was 
District Attorney of the County. In 1S64 
he was offered the Western management 
of the North America, which, being dis- 
inclined to give up his profession, he ac- 
cepted with hesitation, and with the stipu- 
lation that the headquarters of the com- 
pany should be at Erie. The management 
of the Pennsylvania Fire was added in 
1872. The connection of these two com- 
panies in the West under the direction of 
Mr. Downing continued until Jan. 1, 1895, 
when the Pennsylvania Fire withdrew and 
established an independent Western de- 
partment, and the Philadelphia Under- 
writers', composed of the Insurance Com- 
pany of North America and the Fire As- 
sociation of Philadelphia, "the strongest 
combine of the kind in the world," took 
the place of the Pennsylvania Fire. Mr. 
Downing is classed with the greater of 
the Western underwriters. He has large 
business interests in western Pennsyl- 
vania and is prominent in public affairs. 
Address, Erie, Pa. 

DOWNING, Joseph R.: 

Banker; born Downington, Pa.. May 
26, 1841; educated in private schools and 
Westtown Boarding School, Pennsylvania. 
■Cashier of the Downingtown National 
Bank. Pennsylvania, from 1S63 to 1889; 
President, 1889 to the present time; 
President and Cashier of the Bank forty- 
one years. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, East Downington, Pa. 

DOYLE, James G.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Cadet Midshipman, June, 1877; 
Naval Cadet, August, 1882; Ensign, July, 
1844; Lieutenant (junior grade), July, 
1894; Coast Survey steamer Patterson, 
July, 1891, to June, 1S94; Cramp's ship- 
yard, June, 1894, to December, 1896; Unit- 
ed States steamship Brooklyn, December, 
1896, to 1899; Lieutenant, April, 1898; In- 
spection duty (Bureau of Ordnance), 
Oct. 16, 1899, to 1901; Helena, April 11, 
1901; Wilmington since April, 1901; ap- 
pointed Lieutenant Commander, 1904. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

DRAKE, Charles B.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
at the United States Military Academy 



from June 15, 1892, to June 12, 1S96, 
when he was graduated and promoted in 
the army to Additional Second Lieuten- 
ant of Cavalry; First Cavalry, June 12, 
1896; Second Lieutenant of Cavalry, Fifth 
Cavalry, Aug. 27, 1896. Served: Garrison 
duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Sept. 
30, 1896, to Dec. 16, 1897; at Fort Mcin- 
tosh to March 24, 1898; at Fort Brown, 
Tex., to August, 1898; with regiment at 
Huntsville, Ala., to January, 1899. En 
route to and at Bayamon, P. R., to Aug. 
1, 1S99; at San Juan, P. R. ; First Lieu- 
tenant of Cavalry, Fourth Cavalry, Dec. 
13. 1899; transferred to First Cavalry, 
Feb. 23, 1900; Captain Fifteenth Cavalry 
June 28, 1902; transferred to Fourteenth 
Cavalry July S, 1902. Address, Manila, 
P. I. 

DRAKE. Ell wood L,., M. D.: 

Born Oct. 4, 1873, in Montgomery 
County, Pa.; educated in the public 
schools; graduated from the Central High 
School of Philadelphia, scientific course, 
in 1892; entered University of Pennsyl- 
vania, and graduated in medicine in 1895; 
served as resident physician at the Munic- 
ipal Hospital of Philadelphia for three 
years; entered the practice of medicine 
in the suburbs of Bridesburg. Married 
the daughter of Dr. A. H. Bryer in 1899. 
He is still practicing at 2762 Pratt St., 
Bridesburg, Pa. 

DRAKE, Nelson Henry: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New Jer- 
sey; Assistant Surgeon, Feb. 26, 1876; 
Passed Assistant Surgeon from Feb. 26, 
1879, and Surgeon from March 4, 1893; 
attached to Colorado from May, 1876, to 
July, 1877; Hartford, flagship, South At- 
lantic Station, July, 1877, to December, 
1879; Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, January. 
18S0, to July, 1880; Navy Yard, New 
York, July, 1880, to October, 1882; wait- 
ing orders, October and November, 1882; 
Tennessee, flagship, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, December, 1882, to Nov. 1, 1885; 
Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Janu- 
ary, 1886, to April, 1886; Naval Hospital, 
Brooklyn, April, 1886, to March, 1887; 
schoolship St. Mary's, March, 1887, to De- 
cember, 1888; Coast Survey steamers 
Hassler and McArthur, December. 1888, 
to September, 1890; Fish Commission 
steamer Albatross, September, 1890, to 
November, 1891 ; Naval Hospital. Chelsea, 
Mass., January, 1892, to July, 1892; Navy 
Yard, New York, July, 1892, to March, 



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1893; Marine Rendezvous, New York. 
April. 1893, to August, 1894; receiving 
Ship Franklin. August. 1894. to June, 1S96; 
Cincinnati, June, 1896, to April, 1S9T; 
Minneapolis, April. 1897, to March, 1S99; 
Medical Examining Board, Brooklyn, 
X. V.. April. 1899, to 1901; Maine. Dec. 
IS, 1901, to 1903; Lancaster, Navy Yard, 
League Island, Pa. Address, League 
Island, Pa. 

DR.VVO, Ed-ward Everett: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; Cadet, Military Academy, July 1, 
1872; Second Lieutenant Sixth Cavalry 
June 15, 1S76; First Lieutenant Aug. 30, 
1SS1; Regimental Adjutant May 31, 18S3, 
to Oct. 11, 1883; Regimental Quarter- 
master April 4. 1SS7, to Dec. 1„ 1SS9. 
Served with regiment in Arizona and New 
Mi xico against Apache Indians, Novem- 
ber, 1S76 to December, 1890. Signal of- 
ficer in charge heliograph line in New 
Mexico during Geronimo campaign under 
Gen. Miles. April to September. 1886. Es- 
tablished and operated 330 miles of line; 
with regiment in Sioux campaign, Dec. 
1, 1S90, to Feb. 3, 1S91; Signal Officer, in 
charge of heliograph line connecting Gen- 
eral Miles's headquarters with troops in 
the field, Dec. 10. 1S90, to Jan. 4, 1891; at 
Fort Niobrara, Neb., Feb. 4, 1891, to April 
30, 1892; enlisted Troop L. Sixth Cavalry. 
Brule Sioux Indians. April. 1S91, and in 
charge of same to March 2S, 1892; Cap- 
tain. Staff, Commissary of Subsistence, 
March 28, L892; assistant to Commissary 
General of Subsistence, Washington, D. 
C, May 8, 1892, to July 31, 1893; Chief 
Commissary, Department of Colorado 
(Denver), Aug. 13, 1893. to July 6. 1896; 
Chief Commissary, Department of Texas, 
and Purchasing Commissary, San Anto- 
nio. July 8. 1S96, to March 22, 1898; Major. 
Staff, Commissary of Subsistence. Feb. 4. 
1898; Chief Commissary, Department of 
the Gulf, and Purchasing Commsisary. 
Atlanta, Ga.. March 24. 1898, to Sept. 28, 
1899: Lieutenant Colonel and Chief Com- 
missary of Subsistence. United States 
Volunteers. May 9, 1898; Colonel and 
Commissary of Subsistence, by assign- 
ment, July 22. 1898, to March 2. 1899; 
honorably discharged from Volunteer ser- 
vice. March 7. 1899; Chief Commissary, 
First Division (Law-ton's). Eighth Army 
Corps, rrhilippine Islands) No. 23, 1899, 
to Jan. 2. 1900; Chief Commissary, Divi- 
sion of the Philippines Jan. 2, to July 19, 
1900; Temporary Chief Commissary Unit- 



ed States forces in China Aug. 1, to 23, * 
1900; Chief Commissary, Department of 
the East, since October, 1900; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel February, 1901. Address, 
Governors Island, N. Y. 

DRAVO, Captain John: 

Merchant; will be remembered as one of 
the foremost champions of free navigation 
for the Monongahela River. Though over 
eighty years old he is still strong and 
active, and for sixty years he has been 
a conspicuous figure around Pittsburg. * 
He was educated at the public schools 
and at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; 
early taught school. His father was a coal 
merchant, and until 1840 young Dravo 
assisted him. He then embarked for 
himself. He founded the village of Dro- 
vosburg, and until 1868 operated in coal, 
when he sold out to enter the coke busi- 
ness. He was Treasurer of the Pittsburg 
Gas, Coal and Coke Company, retiring in 
1883 from its Presidency. He has been 
President of the Coal Exchange and also 
of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he 
is a charter member. For four years, 
by appointment of President Garfield, he 
was Collector and Surveyor of the Port. 
He entered politics as a Whig, and in 
1S48 was a Legislative candidate on the 
Free Soil ticket. He is now a Republican 
and has stumped Pennsylvania for all the 
Republican Presidential candidates. He 
was a candidate to the convention which 
nominated Lincoln. Address, No. 8 Mar- 
ket St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

DB \YTO\, George: 

President of Media Title and Trust 
Company. Address, Media, Pa. 

DREISBACH, J. M.: 

President of the Mauch Chunk Trust 
Company. Address, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 



DRENNAN, Miehael Coyle: 

Medical Director, United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed as Act- 
ing Assistant Surgeon in 18R.3, and served 
in Blockading Squadron during Rebellion; 
appointed Assistant Surgeon in 1S6S; 
practice ship Macedonian, 1S69; Naval 
Hospital, Norfolk, 1S69-1S70; Nantasket, 
North Atlantic Station. 1871-1872; Naval 
Academy, 1871-1872; promoted to Passed 
Assistant Surgeon 1870: flagship Lancas- 
ter, ter. South Atlantic Station, 1S72- 
1874; Pawnee, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1^74; Ashuelot, Asiatic Fleet.. 
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1877-1878; Naval Station, New Lon- 
don. January, 1S79-1SS2; promoted to 
Surgeon, April, 1ST9; Kearsarge, Euro- 
pean Station, 1SS2-1SS5; receiving ship 
New Hampshire 1SS5-1SS7; Atlanta, spe- 
cial service, 1888-1891; Navy Yard, Nor- 
folk, July, 1892, to April. 1S93; receiving 
ship Vermont April, 1S93, to 1895; Sur- 
geon of the Fleet; promoted to Medical 
Inspector May, 1895; ordered to the New 
York as Surgeon for the fleet August, 
1S95, to April, 1S98; board and recruiting 
duty. 1898-1899; promoted to Medical Di- 
rector April, 1S99. Retired October, 1S99. 
with rank of Rear Admiral. Address, 
124 North 3rd St.. Easton, Pa. 

DRESSER. Solomon R.: 

Manufacturer; born Feb. 1, 1S42. on a 
farm in Litchfield. Hillsdale County. 
Mich. : educated in common schools and 
Hillsdale College; in 1S72 he moved to 
Pennsylvania to engage in the production 
of oil and gas; is the inventor, patentee 
and manufacturer of pipe couplings and 
fittings for gas lines and wells. Elect- 
mense manufacturing plant at Bradford. 
Pa., employs hundreds of skilled work- 
men, receiving, besides best wages, ten 
per cent, of his earnings annually. Elect- 
ed to Congress in 1902. Republican. 
Twice married: Vesta E. Stimson. of 
Hillsdale. Mich, (died in 1SS3); Caroline 
Kirsch. of Lowell, Ohio. Address, Brad- 
ford, Pa. 

DREXEL, Anthony J.: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia; son of 
the late A. J. Drexel, banker. Married 
Margarita Armstrong. Member of Phila- 
delphia and many other prominent clubs. 
At present traveling in Europe. Address, 
care Drexel, Harjes & Co., Paris. 

DREXEL,, Geo. W. Chilrts: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia in 1S6S; 
was educated in private schools and by 
tutors: son of the late A. J. Drexel, 
banker. Married, November 1. 1891, Mary 
S. Irick. Mr. Drexel succeeded Mr. George 
"VT. Childs as editor and publisher of the 
Public Ledger, retiring from that position 
when he sold the paper, in 1903. Address, 
southeast corner Locust and Eighteenth 
St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 

DREXEL,. John R.: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia. Mar- 
ried Alice G. Throth. Member Philadel- 
phia and various other clubs. Address, 
636 Fifth Ave, New York, N. Y. 



DRIPPS, William Angrnstus: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Third Assistant Engineer United 
States Navy Aug. 25. 1862; Second Assist- 
ant Engineer (Master) Feb. 20, 1S64; re- 
signed and honorably discharged Jan. 29, 
1S67; elected Nov. 10, 1SS0. Address, 
5011 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DRISCOLL, Denis J.: 

Lawyer: born at North Lawrence, N. 
Y., March 27, 1871; educated at Lawrence- 
ville, N. Y. Academy and Potsdam, N. Y.. 
Normal School. Removed to Pennsyl- 
vania in 1S90; engaged for seven years in 
educational work, being for four years 
Principal of St. Mary's High School. 
Studied law with Major H. A. Hall, of 
Ridgway; admitted to bar April 22, 1898; 
mustered into United States service. Six- 
teenth Regiment; Sixteenth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, May, 1S98; 
served in Porto Rican campaign under 
General Miles; unanimously chosen Sec- 
ond Lieutenant of Company H, Sixteenth 
Regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania, in 1S99, and First Lieutenant in 
1900: resigned commission and removed to 
St. Mary's to open law office in 1901, of 
which borough he is now Chief Burgess. 
Member Democratic State Executive Com- 
mittee. 1901-1904. Democrat in politics. 
Married Miss Elizabeth Biglan June 19, 
1900. Address, St. Mary's, Elk County, Pa. 

DROWX, Thomas M.: 

Chemist; born in Philadelphia March 
19. 1S42. and was graduated in the med- 
ical department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1S62. He subsequently 
studied in the School of Mines at Frei- 
burg and the University of Heidelberg, 
and became instructor in metallurgy at 
Harvard University, remaining there from 
1869 to 1S70. In 1S74 he was made Pro- 
fessor of Analytical Chemistry at Lafay- 
ette College, holding this position till 
1881. and in 1885 became Professor of 
Analytical Chemistry at the Massachu- 
setts Institute of Technology. After two 
years' service in this institution he ac- 
cepted in 1895 the position of President 
of Lehigh University. He was one of the 
original members of the American Insti- 
tute of Mining Engineers, and was its 
Secretary 1S71-1S84. Address, Lehigh Uni- 
versity. Bethlehem, Pa. 

DRL'M. Richard Coulter: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsyl- 



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vnnia; private Company K, First Penn- 
sylvania Infantry. Dec. 16. 1S46, to March 

17, 1S47; Second Lieutenant Infantry Feb. 

18, 1847; Ninth Infantry April 9, 1S47; 
transferred to Fourth Artillery March 8, 
IMS; First Lieutenant Sept. 16, 1850; bre- 
vetted Captain Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral March 16, 1S61; Major Assistant Ad- 
jutant General Aug. 3, 1861; Lieutenant 
Colonel Asistant Adjutant General July 
17, 1S62; Colonel Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral, Feb. 22, 1869; Brigadier General 
Adjutant General June 15, 1SS0; brevetted 
First Lieutenant Sept. 13. 1847, for gal- 
lant and meritorious conduct in the bat- 
tle of Chapultepec, Mexico; Colonel Sept. 
24, 1S64, for meritorious and faithful ser- 
vice during the war, and Brigadier Gen- 
eral March 13, 1865, for faithful and mer- 
itorious service in the Adjutant General's 
department during the war; retired May 
28, 1889. Address, Bethesda, Md. 

DRIUV, William! 

State Senator from Luzerne County; 
was born in Bristol, Somersetshire, Eng- 
land, in 1844; was educated in the common 
schools; worked on a farm and at other 
work until seventeen years of age; then 
went to London and was employed in a 
large dry goods house; from there drifted 
back home again; emigrated from South 
Wales in 1871, and settled in Pittston, Pa., 
where he still resides. Soon after his ar- 
rival at Pittston he engaged in mining, 
and later on accepted a position as team- 
ster for a grocery store; became man- 
ager of a store, resigning in 1885 to start 
in business for himself, and to-day has 
one of the largest grocery stores in North- 
ern Pennsylvania; he early identified him- 
self with the Republican party, but never 
took an active part in politics until June, 
1900, when he was nominated for State 
Senator and elected. Address, Pittston, 
Pa. 

DRYSDALE, Thomas Murray: 

Physician; born Aug. 14. 1831. at Phila- 
delphia; In 1852 was graduated from the 
Pennsylvania Medical College; in 1S55 was 
Professor of Chemistry at Wagner Insti- 
tute of Science; lecturer on microscopy 
at the Franklin Institute in 1862. in 1861 
Assistant Surgeon, and in 1863 Surgeon in 
the First Pennsylvania Infantry; is a 
specialist in surgery and gynecology. 
Discovered and described the ovarian cell 
which exists in ovarian tumors. Corres- 
ponding Secretary of Pennsylvania State 
Medical Society, 1873-1S74. Member of 



American Medical Association, 1S73; mem- 
ber British Medical Association, 1SS7; one 
of the founders of American Gynecologi- 
cal Society. October, 1S57; he married 
Mary L., daughter of Washington L. Atlee; 
at Medico-Chirurgical Hospital is Con- 
sulting Gynecologist, also Consulting Sur- 
geon at Girard College; Vice President of 
the Philadelphia County Medical Society 
in 1875, and its President in 1876. Mem- 
ber of the International Medical Congress, 
in 1876; also Vice President in 1881 of 
the Philadelphia Obstetric Society, and its 
President in 1S87-188S. In 18S2 he was 
Vice President of the American Academy 
of Medicine; Fellow of the College of Phy- 
sicians, Philadelphia, in 1884. Author of 
various articles on medical subjects. Ad- 
dress, 1307 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DIANE, Russell: 

Lawyer; was born June 15, 1866; was 
graduated from Harvard University with 
degree of A. B., 1888; studied law at the 
law schools of Harvard University, Uni- 
versity of Virginia, and University of 
Pennsylvania; was graduated from Law 
School of University of Pennsylvania with 
degree of LL. B. in 1891. Has since been 
engaged in general legal practice in the 
city of Philadelphia; was junior counsel 
for the United States in the Behring Sea 
Arbitration in 1892. Member of Philadel- 
phia. University, Merion, Penn and Har- 
vard Clubs, also Society of Sons of the 
Revolution, and Society of War of 1S12. 
Law offices, 1218-1220 Real Estate Trust 
Building; residence, 2028 DeLancey Place, i 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dl'BAR, Jules A. C: 

Lawyer; born June 23, 1864, in New 
York City; educated by private tutors; 
followed journalism for several years; 
read law with Sherman & Grumbine. Ti- 
tusville. Pa.; admitted to the bar of Craw- 
ford County in 1891; Controller of the 
city of Titusville, Pa., from 1S93 to 1902. 
Democrat in politics; married Elizabeth 
I^angenecker in Erie, Pa., in 1891. Ad- 
dress, Titusville, Pa. 

I>1' BOIS, Barron Potter: 

Paymaster in the United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Medical Inspector Frank L. Du Bois. 
Assistant Paymaster (Ensign) United 
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ant Paymaster (Lieutenant Junior Grade) 
Nov. 1, 1S97; Paymaster (Lieutenant) 
July 10, 1900. Elected Nov. 6, 1895. Ad- 
dress, care of Navy Depaartment, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

DU BOIS, Patterson: 

Editor, author, lecturer, educationist; 
born in Philadelphia; son of William Ew- 
ing Du Bois and Susanna Eckfeldt (Du 
Bois); descendant of the noted Huguenot 
leader Louis Du Bois, of New Paltz, N. 
Y. ; Assistant in the Assay Department, 
United States Mint, 1865; Assistant As- 
sayer, 1881; managing editor, Sunday 
School Times, 1886-1900; literary editor 
Fleming H. Revell Company, New York, 
1902. Joint author "Du Bois Reunion"; 
author, "Beckonings from Little Hands," 
"The Point of Contact in Teaching," 
"Chatwood," "The Natural Way," "Fire- 
side Child Study." Contributor to edu- 
cational and literary journals. Member 
American Philosophical Society, Ameri- 
can Association for the Advancement of 
Science. Society of Arts (London), Amer- 
ican Dialect Society, Pennsylvania Histor- 
ical Society, American Archteological and 
Numismatic Society, Sons of the Revolu- 
tion, etc. The Franklin Inn (authors' 
club of Philadelphia). Address, 401 South 
40th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DUDLEY, Charles B.: 

Chemist; born at Oxford, Chenango 
County, N. Y., July 14, 1842, of New 
England parentage. Enlisted 1862 as a 
private soldier in 114th New York Volun- 
teers, and continued until the war closed, 
being wounded at the battle of Opequan 
Creek, near Winchester, in the Shenan- 
doah Valley, on Sept. 19, 1864. Was 
graduated from Academic Department, 
Yale College, 1871, and Sheffield Scien- 
tific School, as Ph. D, in 1874. In 1875 
became chemist of Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company, at Altoona; has published many 
papers on commercial products and ma- 
terials used by railroads; President of 
American Society for Testing Materials; 
member English, French and German 
Chemical Societies, Iron and Steel In- 
stitute of Great Britain, and Verein 
Deutscher Eisenhuttenleute; member So- 
ciety of Civil Engineers, Mining Engi- 
neers. Mechanical Engineers, Electrical 
Engineers. Union League of Philadelphia, 
Cosmos Club of Washington and Engi- 
neers' Club of New York. Address, Al- 
toona, Pa. 



DUDLEY, Pemberton: 

Physician; born Oct. 17, 1837, at Torres- 
dale, Philadelphia; in 1861 was graduated 
from the Homeopathic Medical College of 
Pennsylvania; from 1868 to 1869 Professor 
of Chemistry and Toxicology at same 
College for one year; also Professor of 
Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy 
from 1876 to 1S90. Since 1900 has been 
Professor of Institutes of Medicine and 
Hygiene at Hahnemann Medical College; 
also dean of the same college from 1896 
to 1903; member of the American Institute 
of Homeopathy since 1869. From 1887 to 
1894 General Secretary and Editor of its 
Annual Transactions, and in 1894 to 
1896 its President; in 1893 Honorary Sec- 
retary of the World's Congress of Homeo- 
pathic Physicians, Chicago; editor of the 
Hahnemannian Monthly for eight years. 
From 1885 to 1S98 member of the State 
Board of Health. Married Sara K. Hall 
Dec. 25, 1867. In 1899 received degree of 
LL. D. at Rutherford College, N. C. Ad- 
dress, 1405 North Sixteenth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

DIER, Edward L.: 

Physician; born in Orooswicks, N. J., 
Jan. 19, 1836; was graduated at Yale Col- 
lege in 1857; then studied in the Medical 
Department of the University of Penn- 
sylvania and graduated in 1860. He 
served for one year as resident physician 
in the Philadelphia Hospital, and in 1862 
was appointed Obstetrician to that insti- 
tution, retaining that position till 1880. 
He has served in the same capacity in 
the Philadelphia Polyclinic, the Maternity 
Hospital and the Preston Retreat, and as 
Gynecologist in the Presbyterian Hospi- 
tal, and also as Acting Assistant Sur- 
geon in the Army during the Civil War. 
He has been President of the Philadel- 
phia Obstetrical Society and Vice Presi- 
dent of the American Gynecological Soci- 
ety, and is a member of several medical 
societies, the Union League, and the Rit- 
tenhouse. Country and University Clubs. 
Address, 1616 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DUFF. A. IV.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wilkinsburg. Address, Station D, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

DUFF, Levi Bird: 

Lawyer; was born near Saulsburg, 
Huntingdon County, Pa., Sept. 13, 1837, 
of Pennsylvania parents. His father. 



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Samuel Duff, was born at Perkiomen 
Bridge, Montgomery County, and his 
mother, Catherine Eckeberger, in Hunt- 
ingdon. He was educated at Eldersridge 
Academy and Allegheny College, gradu- 
ating from the latter in June, 1S57. He 
studied law in Pittsburg and was admit- 
ted to the bar in April. 1S60. May 1, 1861, 
he enlisted in Company A, Ninth Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, and 
was mustered into the United States ser- 
vice at Washington July 26, 1861, as 
Corporal. The regiment was engaged at 
Dranesville, Dec. 20, 1861, and the Com- 
manding General (Ord) recommended a 
number of officers and privates "for re- 
ward for gallant conduct" in the engage- 
ment, among whom was Corporal Duff. 
Feb. 6, 1862, Mr. Duff was appointed 
Captain of Company D. 105th Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, then in Heint- 
zelman's division of the Army of the Po- 
tomac, subsequently the First Division of 
the Third Army Corps. Captain Duff had 
command of his company during the 
siege of Torktown and at the battles of 
Williamsburg and Fair Oaks (or Seven 
Pines), where he was severely wounded 
in the right chest by a musket-ball which 
passed through his right lung. On re- 
covering from his wound he rejoined his 
regiment at Harison's Landing, Aug. 16, 
1862. The division was ordered to join 
General Pope, and when General Jack- 
son captured Manassas Junction, Captain 
Duff with his company was guarding the 
railroad at Catlett's Station. He joined 
General Hooker in the pursuit of Jack- 
son, and was engaged at Kettle Run Aug. 
25, 1862. He rejoined his own regiment 
and was engaged at Bull Run Aug. 29 and 
30, and at Chantilly Sept. 1, where Gen- 
eral Kearney, commanding division, was 
killed. During the Antietam campaign 
the division lay in front of Washington, 
but joined the army on the march to the 
Rappahannock. Captain Duff commanded 
his company during this march and at the 
battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. 
In March, 1863, he was appointed Acting 
Assistant Inspector General of the First 
Brigade, First Division, Third Corps. He 
served on the staff at Chancellorsville, 
and General Birney, commanding divi- 
sion, said he was "proud of the conduct 
displayed by Captain Duff on that field 
of battle." May 4. 1863, he was pro- 
moted to Major of his regiment, and May 
11 he was appointed Acting Assistant In- 
spector General of the Third Division, 
Third Corps; and June 26 appointed Act- 



ing Assistant Inspector General of the 
First Division, Third Corps. He served 
on the staff at Gettysburg and in the 
campaign to the Rappahannock, including 
the affair at Manassas Gap, July 24, 1S63. 
In November, 1S63, he was placed in 
command of the 110th Regiment Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, which he commanded 
in the -Mine Run campaign and until Dec. 
21. April 9. 1S64, he was appointed acting 
Assistant Inspector General of the First 
Division, Third Corps, then the Third Di- 
vision of the Second Corps. He served 
on the staff at the Wilderness, and was 
then, at his own request, returned to his 
regiment. He commanded his own regi- 
ment and the Sixty-third Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, which was added to his own 
for field service, from May 8 until June 
18, and was engaged at Po River, Spott- 
sylvania Court House, North Anna, Toto- 
potomy, Cold Harbor, and the first as- 
saults on Petersburg. June 18, in an as- 
sault on Petersburg, commonly called by 
the soldiers the "Hare House slaughter," 
he was wounded, with loss of his right 
leg. May 18, 1864, he was appointed 
Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. Oct. 
25, being disabled for field duty, he was, 
at his own request, discharged from the 
service. He returned to Pittsburg and 
resumed the practice of his profession. In 
1865 he was elected District Attorney of 
Allegheny County, and held the office 
three years. Colonel Duff was married 
July 21, 1862, to Harriet H. Nixon, who 
died July 13. 1S77. He was again married 
Jan. 16. 1SS2. to Agnes F. Kaufman. Two 
sons, children of the first wife, — Samuel 
Eckeberger and Hezekiah Nixon, — are liv- 
ing. Member of Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Address, 51S Taylor Ave., Alle- 
gheny, Pa. 

DUFF, Robert John: 

Captain United States Army; born in .' 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Michigan; 
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1S79; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry June 13, 
1883; First Lieutenant Sixth Cavalry Feb. 
24. 1891; transferred to Eighth Cavalry 
April 27. 1891; Captain Fifth Cavalry ' 
March 2. 1899; transferred to Eighth 
Cavalry May 3, 1899. Address, Fort Riley, 
Kan. 

DUFFY, Joseph P.: 

Doctor of Divinity; born in Philadel- 
phia May 29, 1860; was graduated from 
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the Methodist Episcopal Church; supplied 
pulpits in Philadelphia. Was married to 
Miss Minnie M. Mulligan, daughte'r of 
Hugh Mulligan, of Philadelphia, March 
14, 1S93. United with the Baptist denomi- 
nation in 1S96; received degree of D. D. 
in 1897. Regarded as a specialist in re- 
lief work among the poor, and caring for 
destitute children. Address, 1432 Euclid 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dl'HRIXG, Louis A., M. D.: 

Born Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23, 1845; 
son of Henry and Caroline D. ; was gradu- 
ated Medical Department University of 
Pennsylvania 1867; resident physician of 
Philadelphia Hospital fifteen months; in- 
augurated in 1870 a dispensary for skin 
diseases in Philadelphia, of which he was 
physician until 1880, after that consult- 
ing physician. In 1871 he became clinical 
lecturer, and in 1876 Professor of Skin 
Diseases in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Author: "Practical Treatise on 
Diseases of the Skin" (translated into 
French, Italian and Russian); "Atlas of 
Skin Diseases," an elaborate and costly 
work in color; "Cutaneous Medicine"; 
"Chapter on Skin Diseases" (with Dr. 
Stelwagon) in Pepper's System of Medi- 
cine; "Chapter on Skin Diseases" (with 
Dr. Hartzell) in Keating & Coe's Gynae- 
cology. Honorary member of the London, 
Vienna and Italian Dermatological Socie- 
ties; corresponding member of the French 
and German Dermatological Societies; 
one of the founders of the American Der- 
matological Association; corresponding 
member of the New York Dermatological 
Society. Address, 3322 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

DULLES, Charles W., Bf. D.: 

Born at Madras, India, Nov. 29, 1S50; 
educated at Philadelphia, Lawrenceville, 
N. J., University of Pennsylvania (degree 
of M. D., 1875), and Europe. He has oc- 
cupied a number of positions in connection 
with the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Uni- 
versity, Presbyterian and Rush Hospitals, 
and has been for ten years lecturer on the 
History of Medicine in the University of 
Pennsylvania. He has published a num- 
ber of carefully prepared papers on frac- 
tures of the skull and hydrophobia, and 
, historical subjects. Author: "Accidents 
< and Emergencies." Member College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia, the Philadel- 
phia Academy of Surgery, the Academy 
of Natural Science in Philadelphia, the 
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vice Reform League, the Municipal 
League of Philadelphia and the Society 
of American Authors. Married Mary 
Bateman Oct. 5, 1881. Address, 4101 Wal- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DULLES. John Welsh: 

President of the Insurance Co. of Penn- 
sylvania; born Aug. 4, 1849, at Ma- 
dras, India; son of Rev. John W. Dulles, 
D. D., of Philadelphia, and Harriet Lath- 
rop Winslow, Presbyterian Missionaries 
at Madras; moved to Philadelphia with 
his parents in 1853; educated in public 
schools of Philadelphia and school at 
Hartzville, Penna. In 1885 he married 
Miss Elizabeth Lamar Russell. In 1889 
he formed the Security Trust Company; 
1894 formed the firm of Dulles & Critten- 
den; Corresponding Secretary of Phila- 
delphia Bible Society; President of the In- 
surance Company of the State of Penn- 
sylvania. Address, 136-S South 4th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

DUNBAR, Edward Livingston: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Forty-third Infantry Nov. 
23, 1861; discharged to accept promotion 
Dec. 31. 1861; Second Lieutenant Forty- 
third Ohio Infantry Jan. 1, 1862; resigned 
and honorably discharged Nov. 1, 1862; 
elected Feb. 4, 1891. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DUNDOR, Adam B.: 

Physician; born in North Heidelberg, 
Berks County, Pa., May 16, 1838; attend- 
ed the Fremont Academy in Chester 
County, and Freeland Seminary at Col- 
legeville, Pa.; was graduated from Frank- 
lin and Marshall College in 1862, and in 
medicine from the Long Island College 
Hospital in 1863, and from the Jefferson 
Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1864; 
practiced his profession in Robesonia, Pa., 
for three years, and then located in 
Reading in 1867, where he continued in 
active practice until one year ago, when 
he retired. Was physician to the Berks 
County Almshouse and Hospital from 1870 
to 1873, and physician to the County 
Prison 1873-1877. Elected a member of 
the Reading Board of Health in 1886, and 
served for a number of years as Presi- 
dent of that body. Address, Reading, Pa. 
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DIXDORE, John G.: 

Teacher; born Nov. 5, 1866, Reading, 
Pa.; 1880 his parents moved to Bernville; 
educated in Bernville High School, Schuyl- 
kill Seminary, and Pennsylvania College, 
Gettysburg; received degree of A. B. 1893; 
principal of the Hughesville High School 
since 1S94; Chairman Committee of Per- 
manent Certificates of Lycoming County; 
held Chair of Geography and Theory of 
Teaching in the Lycoming County Nor- 
mal School since 1896. Address, Hughes- 
ville, Pa. 

DlXHA.il, Edwin M.: 

Jurist; born in Windham, Bradford 
County, Pa., Aug. 31, 1844; educated i*n 
the public schools, and for four years 
studied in a private school. He afterward 
took up the study of law, under the tui- 
tion of Judge Ingham, Laporte, and was 
admitted to the bar of Sullivan County 
in 1866. An able lawyer, he was elected 
District Attorney in 1870, and was nomi- 
nated and elected to the Legislature of 
Pennsylvania in 1878, serving one term. 
In 1894 he was elected President Judge of 
Sullivan County, his term of office ex- 
piring in 1904. Address, Laporte, Pa. 

DINKELBERGER, Isaac Rothermel: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; First 
Sergeant, Company E, First Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 20, 1861, to May 13, 1861; 
Second Lieutenant April 26, 1S61; First 
Cavalry Aug. 3, 1861; First Lieutenant 
Aug. 7, 1861; Captain June 9, 1863; bre- 
vetted Major June 11, 1864, for gallant 
and meritorious service at the battle of 
Trevillian Station, Va., and Lieutenant 
Colonel March 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious service during the war; hon- 
orably mustered out Jan. 1, 1871; Captain 
retired March 21, 1901. Address, 1200 
West 9th St., Los Angeles, Cal. 

DUNMIRE, George Benson, M. D.: 

Born May 2, 1837, in Oliver Township, 
Pa.; educated in public and private 
schools. While in Union Army, 1862, par- 
ticipated in battles of South Mount- 
ain, Antietam, and Chancellorsville; made 
Lieutenant 1863. Entered Jefferson Med- 
ical College, graduating March, 1865; ap- 
pointed Contract Surgeon and sent to 
Chambersburg's post Army Hospital until 
close of the rebellion; Assistant Surgeon 
in Hancock's Corps; District Physician 



to Philadelphia Dispensary 1865-1871, 
passing through the cholera epidemic of 
1866 with a fifty per cent, of recoveries. 
Married March 10, 1880, Lizzie Caldwell, 
of Manhattan, Kansas; April 27, 1885, 
Mary Melick, of Harrisburg, Pa. Mem- 
ber Philadelphia County Society, Medical 
Society of State of Pennsylvania, Ameri- 
can Medical Association, Obstetrical and 
Pathological Society, Medical Club, Ger- 
man Society, etc. Received degree of A. 
B. 1888 from Dickinson College, Carlisle, 
Pa. Summer Residence, Dunmire Corner, 
R. F. D., No. 1. Lewistown, Pa.; city ad- 
dress, 1618 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DUNN, George W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa., 
June 2, 1859; educated in the public 
schools; in 1875 entered the service of the 
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- 
road as telegraph operator, serving that 
company until 1880, when he accepted a 
position with the Western Union Tele- 
graph Company in New York City; upon 
the organization of the Postal Telegraph 
Company by the late John W. Mackay in 
1883, he accepted a position with that 
company in Philadelphia, where he has 
served as traffic chief for nearly twenty 
years; has always been an active worker 
in the Republican ranks, and for many 
years a member of the Board of Govern- 
ors of the West Philadelphia Republican 
Club; elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November. 1902. Address, 9 
South 44th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

DUNN, James Crear, M. D.: 

Born in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 
Dec. 9, 1847; a son of William and Cath- 
erine (Mcintosh) Dunn: was educated in 
the schools of his native county and in 
1868 entered the Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege in Philadelphia; was graduated with ' 
the class of 1871, and later located in 
Pittsburg; member of the Allegheny 
County Medical Association, the State 
Medical and the National Medical Asso- l 
ciations; is also affiliated with the Amer 
ican Public Health Association and for 
a time was President of the Board of 
Health of Pittsburg; occupied the chair 
of dermatology in the University of West- 
ern Pennsylvania, and has been Professor 
of Materia Medica and Therapeutics 
since 1894. On October 4, 1877 married 



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Juliette Thalia Du Barry. Member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and 
attends the Presbyterian Church. Ad- 
dress, 208 Winebiddle Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

DUNN, Joseph C.s 

Physician, Tionesta, Pa.; is a grandson 
of two physicians; his grandfather Dunn 
having been a graduate from the Med- 
ical Department of the University of 
Dublin, Ireland, and his maternal grand- 
father, Le Roy Fleming, having received 
his diploma from Yale University, both 
gentlemen attaining a high degree of suc- 
cess in the medical profession. He is the 
second son of J. N. and Virginia Dunn, 
who moved from their native town, Taren- 
tum, to the newly developed oil regions, 
in 1861; was born on Rynd Farm near Oil 
City, Jan. 29, 1862. Was educated in the 
common schools of the State. When 
grown to manhood, by toil and persever- 
ance graduated from the Eclectic Med- 
ical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1898 
removed from Tarentum, where he had 
located after graduating, to Tionesta, 
where he has since resided. Has been 
three times elected to the Borough Coun- 
cil, serving for two years as President of 
that body. Is Physician to the Forest 
County Home, a member of the State 
Eclectic Medical Society, and Medical Ex- 
aminer for various insurance companies. 
Was married in 1888 to Miss Emma Ag- 
nes McCauley, of Cooperstown, Pa. Mrs. 
Dunn is a prominent worker in the Wo- 
man's Relief Corps, and is serving her 
second term as President of the Tionesta 
Society. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

DUNN, P. M. : 

Jurist; a native of Schuylkill County, 

Pa. He made the law his profession 

and practiced for many years at Miners- 

ville. in Schuylkill County. A separate 

Orphans Court having been established 

in Schuylkill County in 1895, Thomas H. 

B. Lyon was appointed to its bench by 

Governor Hastings, and organized the 

court. In the fall election of that year 

Mr. Dunn became a candidate for the 

I position, on the Democratic ticket, and 

1 won it over Judge Lyon by the small 

I majority of seventy-six votes. Judge Lyon 

. contested the election, charging that ille- 

1 gal votes had been cast. The contest was 

a notable one, lasting over two years, in 

j which 3,280 witnesses were called, the 

testimony making about 15,000 pages of 

printed matter, while the case cost about 



$50,000. It resulted in increasing Judge 
Dunn's majority to 162 votes. He ac- 
cordingly took his seat, and has since ably 
and faithfully performed the duties of the 
office. Address, Minersville, Pa. 

DUNN, William G.: 

President of New Castle Savings and 
Trust Company. Address, New Castle, 
Pa. 

DUNNING, Rev. Harry S., A. B.: 

Pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Corry, Pa.; born near Middle- 
town, N. Y., on July 17, 1869; was grad- 
uated from Princeton University in 1S92; 
instructor in English one year in Lehigh 
University; was graduated from Hartford 
(Conn.) Theological Seminary in 1S96; 
married Miss Irene Gardner of Middle- 
town, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1900; first pastor 
of the Forty Fort, Pa., Presbyterian 
Church, 1896 to 1900; pastor of the Pres- 
byterian Church in Corry, Erie County, 
Pa., since 1900. Address, 119 Maple Ave., 
Corry, Pa. 

DURHAM, Israel W.: 

Insurance Commissioner; born in Phil- 
adelphia Oct. 24, 1S56; educated in the 
public schools; learned the trade of 
bricklaying, but soon became connected 
with his father in the flour business. 
Mr. Durham's career, however, soon be- 
came a political one, he taking an active 
interest in political affairs while quite 
young and becoming a leader very early 
after attaining his majority. He de- 
clined running for office until 1885, 
when he was nominated for Magistrate, 
and after an active campaign was elect- 
ed. In 1897 he was elected State Senator, 
succeeding Boies Penrose, who was elect- 
to the Senate of the United States. His 
election was nearly unanimous, only 72 
votes being polled against him. He was 
frequently elected to State and National 
party conventions, and during the ex- 
citing contest for Sheriff between Alex- 
ander Crow and Samuel H. Ashbridge, 
Mr. Durham was the leader of the sec- 
tion of the Republican Party which car- 
ried the election in favor of Mr. Crow. 
He was made Insurance Commissioner of 
the State in 1900, a position which he 
still retains, and under which his popu- 
larity and influence in party councils 
have become very great. Address, 2123 
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DIXSEITH, David Arthur, M. A.: 

Minister of First Presbyterian Church, 
Ingram, Pa.; born at Stratford, Ontario, 
Canada, April 19, 1871; his parents were 
among the sturdy North of Ireland peo- 
ple who first settled Canada; in 1S89 
graduated from the Stratford Collegiate 
Institute; moved to Pittsburg, Pa., same 
year, in the employ of Chambers & Mc- 
Kee Glass Company, and Arbuthnot Ste- 
phenson & Company, wholesale dry 
goods; in 1898 was graduated from Al- 
legheny Theological Seminary, and ac- 
cepted the call of the Robinson United 
Presbyterian Church. In 1900 married 
Miss Maude Morrow McNall, Musical 
Directress of Westminster College. In 
September, 1901 was called to the pastor- 
ate of the First Presbyterian Church, 
Ingram, Pa.; in 1903 he finished the post- 
graduate course of Wooster University. 
Address, Ingram, Pa. 

DISSEITH, Samuel: 

Manufacturer; born at Stratford, On- 
tario, Canada; son of John Dunseith. 
In 1SS6 he was graduated from Strat- 
ford Collegiate Institute; 18S7 moved 
to Pittsburg, Pa.; associated with W. 
D. Hartupee and H. Sellers McKee; be- 
came manager of the Jeannette Planing 
Mill Company; 1900 he opened a real es- 
tate office. In 1903 associated with the 
American Lumber Company, of Pitts- 
burg; in 1904 opened stores in Uniontown 
and Dunbar and established the Samuel 
Dunseith Wholesale Lumber Company. 
Address, Ingram, Pa. 

Dl'TTOIV, Lewis Richard: 

Superintendent of Jenkintown & Chel- 
tenham Gas Company; born at Milltown, 
Chester County. Pa., in 1873; member of 
the State Normal School at West Chester; 
first Vice President of Baptist Union of 
Philadelphia. Address, Jenkintown, Pa. 

D1 VAL, John Harry: 

Major United States Army; born in 
District of Columbia; appointed from 
Pennsylvania; private Signal Corps Aug. 
10, 1SS0, to Oct. 29, 1SS0; Second Lieuten- 
ant Eighteenth Infantry Oct. 10, 18S3, 
First Lieutenant Dec. 16, 1889; Captain 
Commissary Subsistance Nov. 15, 1SH7 
Major Commissary Subsistence July 22 
to Aug. 5. 189S. and Aug. 7, to Sept. 9 
189S: Major Commissary Subsistence Feb 
2. 1901; retired April 8, 1901. Address 
305 East Lancaster Ave., Wayne, Pa. 



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DIVALL, A. B.: * 

President of the People's Bank of Cali- 
fornia. Address, California, Pa. 



DUY, Albert William: 

Lawyer; was born in Chicago June 13, 
1S6&; son of Judge George C. Duy, of 
Indianapolis, whose ancestors settled 
Germantown, Pa., in 1624, and a grand- 
son of Hon. Samuel B. Gookins, late of 
the Supreme Bench of Illinois. Prepared 
for Princeton at the Indianapolis Class- 
ical Military School; located in Blooms- 
burg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in 
1S89, where he married Pauline Eliza- 
beth Kester, June 4, 1891. Read law in 
the office of Ikeler & Ikeler; admitted to 
practice 189S. Referee in Bankruptcy in 
the United States District Court, 1899- 
1903; since 1900 Chairman of the Repub- 
lican County Committee; in 1902 elected 
the first Republican District Attorney in 
the history of Columbia County, over- 
coming a normal Democratic majority of 
2.500. His term of office expires Jan. 1, 
1906. Address, Bloomsburg, Pa. 



DYER, Albert L,.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Sullivan County; 
was born in New Era, Bradford County, 
Pa., Feb. 13, 1868; reared on a farm; at- 
tended school at New Era and LeRays- 
ville, where he located with his parents 
when sixteen years old; later he went to 
Bernice, Sullivan County, and worked in 
a saw mill for one year; then went to 
Lopez and worked at the same occupation 
for two years, after which he went back 
to Bernice and was superintendent of the 
saw mill about two years; he again re- 
moved to Lopez and engaged in the meat 
and livery business, in which he is stilL 
engaged; served as constable two terms 
and Road Commissioner one term; was 
elected to the House of Representatives' 
in November, 1902. Address, Lopez, Pa. 



DYER. Frederick J.: 

Leather manufacturer; born in Port 
land. Me., July 2, 1S5S; his parents re 
moving to Pennsylvania during his child 
hood, and settling at Curwensville, Clear- 
field County, in 1S92. Here he studied 
in the public schools, and afterward in 
the Portland Business College, graduating 
in 1876 and beginning his business life 
as a store clerk. In 1S7S he became an 
apprentice to John B. Alley & Co., tan- 
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months had so thoroughly mastered the 
business that he was made superintendent 
of the works. During his continuance in 
this position the tannery changed hands 
several times, and was finally absorbed 
by the United States Leather Company. 
Under the latter he remained superin- 
tendent, but desiring an independent posi- 
tion in business, he entered into partner- 
ship with his old employers, now Alleys 
Brothers & Co. This firm has an exten- 
sive establishment at Curwensville, with 
large stores and warehouses in Boston, 
and is one of the leading independent 
dealers in finished leather in the country. 
Mr. Dyer is also interested in the Whit- 
taker Stone Company and the Curwens- 
ville Lumber Company. He has taken 
no part in politics, except to serve for 
short periods as School Director and 
Councilman in Curwensville. Address, 
Curwensville, Pa. 



DYSON, Charles Wilson: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Maryland, appointed from 
Pennsylvania; Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 
1ST9; Assistant Engineer July 1, 1885; 
Passed Assistant Engineer June 1, 1S95; 
rank changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 
1S99; Machias April 27, 1898, to 1901; Bu- 
reau Steam Engineering June 25, 1901, to 
1903; Raleigh since Aug. 8 ,1903; Lieu- 
tenant Commander Dec. 31, 1903. Address, 
care Navy Department, Washington, 
D. C. 



EACHUS, George Washington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; private Seventeenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 18, 1S61; Corporal 1861; 
mustered out Aug. 2. 1S61; Second Lieu- 
tenant Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry 
June 28, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Jan. 6, 1864; private Twentieth Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry Jan. 28, 1S64; Regimental 
Quartermaster Sergeant March 1, 1864; 
discharged for promotion April 18. 1864; 
First Lieutenant and Regimental Quarter- 
master Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry 
April 19, 1S65; honorably mustered out 
April 23, 1865. Elected Feb. 6, 1S95. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



EAKINS, Thomas: 

Artist; born July 25, 1844, at Philadel- 
phia; was graduated from High School; 
studied art under Gerome, at Ecole des 
Beaux Arts, Paris. In various schools of 
art he has been Professor and Lecturer 
on Anatomy and Painting. With Samuel 
Murray, his pupil, he modelled the colos- 
sal figures of the prophets which deco- 
rate the Witherspoon Building, Philadel- 
phia, and also reliefs on Trenton Battle 
Monument and on Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monument in Brooklyn. Since 1902 has 
been a member of the National Academy 
of Design; at the Columbian Exposition, 
in 1893, was given awards, also at Paris 
Exposition, 1900; Pan American Exposi- 
tion in 1901. Address, 1729 Mt. Vernon 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

EARIiE, George H.: 

Lawyer and financier; born in Philadel- 
phia July 6, 1856; was educated in Har- 
vard University; then studied law and 
was admitted to practice in the profession 
in which his father and grandfather had 
been notable. He became a member of 
the legal firm of Earle & White, which 
existed for twelve years, and conducted a 
large and lucrative practice, in which Mr. 
Earle showed high ability and was mark- 
edly successful. Elected President of the 
Pennsylvania Warehousing and Safe De- 
posit Company and Vice President of the 
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Com- 
pany. His many duties in these positions 
obliged him to withdraw from active prac- 
tice in the law. The great ability which 
he manifested as a financier led later to 
his being made President of the Finance 
Company of Pennsylvania and of the 
Tradesman's National Bank, he resigning 
at the same time his Vice Presidency in 
the Guarantee Company. He has suc- 
cessfully filled other important financial 
positions, and in 1898 was appointed Re- 
ceiver for the Chestnut Street National 
Bank and associated with R. Y. Cook, 
assignee of the Chestnut Street Trust and 
Saving Fund Company. The affairs of 
these defunct institutions he conducted 
to a successful termination. He became 
also a member of the Board of the Phila- 
delphia Record Publishing Company, a 
Director in the Equitable Trust Co., etc. 
Mr. Earle has taken a deep interest in 
political affairs and has been a strong ele- 
ment in the struggle for municipal re- 
form. He was an active member of the 
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lost his interest in the case of honest ad- 
ministration. A lover of fine horses, he 
has one of the largest stock farms in 
Pennsylvania, at his summer country 
seat, "Broad Acres," near the Radnor 
Hunt. Address, Devon, Pa.; office, 232 
Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa, 

EARLY, Lewis G.: 

President Reading Press Club; born at 
Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pa., 
May 20, 1862; son of Rev. John W. Early; 
was educated in the public schools of 
Danville, Pa. He was one of the organ- 
izers of the Reading Press Club in 1888; 
Director of the Club for three years; Sec- 
retary in 1S91; President, 1892-1897, and 
President, 1S99, to date. Member of the 
Board of Governors of the International 
League of Press Clubs since 1901; estab- 
lished the News at Freeburg, Snyder 
County, Pa., in 1885; merged it with the 
Selinsgrove (Pa.) Times in 1887; accepted 
a position on the Reading (Pa) Morning 
Herald, and was night editor of this 
paper from 1888 to 1896; business man- 
ager of the same paper in 1897; manager 
and editor Daily Review, of Reading, ten 
months; night editor, Reading Times 
since 1S98. In politics, Republican. Mar- 
ried Annie E. Bechtel, May 6, 1S96. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

EASTBUM, George: 

Instructor; born in Bucks County, Pa., 
Nov. 25, 1S3S; studied in the Friends' 
Central School, Philadelphia, and after- 
ward adopted the profession of a teacher, 
beginning in 1856 in the Lumberville Pub- 
lic School and afterward at Edge Hill 
School until July, 185S, when he became 
an assistant teacher in the Friends' Cen- 
tral School. After five years in this ser- 
vice he entered Yale College, where he 
graduated B. A. in 1R6S. In 1871 he was 
given the degree of M. A. and in 1S90 he 
was honored for his attainments by the 
decree of Ph. D. from Princeton College. 
Mr. Eastbum was solicited in 1880 to ac- 
cept the post of Vice President of Girard 
College, but preferred to remain with the 
school he had established, the Eastbum 
Academy, which has long been one of the 
leading institutions of its kind in the 
country, and has educated some of the 
most successful professional and business 
men of this period. No school is better 
adapted to Rive a complete business edu- 
cation and a thorough preparation for any 
collegiate or scientific institution. Dr. 
Eastbum is a member of the counsel of 



the American Metrological Association, 
and an earnest advocate for the adoption 
of the metric system of weights and 
measures. Address, 700 North Broad St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

EASTULRN, H. B.: 

President of the Bucks County Trust 
Company of Doylestown. Address, Doyles- 
town, Bucks County, Pa. 

EASTOX, William Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; private Thirteenth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry April 17, 1861; mustered out Aug. i 

6, 1861; private 149th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 11, 1862; Sergeant, Aug. 23, 
1S62; Regimental Sergeant Major Jan. 1, 
1864; discharged to accept promotion 
March 8, 1864; First Lieutenant Thirty- 
second United States Colored Troops April 

7, 1864; mustered out to accept promotion 
March 17, 1865; Captain 103d United 
States Colored Troops March IS, 1865; 
honorably mustered out May 5, 1866. 
Elected May 2, 1S94. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



EATON, Arthur B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in Worcester, Mass., January 2, 1S70; 
was educated in the public schools of 
Pennsylvania; when seventeen years old 
he entered the mercantile business and 
remained in same until twenty-five years 
old; read law with Thos. D. Finletter, 
Assistant District Attorney of Philadel- 
phia; attended a special course at the 
University of Pennsylvania; was admit- 
ted to the bar in April, 1897; elected to 
the Common Council of Philadelphia in 
1900. and served until April, 1902; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Residence, 1322 North 52d 
St.; office address, 305 Odd Fellows' Tem- 
ple, Philadelphia, Pa. 

EBERT, Horace Milton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Montgomery Coun- 
ty; was born in Cressona, Schuylkill 
County, Pa., January 9. 1866; was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Norristown, 
graduating from the high school in 1881; 
was made Secretary of the Mareh-Brown- 
baek Stove Company, at Pottstown, in 
1890. which nositi®n he still holds; in 1898 
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teer service in the war with Spain and 
participated in the Porto Rico campaign 
as First Lieutenant of Company M, 
Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry; was elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
November, 1902. Address, Pottstown, Pa. 

EBY, A. M.: 

Cashier of the Hazleton National Bank; 
bora at Selin's Grove, Pa., May 23, 1843, 
and educated in common schools there; 
1859 to 1862, with Barrett & MacDowell, 
Harrisburg, Pa., where he learned the 
printers' trade; 1862, enlisted in the 147th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania "Volunteers, serv- 
ing until 1S65; participated in the follow- 
ing battles: Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, 
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and 
Ringgold. Served in the Armies of the 
the Potomac, the Cumberland and Georgia 
from 1862, to Sheridan's march to the 
sea, and through the Carolinas, to the 
final surrender of the Confederate forces; 
186S-1S73, employed by the Lehigh Valley 
Railroad Company as station agent at 
Hazleton, Pa.; 1891, Cashier of the Hazel- 
ton National Bank; 1894, private secre- 
tary of Calvin Pardee in Philadelphia; 
Treasurer of the C. Pardee "Works, Perth 
Amboy, N. J., 1895-1896. Married Martha 
E.. daughter of Lewis Davenport, July 14, 
1868; married Jessie, daughter of George 
M. Saxe, May 23, 1900. Member of Rob- 
inson Post No. 20, G. A. R.; Hazle Lodge 
No. 327, F. & A. M. ; Hazleton Chapter No. 
277. R. A. M., Mt. Vernon Commandery 
No. 73, K. T.; McNair Council, R. & S. 
M., Mauch Chunk, Pa.; Irem Temple, A. 
A. O. N. M. S., of Wilkesbarre, Pa.; 
Hazleton Lodge No. 200, B. P. O. Elks. 
Address, Hazleton, Pa. 

ELY, James R.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Newport. Address, Newport, Perry Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

ELY, Thomas Cox: 

Physician; born in Holmdel, N. J., July 
29, 1S63; was educated in Colgate Acad- 
emy, at Hamilton, N. Y., and in Colgate 
University. He left his class in the lat- 
ter in his senior year to enter upon the 
study of medicine in the University of 
Pennsylvania, where he graduated as 
Doctor of Medicine in 1887. Colgate Uni- 
versity conferred on him the honorary 
degree of A. M. in 1891. He married An- 
na Perry Cromwell in the year of his 
graduation, and has one son, "William C. 
Ely. Entering upon medical practice in 



Philadelphia after graduating, he has 
been actively engaged in it since. He is 
a member of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia, the American Academy of 
Medicine, and several other medical so- 
cieties; also of the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania. Address, 2041 Green St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ECHOLS, E. W.: 

President of the Mercer County Bank. 
Address, Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pa. 

EtKARD, J. Mad. Longstreth: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in Chef 00, 
China, May 23, 1870; son of Rev. L. "W. 
and Elizabeth Abbott Longstreth Eckard; 
was graduated from Cheltenham Military 
Academy in 1887, and from University of 
Pennsylvania, with degree of Bachelor of 
Arts, 1891; 1891-1892, attended the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh, and the United 
Presbyterian Divinity Hall in the same 
city; 1892-1S95, at the Theological Semi- 
nary, Princeton, N. J.; 1895-1897 pastor of 
the First Presbyterian Church, Volga, 
South Dakota; 1897-1903 pastor of the 
First Presbyterian Church, Northumber- 
land, Pa.; 1903, Professor of English 
in the Government school at Penuelas, 
Porto Rico. Member of the Sons of the 
Revolution, Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 
Address, Fourth and Spring Garden Sts., 
Easton, Pa 

ECKARD, Leighton W.: 

Clergyman; born in Savannah, Ga., 1845; 
graduated from Lafayette College, re- 
ceiving degrees of A. M. and D. D. ; was 
engaged in missionary labors in China 
for five years; pastor of Brainerd Union 
Presbyterian Church. Easton, Pa., since 
1S91. Author of "Chinese Tract" and "A 
History of Abingdon Church, 1774 to 1776." 
Chaplain of the Society of the Cincinnati 
in State of Georgia. Address, 103 North 
Fourth St., Easton, Pa. 

ECKELS, Claa-k L\: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Crawford County; 
was born in Greenville, Mercer County, 
Pa., December 16, 1S58; was educated in 
public and private schools; also in the Ed- 
inboro State Normal and Allegheny Col- 
lege; learned the printing trade, and 
worked at it for several years; in 1888 he, 
in partnership with his brother, purchased 
the Cambridge Springs News, which they 
still publish: served as School Director of 
Cambridge Springs for nine years; is now 



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a Trustee of the Edinboro State Normal 
School; was elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Cambridge Springs, Pa. 

ECKELS, George, M. D., A. M., Sc. D.: 

Educator; born on the Saxton farm, New 
Kingston, Dec. 23, 1S44; ancestors on 
father's side were Scotch-Insh, and on his 
mother's side German; was educated at 
Millersville State Normal School; degree 
of A. M. conferred upon him by Penn- 
sylvania College, and honorary degree of 
Sc. D. from same institution; served two 
terms in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 
representing Cumberland County; mem- 
ber of committees: Ways and Means, 
Judiciary General, Judiciary Local, Edu- 
cation, and Apportionment. Principal of 
the Cumberland Valley State Normal 
School. On the 6th of June, 1S72, married 
Annie E. Humer, of New Kingston, Pa. 
Present address, State Normal School, 
Shippensburg, Pa. 

ECKERT, Isaac: 

Banker; born in Reading, Pa.; educated 
in the public schools; entered into the 
iron business at an early age; became 
Manager of the Topton Furnace Com- 
pany; succeeded his father, Henry S. 
Eckert. upon the latter's death, as Presi- 
dent of the Farmers' National Bank of 
Reading; has given much attention to the 
turf, and for some time maintained a 
racing stable. Married Eliza Kaufman, 
daughter of William M. Kaufman, a well- 
known iron master. Address, Reading, Pa. 

EDELSUN, W. J.: 

Clergyman; born at Moorestown. Pa., 
June 27, 1871; educated at Schuylkill 
Seminary, Muhlenberg College. Married 
Mella R. Hertz, May 12, 189S. Prohibi- 
tionist. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

EDGERLEY, Edwnrd: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comma nd- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventy-ninth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Sept. 16, 1861; First Ser- 
geant Sept. 17, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion Nov. 1, 1862; Second Lieutenant 
Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 
2, 18fi2; Captain, Sept. 12. 1S64; honorably 
mustered out July 12, 1865. Elected May 
4, 1887. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 



EDGAR, John M.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. As- 
sistant Surgeon, July, 18S1; Passed As- 
sistant Surgeon, July, 1S84; Surgeon, No- 
vember, 1896; receivinig ship St. Louis, 
October, 1893; receiving ship Richmond, 
1S94; school ship Saratoga, May, 1895; re- 
ceiving ship Vermont, December, 1896; 
United States ship Prairie, March, 1S98; 
Amphitrite. April 14, 1S98; receiving ship 
Wabash, October 24, 1901-1S03; Wisconsin, 
September, 1903; Monadnock since March, 
1904. Address, care of Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

EDMANDS, John: 

Librarian; born in Framingham, Mass.. 
Feb. 1, 1820; son of Jonathan and Lucy 
(Nourse) Edmands. In 1841 he entered 
Phillips Andover Academy, and gradu- 
ated with the class in 1843; was gradu- 
ated from Yale College in 1847, and 
from the Yale Theological Seminary in 
1851; in the Library of the "Society of 
Brothers in Unity," at Yale College 1845; 
from 1850 to 1856, assistant in the Yale 
College Library; Chief Librarian of the 
Mercantile Library of Philadelphia from 
1S56 to 1902, when he was made Librarian 
Emeritus. Prepared a catalogue of Mer- 
cantile Library of Philadelphia, 1870, in a 
volume of 700 double-column pages; edited 
Quarterly Bulletin of the Mercantile Li- 
brary for twenty years; prepared and 
printed in the Bulletin a "List of Histo- 
rical Novels" and "Bibliographies of 
"Dies Irae" and of the "Junius Letters." 
Member American Library Association. 
Pennsylvania Library Club. Married Abi- 
gail J. Lloyd, of Brooklyn, Aug. 1. 1854, 
and Ellen Elizabeth Metcalf. of Boston, 
Mass.. June 17, 1889, and Clara Augusta 
Roberts, of Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 1S93. 
Residence, 1S2S Mt. Vernon St.; office, 16 
South Tenth St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

EDMISTON, Robert Scott: 

State Senator from Bradford County; 
was born in Milan. Pa,, April 24. 1841; 
worked during the day and studied dili- 
gently evenings and acquired a thorough 
business education; in Sept., 1861, enlist- 
ed in Company H, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, for three years or during the war; 
with his regiment he took part in the 
battles of the Army of the Potomac; was 
badly wounded in the head at Fredericks- 
burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1S62, and for bravery 
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ing a charge, after he was wounded), he 
was promoted to Lieutenant; has been in- 
terested in the improvement of stock and 
has made agriculture a special study; 
served as a member of the House of Rep- 
resentatives, sessions of 1S97 and 1S99; 
was elected to the Senate, November, 
1900, after one of the severest political 
contests against great odds ever fought 
to a successful conclusion in Pennsyl- 
vania. Address, Milan, Pa. 

EDMUNDS, Albert Joseph: 

Librarian and Pali student; born Nov. 
21, 1857, at Tottenham, Middlesex, Eng- 
land; educated at private school in Pen- 
zance, and Quaker School at Croydon; 
Flounders Institute, Yorkshire, 1S76-1877; 
matriculator at London University in 
1S77; came to the United States in 1885 
and settled at Philadelphia, 1SS6; Library 
Assistant Haverford College, 18S7-1S89; 
classified Philadeluhia Library, 1S89-1S90; 
cataloguer for Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania since 1891. Independent in poli- 
tics. Author of Catalogues of Sunder- 
land Library, 1884, and of Chestnut Hill 
Library, Philadelphia, 1S91. "Songs of Asia 
Sung in America" (1896); Poems in Lon- 
don Agnostic Annual (18S1); Cornhill 
Magazine (1883); New York Library Jour- 

I nal (1892); Philadelphia Conservator 
(since 1900); "Hymns of the Faith (Dham- 

| mapada)," second edition, 1904; "Bud- 
dhist and Christian Gospels" (1902); and 

! ; "Buddhist Bibliography" (1903); "A Bud- 
dhist Genesis" (1904). Address, 3231 San- 
som St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

EDMUNDS, Henry Reeves: 

Lawyer; has been a United States 
Commissioner since April 4, 1883; born in 
Philadelphia Jan. 17, 1840. His father 
was Franklin D. Edmunds, who was 
born at Cape May, N. J., in 1814, and 

' died in 1859; his mother was Ann Mar- 

' shall Stanger, who was born in Mar- 
shallville, N. J., Feb. 11, 1815, and died 
March IS, 1897. He received his early 
education in the Philadelphia public 
schools, graduating from the High School 
in July, 1856. After studying law he 

| was admitted to the bar Jan. 19, 1861; 
at that time he made a special study of 
marine law; for twenty-five years he 

j represented the Vessel Owners' and Cap- 
tains' Associations as counsel. During 

| this period he won a special number of 
notable cases for his clients, and became 
the accepted authority on those points of 



law dealing with marine legislation and 
controversy; he is now counsel for many 
of the leading steamship lines and ma- 
rine insurance companies of the country. 
He is married, and has four children, 
two sons and two daughters. Commis- 
sioner Edmunds is a Director of the 
American Dredging Company, is inter- 
ested in many organizations of a char- 
itable nature, and is President of the 
Board of Education of Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress. Philadelphia, Pa. 

EDWARDS, Albert Joseph: 

Assistant District Attorney of Alleghe- 
ny; born June 16. 1858, at Brady's Bend. 
Pa.; the son of Rev. Henry and Hannah 
(Miles) Edwards; was educated in the 
public schools; admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar June 14, 1890. Assistant Dis- 
trict Attorney of Allegheny since 1895. 
is a Republican. Address, 426 Diamond 
St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

EDWARDS, Frank G.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bucks County; was 
born in Bristol, Bucks County, Pa., Feb. 
1, 1858, where he now resides; edu- 
cated in the public schols; was a mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1899 and 1901; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, Bristol, Pa. 

EDWARDS, Henry M.: 

Jurist; born in Wales Feb. 12. 1844; 
came to the United States with his pa- 
rents in 1864, settling at Scranton, Pa., 
after receiving his education in South 
Wales and at London University, where 
he graduated in 1863. He studied law 
under Hon. F. W. Gunster and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Lackawanna County 
in 1871. In 1870 he formed a partnership 
with Judge W. D. Ward, which existed 
for five years. An able lawyer, and act- 
ive in the work of the Republican Party, 
he was elected District Attorney and re- 
elected in 1888. This was followed by his 
election as additional Law Judge for a 
term of ten years, and in 1901 he be- 
came President Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas for Lackawanna County. 
In addition to his legal and judicial du- 
ties, Judge Edwards has done work in 
the field of journalism, he being engaged 
for a year and a half on the New York 
Tribune in 1865 and after, and for four 
years later in publishing a Welsh paper 
in Scranton. Address, Scranton, Pa. 



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EDAVARDS, John R.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania 
Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 1S71; was grad- 
uated from the Naval Academy, 1S74; 
then ordered to Wachusetts, North At- 
lantic Squadron; commissioned Assistant 
Engineer, Feb. 26, 1875, attached to the 
flagship Worcester; served on board the 
flagship Pensacola, Pacific Station, from 
March. 1876, to July, 1879; member of 
the Naval Engineering Experimental 
Board, of which ex-Engineer-in-Chief 
B. F. Isherwood was President, from Oc- 
tober. 1879, to November, 1SS0; commis- 
sioned Passed Assistant Engineer Sept. 
11, 1881; attached to the Despatch from 
March. 1881, to 1884; served on the Mon- 
ocacy, Palos and Marion, Asiatic Station, 
from 1SS4 to 1887; Professor of Mechanical 
Engineering, University of South Caro- 
lina, from 18SS to 1891. While detailed 
for duty at the University of South 
Carolina was graduated from the Law 
School of that institution and was ad- 
mitted to practice before the Supreme 
Court of that State. Attached to the 
Petrel. Asiatic Station, from July, 1891, 
to October, 1894; promoted to Chief En- 
gineer. November, 1S95; detailed for duty 
at the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 
Navy Department, from May, 1S95, to 
September, 1897; Chief Engineer of the 
Lancaster, Puritan, Cincinnati and Texas, 
from November, 1897, to November, 1900. 
Commissioned Lieutenant Commander 
March 3, 1899; attached to the Bureau of 
Steam Engineering, Navy Department, 
since November, 1900; commissioned 
Commander Sept. 23, 1903. Address, 1812 
Belmont Avenue, N. W., Washington, 
D. C. 

EDAVAKDS, Robert A., D. D.: 

Was ordained deacon in 1865, by Bishop 
Stevens, and priest the following year by 
Bishop Alfred Lee. He is a graduate of 
the Philadelphia Divinity School, and re- 
ceived degree of Doctor of Divinity from 
Jefferson College, Pa. He has had four 
charges in the Diocese of Pennsylvania: 
Ornoe Church. Mt. Airy, TTnly Trinity Me- 
morial, St. Matthias and Holy Innocents' 
Tacony. He served as Chaplain of First 
Regiment National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania for nine years. Officiated for sev- 
eral summers as Chaplain at Carlsbad 
and other places in Europe. Address, 
Hoffnagle, near Frankford Ave., Harris- 
burg. Pa. 



EGBERT, Seneca; 

Professor of hygiene; born Feb. 17, 1S63, 
in Petroleum Centre, Pa.; received pre- 
paratory education at Franklin, Pa., and 
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. In 
1884 graduated from Princeton, and in 
1S87 received degree of A. M. ; also degree 
of Doctor of Medicine in 1888 at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. From 1890 to 
1S91 at the University of Pennsylvania 
was lecturer on hygiene; from 1893 to 
present time, Professor of Hygiene, and 
from 189S to present time Dean of the 
Department of Medicine in the Medico- 
Clinurgical College of Philadelphia; from 
1896 to 1899 Professor of Anatomy, Physi- 
ology and Hygiene in Temple College, 
Philadelphia. Member of Philadelphia 
County Medical Society; Pennsylvania 
State Medical Society; American Medical 
Association; American Public Health As- 
sociation; American Society of Tropical 
Medicine, and Princeton Club. Author of 
"A Manual of Hygiene and Sanitation" 
(3 editions). Address, 4814 Springfield 
Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

EGE, John, M. D.i 

Born Feb. 13, 1S54, in Dettingen, Ger- 
many; educated at Germany and Hahne- 
mann College of Philadelphia; Medical 
Doctor in 18S3; Berlin Bacteriologic 1889; 
married Miss Lena Wonnberger in 1883. 
Address, 142 N. 8th St. Reading, Pa. 

EGGERS, Charles S.: 

President of the Monessen Savings and 
Trust Company. Address, Monessen, 
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 

EHREXFELD, Charles Lewis: 

Clergyman and educator; born in Kish- 
acoquillas Valley, Mifflin County, Pa., 
June 15, 1832; son of Augustus Clemens 
Ehrenfeld, M. D. ; educated in his home 
and at Wittenberg College, Ohio; was 
graduated from college in 1856, in The- 
ology, 1S60. Married Oct. 3, 1860, to Miss 
Hlene M. Hatch, descendant of Asa 
Hatch, Revolutionary soldier, Massachu- 
setts; was pastor from 1S60 to 1871, at Al- 
toona. Shippensburg, and Hollidaysburg, 
Pa. Principal of Pennsylvania Southwest- 
ern State Normal School 1871 to 1877. Fi- 
nancial Secretary of Department of Pub- 
lis Instruction, 1877 to 1878. State Libra- 
rian of Pennsylvania 1878 to 1882. Re- 
signed Librarianship to accept chairs suc- 
cessively of Latin and English, and of 
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Alma Mater. Editor of "New and Old," 
a literary and theological monthly. De- 
grees A. B., A. M., Ph. D. from his Alma 
Mater. Formerly member of American 
Philological Association, Dauphin County, 
and Virginia Historical Societies. Whig 
and Anti-Slavery antecedents, Republican 
in politics. Address, State Normal School, 
California, Pa. 

EHREXFELD, Frederick;: 

Educator; born in Washington County, 
Pa., Jan. 8, 1S72; son of Charles Lewis 
Ehrenfeld and Helen Margaret Hatch 
(Ehrenfeld) ; educated in public schools 
of Harrisburg, Pa., and Springfield, Ohio, 
A. B. Wittenberg College, Springfield, 
Ohio, 1893; taught in the York, Pa., Col- 
legiate Institute, 1S93 to 1894; in private 
school in Altoona, Pa., 1S94 to 1895; ma- 
triculated in the Graduate Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1895, 
pursuing advanced work in geology, min- 
eralogy and chemistry; published a thesis 
upon the triassic formation of York Coun- 
ty, Pa. In 1898 received the degree of 
Ph. D. from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Independent Republican in poli- 
tics. Member of Phi Kappa Psi College 
fraternity; the Honorary Scientific Socie- 
ty of Sigma Xi; the Philadelphia Academy 
of Natural Sciences; the American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Science. 
Has delivered lectures before the public 
schools of Philadelphia on various geo- 
logical subjects. Since 1897 on the staff 
of University of Pennsylvania, Depart- 
ment of Geology and Mineralogy. Per- 
manent address, College Hall, University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

EHREXFELD, Mielinel J.: 

Builder; born in Lilly Station, Cambria 
County, Pa., Oct. 20, 1856. He is of Ger- 
man descent. At an early age was ap- 
prenticed to a barber, and at the age of 
eighteen had a shop of his own, which he 
subsequently conducted for over twenty 
years; he then entered the real estate 
business. Married in April, 1876, to Miss 
Laura V. Moon. Member of the Metho- 
dist Protestant Church and is a Republi- 
can in politics. Address, 1922 Forbes St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

EHREXFELD, N. F.: 

President of the Indiana County De- 
posit Bank. Address, Indiana, Indiana 
County, Pa. 



EHRGOOD, Allen W.s 

Judge of Court of Common Pleas of 
Pennsylvania. Address, Lebanon, Pa. 

EHST, Irwin J.: 

Notary and insurance; born Nov. 19, 
I860, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; 
educated in the common schools and the 
Scientific Academy of Reading, Berks 
County, Pa. He was Secretary of the 
Republican County Committee for four 
years; Justice of the Peace at Boyers- 
town, Notary Public; Secretary and Di- 
rector of four local corporations (Indus- 
trials) ; in printing and stationery busi- 
ness, real estate, insurance, and settling 
estates, etc. Delegate to numerous coun- 
ty and State conventions; Republican in 
politics. Address, Boyertown, Berks 
County, Pa. 

EILEXBERGER, P. M.: 

President of Stroudsburg National 
Bank. Address, Stroudsburg, Monroe 
County, Pa. 

EISEXBISE, Henry Angnstus Mnhlen- 

berg: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant Twenty-fifth Infantry 
April 16, 1861; discharged to accept pro- 
motion May 28, 1861; Second Lieutenant 
Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry May 
28, 1861; honorably mustered out July 29, 
1861; First Lieutenant Forty-sixth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Sept. 2, 1861; Captain 
Sept. 27, 1861; resigned and discharged 
Feb. 11, 1863; Captain Thirty-sixth Penn- 
sylvania (Militia) Infantry June 29, 1863; 
mustered out Aug. 11, 1863; private Fif- 
ty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 18, 
1863; Sergeant July 1, 1864; First Sergeant 
May 1, 1S65; discharged to accept pro- 
motion July 10, 1865; Second Lieutenant 
Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry July 2, 
1865; honorably mustered out Aug. 30, 
1865. Elected May 2, 1900. Address, 816 
Edgemont Ave., Chester, Pa. 

EISMAN, M. H.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Susquehanna. Address, Susquehanna, Pa. 

EISNER, Moritz: 

Mineral water dealer; born in Vienna, 
Austria, in 1S50, where he became an ap- 
prentice in a drug store. He came to 
America when nineteen years of age, 
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gaging there in two wholesale drug hous- 
es in succession. In 1SS0 he purchased the 
business of his employers, Oramer & 
Small, and began business on his own 
account. While thus employed, he be- 
came the regular correspondent of sev- 
eral German pharmaceutical journals. In 
1S73 he had paid a visit to his native 
city, and there acted as correspondent for 
the Philadelphia Democrat during the 
Vienna World's Exposition. He also 
wrote for the New York Tribune, in con- 
nection with Bayard Taylor and G. V. 
Smalley. After his return home he was 
connected with the Philadelphia Demo- 
crat for a year or more. He then re- 
turned to the house of Oramer & Small, 
which he afterward purchased, as above 
stated. His next enterprise was in the 
importation of German mineral waters to 
the United States, and, in partnership 
with Joseph Mendelson, tiie importation of 
the celebrated Malt Extract of Johann 
Hoff. The demand for this article grew 
so great that it became necessary to 
build a large establishment in the United 
States to supply it. The firm of Eisner 
& Mendelson removed its headquarters to 
New York in 1SS7, where it became the 
American representative of the most fa- 
mous mineral waters of Europe and also 
dealt in those of America. Mr. Eisner 
was for many years a Director of the 
Philadelphia Maennerchor and the Ger- 
man Club. Address, 613 West End Ave., 
New York city. 

ELDER, Francis H.: 

Physician; born in Blairsville, Pa.. Aug. 
9, 1S59; educated in the public schools and 
Academy of Blairsville, and in 1873 moved 
with his parents to Philadelphia, where 
he spent two years in the High School, 
then entered upon the study of medicine 
in the University of Pennsylvania, where 
he graduated as Doctor of Medicine In 
1881. In the following year he received 
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. For 
a year after graduation he practiced as 
Assistant Physician at the Philadelphia 
Hospital, and subsequently became As- 
sistant to Prof. James C. Wilson in the 
Jefferson Medical College. A year later he 
was appointed chief of the Gyneecic Clin- 
ic at the Philadelphia Polyclinic, which 
position he retained for five years, re- 
signing in 1889 to take charge of the de- 
partment of Diseases of Women in the 
Southwest Dispensary of Philadelphia. 
He left this position in 1894, since which 
he has confined himself to private prac- 



tice. He is a member of the Philadelphia 
Medical Society, the American Medical 
Association, the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania and the Archaeological Soci- 
ety of the University of Pennsylvania. 
Address, 1519 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ELFRETH, Jacob R.: 

Builder; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 22, 
1S37; educated at the Friends' School in 
that city; his ancestors came over with 
William Penn in 16S2; largely interested 
in real estate; 1S70 purchased a place 
near Darby in Delaware County, Pa. 
Served as School Director in that Dis- 
trict, and Secretary of the Board; is a 
prominent member of the Lansdowne 
Friends Meeting; built a number of fine 
residences in that town. Address. Lans- 
downe, Pa. 

ELKIX, John P.: 

Lawyer and legislator; born in Indiana 
County, Pa., in 1860; educated in the In- 
diana State Normal School; taught in the 
public schools of the county. In 1SS2 he 
entered the law department of the Uni- 
versity of Michigan, graduating in 1S84, 
and being admitted to the bar of Indiana 
County in 1885. Mr. Elkin's legal practice 
has been active and successful, though 
broken into by legislative duty for the 
State, he being elected a member of the 
House of Representatives in 1S84, before 
his admission to the bar, and re-elected 
in 1886. While in the House he was 
chairman of a number of committees and 
has served as chairman of the State Com- 
mittee of his party, and delegate to sev- 
eral Republican State Conventions. He 
was appointed in 1895 Deputy Attorney 
General of the Commonwealth of Penn- 
sylvania, and in 1899 was appointed At- 
torney General of the State. He was a 
prominent candidate for Governor in 1902. 
but, though popular with the people, he 
was defeated in the State Convention, 
when Mr. Pennypacker became Governor. 
Mr. Elkin retired from the office of At- 
torney General and devoted himself act- 
ively to legal practice in Indiana Coun- 
ty, in whose concerns he has taken an 
active interest, having been President of 
its school board for the past nine years, 
a trustee of the Tndiana State Normal 
School, and active in the development of 
its coal fields. He is President of the 
Farmers' Bank of Indiana, one of the 
leading financial institutions of the coun- 
ty. In March. 1904. on the declination of 
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the vacancy on the bench of the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, Mr. Elkin was 
unanimously nominated for that exalted 
judicial position. Address. Indiana, Pa. 

ELLENBERGER, C. AV.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Dayton. Address, Dayton, Armstrong 1 
County, Pa. 

ELLIOT, Joseph Pond: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Twenty-second Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry April 23, 1861; honorably 
mustered out Aug. 7, 1861; First Lieuten- 
ant and Quartermaster Seventy-first 
Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 7, 1862; hon- 
orably mustered out July 2, 1864. Elected 
Jan. 14, 1880. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

ELLIOT, Joseph S.: 

President of the National Deposit Bank 
of Brownsville. Address, Brownsville, 
Fayette County, Pa. 

ELLIOT, Mortimer F.: 

Lawyer; born in Tioga County, Pa., 
Sept. 24, 1840; educated in the law under 
Hon. James Lowry and Hon. Stephen 
S. Wilson, of Wellsboro, being admitted 
to the bar in 1862. He made excellent 
practice in his profession, and was the 
candidate of the Democratic party for 
President Judge in 1871. Though defeat- 
ed he ran far alhead of his ticket. He 
was elected to the Constitutional Con- 
vention of 1S72, and took an important 
part in its deliberations. In 1S82 he was 
elected Congressman-at-large and served 
In the National Legislature with distinc- 
tion. He was nominated again for Con- 
gress in 1890, but failed of an election. 
Shortly afterward he was appointed At- 
torney for the Standard Oil Company, 
dividing his time between Oil City and 
New York. His long and varied experi- 
ence at the bar and wide knowledge of 
the law has given him a high standing 
in his profession. Address, 26 Broadway, 
New York, N. Y. 

ELLIOTT, William G.: 

Manufacturer; born in Williamsport, 
Pa., July 19, 1840; educated in Dickinson 
Seminary and the Philadelphia Central 
High School. After a season engaged in 
farming, he became clerk in a store at 
Williamsport, and afterward in one at 



Canton, Mo. He was working in his 
father's farm when the Civil War began, 
and at once enlisted as a private in the 
Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, with 
which he was present at the battle of 
Falling Waters. At the expiration of his 
term of enlistment he returned home and 
engaged in mercantile business, which he 
carried on with success for five years. 
He was still more successful in Oil City, 
and on his return to Williamsport en- 
gaged in real estate transactions, erect- 
ing in 1870 the Academy of Music, which 
for twenty years was the city's principal 
playhouse, Mr. Elliott himself conduct- 
ing it. It has since been remodelled into 
an attractive office structure. From 1872 
to 1879 Mr. Elliott was express agent for 
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 
Company, and then began a new industry, 
the manufacture of asphaltum paint. His 
establishment has grown into the National 
Paint Works, one of the chief industrial 
enterprises of Williamsport, the product 
having a sale throughout the American 
continent. He was elected Mayor of Will- 
iamsport in 1893, many important pub- 
lic works being established during his 
term, including the building of a fine city 
hall. Address, Williamsport, Pa. 

ELLIS, Rndulph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Troop Philadel- 
phia City Cavalry May 13, 1861; mustered 
out Aug. 17, 1S61; First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry 
Nov. 20, 1862; Captain April 11, 1864; hon- 
orably mustered out Dec. 27, 1864; elected 
Nov. 4, 1868. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

ELLIS, William Strathers: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Captain 
Rudulph Ellis; elected May 1, 1895. Ad- 
dress, Radnor, Pa. 

ELLISON. Engrene L.: 

Vice President of the Insurance Com- 
pany of North America; born in Dela- 
ware in 1845; educated in the public 
schools and Academy at Newark, Del. 
Previous to his connection with his pres- 
ent company was clerk in mercantile and 
banking houses, general agent of the 
Enterprise Insurance Company of Phila- 
delphia, and assistant manager of the 
Philadelphia Clearing House. Address, 
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ELLWOOD, John Kelley: 

Educator; born June, 1858, at West- 
moreland County, Pa. In 1883 was grad- 
uated from Heidelburg University, Tiffin, 
Ohio, with degree of A. B. ; later studied 
law and medicine; since 1883 has been 
principal of schools; in 1891 was a mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania House; is Vice 
President of the Pittsburg Teachers' In- 
stitute. Author of: "Table Books and 
Text Problems (with solutions) in Ma- 
thematics"; also joint author of Colaw 
& Ellwood Series, etc. In 1901 wrote a 
Manual of School Arithmetic, also School 
Algebra, in 1903. Address, 5622 Wilkins 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

ELMER, Walter Gray, M. D.: 

Born Oct. 3, 1872, at Trenton, N. J.; 
was graduated from Princeton College in 
1894, with degree of B. Sc, from medical 
department of University of Pennsylvania 
in 1897, from Presbyterian Hospital in 
Philadelphia in 1899. After some months 
in Switzerland and London returned to 
Philadelphia and commenced the practice 
of medicine. Is at present one of the 
assistants in clinical medicine in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; Assistant Sur- 
geon to the Presbyterian Hospital; Lec- 
turer on Anatomy and Physiology in the 
Presbyterian and University Hospitals; 
Physician to the Church Home for Chil- 
dren; Fellow of the College of Physicians 
of Philadelphia, and a member of the 
Philadelphia Pathologicel Society. Ad- 
dress, 3904 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

EI, SOX. Henry William: 

Historian and lecturer; was born in 
Muskingum County, near Zanesville, 
Ohio, March 29, 1857; is the son of 
Jacob Elson and Clara (Swingle) Elson; 
educated in the country schools and Thiel 
College, Greenville, Pa., graduating in 
1886; Theological course in Lutheran 
Seminary, Philadelphia; pastor 1S89-1S93 
at Kittanning, Pa.; 1893-1895 in Philadel- 
phia; took a special course in history and 
literature at University of Pennsylvania. 
Resigned the ministry 1895; became lec- 
turer in University Extension Society of 
Philadelphia. Author: "History of the 
United States"; "Side Lights on Amer- 
ican History"; "Story of a Great Gen- 
eral—Grant"; "Story of a Noble Woman 
—Miss Frances Willard"; "Story of a 
Wonderful Hunter — Boone"; "Story of 
'Old Hickory' "; "Story of Grover Cleve- 
land"; "The Great Republic in Its 
Youth"; "Between the Two Wars"; "Civil 



War and Our Own Times"; "Star-Gazer's 
Hand Book"; "How to Teach History-" 
Degrees: A. B., A. M., Ph. D. Married 
1889, Hannah E. Smith, Philadelphia; and 
1898, Ida S. MacMullen, of Bethlehem, 
Pa. Address, 2122 Natrona St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

ELVERSOX, James: 

Proprietor of the Philadelphia Inquirer 
since 1879; born in England in 1838; 
moved with parents to Newark, N. J., in 
1847; received common school education; 
became telegraph operator, and had 
charge of Willard's Hotel office during 
the Civil War. In 1865 was one of the 
founders of the Philadelphia Saturday 
Night, and since 1879 its sole proprietor; 
established in 1S80 Golden Days, a 
weekly publication. Residence, 2024 
Walnut St.; office, The Inquirer, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

ELVERSOX. James Jr.: 

Publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer; 
born in Philadelphia in 1870; educated in 
Washington and Philadelphia schools. 
Married Eleanor Mayo. Member of 
Union League and various other clubs. 
Residence, 2028 Walnut St.; office, The 
Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ELAVOOD, Robert David: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Seventy-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Oct. 14. 1861; honorably 
mustered out Nov. 4, 1864; elected Nov. 
6, 1895. Address, 963 Liberty St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

EMANUEL, Jonathan Manly: 

Passed Assistant Engineer United 
States Navy; born in England and ap- 
pointed from Pennsylvania; Third As- 
sistant Engineer Aug. 25, 1862; Second 
Assistant Engineer Feb. 28, 1S64; First 
Assistant Engineer, June 6, 1869; Passed 
Assistant Engineer June 6, 1889; retired 
April 7, 1891; placed on active list June 
10, 1898, to serve in the Spanish-Ameri- 
can War. Member of the Pennsylvania 
Commandery of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion; member of the Naval 
Order of the United States, Pennsyl- 
vania Commander}'. Address, 1810 North 
Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

EMERY, James D.: 

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in Delaware Township, Mercer County, 
Pa., Nov. 25, 1859; taught in public 
schools and academy for several years; 
was graduated at the Edinboro State 
Normal School in 1SS0; read law with 
Judge S. H. Miller; admitted to the bar 
of Mercer County in 1885, and has prac- 
ticed law ever since at Mercer, the coun- 
ty seat. Married in 18S3 Evelyn A. Miller, 
and Belle Nowlen in 1892; was elected 
District Attorney in 1890; Chairman of 
the Republican Counuty Committee in 
1893; elected to the Legislature in 1896, 
and to the State Senate in 1900. Com- 
piled "A Digest of the Liquor Laws and 
Decisions of Pennsylvania," published in 
1899; is a Director of the National Bank, 
and President of the Mercer County 
Trust Company of Mercer. Address, Mer- 
cer, Pa. 

EMERSON, Edward Oetavius: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Nineteenth 
Wisconsin Infantry March 25, 1862; First 
Lieutenant March 17, 1864; honorably 
mustered out April 29, 1865; elected Oct. 
23, 1901. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

EMLEY, William S.: 

President of the Sixth National Bank 
of Philadelphia. Address, Second and 
Pine Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ENDLICH, Gust a. v A.: 

Jurist; born in Lower Alsace Township, 
Berks County, in 1856; educated in Ger- 
many, his father having been U. S. Con- 
sul in Switzerland, and later in Princeton 
College, where he was graduated in 1875. 
He studied law in the office of George F. 
Baer, and after admission to the bar be- 
came actively engaged in the production 
of law treatises, dealing with such sub- 
jects as the "Law of Building Associa- 
tions," "Commentaries on the Interpre- 
tation of Statutes," "The Rights and Li- 
abilities of Married Women in Pennsyl- 
vania," etc. These have come into wide 
use as authorities, especially that upon 
the "Interpretation of Statutes," and have 
given their author much prominence in 
the legal fraternity. They had much to 
do with his being nominated and elected 
Judge in 1899; when sworn into office in 
1890 he was the youngest Judge upon 
the bench in Pennsylvania; in 1899 he 
was again elected. Address, Reading, Pa. 



ESGARD, Albert Corson: 

Chief Engineer in United States Navy; 
born in Montgomery County, Pa., July 
11, 1837; son of Philip and Margarretta 
Engard; educated in the public schools 
of that county; in 1862 appointed Acting 
Third Assistant Engineer in the United 
States Navy, and served actively during 
the entire period of the Civil War; Third 
Assistant Engineer in 1863; was present 
at both attacks on Fort Fisher and at its 
surrender in 1865; promoted to Second 
Assistant Engineer July 25, 1866; pro- 
moted to First Assistant Engineer (Lieu- 
tenant) Jan. 11, 1873; Chief Engineer 
(Lieutenant Commander) Oct. 3, 1891; 
promoted to Commander Feb. 7, 1S98; re- 
tired from active service in the United 
States Navy Feb. 23, 1899. On Sept. 10, 
1S67, married Emily M. Greeves, daugh- 
ter of the late Alexander Greeves of 
Philadelphia, Pa. Member of the Penn- 
sylvania Commanery of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion. Address, 2131 
North Nineteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ENGARD, Harry Stewart: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Chief 
Engineer Albert C. Engard; elected Oct. 
20, 1897. Address. 2131 North Nineteenth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ENGLAND, Henry C.I 

Manufacturing President; born at 
Swedesboro. N. J., Nov. 17, 1S44; after 
receiving a public school education he 
engaged as a store clerk in several situ- 
ations, and in September, 1862, enlisted 
in the Twenty-fourth New Jersey Regi- 
ment, being chosen as Third Sergeant of 
his company, though only eighteen years 
old. He was present at the great battles 
of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, in 
which he showed great courage. After 
being mustered out at the end of his term 
of service he became a salesman for the 
Biddle Hardware Company of Philadel- 
phia, remaining in this position for eight 
years; his ability brought him in 1S72 the 
post of manager of the sales department, 
when he removed to Reading, Pa., where 
the manufacturing plant was situated. 
His zeal in the company's interests was 
so highly appreciated that in 1880 he 
became a member of the firm with a 
fourth interest, and in 1886 was elected 
its treasurer; in 1888 the works at Read- 
ing, valued at a million dollars, were de- 
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company were so well managed by its 
treasurer that its credit was not affected, 
and since then it has continued a steady 
development. In 1893 Mr. England was 
one of the organizers of the Reading Na- 
tional Bank, and is also a Director of 
the Citizens' Bank, and of the United 
Traction Company of Reading; in 1896 he 
organized the Reading Cycle Manufactur- 
ing Company, of which he became Presi- 
dent. He is also President of the Nor- 
ristown Vise Company, and the. Auburn 
Bolt and Nut Company, Vice President 
of the Wilder Manufacturing Company of 
Philadelphia, and Treasurer of the Read- 
ing Screw Company, these companies 
owing their origin to his advice and 
aid. Address, Perkiomen Ave., Reading, 
Pa. 

ENGLE, S. F.: 

President of the Lebanon Valley Trust 
Company. Address, Palmyra, Lebanon 
County, Pa. 

ENGLISH, Harry D. W.: 

General Manager for Western Pennsyl- 
vania of the Berkshire Life Insurance 
Company; born in Blair County, Pa., in 
1855; received an academic education, and 
then learned the printing trade. In 18S1 
accepted the agency of the company he 
now represents. In the Episcopal Church 
he has always been a worker and promi- 
nent in its various organizations and 
charitable institutions; also prominent in 
Masonic circles. Member of the Chamber 
of Commerce, and also a member of 
Pittsburg's various social clubs. Address, 
Fidelity Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

EXRIGHT, Patrick Frederick: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Northampton Coun- 
ty; born in South Bethlehem, Northamp- 
ton County, Pa., March 17, 1868; educated 
in the South Bethlehem public schools, 
graduating from the High School in 1883; 
attended Lehigh University for one term; 
taught public school from 1884 to 1893; 
in latter year accepted a position on the 
repertorial staff of the Bethlehem Times; 
has been a member of the South Bethle- 
hem School Board since 1896; was elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, South Bethle- 
hem, Pa. 

ERR. Israel G,: 

President of the Lititz National Bank. 
Address, Lititiz, Lancaster County, Pa. 



ERDMAN, Constantine J.: 

Lawyer; born in Upper Saucon Town- 
ship, Lehigh County, Pa., Sept. 4, 1846; 
educated in Pennsylvania College at Get- 
tysburg, graduating in 1865; studied law 
and was admitted to the Lehigh County 
bar in 186S; he entered into partnership 
with J. H. Oliver, the firm continuing 
till the death of Mr. Oliver in 1871; in 
1874 Mr. Erdman was elected to Con- 
gress, after his retirement from which 
body he became County Solicitor; in 1S93 
he formed a partnership with Thomas F. 
Diefenderfer, which still continues and 
has a large and profitable practice in Al- 
lentown. For twenty-five years he has 
been counsel for Powers & Weightman, 
manufacturing chemists at Philadelphia, 
and has represented many other large cor- 
porations. As Adjutant General of the 
Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania National 
Guards, he was wounded at Reading dur- 
ing the strike of 1877; he is President of 
the Allentown Coopersburg Turnpike 
Company, of the Allentown Insurance 
Company, and of the Copley Cement 
Company. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

ERDMAN, Milton: 

Jurist; born in Stroudsburg, Pa.; edu- 
cated at York Collegiate Institute; Pres- 
ident Judge of the several courts of the 
Forty-third Judicial District of Penn- 
sylvania, comprising counties of Monroe 
and Pike. Married on June 9, 1900, to 
Mary Greenwald. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Stroudsburg, Pa. 



ERIKSON, E. E.: 

Mechanical engineer; was born in Swe- 
den, and educated at the great govern- 
ment school at Norkofing. In 1882 came 
to America and secured a position as 
draughtsman in the Pennsylvania Rail- 
way shops at Altoona; later employed as 
Chief Engineer in the office of the Fort 
Wayne Road, and later as Assistant Su- 
perintendent of the New Castle shops 
of the J. P. Witherow Company; for the 
past ten years has conducted an en- 
gineering and contracting business in 
Pittsburg. Address, Garrison Building, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

ERMENTROUT, James N.: 

Jurist; born at Reading, Pa., in 1846, 
and educated in the public schools of that 
city; he became a teacher in the Tusca- 
rora Academy of Union County and in 
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as Deputy Superintendent of Schools 
under his brother; while thus engaged 
he studied law, spent some years in the 
office of his brother, Samuel Brmentrout, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1S67; he 
entered into partnership with his brother, 
who for a number of years was State 
Senator and afterwards a member of 
Congress. The new firm built up a very 
large practice, of which James had to 
bear the brunt, his brother's time being 
occupied in legislative duties; he was 
fully competent to the task, being looked 
upon as one of the leading trial lawyers 
of the State. In 1SS5 he was nominated 
for Judge, and was elected by a large 
majority; in 1S95 he was re-nominated, 
and was elected over the Republican can- 
didate by a majority of 5,000. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

ERMENTROIT, Samuel C, M. D.: 

Born in Reading, Pa., March 28, 1844; 
educated in the public schools at the 
Reading Classical Academy; was gradu- 
ated in medicine at the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1866; served in the Civil 
War as a private in Company E, 12Sth 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and 
was wounded in the battle of Chancellors- 
I ville; went to Europe soon after the 
; opening of the Franco-Prussian War in 
1870, and was appointed a Surgeon in the 
; Prussian Army. For his skill as a Sur- 
i geon received the decoration of the Golden 
Cross, and was made a member of the 
Order of the Crown. Returned to Read- 
ing, Pa., at the close of the war, and 
, has since practiced medicine in his native 
, city; was physician to the County Alms- 
house, and served for a number of years 
on the medical staff of St. Joseph's Hos- 
j pital; is a member of the Grand Army 
of the Republic, and was Commander of 
: Keim Post of Reading for four years; is 
a brother of Judge Ermentrout of the 
I Courts of Berks County; the late Con- 
gressman Ermentrout was also a brother. 
Married Emma Keppleman of Reading, 
eldest daughter of John Keppleman, an 
iron founder. Address, Reading, Pa. 

ERRINGER, J. Ii.: 

President of the Philadelphia Trust, 
Safe Deposit and Insurance Company. 
Address, 415 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

IESHELMAN, George Ross: 

Lawyer; born in Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 
30, 1S64; son of the late D. G. Eshleman, 
'Esq., of the Lancaster County bar, who 



was of German-Swiss descent and be- 
longed to a large and well-known family, 
for many generations intelligent and sub- 
stantial farmers in Lancaster County. 
His mother was a daughter of the late 
Dr. Abraham Carpenter of Lancaster, and 
through her mother, a great-granddaugh- 
ter of George Ross, a signer of the Decla- 
ration of Independence. He received his 
primary education at Yeute's Institute, 
and was graduated from Princeton with 
the class of 1884, and in 1SS7 received the 
degree of A. M. from same institution. 
He read law with his father and was ad- 
mitted to the Lancaster County bar in 
1S86. and has since practiced his pro- 
fession at Lancaster. In 1887 he pur- 
chased the local legal paper, the Lancas- 
ter Law Review, and has since been its 
editor and publisher. On June 1, 1893, 
married Elizabeth, daughter of the late 
F. S. Spencer of Lancaster. He was a 
Democrat until 1896, and has since joined 
the Republican party. Member of Her- 
shel Lodge No. 123, I. O. O. F.; Lan- 
caster Lodge No. 134, B. P. O. E.; the 
Young Republican Club, the Hamilton 
Club, and the Y. M. C. A. of Lancaster, 
and of the Pennsylvania State and Lan- 
caster County Bar Associations. He is a 
member of St. James' Protestant Episco- 
pal Church, and a vestryman therein, and 
of the Church Club of Central Pennsyl- 
vania. Address, 48 North Duke St., Dan- 
caster, Pa. 

ESHJiER, \ tig 11 st us A., M. D.: 

Born in Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1862; 
was graduated from Central High School 
of Philadelphia, 1879; Jefferson Medical 
College, 188S; resident physician in the 
Philadelphia Hospital, 1S88 to 1889; Chief 
Clinical Assistant Out-Patient Medical 
Department Jefferson Medical College 
Hospital, 1S92; Adjunct Professor of 
Clinical Medicine, Philadelphia Poly- 
clinic, 1893; Professor of Clinical Medi- 
cine, Philadelphia Polyclinic, 1S95 — ; 
Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital, 
1896 — ; Editor "Transactions Philadel- 
phia County Medical Society," 1896 to 
1897; Assistant Physiciam Philadelphia 
Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for 
Nervous Diseases N; Physician to Hos- 
pital for Diseases of the Lungs at Chest- 
nut Hill, 1900 to 1903. Address, 224 South 
Sixteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ESLER, James M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 



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was born in Fawn Township, Allegheny 
County, Pa., near Tarentum, his present 
residence, Oct. 24, 1854; educated in the 
public schools and the Southwestern 
State Normal School at California, Pa., 
graduating' from the latter in 187S; taught 
public school five terms; conducted retail 
drug store in Braddock for one year, 
and at Tarentum for eighteen years; 
was alternate delegate to the National 
Convention at St. Louis in 1896 from the 
Twenty-third Congressional District; was 
Census Supervisor for Allegheny County 
in 1900; is at present General Agent for 
the Manhattan Life Insurance Company 
of New York, for Western Pennsylvania, 
in company with R. J. Cunningam, Con- 
troller of Allegheny County; was elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember. 1902. Address, Tarentum, Pa. 

ESLIXG, Charles Henry Augrnstine, 
A. M., LL,. D.: 

Lawyer; lecturer; author; born in Phil- 
adelphia Jan. 21, 1845; headquarters of 
Washington and the Hessian General, 
Knyphausser, were at the respective 
houses of his great-great-grandparents 
at the battle of Brandywine; educated at 
St. Joseph's Jesuit College, Philadelphia; 
Georgetown University, D. C. Read law 
with Hon. William M. Meredith, and was 
graduated LL. B. from the Law School of 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1882; 
received degree of A. M. from Georgetown 
University, centennial diploma, 1889, and 
LL. D. from St. Joseph's College, Phila- 
delphia, Golden Jubilee Celebration, 1902. 
Married on April 10. 1S90, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Charles Beader, of Jenkins- 
town, Pa. Represented Archbishop of 
Baltimore and the Catholic laity of 
the United States at Golden Jubilee cele- 
bration of Pope Pius IX., 1877, and re- 
ceived bronze jubilee medal for himself, 
and appointed to bear others to distin- 
guished recipients in the United States; 
delegate of lay Catholic Congresses of 
United States, Baltimore, 1889, and Chi- 
cago. 1903, foreign member of the Royal 
<''Mirt of Saxony; Republican in politics. 
Member of the following clubs: Univer- 
sity of Philadelphia, Penn Club of Phila- 
delphia. Anglo-American of Dresden, Sax- 
ony, and poet of its fortieth jubilee cele- 
bration; Wurtemberg Rennberenis (Sport 
Club) of Stuttgart. Author of "Melo- 
dies of Mood and Tense." 1874. Address, 
2109 Locust St., Philadelphia, or Wurt- 
tembergische Veriens Bank, Stuttgart. 
Germany. 



ESPY, J. S.: 

President of the State Bank of Pitts- 
burg. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

ESSER, Jacob B.: 

Publisher; born in Kutztown, Pa., Jan., 
5, 1S63; educated in public schools and at] 
the Keystone State Normal School; elect- 
ed Burgess of Kutztown; at present hold-, 
ing the office of Clerk of the Court of/ 
Quarter Sessions of Berks County; Chair-„ 
man of the Democratic County Commit- ( 
tee; was Secretary of the Keystone Agri- 
cultural and Horticultural Society of, 
Berks County for a number of years un-' 
til the dissolution of the society one year 
ago; proprietor of the Kutztown JournaL 
(German); established the Kutztown Pa-J 
triot (English) in 1902; frequently a dele- 
gate to Democratic county conventions;' 
married Mary L. Hillegass, daughter of 
Dr. J. G. Hillegass of Pennsburg, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa,, Oct. 11, 1887. Ad-] 
dress. Kutztown, Pa. 



ESTE, Charles: 

Importer and dealer in lumber; born in 
Dayton. Ohio, Jan. 13, 1843; son of David 
Kirkpartrick, Jr., and Eliza Phillips Hous- 
ton Este; educated in Switzerland, France 
and Germany; served in Company E, First 
Regiment, Gray Reserves, Pennsylvania 
Militia, 1862, and Thirty-second Regi-. 
ment, Pennsylvania United States Vol-, 
unteers, 1863; started in business in 1S66 
Married April 14, 1S74, Christine Eliza-, 
beth Dodge, daughter of John C. Dodg<' 
of Brooklyn, N. Y. Member of Order o; 
Albion, Colonial Wars, Colonial Governors 
Sons of the Revolution, War of 1812, Pos ; 
2, G. A. R. ; Military Order of Foreigi" 
Wars, Pennsylvania Commandery (firs 
Secretary) ; Union League, Manufacturers. 
Club, Philadelphia Country Club an< 
Corinthian Yacht Club. Adress, 4111 Bal! 
timore Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ESTES, William Lawrence, M. D.: 

Born at Brownsville, Haywood County 
Western Tennessee, Nov. 28, 1855; edu 
cated in private schools and Bethel Col 
lege, Russellville, Ky., with degree o 
A. M. 1S93; entered Medical Departmen, 
of University of Virginia 1875; was grad 
uated in 1877. receiving M. D. degree 
New York City, and of St. Luke's Hos, 
appointed intern at Mt. Sinai Hospital 
New York City, and served three years 
since 1881 on staff of St. Luke's Hos 
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Director, Physician, Surg-eon-in-Chief and 
Lecturer on Physiology and Hygiene at 
Lehigh University; Fellow of American 
Academy of Medicine, American Surgical 
Association. Member of American Medi- 
cal Association, Pennsylvania State Med- 
ical Society, Lehigb Valley Medical Asso- 
ciation, and honorary member of New 
York State Association of Railway Sur- 
geons. Address, South Bethlehem, Pa. 

ETTING, Charles E.: 

Insurance agent; second son of Edward 
J. Etting of Philadelphia and Philippa 
Minis of Savannah; born in Philadelphia 
Feb. 5, 1844; he was mustered into the 
service of the United States as Second 
Lieutenant, Company D, 121st Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Aug. 4, 1862, as- 
signed to the First Brigade, Third Divi- 
sion, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, 
joining it near Sharpsburg, after the bat- 
tle of Antietam, and served continuously 
as Second Lieutenant, Aide-de-Camp, 
Captain, Acting Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral and Mustering Officer until the end 
of the Civil War, being mustered out 
as Captain. Upon the termination of the 
war Captain Etting engaged in business 
and resides in his native city, where he 
is a well-known citizen and member of 
the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of 
the Revolution, Society of the First 
Army Corps, Society of the Army of the 
Potomac, Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion of the United States, and Post 1. 
Grand Army of the Republic, Depart- 
ment of Pennsylvania. Address, 327 Wal- 
nut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

ETTING, Theodore Minns: 

Lawyer; born May 25, 1846, Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; educated at private schools, 
University of Pennsylvania, and at Unit- 
ed States Naval Academy; Midshipman, 
Ensign. Master, Lieutenant, United States 
Navy; member of Select Council; Referee 
in Bankruptcy. Married Jeanette Ver- 
planck March 8, 1886. After resigning 
from the Navy in 1877, studied law and 
* was admitted to the bar in 1878, and has 
since that time been engaged in the prac- 
] tice of law in Philadelphia. Member of 
] the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Loyal Legion. Republican in politics. 
Permanent address, 1219 Spruce St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

ETTINGER, George Taylor: 

Professor of Latin and Pedagogy in 
Muhlenberg College; son of Amos and 



Susan Ettinger; born in Allentown, Pa., 
Nov. S, 1860; was educated at private 
school and Muhlenberg College, Allen- 
town; was graduated in 1880, and suc- 
cessively became tutor, Principal Aca- 
demic Department, and now is Professor 
of Latin and Pedagogy; received degree 
of Ph. D. from New York University in 
1891 for work done in Pedagogy and Ger- 
man. Author: "Pedagogy, the Fourth 
Profession," and "The Relations and Du- 
ties of Colleges to Their Preparatory 
Schools." For fiteen years connected with 
the public schools of Allentown, many 
years as President or Secretary of the 
Board of Control. Associated with John 
W. Jordan, LL. D., of the Histori- 
cal Society of Pennsylvania, and Dr. 
E. M. Green, supervising editor "Historic 
Homej and Institutions and Genealogi- 
cal and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh 
Valley, Pennsylvania," to be published by 
the Lewis Publishing Company, of New 
York and Chicago. Editor of The Muhl- 
enberg since its foundation in 1883, and 
Secretary of Faculty and Librarian of 
Muhlenberg College; Prison Inspector of 
Lehigh County; is President of Lehigh 
County Historical Society; member of 
American Philological Society, Pennsyl- 
vania German Society, and Pennsylvania 
Society of New York. Aug. 17, 1899, he 
married Emma C, daug-hter of Gustavus 
Adolphus Aschbach, Republican. Ad- 
dress, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. 

EVANS, Alvin: 

Congressman; born Oct. 4, 1845, at 
Ebensburg, Pa.; received a public school 
education; afterward studied law and 
in 1873 he was admitted to the Cambria, 
County bar. From 1901 to 1903 he was 
a member of Congress for the Twentieth 
Pennsylvania District, and for the Nine- 
teenth District from 1903 to 1905. Re- 
publican. Address, Ebensburg, Pa. 

EVANS, Charles C: 

President of the Berwick National 
Bank. Address, Berwick, Columbia Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

EVANS, Franklin Harold: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant 121st Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 15, 1862; discharged for pro- 
motion Oct. 13, 1863; First Lieutenant 
Eighth United States (colored) Infantry 
Oct. 9, 1863; Captain Dec. 9, 1864; honor- 



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ably mustered out Dec. 12, 1865. Elected 
Nov. 5, 1884. Address, 1712 Jefferson St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

i:\ \XS, George Howard: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy Sept. 1, 1S68; Second 
Lieutenant Tenth Cavalry June 14, 1872; 
First Lieutenant. Nov. 18, 1881; Captain 
Oct. 20. 1892; retired March 11, 1898. Ad- 
dress, 226 Ophelia St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

EVANS, Horace Yonng! 

Physician; born in Nantmeal, Chester 
County, Pa., in 1834. He is descended 
from Welsh ancestors, who came to this 
country in 1717, his paternal grandfather 
being a medical purveyor in the patriot 
army during the Revolution. He pre- 
pared for college in the Westchester 
Academy, graduated at Princeton College 
in 1855, and entered the medical depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he graduated in 1858. He subse- 
quently practiced for five years in hospi- 
tals and dispensaries, and in the Army 
during the war, after which he began pri- 
vate practice in Philadelphia, w^here he 
has been a general practitioner for forty- 
one years. He is a Fellow of the Phila- 
delphia College of Physicians and a mem- 
ber of the American Medical Association, 
the County and State Medical Societies, 
and the Sydenham Medical Association. 
Has been twice married — in 1863 to Anna 
L. Richards and in 1SS5 to Ida ML Wil- 
liams. He has one son. Horace Y. Evans, 
Jr. Address, 1631 Green St., Philadelphia. 

EVANS, James: 

President of the Commercial Trust Com- 
pany of McKeesport. Address, McKees- 
port, Allegheny County, Pa. 

EVAXS, Jolin M.: 

Jurist; born at Bronson, Mich.. Dec. 3, 
isr.ri: was graduated from the Tecumseh 
High School, at Tecumseh. Mich. He re- 
moved to Pittsburg in 1871, registered 
there as a law student in 1876; studied in 
the office of James Grier and was admit- 
ted to the Allegheny County bar in 1878. 
After twenty years of private practice, he 
was appointed by the Governor Judge of 
Common Pleas Court No. 3, to fill the 
vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. 
W. O. Porter, commissioned to the Su- 
perior Court. In the November election 
of 1898 he was elected to the Judgeship 



for the ten years* term, beginning the 
first Monday in January, 1S99. Address, E 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

EVANS, Joseph Spragg: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Chaplain 124th Pennsylvania In- | 
fantry Sept. 13, 1862; resigned and honor- ' 
ably discharged for disability Jan 9, 1S63. 
Elected May. 2, 1S88. Chaplain of the ' 
Commandery May 6, 1891-1892. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 J 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

EVANS, Joseph Spragg, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- i 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Chap- 
lain Joseph S. Evans. Elected May 6, 
1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

EVANS, William: 

Physician; born near Glen Mills, Dela- 
ware County, Pa., Aug. 9, 1861. After anj 
early education in the Westtown Friends' 
boarding school, he entered the medical* 
department of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, graduating in 1885. For the four 
years that followed he was assistant phy-^ 
sician in the Friends' Asylum for the In- - 
sane, at Frankford, Pa. He began his. 
private practice in West Philadelphia in 
1889 and is still engaged in it, while act- 
ing as physician to the Shelter for Col- 
ored Orphans, the Western Home for 
Poor Children, and the Home for Agedt 
and Infirm Colored Persons. He is a! 
member of the Philadelphia County Medi- 
cal Society and the Philadelphia Neuro- 
logical Society. He married Hannah N. 
Wildman, of Selma, Ohio, in 1901. Ad-: 
dress, 4009 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

EVERHART, Isiah Paw Ices: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry 
June 12, 1S63; Major and Surgeon Feb. 
9, 1865; transferred to Sixteenth Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry July 24, 1S65; honorably 
mustered out Aug. 11. 1865. Elected Nov.? 
6, 1895. Address, care of Recorder oi 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila-, 
delphia, Pa. 

EWING, Nathaniel: 

Jurist; born in Uniontown, Pa., June 
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grandson of Judge Nathaniel Ewing of 
Fayette County. He was graduated 
from Princeton College in 1860; read law 
with his father and Judge A. A. Wilson, 
and was admitted to the bar of Fayette 
County in 1871. After a period of ac- 
tive practice, he succeeded to the hon- 
orable position which had been held by 
his father and grandfather, being elect- 
President Judge of Fayette County in 
1S94. In 1898 he resigned from the bench 
and returned to practice at the bar, in 
which he has since been busily occupied. 
In 1903 he was elected President of the 
Pennsylvania Bar Association. Address, 
Uniontown, Pa. 

EYERMAN, John: 

Author, geologist and chemist; born 
Jan. 15. 1867, at Easton, Pa.; educated 
by private tutors; later at Lafayette 
College and Harvard and Princeton Uni- 
versities; sometime lecturer and in- 
structor of Determinative Mineralogy at 
Lafayette College, and associate editor 
of the American Geologist and Journal of 
Analaytical Chemistry; Fellow of the 
Zoological Society, London; the Geolog- 
ical Society of America, the American 
Geographical Society, the New York 
Academy of Sciences, and the American 
Association. Life member of the British 
Association, member of the London Ge- 
ologists' Association, the Academy of 
Natural Sciences, the National Geo- 
graphic Society, the Pennsylvania His- 
torical Society, the Colonial Society, 
the Society of the Sons of the Revolu- 
tion, Secretary to the Society of Colonial 
Wars, New Jersey. Author of the "Min- 
eralogy of Pennsylvania." "A Course in 
Determinative Mineralogy," "The Old 
Graveyards of Northampton," "Gene- 
alogical Studies," "The Ancestors of 
Marguerite and John Eyerman," "Some 
Letters and Documents," "The Genus 
Temuscyou, "Contributions to Miner- 
! alogy," and numerous articles on min- 
1 eralogy, geology and palaeontology in 
: scientific journals. Address, Oakhurst, 
Easton, Pa. 

EYRE, Wilson: 

Architect; born Florence, Italy, Oct. 30, 
1858; son of Wilson and Louisa (Lear) 
Eyre; educated in Italy until 1869; New- 
port, R. I., 1869-1872; Lenoxville, Canada, 
1872-1874; and 1875, Woburn, to prepare 
for the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
nology 1876; with James R. Sims, archi- 
tect, 1876-1881; since then in independent 



practice. Has built many buildings in 
Philadelphia and New York, also for 
Newcomb Memorial College, New Or- 
leans, La.; The Detroit Club, Detroit: 
Farren Hospital, Montague City, Mass.; 
etc. Member of the American Institute 
of Architects and Social Science Associ- 
ation. Clubs; Philadelphia, Art, T Square. 
Residence, 315 South Sixteenth St., Phila- 
delphia; office, 929 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, and 35 West Twenty-first St., New 
York. 

EYRE, Lincoln L.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia July 24, 
1857, the son of William Eyre, formerly 
a prominent member of the Philadelphia 
bar. His grandfather, Manuel Eyre, was 
senior member of the lrage shipbuilding 
firm of Eyre & Massey, and a Director 
in the Bank of the United States. On 
his mother's side he is a great-grandson 
of Col. Tobias Lear, private secretary 
to General Washington. Mr. Eyre was 
a student at Harvard for two years, 
after which he studied law at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and was admit- 
ted to the bar in 1879. He has been 
engaged in many important civil and 
criminal cases, and for some years was 
counsel for the Philadelphia County Med- 
ical Society in its prosecution of those 
practicing without a diploma; he assisted 
in the formation of the Trust, Safe De- 
posit and Surety Company, and has been 
solicitor for that corporation. He repre- 
sents other large and important inter- 
ests. He is a fluent orator, and has lec- 
tured frequently on social and political 
subjects; there is no more earnest and 
influential speaker. For a number of 
years he was an active and prominent 
advocate of muncipal reform, but of re- 
cent years he has become a strong sup- 
porter of the Republican party local or- 
ganization. He is a member of the Union 
League, Art Club, Country Club, and a 
number of other Philadelphia societies. 
Address. Haverford; Pa. 



FAG AN, Charles A.s 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, in 1859; edu- 
cated at St. Mary's parochial school, at 
the Pittsburg Catholic College and at 
Ewalt College. In 1887 was admitted to 
the bar and served for a time as Assist- 
ant District Attorney. He is associated 
in the practice of law with Senator W. A. 
Magee, as Fagan & Magee. Mr. Fagan 



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serves as Director in various corporations, 
among them being the German National 
Bank, the Post Publishing Co., the Iron 
City Sanitary Manufacturing Co., the 
Zelienople Extension Co., the Forbes 
Land Co., the Fetterman Land Co., the 
Duquesne Fire Proofing Co., and the 
East End Savings and Trust Co. Mem- 
ber of the Duquesne, the Union, Mo- 
nongahela. Country, and the Highland 
Golf Clubs; also President of the Board 
of Directors of the Charity Hospital. 
Address, 518 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

FAHR, Charles: 

President of the New First National 
Bank of Meadville. Address, Meadville, 
Crawford County, Pa. 

FAIRCIIILD. Samuel Edwards, Jr.: 

Civil and mining engineer; born in 
Philadelphia, April 18, 1872; son of Samuel 
E. and Eleanor R. Fairchild; married 
Oct. 19, 1899, to Lavinia Eyre Barnett, 
daughter of George and Lavinia Eyre 
Barnett; educated in Philadelphia public 
schools and University of Pennsylvania. 
Independent Republican. Specialty: Coal 
fields geology, and coal mining develop- 
ment; also lead, zinc and iron. Address, 
133 South Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FAIRES, Benjamin McKinley: 

Bank Vice President; born in Philadel- 
phia, April 27, 1855; son of John W. 
Faires, D. D., principal of the Classical 
Institute, and Elizabeth McKinley; after 
receiving an academic training in his 
father's school, he entered the college de- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, but left at the end of the Fresh- 
man year to take a position in the Bank 
of North America. He remained in this 
institution from 1877 to 1886, and then en- 
tered the Fourth Street National Bank, 
with which he has since been connected, 
being appointed Assistant Cashier in 1896 
and Second Vice President in 1901. He is 
a Director of the Orpheus Club, the 
Bank Clerks' Beneficial Association, a 
Trustee in the First Presbyterian Church 
of Philadelphia, and a member of the 
Union League, Pennsylvania Historical 
Society, Presbyterian Historical Society, 
Merion Cricket Club, and several other 
clubs. Address, 245 S. Thirteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

FAIRI,A>IB, George Ashl)ridge: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 



gion; Captain 14Sth Pennsylvania Infan- 
try Aug. 22, 1862; Major Sept. 7, 1862; 
Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 15, 1863; honor- 
ably discharged for disability Feb. 24, 8 
1865. Elected Oct. 11, 1865. Address, 1717 
N. Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FALKNER, Roland P.: 

Statistician; born in Bridgeport, Conn., 
April 14, 1S66; entered the University of 
Pennsylvania as a student in 1SS3 and 
graduated Ph. B. in 1S85. The succeeding 
three years were spent by him in the 
Universities of Halle, Berlin and Leipzig, 
he receiving the degree of Ph. D. at Halle, 
after special research in the science of 
statistics. On his return to the United 
States in 1888 he was appointed Instructor 
in Accounting and Statistics in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and in 1891 was 
made Associate Professor of Statistics. 
In 1891 he was Secretary to the Sub-Com- 
mittee of the Senate Committee on Fi- : 
nance, appointed to investigate the effect 
of the McKinley tariff on the rate of 
wages and the cost of living. He was 
also Secretary to the American delegation 
to the International Monetary Conference 
in 1892, Secretary of the American Socie- 
ty of Political and Social Science from ; 
1891 to 1896, and its Vice President and 
Acting President from 1896 to 1898. He 
was associate editor from 1890 to 1896, 
and editor from 1896 to 1900, of the 
"Annals of the American Academy of 
Political Science," and has published nu- 
merous essays on statistics of crime, 
prices, wages, etc. He is also the author 
of a translation of Meitzen's "History of 
the Theory and Technique of Statistics," 
and is a member of the International Sta- 
tistical Institute and other associations. ' 
Since 1900 he has been Chief of the 
Division of Document Library of Con- 
gress. Washington, D. C. Address, Con-' 
gressional Library, Washington, D. C. 



FALLON, Christopher: 

Lawyer; born in New Orleans. La., 
Oct. 7, 1855, and moved to Philadelphia in 
1863; nephew of the late Christopher and 
John Fallon, who for many years repre- 
sented the Queen of Spain in this coun- 
try; educated at Seton Hall College, South 
Orange, N. J., from whence he was grad- 
uated in 1874; studied law with the late 
John B. Colahan; admitted to the bar in 
1877. In 1885 he moved to Wayne. Au- 1 
thor: "Law of Conveyancing in Pennsyl- 
vania." He is solicitor for the Wayne 
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Before moving to Wayne Mr. Fallon lived 
at "Rnnymede," Lansdowne, built about 
the time there was political trouble in 
Spain and Queen Christina made prepara- 
tions to come to this country. On this 
account it was supposed to have been 
built for the Queen, and has ever since 
been known as the Queen of Spain's 
home. In 1882 he married Amy H. Lewis, 
daughter of Richard B. Lewis. Address, 
1411 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FANNING, Adelbert C.J 

Jurist; born in Springfield Township, 
Bradford County, Pa., July 25, 1851; son 
of David G. and Antis (Canedy) Fanning; 
educated in common schools and State 
Normal School at Mansfield; was gradu- 
ated in 1872; entered law office of Hon. 
Delos Rockwell, of Troy; was graduated 
from law department of Michigan Uni- 
versity at Ann Arbor, 1874, as LL. D., fin- 
ishing studies in office of H. W. Patrick, 
of Towanda; 1874 admitted to the bar; 
1875 settled at Troy, where he has since 
actively practiced. In 1881 to 18S3, served 
as District Attorney; 1899, appointed to 
fill vacancy on Common Pleas, caused by 
death of Judge Peck, and was elected in 
fall of 1900 for term of ten years, begin- 
i ning January, 1901. A Trustee of State 
! Normal School at Mansfield; active mem- 
ber of Masonic Fraternity. Married Jen- 
nie E. Loomis, of Troy, Pa. Address, 
Troy, Pa. 

FARLEY, Joseph Pearson: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Cadet United States Military Acad- 
emy July 1, 1857; Brevet Second Lieuten- 
ant Second United States Artillery June 
24, 1861; Second Lieutenant June 24, 1861 
transferred to Ordnance Department Oct 
24, 1861; First Lieutenant March 3, 1863 
Captain April 6, 1866; Major March 25 
1876; Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 2S, 1889 
Colonel July 7. 1898; retired as Brigadier 
General Feb. 17, 1903; brevetted Captain 
United States Army March 13, 1865, "for 
meritorious services in the Ordnance De- 
partment during the war." Elected Oct. 
20, 1897. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

FARNHAM, Alexander: 

Lawyer; born in Carbondale, Pa., Jan. 
12, 1834. He was educated in academies 
at Wanesly and Kingston, and, deciding 



to enter the legal profession, he entered 
the National Law School at Ballston 
Spa, N. T. Graduating there, he pur- 
sued his studies in the office of Fuller & 
Harding, and was admited to the bar of 
Luzerne County in 1855. His practice 
grew till it became large and profitable, 
and now includes an extensive clientage. 
A Republican in political faith, Mr. Farn- 
ham became a candidate for the office of 
District Attorney in 1870, but was de- 
feated. Trying again in 1873, he was 
elected, and discharged the duties of the 
office in a highly satisfactory manner. 
He was a delegate to the Republican Na- 
tional Convention of 1880, where he be- 
came distinguished as an ardent leader 
of the Blaine forces. Address, Wilkes- 
barre, Pa. 

FARNSWORTH, Charles S.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
at Military Academy July 1, 1883; Second 
Lieutenant Twenty-fifth Infantry, June 
12, 18S7; served at Fort Shaw, Mont., to 
Sept. 12, 1891, and Fort Buford, N. D., 
Sept. 13, 1891 to Oct. 15, 1893, and at 
Grand Forks, N. D., (college duty), Oct. 
16, 1893; First Lieutenant of Infantry, 
Seventh Infantry, July 31, 1894 to Sept. 
25, 1S97; served at Fort Logan, Colo., 
Sept. 25, 1897, to April 20, 1898; at Chick - 
amauga Park, Ga., April 20 to May 12, 
1898; Tampa, Fla., May 13, to June 6, 
1898; Santiago de Cuba, June 7 to Aug. 
21, 1898; Montauk Point, N. Y., Aug. 21 
to Sept. 27, 1898; Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 
27, to Oct. 19, 1S98; Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 
20 to Dec. 17, 1898; Havana, Cuba, Dec. 

IS, 1898 to ; (Post Quartermaster, 1889 

to Sept. 30, 1893.) (In charge of general 
prisoners, October, 1897, to April 20, 1898.) 
Acting Quartermaster to Second and 
Fourth Brigade of Infantry, April 26 to 
May 26, 1898; Acting Quartermaster, Sec- 
ond Division, Fifth Army Corps, May 27 
to Sept 27, 189S; Aide on Major General 
Adna R. Chaffee's staff. Captain of Sev- 
enth Infantry, March 2, 1899. Address, 
Manila, P. I. 

FARQAjHAR, Arthur H.: 

Manufacturer; political economist; born 
in Sandy Spring, Md., Sept. 28, 1838; ed- 
ucated at local schools and Hallowell's 
School for boys, Alexandria, Va. ; LL. D. 
Kenyon College, 1902; removed to York, 
Pa., to learn machinist trade in 1856; 
since 18S9 President of A. B. Farquhar 
Company, Ltd. Married Elizabeth Jessop 



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of Baltimore, Md., 1S60; has held various 
official positions and is known throughout 
the country as an able writer. Inde- 
pendent in politics. Address, York, Pa. 

FARQUHAR, Fergus ti: 

Lawyer; born at Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 
21, 1845; son of George W. Farquhar, a 
noted attorney of Schuylkill County 
in the years from 1828 to 1S46. After 
a period of public school tuition, he 
entered in 1860 the University of Virginia, 
but being obliged to leave there on the 
outbreak of the Civil War, he sought the 
University of Heidelberg, Germany, where 
he took a full course of study, graduat- 
ing from its law department in 1865. He 
subsequently read law in the office of 
Hon. F. W. Hughes, and was admitted 
to the Schuylkill County bar in 1866. 
Since that date he has steadily practiced 
in the county courts, his practice em- 
bracing every branch of law in the coun- 
ty, State, and United States Courts, and 
involving many cases of importance, his 
success in which has won him a wide rep- 
utation for ability and versatility. He is 
counsellor for the Tax Payers' Associa- 
tion of Schuylkill County. Address, Potts- 
ville, Pa. 

FARQUHAR, Norman V. Heldreich: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania, April 11, 1840; was 
graduated from Naval Academy; 1859; 
squadron, coast of Africa, for the sup- 
pression of slave trade, 1859 to 1861. As 
Midshipman, on board San Jacinto, Sara- 
toga, and Constellation. Acting Master, 
on board Mystic and Sumter; while still 
Midshipman, brought to United States a 
captured slaver, the Triton, with a crew 
of ten men, and no other officer. Com- 
missioned as Lieutenant Aug. 31, 1861; 
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, from 
1864 to 1865; present at both attacks on 
Fort Fisher. Commissioned as Lieuten- 
ant Commander Aug. 5, 1865; Naval 
Academy, 1866 to 1868; commissioned as 
Commander, Dec. 12, 1872; Naval Acad- 
emy, 1872 to 1878. Commandant of Cadets 
Naval Academy. Commissioned as Cap- 
tain, March 4, 1886; commanded Trenton, 
Pacific Station, 1886 to 1S89, When the 
ship was wrecked in the memorable hur- 
ricane at Apia, Samoa; Chief of Bureau 
of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, 
March 6. 1890, to March, 1894; command- 
ant Navy Yard, League Island, March 7, 
1S94, to June. 1896; President Examining 
Board, Dec. 14, 1896, to June, 1897; Com- 



mandant Norfolk Yard, June 1, 1897, to 
September, 1899. Promoted to Commo- I 
dore, July 21, 1897; commissioned Rear 
Admiral, March 3, 1899; commanding 
North Atlantic Station, October, 1899, to 
May, 1901; Chairman Lighthouse Board, 
May, 1901, to 1902. Retired April 11, 1902. 
Member of the Pennsylvania Command- I 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Address, 191S N. St. N. W.. Wash- 
ington, D. C. • 



FARR, "William W.; 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 
1S65; educated at the Germantown Acad- 
emy, the Biological School and the Med- 
ical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating M. D. in 1887. 
Spending four months as resident physi- 
cian in the Children's Hospital, two years 
in the Episcopal Hospital, and fifteen 
months in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, 
in Baltimore, he went abroad and stud- 
ied in Berlin and Vienna. On his re- 
turn he engaged in the general practice 
of medicine, but in 1897 again went to 
Vienna for post-graduate work in laryn- 
gology and otology. He was surgeon to 
the Out-patient Department of the Epis- 
copal Hospital, 1893 to 1S9S, visiting phy- 
sician to the Church Home for Children 
during the same period, and assistant 
physician to the Laryngological Clinic at 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1898. 
He is a Fellow of the College of Phy- 
sicians, a member of several medical so- 
cieties, of the LTniversity Club, and vis- 
iting physician to the Leamy Home. Ad- 
dress, 7432 Boyer St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KAHKELLY, Stephen: 

American News Company manager; born 
in Ireland 4n 1843. His father emigrated 
to America during the political troubles 
of 1S48, and in 1860 the son entered the 
service of Dexter & Brother, news agents, 
in New York, and afterward prominent 
members of the American News Com- 
pany, founded in 1864. Leaving this em- 
ployment at this time, Mr. Farrelly went 
South, and there undertook the manage- 
ment of the book firm of John W. Coop- 
er & Co.. of Savannah, Ga., then in a 
desperate state as a result of the war. 
By his strenuous exertions he made com- 
promises with the creditors of the house, 
and, in partnership with the firm, man- 
aged for several years its business with 
great success. Selling out his interest in 
1869, he returned to New York and es- 
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This, after a few years of prosperous 
business, became merged in the Ameri- 
can News Company, of which Mr. Far- 
relly was made a Director. In 187S he 
went to Philadelphia as manager of the 
Central News Company, a branch house 
of the American News Company. The 
business of this company was handled 
by him with much efficiency, he in- 
augurating the wagon delivery system 
and also the method of short credits 
and quick collections. It now occupies 
a handsome building on South Washing- 
ton Square and does a thriving business. 
Mr. Farrelly is a Director of the City 
Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company, 
the Beneficial Saving Fund Society, and 
the St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, and is a 
member of various clubs and associa- 
tions. Some years ago he gave up his 
•connection with the Central News Com- 
pany and is now in the New York house 
of the American News Company. Ad- 
dress, 39 Chambers St., New York. 

FASSETT, John B.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank. Address, Tunkhannock, "Wyoming 
County, Pa. 

FATINGER, Owen F.: 

President of the National Bank of Cat- 
asauqua. Address, Catasauqua, Lehigh 
County, Pa. 

FAUNCE, John Eg-ner: 

Lawyer and legislator; born in Millers- 
burg. Pa.. Oct. 26, 1840; educated at Dick- 
inson College, Williamsport, where he 
was a student at the time of the inva- 
sion of Pennsylvania in 1S63, and left 
his books to take part in the State's de- 
fence. After graduating, he entered upon 
the study of law in the office of Hon. 
Charles Ingersoll, of Philadelphia, and the 
University Law School, and was admitted 
to the bar in 1865. He soon built up a 
large and profitable practice. An ar- 
dent Democrat, he became active in party 
affairs, and as early as 1868 was sent as 
a delegate to a National Convention. He 
was elected a member of the Legislature 
of Pennsylvania in 1874, in which he re- 
mained for fourteen years. In these ses- 
sions he was the minority candidate for 
Speaker of the House, and in 1883 was 
elected to this high legislative position. 
During his membership he aided in much 
important legislation, securing the pass- 
age of laws bearing upon the prevention 
of cruelty to children and the abduction 



of girls under sixteen years of age. In 
1890 he was strongly supported as a 
candidate for the nomination for Lieuten- 
ant Governor. In addition to his legal 
duties, Mr. Faunce is interested in sev- 
eral corporations, including the Clearfield. 
Conemaugh and Western Railway Com- 
pany. Address, 516 Girard Building, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

FAUST, David: 

President of the Union National Bank 
of Philadelphia. Address, Third and 
Arch Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FEIT, George J.: 

District Attorney of Indiana County; 
born in Indiana County, Pa., 1872; was 
educated in public schools and State Nor- 
mal School at Indiana, graduating in 
1S90, and in post-graduate course in 1891; 
teacher in public schools at Johnstown, 
Pa., and at Indiana, 1892-1894; entered 
law office of Jack & Taylor, 1894; admit- 
ted to practice in Indiana County, 1896; 
admitted to practice in the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania in 1902; County 
Auditor, 1S96-1899; enlisted company F, 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1898; 
Sergeant, 1898. Republican. Formed law 
partnership with Elder Peelor, 1900; elect- 
ed District Attorney, 1901. Address, In- 
diana, Pa. 

FELL,, David Newlin: 

Jurist; born Nov. 4. 1840, at Bucking- 
ham, Pa.; was graduated from Pennsyl- 
vania State Normal School. He studied 
law in Philadelphia and was admitted to 
the bar; practiced law at Philadelphia. 
From 1876 to 1894 was Judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas at Philadelphia. Since 
1894, Justice of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania. Address, 1534 North Broad 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FELL,, Ulysses 31.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Towanda. Address, Towanda, Brad- 
ford County, Pa. 

FELTLS, Roswell Graves: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant Second Ohio Infantry 
April 17, 1861; discharged for disability 
July 5, 1861; Second Lieutenant Fortieth 
Pennsylvania Infantry (changed to 75th') 
Aug. 20, 1861; First Lieutenant Dec. 1, 
1861; First Lieutenant and Adjutant May 
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mustered out Sept. 1, 1865. Elected Nov. 
7, 1SS3. Address, Hotel Stenton, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

FENXO, Darwin G.: 

Editor of the Patriot, Harrisburg; born 
in Lake County, 111.. May 27, 1S47; was 
educated at Lawrence University; always 
had a strong literary bent and early be- 
came a contributor to newspapers and 
magazines. On staff of the Philadelphia 
Times 1876-1902, when the paper had 
passed into entirely new hands; shortly 
afterward accepted the position of editor- 
in-chief of The Patriot. Address, Har- 
risburg, Pa. 

FEVTOS, Theodore Cornell: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; was 
born in and appointed from Newtown, 
Pa.; Cadet Engineer Oct. 1, 1881; En- 
sign July 1, 1887; LL. B. Columbian Uni- 
versity, 1892; LL. M. 1893, and M. E. 
1900; Lieutenant (junior grade), Jan. 5, 
1896; Lieutenant Dec. 25, 1898; Assistant 
to Bureau Ordnance July 9, 1898, to 1901; 
commanding Preble Oct. 25, 1901. Ad- 
dress, "Washington, D. C. 

FERGUSON, Henry Thornbnrg: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Wisconsin; appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1S86; 
Second Lieutenant Seventh Infantry 
June 12, 1S90; transferred to Twenty- 
Third Infantry June 11, 1891. Served 
garrison duty at Fort Logan, Colo., Oct. 
10 to Dec. 3, 1890; in the field in South 
Dakota, in the campaign against Sioux 
Indians, to Feb. 10, 1891; at Fort Logan. 
Colo., to July 7, 1891; garrison duty at 
Fort Mcintosh, Tex.. July 19 to Decem- 
ber, 1891; in the field, suppressing border 
disturbances along the Rio Grande, De- 
cember, 1891, to March, 1892; at Leon 
Springs, Tex., to June, 1892; at Fort Sam 
Houston, Tex., to January, 1893; on re- 
cruiting service at Fort Worth. Tex., to 
Oct. 11, 1893; on leave to January, 1894; 
garrison duty at Fort Sam Houston, 
Tex., to June, 1894; at Fort Mcintosh. 
Tex., to Feb. 15, 1897; First Lieutenant 
of Infantry, Thirteenth Infantry, Feb. 15, 
1897; on leave to May 13, 1897; garrison 
duty at Fort Porter, N. Y., to April 19, 
1898; with regiment at Tampa, Fla.. to 
June 14, 1898; in the campaign against 
Santiago, and in Cuba, to August. 18U8. 
being engaged in the battle of San Juan 
July 1-3, and in the siege of Santiago 
July 17, 1898; with regiment at Camp 



Wikoff, N. Y., to September, 1898; at 
Fort Porter, N. Y., to April, 1S99; Cap- 
tain of Eighteenth Infantry Nov. 15, 
1S99; transfered to Thirteenth Infantry 
March 30, 1900. Address, Fort McDowell, 
Cal. 

FERGISOS, J. A.: 

President of Coraopolis National Bank. 
Address, Coraopolis, Allegheny County, 
Pa. 

FERGUSON, Joseph C.I 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia Sept. 22, 
1S40, the son of a noted cotton and 
woolen manufacturer. Educated in the 
public schools, he subsequently studied 
law in the office of Stephen Benton, and 
was admitted to the bar in 1861. As a 
lawyer he proved able and successful and 
won the reputation of one of the bright- 
est young men at the bar. In municipal 
affairs he served as school director and 
as a member of the Board of Public Edu- 
cation. He was appointed a Judge of 
the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia May 
6, 1887, and elected to the same office 
in the fall of that year. On the expira- 
tion of his ten years' term, in 1897, he 
was re-elected for a second term, his 
candidacy being sustained by both the 
Republican and Democratic parties. Ad- 
dress, 1423 North Broad St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

FERGUSON, J. Seott: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg Jan. 24, 
1842; was educated in the Grammar and 
High Schools of Pittsburg and later at 
the Allegheny City College. On leaving 
school he began to study law and was 
admitted to the bar April 9, 1863. He is 
a charter member of the Allegheny 
County Bar Association. He has given 
close and studious attention to the pub- 
lic school system of the city and has 
acted in the capacity of a school director 
for several terms. Address, Frick Build- 
ing, Pittsburg, Pa. 

FERGUSON, Nathaniel: 

Banker and capitalist of Reading, Pa.; 
born at Robesonia, Pa., June 5, 1868; son 
of Nathaniel and Amanda (n§e Daven- 
port) Ferguson, the elder Ferguson hav- 
ing for many years been part owner of 
the Robesonia Furnaces; was educated 
at the public schools, at the Carroll In- 
stitute. Reading. Pa., and Pierce Busi- 
ness College, Philadelphia; President 
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President First National Bank of Read- 
ing; Vice President Montello Brick Com- 
pany, of Reading; Director Reading Pub- 
lic Library; Director Berks County Agri- 
cultural Society; Director Pennsylvania 
Trust Company, and Director Oleyville 
Railroad. By his personal influence, he 
raised a large sum of money for estab- 
lishing a free public library in the city 
of Reading; also by his personal efforts 
increased the capital stock of the First 
National Bank to the extent of $375,000, 
making the present capital $500,000, the 
largest of any banking establishment in 
the city; organized the Keystone Wagon 
"Works, which does a general business, 
shipping wagons to all parts of the 
world. Married Anna Rodman Jones, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richmond L. 
Jones, June 19, 1895. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Reading, Pa. 

FERGISON, P. J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Shenandoah. Address, Shenandoah, 
Schuylkill County, Pa. 

FERGUSON, William Alexander: 

Methodist Episcopal divine; born in 
Philadelphia, July 22, 1864; was educated 
in Pennington Seminary, graduating in 
1888, and entered the art department of 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1892, 
but left two years later to enter the 
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. While still in college he had 
done much Church work, and was ad- 
mitted to the Philadelphia Annual Con- 
ference in 1889. His first pastorate was 
in the Simpson Memorial Church, in 
which he increased the membership and 
built a new church at a cost of $18,000. 
He then went to the Fourth Street Church 
in Reading, and in 1894 was called to the 
Siloam Church in West Philadelphia, 
where he built a chapel at the cost of 
$13,000. In 1897 he was transferred to 
the Scott Church in Philadelphia, in 
which he had a successful pastorate. 
He is now stationed in Eden Church, 
Lehigh Ave. and Lawrence St. Mr. Fer- 
guson received the honorary degree of 
Doctor of Divinity from the American 
University at Harriman, Tenn, in 1901. 
Address, 2523 North Fifth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

FERREE, Barr: 

Author and editor; born Philadelphia; 
son of Samuel Patterson Ferree and An- 



nie Appleton (Drown) Ferree; writer and 
lecturer on art and patriotic subjects; 
honorary and corresponding member of 
the Royal Institute of British Architects 
(London); corresponding member Acad- 
emie d'Aix-en-Provence; corresponding 
member Society Archeologique du Midi 
de la France, Toulouse; corresponding 
member of the American Institute of 
Architects; Past President Department of 
Architecture of the Brooklyn Institute of 
Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, N. T. ; 
Secretary of National Sculpture Society, 
New York, 1895-1898; founder and editor 
of Shakespeariana, Philadelphia and New 
York, 1885-1892; architectural editor of 
the Engineering Magazine, New York, 
1S92-1S94; founder and Secretary from 
the beginning of the Pennsylvania Soci- 
ety and editor of its Year Book; member 
of the Architectural League of New 
York. Has contributed many articles to 
the leading magazines, chiefly on art sub- 
jects, including the Century, Scribner's 
Magazine, the Cosmopolitan, the Archi- 
tectural Record, the Westminster Review 
(London), the Builder (London), Stone, 
Education, American Antiquarian, the 
Nation, the Critic, the Yale Review, the 
Inland Architect, the American Architect, 
Architecture and Building, Scientific Am- 
erican, Building Monthly, etc.; interested 
in popular movements in art and in pa- 
triotic effort; graduate in architecture 
of the University of Pennsylvania, class 
of 1SS4. Address, 7 Warren St., New 
York. 

FERRIS, George S.: 

Jurist; born in Pittston, Luzerne Coun- 
ty, Pa., April 28, 1849; was educated at 
Columbia College, Washington, D. C, 
and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 
where he graduated in 1869. In 1S70- 
1871 he served as a clerk in the Treas- 
ury Department at Washington, at the 
same time studying in the Columbia Col- 
lege Law School, where he was gradu- 
ated in 1871 and admitted to practice be- 
fore the Supreme Court of the District 
of Columbia. Returning to Pittston, he 
was admitted to the county bar in 1872, 
and began a practice which became large 
and lucrative, especially in the Civil and 
Orphans' Courts. He gained much prom- 
inence for his services in defence of the 
Sheriff and his deputies, on trial for fir- 
ing into the mob during the labor 
troubles, the trial resulting in their ac- 
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well known as an effective political 
speaker for the Republican Party. He 
has served as School Director and as pre- 
siding officer of county conventions, and 
in 1898-1899 was County Solicitor. In 
1900 he was elected Judge of the Common 
Pleas Court of Luzerne County for a 
term of ten years. Address, Wilkesbarre, 
Pa. 

FERRY. Bernard J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Luzerne County, 
was born in County Donegal, Ireland, in 
1S56; emigrated to the United States in 
1867, and located at Jeansville, Carbon 
County, Pa.; was educated in the com- 
mon schools; worked in the mines until 
18S4, when he removed to Hazleton, and 
engaged in business; in 1894 was elected 
to Select Council and served eight years; 
was a member of the Board of Revision 
of Taxes for two years, also of the Min- 
ers' Examining Board two years; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Hazleton, Pa. 

FKTTEUOLF, Abraham D.: 

State official; born near Collegeville, 
Pa., June 4, 1850; educated at Preeland 
Seminary; became a public school teach- 
er at the age of sixteen, continuing to 
teach for several years. In 1871 he be- 
came a lumber inspector in Philadelphia, 
and in 1875 engaged in the flower and 
feed business. From 1888 to 1890 he was 
in the firm of the Roberts Machine Com- 
pany at Collegeville. His official duties 
began in 1882, as Justice of the Peace of 
Upper Providence, Montgomery County; 
in 1885 he became transcribing clerk in 
the House of Representatives; in 188fi 
Speaker's desk; in 1889 journal clerk; and 
in 1893 resident clerk. He was elected 
Chief Clerk of the House in 1895. and 
Resident Clerk in 1897. He was nomi- 
nated for Register of Wills of Montgom- 
ery County in 1890, but failed to be elect- 
ed; was appointed Deputy Clerk in the 
Courts of the County in 1891. In 1892 he 
was elected Chairman of the Republican 
Committee of Montgomery County, which 
he resigned the next year to become Sec- 
retary of the State Committee. Mr. Fet- 
terolf is Secretary of the Perkiomen Val- 
ley Mutual Insurance Company, a Direct- 
or of the Times Publishing Company of 
Norristown, of the Keystone Telegraph 
and Telephone Company, and has held 
other business positions. Address, Col- 
legeville, Pa. 



FKTTKROLF, Adam H.: 

President of Girard College; born at 
Perkiomen, Montgomery County, Pa., 
Nov. 24, 1841; son of Gideon and Eliza- 
beth Fetterolf, and descended from a long 
line of Swiss and Dutch ancestry. In 
1855 his father removed to Collegeville, 
where he was educated at the Freeland 
Sminary. By alternately teaching and 
studying he made himself master of 
mathematics, Latin and Greek, and at 
the age of twenty was appointed Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics in Freeland Sem- ^ 
inary. and subsequently became principal 
of the school; later associated with Rev. 
Dr. Wells in the ownership and man- 
agement of Andalusia College, in Bucks 
County, Pa., continuing until 1S80, when 
he was elected to the chair of Vice 
President of Girard College, becoming 
President in 1SS2, upon the death of 
President William H. Allen. His first 
wife was Annie, daughter of George Her- 
gesheimer, of Germantown. In 1883 he 
married Laura M., daughter of William 
D. Mangam. of New York. Address, 
Girard College, Philadelphia, Pa. 

FETTERS, Arthur Halderman: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Captain Levi Fetters; elected Oct. 20, 
1S97; First class in succession May 24, 
1S99. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

FETZER, D. A.: 

President of Curwensville Bank. Ad- 
dress, Curwensville, Clearfield County, 
Pa. 

FIELD, Benjamin Rnsh: 

Physician and author; born Nov. 3, 
1861, at Easton, Pa.; son of Dr. C. C. and 
Susannah (Freeman) Field; great-grand- 
father, grandfather and father were phy- 
sicians and surgeons; educated at public 
schools of Easton, Pa., Lafayette Col- 
lege and Medical Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Has practiced 
medicine in his native city since 1SS3. 
In 1886-1887 Official Physician of North- 
ampton County Prison; for ten years 
physician for the Coroner. In 1890 
founded the Easton Medical Society. 
Democrat. 1890-1893 member and Presi- 
dent of City Council; 1893-1896, 1899-1902 
Mayor of Easton; during the Spanish- 
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Pennsylvania; commissioned as Captain 
1S9S, and afterward Major of Second Bat- 
talion. He commands the First Battal- 
ion, Thirteenth Regiment, with Com- 
panies at Scranton, Easton, Honesdale 
and Montrose. Author of "Medical 
Thoughts of Shakespeare," 1S84; "Shakes- 
peare and Byron on Man, Woman and 
Love," 1887; "Medico-Shakespearian Fan- 
aticism," 1S8S; "An Argument Refuting 
the Claim that Shakespeare Possessed 
Knowledge of the Circulation of the 
Blood Prior to Harvey's Discovery," 
London Lancet, 1888; "Fielding's Uncon- 
scious Use of Shakespeare." 1892. In 
1889, under auspices of New York Shakes- 
peare Society, edited Volume V. ("Romeo 
and Juliet") of "The Bankside Shakes- 
peare." Contributor to "Shakespeariana." 
Since 1887 Librarian of Shakespeare So- 
ciety of New York. Member Board of 
Trustees Easton Free Public Library; 
Finance Committee of Organized Chari- 
ties of Easton; Executive Committee of 
Municipal League of Easton; Easton 
Medical Society; Military Service Institu- 
tion of United States; Chi Phi Fraternity 
(Rho Chapter of Lafayette and Nu Chap- 
ter of the University of Pennsylvania) ; 
Pennsylvania German Society; Sons of 
the American Revolution; Country Club 
of Northampton County; Pomfret Club 
of Easton. Married, April 9, 1902, in New 
York City, to Miss Nan Edna Rounsavell, 
daughter of John Davis and Mary A. (de 
Hart) Rounsavell, of Washington, New 
Jersey. Address, Easton, Pa. 

FIELD. John: 

Merchant; born in County Derry, Ire- 
land, in 1834; came to America in 1848; 
landing in Philadelphia; his father hav- 
ing died on the voyage, he became an 
office boy in the business house of Amos 
Young, and showed there such diligence, 
intelligence and good nature that he be- 
came a general favorite, and rose through 
various positions until he was made a 
partner in the firm, which became the 
well-known mercantile house of Young, 
Smith, Field & Co. ; it grew to be one 
of the largest in the dry goods line in the 
country, and had branches in a number 
of American cities, and also a banking 
and buying department in Chemnitz, Sax- 
ony. He became well known as an ar- 
dent reformer through his earnest labors 
in connection with the Committee of One 
Hundred, serving as Chairman of the 
Campaign Committee of Reform organi- 
zation; it was largely due to his labors 



that the reform tickets succeeded in the 
elections of 1881 and 1882, and he served 
on the committee to investigate the Alms- 
house frauds, which led to the arrest of 
Major Phipps, the superintendent. When 
John Wanamaker was made Postmaster 
General he strongly urged Mr. Field to 
become Postmaster of Philadelphia, be- 
ing seconded in this by Thomas Dolan 
and other citizens of prominence. He 
declined at first, but afterward accepted 
and was appointed Postmaster in 1SS9; 
under his efficient administration the 
business of the office was greatly im- 
proved. He is connected with several 
financial, charitable and other institu- 
tions of Philadelphia. Address, 1220 Arch 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FIELD, Robert Patterson: 

Civil engineer; born in Philadelphia, 
Nov. 19, 1850; descendant of Robert Pat- 
terson, at one time Vice Provost of the 
University of Pennsylvania and for sev- 
eral years President of the American Phi- 
losophical Society. He entered the Arts 
Department of the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1868 and graduated in 1S72, 
following with a post-graduate course in 
mining and civil engineering. In 1S75- 
he became assistant engineer in the Cam- 
bria Iron Works, at Johnstown, Pa., re- 
maining there till 1880, when he engaged 
in the service of the Lehigh Railroad 
Company. In 1S81 he opened an office as 
consulting engineer in Philadelphia, and 
fourteen years later became actuary of 
the Security Trust and Life Insurance 
Company, holding this position till 1900; 
he was actuary of the Presbyterian Min- 
isters' Fund from 1884 to 1894. Member 
of the American Philosophical Society 
and the Actuarial Society of America. He 
married May P. Trumbull in 1878, and has 
two children, a son and a daughter. Ad- 
dress 21S South Forty-second St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

FIELD, Thomas Y.: 

Colonel United States Marine Corps; 
born in and appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania: commissioned as Second Lieuten- 
ant, March 3, 1847; with the army in 
Mexico during the war; brevetted First 
Lieutenant for gallant and meritorious 
conduct; frigate Raritan, Pacific Squad- 
ron, 1850-1853; Marine Barracks, Philadel- 
phia, 1854-1855. Promoted to First Lieu- 
tenant. Oct. 15, 1S54; sloop Constellation, 
Mediterranean Squadron, 1854-1855; Ma- 
rine Barracks, Charlestown, Mass., 1S56- 



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1857; sloop St. Mary's, Pacific Squadron, 
1858-1859; steam sloop Saranac, Pacific 
Squadron, 1861; Captain, May 30, 1S61; 
Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1S62-1863; 
Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1864; 
Major, June 10, 1864; Marine Barracks, 
Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, 1S65; 
Marine Barracks, Philadelphia, 1866-1867: 
Marine Barracks, Gosport, Va., 1868- 
1869; Recruiting Rendezvous. Philadel- 
phia, 1870-1S74; Marine Barracks, Ports- 
mouth, N. H., 1S75-1878; Lieutenant Colo- 
nel. Nov. 1, 1876; Marine Barracks, 
League Island, Pa., 1878-1879; Marine 
Barracks, Brooklyn, 1879; Colonel, April 
18, 1S.80; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1SS0-1881; Marine Barracks, League 
Island, Pa., 1881-1886; Marine Barracks, 
Norfolk, Va., 1886-188S; Marine Barracks, 
League Island, Pa., 1889; retired, Aug. 17, 
1889. Address, 137 Wayne Ave., Wayne, 
Delaware County, Pa. 

FIELD, William S. M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House or 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city, Oct. 2, 1862; educated in the 
Philadelphia Quaker schools, Lauderbach 
Academy and Jefferson Medical College; 
is engaged in the practice of medicine and 
has been connected with the Board 
of Health for the past fifteen years; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November. 1902. Residence, 411 South 
Ninth St.; office address, 501 South Eighth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FILBERT, Lndwig S.: 

President Vulcanite Paving Companv; 
born March 12, 1825, in Bucks County, 
Pa.; received a college education, anl in 
1S48 was graduated from Pennsylvania 
Medical College, Philadelphia. For eigh- 
teen years he practiced medicine, and 
from 1858 to 1861 was physician for the 
port of Philadelphia; in 1S70 retired 
from medical practice. He established 
the Vulcanite Paving Company in 1871 
and has since been its President. Ad- 
dress, 1733 Spring Garden St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

FILBERT, R. Y.: 

President of the Fox Chase Bank. Ad- 
dress Fox Chase. Philadelphia, Pa. 

FILLER, Mervln Grant: 

Professor of Latin Lnnerunge ami Lit- 
erature in Dickinson College: born at 
Coiling Springs, Pa.. Oct. :', 1873; edu- 



cated in schools of native town; was i 
graduated from Dickinson College, 1893; 
degree of A. M., 1895; graduate student 
in University of Chicago; instructor in 
classics in Dickinson Preparatory School, 
1S93; June, 1S99, elected Professor of 
Latin Language and Literature in Dick- 
inson College. Address, Dickinson Col- I 
lege, Carlisle, Pa. 

FINK, William A.: 

Architect; born in Reading, Pa.. Dec. 
20, 1845; educated in the public schools; \, 
learned the building trade with his 
father, John Fink; took up the business 
of architect, succeeding his father, wno 
for many years was the only architect ' 
in Reading. He has erected thirty-six 
churches in all parts of Pennsylvania; 
also prepared the plans for school houses 
all over the country; supervised the erec- 
tion of a number of public halls and other 
buildings of prominence in Eastern Penn- 
sylvania; was elected to Common Coun- 
cil as a Republican from the Fourth 
Ward, and served in that body nine years. 
Married Mary Hemmig, now deceased. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

FFVLETTE, Thomas K.: 

Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas 
of Pennsylvania. Address, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

FIXLETTER, Thomas Dickson: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 
1862; son of Thomas K. Finletter, Presi- 
dent Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 
He was educated in the Episcopal Acad- 
emy of Philadelphia and the University 
of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1882 as 
Bachelor of Arts, and afterward entering 
the Law School; he took the bar exam- 
inations without graduating, and was ad- 
mitted to practice in the Philadelphia 
courts. He was appointed in February, 
1SS4, Assistant City Solicitor under Wil- 
liam N. West and Charles F. Warwick, 
the latter afterward Mayor of Philadel- 
phia; after holding this position till De. 
cember. 1SS7, he became Assistant Dis- 
trict Attorney under George S. Graham, 
with whom he remained till 1898, when P. 
F. Rothermel, Jr., succeeded Mr. Graham 
as District Attorney. Mr. Rothermel 
made Mr. Finletter his first assistant, 
which position he held till the close of the 
term, in December, 1901. He is a mem- 
ber of the Union League, the University 
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He married in 1891 Helen M. Grill, and 
has one son. Address, 905 South Forty- 
eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FIKLEY, Walter Lowry: 

Major United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, July 1, 1875; Second 
Lieutenant Cavalry, June 13, 1879; First 
Lieutenant, Oct. 25, 1883; Regimental Ad- 
jutant, Feb. 1, 1889; Captain, April 22, 
1891; Major Eleventh Cavalry, Feb. 28, 
1901; assigned to Adjutant General's De- 
partment Dec. 8, 1902. Address, San An- 
tonio, Tex. 

FIRTH. Franklin Jones: 

President of the Erie and Western 
Transportation Company; he was born 
in Philadelphia Oct. 1, 1842; is the son of 
Thomas Thompson Firth, who was a di- 
rect descendant of the Firths, Thomp- 
sons and Hedges of Salem, N. J., and of 
Thomas Lloyd, the associate and friend 
of William Penn and the first Governor 
of Pennsylvania. Married, Oct. 1, 1867, 
Annie, daughter of Samuel H. Lloyd, 
Williamsport, Pa; educated in Philadel- 
phia, graduating as a civil engineer from 
the Polytechnic College; was employed as 
a civil engineer in construction of rail- 
roads of the Pennsylvania system and in 
charge of building railroad shops at 
Renova and Sunbury; assistant to Joseph 
D. Potts, General Superintendent Phila- 
delphia and Erie Railroad; Auditor and 
subsequently "Vice President of the Em- 
pire Transportation Co.; President since 
18S1 of the Erie and Western Transporta- 
tion Company. Member of Board of Wil- 
liam M. Lloyd Company, Germantown 
Trust Company, Germantown Dispen- 
sary and Hospital, Germantown Acad- 
emy, Lake Carriers' Association, and the 
Boards and Executive Committees of the 
Pennsylvania, the Maryland, and the 
Cambria Steel Companies; Chairman of 
City Organization's Filtration Committee, 
the result of whose educational work is 
seen in the greatest nitration plant in 
the world, supplying Philadelphia with 
clean and wholesome water. Address, 
Germantown, Philadelphia. 

FISH. Frank;: 

Presbyterian minister; born in Allegheny, 
Pa,, April 8, 1862; was graduated from 
Western University of Pennsylvania in 
18S3, and from Western Theological Sem- 
inary. Allegheny, Pa., in 1886. Since 1886 
has been pastor of Presbyterian Church 



of Claysville, Pa. In 1895 married Miss 
Elizabeth I\ichol Calder, daughter of Dr. 
George Calder of Claysville. Address, 
Claysville, Pa. 

FISHER, Ellicott: 

Iron merchant; born at "Wakefield," 
Germantown, Philadelphia, May 3, 1840. 
His forefathers came over with William 
Penn in 16S2, in the good ship Welcome; 
educated in the schools at Germantown, 
and Germantown Academy. Entering as a 
clerk in the office of the Duncannon Iron 
Works, Perry County, Pa., in 1858, he has 
been connected with them ever since, and 
is now a Director. Since 1881 has been an 
iron merchant, his firm becoming Ellicott 
Fisher Company, Limited. Member Union 
League, Germantown Cricket Club, Delta 
Phi Fraternity, Colonial Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Masons, Loyal Legion, New 
England Society and Director of Sixth 
National Bank, Duncannon Iron Com- 
pany, Hardware Merchants' Manufactur- 
ers' Association. Residence, "Wakefield," 
Germantown, Pa 

FISHER, Gordon: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 2, 1S73, at Swiss- 
vale, Allegheny County, Pa.; son of Sam- 
uel Jackson and Annie (Shreve) Fisher; 
educated in the. Swissvale public schools; 
was graduated from the Shady Side 
Academy. Pittsburg, Pa., in 1S91; also 
from Princeton in class of 1895, and from 
the New York Law School in 1897. Ad- 
mitted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 
18, 1897. Address, Swissvale, Pa. 

FISHER, Herbert Payne, M. D.: 

Son of Richard Fisher, Philadelphia; 
born at Philadelphia Dec. 14, 1871; was 
graduated from Friends' Central School, 
Philadephia, in 1889; from Princeton Uni- 
versity, B. S., 1S93, and from medical 
department, University of Pennsylvania, 
1S96; clinical course, London and Paris 
hospitals; resident physician St. Joseph's 
Hospital, Philadelphia; member Philadel- 
phia County Medical Society; Medical 
Club, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Obstet- 
rical Society. In 1897 married Alama H. 
Murphy; has contributed special articles 
to medical journals; made special study 
of electrical and X-ray work. Address, 
5324 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Pa. 

FISHER. John S.: 

State Senator from Indiana County; 
was born on a farm in south Mahoning 



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Township, Indiana County, Pa., May 25, 
1867. Attended the public schools, and 
later, the Indiana High School, from 
which he graduated in 1884; then entered 
the Indiana Normal School, completing 
the course in 1886. For seven years fol- 
lowed the profession of teaching, serving 
as Principal of the Indiana High School 
in 1891 and 1892, which position he re- 
signed; was admitted to the bar in Aug- 
ust, 1S92, having carried on his law 
studies in connection with his work of 
teaching. Shortly afterward he formed a 
partnership with his preceptor, Samuel 
Cunningham, under the firm name of 
Cunningham & Fisher, which business 
connection still continues. He has al- 
ways been an active Republican, serving 
at various times as County Committee- 
man, County Chairman, and as State 
Delegate. He was nominated for State 
Senator on a popular vote in the district 
by a majority of 4,646, and was elected in 
November, 1900, by a majority of 6,431. 
Address, Indiana, Pa. 

FISHER. John T.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Northumberland 
County; was born in Allen wood, Union 
County. Pa., Jan. 21, 1854; educated in 
the public schools; learned the trade of 
and worked at blacksmithing until May, 
1885; was then appointea subordinate 
clerk in the railway mail service between 
New York and Pittsburg, and on Nov. 
1, 1SS8, became chief clerk of the service, 
with headquarters at Harrisburg, which 
position he resigned April 1, 1889; he then 
engaged in the mercantile busines for 
two years, after which he again resumed 
blacksmithing; was elected to the House 
of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, Shamokin, Pa. 

FISHER, Sidney S.: 

Lawyer; born at Philadelphia. Pa., 
Sept. 11. 1856; was educated at Philadel- 
phia schools, and at St. Paul's School, 
Concord, N. H.; graduated B. A. at Trin- 
ity College 1879; studied law at Phila- 
delphia, and at Harvard Law School; ad- 
mitted to Philadelphia bar 1SS3; prac- 
ticed law at Philadelphia. Received the 
degree of L. H. D. from the "Western 
University of Pennsylvania in 1897. and 
the degree of LL. D. from Trinity in 
1903. In 1SS0 wrote for the New York 
Nation, the letter which caused the for- 
mation of the Civil Service Reform So- 



ciety. Author: "The Making of Penn- 
sylvania." "Pennsylvania Colony and 
Commonwealth," "The Evolution of the 
Constitution of the United States," "Men, 
"Women and Manners in Colonial Times," 
"The True Benjamin Franklin," "The 
True William Penn," "The True History 
Of the American Revolution." Trustee of 
Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and of 
The Pennsylvania Institution for the In- 
struction of the Blind. Address, 328 
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

FITZ(iERAL,IJ, Harrington: 

Editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia 
Item: born in Philadelphia, April 5, 1847. 
He began his business career as cashier 
for Jay Cooke & Co., under Mr. Geo. C. 
Thomas, now of Drexel & Co.. remaining 
with that great firm four years, during 
which period the house refunded hun- 
dreds of millions of United States bonds. 
His eyesight failed under the strain of 
severe work, and he was compelled to 
take a year's rest. He then became 
business manager of the Item, and after 
ten years' service in that position became 
editor-in-chief and general manager of 
that prosperous and well-known daily 
newspaper. He has held the position ever 
since. Thirty years ago he became in- 
terested in art. as a relaxation, and stud- 
ied under George W. Holmes, who taught 
the leading men of the country. He af- 
terward studied in Paris, with Isabey 
and Fortuny. He has painted steadily, as 
time would permit, giving his chief at- 
tention to landscapes and marines. He 
has three studios, fully equipped: one at 
his residence. 1334 Spruce Street; one at 
727 "Walnut Street, and one at his coun- 
try place, near Norristown. Address, 133* 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FITZGERALD, Michael John: 

Captain United States Army; is a 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First United States Artil- 
lery Jan. 5, 1885; Corporal, 1S58; dis- 
charged Nov. 5. 1S59; private and Ord- 
nance Artificer U. S. Army Dec. — , 1859; 
discharged Feb 23, 1861; Hospital Stew- 
ard United States Army March 14, 1861; 
discharged to accept promotion June 5, 
1863; Second Lieutenant Ninth United 
States Infantry June 1, 1863; First Lieu- 
tenant March 3, 1864; Captain Dec. 31, 
1873; retired for wounds May 1, 1879. 
Elected Oct. 20, 1892. Address, Lebanon, 
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FITHIAX, Edwin: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
New Jersey; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania Oct. 31, 1848. Entered the service 
as Third Assistant Engineer; special 
duty, Boston, 1849-1850, in conection with 
the machinery for the United States ship 
Saranac; promoted to Second Assistant 
Engineer, Feb. 26, 1851; steam frigate 
Susquehanna, East India Squadron, and 
attached to the Commodore Perry Ex- 
pedition for opening the ports of Japan 
to commerce, 1851-1855. Promoted to 
First Assistant Engineer, May 21, 1S55; 
special duty, Richmond, Va., in connec- 
tion with the machinery for the United 
States frigates Roanoke and Colorado, 
1S56; steam frigate Susquehanna, Euro- 
pean Squadron, and escort to the United 
States frigate Niagara, during the first 
attempt to lay the Atlantic cable, 1857- 
1858; special duty at Philadelphia in con- 
nection with the machinery for the 
United States ship Lancaster, and fit- 
ting out and superintending the trial trip 
of the United States steam . sloop Wyo- 
ming. Promoted to Chief Engineer, Oct. 
23, 1859; steam sloop Narragansett, 1859- 
1861, Pacific Squadron; ordered home at 
the breaking out of the Civil "War and 
was superintending the construction of 

' machinery in New York, 1861-1863; iron- 
clad Roanoke, North Atlantic Blockading 
Squadron, 1863-1865; special duty, New 

] York, 1S66-1S68; Fleet Enginer, European 
Fleet, 1869-1S71; Navy Yard, Washington, 
1871-1876; special duty Bureau of Steam 
Engineering, in connection with the ex- 
hibits for the Centennial Exhibiton, 1876- 
1877; Fleet Engineer, European Fleet, 
1877-1879; special duty, New York, 1880- 

! 1882; retired Dec. 13, 1882. Address, 4 
Lake St., Bridgeton, N. J 

PITZHliGft Chniles L.: 

Soldier; born Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 22, 
1 1838; West Point, 1859; resigned in his 
bird year and appointed First Lieuten- 
ant Fourth TTnited States Artillery; serv- 
ed as Aide-de-Camp on staff of Major 
Gen. D. C. Buell, Commanding Army of 
the Ohio, through Tennessee and Ken- 
tucky campaigns, until summer of 1862; 
in command of Horse Battery C and E, 
Fourth United States Artilery, Cavalry 
Corps. Army of the Potomac, until spring 
if 1S64; commissioned Colonel Sixth New 
York Cavalry, and in command Second 
Brigade, First Cavalry Division, Army of 
the Potomac, until close of war; Brevet 

8 



Brigadier General United States Army, 
and Brevet Brigadier General United 
States Volunteers; served on General 
Sheridan's staff in New Orleans as As- 
sistant Inspector General until 1867; also 
served in recruiting service in Buffalo, 
N. Y., for one year; resigned 1868. Mem- 
ber Military Order Loyal Legion Com- 
mandery, State of Pennsylvania, at Phil- 
adelphia; member of firm of Shoenberger 
& Co., steel manufacturers, Pittsburg, Pa., 
until 1899. Retired from business. Ad- 
dress. Ravensworth, Coburg, Canada, and 
Washington, D. C. 

FITZMAURICE, John E.: 

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church; 
born Jan. 9, 1S40, in Ireland; received 
early education in Ireland, later in the 
United States; was graduated from St. 
Charles Seminary, at Philadelphia, where 
he took his degree of D. D. In 1882 he 
was ordained priest at the Georgetown 
University, and was canonized Bishop of 
Erie in 1898. Address, Erie, Pa. 

PLAGG, Stanley G.: 

Manufacturer; born in Whitesboro, 
N. Y., on March 13, 1830; grandson of a 
famous doctor of Hartford. Conn., one of 
the most learned medical men of his time. 
Mr. Flagg spent his early years in Bos- 
ton, in whose public schools he was edu- 
cated. He removed to Philadelphia at 
fourteen years of age and entered a retail 
dry-goods store, in which he remained for 
ten years. His tendency, however, was 
toward mechanics, and in 1855 he started 
a malleable iron business in a small way, 
developing the new idea of making of this 
material the fittings for gas, steam and 
water pipes, then made of brass. His 
idea proved so successful that his trade 
rapidly grew and in 1863 larger works 
became necessary. In 1865 he bought his 
present property at Nineteenth St. and 
Pennsylvania Ave., and in 1881 greatly in- 
creased it by purchasing adjoining prop- 
erties. He subsequently admitted his 
sons into the business, the firm name be- 
coming Stanley G. Flagg & Co. In 1896 
he built a subsidiary factory at Potts- 
town, Pa. He added to his business in 
1872 the manufacture of stove lining and 
fire-brick, and in 1896 purchased a pot- 
tery on Ridge Ave. Mr. Flagg also very 
successfully added steel castings to his 
iron business, these, as well as his iron 
fittings, being of so superior a quality 
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in the United States and foreign coun- 
tries. Address, 1731 Wallace St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

FLANAGAN, James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Luzerne County; 
was born in Oldbury, England, April 7. 
1867; was educated in the Parochial 
school of that town; in 1882 he emigrated 
with his parents to the United States, 
and settled in Plymouth, Pa., where he 
has since resided; has been employed at 
different work in and around the mines, 
and for the past fourteen years has been 
running a pumping engine for the Par- 
rish Coal Company; elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, Plymouth, Pa. 

FLANNERY, James J.: 

Undertaker; born in West Virginia Jan. 
IS, 1854. When quite young, removed to 
Pittsburg with his parents; educated in 
St. Paul's Parochial and Grant Public 
Schools; learned the carpenter trade; 
later became an undertaker. Mr. Flan- 
nery was one of the youngest Councilmen 
•ever elected to Pittsburg's City Councils; 
-entered politics at his majority; was one 
of the pioneers in apartment house build- 
ing. Mr. Flannery was most active in 
the formation of the Oakland Bank, now 
the Oakland Trust Company, of which h'e 
is a Director. He is interested in other 
successful business projects. In 1877, 
married a daughter of Commodore John 
Rodgers of the United States Navy; is 
an active member of St. Paul's Cathedral. 
Address, Iroquois Apartments, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

FLEISCHMAN, Samuel M.: 

Superintendent of J. F. Home and 
Orphan Asylum; formerly minister in 
Akron Ohio; born in St. Louis, Mo.; has 
written for journals considerably and 
published several works in prose and in 
verse. He has infused fresh energy into 
the Home, and its educational system, 
starting with a kindergarten and devel- 
oping to higher grades. Address, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

FLEISHER, Penrose: 

Banker; born in Philadelphia Dec 5, 
1843; attended public and High Schools; 
graduated in 1861; spent four years pros- 
pecting in oil region, Western Pennsyl- 
vania; was engaged in business in Pitts- 
burg 1868-1875; returned to Philadelphia 



and engaged in the clothing manufactur- 
ing business; went into banking business 
in 1898, at present under name of H. F. 
Bachman & Co.; Vice President of Fos- 
ter Home and Orphan Asylum. Address, 
121 South Fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FLEMING, E. E.: 

Oil producer; son of Joseph G. and 
Mary A. Uhlenburg Fleming; was born 
in Harmony Township, Forest County, 
Feb. 10, 1863; was graduated from the 
F. M. Allen College, Elmira, N. T., in 
1876; embarked in the oil business in 1878, 
and has continued as an oil producer ever 
since; has at present forty wells at 
Stuart's Run, forty-two on Cropp Hill, 
Forest County, besides a number of other 
wells near Titusville. In connection with 
his work as an oil man has continued -, 
the study of geology which was begun 
at college. In April. 1892, was married to 
Anna L. Foster of Erie, Pa., and to 
them have been born two sons. Gerald and 
John F. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 



FLEMING, William Reynolds: 

Iron manufacturer and mechanical en 
gineer; born May 9, 1862. Married Vir- 
ginia Hammond, of Burley Manor, Ber- 
lin, Eastern Shore, Md., Dec. 2, 1897; was 
educated at private schools and Phillips 
Exeter Academy, New Hampshire; took 
practical course in mechanics and manu- 
facturing at the Harrisburg Car Manu- 
facturing Company and the Pratt & 
Whitney Co. of Hartford, Conn., where ; 
he established a factory for the produc- , 
tion of asbestos materials; later practiced 
engineering in New York, Boston and 
Philadelphia. President, since 1S90, of 
the Harrisburg Foundry and Machine 
Works; member American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers, Empire State 
Sons of the American Revolution, Har- 
risburg Board of Trade and League for 
Public Improvement. He recently do- 
nated to his native city an extensive plot 
of land for public park purposes. Inde- 
pendent Republican. Address, Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

FLETCHER, Georg-e A.: 

Merchant; born in Philadelphia in 1840;. 
in 1865 established the grocery firm of. 
which he is still the head. Mr. Fletcher 
is Vice President of the Union Trust 
Company and Director in various other 
corporations. Address, care Mitchell. 
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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



FLETCHER, Montgomery: 

Commodore United States Navy; born 
in Virginia. Appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania June 25, 1S50. Entered the ser- 
vice as Third Assistant Engineer; Coast 
Survey 1850-1851. Promoted Second As- 
sistant Engineer Feb. 21, 1S51; special 
duty, Norfolk, 1852-1853; steam frigate 
Saranac Mediterranean Squadron, 1854- 
1S56. Promoted to First Assistant En- 
gineer June 21, 1856; office of Engineer- 
m-Chief, 1857; steam frigate Wabash 
Home Squadron, 1857-1S58. Promoted to 
Chief Engineer Oct. 25, 1S59; steam fri- 
gate Saranac, Pacific Squadron, 1S61-1S65- 
special duty, New York, 1866; Navy 
Yard, Mare Island, California, 1867-1871- 
Fleet Engineer, Pacific Squadron, 1871- 
1S.3; Inspector Machinery Afloat, Mare 
Island, 1873-1876; Navy Yard, Mare 
Island, 1S77-1888; member Board of In- 
spection, California, 1S84-1890; Bureau of 
Steam Engineering 1890, until date of re- 
tirement, Feb. 15, 1S92. Address, 1920 I 
St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 

FLICKINGER, Henry W.: 

Penman and author"; born near Ickes- 
burg, Perry County, Pa., Aug. 30, 1S45- 
attended public and private schools of 
his native county; enlisted during the 
Civil War; first for 100 days in Battalion 
D, afterward, for one year, in 104th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers- entered 
Eastman Business College, Po'ughkeep- 
sie, N. Y., in November, 1865; engaged in 
teaching practical and ornamental pen- 
manship in Eastman Business College, 
Jan. 1, 1866; taught in Crittenden Com- 
mercial College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1867- 
1S69; assisted the Spencerian authors in 
the revision of the Spencerian system 
of penmanship 1870-1871; taught in Peirce 
College of Business, Philadelphia, 1871 
Employed by Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor 
& Company, publishers, New York City 
and associated with Mr. Lyman P Spen- 
cer in Washington, D. C, 1875, in pre- 
paring a large and elaborate collection of 
pen work which was displayed at the 
Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia as 
an advertisement of the Spencerian sys- 
tem of penmanship. Since 1876 in Phila- 
delphia, engaged in teaching and author- 
ship, work. Address, 1S40 North 21st St 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

FLICKIKGER, Junius R.. A. M., D. Sc.- 

Educator; principal Central State Nor- 
mal School, Lock Haven, Pa.; born in 
Perry County, Pa.; graduated from 



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Rin 11 ^ ,", * Universit y 1S77; principal 
?s???£f Academy, New Bloomfield, Pa.. 
1877-1881; County Superintendent of 
Scnools Perry County, 1881-1884; member 
Legislature of Pennsylvania, session of 
JJJJ' a " d °J tne Colorado Legislature of 
i«o, Practlced law ^ Pueblo, Colo., 1888- 
1893; Trustee State Normal School of 
Colorado, 1891-1893; Chair of History, 
S e ,N°™al School, West Chester, Pa 
l89o-1896; principal State Normal School, 
Edmboro Pa., 1896-1S99; made principal 
at Lock Haven in December, 1899 Mem- 
ber American Historical Association, 
Academy of Political and Social Sci- 
ence. Author of a text-book on Civil 
Government; Pennsylvania Educational 
Association in 1902; member N. E A 
Address, Lock Haven, Pa. ' 

FLIXN, William: 

State Senator; born in England, and 
at a comparatively early age came to this 

t C he Un tSr d f S vf ttlGd in Pittsb «^ darned 
st^ mf bra A S finishin S and gas and 
steam fitting. After completing his ap- 
prenticeship he went into business for 
himself; later entered into partnership 
with James J. Booth, the firm being still 
in existence. Mr. Flinn took a deep in- 
terest in politics and was at one time a 
member of the Board of Fire Commis- 
sioners. He was a member of the State 
Legislature from 1879 to 18S1 and of the 
State Senate from 1890 to 1894, being re- 
elected in 1S9S. Address, North Highland 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

FLINT, Homer Abial: 

^ll h /^° 0n ° f Pittsb «rg; was born in 
Northfield, Vt., March 21, 1875; was grad- 
uated from St. Stephen's College 1897- re- 
ceiving M. A. in 1900; took graduate 
course in New York University, receiving- 
degree of A. M. in 1900; was graduated 
f™„ m General Theological Seminary in 
1900, receiving degree of Bachelor of Di- 
vinity in 1901; ordained to Diaconate in 
Albany, N. Y., by Bishop W. C. Doane, 
D. D., on May 12, 1900; advanced^ to 
Priesthood in Pittsburg, p a ., bv Bishon 
Cortlandt Whitehead, D. D., on Dec 23 
of the same year; assistant in Calvary 
Parish, Pittsburg, 1900-1901; associate rec- 
tor of Christ Church, Allegheny, 190'>- 
1903; appointed archdeacon of Pittsburg 
and chaplain of the Laymen's Missionary 
League, April 9. 1903; Secretary Episco- 
pal Church Congress 1903; Chaplain Alle- 
gheny Rifles, an independent military 
organization. In 1900 married Theodora 



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May, daughter of Judge Plumley, of Ver- 
mont. Address, 1019 Allegheny Ave., Al- 
legheny, Pa. 

FLOOD, Frank K.: 

Lawyer; born in Hollidaysburg, Blair 
County, Pa.; was graduated from the 
Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, 
in the elementary course in 1875, and in 
the scientific course in 1S77; taught school 
several terms; studied law in the city of 
Reading in the office of Hon. Hiram H. 
Schwartz, \vho was later Judge of the 
Orphans' Court of Berks County; admit- 
ted to the bar Nov. 10, 1884; served one 
term as District Attorney; active in Dem- 
ocratic politics in Berks County. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

FLOOD, Ned Artlen: 

Attorney at law; was born in Newmar- 
ket, N. H., 1870; was graduated from 
Johns Hopkins University, 1890; received 
degree of Master of Arts from Allegheny 
College, 189S; read law with Hon. John J. 
Henderson, and was a law student in the 
University of Michigan; admitted to the 
Pennsylvania bar; assistant editor of 
Chautauquan Magazine, 1890-1898; man- 
aging editor Chautauqua Assembly Her- 
ald, 1889-1898; Lecturer on Political Econ- 
omy in Allegheny College, 1895-1898; As- 
sociate Professor and Director of Univer- 
sity of Chicago Press, 1898-1900; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel and Aide de Camp, staff of 
Governor William A. Stone, 1898-1903, and 
staff of Governor Samuel TV. Pennypacker 
1903; President Northwestern Pennsylva- 
nia Association Sons of Veterans 1900- 
1902, of Western Pennsylvania Associa- 
tion of Johns Hopkins University 1901- 
1902, and of- Municipal Board of Water 
and Lighting Commissioners, Meadville; 
member Board of Health, Meadville, Pa., 
1901; on Board of Trustees of State Hos- 
pital for the Insane, Warren, Pa., 1902. 
Residence, Meadville, Pa. 

FLOOD. Tlieoilore I,.: 

Clergyman; born Feb. 20, 1842, at Will- 
iamsburg, Pa.; educated by private tu- 
tors, afterward entering the Theological 
Seminary, Concord, N. H. ; received de- 
gree of A. M. at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- 
versity; D. D. at Mt. Union College, and 
LL. D. at Dickinson College. He enlisted 
in Company C, 125th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, at the beginning of the war, being 
promoted Orderly Sergeant, and later 
Second Lieutenant; at the close of the 
war joined the New Hampshire Confer- 



ence, Methodist Episcopal Church, and ftn - 
fifteen years active in pastorate work, 
also presiding elder; member of the Gen- 
eral Conference of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church three times. He was senior 
member of the firm of Flood & Vincent, 
publishers, for ten years; founded The 
Chautauquan Magazine and the Chau- 
tauquan Assembly Daily Herald; is now 
Trustee of the Allegheny College, and 
President of the Board of Trustees for 
the Pennsylvania College of Music, and 
President Board of Trustees of Meadville 
Commercial College; President of the 
Pennsylvania State Dairymen's Associa- 
tion for two terms; also a. member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic and Loyal 
Legion; at the Pennsylvania Republican 
State Convention in 1894 was permanent 
Chairman, also delegate at large to the 
National Republican Convention in 1896. 
Address, Meadville, Pa. 

FLIICK, F. L.: 

President of the Perkiomen National 
Bank. Address, East Greenville, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa. 

PLYXX, John Mertons 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Elk County; was 
born in Ridgway, Elk County, Pa., Feb. 
14, 1873; educated in the public schools, 
graduating from the Ridgway High School 
in 1889; learned the trade of machinist, 
and has been employed in the construc- 
tion of electrical machinery for the past 
several years; was a representative in 
several County and State Conventions; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in Novmber, 1902. Address, Ridgway, Pa. 



FOCHT. Heiijaniin Iv.: I 

Editor; born in New Bloomfield, Pa., 
March 12, 1863; the son of Rev. David H. ,: 
Focht, a Lutheran minister. He was ed- 
ucated at Bucknell Academy and Selins- 
grove Institute, and at the age of four- 
teen entered a printing office as an ap- 
prentice, developing a literary ability 
which he manifested at seventeen by, 
writing the salutatory for the first issue 
of the Lewisburg Local News, a paper 
founded by him and of which he became, 
part owner in 1882. A year later he be- 
came sole proprietor, and changed its 
name to the Saturday News. The paper 
soon developed under his energetic and 
able control, and in a few years had grown 
into a large and valuable plant, while he 
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editorial writers in the State. He early 
became active in Republican politics, op- 
posing the movement of the "Independ- 
ents," and in 18S9 was elected a delegate 
to the State Convention. He took active 
part in conventions, and in 1S90 was a 
candidate for the Legislature. Defeated 
in this, he tried again in 1892. and this 
time won the election over Judge Baker, 
the strong Democratic candidate. He has 
been several times re-elected. Address, 
Lewisburg, Pa. 

FOERING, John Onnell: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry July 6, 1861; Sergeant May 
24, 1863; First Sergeant July 1, 1864; dis- 
charged for promotion Oct. 1, 1864; First 
Lieutenant Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania 
Infantry Oct. 1, 1864; honorably mustered 
out July 18, 1865; brevetted Captain Unit- 
ed States Volunteers March 13, 1865, "for 
gallant and meritorious services at the 
battles of Cedar Mountain, ChaneeTlors- 
ville. Gettysburg. Chattanooga, and 
through the marches in Georgia and the 
CaroJinas to the close of the war." 
Elected May 5, 1880; Council of the Com- 
mandery May 4, 189S-1900; Junior Vice 
1901-1902; Chancellor in Chief of the 
Commandery in Chief. October, 1903. 
Address, 574 Philadelphia Bourse, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

FOESTER, Adolph Martin: 

Musical conductor and composer; born 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 2, 1854; educated at 
public and private schools; studied music 
at Royal Conservatory of Music, Leipzig, 
Germany, 1872-1875; Chairman of Music, 
National Saengerfest 1896, held at Pitts- 
burg; conductor of orchestral and choral 
societies; represented at several May mus- 
ical festivals under Theodore Thomas and 
Anton Seidl; wrote Dedication March for 
dedication of Carnegie Hall 1895, played 
by New York Symphony Orchestra under 
Walter Damrosch; won prizes with or- 
chestral work "Prelude to Goethe's 
Faust" and the song "I Love Thee," Art 
Society contest, 1898. Principal orchestral 
works, "Festival March," "Prelude to 
Faust," "Two Suites," "Dedication 
March," etc. Address, 4213 Fifth Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

FOLTZ, Frederick Steinman: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 



Military Academy July 1, 1875; Second 
Lieutenant First Cavalry June 13, 1S79; 
First Lieutenant March 26, 188S. Served: 
At Fort Assinniboine, Mont., to Dec. 13, 
1891; on leave to May 12, 1892; on duty 
at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to May 17, 
1894; with troop at Fort Grant, Ariz., to 
May 20, 1895; at Fort Riley, Kan. (on 
leave in Europe, May 23 to Oct. 22, 1897), 
to April 18, 1S98; at Camp Thomas, Ga., 
and at Lakeland, Fla., to June, 1S98, be- 
ing on duty as Quartermaster, Second 
Brigade, Cavalry Division, May 16 to 
June 8, 1898; Captain of Cavalry, Second 
Cavalry, June 23, 1898; on duty with 
Major General Miles in Cuba and in Porto 
Rico, July and August, 1898; with regi- 
ment at Montauk Point, Sept. 28 to Octo- 
ber, 1898, and at Huntsville, Ala., to Nov. 
23, 1898; Collector of Customs at Balla- 
barro, Cuba, Dec. 29, 189S, to March 13. 
1899; with regiment at Matanzas, Cuba, 
to June 16, 1S99; Acting Inspector Gen- 
eral, Department of Matanzas and Santa 
Clara. Address, Manila, P. I. 

FOLTZ, William S.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Newcastle. Address, Newcastle, Law- 
rence County, Pa. 

FOLWELL, A. Prescott: 

Consulting municipal engineer; born in 
Kingston, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1865; educated 
in public schools of Philadelphia and 
Waterbury, Conn.. Colgate Academy, 
Brown University and Massachusetts In- 
stitute of Technology. Married, Dec. 4, 
1894, to Helen Pearl Peck, of Glens Falls, 
N. Y. Associate Professor of Municipal 
Engineering, Lafayette College. Author: 
"Sewerage," "Water Supply Engineering" 
(John Wiley & Sons, New York). Mem- 
ber American Society of Civil Engineers. 
American Society of Municipal Improve- 
ments. New England Water Works Asso- 
ciation, American Academy of Political 
and Social Science, Beta Theta Pii Fra- 
ternity. Address, Easton, Pa. 

FOOS, Charles S.: 

Superintendent of schools; born in 
Reading, Pa., Dec. 17, 1863; educated in 
public schools of Reading, Hopkins Gram- 
mar School, New Haven, Conn.; took spe- 
cial courses at Yale, Harvard, University 
of Chicago and University of New York: 
received honorary M. A. from Lafayette 
College; was a newspaper reporter 1S84- 
18S6; instructor and also principal of 
Union Academy, Morganfield, Ky., 1S86- 



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1SS7; instructor Stewart Academy, Read- 
ing, Pa., 18SS-18S9; principal of High 
School, Orwigsburg, Pa., 1889-1890; in- 
structor and principal of Boys' High 
School at Reading. Pa., 1S90-1902; su- 
perintendent of public schools, Reading, 
Pa., since 1899; active in State and Na- 
tional educational associations. Masons, 
Knight Templars and other orders. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

FOOSE, Lemuel Oliver: 

Superintendent of Schools, Harrisburg, 
Pa.; son of James and Catharine (Boyer) 
Foose; born Jan. 16, 1838, in Juniata 
County, Pa. In 1840 removed to the vi- 
cinity of Markelville, Perry County, Pa.; 
educated in public schools. Markelville 
Academy and Pennsylvania College, Get- 
tysburg, Pa., receiving degree of M. A. 
Devoting himself to the profession of 
teaching, he was principal of the Acad- 
emy at Aaronsburg, Centre County, Pa., 
1864-1865; superintendent of public schools 
of Lima, Ohio, 1866-1867, and of Miamis- 
burg, Ohio, 1867-1869; 1869-1879 principal 
of the Boys' High School, Harrisburg, 
Pa.; since 1879 City Superintendent of 
Schools of Harrisburg, Pa. One of the 
founders of the Harrisburg Public Li- 
brary Association, in 1889, he has since 
acted as Secretary of its Board of Trus- 
tees. In 1868 he married Eleanor Eliza- 
beth Kuhn, daughter of Rev. Samuel and 
Eleanor (Cunningham) Kuhn. Adrress, 
121 Chestnut St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

FORCEY, T. H.: 

President of the County National Bank 
of Clearfield. Address, Clearfield, Clear- 
field County, Pa. 

FORT), Elias A.: 

Passenger Traffic Manager of the Penn- 
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg; was 
born at Burton, Geauga County. Ohio, on 
April 15, 1840; entered the railroad ser- 
vice in ISO?,, becoming a ticket agent in 
the Union office at Cleveland. Ohio. Two 
years later became General Western Pas- 
senger Agent at Cleveland for the Colum- 
bus and Cincinnati Railroad, and in 1868 
was made General Passenger Agent of the 
Bellefontaine Railway; the next year ap- 
pointed General Passenger Agent of the 
Cleveland. Columbus, Cincinnati and In- 
dianapolis Railroad. In 1871 was made 
General Passenger Agent for the Missouri 
Pacific and the Atlantic and Pacific Rail- 
ways. In 1876 General Passenger Agent 
of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and 



Southern Railways and three years later 
became General Passenger Agent of the 
Vandalia line. In 1881 was made General 
Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania 
lines west of Pittsburg, and was pro- 
moted to his present position April, 1904. 
Address, Kenmawr Hotel, Pittsburg, Pa. 

FORD. Thomas J.: 

Lawyer; Republican County Chairman, 
Allegheny County; born in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, in 1856; educated in the Union town 
Soldiers' Orphan School; moved to Pitts- 
burg and was admitted to the bar. For 
many years has been prominent in polit- 
ical affairs. In 1897 was elected a mem- 
ber of the Legislature, serving three 
terms. Mr. Ford is a Mason and a mem- 
ber of the Odd Fellows, Foresters, Mystic 
Chain, Companion of the Forests, Amer- 
ican Mechanics, Knights of Pythias, Sons 
of Veterans, and an honorary member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic. He 
was a national officer of the Foresters, 
and toured the United States for a num- 
ber of years in their interests; is also in- 
terested in a number of enterprises of a 
business character; practices law in Pitts- 
burg. Member of the Crucible Club, 
Pittsburg. Address, Frick Building. Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 















FORD1XG, Arthur O.: 

Lawyer; was born at Doylestown, Ohio; 
was graduated from Mt. Union College, 
Ohio, in 1883. Married, July 16. 1901, to 
M. Eva Hays, of Pittsburg; a Republican; t 
admitted to the Ohio bar in 1SSS. and i 
practiced at Youngstown until 1895; was • 
admitted in Allegheny County, Pa., in « 
1896, and has since practiced in Pitts- : 
burg. Address, 1140 Murray Hill Ave., ; 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

FORNEY, James: 

Brigadier General U. S. Marine Corps, i 
retired; born in Pennsylvania; commis- 
sioned Second Lieut. Mar. 1, 1861: flagship 
Roanoke, Atlantic Squadron. 1861; First 
Lieutenant September, 1861; October, 1861, 
commanding the Marine Barracks. Wash- 
ington, D. C; November, 1861, command- 
ing Marine Barracks, Portsmouth. N. H.; 
steam sloop Brooklyn, West Gulf Squad- 
ron, 1861-1862, and part of 1S63; partici- 
pated in the capture of Forts Jackson 
and St. Philip, and the city of New Or- 
leans; official reports of that time state 
that Lieutenant James Forney, command- 
ing Marines, had two guns assigned him, 
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He was brevetted a Captain for gallant 
and meritorious service at the attack on 
Forts Jackson and St. Philip. April 24, 
1S62; he was sent ashore by Admiral Far- 
agut at New Orleans, with the guards 
of the Brooklyn and the Verona to raise 
the flag over the Custom House; he held 
this building in the midst of a howling 
mob, and at sunset hauled down our flag, 
bringing the Confederate flag off to the 
ship and handing it over to Captain 
Craven; while attached to the "West Gulf 
Squadron he was in the battles of Chal- 
mette. Port Hudson and Grand Gulf, first 
and second attacks on Vicksburg, Don- 
aldsonville, Bayou Sara, Galveston, Tex- 
as, Feb. 24, 1863; at Brazos de Santiago 
cut out and captured four vessels laden 
with valuable drugs from under the rebel 
batteries. Commissioned Captain, April 
23, 1864; July, 1S64, commanded troops, 
both regular and volunteer, at Havre de 
Grace, Md. In this connection. General 
French reports as follows: "Received the 
brevet of Lieutenant Colonel, for meri- 
torious services in defeating a rebel raid 
at Gunpowder River in July, 1864; flag- 
ship Hartford, Fleet Marine Officer, Asi- 
atic Squadron, 1865-1S68; while attached 
to the Hartford, commanded Marines in 
the attack on the island of Formosa, and 
was brevetted a Major for gallant and 
meritorious services in the action, June 
13, 1867; Oct. 11, 1870, commanded the 
Marines in the colored riots at Philadel- 
phia, in enforcing the Fifteenth Amend- 
ment, being the first vote of the colored 
people." In 1S69 commanded the troops 
while aiding the revenue officers in break- 
ing up the whiskey distilleries in the city 
of Philadelphia; from June 10, 1S72, and 
part of 1873, in Europe on special duty; 
September, 1S73, United States frigate 
Minnesota; from December, 1874, to 1876, 
Fleet Marine Officer, North Pacific Squad- 
ron; August, 1876, commanding Marines, 
League Island; Feb. 11, 1877-1878, com- 
manding Marines, Norfolk, Va.; during 
summer of 1877, commanded Second Bat- 
talion of Marines during the labor riots; 
on his return he and his command were 
complimented in general orders Dy the 
Honorable Secretary of the Navy and 
General Hancock; in 1879, was gradu- 
ated at Torpedo School. Newport, R. I.; 
in 1879-1881, commanded Recruiting Ren- 
dezvous at Philadelphia. Pa., and in 
1883 commanded Marines for a short time 
on receiving ship Colorado. Feb. 24, 1884, 
commissioned Major. In 1885-1887 com- 



manded Marines at Norfolk, Va. ; part of 
1887-18SS commanded Marines at League 
Island. Philadelphia; commanded Marines 
at Mare Island Navy Yard, June, 1888, to 
November, 1892. Commissioned Lieuten- 
ant Colonel, Jan. 30, 1891. Commissioned 
Colonel, July 11, 1892; Marine Barracks, 
Navy Yard, New York, November, 1892- 
1896; commanding Marine Barracks, 
Portsmouth, N. H., in 1896-1897; com- 
manding Marine Barracks, League Island, 
Philadelphia, 1897 to June, 1898. During 
the Spanish-American War Col. Forney 
had command of the Spanish camp, con- 
sisting of 1,700 prisoners from Admiral 
Cervera's fleet, including the Marine Bar- 
racks, at Portsmouth, N. H. ; in com- 
mand of the First Brigade of United 
States Marinies in the Philippine Islands, 
from 1901 to 1902; in charge of the Dis- 
trict of the Recruiting Service of Massa- 
chusetts since October, 1903. Address, 98 
Court St., Boston, Mass. 

FORSE, Charles Thomas: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy 
Oct. 1, 1S64; was graduated 1868; store 
ship Guard, European Fleet, 1868; James- 
town, Pacific Fleet, 1868-1869; promoted 
to Ensign, 1869; Alaska, Asiatic Fleet, 
1869-1872; promoted to Master, 187C, and 
commissioned as Lieutenant, 1873; Ossi- 
pee, North Atlantic Station, 1873-1876; 
Tuscarora, Pacific Station, 1877-1881; 
Ranger, Pacific Station, 1881-1884; com- 
manding C. S. S. Earnest, 1884-1887; In- 
spector of Steel, new cruisers, 1887, to 
July, 1892; Kearsarge, North Atlantic 
Station, July, 1892, to April, 1894; In- 
spector of Steel, April, 1S94, to June, 1S97; 
Lieutenant Commander, June, 1894; com- 
manding C. S. steamer Endeavor, June, 
1897, to January, 1898; Patterson, April, 
1898; commanding Lebanon; promoted to 
Commander, March 3, 1899; Lighthouse 
Inspector, Fourteenth District, March 13, 
1899; commanding Celtic, Aug. 15, 1900 to 
1903; Captain, 1902; retired with rank of 
Rear Admiral, Dec. 26, 1903. Address, 
Morewood Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

FORSYTH, Frank J.: 

Born in Middletown, Dauphin County, 
Pa., Sept. 24, 1877; educated in Pittsburg 
public schools. Married Miss Margaret 
B. Herron. Jan. 1, 1898; has one daught- 
er. Margaret Josephine Forsyth, born 
Oct. 3. 1S98, in Harrisburg. Address, 
5520 Kentucky Ave., Shady Side, Pitts- 
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FORSYTH, George Alexander: 

Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Illinois; 
private Aug. IS, 1861; First Lieutenant 
Eighth Illinois Cavalry Sept. IS, 1861; 
Captain Feb. 12, 1S62; Major Sept. 1, 
1863; brevetted Colonel Volunteers Oct. 
19, 1864, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vice in the battles of Opequan and Mid- 
dletown, Va., and Brigadier General Vol- 
unteers March 13, 1S65, for distinguished 
service and conspicuous gallantry; hon- 
orably mustered out Feb. 1, 1866; Major 
Ninth Cavalry July 28, 1866; Lieutenant 
Colonel, Military Secretary to Lieutenant 
General Sheridan Mar.ch 13, 1869 to March 
17, 1873; Lieutenant Colonel, Aide de 
Camp to Lieutenant General Sheridan 
April 9, 1S78, to June 26, 1SS1; Lieutenant 
Colonel Fourth Cavalry June 26, 18S1; 
brevetted Lieutenant Colonel March 2, 
1867, for gallant and meritorious service 
in the battle of Dinwiddie Court House, 
Va.; Colonel March 2, 1867, for gallant 
and meritorious service in the battle of 
Five Forks, Va., and Brigadier General 
Sept. 17. 1868, for gallant conduct and 
meritorious service in an engagement 
with hostile Indians on the Arickaree 
Fork of the Republican River on Sept. 
17, 18, 19 and 20, 186S; retired March 25, 
1890. Address, 1509 Rhode Island Ave., 
Northwest, Washington, D. C. 

FORSYTH. James M.: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Bahama Islands; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; entered the Volunteer Navy 
Sept. 25, 1861. as an Acting Master's 
Mate; served through the rebellion, being 
attached at various times to the North 
and South Atlantic and West Gulf Squad- 
rons, and participating in the capture of 
Forts Clarke and Hatteras, Aug. 27, 1861; 
the engagements under Farragut, on the 
Mississippi, from Forts Jackson and St. 
Philip to Vicksburg, and the engagement 
with rebel ram Arkansas; and. while at- 
tached to the South Atlantic Squadron, 
took part in the various engagements 
with Sumter, Moultrie, and other fortifi- 
cations in Charleston Harbor. Promoted 
to Aetins Ensign. Sept. 5, 1862, and to 
Acting Master, Aug. 1, 1864; executive 
officer steamer Nyack. Pacific Squadron, 
1865-1868; commissioned as Master in the 
regular Navy, March 12, 1868, and com- 
missioned as Lieutenant. Dec. 18, 1868; 
executive officer steamer Purveyor, spe- 
cial service. 1868. Promoted to Lieuten- 
ant Commander May. 1S78; promoted to 



Commander March, 1889; was in com- 
mand of Naval Station, Key West, when 
the United States steamship Maine was 
blown up in Havana Harbor; received 
and cared for the survivors and attended 
to burial of the dead from that ship, at 
Key West. After the end of the Spanish 
War was taken sick with yellow fever on 
Sept. 9, 1S9S, and in October, 1898, was 
transferred convalescent to Naval Hos- 
pital, Philadelphia, Pa.; remained in that 
hospital till February, 1899. Promoted to 
Captain, March 3, 1899; appointed Chief 
of Staff of the United States Naval Force 
on Asiatic Station by Rear Admiral John 
C. Watson, Commander in Chief, Aug. 5, 
1S99; in February, 1900, ordered to com- 
mand the armored cruiser Brooklyn, and 
as Chief of Staff to Admiral Watson; 
May, 1900, detached from Brooklyn and 
ordered to Baltimore, which ship was 
then detailed as flagship for Admiral 
Watson to bring him home via Suez 
Canal; arrived in New York September, 
1900; November, 1900, ordered to com- 
mand battleship Indiana; May, 1901, de- 
tached from Indiana, and ordered as Cap- 
tain of the Yard, Navy Yard, Mare Is- 
land. Cal., Aug. 20; detached from Mare 
Tsland, and given leave; Sept. 25, 1901, 
placed on retired list, at his own request, 
on forty years' service, with rank of Rear 
Admiral. Address, care Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

FORTTG. John: 

Oil and real estate operator; born in 
Venango County, Pa., March 17, 1837; 
was educated in the county schools; 
worked on his father's farm till he was 
sixteen years of age. At the age of sev- 
enteen he left home for the Susquehanna 
River lumbering region, performing the 
journey of one hundred and fifty miles 
on foot. While working there he studied 
diligently and made such progress that 
he became a school teacher at Neilltown 
in 1857. Here he taught and continued 
his studies till the oil discoveries in 
Western Pennsylvania attracted atten- 
tion, when Mr. Fortig, with little money, 
obtained a sub-lease on five acres of un- 
developed territory. This first enterprise 
failed, but others were more successful 
and in 1861 he formed a partnership with 
John W. Hammond, which conducted 
some very profitable operations. Estab- 
Iishing himself in Titusville, he became 
one of its largest property holders and 
most enterprising; business men. The 
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time the largest structure in the city. 
He was elected Mayor of Titusville in 
1S73 and was twice re-elected, and in 
1876 was elected State Senator on the 
Democratic ticket. In 1878 he was can- 
didate for Lieutenant Governor, and in 
18S2 he was elected Vice President of 
the Commercial Bank of Titusville, and 
is also President of the Titusville Iron 
Works and the National Oil Company. 
He has been connected with other im- 
portant industrial companies of the oil 
region. Address, Titusville, Pa. 

FOSS, Cyrus David: 

Bishop; born Jan. 17, 1834, at Kingston, 
N. Y. In 1854 was graduated from Wes- 
leyan University; received degree of 
D. D. from same in 1S70, and in 1879 de- 
gree of LL. D. from Cornell College, Iowa, 
and LL. D. from University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 1S89; from 1854 to 1857 he was 
instructor, and afterward became prin- 
cipal of Amenia Seminary, N. Y. In 
1S57 joined the itinerant ministry in New 
York. From 1S57 to 1S59 he was pastor 
at Chester, Orange County, N. Y. ; later 
transferrer to New York East Confer- 
ence; was pastor in Brooklyn from 1859 
to 1S65: also in the churches of New 
York City from 1865 to 1875. In 187S 
was fraternal delegate to the General 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. South, and in 18S6 to the British 
Wesleyan Conference. In 1886 he trav- 
eled in Europe, and visited the Metho- 
dist Episcopal Missions; also in Mexico 
in 1893, and in India and Malaysia, 1S97- 
1S9S. Address, 2043 Arch St., Philadel- 
phia. Pa. 

FOSTER, Charles D.: 

Lawyer; born in Luzerne County in 
1S36, his great grandfather being a nota- 
ble figure in the early history of Wyo- 
ming Valley, and first pastor of the 
Wilkesbarre Congregational Church 1772- 
1797. Mr. Foster received his instruction 
in law in the office of Lyman Hakes, of 
Wilkesbarre. and was admitted to the bar 
in 1861. Since then he has been steadily 
engaged in practice, and is known as one 
of the safe, reliable and successful law- 
yers of his section of the State. His 
practice has been mainly in the Civil 
Courts and the Orphans' Court, and has 
been large and lucrative. It has extend- 
ed to the State and Federal Courts, and 
has included a large number of important 
cases. He is a Republican in politics: 
has served in the Countv Committee and 



the State Convention, and was a member 
of the State Legislature 1883-1SS4. He 
was afterward nominated for Congress, 
but failed to be elected. He has been 
active in business affairs; was President 
of the first street railway company of 
Wilkesbarre, and is a Director in the 
Wyoming National Bank and the Wilkes- 
barre and Dalles Turnpike Company, also 
a stockholder in several banks of Wilkes- 
barre and Pittston, of the Wilkesbarre 
Bridge Company and of several pipe line 
companies. He is a member of the orders 
of Masons and Elks, of the Westmore- 
land and the Malt clubs, the Bar Asso- 
ciation, Historical Society, etc. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

FOSTER, Fred, W.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; Cadet Military Academy 
July 1, 1873; Second Lieutenant Fifth 
Cavalry June 15, 1877; First Lieutenant 
April 1, 1885; served at Fort Reno, I. T., 
to June 21, 1893; Regimental Quartermas- 
ter Oct. 1, 1890, to Oct. 1, 1894; at Fort 
Mcintosh, Tex., to June 13, 1894; at Fort 
Sam Houston, Texas; Captain of Cav- 
alry, Fifth Cavalry, Oct. 14, 1896, to May 
14, 1S9S; at Mobile, Ala., and Tampa, 
Fla., to August, 1898; at Huntsville, Ala., 
to January, 1899; en route to and at 
Cayey, Porto Rico, to Sept. 27, 1S99; on 
detached duty to Nov. 21, 1899; on duty 
at Washington, D. G, as member of 
Board to Consider and Report upon Ra- 
tions in Tropical Climates, Dec. 20, 1899. 
Address, Fort Apache, Ariz. 

FOSTER, William Sill: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; private First Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, Sept. 6, 1861; Sergeant, Oct. 1, 
1861; First Sergeant, Jan. 3, 1862; dis- 
charged to accept promotion, Feb. 18. 
1S62; Second Lieutenant and Battalion 
Adjutant First Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
Feb. 19, 1S62; honorably mustered out, 
Sept. 9. 1862; elected Feb. 6, 1889. Ad- 
dress, 2754 North Second St., Philadelphia. 

FOULKROD, William W.: 

Merchant; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 
22. 1S46; educated in the public schools 
of Philadelphia; entered the wholesale 
house of Musters & Bennett in 1S63 to 
learn the hosiery, glove and notion busi- 
ness; grew up with this firm until it 
was reorganized in January, 1879, when 
it took the title of Thomas J. Mustin & 



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Co., Mr. Foulkrod becoming an active 
member of that firm. In April, 1887, this 
firm sold out its entire business to John 
Wanamaker, who at that time had gone 
into the wholesale business. Later, when 
in 1890, the firm of Hood, Foulkrod & 
Co., was formed, Mr. Foulkrod became 
an active member of that firm, which was 
the largest wholesale dry goods firm of 
Philadelphia, and one of the largest in 
this country, Mr. John Wanamaker be- 
ing connected with it as special partner, 
it being the successor of the old firm 
of Hood, Bonbright & Co., which was 
the name under which Mr. John Wana- 
maker conducted his wholesale business 
after he had bought out Hood, Bon- 
bright & Co. Mr. Foulkrod comes from 
an old Philadelphia family who have re- 
sided in the section of Philadelphia known 
as Frankford for seven generations. The 
family has always been prominent in 
public affairs. Mr. Foulkrod's father died 
while a member of the Pennsylvania 
State Senate from Philadelphia. His 
grandfather was a member of both the 
House and Senate of Pennsylvania, also a 
member of the Constitutional Convention 
of 1837-183S, also in the War of 1812. His 
great-grandfather was in the Revolution 
and participated in the battles of Tren- 
ton. Princeton and uermantown, and was 
with Washington when he crossed the 
Delaware. Mr. William W. Foulkrod has 
followed his family in taking an active 
interest in public affairs. He was one 
of the organizers and the first President 
of the Philadelphia Trades League, the 
largest commercial organization of Phila- 
delphia, and one of the largest in the 
country. He continued as its President 
for twelve years, until its membership 
included between two and three thousand 
of Philadelphia's most prominent busi- 
ness firms. He is yet a member of its 
Board of Directors, and Chairman of its 
Harbor and Navigation Committee. He 
was the first President of the Philadel- 
phia & Frankford Railroad Co. and he 
continues a member of its board. He is 
one of the Trustees of the Philadelphia 
Commercial Museum, and was the Acting 
President of the National Export Exhi- 
bition. He is President of the Frankford 
Fire Insurance Company, President of 
the Frankford Hosiery Mills Company, a 
member of the Legislative Committee of 
the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, 
Secretary of the Board of Trustees of 
the Evans Museum and Dental College 
for which Dr. Thomas Evans left nearly 
four million dollars to the city of Phila- 



delphia. He is a member of the Citi- 
zens' Permanent Relief Committee, the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Pres- 
ident of the Frankford Country Club, and 
connected with many other business and 
social associations. Address, 4716 Leiper 
St.. Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. 

FOl'SE, L. G.: 

President of the Fidelity Mutual Life 
Insurance Company of Philadelphia; born 
in Blair County, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21, 
1850. In 1870 he entered the life insur- 
ance business in the capacity of solicitor; 
he organized the Fidelity Mutual Life 
Insurance Company in 1S78 and has been 
its President continuously. Author of 
numerous publications on life insurance 
and has served in a number of companies 
as consulting actuary; he was the first 
in this country to formulate a plan 
adapted to the conditions as they exist 
in the United States, based on the actual 
experience of British offices, for insuring 
under average or impaired lives. He is 
a member of a number of scientific or- 
ganizations, through which he has con- 
tributed articles of special interest with 
reference to the economic and ethical fea- 
tures of life insurance. Address, 3613 
Baring St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FOW, John H.: 

Legislator; born in Philadelphia. June 
23, 1851; educated in the public schools 
and studied law in the office of Hon. F. 
Carroll Brewster, being admitted to the 
bar in 1S78. Taking an active part in 
political affairs, he soon became' a promi- 
nent figure in municipal and state poli- 
tics, being a member of the Democratic 
State Committee in 1882 and 1883, and for 
three years Vice President of the Demo- 
cratic State League, of which organiza- 
tion he was the first President; he served 
for two terms in the Philadelphia City 
Council, and in 1899 was elected to the 
State Legislature, in which he served for 
four terms; he was on important com- 
mittees of the House, and was Chairman 
of the Democratic caucus in 1895; he was 
a member of the committees having in 
charge the bi-centennial celebration of the 
settlement of Pennsylvania in 1882 and 
the centennial celebration of the adop- 
tion of the Constitution of the United 
States in 1887; also of that concerned in 
the unveiling of the Washington monu- 
ment in Fairmount Park in 1897. He 
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ning Star at Harrisburg and during the 
World's Fair at Chicago; he was the first 
President of the Old York Road Trolley 
Railway, and later of the Gray's Perry 
Street Railway. Address, 1231 North 
Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FOX, Alexander >1.: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 
7, 1824; learned the grocery business, and 
began on his own account in 1845; after 
carrying on the business for twenty-five 
years he retired, turning over the estab- 
lishment to a faithful employe. During 
this period and later he became concerned 
in numerous business affairs, becoming 
a Director in the Northern Liberties Na- 
tional Bank, the Industrial Trust, Title 
and Savings Company, the Fire Insur- 
ance Company of Philadelphia, the Union 
Traction Company and other railway 
companies, and of the Philadelphia and 
Trenton and the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Companies; he has served as President 01 
the Northern Liberties Gas Company and 
of the Second and Third Street Passen- 
ger Railway Company, and has been con- 
nected with other corporations; he served 
as Councilman from 1864 to 1869, and 
was one of the organizing members of 
the Union League; he was active in the 
original organization of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company, and was elected a 
Director by the City Councils in 1871 to 
represent the interest of the city as a 
stockholder. Address, 1415 North Broad 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FOX, Charles Franklin: 

Son of Charles James Fox and Clarissa 
Mason Fox; was born in Chautauqua 
County, New York, May 16. 1842. When 
six years old removed with his parents 
to Foxburg, Forest County, Pa.; educated 
by private tutor. Was married in 1864 
to Miss N. Catharine Hills, of Chautau- 
qua County, New York. With the ex- 
ception of a two years' residence in Mc- 
Kean County, has lived at Foxburg 
(Lynch P. O.), where he has held some 
office for many years. He has five living 
children: Maude Livingston, wife of ex- 
State Auditor J. E. Frost; Lena Mar, 
Mertie O., Charles James, and Edward 
Stabler Fox. His residence is Foxburg, 
Pa. 

FOX, Cyrns T.: 

Manager of Reading News Bureau; born 
in Reading, Pa., March 12, 1847, the 
youngest son of Frederick Fox, whose an- 



cestors were among the earliest settlers 
of the English-speaking portion of Berks 
County; educated in the public schools of 
his native city, and graduated from the 
Reading High School June 30, 1864, at the 
head of his class; began reading law in 
the office of John S. Richards, Esq., in 
Reading, but abandoned this for agricul- 
tural pursuits. Manager of the Chester- 
wood Experimental Gardens, Lancaster 
County, Pa., 1S65-72. In the latter year 
became City Editor of the Reading Times, 
having previously contributed for some 
years to its columns, as also to the Read- 
ing Evening Dispatch, and to the Farm 
Department of the Berks and Schuylkill 
Journal; also a contributor to a number 
of other newspapers from 1867 to 1S72. 
Was city editor of the Reading Times 
until Sept. 1, 1887. Established in that 
year the Reading News Bureau, (of which 
he is still manager,) furnishing special 
matter to daily newspapers in Phila- 
delphia, New York, Boston and other 
cities, also articles to leading agricultural 
and horticultural journals, and to papers 
devoted to the horse, live stock, and 
sports; also contributing to trades jour- 
nals. Editor of the Reading Daily Review 
from July 1, 1S95. to April 15, 1896; and 
was subsequently editor and business 
manager of the same paper from July, 
1897, to January, 1899. Identified with the 
Berks County Agricultural Society from 
1867, becoming Corresponding Secretary 
in 1S73, and serving as Secretary from 
1874 to 1902, with the exception of two 
years (1877 and '78). State Pomologist of 
Pennsylvania, from 1877 to the present 
date. Secretary of the State Horticul- 
tural Association of Pennsylvania for two 
years, 1S97-98; had previously been Chair- 
man of the General Fruit Committee of 
the same association for fifteen years. 
Secretary Pennsylvania Association of 
Agricultural Societies. Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania 
State College from 1891 to 1903. City 
Clerk, Secretary of the Board of Park 
Commissioners and of the Board of Water 
Commissioners of Reading, Pa., 1889- 
1900; President of the Reading Press 
Club in 1893, and present at the organiza- 
tion of the International League of Press 
Clubs at Pittsburg in that year. President 
of the Pennsylvania State Editorial As- 
sociation in 1902. and elected Correspond- 
ing Secretary in 1904. Was one of the or- 
ganizers of the same in 1871, and of the 
National Editorial Association at Cin- 
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Board of Trade 1891 to 1S97, and increased 
its membership from 72 to 600. Manager 
of the Great Roanoke Fair at Roanoke, 
Va„ in 1903; Superintendent of Horti- 
culture for Pennsylvania at the St. Louis 
Exposition in 1904; elected Secretary of 
the World's Fair Association of Superin- 
tendents of Horticulture May 2, 1904. 
Lecturer at the Farmers' Institutes for 
a number of years, and the Secretary 
of the Local Board of Farmers' In- 
stitutes for a number of years, and Sec- 
retary of the Local Board of Farmers' 
Institute Managers. One of the organiz- 
ers of the Reading and Southwestern 
Street Railway Company in 1890, and a 
Director and Chairman of the Executive 
Committee for seven years. Active in 
politics for many years as a Republican; 
Chairman of the Republican County Com- 
mittee of Berks from 1873 to 1S83, and 
Chairman of the Republican City Execu- 
tive Committee for the same period; 
member of the Republican State Commit- 
tee for many years, and member of the 
Committee of Five in 1877 that framed 
the new party rules. Delegate to the Re- 
publican State Convention in 1871, and 
chosen Secretary; chief Secretary of the 
Republican State Convention of 1882. Mar- 
ried Miss Tillie Shartle of Reading, Pa., 
Jan. 7, 1875; their children are four sons, 
two of whom are newspaper men. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

FOX, Edward J.: 

Lawyer; born April 3, 1S5S. at Easton, 
Pa.; educated in Easton High School and 
Lafayette College, graduating in 187S; 
read law with E. J. Fox, Sr. ; admitted to 
the bar in 1880; formed a partnership with 
his father, which continued to 18S9, un- 
der the name of E. J. Fox & Son; in 
189G formed a partnership with his broth- 
er, under the firm name of E. J. & J. 
W. Fox. Address, 27-2S Trust Company 
Building, Easton, Pa. 

FOX, Frederick S.: 

News editor of Reading Herald; born in 
Reading, Pa., Oct. 23. 1875; April 15, 
1895. became connected with the staff of 
the Reading Daily Review, just started; 
Oct. 1. 1895, became editor of the Read- 
ins: Evening World; Oct. 12, 1896, became 
editor of the Allentown Daily ^Leader, 
which position he relinquished in a few 
weeks to become news editor of the 
Reading Herald, a position which he still 
occupies. Married. June 15, 1898, Miss 



Alma Mingle, youngest daughter of Dr. 
1. L. Mingle of Reading. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

FOX, Gilbert Rodman: 

Lawyer; born July 26, 1861, at Osca- 
wana, West Chester County, N. Y. ; edu- 
cated at Classical Institute, Philadelphia; 
Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and Princeton 
College, class of 1884; studied law with 
his father, and was admitted to the bar 
of Montgomery County, Pa., 1885; admit- 
ted to practice in Supreme Court of 
United States, United States Courts for 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the 
Philadelphia bar. On May 11, 1886, mar- 
ried Rebecca Coleman; Jan. 1, 1900, he 
formed a partnership under the firm 
name of Larzelere, Gibson & Fox, at Nor- 
ristown and Philadelphia. Address. 320 
De Kalb St., Norristown, Pa. 

FOX, James G.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Chester County; 
was born in Hummelstown, Dauphin Coun- 
ty, Pa., Nov. 3, 1S58; his early life was 
spent on a farm, and he is still engaged 
in farming; educated in the public schools 
and at the age of nineteen began teach- 
ing, and taught for four terms; served 
as School Director six years; moved to 
Chester County, Pa., in March, 1892, and 
in the fall of that year was elected a 
member of the Republican County Com- 
mittee, and has been re-elected annually; 
was nominated for the Legislature at 
the Republican Convention in 1898, but 
was defeated by fusion; was elected to 
the House of Representatives in 1900; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Downingtown, Pa. 

FOX, John E.: 

State Senator from Dauphin County; 
born in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, 
Pa., Nov. 27, 1861; educated at Lafayette 
College. Easton, Pa., and was graduated 
with the class of 1SS5; two years later 
received the degree of Master of Arts, and 
is now a Trustee of that college; spent 
two years in teaching, and then read law 
two years with the firm of Weiss & Gil- 
bert of Harrisburg, Pa.; was admitted 
to practice at the Dauphin County bar in 
1S8S, and has since continued to practice 
his profession. He was a delegate to the 
Republican National Convention at Min- 
neapolis in 1892. and was one of the 
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introduced the bill appropriating $4,000,- 
000 for the new Capitol building, and is 
known as the "Father of the New Capi- 
tol"; has always been a stanch Republi- 
can, but never before held any political 
office; was elected to the Senate in No- 
vember, 1900. Address, 1 North Second 
St., Harrisburg, Pa. 



FOX. Joseph M.: 

President of the Foxburg Bank, 
dress, Foxburg, Clarion County, Pa. 



Ad- 



FRAJVCIS. James G.: 

Secretary of the Union Savings and 
Building Association of Philadelphia; 
born June 14, 1S48, in Philadelphia; was 
educated in the public schools and Cen- 
tral High School. Has been largely iden- 
tified with building associations, being 
Secretary of the Union Savings and Build- 
ing Association for thirty-three years, 
the oldest building association now in ex- 
istence in the United States; member of 
Board of Directors of the West Philadel- 
phia Title and Trust Company, of the 
Executive Committee of the local Phila- 
delphia Civil Service Reform Associa- 
tion, and President of Berwyn Law and 
Order Society. Address, 705 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

FRANCIS, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Allegheny City, March 8, 1862; 
educated in the public schools of that 
city; learned the trade of machinist; 
served as clerk in the city markets from 
September, 1891, to June, 1902; was elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vmber, 1902. Address, Allegheny City, 
Pa. 

FRANK, John H.: 

Banker; born April 1, 1850, at Ligonier, 
Pa.: educated at Ligonier. Pa., corn- 
schools; Treasurer of Ligonier Borough 
for seven years. Married Anna Kibel, 
Nov. 26, 1872. Steel engraver to 1874; 
hotel to 1882; private banking to 1903; 
President of the National Bank of Li- 
gonier since. Democratic in politics. Ad- 
dress, Ligonier, Pa. 

FRANKEL, Lee K.: 

Chemist; born in Philadelphia. Aug. 13. 
1867; educated in Rugby Academy and 
the University of Pennsylvania, where he 
devoted himself to the study of science, 
especially chemistry, taking three de- 



grees in this field; Bachelor of Science in 
18S7, Practical Chemist in 1S88, and Doctor 
of Philosophy in 1892; graduating in 1888, 
he remained connected with the university 
as instructor in chemistry until 1894, and 
for the following five years was engaged 
in business as a commercial chemist. In 
1899 he became manager of the United 
Hebrew Charities of New York City. 
"Vice President New York State Confer- 
ence of Charities and Corrections, 1903; 
member of Commission appointed by 
President Roosevelt to inquire into con- 
ditions at Ellis Island. Among his pub- 
lications are: "The Oxidation of Metallic 
Arsenides by the Electric Current," "The 
Electrolysis of the Metallic Sulpho-Cy- 
anides," "Common Sense Charity," "Un- 
usual Forms of Relief," "The " Uses of 
Material Relief," "The Equipment of the 
Worker," "Co-operation and Health In- 
surance." Address, 356 Second Ave., 
New York city. 

FRANKLIN. George Steinman: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Captain George M. Franklin; elected Feb. 
6, 1SS9; First Class in Succession May 15, 
1899. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

FRANKLIN, Samuel R.: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania, Feb. IS. 1841; promoted to 
Passed Midshipman, Aug. 10, 1847; com- 
missioned as Lieutenant, Sept. 14. 1855; 
Naval Academy, 1855-1856. He was a vol- 
unteer on board the Roanoke in the ac- 
tion with the Merrimac, March, 1S62, in 
which the Congress and Cumberland were 
destroyed; the Roanoke was engaged with 
the forts at Sewell's Point, but grounded, 
and did not get fairly into the action. 
Executive officer of the Dacotah in the 
attack upon the batteries at Sewell's 
Point in the spring of 1862; commissioned' 
as Lieutenant Commander, July 16, 1862; 
commanding the steam gunboat Aroos- 
took, James River Flotilla, 1S62; com- 
manding Aroostook, Western Gulf Block- 
ading Squadron, 1863; on the staff of Act- 
ing Rear Admiral Thatcher during the 
operations of Mobile Bay in the spring 
of 1865, and was the naval representative 
in the demand for the surrender of the 
City of Mobile; commissioned as Com- 
mander, Sept. 26, 1S66; commissioned as 



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Captain, Aug. 13, 1872; Fleet Captain of 
the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 
under Commodore Bell, Rear Admiral 
Palmer, and Acting Rear Admiral 
Thatcher. Joined the Wabash, on the 
European Station, in 1873, and command- 
ed her and served as Chief of Staff to 
Rear Admiral Case; the flag was shifted 
to the Franklin, which vessel he com- 
manded and served in her as Chief of 
Staff to Rear Admiral Worden, when he 
relieved Admiral Case in command of 
the squadron; President of Board of Ex- 
aminers for promotion of officers, Navy 
Yard, Norfolk, 1877; promoted to Com- 
modore, May, 1SS1; special duty, Wash- 
ington, 1881-1883; Hydrographer to the 
Bureau of Navigation, 1S77-18S0; Super- 
intendent Naval Observatory, 1884-1885; 
promoted to Rear Admiral, January, 1S85; 
ordered to command European Station, 
February, 18S5, with the Pensacola as 
flagship; remained in this command till 
August, 1887, when he was relieved; re- 
tired, 1887. Appointed by President Cleve- 
land, February, 1889, as one of the Dele- 
gates on the part of the United States 
to the International Marine Conference, 
and was chosen President of that body 
on Oct. 16. upon its assembling at Wash- 
ington. Member of the Pennsylvania 
Commandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion. Address, 133S Nineteenth 
St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 

FRAZER, Persifoi-: 

Geologist, chemist; born in Philadel- 
phia, July 24, 1844; son of John Fries, 
LL. D., and Charlotte (Cave) Frazer; 
was graduated from University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1862; A. M., 1865; was aide 
United States Coast Survey, acting in 
South Atlantic Squadron. United States 
Navy, 1862-1S63; then in the First Troop, 
Philadelphia Cavalry, through Gettys- 
burg campaign, 1S63; Acting Ensign, 
United States Navy, in Mississippi Squad- 
ron till end of war. He studied in Booth 
and Garret's Chemical Laboratory, 1868. 
and in Saxon School of Mines, Freiberg, 
Saxony, 1S66-1869; Mineralogist and 
Metallurgist, United States Geological 
Survey. 1S69-1S70; Professor of Chemistry. 
University of Pennsylvania, 1870-1874; 
Assistant Second Geological Survey of 
Pennsylvania, 1874-1882; received degree 
of Dooteur 6s-Sciences Naturelles. Uni- 
versity de France. 1882. Married Isabella 
Nevins Whelen. Member of Society War 
of 1812, Society of Colonial Wars, Society 
of American Authors; life Fellow Geolog- 



ical Society of America and of the Amer- 
ican Association Advancement Science. 
Life member Military Order Loyal Legion. 
N. J. Society of the Cincinnati, Society 
of Naval Veterans, British Association Ad- 
vancement Science, American Institute 
Mining Engineers, American Philosophi- 
cal Society, Academy Natural Sciences, 
Franklin Institute, Societe Geologique du 
Nord (France) ; Society Geologique de 
Belgique (honorary) ; Officier de 1'Instruc- 
tion Publique (France); correspondent 
k. k. Reichsanstalt, Vienna; Vice Presi- 
dent International Geological Congress 
of London, 1888, and St. Petersburg, 1897. 
Author of five volumes of "Reports Geo- 
logical Survey of Pennsylvania," 1876- 
1883; "Tables for the Determination of 
Minerals," 1S74-1S96; "Report on the 
Archean American Committee Interna- 
tional Geological Congress. 18SS; "Bibli- 
otics," 1894-1901; in collaboration, "Bio- 
graphical Catalogue of the Matriculates 
of the College University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1749-1S93," 1894; "Demonstrated 
Cause of Change of Color of the Moon 
with the Change from Night to Day." 
Invented system of qualitative and quan- 
titative tests by means of color prisms: 
demonstrated the minute tremors of a 
hand holding a marking instrument to 
be characteristic of the individual; de- 
vised methods for determining author- 
ship of handwriting by measurement and 
average, by composite photography, etc. 
Residence. 928 Spruce St.; office, 1042 
Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

FRAZER, Renh: 

Pay Director United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; Captain's Clerk, 
flagship Hartford ana Lackawanna, 
Asiatic Station, 1872-1875; appointed from 
Pennsylvania, July 15, 1875; Intrepid. 
1875; Catskill, North Atlantic Station. 
1876; Rio Bravo, 1877-1879. Promoted to 
Passed Assistant Paymaster, Oct 27, 1879; 
Assistant to Paymaster, New York, 1879- 
1880; Alliance, North Atlantic Station, 
and Jeannette, Search Expedition, 1880- 
1882; Wachusett. Pacific Station, 1882- 
1885; Alliance. South Atlantic Station, 
February. 1SS8. to September, 1899; 
Alliance, on the Asiatic Station, January. 
1890, to July, 1893. Promoted Paymaster, 
Jan. 19, 1892; receiving ships St. Louis 
and Richmond, September. 1893, to No- 
vember, 1896; Puritan, North Atlantic 
Station, 1897; Indiana, North Atlantic 
Station, from Jan. 15. 1898 to 1899; Navy 
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promoted Pay Inspector Aug-. 27, 1901; 
promoted Pay Director Jan. 19, 1903; 
Navy Pay Office, Philadelphia, Pa., since 
Oct. 26, 1903. Address, Post Office Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

FRAZER, Robert Sellers: 

President Judge; born Sept. 18, 1S49, in 
Fayette City, Fayette County, Pa.; edu- 
cated at West Chester Academy, "West 
Chester. Pa., and Western University 
of Pittsburg. Admitted to practice in the 
courts of Allegheny County, Pa., March 
29, 1873; member of the State House of 
Representatives of Allegheny County in 
1877, 1S7S, 1879 and 1880. Elected Judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, Al- 
legheny County, in 1896, for a ten years' 
term; was commissioned President Judge 
of the same court Nov. 5. 1900; is now 
serving under the above commission, his 
term expiring January, 1907; Republican 
in politics; member of the Union Club, 
Pittsburg, Pa. Address, 5S20 Rippey St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

FRAZIER, AVilliam West: 

Merchant; born in Montevideo, Uru- 
guay, South America, Aug. 27, 1830, of 
American parents; he entered the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1855 and grad- 
uated in 1858, serving while in college as 
Moderator of the Philomathean Society. 
He enlisted in the volunteer service early 
in the Civil War, and in September, 1861, 
was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 
the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry; he was 
promoted First Lieutenant in March, and 
Captain in November, 1862, and served 
in this capacity till his resignation in 
February, 1864. Since then he has pur- 
sued a mercantile career as a member of 
the firm of Harrison, Frazier & Co., later 
the Franklin Sugar Refining Company 
He married Harriet Morgan, daughter of 
George Lieb Harrison and sister of 
Charles Custis Harrison, Provost of the 
University of Pennsylvania, and senior 
partner in the business firm with which 
he was connected. Since 1894 he has been 
a Trustee of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, and has served as Treasurer of the 
Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church in Philadelphia; member of the 
Pennsylvania Historical Society and the 
Loyal Legion. Address, 2132 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

FRAZIER, William West, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



Legion; eldest son of Companion Captain 
William W. Frazier; elected May 1, 1895. 
Address, 2132 Spruce St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

FREAR, AVilliam: 

Chemist; born in Reading, Pa., Mch x 24, 
I860; son of Geo. Frear, D. D.,and Malvina 
Rowland; educated in public schools of 
Reading and Norristown and collegiate 
preparatory school at Lewisburg, Pa.; 
B. S., Bucknell University, 1881; special 
student in chemistry, Harvard Univei- 
sity; Ph. D., Illinois Wesleyan Univer- 
sity, 1S83; special assistant in chemistry, 
Bucknell University, 1881-1882; Assistant 
Chemist, United States Department of 
Agriculture, 1SS3-1885; Professor of Agri- 
cultural Chemistry in Pennsylvania State 
College, 1885, and Vice Director and 
Chemist, Experiment Station, 18S7; Chem- 
ist to Pennsylvania State Board of Agri- 
culture, 1888. Editor and publisher, 1892- 
1S94, Agricultural Science; 1902, Chairman 
of committee appointed to establish offi- 
cial standards of purity for foods by Sec- 
retary of Agriculture. Fellow American 
Association Advancement Science; mem- 
ber Society for the Promotion of Agri- 
cultural Science (United States and Can- 
ada.) Association of American Agricul- 
tural Colleges and Experiment Stations, 
Association of Official Agricultural Chem- 
ists of United States; American Chemical 
Society; Chairman Executive Committee 
National Pure Food and Drug Congress. 
Married. 1900, Julia Reno, daughter of 
Lewis Reno of Greenville, Ky. Address, 
State College, Pa. 

FREAS, Andrew M.: 

President Judge of the Orphans' Court 
of the Eleventh Judicial District, com- 
prising the County of Luzerne; born Oct. 
31, 1864, at Berwick, Pa.; son of Henry 
L. Freas, M. D., and Amelia M. Freas; 
educated at Bucknell College and Tale 
Law School; admitted to the bar, Sept. 23. 
1889; was principal of the Berwick 
schools; has been Chairman of the Dem- 
ocratic County Committee of Luzerne 
County and of the Twenty-first District 
Senatorial Committee, and a member of 
the State Central Committee. Address. 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

FREED, Elias K.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Lansdale. Address. Lansdale, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa. 



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FKEEDLEY, Angelo Tillingrhnst: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 12, I860, at Cincin- 
nati, Ohio; studied law, and in 1871 he 
was admitted to the bar; in IS95 he was 
counsel for Pennsylvania Senate Inves- 
tigating Committee; at present counsel 
for the Philadelphia Clearing House. 
Author of "The General Corporation Law 
of Pennsylvania," "Limited Partnership 
Association Laws of Pennsylvania," etc. 
Address, 1820 Spruce St.; office, 211 South 
Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FREEI/AIVI), Benjamin N.: 

State Senator from Greene County; was 
born in Mt. Morris, Greene County, Pa., 
March 18, 1858; was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of his native town, and at 
Eastman's Business College. Poughkeep- 
sie, N. Y., from which institution he was 
graduated in 1876; at fifteen years of age 
he began teaching in the public schools 
of Greene County, and continued in that 
work for a number of years; in 1893 was 
appointed United States Storekeeper in 
the Twenty-third District of Pennsyl- 
vania, which position he held until 1896, 
when he was elected Clerk of Courts of 
Greene County, and re-elected to the 
same office in 1899; was elected to the 
Senate in November, 1902. Address, 
Waynesburg, Pa. 

FREEZE. John Gosse: 

Lawyer; born at Loyal Sock Creek. Ly- 
coming County, Nov. 4, 1825; son of James 
and Francos (Gosse) Freeze; educated 
in public and private schools and at Dan- 
ville Academy; studied law under Joshua 
W. Comly; admitted to the bar of Co- 
lumbia County at Bloomsburg, Pa.. April 
19, 1848. Married Margaret Hutchison 
Walker, June 1. 1854; for two terms Reg- 
ister and Recorder of the County; on 
Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State 
Normal School and of Bloomsburg Free 
Public Library; President of the Rose- 
mont Cemetery Company; also of the 
Columbia County Bar Association; Dem- 
ocrat in politics. Author of poems enti- 
tled "A Royal Pastoral" and "History of 
Columbia County"; bas in preparation a 
hand book of the bar of the county. Ad- 
dress, Centre St., Bloomsburg, Pa. 

FRENCH. Harry RnnUs: 

Druggist; born in Philadelphia, July 
25, 1857; descendant of Thomas French, 
born in England about 1537, imprisoned 
because he joined the sect of Friends, and 
emigrated to America in 16S0, becoming 



one of the proprietaries of New Jersey. 
Mr. French matriculated in the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1870. but left in 
his sophomore year and studied for two 
years in Harvard University. He then 
entered the wholesale drug house of 
French, Richards & Co., of which his 
father was senior partner; the firm dis- > 
solved on the death of his father, and 
the firm of Smith, Kline & French Com- 
pany was incorporated, of which he be- 
came Vice President. He has long been 
active in municipal reform, and is Presi- \ 
dent of the Municipal League, with which 
he has long been connected; he was Chair- 
man of the Union Committee for the 
abolition of the Public Buildings Com- 
mission and a member of the Committee 
of Twenty to investigate the charges of 
John Wanamaker against Director En- 
glish. He is a member of the University, 
the Art, and various other clubs. Ad- 
dress, 2021 Spruce St., Philadelphia. Pa. 



A RETZ, A. N., M. 13.: 

Born near Claytonville, Berks County, 
Pa.; educated in the public schools, at 
Mt. Pleasant Seminary, Boyertown, and 
at the University of Pennsylvania, Phil- 
adelphia; surgeon in the Civil War, in 
charge of Post Hospital, at Newport 
News, Va. ; Superintendent of Registra- 
tion under Reconstruction Act of Prince 
George County. Va., and afterward a 
Justice of the Peace and Director of the 
Poor in that County, and member of 
the Legislature. He returned to Penn- 
sylvania in 1875, and located in Fleet- 
wood, Berks County, where he has been 
practicing medicine for twenty-nine 
years; elected a Justice of the Peace of 
Fleetwood and serving in that borough " 
as Justice for eighteen years, with two 
more years of his present term to run. 
Married Miss Emmeline Robertson of 
Philadelphia; Democrat in politics. Ad- 
dress. Fleetwood, Pa. 

FRETZ. C. D.: 

President of the Sellersville National' 
Bank. Address, Sellersville, Bucks Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

FREW, William IV.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg. July 10, 
1854, graduated from Yale University in 
1876. was admitted to practice at the 
bar of Allegheny County, in 1879. Mar- 
ried, Jan. 13, 1881, Emily W. Berry, of 
Pittsburg. Served as a member of Select 
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1885 to 1SS9. Is President of the Board 
of Trustees of Carnegie Library of Pitts- 
burg, Board of Trustees of Carnegie In- 
stitute and of Pittsburg Club. Member 
of Board of Trustees of Carnegie Institu- 
tion of Washington. Board of Trustees 
of Pennsylvania College for Women and 
of State Library Commission of Penn- 
sylvania. Member of Board of Directors 
of Union Trust Company, of Mellon Na- 
tional Bank, of Union Savings Bank and 
of City Deposit Bank. Republican in 
politics. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

FREYMAJI, William G.: 

Lawyer; born in Carbon County. Pa., 
July 4, 1838; educated in the public 
schools, and served as a teacher for five 
terms. His later business career was 
somewhat varied, he being at times en- 
gaged in the mercantile business" and at 
others as surveyor and civil engineer, 
which he pursued for twelve years. He 
took part in the Civil War as Orderly 
Sergeant of Company G, 176th Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Infantry; after the close of 
his term of service he was given the 
commission of a Lieutenant and recruited 
a company, but the war ended before it 
was mustered into service. He began the 
study of law in 1871, when thirty-three 
years old, and was admitted to the Car- 
bon County bar in 1873, when he became 
associated with his preceptor, Gen. 
Charles Albright, under the firm title of 
Albright & Freyman; the firm was en- 
gaged in the "Mollie Maguire" trials, and 
continued till the death of General Al- 
bright in 1880; he entered into several 
later partnerships, the latest, formed in 
1901, being Freyman & Nothstein. Mr. 
Freyman's practice, both alone and as 
member of a firm, has been large ana 
important; more extensive, perhaps, than 
that of any other attorney in the county. 
He is attorney for several large corpora- 
tions, and is a Director of the Prince 
Manufacturing Company and the Carbon 
Metallic Paint Company, and Vice Presi- 
dent of the Mauch Chunk Trust Com- 
pany. On the steep mountainside, back 
of the town, he owns a large tract, 
which he has laid out in terraces, twenty- 
two in all, which are connected by a flight 
of 353 steps; this formerly barren land 
he has made fertile, and raises there large 
quantities of small fruits; there is no 
other garden like it in the country, con- 
structed as it is in the side of a very 
steep mountain. Address, Mauch Chunk, 
Pa. 



FRICK, Qncliil Bernardo: 

Major United States Army; son of 
Dr. A. P. Frick; born in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., July 29, 1867; descended 
from Henry Frick, who emigrated from 
Berne, Switzerland, about 1685, and set- 
tled in Lancaster County, Pa. Married 
Sarah E. Bunting, Oct. 30, 1889; gradu- 
ated in medicine in class of 1S8S at the 
University of California; appointed as- 
sistant Surgeon United States Army, with 
rank of First Lieutenant, Oct. 29, 1889; 
promoted Captain and Assistant Surgeon, 
Oct. 29, 1894; Major and Surgeon, June 28, 
1902. Address, Fort Snelling, Minn. 

FRICK, Henry Clay: 

Coke and iron manufacturer; born at 
West Overton, Pa., Dec. 19, 1849. His 
ancestors came from Switzerland in 1750 
and settled in Pennsylvania. His ma- 
ternal grandfather, Abraham Overholt, 
was one of the largest landholders of his 
time in the southwest section of the 
State. Mr. Frick was educated in the 
public schools and at Otterbein Univer- 
sity, Ohio, and began his business life as 
a store clerk at Mount Pleasant, Pa., be- 
coming, in 1869, a bookkeeper in his 
grandfather's office at Broad Ford. The 
value of the coking-coal deposits at this 
locality attracted his attention in 1871, 
and after a thorough investigation of the 
material and the business, then in its 
infancy, he formed with several friends 
the partnership of H. C. Frick & Co., 
bought 300 acres of coal lands, and built 
about fifty coke ovens. The business 
proved very profitable, there being a 
ready sale for its product, and after the 
panic of 1873 he bought and leased works 
and lands widely; in 1S76 bought out his 
partners, and in 1882 formed the H. C. 
Frick Coke Company, with $2,000,000 cap- 
ital. The Carnegie Bros. & Co. soon be- 
came large stockholders in the company, 
and the capital was increased to $10,000,- 
000. This company is now the largest 
coke producer in the world, owning in 
the Connellsville region 40,000 acres of 
coal lands and 12,000 coke ovens, employ- 
ing more than 11,000 hands and yielding 
about 25,000 tons of coke daily. In 1S89 
Mr. Frick became a member of the firm 
of Carnegie Bros. & Co., and on its con- 
solidation in 1S92 as the Carnegie Steel 
Company, Limited, with a capital of $25,- 
000,000, he became the executive head of 
the organization. Of the labor disturb- 
ances with which he had to deal, much 
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Homestead works of the company in 
1S92. This was brought about by his 
efforts to equalize the rates of wages 
and reduce the extravagant pay of the 
"tonnage men." A lockout ensued, ex- 
treme disorder and rioting broke out, and 
on July 23. while he was seeking to ad- 
just the difficulties, his office was en- 
tered by a man named Berkman, who 
shot him twice and stabbed him. In 
spite of his severe wounds he kept up 
the contest, and in the end won the fight, 
and within less than a year after the 
new scale of wages was adopted, the 
men acknowledged that he was right, and 
the strike unjustified. Since 1S92 there 
have been no more labor troubles in the 
two companies with which Mr. Prick is 
connected, and their employees are the 
best paid workmen in the world. In 
tS95 his duties as Chairman of the Car- 
negie Steel Company were reduced by 
the appointment of a President, and in 
"1897 he ceased to manage the minor af- 
fairs of the coke company. In 1S99 the 
properties of which he was the official 
head consisted of mines yielding 6,000,000 
tons of iron ore annually; the coke lands 
and product above mentioned; steamship 
coal and ore carriers on Lake Erie; a rail- 
road from Lake Erie to Pittsburg; 70,000 
acres of natural gas territory; nineteen 
blast furnaces and five steel mills, yield- 
ing 3,250,000 tons of steel annually. In 
1S99 a personal dispute on financial mat- 
ters arose between Mr. Frick and Mr. 
Carnegie, but this was soon adjusted and 
was followed by the formation of the 
Carnegie Company, with $160,000,000 
paid-up capital, and including the steel 
and coke works with numerous subsidi- 
ary companies. Since then the United 
States Steel Company has been organized, 
with $1,100,000,000 capital, the most stu- 
pendous industrial enterprise in the 
world. Mr. Frick personally is a modest • 
and unassuming man, though with abun- 
dant firmness and courage when needed. 
He is unostentatiously and genuinely 
charitable. In 1881 he was married to Ade- 
laide H. Childs, of Pittsburg, and has 
one son and one daughter living. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

FRIEDENWALD, Herbert: 

Author; born Sept. 20, 1S70, at Balti- 
more; in 1890 he was graduated from 
Johns Hopkins University; degree of Ph. 
D. in 1S94 at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Member of American Economic 
and American Historical Associations; 



also Recording Secretary of the Ameri- j 
can Jewish Historical Society; Philosoph- 
ical Society of Washington. From 1897 to 
1900 he had charge of the Division of Man- 
uscripts in the Library of Congress; au- 
thor of the "Journal and Papers of the 
Continental Congress," "Material for the 
History of the Jews in the British West 
Indies," "Some Newspaper Advertise- 
ments of the Eighteenth Century," 1S97; 
"History of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence," 1904, etc. Address, 915 North Six- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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FRTSBEE, John D.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Connellsville. Address, Connsllsville, 
Fayette County, Pa. 

FRISIUE, G. C.I 

United States Consul; born in Orwell, 
Bradford County, Pa., Dec. 24, 1860; Sec- 
retary-Treasurer of the Rainy River Nav- 
igation Company; appointed Consular 
Agent at Rat Portage, Ont., June <i, 1898. 
Address, Rat Portage, Ont. 

FRITZ, A. P.: 

President of the National Bank of 
Spring City. Address, Spring City, Ches- 
ter County, Pa. 



FRITZ, John: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Chester 
County, Pa., Aug. 21, 1822; was appren- 
ticed to the trade of blacksmith in 183S. 
and in 1846 became employed in the Nor- 
ristown Iron Works, where he was soon 
made mill foreman; after filling several 
other situations, and starting a small ma- 
chine shop with some others in 1852, he 
was made in 1854 General Superintendent 
of the Columbia Iron Works at Johns- 
town, Pa. In 1860 he entered the ser- 
vice of the Bethlehem Iron Company as 
General Superintendent and Engineer, 
and built the works of the company. His 
long and useful labors with this com- 
pany brought him upon his retirement in 
1892 a highly complimentary resolution 
from the American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers, and in 1893 he received the 
high honor of being elected an honorary 
member of the Iron and Steel Institute 
of England, sharing this dignity with the 
Prince of Wales, the King of Belgium, 
Professor Akerman of Stockholm, the 
Ritter von Tunner of Austria, and Abram 
S. Hewitt of New York; on May 24, 1893, 
this institute awarded him the Bessemer 
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the advancement of steel manufacture. 
He served as a Presidential Elector in 
1S96, and in 1897 was selected by the 
Armor Plant Board to get up plans and 
estimates for a Government armor plate 
works. In 1886 he was Vice President of 
the American Society of Mechanical En- 
gineers and in 1894 President of the Amer- 
ican Institute of Mining Engineers. Ad- 
dress, Bethlehem, Pa. 

FRITZ, W. Wallace, M. D., D. D. S.: 

Born April 25, 1872, in Eldersridge, In- 
diana County, Pa.; educated at Elders- 
ridge Academy, Philadelphia School of 
Anatomy, and Medico-Chirurgical Col- 
lege, graduating in 1894. In September. 
1S94, married Mary V. Schembs, daughter 
of the late Sir Peter J. Schembs; 1S95, ap- 
pointed Medical Director of Pennsylvania 
Mutual Life Insurance Company; in 1896 
elected Dean, Professor of Anatomy and 
Surgery of Philadelphia School of Anat- 
omy; Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy in 
Medico-Chirurgical and Philadelphia Den- 
tal Colleges; in 1897 Assistant Surgeon 
and Physician to the Garretson Hospital 
of Philadelphia; in 1900 graduated in Den- 
tistry from Philadelphia Dental College 
and appointed Lecturer on Minor Sur- 
gery. In 1901 organized the Medical and 
Pharmaceutical Departments of Temple 
College of Philadelphia and elected Dean, 
Professor of Anatomy, Histology and 
Clinical Surgery; in 1902 Professor of 
Anatomy and Surgery of Philadelphia 
Normal Physical Training School. Mem- 
ber of Anatomical Board of State of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County Medi- 
cal Society, American Medical Associa- 
tion and British American Dental Society. 
Address, 215 North Seventeenth St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

FRUIT, James Satterfleld: 

Teacher; born in Jefferson, Mercer 
County. Pa., Nov. 18, 1870; son of Capt. 
J. W. Fruit and Sarah E. (Lowell) Fruit, 
a lineal descendant of James Russell 
Lowell; educated at public schools in Jef- 
ferson and Delaware Townships, Scott 
School at Transfer, Grove City College, 
Grove City, Pa., graduating in 1892; 1892- 
1895. principal of Rose Point Academy, 
Lawrence County, Pa.; principal McEl- 
wain Institute, Mercer County, three 
years; taught sciences one year at High 
School of Conneaut, Ohio; now County 
Superintendent of public schools of Mer- 
cer County, Pa. ; Republican in politics. 
Address, Mercer. Pa. 



FRY, Rev. Charles L,.: 

Literature Secretary of the Luther 
League of America; pastor, lecturer, spec- 
ialist in Sunday School science; born at 
Carlisle, Pa., on Oct. 21, 1858; his grand- 
father was Auditor General of Pennsyl- 
vania; his father is Professor of Homi- 
letics and Pastoral Theology in the Luth- 
eran Seminary at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia; 
1881, pastor of the historic "Old Trinity"' 
Lutheran Church of Lancaster, Pa., 
founded in 1733; one of the founders of 
the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, and Presi- 
dent of the local centre of University Ex- 
tension during the years of his residence 
in Lancaster. Removed to St. Luke's 
Church, Philadelphia, on Jan. 1, 1901; 
prominently identified with Pennsylvania 
Sunday School Association and the Phil- 
adelphia Sabbath Association, ^udress, 
1920 North Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FRY, Jaeob: 

Professor of Homiletics in the Lutheran 
Theological Seminary at Mt. Airy, Phila- 
delphia; born at Trappe, Pa., Feb. 9, 
1834; son of Hon. Jacob Fry and Mary, 
daughter of Hon. Samuel Gross; gradu- 
ated at Union College, New York, 1851, 
and at Theological Seminary at Gettys- 
burg, Pa., 1853; ordained to the ministry 
by the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsyl- 
vania; received degree of D. D. from 
Union College, 1873. Married Eliza J. 
Wattles of Gettysburg, TS55. Pastor of 
the Lutheran Church at Carlisle, Pa., 
1854-1865; Trinity Lutheran Church at 
Reading, Pa., 1865-1896. Elected Profes- 
sor of Homiletics in the Theological Sem- 
inary in 1S91. Author of "History of 
Trinity Church, Reading, Pa;" published 
by the congregation in 1894, "Elementary 
Homiletics" (Luth. Board of Publication, 
revised edition 1901), "Trembling for the 
Ark of God." "Jubilee of the Reforma- 
tion," "Sin of Adultery," "The Church- 
Book Explained," "Resurrection Thought 
in Lutheran Theology," "Seminary In- 
augural Address on the the Pulpit," etc. 
Address, Mt. Airy Station, Philadelphia. 

FRYER, Evalena Ilda: 

Journalist; was born in "West Chester, 
Pa.; received academic and musical edu- 
cation in Philadelphia, Pa. On editorial 
staff of Presbyterian Board of Publica- 
tion, Philadelphia, 1890-1897; editorial 
staff of Saturday Evening Post, 1899. Ac- 
tive in Women's Club work. Compiler 
of "Glimpses Through Life's Windows." 
Residence, 6807 Woodland Ave., West 
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FRYER. Greville E.: 

Secretary and Treasurer of the Insur- 
ance Company of North America; is a 
native of England; son of an officer in 
the Rifle Brigade; was educated princi- 
pally at the Bedford Grammar School, 
and came to America in 1850, residing 
since then, with the exception of a few 
years, in the city of Philadelphia. He 
entered the service of the North Amer- 
ica in 1867, and in 1S74 was appointed 
Assistant Secretary. On the retirement 
of Mr. Maris from the secretaryship of 
this venerable company in 1881, Mr. 
Fryer was chosen his successor, and in 
1890 the additional office of treasurer was 
conferred upon him. Address, 2305 De 
Lancy St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

Fl'ERTH, Leopold: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Wayne County; 
born in Austria. Feb. 1, 1S48; was edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native 
town and for two years attended high 
school at Prague; emigrated to the 
United States in 1863, and lived in New 
York City and Newark. N. J., until 1868, 
when he removed to Port Jervis, N. Y. 
Engaged in business in that place for 
seven years, during which time he held 
SPveral local public positions, including 
that of chief of the fire department; re- 
moved to Honesdale, Pa., in 1S75, where 
he has since resided. Was nominated 
for the Legislature by the Democratic 
partv in 1884, but was defeated by a 
small maiority; was elected to the House 
of Representatives in 1900 and re-elected 
in November, 1902. Address. Honesdale, 
Pa. 

Fl LLER, A. M.: 

Merchant, banker; born in 1847 in "Lit- 
tle Falls N. Y. In the dry goods busi- 
ness in Meadville in 1870-1903; President 
Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association m 
lv7.',-isS3; President Meadville Glass Com- 
pany (limited), in 1884; President New 
First National Bank. 1*94; Crawford 
County Trust Company since 1900; ap- 
pointed member of advisory committee of 
National Hoods Roads Association, by the 
Governor, in 1904. Married, Jan. 27. 1876. 
Elizabeth, daughter of Leon C. Magaw, of 
Meadville. Address. Meadville, Pa. 

FT '1,1, ER. Frnnk M.I 

Secretary of the Commonwealth; born 
in Qniontown, Fayette County, Pa.. April 
7, 1853; was educated in the public schools, 



Chambersburg Academy and Lafayette 
College, taking a special course in the 
latter institution. He read law and was 
admitted to the bar in 1879. He fol- 
lowed the legal profession only a short 
time, and for the past twenty-five years 
has taken an active interest in Republi- 
can political affairs; has been Secretary 
and Chairman of the Fayette County 
Committee repeatedly; a delegate several 
times to Republican State Conventions; 
has been a member of the Republican 
State Committee continuously for about 
fifteen years; was a delegate to the Re- 
publican National Convention which nom- 
inated Harrison for President of the 
United States in 1892, and an alternate 
delegate to the National Convention which 
placed in nomination the late William 
McKinley; was a Supervisor of the Census 
for the Seventeenth District of Pennsyl- 
vania at the last enumeration and de- 
clined to accept the proffered position of 
United States Marshal for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania. He was ap- 
pointed Secretary of the Commonwealth 
by Governor Pennypacker, Jan. 20. 1903, 
and his nomination was unanimously 
confirmed by the Senate. Is a delegate 
to the National Republican Convention 
which meets in Chicago June 21. 1904. 
Address, Uniontown. Pa. 

FILLER, Frederick: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
cry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Fifty-second 
Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 12. 1861; hon- 
orably mustered out Sept. 22, 1864. Elect- 
ed Feb. 10. 1897. Address, 289 Ashmead 
St., Germantown, Pa. 

Fl LLERTOW George Stuart: 
Professor of Philosophy. University of 

Pennsylvania; born at Fatehgarh. India, 
Aug. 18, 1*59; was graduated from Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, receiving degrees 
of B. A., 1*79; A. M„ 1**2; hon. Ph. D., 
Muhlenberg College, 1892; hon. LL. D., 
Muhlenberg College. 1900: studied divin- 
ity. Princeton, 1879-1880, and Yale. 1880- 
1883 receiving degree of B. D. from the 
latter institution in 1883. Instructor, 
1883-1885; Adjunct Professor. 1885-1887; 
since 1887 Professor of Philosophy of the 
University of Pennsylvania; Dean, De- 
partment' of Philosophy. l*8*-1890;*Dean 
of College. Vice Provost of University, 
1894-1898; Protestant Episcopalian. Mem- 
ber of American Philosophical Society, 
American Psychological Association. Au- 



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thor of "The Conception of the Infinite," 
"A Plain Argument for God," "On Same- 
ness and Identity," "On the Perception of 
Small Differences in Sensation" (with 
Professor Cattell). Address, The Glad- 
stone, Philadelphia, Pa. 

FILTOX, Thomas B.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Stewartstown. Address, Stewartstown, 
York County, Pa. 

FILTOX, William Pomeroy, 13. O.: 

Clergyman; born in Washington County, 
Pa., Oct. 4, 1856. Educated at Frankford 
Academy and Ohio Wesleyan University, 
graduating in 1SS1; Superintendent of 
the Public Schools, Thornville, Ohio, 
for three years; was graduated from 
Princeton Theological Seminary in 1887; 
pastor of the Huntingdon Valley Presby- 
terian Church, and Ninth Presbyterian 
Church, Philadelphia (his present charge). 
He has represented his Presbytery as 
commissioner a number of times in Synod 
and General Assembly. In 18S7 married 
Miss Osmie Yost, daughter of Irvin Yost, 
of Thornville, Ohio. Address, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Fl'XDEXBERG, Walter Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon 136th Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 
18, 1862; honorably mustered out to ac- 
cept promotion Dec. 1. 1862. Major and 
Surgeon 176th Pennsylvania Infantry Dec. 
1, 1862; honorably mustered out Aug. 19, 
1863. Elected Feb. 8, 1893. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FINK, John H., M. D.: 

State Lecturer on Horticulture; born in 
Montgomery County. Pa., March, 1844; 
"was educated in the public schools, at 
Freeland Seminary, Collegeville; and was 
graduated from the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania in 1865; 
practiced medicine for a few years at 
Boyertown: was elected Burgess, served 
several terms; was also a member of the 
Borough Council of Boyertown and served 
on the School Board. Mr. Funk has de- 
voted the past thirty-five years of his 
life to fruit growing, in which he has 
been so successful that his services have 
been engaged by the State Department 
•of Agriculture as a lecturer on fruit cul- 



ture topics at Farmers' Institute. Mar- 
ried Valeria Stauffer on Dec. 25, 1S65. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

FIXSTOX, William H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in that city in 1865; educated in the 
public schools. After leaving school he 
engaged in the kindling wood, carpet 
cleaning, and rug manufacturing business 
established by his father, and in which 
business he is still engaged under the 
firm name of William H. Funston & Bro. 
Has resided in the Thirtieth Ward for the 
past seventeen years, and is thoroughly 
identified with its business, social and 
public interests; is now serving his third 
term as Common Councilman; is a mem- 
ber of the Red Men, American Legion of 
Honor. Southwest Business Men's Asso- 
ciation and various other political clubs 
and business enterprises; was elected to 
the House of Representatives in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Residence 809 South Sixteenth 
St.; office address, 607 South Seventeenth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FIRBFR, William Coneland: 

Architect and Consulting Engineer; was 
born in Philadelphia, June 24, 1866; edu- 
cated in the public schools supplemented 
with technical studies at the Spring Gar- 
den Institute, Philadelphia. Served as 
draughtsman in several large mechanical 
establishments. Served on the Engineer 
Corps, Construction Department, Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Co., and on the Con- 
struction Department, Northern Pacific 
Railroad Co., Assistant Engineer, Indian- 
apolis, Decatur & Western Railroad Co., 
and Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co., 
Assistant Engineer, in office of Mr. E. 
L. Corthell, Consulting Engineer, Chicago. 
In charge of the laying out and super- 
vision of foundation work, of the Drexel 
Institute. Philadelphia, for the contractor. 
Studied architecture in office of Mr. T. 
Roney Williamson, architect, Philadel- 
phia. In charge of the design of buildings 
and construction work for the Kenova, 
West Virginia. In charge, in office of 
Messrs. Cope & Stewardson, of the con- 
struction and structural design of a 
large buildings, including the Harrison 
office building, the Harrison store build- 
ings, the Chemical Laboratory and the 
dormitories of the University of Penn- 
sylvania. At present engaged in profes- 
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suiting Engineer in the design of large 
buildings, particularly those in which the 
problems of engineering are involved with 
those of architecture. Has designed of- 
fice buildings, banks, department stores, 
warehouses, industrial plants, factories, 
and a number of buildings devoted to 
commercial purposes. Is a member of 
the American Society of Civil Engineers, 
the American Institute of Architects, the 
T-Square Club of Philadelphia, the En- 
gineers' Club of Philadelphia, the Penn- 
sylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution. 
Address, Philadelphia Bank Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

FIREY, John Vincent: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Private Eighty-fourth New York 
Infantry May 18, 1861; discharged Sept. 
28, 1862. Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Volunteers May 1, 
1864; vacated commission to accept ap- 
pointment in United States Army March 
25, 1867. Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Army Jan. 18, 1867; 
Major and Quartermaster Nov. 11, 1887; 
Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Quarter- 
master General Aug. 21, 1896; Colonel and 
Assistant Quartermaster General Aug. 12, 
1900. Colonel and Quartermaster United 
States Volunteers July 12, 1898; mustered 
out of Volunteer service March 2, 1899. 
Brevetted Major United States Volunteers 
March 13. 1S65, "for meritorious services 
in the Quartermaster's Department dur- 
ing the war." Brigadier General United 
States Army, Feb. 24, 1903; retired, Feb. 
25, 1903. Residence, 10 Eighth Ave., Brook- 
lyn. N. Y. 

FURLONG, John W.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
New Jersey; appointed from Pennsylva- 
nia. Cadet at the United States Military 
Academy, from June 16, 1S87 to June 12, 
1891, when he was graduated and promot- 
ed in the army to Second Lieutenant of 
Cavalry, First Cavalry, June 12, 1891. 
Served with regiment in Montana, Ariz- 
ona, and Kansas, to December, 1S97; 
First Lieutenant of Cavalry, Sixth Caval- 
ry, Deo. 11, is;i7. Joined regiment in the 
field at Chickamauga, Ga., May 1, 1S9S; 
on recruiting duty for regiment, May 3 
to June 8, 1S9S; rejoined regiment at 
Tampa, Fla., July 1, 1898; at Tampa, 
Fla., and Montauk, N. Y., to October. 
1S9S; recruiting duty (general service) 



at Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 189S. Regi- 
mental Commissary, Nov. 4, 1S99. Cap- 
tain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Meade, 
South Dakota. 

FIRMAN, Horace S.: 

Practicing physician; born in Philadel- 
phia, Nov. 15, 1863; was graduated from 
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadel- 
phia, 1S8S, after a short business educa- 
tion between time of graduation from 
Boys' Central High School of Phila- 
delphia. Married in 1890 to Margaret 
F. Smith of Philadelphia. Republican in 
politics. Has been connected at various 
times with the Children's Homeopathic 
and St. Luke's Hospital of Philadelphia. 
Member of the Philadelphia County, State 
and American Institute of Homeopathy. 
Address, 1705 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FURNESS, Frank: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Second Lieutenant Sixth Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry Oct. 14, 1861; First Lieu- 
tenant May 18, 1862; Captain Jan. 11, 
1864; honorably mustered out Oct. 3, 1864. 
Awarded the "Medal of Honor" under 
resolution of Congress, "for most dis- 
tinguished gallantry in action at Trevilian 
Station. Va.. June 12, 1864. On this oc- 
casion, a detachment occupying an ex- 
posed and isolated outpost having ex- 
pended its ammunition, Capt. Furness, 
carrying a box of ammunition on his 
head, ran to the outpost across an open 
space that was swept by a fierce fire from 
the enemy. This ammunition, together 
with that carried by another officer who 
had responded to Capt. Furness's call 
for volunteers, enabled the detachment to 
hold its position until nightfall, thus sav- 
ing the main line from severe loss." 
Elected May 1. 1S89. Address. 711 Locust 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

FIR NESS, Horace Howard: 

Shakespearean scholar; born in Phila- 
delphia. Nov. 2, 1S33; was graduated from 
Harvard University in 1S54; received de- 
gree of Ph. D. from University of Halle 
and LL. D. from Harvard. 1901; studied 
law and was admitted to the bar in 
1859; editor of (Variorum editions) "Mac- 
beth." "King Lear." "Hamlet," "Mer- 
chant of Venice," "The Tempest," "The 
Winter's Tale." "Romeo and Juliet," 
etc.; is famous as a Shakespearean schol- 
ar. Address, Wallingford, Pa. 



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Fl'HXESS, William Henry: 

Physician; born Aug. IS, 1866 in Wall- 
ingford, Pa. In 1888 graduated from Har- 
vard, and in 1891 received degree of M. D. 
at the University of Pennsylvania. Mem- 
ber of American Philosophical Society, So- 
ciety de Geographic Author of: "Home 
Life of Borneo Head Hunters; Its Festi- 
val and Folklore"; also many monographs 
to American Philosophical Society. Ad- 
dress, Wallingford, Pa. 

FURST, Austin O.: 

Jurist; born near Salona, Centre Coun- 
ty, Pa., in 1834; educated in the Salona 
Academy and Dickinson Seminary, where 
he graduated in 1854. He subsequently 
entered Dickinson College at Carlisle, but 
illness obliged him to leave it, and he 
afterward studied law in his brother's of- 
fice at Lock Haven, Pa., being admitted 
to the Clinton County bar in I860, and 
that of Centre County in 1861. His wide 
knowledge of the law and fine powers as 
an advocate brought him into broad rec- 
ognition, and in 1884 he was elected to 
the bench as President Judge of the For- 
ty-ninth Judicial District, serving a ten- 
year term. At the expiration of his term 
in 1895 he returned to his legal practice 
in Bellefonte, John D. Dorris becoming 
his associate in Huntingdon, under the 
firm name of Furst & Dorris, and his 
son in Philadelphia, under the name of 
A. O. & W. S. Furst. Address, Bellefonte, 
Pa. 

FURTH, Emanuel: 

Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., Sept. 26, 
1857, of German-Jewish descent; was 
graduated from the Central High School 
of Philadelphia, in 1874, and then stud- 
led law in the University of Pennsylvania, 
graduating in 1878. Mr. Furth has since 
been engaged in legal practice in Phila- 
delphia, and has also been active in po- 
litical affairs. A Democrat in politics, he 
was elected to the Legislature of Penn- 
sylvania in 1881, and re-elected in 1883. 
While Chairman of the Committee of 
Municipal Corporations he assisted in 
framing the Bullit bill, under which the 
Government of the city of Philadelphia is 
now administered. He has been a mem- 
ber of various conventions of his party, 
and in 1896 was a delegate to the Indian- 
apolis Convention of Gold Democrats, 
which nominated Palmer and Buckner. 
He was a member of the State Militia 
from 1879 to 1885, being for three years 
on the staff of General Snowdon. He 



has been Secretary of the Lawyers' Club, 
of Philadelphia, since 1890. He was re- 
nominated for the Legislature in 1889, but 
declined to run. He has recently pub- 
lished a book of travel entitled "The 
Tourist— Outward and Homeward Bound." 
Address, 1707 Jefferson St., Philadelphia. 

FITRELL, William H.: 

Lawyer; born near Jackson. N. C, June 
17, 1863; son of Harrison and Lydia E. 
Futrell. His ancestors, on his mother's 
side, were well known Pennsylvanians. 
Graduated from Haverford College in 1887 
in the Department of Arts. Married El- 
len Hammond, of High Point, N. C. ; ad- 
mitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1890. 
Junior Counsel for the Citizens' Municipal 
Association in 1895, when they exposed 
many municipal frauds before the Sena- 
torial Investigating Committee. Member: 
Young Republican Club of Philadelphia, 
and Public Education Association. Law 
offices, Commercial Union Bldg., 420 Wal- 
nut St.; residence, Haverford, Pa. 



GABL.E, lorsan Edwards: 

Managing editor of the Pittsburg (Pa.) 
Times; was born in Strasburg. Lancaster 
County, April 18, 1862. At the age of 
nine years was employed as a slate 
picker in the anthracite coal region; later 
began a four years' apprenticeship on a 
Tamaqua, Pa., newspaper. His first reg- 
ular employment in newspaper work was 
in 1881, when he became a reporter in 
the coal regions of East Pennsylvania. 
When nineteen years of age was made 
managing editor of the Reading (Pa.) 
Herald. After serving in Reading six 
years he became the telegraph editor 
of the Pittsburg Gazette, and later the 
city editor. In 1889 he resigned the lat- 
ter post and became the special corre- 
spondent for twenty-one of the leading 
newspapers of the United States. In De- 
cember. 1891, he became city editor of 
the Pittsburg Times, and in May, 1892. 
was promoted to the managing editor- 
ship. Address, Pittsburg Times, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

GABRIEL, James B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Berks County; was 
born Sept. 15, 1857, in Reading, Berks 
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schools; is a machinist by occupation; 
served one term in Common Council; elect- 
ed to House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Reading, Pa. 

GADDIS, Albert: 

President of the Citizens' Title and 
Trust Company of Uniontown. Address, 
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. 

GAILEY, D. S.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
New Kensington. Address, New Kensing- 
ton, Westmoreland County, Pa. 

GALBRAITH, William Watts: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 1873; Second 
Lieutenant Fifth Artillery June 15, 1877; 
First Lieutenant Sept. 23, 1885; retired 
with rank of Captain March 2, 1899. Ad- 
dress, Mooredale, Cumberland County, Pa. 

GALBREATH, James McG.: 

Jurist; born in Butler County, Pa., Sept. 
27, 1852; educated in Princeton College, 
where he graduated in 1880, afterward 
studying law. He was admitted to the 
bar of Butler County March 6, 1SS2, and 
practiced with great success until 1902, 
part of the time being a partner of James 
33. McJunkin;; in 1902 Mr. Galbreath was 
nominated for County Judge, and was 
elected Nov. 4, 1902, taking his seat on 
the bench Jan. 5, 1903. His only other 
public office has been that of School Di- 
rector, which he held for six years. He is 
a member of the Princeton Club of West- 
ern Pennsylvania, and joined the Ameri- 
can Whig Society when in college. Ad- 
dress, Butler, Pa. 

GALLAGHER, William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in that city June 22, 1855; attended 
public school until fifteen years old; was 
employed in the harness business for 
seven years and in the United States Mint 
for five years; was Inspector of the Board 
of Health for five years; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, 141 North 9th St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

GALLOWAY, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventeenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 25, 1S61; mustered out Aug. 



1, 1S61; private Eighth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry Aug. 27, 1S61; Regimental Commis- 
sary Sergeant Jan. 1, 1865; discharged to 
accept promotion June 30, 1865; First 
Lieutenant and Regimental Commissary 
' July 1, 1865; honorably mustered out 
July 24, 1S65. Awarded the "Medal of 
Honor" under resolution of Congress "for, 
at the battle of Farmville, Va., April 7, 
1865, his regiment being surprised and 
nearly overwhelmed, he dashed forward 
under a heavy fire, reached the right of 
the regiment, where the danger was 
greatest, rallied the men, and prevented 
a disaster that was imminent." Elected 
May 2, 1900. Address, 519 Tasker St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GALLOWAY, John: 

Oil operator; was born in the County 
of Durham, east of Toronto, Canada, June 
4, 1S38, and was educated in the Normal 
School of Canada. His father was John 
Galloway, born in Scotland, and his 
mother, Mary Wilson, of Irish descent. 
For nineteen years he lived in and around 
his native home, and then he went out 
into the world in search of fortune. At 
the age of twenty-three years he found 
himself in the oil regions of Pennsyl- 
vania. This was in 1861, in the height 
of the oil activity. He started wells 
in Butler, Clarion. Bradford and Alle- 
gheny Counties; was an individual ope- 
rator, although he had shares in many 
companies, and became associated with 
several persons. His operations soon took 
a broader field and, hesought oil, and found 
it, in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, 
also in the Southwest. Mr. Galloway gave 
his personal attention to all his numerous 
ventures and was almost uniformly suc- 
cessful. For many years resided in 
Jamestown, IN. Y., but within the last 
few years moved to Pittsburg, where he 
lives with his family. He married 
Miss Sarah Calhoun, of Michigan, and 
had one daughter, who died in Pittsburg 
in 1897, aged twenty-seven years, and one 
son, F. J. Galloway, who is in his father's 
office. Address, Maitland Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

GALLUP, M. J.: 

President of the Mt. Jurett Bank. Ad- 
dress, Mt. Jurett. KcKean County, Pa. 

GALT. John S.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Honeybrook, Pa. Address, Honeybrook, 
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GANDY, Georjse S.: 

Capitalist; born in Tuckahoe, Cape May 
County, N. J., Oct. 20, 1851; his parents 
were Lewis and Jane A. Gandy. At the 
age of nine he was taken to Philadelphia; 
he was sent to the public schools, and at 
the age of fifteen was graduated from 
Madison Boys' Grammar School. His 
first occupation was in the saw works of 
Henry Disston & Sons, where he started 
as an office boy; he remained with the 
firm over eleven years, being promoted 
from one position to another; he was 
ambitious and identified himself with the 
firm of Bowers, Cooper & Gandy; this 
firm successfully erected 163 buildings in 
the northern section of the city; he very 
successfully branched out on his own ac- 
count, and put up a number of structures 
in that part of Philadelphia, and also 
the People's Theatre and Textile Hall, 
in Kensington. He also became connected 
with some of the leading corporations in 
Philadelphia. When the Frankford and 
Southwark Passenger Railway Company 
was entering into one of the first pro- 
gressive stages, he became interested in 
it in an official capacity; when the Elec- 
tric Traction Company was incorporated, 
he was one of the leading men concerned 
in it; after the Omnibus Company Gen- 
eral was organized in Philadelphia, he- 
took a large part in the conduct of the 
venture. When the Pairmount Park 
Transportation Company was organized, 
he was elected President. Address, 570 
Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Pa. 

GARDINER, Edward Carey: 

Publisher; member of the Philadelphia 
firm of Henry Carey Baird & Co., estab- 
lished by Matthew Carey in 1785; was 
born in Philadelphia in 1878; educated in 
France, Italy and Switzerland. Address, 
810 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

GARDINER, F. G.: 

President of the Allegheny Vallev Bank. 
Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny County, 
Pa. 

GARDNER, Klrtland C.I 

Engineer; is contracting engineer for 
the United Engineering and Foundry 
Company; is a native of Cleveland, and 
received his education in the Case School 
of Applied Science, graduating from the 
Mechanical Engineering Department; 
was first employed in the great engineer- 
ing institution of Wellman-Seaver-Mor- 



gan in Cleveland. At Youngstown, Ohio, 
was next connected with the Loyd-Booth 
Company, and when that company was 
merged with the United Engineering 
and Foundry Company, became contract- 
ing engineer for the latter concern. Mr. 
Gardner has had charge of the sales de- 
partment. Member of the Engineer's So- 
ciety of Westeran Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, 681S McPherson St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

GARLAND, John W.: 

President of the Industrial National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

GARLAND, M. M.: 

Surveyor of the Port of Pittsburg, and 
for many years President of the Amalga- 
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin 
Workers; was born on the South Side of 
Pittsburg in 1S56; attended the public 
schools until he was nine years old; 
worked on a farm; drove canal boat 
horses on the Juniata Canal. When four- 
teen he was a pull boy in the mills at 
Altoona, Pa.; became a heater and worked 
at his trade until he was elected As- 
sistant President of the Amalgamated 
Association in 1S90. In 1898 accepted the 
office of Surveyor of Pittsburg from 
President McKinley; stanch Republican 
in politics; was reappointed Surveyor 
by President Roosevelt. In 1892 was made 
President of the Amalgamated Associa- 
tion; has figured in the adjustment of 
the Homestead strike and in the last 
fight with the United States Steel Cor- 
poration; has been a delegate to many of 
the conventions of the American Federa- 
tion of Labor, and was a member of its 
International Executive Board from 1893 
to 1898. Address, Edgewood, Pa. 

GARMAN, AV. A.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Berlin. Address, Berlin, Somerset 
County, Pa. 

GARNER, Alfred Bnckwalter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Schuylkill County. 
Pa.; was born in Ashland, Schulykill 
County, March 4. 1873; was educated in 
the public schools; served three years' 
apprenticeship as a machinist and two 
years as a civil and mining engineer; 
passed the preliminary examination for 
admission to Schuylkill County bar on 
June 19, 1895, and after three years' study 
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of Ashland, was admitted to practice, at 
which profession he is still engaged; has 
held various local offices; was elected to 
the House of Representatives in 1900; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, Ash- 
land, Pa. 

GARXER, James Wilford. Pli. U.: 

Instructor in Political Science, Univers- 
ity of Pennsylvania; born in Pike Coun- 
ty, Miss., 1871; was graduated at State 
Agricultural and Mechanical College in 
1892; taught school in Mississippi, 1892- 
1896; graduate student University of Chi- 
cago, 1S96-1S9S; Ph. M. ibid 1900; In- 
structor Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 
Peoria. 111., 1898-1900; fellow in Columbia 
University. New York, 1900-1902; Ph. D. 
ibid 1902; Lecturer in History ibid 1902- 
1903. Author of "Reconstruction in Mis- 
sissippi." 1901; also various articles in 
scientific periodicals. Member of several 
learned societies. Address, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

GARRETT. Jolin Middle: 

Railroad official; was born Dec. 30, 
1836. at Philadelphia; in 1854 he was 
graduated from Haverford College. From 
1854 to 1S74 he was a merchant and 
'manufacturer; in 1874 he engaged with 
the Lehigh Valley Railroad; afterward 
in 1887, he became Third Vice President, 
and later, in 1898, Second Vice President; 
also Vice President the following year; 
from 1879 to 1887 Treasurer, Vice Presi- 
dent and President of the Girard Trust 
Company. In 1895 was Chairman of the 
First Mohonk International Arbitration 
Convention; minister in the Society of 
Friends. Address, Rosemont, Pa. 

GARRETT, Joseph Wilson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania 
Infantrv Aug. 29, 1861; Corporal Marcli 

I. 1862; Sergeant Dec. 1, 1862; Sergeant 
Maior July 14, 1864; discharged for pro- 
motion Nov. 10, 1864; Second Lieutenant 
Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 

II. 1861; Captain March 4, 1865; honor- 
ablv mustered out July 1. 1865; elected 
Nov. 12, 1890. Address, 1240 Girard Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GARRETT, Philip C.I 

Philanthropist; son of T. C. and Frances 
Garney; born 1834 at Philadelphia; 
in 1.851 was graduated from Haverford: 
from 1854 to 187S he manufactured tex- 






tile fabrics; was Chairman of the Re- 
form Committee of One Hundred from 
1S81 to 1883 at Philadelphia. In 1883 was 
nominated for Governor of Pennsylvania 
by the Independent Republicans. Mem- 
ber of the Board of Public Charities of 
Pennsylvania, a<nd its President; also 
President of the State Lunacy Commis- 
sion of Pennsylvania. He was appointed 
on Board of Indian Commissioners by 
President Harrison; in 18S5 was appointed 
by Secretary Hoke Smith as Special Com- 
missioner to Senecas; was President, in 
1885, of the National Conference of Char- 
ities and Corrections; also President of 
the Mohonk National Indian Conference 
in 1S9S; in 1900 was appointed by Gov- 
ernor Roosevelt Chairman of the Com- 
mission on New York Indians. Republi- 
can in politics. Address, 30S Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GARRISON, Saninel: 

President of the Mortgage Banking, 
Company. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 



GARVEY, Eiiftene A.: 

Bishop; son of Michael and Catherine. 
CBoylan) Garvey; born Oct. 8. 1845, at 
Carbondale. Pa.; received early educa- 
tion at Dunmore. Pa., and later attended 
Scranton High School and St. Charles' 
College at Ellicott City, Md. ; was gradu- 
ated from St. Charles' Seminary. Phila- 
delphia. In 1870 was assistant pastor at' 
Hawley, Pa., and pastor in 1S71 at. 
Athens, Pa. From 1871 to 1899 was pas-^ 
tor at Williamsport, Pa., and at Pittston,'. 
Pa., from 1899 to 1901. Since 1901 has 
been Roman Catholic Bishop of Altoona, 
Pa. 



GARYI1V, Madison A.: 

Member of the House of Representa- 
tives; born in Amherst County, Va.,i 
March 9, 1S58; educated in the public 
schools there; assisted his father on the 
farm until 1878. when he took up the 
vocation of railroading; in 1884 he moved| 
to Pennsylvania and located in Gettys 
burg. Adams County, Pa., and entered the 
services of the G. and H. Railway. He 
served six years in the Borough Council 
of Gettysburg; was elected to the House 
of Representatives in Pennsylvania in 
November, 1900; was appointed a member 
of the following committees: Appropria- 
tion. Railroad. Public Grounds and Build- 
ings, and Military; was appointed by th€ 
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sylvania at the South Carolina Interstate 
and West Indian Exposition at Charles- 
ton, S. C, in 1901; was also appointed a 
member of the Gettysburg Battlefield Me- 
morial Commission to erect a $150,000 
building- or memorial to the memory of the 
fallen heroes who participated in the 
battle at that place, July 1, 2, 3, 1863. 
Founded the first daily paper (the Prog- 
ress) in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., 
in October, 1902. Address, Gettysburg, Pa. 

GAST, Frederick Augustus: 

Theological professor; born Oct. 17, 
1835, at Lancaster, Pa.; in 1856 was 
graduated from Franklin and Marshall 
College. At the Waynesburg College, in 
1877, he received degree of D. D. ; was 
ordained in 1859 to the ministry of the 
Reformed Church in the United States; 
also German Reformed; he was in charge 
of two pastorates, and during the Civil 
War was Chaplain of the Firty-fifth 
Pennsylvania Volunteers. From 1871 to 
1873 he was Tutor in Theology at the 
Seminary at Lancaster; since 1873 he has 
been Professor of Hebrew and Old Tes- 
tament Theology at the Theological Sem- 
inary, Lancaster, Pa. Address, Lancas- 
ter, Pa. 

GASTON, G. G.: 

Lumber manufacturer; son of W. G. 
and Frances Naramore Gaston; was born 
in East Fallow Township, Crawford 
County, April 21, 1859; educated in the 
local schools of his native county. For 
eighteen years has followed his work 
as a lumberman. In 1891 he was married 
to Miss Mattie M. Ramsey of Utica, Pa., 
and the following year located in Tiones- 
ta, where his business relations have been 
of excellent repute. Address, Tionesta, 
Pa. 

GASTON, Joseph A.: 

Major United States Army, First Cav- 
alry; born in Honeybrook, Chester Coun- 
ty, Pa., Sept. 2, 1856; his father was Dr. 
Joseph Gaston of Honeybrook, Pa.; is of 
Scotch-Irish descent. Went to the United 
States Military Academy, West Point, N. 
T., in 1877; was graduated in 1881; was 
commissioned Second Lieutenant, Eighth 
Cavalry, June. 1881; First Lieutenant, 
Eighth Cavalry, April, 1886; Captain, 
Eighth Cavalry, January. 1S95, and Ma- 
jor, First Cavalry, February, 1903; served 
in Texas, New Mexico, Montana, North 
and South Dakota, until the Spanish War; 
during this time he took part in the j 



Apache War, 1885-18S6, and the Sioux 
War, 1890-1891; was Adjutant of his 
regiment from March, 1891, to September, 
1893. During the Spanish War he went 
to Cuba with his regiment early in 1899, 
and returned with it to the United States 
in 1902. His promotion to the First 
Cavalry took him back to Fort Clark, 
Tex., one of the first Army posts he 
ever served at. Address, Fort Clark, 
Tex. 

GATES, Mauley Fitch: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from New York Assistant 
Surgeon March 27, 1889; Passed Assistant 
Surgeon 1892; Surgeon June 7, 1900; Navy 
Yard, League Island, 1889; Naval Hos- 
pital, Portsmouth, 1892; Recorder, Medical 
Examining Board, 1893; Minneapolis 1894; 
Naval Hospital, Norfolk, 1898; Atlanta, 
1900 to 1903; Naval Hospital. Naval Home, 
Philadelphia, since Oct. 6, 1903. Address, 
Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa. 

GAULT, J. A.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Kittanning. Address, Kittan- 
ning, Armstrong County, Pa. 

GAISE, Harlan: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Fourth Delaware In- 
fantry Sept. 5, 1862; honorably mustered 
out June 3, 1865; brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers July 6, 1864, "for gal- 
lant service during the present war"; 
Lieutenant Colonel April 1, 1865, "for gal- 
lant and meritorious services at the bat- 
tles of White Oak Road and Fair Oaks, 
Va."; elected Feb. 6, 1895. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GAIT. C. W.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Irwin. Address, Irwin, West- 
moreland County, Pa. 

fJAMTHROP, Alfred: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Delaware Infantry 
April 26, 1861; mustered out Aug. 7, 1861; 
First Lieutenant First Delaware Infan- 
try Sept. 11, 1861; honorably discharged 
Sept. 16, 1862; Sergeant Second Battery 
Delaware (Militia) Light Artillery July 1, 
1S63; mustered out Aug. 31, 1863; Captain 
Seventh Delaware (Militia) Infantry July 



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11, 1 S 6 4 ; honorably mustered out Aug. 

12, 1S64; elected Feb. 3, 1S92. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GAY LEY, James: 

Manufacturer; born in West Notting- 
ham, Cecil County, Md.; his early educa- 
tion was received at the academy of his 
native town, from which he was gradu- 
ated to enter Lafayette College; at the 
latter institution he received the tech- 
nical education which, with the practical 
training he secured subsequently, enabled 
him to take the high rank which he now 
holds. On the completion of his college 
course, in 1876, he became chemist to the 
Crane Iron Company, at Catasauqua, 
where he remained for three years, re- 
signing to accept a similar post with 
the Missouri Furnace Company at St. 
Louis; on the disposal of the company's 
leased plants, Mr. Gayley returned east 
to become Furnace Superintendent for 
the E. & G. Brooks Iron Company at 
Birdsboro. In the fall of 1885 he ac- 
cepted an invitation to become Furnace 
Superintendent of the Edgar Thomson 
plant; in 1895 he was transferred to the 

aeral offices in Pittsburg to assist the 
late Henry M. Curry in the increasing 
business of the ore department; upon 
Mr. Curry's retirement Mr. Gayley suc- 
ceeded to the management of the de- 
partment, becoming also a member of the 
Board of Managers of the Carnegie Steel 
Company. Mr. Gayley is a Director in 
the Carnegie Company and its subsidi- 
ary companies and in the control of the 
important department under his manage- 
ment he has displayed great capacity for 
handling large transactions, the ore de- 
partment providing and assembling all 
the raw material required by the Carnegie 
Steel Company, aggregating many million 
tons annually. Address. Pittsburg, Pa. 

GAZZAM, Joseph M..: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg Dec. 2. 
1842; son of Dr. Edward Despard Gaz- 
zam and Elizabeth Antoinette de Ber- 
thoffe, daughter of Constantine Antoin 
de Beelen de Berthoffe and grand-daugh- 
ter of Baron Frederick Eugene Francois 
i!> Beelen de Berthoffe, Austrian Minister 
to the United States from 17S3 to 17N7. 
When fourteen years old he entered the 
Western University of Pennsylvania; in 
1861 entered the law office of David Reed, 
in Pittsburg; 1S64 admitted to practice 
at the Allegheny County bar; 1S67 to the 



Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; 1S69 to 
the Circuit and District Courts of the 
United States; and 1S70 to the Supreme 
Court of the United States; 1871 became 
a Director for Pennsylvania in the United T 
States Law Association; 1872 associated 
with Hon. Alex. G. Cochran, under firm 
name of Gazzam & Cochran; in politics 
a Republican; 1869 elected to the Com- 
mon Council, and in 1876 a State Sena- 
tor. In 1879 he moved to Philadelphia, 
and is now practicing law with William 
S. Wallace and Edward Fell Lukens, un-^ 
der the firm name of Gazzam, Wallace 
& Lukens. Member of Pennsylvania Club, 
Union League and Young Republicans, j 
He was a Commissioner from Pennsyl- J 
vania at the Charleston Exposition in 
1902, and member of the Pennsylvania 
Commission to the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition now being held at St. Louis; 
he is President of Rees Welsh Law and 
Digest Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 
and of the Kramer Web Manufacturing 
Company; Vice President of the Ames- 
Bonner Brush Company of Toledo, Ohio; 
Dents Run Coal Company, Pennsylvania; 
Chairman of the Board of Peale, Pea- 
cock & Carr, Incorporated, and of the 
Delaware Company. He was one of the, 
oraganizers of the Quaker City National' 
Bank, Philadelphia, and one of the pro 
jectors of the Beach Creek Railroad, and 
the city of Gazzam is named for him. 
Life member of the Pennsylvania Histori- 
cal Society; member of the City Club of. 
New York, Fairmount Park Association, 
Franklin Institute, Horticultural Associa- 
tion of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania For- 
estry Association, Lawyers' Club, Acad- 
emy of Fine Arts. Zoological Society, 
American Academy of Political and Social 1 . 
Science. Genealogical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, Archaeology and Palaeontology 
Society of the University of Pennsylvania, 
National Arts Club of New York, and 
American Association for Advancement of 
Science. In 1S93 married Miss Nellie M 
Andrews of New Orleans. Address, 265 
South Nineteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GEARHART. B. R.: 

President of the First National Bant' 
of Danville. Address, Danville, Montoui 
County. Pa. 



GEARING, Henry C: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointee 
from Louisiana; Naval Academy June 12 
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Nov. 25, 1877; Lieutenant (junior grade) 
Dec. 11, 1SS3; Pensacola 1S76-1S77; Tus- 
carora 1S77-187S; Marion 1879-1882; Naval 
Academy 1S83-1SS6; Essex 1886-18S7; Mo- 
ntcacy 18S7-1S89; Naval Academy 18S9; 
Lieutenant Feb. 28, 1890; Newark July, 
1893-1896; Naval Academy August, 1896; 
Yumuri 1898; Culgoa April IS, 1898, to 
1901; promoted to Lieutenant Commander 
March 3, 1889; Naval Acadamy July 1, 
1901, to 1903; Baltimore, as executive 
officer, since May 6, 1903. Address, care 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

GEHM, Arthur: 

Consular Agent; born in Pennsylvania; 
appointed Consular Agent at Frontera, 
Mexico, Oct. 9, 1901. Address, Frontera, 
Mexico. 

GEIST. Adam: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Ephrata. Address, Ephrata, 
Lancaster County, Pa. 

GEIST, John C.J , 

Prothonotary, Register and Recorder of 
Forest County; son of Conrad and Susan 
Rice Geist; born in Jefferson County Jan. 
31, 1849; attended the public school in 
Ringgold, Pa., until eighteen years of age. 
In 1869 he engaged in lumbering on the 
Clarion River; continued to follow this 
business till the fall of 18S6, when he ac- 
cepted a position as bookkeeper for the 
Crawford Lumber Company at Pigeon, 
Forest County; engaged with the Penn 
Tanning Company as bookkeeper at 
Brookston in 1896, and continued in that 
work till his election as Prothonotary, 
Register and Recorder of Forest County 
in 1902. In January, 1903, removed to 
Tionesta; was married in 1874 to Miss 
Lizzie Davenspike of Clarion County, who 
died in 1883; in 1SS9 he was again mar- 
ried to Miss Mary R. Glenn of Corsica, 
Pa.; is the father of three sons: Philip H. 
by his former marriage, John Glenn and 
Willis Edward by his second. Address, 
Tionesta, Pa. 

GKIST. J. JI. XV.: 

Journalist; Editor of the New Era, 
Lancaster, Pa., and the oldest editor in 
continuous service in the State; born in 
Bart Township, Lancaster County, Dec. 
14. 1S24. of German-Scotch descent; edu- 
cated in local schools; engaged in news- 
paper work, entering a printing office. 
From 1S4S to 1S52 did editorial work on 
Lippard's Quaker City, the Evening Ar- 



gus, Sunday Globe and Sunday Mercury 
(being one of the publishers of the latter). 
Disposing of his interest in the Mercury 
in 1S52 he returned to Lancaster to take 
editorial charge of the Saturday Evening 
Express, and in 1856, with the late John 
H. Pearsol, founded the daily edition of 
the Express, which he conducted success- 
fully until 1877, when he founded the New 
Era and the New Era Printing House, 
of which he is still at the head. Author 
of "Parochial History of the Church"; In- 
dependent Republican in politics. Mar- 
ried in 1S50 Miss Elizabeth M. Markley, 
only daughter of George B. Markley of 
Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 

GELBACH, Chris.: 

President of the Mars National Bank. 
Address, Mars, Butler County, Pa. 

GELBACH, J. A.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Ellwood City. Address, Ellwood City, 
Lawrence County, Pa. 

GEXTH, Frederick A., Jr.: 

Chemist; born in Philadelphia Feb. 12, 
1855; son of Dr. F. A. and Minna P. 
Genth; was graduated from University of 
Pennsylvania in 1876; M. S. 1878; Assist- 
ant in Chemistry, second Geological Sur- 
vey of Pennsylvania, 1877-1880; Instructor 
1881-1883; and Assistant Professor of 
Chemistry 1883-1888 inclusive, at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; since then in 
general practice as analytical and expert 
chemist; was officially connected as chem- 
ist to the D. and F. Commission with the 
Department of Agriculture of Pennsyl- 
vania 1S97-1903; and also acted as chemist 
to State Pharmaceutical Examining Board 
of Pennsylvania. Member of American 
Philosophical Society, Fellow of A. A. A. 
S., member of American Chemical Soci- 
ety, Society of Chemical Industry, Lon- 
don; Societe Chimique, Paris; Deutsche 
Chemische Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, 
etc. Address, 222 Walnut St.. Philadel- 
phia: home, 65 East Greenwood Ave., 
Lansdowne, Pa. 

GENTRY, Alan F.: 

Surgeon; author; born in Philadelphia, 
Pa., Jan. 3, 1866; son of Thomas G. and 
Mary S. Gentry; educated in the public 
schools and Central High School of Phila- 
delphia; elected Assistant Curator of the 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, 
under Professor Angelo Heilprin in 1883, 
serving two years; was graduated in 



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medicine from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1SSS; appointed resident physi- 
cian of Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, Pa., in 
1888, remaining one year; assisted Dr. 
John Dixon, the eminent surgeon of Pitts- 
burg, from 18S9 to 1893, assuming at his 
death upon the latter date the sole 
charge of an extensive surgical practice; 
called to the chair of Surgery in the 
Mercy Hospital in 1S93; removed to Phil- 
adelphia in 1899; his specailties are zool- 
ogy and abdominal surgery. Author of 
"New Species of Corvidae — Cyanocoras 
Heilprini," 1884; "Revision of Genus 
Phrynosoma," 1885; "Value of Alcohol as 
a Food in the Treatment of Continued 
Fevers," 1SS9; "Three Cases of Cerebral 
Abscess with Operations," 1S91; "Surgery 
of the Gall Bladder with Points in its 
Operative Technique," 1893. Residence. 
5039 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia. 

GENTRY, Thomas G.: 

Educator; author; born near Holmes- 
burg. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 28, 1843; 
son of Alfred and Caroline Gentry; his 
great-grandfather, William Gentry, was 
a soldier of the Revolution; two of his 
remote ancestors took part in Bacon's 
Rebellion (1676) by order of the King of 
England; educated in the public schools 
and Central High School of Philadelphia 
to 1S59; began teaching in 1861; married 
Mary Shoemaker, Lewisburg, Pa., Dec. 
27, 1864; elected Principal of U. S. Grant 
School in 1SS4; received the degree of D. 
Sc. from the Chicago Academy of Sci- 
ences in 1S88. His special studies are 
botany, zoology, philology and horology. 
Member of the Philadelphia Academy of 
Natural Science, Davenport Academy of 
Sciences, Canadian Entomological Soci- 
ety, Franklin Literary Society of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Author of "Life 
Histories of Birds of Eastern Pennsyl- 
vania" (two vols.), 1876-1877, out of print; 
"The House Sparrow at Home and 
Abroad," 1878; "Nests and Eggs of Birds 
of the United States," 1S82; "Family 
Names from the Irish, Anglo-Saxon. An- 
glo-Norman and Scotch." 1892; "Pigeon 
River and Other Poems," 1892; "Life and 
Immortality, or Soul in Plants and Ani- 
mals," 1897; "Intelligence in Plants and 
Animals," 1900. Contributor on biological 
subjects to scientific journals. Address, 
5039 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia. 

GEORGE, Walter li.: 

Banker; born in South Bend, Pa.; edu- 
cated in public schools. Married Edna 






Leydic of Indiana, Pa., Oct. 22, 1902. 
Began business seventeen years ago as 
a clerk in bookstore; twelve years ago 
entered business with his brother in 
Apollo, Pa.; three years ago, with 
others, organized the First National Bank 
of Apollo, of which he has been President 
ever since. Democrat in politics. Ad- 
dres, Apollo, Pa. 

GERBER, Edwin R.: 

President Reading Board of Public 
Works; born Nov. 30, 1856, in Reading. 
Pa.; educated in the public schools; 
learned the printing trade, subsequently 
took up stenography, and taught night 
classes for several years in the Inter- 
State Commercial College of Reading; was 
one of the founders of the Reading Even- 
ing Telegram, and has retained his con- 
nection with that paper ever since; elect- 
ed Secretary Reading Board of Trade in 
January, 1899; appointed in 1900 Special 
Enumerator of the United States Census 
to obtain statistics of manufactures of 
the city of Reading; elected by City 
Council a member of the Board of Public 
Works as a Democrat, and is now Presi- 
dent of that body. Address, Reading, Pa. 

GERHARD, Albert P.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia in 1877; 
educated in private schools; class of 1899, 
University of Pennsylvania; from the 
Law Department, 1902; admitted to the 
Philadelphia bar, June, 1902; son of John 
Sergeant Gerhard; grandson of Benjamin 
Gerhard, who died in 1844; great-grand- 
son of John Sergeant, who died in 1852, 
all members of the Philadelphia bar. On 
his mother's side, a grandson of Dr. 
William Pepper. Address, Overbrook, Pa. 8 

GERHARD, George Smith) 

Physician; born in Philadelphia in 1847; 
educated in private schools; class of 1868, 
University of Pennsylvania; was gradu- 
ated from the Medical Department, 1869; 
President of Pennsylvania Hospital; on 
the staff of Presbyterian Hospital and 
Orthopedic Hospital; Physician-in-Chief 
of the Bryn Mawr Hospital; son of Ben- 
jamin Gerhard, and grandson of John 
Sergeant, both distinguished members of 
the Philadelphia bar. Address. Ardmore, 
Pa. 

GERHARD, John Sergeant: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia in 1845; :, 
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class of 1865; from the Law Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania in 1867; 
admitted to the Philadelphia bar Nov. 16, 
1867; son of Benjamin Gerhard, a dis- 
tinguished member of the Philadelphia 
bar, who died in 1864, and a grandson of 
the Hon. John Sergeant, also a member 
of the Philadelphia bar. Married Maria 
Pepper, a daughter of Dr. William Pep- 
per. Address, Overbrook, Pa. 

GEBHART, C. S.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Lebanon. Address, Lebanon, 
Lebanon County, Pa. 

GERHART, Emanuel Vogel: 

Clergyman; born June 13, 1817, at 
Freeburg, Snyder County, Pa. ; in 1838 
was graduated from Marshall College. 
Mercersburg, Pa.; he received degree of 
D. D. from Jefferson College and that of 
LL. D. from Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege; in August, 1842, he was ordained 
to the ministry; from 1851 to 1855 
was President of Heidelberg College, Tif- 
fin, Ohio; also Professor in the Theo- 
logical Seminary; from 1855 to 1866 Pres- 
ident of Franklin and Marshall College. 
In 1S6S of the Reformed Church Semin- 
ary> Lancaster, Pa; was Professor of Sys- 
tematic and Practical Theology. Author 
of "Philosophy and Logic," "Monograph 
of the Reformed Church," published in 
1863; "Institutes of the Christian Re- 
ligion" (two vols.), 1891; "Junior Heidel- 
berg Catechism," and others. Address, 
Lancaster, Pa. 

GERRISH, David Fornham: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Acting First Assistant Engineer 
(Master) United States Navy Nov. 25, 
1863; resigned and honorably discharged 
Aug. 25, 1865. Elected May 3, 1893. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GERRY^ James: 

President of the Shrewsbury Savings 
Institution. Address, Shrewsbury, York 
j County, Pa. 

1 GERWIG, Edgar Charles: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 13, 1870. at Minerva, 
Stark County, Ohio; son of Charles W. 
and Henrietta (Taylor) Gerwig; educated 
at the Allegheny public schools and the 
Allegheny High School; was graduated 
from the National Law School at Wash- 



ington, D. C, after a three years' course 
in 1S95; admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar Dec. 18, 1897. Preceptor, Hon. 
William A. Stone; was Secretary to the 
Governor of Pennsylvania, Hon. William 
A. Stone, from 1899 to January, 1903. In 
politics a Republican. Address, Marshall 
Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

GERSOX, Felix N.: 

Author and journalist; born in Phila- 
delphia Oct. 18, 1S62. Married Emily 
Goldsmith Jan. 28, 1892; was educated at 
the public schools and Boys' Central High 
School, after which he spent some time 
in the study of civil engineering; in the 
employ of the Philadelphia & Reading 
Railroad Company, finally became De- 
partment Chief Clerk. In 1890 managing 
editor of the Chicago Israelite; returned 
to Philadelphia in 1891, and has since that 
time been manager of the Jewish Ex- 
ponent; also a member of the staff of the 
Public Ledger for some years past. 
Author of "Some Verses," including 
"Phantasy," "Romance." His sonnet on 
the death of Queen "Victoria was received 
with favor in England. Address. 1627 
Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GESSLER, Charles W.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia Sept. 
12, 1S45, of Swiss Ancestry, his parents 
being Charles Martin and Elizabeth (Van 
Gunten) Gessler. He was educated in 
the public schools and under private tu- 
tors, and studied medicine in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 
1S67. For a short time he was an as- 
sistant in the University Dispensary, but 
since graduating has been engaged in 
private practice, building up a large and 
successful business. He is actively in- 
terested in archaeology and the fine arts, 
and is a member of the Archaeological 
Department of the University, the Uni- 
versity Alumni Association, the Philadel- 
phia Art Club, the Sons of Delaware, and 
the Masonic Order. Address, 1332 S. Fifth 
St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

GEST, John B.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 
1823; was educated in the University of 
Pennsylvania; studied law and was ad- 
mitted to practice at the Philadelphia bar 
in 1S47. When the Law School was es- 
tablished Mr. Gest, though then in active 
practice, attended Professor Sharswood's 
lectures and received the degree of 
LL. D. in 1S52. He took a very active 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



part in organizing the alumni of the Uni- 
versity and was for some years Presi- 
dent of the Society, and almost continu- 
ally one of its members; became a Trus- 
tee of the University in 18S7. After a 
long period of legal practice, he was 
made Vice President of the Fidelity In- 
surance, Trust, and Safe Deposit Com- 
pany in 1873 and was elected its Presi- 
dent in 1S90. He has been identified with 
important public institutions, having been 
President of the Union Benevolent Asso- 
ciation, Trustee of the Presbyterian Hos- 
pital, Director of the Mortgage Trust 
Company, and a member of the Council 
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
Address, City Avenue, corner of North 
Fifty-seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GET7-, David H.: 

Lawyer; born in Lancaster County, Pa., 
October, 1844; was educated in the public 
schools and Lewisburg University; studied 
law in the office of Hon. C. S Wolfe, and 
was admitted to the bar of Union County 
in lS7. r >. Since that date he has been act- 
ively and successfully engaged in the 
practice of his profession. In his early 
years he had some stirring war experi- 
ence, enlisting in 1863 in the Fifty-first 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and 
serving in the Army of the Potomac for 
the remaining two years of the war; was 
elected District Attorney for Union Coun- 
ty on the Republican ticket in 1879, and 
at a later date was appointed to the same 
office to fill a vacancy, and in 1892 was 
re-eleced for another three years' term. 
He is Secretary of the Republican County 
Committee, a thirty-second degree Mason, 
and a Knight Templar. Address, Lewis- 
burg, Pa. 

GETZ, James K.: 

Ex-Mayor; born Jan. 19, 1848, in Albany 
Township. Perks County. Pa.; removed 
with his parents to the city of Reading 
in 1854; was educated in the public 
schools and in the Philadelphia Classical 
Academy; became interested with his 
father in the wholesale grocery business, 
and succeeded to that business, which he 
conducted until 1874, when he became in- 
terested in the Reading Steam Marble 
Works; is Manager of the Reading Shale 
Brick Works, and interested in other 
manufacturing enterprises; was elected 
to the Common Council as a Democrat 
in the strongly Republican Fifth Ward, 
and became President of that body. At 



the February election in 1SS5 he was 
I chosen Mayor and served the term of 
three years, since which time he has not 
I been active in politics. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

GEYELIN, H. Lanncet: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, July 15, 
1857; he was educated at University of 
I Pennsylvania — A. B. 1S77, LL. B. and 
\ A. M. 1879; President of Athletic Associa- 
tion since 1894; Treasurer and Solicitor 
Lincoln Institution and the Educational \ 
I Home; Trustee Drexel Institute, President 
! Law Academy of Philadelphia, Secretary 
j Radnor Hunt, Township Commissioner, 
Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pa. 
Married Alice R. Rawle, April 24, 1884. 
Address, Ville Nova, Pa. 

I GEYER, Chariest 

President of the Provident Trust Com- 
pany. Address, 
County, Pa. 



Allegheny, Allegheny 



GHEEJi, Edward Hickman: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania. Entered Naval 
Academy Sept. 24, 1862; graduated, 1S67; 
flagship Delaware, Asiatic Squadron, 
1867-1S70. Promoted to Ensign Dec. 18, j 
1868; to Master, March 21, 1870; signal , 
duty, Washington, D. C, 1871; Lieuten- 
ant, March 21, 1871; ironclad Mahopac 
and receiving ship New Hampshire, 1872; 
storeship Supply, April 1, 1S72; flagship 
Lancaster, 1S72-1875; receiving ship Po- 
tomac and training ship Constitution, 
1875-1876; Alliance, European Station, ' 
1877-1879; League Island, 1880; Torpedo' 
Station. 1881; flagship Tennessee, 1882- 
1883; Naval Academy, 1883-1887: Constel- ' 
iation, practice cruise, 1884; Yantic, as 
executive. 1887-1890; Inspector of Steel,; 
Pittsburg. Pa., October, 1S90. to May, 
1891; charge Branch Hydrographic Office, 
Philadelphia. May, 1S91, to April, 1893;' 
Lieutenant Commander. Oct. 2, 1S91; Navy, 
Sard, league Island. April. 1893. to Octo- 
ber, 1894; executive of Minantonomah, 
October to December, and of Minneapolis, , 
December, 1894-1896; Hydrographic Office, 
Jan. 5, 1897-1898; Commander, March 2S, 
1898; Frolic, June to September. 1S9S; 
Hydrographic Office, Sept. 27, 1898, to 
June lv, 1899; commanding Marietta. June 
20. 1899 (Asiatic Station), to April 29, 
1901; commanding Petrel, May 4, 1901, to 
September 7, 1901; Captain, June 14. 1902; 
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Feb. 12, 1902. Retired. Dec. 1, 1902. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

GIHll, Joseph Scribner: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia Feb. 
11, 1859; educated in the public schools, 
Eastburn Academy, and the Medical De- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, graduating- in 1SS0. After a year's 
post-graduate service in the Philadelphia 
Hospital, he began a general practice, 
but since 1896 has devoted himself ex- 
clusively to diseases of the ear, nose and 
throat. From 1882 to 1892 he was out- 
door physician to the Philadelphia De- 
partment of Charities and Correction, 
and Surgeon to the Police Department, 
and from 1881 to 1884 was in charge of 
the throat, nose and ear department of 
the Northern Dispensary. Since 1893 he 
has been surgeon in charge of the ear, 
nose and throat department of the Epis- 
copal Hospital, and since 1897 has been 
Professor of Diseases of the Throat and 
Nose in the Philadelphia Polyclinic. He 
is a Fellow of the College of Physicians, 
and a member of various medical asso- 
ciations, of the Union League, and the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He 
married Jessie Hassell in 1882 and has 
had three children. Address, 1901 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GIBBS, George: 

Author, illustrator; born in New Or- 
leans, La.. March 8, 1870; son of late 
Medical Inspector Benjamin F. Gibbs, 
United States Navy. Author "In Search 
of Mademoiselle," "The Love of Mon- 
sieur," "American Sea Fights," "Pike and 
Cutlass," etc. Entered United States 
Naval Academy 1886; resigned, 1S88, to 
study art; student at Art Students' 
League and Corcoran Gallery, Washing- 
ton, D. C. until 1893; began book and 
magazine illustration. Moved to Phila- 
delphia, 1898, to work for the Curtis Pub- 
lishing Company. Address, Rosemont, 
Pennsylvania. 

GIBBS, William W.: 

Gas corporation manager; born in Hope, 
Warren County, N. J., March 8, 1846. He 
became a store boy at fourteen and 
served as clerk in a country store till 
twenty-three years of age, when he was 
made a partner in the concern. Two 
years later, in 1871, his partner died, and 
he closed out the business. Mr. Gibbs 

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then went to New York and began the 
retail dry goods business and in 1873 
organized a firm of wholesale grocers. 
In 1875 he withdrew from this line of 
trade almost penniless. Becoming ac- 
quainted with Ferdinand King, who had 
invented a process for making gas from 
petroleum, he formed a partnership with 
him, styled the National Petroleum Gas 
Company of New York. The ability and 
energy of Mr. Gibbs soon obtained a con- 
tract to build a small gas works for this 
company, and the gas, proving satisfac- 
tory, he pushed the business so actively 
that within seven years he had built 
more than a hundred works, in all parts 
of the country. The large quantity of 
petroleum used in his operations brought 
liim into close connection with the offi- 
cials of the Standard Oil Company and 
in 1SS2, as a result of his endeavors, the 
United Gas Improvement Company was 
organized in Philadelphia, with Mr. Gibbs 
as its general manager. Under his con- 
trol this company became highly success- 
ful, and is now one of the most prominent 
gas corporations of the country, making 
all the gas used in Philadelphia. Mr. 
Gibbs has long been connected with rail- 
road interests, especially with the Phila- 
delphia, Reading & New England Rail- 
road Company, and the completion of the 
great Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge is a 
monument to his energy. He has been 
largely interested in Pennsylvania Heat, 
Light & Power Company, the Electric 
Storage Company, and the Wellsbach 
Light Company, and in 1897 he organized 
the Marsden Company, for the purpose of 
manufacturing celluloid from the pith of 
corn-stalks. Address, 1733 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GIBBOXS, William Futliey: 

Pastor of the Dunmore Presbyterian 
Church; born Dec. 31, 1859, at Lenape, 
Chester County, Pa.; educated in the 
public schools, private tutors, West Ches- 
ter State Normal School, Bucknell Uni- 
versity and Princeton Theological Sem- 
inary. Married, May 22, 1890, Margaret 
Monaghan; Prohibitionist in politics; 
served as private secretary to President 
David J. Hill of Bucknell University; 
Sabbath School Missionary to the Presby- 
terian Board of Publication and Sabbath 
School Work in Minnesota; organized 
Stella Presbyterian Church at Forty 
Fort. Luzerne County, Pa.; pastor of 
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Author of "Those Black Diamond Men," 
■•Toilers in the Dark," "The Hun, a So- 
cial Study," etc.. and papers on social 
questions. Address, Dunmore, Pa. 

GIBSON, John Arthur: 

Supertendent Public Schools, Butler 
Borough, Pa.; born in Meadville, Pa.. May 
9 1S69- his ancestors were among the 
early settlers of Meadville; was gradu- 
ated from Allegheny College, Meadville, 
Pa., in 1891; elected Principal of the But- 
ler High School the same year. In 1896 
was made Superintendent of the Butler 
Borough public schools. Address, Butler, 
Pa. 

GIBSON, Charles Donnels 

Lawyer; born Aug. 29, 1863, at Sun- 
bury Pa.- received a college education, 
and 'from 'l870 to 1873 attended the Epis- 
copal Academy at Philadelphia; Union 
College, 1SS4; studied law, and in 1889 was 
admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. Au- 
thor of "My Lady and Allen Darke." 
Member of Sigma Phi, Pennsylvania So- 
ciety of New York. Address, Holmesburg. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GIBSON. Isnne: 

Clergyman; born in Rappahannock 
County, Va., 1828, and entered the min- 
istry of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
in 1850; in 1865 entered the Protestant 
Episcopal Church, and has been Rector 
of various churches in Virginia, Ken- 
tucky and Pennsylvania, his last rector- 
ship having been that of St. J-ohn's 
Church, Norristown, Pa., which contin- 
ued more than twenty-six years; he re- 
signed in December. 1898, and was ap- 
pointed Rector Emeritus, in which ca- 
pacity he is still active in church w.ork. 
\uthor of "Leading Higher Critics on the 
Origin of the Levitical Law." 1*94; "The 
Pentateuch and Joshua," 1895; "The Holy 
Communion." and "Reasons for the 
Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch." 1S97. 
Address, 17 East Elm St., Norristown, Pa. 

GIBSON, Joseph Ruff: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; Assistant Surgeon. April 16, 1862; 
Major Surgeon, March 19. 1877; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel. Department Surgeon Gen- 
eral. June 28, 1894; brevetted Captain and 
Major, March 13, 1865, for faithful and 
ritorious services during the war, and 
Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 28, 1866, for 



meritorious and distinguished services at 
Harts Island, New York Harbor, where 
cholera prevailed; retired Nov. 15, 1895. ■ 
Address. 116 South Forty-third St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

GIBSOX. J. T., I). O.: 

Born in Jefferson County, Pa., in 1844; 
was in the Academy at Marion, Pa., when 
the War of the Rebellion broke out, and 
in 1861 enlisted in the Seventy-eighth 
Pennsylvania Regiment, participating in 
battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, 
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge; 
was severely wounded in the battle of 
New Hope Church, near Atlanta. Was 
graduated from Washington and Jeffer- 
son College in 1869, and from Western 
Theological Seminary in 1*72; supplied 
Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville. 
Tenn.. during summer of 1872; pastor of 
a Baltimore church eight years; Sharps- 
burg Church. Pa., nine years; served four 
years as Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Board of Missions for Freedmen of the 
Presbyterian Church. Edited the Pres- 
byterian Messenger five years, and was 
acting pastor of the East Liberty Pres- 
bvterian Church for one year. He re- 
ceived the degree of D. D. from Wash- 
ington and Jefferson College, and from 
Grove City College; is a Director of the 
Western Theological Seminary and a 
Trustee of the Presbyterian Hospital of 
Pittsburg and Allegheny and of Grove 
City College; served as Chaplain of the 
Union Veteran Legion of Pittsburg and 
of McPherson Post. G. A. R., and two 
years as County Superintendent of Indi- 
ana County. Pa. Married Isabel B. 
Brown in 1872. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 



GIBSON. Milton B.: 

.Mayor of York, Pa.; born June 8. 1860, 
at Landisburg, Perry County. Pa.; son 
of Francis F. Gibson and great nephew 
of the late Chief Justice J. B. Gibson. En 
gaged in the profession of teaching in 
Perry County for three years prior to 
1885, when he moved to ^rork, Pa., being 
Sleeted first Secretary and later President 
of the Weaver Organ and Piano Company. 
He was elected as a member of Select 
Council for four years in 1898, and on the 
expiration of his term was elected Re- 
publican Mayor of the city of York in 
1902. in wh"eh capacity he is now serving; 
was a De rate from the York Board of 
Trad. to the Pan-American Congress, 
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Sesque-Centennial, York, Pa., 1899, which 
promoted the advancement of York con- 
siderably. Address, York, Pa. 

GIBSON, William: 

General Superintenden Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad Company, Pittsburg, Pa.; 
born in Scotland, in the year 1856; his 
father was William Gibson, an old and 
highly respected West India merchant, 
and his mother was Miss Agnes Wilson. 
His early training- was in the Royal High 
School of Edinburgh, with which institu- 
tion he remained up to the time of his 
entrance into the University of Edin- 
burgh; at the age of twenty he came 
to the United States. His first business 
experience was obtained in the office of 
the Alabama Great Southern Railway, 
at Chattanooga, Tenn., and later on the 
Queen and Crescent system, in both of 
which companies he served in various ca- 
pacities; he subsequently became Train- 
master of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and 
Dayton Railroad, at Cincinnati; Car Ser- 
vice Agent of the Columbus, Hocking 
Valley and Toledo Railroad, at Colum- 
bus; Superintendent of the Cleveland, 
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Rail- 
road, at Cincinnati; Assistant Genei-al 
Superintendent of the Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad, at Baltimore, and Gen- 
eral Superintendent of the Baltimore and 
Ohio Railroad, at Pittsburg. He is a Di- 
rector in the following companies: Pitts- 
burg and Connellsville Railroad, Pittsburg 
Junction Railroad, Sharpsburg Railroad, 
and the Fairport Dock Company. He is 
a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the 
Caledonian Society of Cincinnati, the 
Duquesne and Edgewood Golf Clubs of 
Pittsburg, the Transportation Club of 
New York, the Railway Club of St. 
Louis, and Church of the Ascension (Epis- 
copal) of Pittsburg; he is a sound money 
Democratic; to the technical literature 
of his profession he is a valued contrib- 
utor, as well as to economic questions. 
Married in Edinburgh, in 18S6, to Eliza 
Henderson. Address, Pittsburg Pa 

I 
GIBSON, Wylie W.: 

County Auditor; born in Pulaski Town- 
ship, Lawrence County, Pa.. Sept. 16. 

I 1S59; educated in public schools. Mar- 
ried, Dec. 29 ,1897, to Mary J. Arrow of 

I East Brook, Lawrence County, Pa ; is 
owner of the Riverside Farm; 'has filled 
offices as School Director, Township Aud- 



itor, and Supervisor; was elected in fall 
of 1902 as County Auditor on Democratic 
ticket. Address, Pulaski, Lawrence Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

GIFFEN, James Edwin: 

Minister in the Presbyterian Church; 
born Aug. 31, 1864, in Mt. Pleasant Town- 
ship, Westmoreland County, Pa.; edu- 
cated at Mt. Pleasant Institute and 
Greensburg Seminary; was graduated at 
Washington and Jefferson College in 1S89, 
and at the Western Theological Semi- 
nary, Allegheny, Pa., in 1S92; was or- 
dained to the Gospel Ministry May 24, 
1892. Married. May 31, 1892, Anna c! 
Dieffenbacher. Was pastor of Greens- 
boro, Mt. Moriah and Spring Hill Fur- 
nace Churches, 1S92-1893; Beulah and 
Madera Churches, 1894-1895; Belle Valley 
Church, since 1897; formerly a Republi- 
can, but now a Prohibitionist. Address 
R. F. D. No. 5, Erie, Pa. 

GILBERT, Calvin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the' Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Eighty-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Sept. 2, 1861; mustered 
out, Aug. 16, 1862; Captain and Commis- 
sary of Subsistence United States Volun- 
teers, March 2, 1864; honorably mustered 
out, Oct. 26, 1865; brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers, Oct. 22, 1865, "for gal- 
lant and meritorious services." Elected 
Oct. 14, 1896. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

GILBERT, Joseph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Ninety-first Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Aug. 20, 1861; Corporal, Sept. 
20, 1861; Sergeant, Dec. 22, 1862; First 
Sergeant, June 30, 1864; discharged for 
promotion, Feb. 23, 1S65; Captain Ninety- 
first Pennsylvania Infantry, Feb. 24. 1865; 
honorably mustered out, July 10, 1865.' 
Elected May 4. 18S7. Address," 620 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GILBERT, Lyman D.: 

Lawyer; born in Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 
17, 1845; son of a prominent merchant of 
that city; he was graduated from Yale 
College in 1865, and at once began the 
study of law in the office of Hon. John 
C. Kunkel, then leader of the Dauphin 
County bar, being admitted to the bar in 



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1868. In 1871 he entered into partnership 
with Hon. Wayne MacVeigh and John B. 
McPherson, which firm, after the re- 
moval of Mr. MacVeagh to Philadelphia, 
became known as Gilbert & McPherson. 
In March, 1873, he was appointed Deputy 
Attorney General of Pennsylvania by the 
Attorney General, Hon. S. E. Dimmick, 
and for a number of months after the 
death of Mr. Dimmick acted as Attorney 
General; in 1S82 he resigned and resumed 
his private practice, in partnership with 
John H. Weiss till 1898, and afterward 
alone, he being counsel for the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad and other large interests. 
He is one of the leaders of the Dauphin 
County bar and is in the front rank of 
the bar of the State; he was President of 
the State Bar Association in 1899 and was. 
elected President of the Dauphin County 
Bar Association in 1903. Address, Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

GILCHRIST, Alexander, D. D.: 

Secretary Board H. M. United Pros. 
Church; born March 25, 1856, at West 
Hebron, N. Y. son of Joseph and Martha 
J. Gilchrist; from 1865 to 1870 attended 
the public schools at Waterman, 111., and 
later entered college at Monmouth, 111.; 
in 1879 he was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Wooster from 1879 to 18S2 he 
studied at the Allegheny United Presby- 
terian Theological Seminary, Allegheny, 
Pa.; in 1894 he received degree of D. D. 
Married Cora Seaton. Oct. 22, 1885. From 
1882 to 1899 he was connected with the 
United Presbyterian Pastorates; Repub- 
lican in politics. Address, 5242 So. At- 
lantic Ave.; office, 209 Ninth St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

GILCHRIST, Joseph Johnson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born on a farm near Darlington, Beaver 
County, Pa., Oct. 13. 1871; a year later 
he removed with his parents to Allegheny, 
Pa., where he has since resided; edu- 
cated in the public schools. When fifteen 
years old he became associated with his 
brothers in the coal business, in which 
he is still engaged; has always been an 
active Republican and served one term 
as School Director; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Allegheny, Pa. 



GILDER, Wllhnr Fisk: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



Legion; private Thirteenth Connecticut 
Infantry, Feb. 15. 1862; Corporal, March 
1, 1S63; discharged to accept promotion, 
Sept. 17, 1863; First Lieutenant Ninety- 
eighth U. S. Colored Infantry, Sept. 18, 
1S63; resigned and honorably discharged, 
July 21, 1S64. Elected May 4, 1892. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GILFILLAX, G. A.: 

Civil and consulting engineer; born in 
Allegheny Co. in 1864; educated in public 
schools and graduated from the Engineer- 
ing Department of the Western Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1888. Engaged 
in steam railroad engineering, and during 
1888-1889 was Assistant Engineer on the 
Pittsburg and Western Railroad; in 1S90 
he superintended the reconstruction of 
the Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction 
Company's plant, and has since laid out 
the routes and superintended the con- 
struction of several important lines in 
the Pittsburg vicinity, doing work for 
the Dubois Traction Company, the Apollo, 
Vandergrift and Leechburg Company, the 
Steubenville Traction Company, and dif- 
ferent traction companies of this city. 
Member of the Engineers' Society of 
Western Pennsylvania and of the Acad- 
emy of Science and Art. Address, Fi- 
delity Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

GILL, William Andrew: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Naval Academy, June 21, 1875; 
Midshipman, June 10, 1881; Ensign (junior 
grade), March 3, 1SS3; Ensign, June 26, 
18S4; Lieutenant (junior grade - ), June 25, 
1891; promoted to Lieutenant, October. 
1895; Lieutenant Commander, Oct. 9, 1901; 
inspection duty, Bureau of Equipment. 
December, 1903; Inspector of Equipment 
at William Cramp & Sons' and Neafie & 
Lew Shipbuilding companies, Philadel- 
phia; the New York Shipbuilding Com- 
pany, Camden, N. J., and Harlan & Hol- 
lingsworth, Wilmington, Del., since Jan- 
uary, 1904. Address, William Cramp & 
Sons. Ship and Engine Building Co., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 



GILL. William R.: 

Telegraph Superintendent; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Dec. 27, 1847; entered the ser- 
vice of the Inland Telegraph Company i 
when quite young, and in 1866 became an 
employee of the Western Union Tele- 
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sistant Cashier in the Philadelphia office, 
and in 1875 became Chief Clerk to James 
Merrihew, Superintendent. After he had 
served for a time as Assistant Superin- 
tendent Mr. Merrihew was transferred 
to New York and Mr. Gill was made Su- 
perintendent of the Sixth District, a posi- 
tion of great importance and which he 
held till 1SS1, when he engaged in the 
construction of the Bankers' and Mer- 
chants' and the American Rapid Tele- 
graph lines; he was also connected with 
other companies, but in 1883 again took 
his superintendency in the "Western 
Union, retaining it until within recent 
years. He was also President and Gen- 
eral Manager of the Philadelphia Local 
Telegraph Company and a Director in 
other companies, and from 1888 to 1895 
was Vice President of the Bell Telephone 
Company. He was a member of the 
Board of Education, 1S89-1S93. and in 
1S90 was appointed on the Board of Pub- 
lic Charities. Address, Cheltenham, Pa. 

GILLAM, Alexander B.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Mount Union. Address, Mount Union, 
Pa. 

GILLESPIE, David L.: 

Merchant; born in Pittsburg, Oct. 20, 
1858; son of James and Diana Gillespie; 
educated in public schools, and in 1871 
became a telegraph messenger boy. In 
1874 he entered the firm of Lewis, Oliver 
& Phillips; in 1S87 he formed the D. L. 
Gillespie Lumber Company, becoming the 
senior member of the hrm; in addition 
to this business he is interested in the 
Pittsburg Reduction Company, the Pitts- 
burg and Honduras Company, the Com- 
mercial Sash and Door Company, and a 
number of other enterprises. Member of 
the Dequesne and Americus Clubs; Re- 
publican in politics. Married, in Wil- 
mington, Del., Oct. 20, 1885, to Anna R. 
Darlington. Address, 541 Wood St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

GILLESPIE, Thomas A.: 

Contractor; born in Pittsburg, Pa., 
July 1, 1852; son of James and Diana Gil- 
lespie; his father was a lumber merchant; 
his ancestors were from the north of Ire- 
land and Scotland; his early education 
was received in the schools of Pittsburg, 
and his first occupation was that of a 
clerk in the Pittsburg Gas Company, 
where he remained but a few months 



when, in August, 1S6S, he entered the 
office of Lloyd & Black, iron manufactur- 
ers; in April, 1S71, he resigned to accept 
a position with Messrs. Lewis, Oliver & 
Phillips, in the same line of business; he 
remained with this concern for eight 
years in the capacity of Traveling Agent. 
Thoroughly skilled and equipped for ven- 
tures on his own account, he then decided 
to embark in business for himself, and 
from 1879 to 1884 engaged in the manu- 
facture of iron bolts and kindred articles. 
In 1884 he joined George Westinghouse, 
Jr., in the development of the great nat- 
ural gas industry; in this business his 
efforts were met with unqualified success, 
and he continued therein until 1S90, when 
he became a contractor on a large scale, 
with headquarters in the Westinghouse 
Building, Pittsburg, and in the Have- 
meyer Building, No. 26 Cortlandt Street, 
New York. Gillespie & Company have 
laid over five hundred miles of pipe line; 
for the Philadelphia Company they laid 
91,000 feet of thirty-six-inch steel pipe 
for the conducting of natural gas; these 
contractors also laid the pipes of the 
East Jersey Water Company, which sup- 
plies Paterson and Newark, N. J. In ad- 
dition to his office as President of the T. 
A. Gillespie Company, Mr. Gillespie is 
also engaged in many other large inter- 
ests, prominent among which are his 
directorships in the Iron City National 
Bank of Pittsburg, and the Liberty Na- 
tional Bank of New York; he was Vice 
President of the Central Traction Com- 
pany of Pittsburg up to the time of the 
consolidation of that city's various trac- 
tion systems; was a member of the Select 
Council of Pittsburg for ten years. He 
is a member of the Duquesne Club of 
Pittsburg and the Lotus and Lawyers' 
Clubs of New York. He was married in 
Pittsburg on Jan. 7, 1875, and has four 
children living, Thomas H, Henry L., 
Jean, and James P. Gillespie. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

GILLESPIE. William Konntze: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Commart- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fourth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, Aug. 21, 1862; discharged to ac- 
cept promotion, May 3, 1865; Captain 
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, May 3, 
1865; honorably mustered out, July 1, 1865. 
Elected May 5. 1897. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
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GILLETT. Alfred S.: 

Insurance agent; born in Hebron, Conn., 
March 17, 1818; after serving in his broth- 
er's counting houses he became book- 
keeper in a Georgia mercantile house, 
and in 1840 he went to Texas with a con- 
signment of goods, which he sold at a 
large profit. His subsequent operations 
were as Postmaster in a Georgia office, 
and in the mercantile business at Chieo- 
pee, Mass.; in 1847 he engaged in the 
business of his after life, that of insur- 
ance, and was one of the first to start the 
system of general insurance agency. He 
soon became agent for a number of com- 
panies, advertised largely, and in 1S50 
established the Insurance Advocate and 
Journal, the earliest of the insurance 
newspapers in America; in the same year 
he went to Philadelphia, as offering bet- 
ter opportunities, and there began the 
business of underwriting; he soon gained 
strong financial backing, and founded in 
1853 the Girard Fire and Marine Insur- 
ance Company, wnh a capital of $200,000, 
since increased to over $2,000,000 in capi- 
tal and assets. His later history was 
largely that of the Girard Company and 
the general development of insurance in 
Philadelphia, in which he has taken an 
active part. Address, Girard Fire and 
Marine Insurance Company, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

GILX.IFORD, K. H., M. U.i 

Born in Tarentum, Allegheny County. 
Pa.; educated at Tarentum School and 
Academy. Westminster College, and the 
University of Michigan; is City Poor Phy- 
sician of Allegheny, Surgeon on staff of 
Allegheny General Hospital; member of 
Select Council, Allegheny, Pa.; President 
of Bank of Secured Savings. Allegheny; 
President of Allegheny Fire Insurance 
Company. Married Alice Laughlin, of 
East Liverpool, Ohio. Address, Alle- 
gheny, Pa. 

GILLINGHAM, Albert Jenks: 

Railway official; born in Philadelphia. 
Aug. 23. 1847, where he has ever since 
resided; he comes from English Quaker 
stock; educated in common schools of the 
city. Central High School, and State Col- 
lege, near Bellefonte. In 1885 he entered 
the counting house of Peter "Wright & 
Sons, in the shipping department, which 
formed the nucleus of the American Red 
Star Line and Intematisnal Steamship 
Company; in 1869 he entered the service 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 



serving successively as Chief Clerk, 
Traveling Auditor and Assistant Audi- 
tor, until called to his present position 
as Auditor of Passenger Receipts, Nov. 
1, 1899. Member of Association of Amer- 
ican Railway Accounting Officers since its 
organization. Address, Broad Street Sta- 
tion, Philadelphia, Pa. 

GlLLI\(iHAM, Frank Clemens: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant 119th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Aug. 7, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant, Sept. 30, 1862; honorably dis- 
charged, June 4, 1863. Elected May 6, 
1891. Address, East Norris, corner Rich- 
mond St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GILLISGHAM, Frank Morris: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion First 
Lieutenant Frank C. Gillingham. Elected 
May 2, 1894. Address, Clarkson Ave., 
near Stenton Ave., Germantown, Pa. 

GILLINGHAM, Joseph E.: 

Lumber merchant; born in Philadel- 
phia, July 6, 1830; educated in the public 
schools; entered the mercantile business 
in a country store in Ohio; returned to 
Philadelphia in 1852 and engaged with his 
father in running saw-mill; this came 
into his hands on his father's death in , 
1854. In 1855 the firm of Gillingham & 
Garrison was formed, and later that of 
Gillingham, Garrison & Co., Limited, of 
which Mr. Gillingham is President; the 
business became large and prosperous, a 
mill in Camden was added, and the firm 
went largely into the lumber business, 
buying large tracts of timber in the 
wooded districts of Pennsylvania, and 
also dealing largely with the timber of 
Michigan and other States. He was made 
President of the Seventeenth Street and 
Nineteenth Street Railway Company in 
1861. and held the position for twenty 
years; he was also closely connected with 
the Twelfth and Sixteenth Street Rail- 
way Company and the West Philadelphia 
Railway Company, and for many years 
was President of the Chesapeake and Del- 
aware Canal Company; he has been 
President or Director in several finacial 
institutions; Director in the American 
Fire Insurance Company and the Bell 
Telephone Company, the Lancaster Ave- 
nue Improvement Company, and Presi- 
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University of Pennsylvania. Member of 
the Union League, Art Club, Historical 
Society, and many charitable societies. 
He has a large estate at Villanova, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa., where much of his 
time is spent. Address, 400 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

(ilLUS, .lames H.: 

Commodore United States Navy; born 
in Elk County, Pa., May 4. 1831; ances- 
tors on both sides were Revolutionary 
soldiers, and his father served through 
the War of 1812-1815; educated in public 
schools and United States Naval Acad- 
emy. After a brief period at the Naval 
Academy (1848), ordered to the United 
States frigate Raritan; afterward to the 
sloop of war Dale, on the coast of Africa. 
Returning in 1853 to the Naval Academy, 
he passed his examination, and was pro- 
moted to Passed Midshipman in 1S54; in 
1855 Master; then Lieutenant, and en- 
gaged on coast survey duty until 1857; in 
1889, Commander-in-Chief of the South 
Atlantic Station. He was presented with 
a magnificent medal of steel, bound with 
gold, and surmounted by a life-buoy in 
white enamel and a setting sun of gold, 
the rays set with diamonds, for rescue 
of crew in the harbor of Montevideo, Ar- 
gentina. During Civil War he was first 
attached to the frigate St. Lawrence, and 
took part in the sinking of the rebel pri- 
vateer Petrel in July, 1S61; while in com- 
mand of the E. B. Hale in 1862 he was 
ambushed at Slamm's Bluff; after the 
capture of a rebel battery at the junc- 
tion of the Dawho and Edisto Rivers he 
drove them off and received a letter of 
•commendation from the Secretary of the 
Navy; he took an active part in the battle 
of Secessionville, James Island, N. C. 
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, 
1862; 1864, transferred to West Gulf 
Blockading Squadron, commanding at 
"various times the Elk, Monongahela, Oc- 
torara, Scotia, and Milwaukee; the latter, 
while engaged with Spanish Fort, Mobile 
Bay, 1865, was almost instantly sunk by 
a rebel torpedo; after the destruction of 
his vessel he commanded a naval battery 
on shore under General Canby, partici- 
pating in the siege and the capture of 
the fort. Promoted to Commander, July, 
1866, and in May, 18b/, ordered to com- 
mand the Wateree, Pacific Station. On 
Aug. 13, 1868, while lying off Arica, Peru, 
that city was completely destroyed by 
an earthquake, and the "Wateree was car- 
ried a half mile inland by the tidal wave, 



and left there, high and dry, the only 
vessel escaping destruction. Promoted to 
Captain, Sept. 30, 1876; to Commodore, 
Jan. 29, 1887; and retired on account of 
age, May 14, 1S93; Democrat in politics. 
Married, Sept. 21, 1854, Lydia A. Alexan- 
der, Allegheny City, Pa. Address, Mel- 
bourne Beach, Fla. 

GILMAN, Nicholas Paine: 

Professor of Sociology and Ethics in 
Meadville Theological Sschool since 1895; 
born in Quincy, 111., Dec. 21, 1S49; son of 
Charles Gilman ( lawyer, and reporter to 
Supreme Court of the State, and author 
of Gilman's Reports in five volumes) and 
Annette Maria (Dearborn) Gilman. Mar- 
ried. June 20, 1895, Mary Sherwood 
Stubbs of Concord, N. H. Academic 
education in Maine and New Hampshire; 
graduate of Harvard Divinity School, 
1871. In charge of Unitarian churches 
in Scituate, Bolton, Wayland and Sud- 
bury, Mass., 1872-1884; Professor and 
Preacher in Antioch College, Yellow 
Springs, Ohio, 1878-1881. Contributor to 
Literary World of Boston since 1876; edi- 
tor, 1SS8-1S95; assistant editor. Unitar- 
ian Review, 18S6-1892; managing editor 
of The New World, quarterly review, 
1892-1900. Author of "Profit Sharing be- 
tween Employer and Employee," 1889 
(awarded gold medal at Paris Exposition, 
1S89); "The Laws of Daily Conduct," 
1891; "Socialism and the American 
Spirit." 1893; "A Dividend to Labor," 
1899 (gold medal at Paris Exposition of 
1900); "Methods of Industrial Peace," 
1904. Address. Meadville, Pa. 

GILMORE, John O.i 

President of the Colonial Trust Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. Address, 2020 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GILMORE, Walter O.: 

Lawyer; born in Lycoming County, Pa.. 
Nov. 26, 1859; assisted in farm work and 
attended the public schools until seven- 
teen; his higher education was obtained 
at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., where 
he was graduated in 1S84. He subse- 
quently taught for a year as principal of 
Lenox Academy, Lenox. Mass., and two 
years as principal of the Williamsport 
High School; during this period he was 
diligently reading law, and was admitted 
to the Willamssport bar in 1887. In 1892 
he was elected District Attorney, in which 
his experience in criminal practice after- 
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cases, and yielded him a wide reputation 
for ability and success as a trial lawyer. 
A Democrat in political faith, he served 
in 1S90-1S91 as Chairman of the County 
Committee; he is attorney for the Mont- 
gomery First National Bank and Solicitor 
for the Williamsport School Board. He is 
a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight 
Templar, and a member of the Mystic 
Shrine. Address, Williamsport, Pa. 

GILMOVR. Henry L,.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant First New Jersey Cav- 
alry, Aug. 20, 1861; Hospital Steward, 
Feb. 28, 1862; discharged, Sept. 15, 1862; 
Hospital Steward United States Army, 
Oct. 17, 1S62; discharged to accept ap- 
pointment in United States Volunteers, 
April, 1865; Captain and Commissary of 
Subsistence United States Volunteers, 
April 4, 1865; honorably mustered out, 
July 31, 1S65; brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers, July 24, 1865, "for effi- 
cient and meritorious services." Elected 
Feb. 3, 1892. Address, 500 Perry Build- 
ing, S. E. cor. 16th and Chestnut Sts., 
Philadelphia, Pa. Residence, Wenonah 
Gloucester County, N. J. 

GILPIN, Hood: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 
1853; educated at the University of Penn- 
sylvania, where he was graduated in 1872. 
He subsequently read law in his father's 
office, and was admitted to the bar of 
Philadelphia in 1874, and to that of the 
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1S77. 
He was appointed Assistant United States 
Attorney in 1875, and held that position 
till 18S5; in 1882 he married Emily O. 
Hopkinson, and has three children, two 
sons and one daughter. Aside from his 
legal business, he is Manager of the Ches- 
apeake and Delaware Canal Company 
and of the Philadelphia Lying-in Charity, 
and is President of the Eighth Ward 
School Board. He is a member of the 
Union League and of the Pennsylvania 
Historical Society. Address, 2603 South 
Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

G1WEH. S. G., M. D. ,L,L,. D.; 

Bishop of the Church of America. In 
1898 he incorporated the Church of Amer- 
ica; he can trace his ancestry as far 
back as 930 years before the birth of 
Christ — 3,000 years. Address, Williams- 
port, Pa. 



GITHEXS. Benjamin: 

Banker; born in Burlington County, 
N. J.; in 1861 he founded firm of Githens, 
Rexsamer & Co., of which he is still the 
senior partner. In 1900 he was elected 
President of the Corn Exchange National 
Bank; is a Director in the Philadelphia 
Warehousing and Cold Storage Company; 
Director Central Trust and Savings Com- 
pany. Residence, 327 South Sixteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GIVEX. T. H.: 

President of the Farmers' Deposit Na- 
tional Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 

GIVEX, William B.: 

Lawyer and capitalist; born near 
Downingtown, Pa., Sept. 25, 1S56; edu- 
cated at the University of Michigan; then 
studied law, and was admitted to the bar 
of Columbia, Pa., in 1877; since his ad- 
mission he has steadily and successfully 
practiced law in Columbia, and for many 
years was Solicitor of that town. Aside 
from his professional duties he is largely 
interested in many industrial enterprises, 
being President of the Wilson Laundry 
Machinery Company and a Director in 
the Columbia National Bank, the Keely 
Stove Company, the Triumph Shirt Com- 
pany, the Columbia Water Company, the 
Columbia Gas Company, the East Colum- 
bia Land Company, the Triumph Em- 
broidery Company, and interested in the 
lace mill and the silk mill of Columbia, 
and the Lancaster County railways. He 
has been active as a Democrat in public 
affairs, serving on county and state com- 
mittees and conventions, and in a num- 
ber of national conventions; he served for 
six years in the Columbia Board of Ed- 
ucation, being for a time its President; 
was elected State Chairman of the new 
party organization, and was a candidate 
of his party for District Attorney in 
1S.TN, and for Congress In 1882. Address, 
Columbia. Pa. 

GIYIX. Alexander Wallaee: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion, Sergeant 114th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry. July 22. 1862; First Sergeant, 
Nov. 1, 1S63; Sergeant Major, Jan. 16, 
1864; discharged for promotion, April 23, 
1864; First Lieutenant 114th Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April 24, 1S64; honorably mus- 
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tain United States Volunteers, March 13, 
1865, "for meritorious services during the 
war." Elected Feb. 6, 1889. Address, 
510 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GLASEB, Lnln (Miss): 

Actress; born at Allegheny City, Pa.; 
studied music for a considerable length 
of time; afterward joined Francis Wil- 
son's Opera Company as understudy for 
Marie Jansen, and in turn took several 
roles as leading comedienne with same 
company. Since 1900 she has starred suc- 
cessfully at the head of her own organi- 
zation, the last two seasons in "Dolly 
Varden." Address, Manhattan Hotel, New 
York; country home, Sewickley, Pa. 

GLATFELTER, VV. L,.: 

Banker; born April 27, 1865, in Spring 
Forge, Pa.; educated at Pennsylvania 
College, Gettysburg, Pa. He is Chief 
Burgess and President of the .School 
Board. Married Miss Katharyn R. Hol- 
linger on Sept. 15, 1887. Member of the 
firm of P. H. Glatfelter, Spring Grove, 
Pa.; President of First National Bank, 
Spring Grove, Pa. ; Treasurer of York 
Manuafcturing Company, York Pa.; Pres- 
ident of Hanover Wire Cloth Company, 
Hanover, Pa.; Treasurer of Carroll Man- 
ufacturing Company, Baltimore, Md. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, Spring 
Forge, York County, Pa. 

GLEASON, Edward B„ S. B., M.D,: 

Born Oct. 13, 1854, in Philadelphia; his 
mother was Margarette Baldwin, daugh- 
ter of Dr. William Baldwin of the United 
States Navy; his father, Dr. Cloyes W. 
Gleason. The Gleason family are de- 
scended from Thomas Gleason or Leesen, 
who took the oath of fidelity in Water- 
town, Mass., in 1654; a member of the 
family, Mary Esty, was one of the 
"Salem Witches" executed for witch- 
craft in Salem, Mass.; three of the fam- 
ily were officers in Captain Nixon's com- 
pany of "Minute Men" at the battle of 
Bunker Hill. He prepared for college in 
private schools in Philadelphia; was grad- 
uated from the Scientific Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1S75, 
and Medical Department in 1S78; elected 
Clinical Professor of Otology in the Medi- 
co-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia in 
1895. Author of small books on "Dis- 
eases of the Nose and Throat" and "Dis- 
eases of the Ear." He has received ap- 
pointments as either Laryngologist or 
Aurist to the Philadelphia Hospital, the 



Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, and the 
Northern Dispensary. Fellow of the 
American Academy of Medicine and of 
the College of Physicians, Philadelphia; 
member of the American Medical Asso- 
ciation and of the American Society for 
the Study of Tropical Diseases; he is a 
Mason and an Associate of the Pennsyl- 
vania Society of the Order of Founders 
and Patriots. President of the Ninth 
Ward Republican Club; has served a term 
on the School Board of that Ward, and 
in 1902 was elected to succeed Charles 
Roberts, deceased, as the representative 
of the Ninth Ward in the Philadelphia 
Common Council. Address, 2033 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GLEW, William James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Sixty-first Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Sept. 7, 1861; Sergeant Major, 
Nov. 1, 1861; discharged for promotion, 
May 2, 1S62; Second Lieutenant Sixty- 
first Pennsylvania Infantry, May 21, 1862; 
Captain, April 1, 1S63; honorably mus- 
tered out, Sept. 7, 1864; Colonel Four- 
teenth Pennsylvania Infantry, May 12, 
1898; honorably discharged, Feb. 28, 1899. 
Elected Feb. 5, 1890. Address, 133 Mc- 
Kean St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GLTCK, Joseph Selis: 

Editor; born Jan. 18, 1851, in village of 
Patzunel. Government Kovno, Russia; 
studied under Rabbi Ezekiel of Grinkis- 
hok; Yeshiva (Rabbinical College) of Ke- 
dan and great Yeshiva of Rabbi Levi Jos- 
eph Gordon of Shavel; 1869, studied in 
Lechovitz, Government Minsk. Married 
Eva Rabinovitz. Moved to Bohuslav, 
Government Kiev, 1871; teacher of Tal- 
mud Bible, Hebrew, Russian, German, 
and penmanship; taught Government 
School; established library, book and jew- 
elry stores. Emigrated to America after 
the Russian anti-Jewish riots (1887); gave 
Hebrew lessons; published Volksfreund, 
Hebrew weekly. His witty Talmudical 
discourses became popular among Rabbis 
and. Hebrew scholars; published humor- 
ous magazine with puzzle department. 
Last five years filled out himself regu- 
larly a department in ancient Hebrew 
and Talmudical style; also Feuilletons 
and poems in Yiddish and Hebrew; estab- 
lished a second weekly, Jewish Post, 
April, 1903. Organized Dorshe Zion, first 
Zionistic Society in Pittsburg, and be- 
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lished many Zionistic lectures in his 
news-papers and in separate pamphlets; 
received highly eulogistic testimonials 
from the Zionistic leaders, Dr. Hertzl and 
Marmorek (Vienna). Rabbi Dr. Felzen- 
thal and Dr. A. Sane (Chicago); from the 
poets, E. Zunger and D. Greenberg, Mr. 
G. Tunkle, editor of Daily Tribune, At- 
lanta, Ga., and many other highly promi- 
nent people from almost all parts of the 
world. Address. 154 Elm St., Pittsburg. 
Pa. 

GLOVER. H. P.: 

President of the Mifflinburg Bank. Ad- 
dress Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa. 

GOBBLE, Aaron E.: 

Educator and preacher; born Feb. 14, 
1856, in Penn Township, Centre County, 
Pa., of Pennsylvania German parentage, 
descended from German, Huguenot and 
Swiss ancestors; educated in the public 
schools of his native county, Penn Hall 
(now Spring Mills) Academy, and Fran- 
klin and Marshall College; taught in the 
public schools. After graduating from 
college in 1879, became Professor of An- 
cient Languages in Union Seminary, New 
Berlin, Pa., and in 1880 its Principal. 
When, in 1887, Union Seminary became 
Central Pennsylvania College, he be- 
came its first and only President; when 
in 1902 Central Pennsylvania College was 
merged with Albright College at Myers- 
town, Pa., he was elected Professor of 
Latin and Hebrew and Secretary to the 
Faculty. He is an ordained clergyman 
of the United Evangelical Church and a 
member of the Central Pennsylvania Con- 
ference. Address, Albright College, My- 
erstown, Pa. 

GOBIN, John P. S.: 

Lawyer and soldier; born Jan. 26. 1837, 
at Sunbury, Pa.; on the paternal side he 
is descended from good old Revolutionary 
stock, his great grandfather, Charles Go- 
bin, being Captain in one of the Berks 
County associated battalions during the 
struggle for independence, serving in the 
Jersey campaign, and in the summer of 
1780 on active duty on the frontiers of 
Pennsylvania; his grandfather, Edward 
Gobin, was a soldier in the War of 1812- 
1814. He received an academic education, 
learned the art of printing, and was ad- 
mitted to the Northumberland County bar 
in 1858. When the Civil War threatened, 
before the firing upon Sumter, he ten- 
dered his services to Gov. Curtin. was 



accepted, and on returning to Sunbury 
commenced the organization of what 
eventually was Company F, Eleventh 
Pennsylvania, being commissioned First 
Lieutenant; his company participated in 
the first fight at Falling Waters, and vol- 
unteered to remain in the service at the 
request of Gen. Patterson; after the ex- 
piration of the three months' campaign 
he reorganized the company, and Sept. 2, 
1861, was mustered in as Captain of Com- 
pany C, Forty-seventh Regiment; this 
command first served in Smith's division 
of the Army of the Potomac, but in Jan- 
uary, 1S62, was ordered to Florida, and 
the regiment garrisoned Fort Taylor on 
the island of Key West, and Fort Jeffer- 
son at Dry Tortugas. In the summer of 
1862 the regiment was sent to Hilton 
Head, S. C, to assist in the attack on 
the aproaches to Charleston, and partici- 
pated in the battle of Pocotaligo. In the 
autumn of the foregoing year the Forty- 
seventh was the first regiment which re- 
enlised under the so-caled Veteran order. 
Subsequently the comand participated in 
Red River expedition. At the battle of 
Pleasant Hill, Captain Gobin was espec- 
ially commended for bravery by Gen. J. 
W. McMillan, who recommended him to 
Governor Curtin for promotion. For ser- 
vices rendered in that campaign he was 
detailed by General Banks to conduct all 
the prisoners captured on the expedition 
to New Orleans. In July, 1864, the regi- 
ment came north, and joined General 
Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Pro- 
moted to the majority, Major Gobin par- 
ticipated in that famous campaign and 
the battle of Cedar Creek. Major Gen- 
eral McMillan, commanding the First Di- 
vision of that corps, wrote Governor Cur- 
tin, commending Colonel Gobin's conduct. 
In 1865 Hancock's Veteran Corps was 
organized, and the Forty-seventh was as- 
signed to it, Major Gobin having been 
promoted November 4. 1864, Lieutenant 
Colonel, and Jan. 3, 1865. Colonel of the 
Regiment. When the spring campaign 
opened. Colonel Gobin. having been bre- 
vetted Brigadier General. March 13, 1865, 
was placed in command of the Second 
Brigade, First Division, of the Nineteenth 
Army Corps, co-operating with Grant, 
heading for Lynchburg, where he re- 
ceived news of Lee's surrender, and the 
force returned. On the day of the ass- 
assination of President Lincoln they were 
ordered to Washington, and a picket, or 
rather skirmish line, was thrown around 
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ticipated in the grand review, and after 
it was over the regiment was again sent 
South. Ordered at first to Savannah, 
subsequently to Charleston, General 
Gobin was placed in command of that 
city, and at the same time made Provost 
Judge. All the courts having been sus- 
pended, he was the only judicial officer 
in that city during the reconstruction 
period, and the regiment was finally dis- 
charged Jan. 9, 1866. Returning home, 
General Gobin resumed the practice of 
law at Lebanon. A member of the Grand 
Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion. 
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment 
of Knights Templar of the United States, 
and a prominent member of the State 
Senate. Married Annie M. Howe in 1866 
at Florida. He is a Director in numerous 
industrial institutes. Since 1884 he has 
been State Senator; is at the present 
time commanding the Third Brigade, 
Pennsylvania National Guard. In the 
war with Spain he served as Brigadier 
General of the United States "Volunteers; 
was elected in 1898 Lieutenant Governor 
of Pennsylvania. During the coal strike 
in 1902 he commanded the Pennsylvania 
National Guard. He has been a promi- 
nent member of the Grand Army of the 
Republic for many years; also Command- 
er-in-Chief from 1S97 to 1898. Address, 
Lebanon, Pa. 

GOEHRING, John M.: 

Lawyer; born October 13, 1848, in Alle- 
gheny City, Pa.; son of Charles L. and 
Eliza (Meek) Goehring; was educated at 
the Western University of Pennsylvania 
and Iron City College, Pittsburg; in 1876 
graduated from the Law Department of 
Harvard College; was admitted to the Al- 
legheny County bar Nov. 18, 1876; elect- 
ed to the State Senate from the Forty- 
second Senatorial District in November, 
1882. A Republican. Address, California 
Ave.. Allegheny, Pa. 

GOENTNER, Charles T.: 

President of the Bryan Mawr National 
Bank. Address, Bryan Mawr, Montgom- 
ery County, Pa. 

GOEPP, Philip H.: 

Musician and author; born in New 
York City June 23, 1864; studied in Ger- 
many 1S72-1877; prepared for Harvard in 
New York City; graduated in 1884 as 
A. B.; settled in Philadelphia; graduated 
at the Law School of the University of 
Pennsylvania; admitted to the Philadel- 



phia bar; abandoned law for music in 
1S91; active as composer; author of books 
on music; commentator of orchestral pro- 
grams, organist, teacher and pianist; as- 
sociated with W. W. Gilchrist in carrying 
on the Manuscript (Music) Society of 
Philadelphia, of which he is Secretary. 
Author of "Symphonies and their Mean- 
ing." (Lippincott) in two volumes. Ed- 
itor "Annals of Music in Philadelphia" 
(Lippincott). Son of Hon. Charles Goepp. 
former Judge of the City Court of New 
York, and Martha Neil Cowpland Goepp: 
descended on father's side from German 
family of the Moravian community, on 
mother's from Pennsylvania Colonists. 
Independent Democrat. Address, 1510 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GOFF, Homer P.: 

Manufacturer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., 
Sept. 29, 1859; was graduated from West- 
ern University of Pennsylvania. Chair- 
man of Goff, Horner & Co., Ltd.; for 
past ten years engaged in the iron and 
steel business at Pittsburg; President of 
Pittsburg Pulley Company; President of 
First National Bank of Crafton; Presi- 
dent of Crafton Trust Company. He has 
been actively engaged in the iron and 
steel business at Pittsburg for the past 
twenty-five yeears. Address, Crafton, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

GOFF, John D.: 

President of the Pennsylvania National 
Bank of Chester. Address, Chester, Dela- 
ware County, Pa. 

GOLDEN, Michael A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Private Sixth Pennsylvania Caval- 
ry Oct. 29. 1861; Corporal Jan. 3, 1863; 
Sergeant April 10. 1863; First Sergeant 
Nov. 1, 1864; discharged to accept pro- 
motion May 18, 1865. First Lieutenant 
Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry May 19. 1865; 
transferred to Second Pennsylvania Pro- 
visional Cavalry June 17, 1865; honorably 
mustered out Aug. 7, 1865. Elected May 
6, 1891. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

GOLDEN, William Augustine: 

Lawyer; born June 2S, 1857. at Taney - 
town, Md. Son of William and Mary A. 
(Wivell) Golden; was educated at Eagle- 
ton Institute, Taneytown, Md. ; Berkeley 
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Hill College, Ellieott City, Md. Studied 
law with J. M. Gazzam and H. H. Mc- 
Cormick; was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar Jan. 8, 1S80. Address, 316 
Dinwiddle St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

GOLDSBOROVGH, Worthington: 

Pay Inspector United States Navy. 
Acting Assistant Paymaster (Master) 
Sept. 30, 1862; Assistant Paymaster 
(Master) July 2, 1S64; Paymaster (Lieu- 
tenant Commander) May 4, 1866; Pay In- 
spector (Commander) Nov. 24, 1891; re- 
tired (Commander) Oct. 9, 1S96. Member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
Elected Oct. 19, 18S7. Transferred to 
Commandery of California Jan. 1, 1S91; 
transferred to Commandery of Pennsyl- 
vania March 30, 1S93. Address. Cam- 
bridge, Md. 

GOXSER, John R.: 

President of the Kutztown National 
Bank of Kutztown. Address, Kutztown, 
Berks County, Pa. 

GOOD, Frank H., M. D.: 

Born at Union Forge, Lebanon County, 
Pa., Sept. 26, 1S55; was educated in the 
public schools of his native place and at 
Palatinate College, Myerstown, Pa.; read 
medicine with Dr. J. C. Cooper, of Le- 
banon County; graduated from the Medi- 
cal Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in the class of 1S7^ ; located 
in Reading, Pa., in which city he con- 
tiues to practice his profession. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

GOODMAN, E. P.: 

Publisher; born in New York, Nov. 12, 
1850. After graduating from New York 
College, entered mercantile pursuit and 
became a banker and broker. In 1 s : » 3 re- 
tired and moved to Philadelphia, where 
he is actively engaged with his sons in 
business; is the publishing member of 
many social clubs and organizations and 
a popular patron of sportsmanship. Ad- 
dress, Drexel Building, Philadelphia. 

GOODMAN, Joseph Earnest: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
cry of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Private Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Doc. 13, 1861; transferred 
to 147th Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 1, 
1862; Sergeanl March 1, 1863; First Ser- 
geant July 1. 1863; discharged for promo- 
tion Sept. 19, 1S64. Second Lieutenant 



Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 16, 1864; 
honorably discharged Aug. S, 1866. Elect- 
ed April 7, 1869. Address, 3309 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GOODMAX, Joseph Earnest, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Eldest son of Companion Lieuten- 
ant Joseph E. Goodman. Elected May 2, 
1894. Address, 3309 Arch St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

GOODMAN, Samuel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Second Lieutenant Twenty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 15, 1861; First 
Lieutenant and Adjutant Nov. 13, 1861; 
honorably mustered out Aug. 3. 1864. 
Brevetted Captain, Major, Lieutenant Col- 
onel, and Colonel United States Volun- 
teers March 13, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services at the battles of Ce- 
dar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, 
Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, Mission 
Ridge, Ringgold, Mill Creek Gap and Re- 
saca." Elected April 7, 1869. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GOODMAN, William Earnest: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Private Nineteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry May IS, 1S61 mustered out Aug. 
29, 1861. Second Lieutenant Twenty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 6, 
1861; First Lieutenant Nov. 1, 1861; trans- 
ferred to the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Oct. 1, 1862; Captain Oct. 27, 1864 honor- 
ably mustered out July 15, 1865. Brevet- 
tod Major United States Volunteers March 
13. 1865, "for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices during the campaign in Georgia and 
the Carolinas." Awarded the "Medal of 
Honor" under resolution of Congress "for 
rescuing the colors of the 107th Ohio Vol- 
unteers from the enemy, at the battle 
Of Chancellorsville. Va.. May 13. 1863." 
Elected April 7. 1869. Address. 140 Beth- 
lehem Pike, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 

GOODMAX. William M.i 

Lawyer: horn in Cumru Township, in 
Berks County, Pa., Dec. 10, 1836; was 
educated in the public schools and the 
Philomathean Academy, Birdsboro, Pa.; 
taught school for five years, and removed 
to Reading in 1862 to commence the study 
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13, 1S64; elected City Auditor on the 
Democratic ticket in 1S66 for a term of 
three years; and in 1877 was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney. Is still actively engaged 
in his profession. Address, Reading, Pa. 

GOODXO, William Colby: 

Physician; born in Kenosha, Wis. In 
1870 was graduated from Hahnemann 
Medical College; afterward practiced in 
Philadelphia. At the Hahnemann Medical 
College, was in turn Demonstrator of 
Surgery, Lecturer on Microscopy, Histol- 
ogy and Pathol. Anatomy; has been Pro- 
fessor since 1885 of Pathology and Prac- 
tice of Medicine. Address, 1603 Walnut 
St., Philadelphia. 

GOODRICH, Casper Frederick: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania. Appointed from Con- 
necticut, Dec. 9, 1S61; Naval Academy. 
1861-1864; graduated at the head of the 
class of 1864; attached to steam frigate 
Colorado, flagship European Squadron, 
1865-1867. Promoted to Master, Dec. 1, 
1866; steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 
1867-1868. Lieutenant, March 12, 1S6S; 
sloop Portsmouth, and steam sloop Lan- 
caster, South Atlantic Squadron, 1S68- 
1871. Lieutenant Commander, Dec. IS, 
1868; Naval Academy, 1871-1873; Tennes- 
see, Asiatic Squadron, 1S75-1S76; Kear- 
sarge, Asiatic Station, 1876-1878; Torpedo 
Station, 1878-1880; Lancaster, European 
Station, 1881-1884; Naval Attache staff of 
Lieutenant General Sir Garnet Wolseley, 
during the Tel-er-Kebir campaign, 1882; 
Special Inspector of Ordnance, 1884-1886; 
member of the Endicott Board of Forti- 
fications, 1885. Promoted Commander, 
September, 18S4; in charge Torpedo Sta- 
tion, 18S6-1889; commanding- Jamestown, 
November, 1891, to September, 1892; com- 
manding Constellation, from September, 
1892, to June, 1893; commanding Concord, 
June, 1893, to 1895; lecturer at Naval 
War College, 1896-1897; President Naval 
War College, 1897; Gold Medallist Naval 
Institute. Captain, September, 1897; com- 
manding St. Louis, from April 24, 1898. 
to Aug. 8, 189S; Newark, from Aug. 8, 

1898, to Sept. 1, 1899; Iowa, from Sept. 1. 

1899, to June 10, 1900; during Spanish- 
American War had the first engagement 
with the batteries at Santiago while cut- 
ting cables, aided by the Wompatuck; 
fought the last naval action of the war 
at Manzanillo; lecturer at Naval War 
College from July 1, 1900, to 1901. Com- 



manding Minneapolis, December, 1901, to 
1903; Commandant at Navy Yard. Ports- 
mouth, N. H., since September, 1903. Ad- 
dress, Portsmouth, N. H. 

GOODRICH. William: 

Lieutenant Cnited States Volunteers; 
born in New Haven, Conn., Jan. 12, 1S45; 
lived in Philadelphia until 1856, attend- 
ing the well-known school of Prof. E. D. 
Saunders; moving with his parents to 
New Haven in 1S56, attended the Mili- 
tary School of General Wm. H. Russell, 
in that city, until 1861 and drilled the 
younger recruits for the Civil War. In 
1862 First Lieutenant of Company G, Fif- 
teenth Connecticut Volunter Infantry; 
1862 joined the Army of the Potomac at 
Fredericksburg, and for his conduct dur- 
ing this engagement was by his Colonel 
recommended for promotion; appointed 
Assistant Provost Marshal, District of 
New Perne, as Aide-de-Camp to Major 
General Innis N. Palmer, serving on his 
staff at battle of Kinston, N. C, and un- 
til close of the war. Member of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legion, Penn- 
sylvania Commandery; Society of Colo- 
nial Wars in the Commonwealth of Penn- 
sylvania. Present Address, 139 Highland 
Ave., Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 

GOODSPEED, Arthur W.: 

Professor of Physics, University of 
Pennsylvania; born in Hopkinton, N. H., 
Aug. 8, 1860; was educated at Andrew 
Grammar School, Boston; Boston Latin 
School; Harvard College; and University 
of Pennsylvania. Married Annie H. Mil- 
ler June 24, 1S96; Instructor in Physics, 
University of Pennsylvania, 1SS4-1889; 
Assistant Professor same, 1889 to May, 
1904; Professor May, 1904 to date; Di- 
rector Laboratory, 1900 to present time. 
Address, University of Pennsylvania, West 
Philadelphia. 

GOODWIN, Charles J., Ph.. D.: 

Professor of Greek, Lehigh University, 
South Bethlehem, Pa.; born at Farming- - 
ton, Me., March 13, 1866; graduated at 
Bowdoin College, where he was awarded 
highest prizes in Greek, Latin, and Eng- 
lish composition, in 1887; A. M. and 
Valedictorian, 1890; student, scholar, and 
Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University; 
Ph. D.. 1890; afterward studied at the 
University of Berlin; Professor of Greek, 
Cornell College, Iowa, 1890-1892; In- 
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Professor, St. Stephen's College, 1S98- 
1S99; Lehigh University, 1S99 to date. 
Married, Oct. 23, 1902, Ellen Converse 
Blagden. Member Alpha Delta Phi fra- 
ternity; of the American Philological As- 
sociation; President of the Phi Beta 
Kappa, Beta of Pennsylvania (Lehigh 
University). He has contributed to the 
American Journal of Philology, Andover 
Review, New World, Sewanee Review, 
Zeitschrift fur Vergleichend Litteratur- 
geschichte; also published "Apollonius 
Rhodius: His Figures, Syntax, and Vo- 
cabulary" (Baltimore, 1891), and "The 
Rose and the Thorn: a Tale of Modern 
Life" (New York, 1900). Address, Beth- 
lehem, Pa. 

GOODWIN, Harold: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 15, 1S50, at Bruns- 
wick, Me.; was graduated in 1870 from 
the University of Pennsylvania, where 
he took his degree of A. M. in 1873; also 
was graduated from Law Department 
same year. Married Julia Murray Mc- 
Ilvaine (who died September, 1S96); after- 
ward married his deceased wife's sister, 
Mary Shippen Mcllvaine Spencer, Aug. 
22, 1901, at Philadelphia. Since 1874 has 
practiced law in Philadelphia. Member 
of the American Philosophical Society; 
American Academy of Politics, and So- 
cial Science; New England Society of 
Pennsylvania; Phi Beta Kappa (Delta 
Chapter, University of Pennsylvania), 
and other societies. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, 2927 Locust St.; office, 133 
South Twelfth St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

GORDON, David Stewart: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Kansas. 
Second Lieutenant Second dragoons April 
26. 1861; First Lieutenant June 1, 1861; 
Second Cavalry Aug. 3, 1861; Captain, 
April 25, 1863; Major June 25, 1877; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Nov. 20, 1889; Colonel 
Sixth Cavalry, July 28, 1892; Brevet Ma- 
jor, July 3, 1863, for gallant and meri- 
torious services in the Gettysburg cam- 
paign, and Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 27, 
1890, for gallant service in action against 
Indians at Miners' Delight. Wyo., May 4. 
1S70; retired May 23, 1896. Address, 2031 
O St.. N. W., Washington, D. C. 

GOR DOTS, .lames It.; 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia Nov. 16. 
L855; educated in the public schools, grad- 
uating from the Central High School in 
1873; studied law in the office of Lewis 



O. Cassidy, and was admitted to the bar 
in 1876. He entered actively upon the 
practice of law, but became also ener- 
getic in Democratic party movements, 
and was elected to the Senate of Penn- 
sylvania in 1SS0. As a legislator he was 
earnest in the support of economic 
measures, and was especially so in his 
labor for the passage of an apportion- 
ment bill, as required by the Constitu- 
tion. Failing in this, he refused to ac- 
cept his salary for the extra session, on 
the ground that the members, not having 
obeyed the mandate of the Constitution, 
were not entitled to any pay. In 1885 
he was appointed a Judge of Philadel- 
phia County, to fill a vacancy, and was 
elected for the full term in November, 
1SS6. In 1S96 he was re-elected for a 
second ten years' term. Judge Gordon is 
noted for his fine powers of oratory, his 
charges upon the bench being models 
of concise and lucid elocution, and his 
public addresses meeting with warm ap- 
probation. Address, North American 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

GORDON, William Brandon: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
he was born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Cadet Military Academy July 
1, 1S73; Second Lieutenant Fourth Artil- 
lery June 15, 1877; First Lieutenant Ord- 
nance Nov. 4, 1881; Captain June 15, 1891; 
Professor at Military Academy since 
March 27, 1901; Lieutenant Colonel June 
28, 1902. Address Military Academy, 
West Point, N. Y. 

GORMAN, James A.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia in 1860; 
graduated from the Central High School 
in 1877; then began the study of law, and 
was admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 
1883. Since then he has been in active 
and prosperous practice. In addition to 
his legal business, he has conducted a 
large real estate business in the northern 
section of the city, and organized and 
became the managing head of the Mu- 
tual Savings Bank, which conducts a 
large and valuable business in North 
Philadelphia. He has also been officially 
connected with a number of building as- 
sociations. Mr. Gorman is actively en- 
gaged in practice in the Common Pleas 
Courts, and the Orphan's Court, being 
especially skillful in cases requiring a 
thorough knowledge of real estate law; 
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organizers of the Young Men's Demo- 
cratic Association. He is also a member 
of the Hibernian Society and the Catho- 
lic Historical Society. Address, 106 South 
Twenty-second St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GOI'LD, George Milbry: 

Physician; born in Auburn, Me., Nov. 
8, 1848; was graduated from Ohio Wes- 
leyan University 1873 (B. A. and A. M.); 
Jefferson Medical College, 1888; spe- 
cialty in medicine, diseases of the eye; 
editor Medical News 1892-1895; Philadel- 
phia Medical Journal, 189S-1900; now ed- 
itor American Meaicine; Fellow College 
of Physicians, Philadelphia; member of 
American Ophthalmological Society, Am- 
erican Academy of Medicine; Art and 
University Clubs. Author: "A New Med- 
ical Dictionary" (10 editions), 1891-1900; 
"Pocket Medical Dictionary," 1897-1900; 
"Ilustrated Dictionary Medicine and 
Biology," 1894-1900; "Diseases of the 
Eye." 1888, 1898; "The Meaning and the 
Method of Life," 1894; "American Year 
Book of Medicine and Surgery," 1896-1904; 
"Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine," 
1898; "Encyclopaedia of Practical Medicine 
and Surgery," 1900; "Suggestions to Med- 
ical Writers," 1900; "Biographic Clinics," 
1903; "Biographic Clinics," vol. ii., 1904. 
Address, 1631 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GOW. Jolm L,.: 

Lieutenant Comander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania, appointed 
from Indiana. Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 
1874; graduated, June 20, 1878; Assistant 
Engineer, June 20, 1880; Passed Assistant 
Engineer, March 19, 1891; Chief Engineer, 
Oct. 30. 1898; rank changed to Lieuten- 
ant, March 3, 1899. Promoted to Lieu- 
tenant Commander, June 16, 1901; "Mas- 
' sachusetts, since June 15, 1901. Address, 
care Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

GRADY, John C: 

State Senator from Philadelphia; was 
born Oct. 8, 1847, at Eastport, Me., and 
early removed to Philadelphia; educated 
at the High School and University Law 
School; admitted to the bar in Independ- 
ence Hall October, 1871; has continued in 
the active practice of his profession in the 
city of Philadelphia; is a Trustee of the 
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital and College; 
elected to the State Senate in 1876, from 
the Seventh District, for the term of four 
years; re-elected in 1S80, 1884, 1888, 1892 
1896 -and 1900; was Chairman of the 



Special Committee of the Senate and 
House appointed to receive General U. S. 
Grant, returning from his tour around 
the world; in 1SS1 a factional contention 
arose over the office of Surveyor of the 
Port of Philadelphia, when President 
Garfield tendered the appointment to 
Senator Grady, which he declined, and 
the office remained vacant until Presi- 
dent Arthur succeeded to the Presidency; 
for ten years has been Chairman of the 
Republican caucus, in accordance with 
the custom of seniority; has voted for 
more bills that have become laws and 
cast more votes for United States Sen- 
ators than any other Pennsylvanian; held 
the Chairmanship of the Judiciary Gen- 
eral Committee eight years, and of the 
Finance Committee for the past sixteen 
years, taking a leading part in debates 
and conduct of the body; twice elected 
President pro tempore of the Senate, 
serving from May, 1887, to May, 1889; 
this term, making twenty-eight years, i3 
the longest continuous service in the his- 
tory of the State; his fugitive from jus- 
tice act and the original title insurance 
law were innovations at the time. His 
efforts established the Superior Court, 
and, espousing the cause of the ladies' 
organizations seeking legislation separ- 
ating children from adult offenders, he 
passed the Juvenile Court act in addition 
to many others, changing the practice 
before the courts. During this time 
many of his colleagues have been sent 
to Congress or taken judicial stations 
throughout the State, but frequent offers 
of such preferment to Senator Grady 
have always been declined. Residence, 
111 North Nineteenth St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

GRAFF, J. Frank:: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Armstrong County; 
born in Worthington, Armstrong County, 
Aug. 12, 1857; was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of his native village; prepared 
for college at Stevens Hall and graduated 
from Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg 
in 1879; is at present a member of the 
firm of Peter Graff & Co., woolen manu- 
facturers, and is also engaged in farm- 
ing; has been a Director of the Merch- 
ants' National Bank of Kittanning since 
its organization; was a delegate to the 
Republican State Convention in 1897; was 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. 
Address, Kittanning, Pa. 



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GRAFLY, diaries: 

Sculptor; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 
1862; son of Charles and Elizabeth (Sim- 
mons) Grafly. Both his parents were 
born at Chestnut Hill, in Montgomery 
County, Pa., of Quaker extraction. 
Charles Grafly attended the public schools 
of Philadelphia until he was seventeen 
years of age, after which he was employed 
at Struther's marble works, Philadel- 
phia, where he remained five years and 
learned the art of reproducing figures in 
marble. During this period he attended 
the art classes of the Spring Garden In- 
stitute, and in 1884 was admitted to the 
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and 
for four years studied modeling and 
painting under Thomas Eakins. He went 
to Paris in 1SSS; studied sculpture under 
Chapu, and drawing under Bouguereau 
and Fleury, also at Ecole des Beaux Arts 
until the spring of 1890. He exhibited at 
the Salon, in 1S90, two ideal busts, "St. 
John" and "Daedalus." The latter was 
in 1891 exhibited in Philadelphia, award- 
ed honorable mention by the Temple 
Trust Fund, purchased and cast in bronze 
by the Philadelphia Academy of Fine 
Arts, and is in its permanent collection. 
During the winter of 1S90-1S91 he mod- 
eled in Paris a life-size nude female fig- 
ure, entitled "Mauvais Presage," which 
was exhibited at the Salon of 1891, re- 
ceiving honorable mention. This statue 
is now in the permanent collection of 
the Detroit Art Museum. Having visited 
the art centers of Europe, he, in 1892, re- 
turned to America and became instructor 
in sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy 
of Fine Arts, and at the Drexel Institute. 
In 1S93 he exhibited his collected works 
at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, re- 
ceiving a medal and a certificate of merit. 
He also was awarded a silver medal at 
the Atlanta Exposition, in 1S95, for his 
bronze bust, "Portrait of My Mother," 
modeled in 1892. The two succeeding 
years saw the completion of many portrait 
busts. Returning to Paris in June or 
that >ear, he immediately commenced 
work on a heroic size nude figure (male), 
the '\ ulture of War," finished in 1896, 
meanwhile studying under M. Dampt, 
and completed four portrait busts. Re- 
turning to Philadelphia in the fall of 
1896, Mr. Grafly returned to the faculty 
of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine 
Arts. In 1897 the group, "Symbol of 
Life," was exhibited at the Academy, fol- 
lowed in 1898 by the bronze group. "From 



Generation to Generation," and two por- 
trait busts. The gold medal of honor 
w.'aS given by the Academy for this and 
previous years' exhibits. During the win- 
ter of 1S99-1900 the Charles Goodwin 
Sands memorial medal for the College 
of Architecture at Cornell University was 
made, also heroic size busts of Admiral 
David D. Porter, John B. Gest, and a 
colossal figure of Major Gen. John F. 
Reynolds for the Smith memorial, Fair- 
mount Park, Philadelphia. In 1900 he 
exhibited five works at the International 
Exposition in Paris, and was awarded a 
gold medal; this exhibit consisted of 
"The Vulture of War," "The Symbol of 
Life," "From Generation to Generation," 
"Portrait of My Mother," and a por- 
trait of Mrs. Charles Grafly. Mr. Grafly 
executed the main fountain, "Man," for 
the Buffalo Exhibition of 1901, for which 
he was awarded a gold medal; also por- 
trait busts, notably that of James Mc- 
Manes, Dr. Louis Starr, Joseph De Camp ', 
and Edward H. Coates. Mr. Grafly was 
married in Philadelphia in 1895 to Fran- . 
ces Sekeles of Corinth, Miss., and has one 
child. Member of Council of National . 
Sculpture Society, Society of American 
Artists, associate of National Academy of 
Design, member of Architectural League 
of New York, and Art Club of Philadel- 
phia. Received Gold medal at Charles- 
ton Exhibition; commissioned to make 
permanent figure for Art Palace, St. 
Louis Exposition, and portrait statue of 
Thomas Jefferson, figures of "England" 
and "France" for new Custom House, 
New York, and to make the medal of 
award for the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position. Address, 2140 North 12th St.;' 
studio, 2200 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRAFLY, Daniel Webster: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Third Assistant Engineer United 
States Navy April 21, 1862; Second As- 
sistant Engineer (Master) July 25, 1866; 
First Assistant Enginer (Lieutenant) 
Jan. 1, 1868; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged April 1. 1873. Elected Nov. 5,, 
1879. Council of the Commandery May 
6. 18S6-1SSS. Address. 200S Girard Ave.. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRAHAM, A. E.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Grove City. Address, Grove City 
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tfBAHAM, David M.: 

President of the Merchants' Trust Com- 
pany of Mahanoy City. 

GRAHAM, George Scott: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 13, 1850, at Phila- 
delphia; received education at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. In 1S89 re- 
ceived degree of LL. D. at Lafayette Col- 
lege and in 1870 was admitted to the bar. 
For three years was a member of the 
Select Council of Philadelphia, also from 
1SS0 to 1899 District Attorney of Phila- 
delphia County, Pa., being elected for six 
successive terms of three years each. 
Jan. 1, 1899, retired to private practice. 
Married Emma Ellis December 1870, and 
later, in 1S9S, married Pauline M. Wall. 
In 1892 was Delegate to the Republican 
National Convention; at the University 
of Pennsylvania is Professor of Criminal 
Law. Address, 512 Crozier Building 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRAHAM, .loli 11: 

Railway promotor; born near Newville 
Cumberland Co., Pa.. Aug. 4, 1843; was 
educated in a commercial college; became 
a teller in the National Bank of New- 
ville; and in 1876 engaged in the tanning 
industry, which he conducted on a large 
scale for thirteen years. In 1883 was 
elected to the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives to represent Cumberland 
County, serving through the sessions of 
1883-1885; subsequently became interested 
in street railway development, and in the 
autumn of 1890 went to Wilkesbarre, 
where he saw an excellent opportunity to 
establish a profitable electric railway. 
He became one of the principal promo- 
tors and organizers of the Wilkesbarre 
& Wyoming Valley Traction Company, 
which owes its success largely to his 
earnest and intelligent efforts; became a 
Director and Treasurer and General Man- 
ager of the company, which has pros- 
pered greatly under his control. Address 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

GRAHAM, N. E. s 

President of the People's National 
Bank of East Brady. Address, East 
Brady, Clarion County. Pa. 

'GRAHAM, Samuel J.: 

Lawyer; born in Lexington, Rockbridge 
County, Virginia; was educated at the 
Washington and Lee University; taught 
school for four years after leaving the 



university and studied law while teach- 
ing; admitted to practice in the courts 
of South Carolina in 18S0. Returning to 
Lexington, he took the law course at 
Washington and Lee, and began the 
practice of law in Lexington; moved to 
Pittsburg in 1S90 and was admitted to the 
bar of Allegheny County; has been for 
three years a member of the Board of Ex- 
aminers of the Allegheny County bar and 
is at present Chairman of the Board. 
Member of the Junta Club, and also of 
the Pittsburg Golf Club and other social 
organizations. Address. Frick Building 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

GRAHAM, Samvel Lindsay: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Appointed 
from Pennsylvania to Naval Academy, 
July, 1866; graduated, June, 1870; En- 
sign, July, 1871, Master, June, 1874; Lieu- 
tenant, November, 1880; Guerriere, Euro- 
pean Station, 1870-1872; Pacific Station, 
1872-1874; landed forces at Honolulu dur- 
ing riots attending election of King Ka- 
lakaua; Saranac, Pacific Station, from 
1874 to 1875; Tuscarora. Pacific Station, 
from September, 1875, to August, 1876; 
Plymouth, 1S76-1879; United States Hy- 
drographic Office, 1879-1880; Constellation. 
March to June, 1880— Irish Relief cruise; 
Lancaster, European Station, 1881-1884; 
at bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, 
and landed with forces to assist in re- 
storing order until arrival of English 
troops; at Cronstadt, Russia, during the 
festivities attending the coronation of 
the Czar, Alexander III.; Branch Hydro- 
graphic Office, Baltimore, 1884-1887; Tren- 
ton, Pacific Station, 1887, until her wreck 
at Apia, Samoa, March, 1889; at Apia. 
Samoa, in charge of wrecking party, 
April, May and June, 1889; Inspector of 
Steel at Linden Steel Works, September, 
1889, to November, 1S92; Navy Yard 
Washington, November, 1892, to March, 
1S93; Bancroft, March, 1893, to July, 1893; 
taking part in Naval Review of 1893; in- 
capacitated for further active duty by 
disease contracted at Apia, Samoa, while 
engaged in wrecking Trenton and Van- 
dalia, and retired Dec. 25, 1893. Ordered 
on active duty during Spanish-American 
war; at United States Navy Yard, Mare 
Island, Cal., May, 1898; detached from 
active duty, February, 1899; ordered again 
to active duty, June, 1902; Recorder of 
Board on Labor Employment; also senior 
member of the Board of Inspection of 
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ining Board; Assistant to Captain of 
Yard, Navy Yard. Mare Island, Cal. Ad- 
dress, Mare Island, Cal. 

GRAHAM, S. M.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Monessen. Address, Monessen, West- 
moreland County, Pa. 

GRAHAM, S. S.: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Brownsville. Address, Brownsville, 
Fayette County, Pa. 

GRAHAM, William Gibson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. First Lieutenant 143d Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Aug. 26, 1862; Captain, 
Feb. 4, 1863; honorably discharged for 
disability Oct. 26, 1863. Llected May 2, 
1888. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

GRAHAM, Win. H.: 

President of Mercantile Trust Company. 
Born Aug. 3, 1844, in Allegheny, Pa.; 
was educated in the public schools; Coun- 
ty Recorder of Deeds, member of Legis- 
lature of Pennsylvania, and member of 
Congress. Married Stella M. Swearingen 
June 27, 1900; served from 1861 to 1865 in 
Second Virginia Infantry and Fifth West 
Virginia Cavalry; wounded battle White 
Sulphur Springs, Va. ; is now President 
Mercantile Trust Company, Vice Presi- 
dent Central Accident Insurance Corn- 
Treasurer National Fire Proofing Tom- 
pany, Republican. Address, 600 North 
Ave., West Allegheny, Pa. 

GRAMLICH, Christian Frederick: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Musician Second Pennsylvania 
Heavy Artillery Nov. 28, 1S61; Corporal 
June 1, 1S63; Sergeant Feb. 1, 1S64; dis- 
charged for promotion Feb. 12, 1865; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Second Pennsylvania 
Heavy Artillery Feb. 12, 1865; First Lieu- 
tenant May 3. 1865; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged June 29, 1865; elected 
Oct. 17. 1888. Addr.ss. 1503 North Law- 
e St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GR WSIIACK. Henry: 

State Senator from Philadelphia; was 
born Jan. 16. ivy., in Philadelphia: at- 
tended public school until thirteen years 
of age-, apprenticed to learn the trade of 
moulding; enlisted in 1862 and 1S63, under 



the call of Governor Curtin; was honor- 
ably discharged; was Assistant Assessor 
of Internal Revenue for two years, 1864 
and 1865; engaged in foundry business 
for eight years; afterward in scrap iron 
and metal business; was a member of the 
House of Representatives, sessions of 
1895, 1S97 and 1S99; was elected to the 
Senate November, 1900, to fill the va- 
cancy caused by the death of Hon. George 
Holzwarth, May 13, 1900, and re-elected 
for a full term in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, 119 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia, * 
Pa. 

GRANT, AAolph: 

Mantel manufacturer: born in London, 
England, Aug. 9, 1S58, and educated at 
Firusburg College. Emigrating to the 
United States, he landed in Philadelphia 
with only fifteen cents in his pocket, 
sleeping his first night outdoors in Frank- 
lin Square. After filling several posi- 
tions, he became engaged in the estab- 
lishment of James Ritchie, a large pro- 
ducer of slate mantels, grates, tile work, 
fenders and similar goods. He remained 
with this house till 1888, and in 1S92 
formed with Mr. Ritchie the firm of 
Adolph Grant & Co., which has built up 
a very large business and is one of the 
foremost concerns of its kind in the 
country, employing hundreds of men, and 
turning out an immense product annually. 
Mr. Grant bought out Mr. Kitchie in 1S96, i 
and is now the sole owner of the business. 
He is concerned in other affairs, being an 
active real estate operator, and President • 
of the Hotel Hanover Company, while he ■ 
has important interests in coal and slate • 
mines and marble quarries. Address. 3259 
North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



GRANT, Jeremiah K.: 

Lawyer; born in Berks County, Pa. 
After exhausting the curriculum of the 
district schools, he entered the Keystone 
State Normal School at Kutztown, Pa., 
where he remained a few years, when 
he left and went under the private tutor- 
ship of capable instructors. He next 
entered the University of Pennsylvania 
Law Department, and was admitted to 
the bar of Philadelphia in June. 1877, and 
that of Berks County, at Reading, Pa., 
in November, 1878, and subsequently to 
the Superior and Supreme Courts of 
Pennsylvania, and the United States Cir- 
cuit and District Courts. He has pur- 
sued an active and lucrative practice, 
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cratic) as District Attorney and County 
Solicitor. Mr. Grant is a Director of the 
Berks County Trust Company, a Reading 
financial institution, and is associated with 
other business enterprises. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

GRATZ, Simon: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 
1840. His grandfather was a prominent 
colonial merchant, being largely engaged 
in the India trade, and his father, Edward 
Gratz, took a very active part in public 
affairs and in aiding the scheme for con- 
structing the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. 
Gratz graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1855, following with the 
study of law in the University and under 
Hon. Garrick Mallery and Hon. Furman 
Sheppard. He was elected to the Legis- 
lature of Pennsylvania before he was 
twenty-one. Declining a re-election, he 
entered upon the practice of his profes- 
sion, and soon after was appointed As- 
sistant City Solicitor, which he held for 
three years. Mr. Gratz has long been 
known for his active labors for the ad- 
vancement of educational interests in 
Philadelphia. Appointed a member of 
the Board of Education in 1869, he has 
since served continuously in that body, 
and has several times been its President. 
Since 1S76 he has been Chairman of the 
Committee of the Girls' Normal School, 
which has since that time developed 
from a comparatively primitive condition 
into a high school, a normal school, and a 
commercial high school, with large build- 
ings, admirably adapted to their purpose. 
In 1886 Mr. Gratz was appointed on the 
Board of Revision of Taxes of Philadel- 
phia, of which he is now the President. 
For many years a trustee of the Jefferson 
Medical College; he has long been the 
Chairman of the College Committee of 
the Board. He is also a member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia 
Public Library and of that of the Phila- 
delphia Museums, is a life-member of 
several State historical societies, and is 
honorary Vice President for Pennsylvania 
of the Historical Society of Wisconsin 
Address, 1919 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRAVES, Nelson Z.: 

Manufacturer; born Aug. 24, 1849, in 
Clinton. N. C. ; received preparatory edu- 
cation at Clinton Academy. In 1868 he 
was graduated with honors from Middle- 
bury College, Vt. At Ellicotfs College, 
Md., he was Professor of Languages; was 



a student at Columbia Law School, but 
gave up law course to engage in mer- 
cantile business. In 1882 began as varnish 
and japan maker, afterward he organ- 
ized the firm of N. Z. Graves Co., Ltd., 
paint and color makers. In 1888 the two 
companies became one under the name of 
N. Z. Graves & Co. incorporated, of which 
he is now President; and of the Camden 
White Lead Works. He is a member of 
the Department of Archaeology at Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; Fairmount Park 
Art Association, Germantown Cricket 
Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Phila- 
delphia Yacht Club. Chicago Athletic 
Association, Metropolitan Museum of Art 
of New York, Trades League of Phila- 
delphia, and other organizations. Ad- 
dress, Manheim St. and Wissahickon Av„ 
Germantown; office Third and Arch Sts.' 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRAY. Rev. Edward James: 

Minister; born in Centre County, Pa., 
about twelve miles West of Belief onte; 
educated in the public schools, and Pine 
Grove Academy. In 1856 entered Will- 
iamsport Dickinson Seminary; was grad- 
uated in the classical course in 185S. 
The degrees of M. A. and D. D. were 
conferred on ■ him by Dickinson College 
at Carlisle. Married Eva Vanderbilt 
Emery, Dec. 26. 1861. He entered the 
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in 1859, serving prominent church- 
es until 1874, when he was elected Presi- 
dent of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary. 
He has been elected a delegate from his 
Conference to six General Conferences in 
succession, which is the highest legisla- 
tive body in the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, meeting once in four years; also 
to two Ecumenical Conferences, repre- 
senting all Methodist Churches in the 
world, meeting once in ten years. One 
met in Washington. D. C, in 1891, the 
other in London, England, in 1901. Ad- 
dress. Williamsport, Pa. 

GRAYBILL, David AVitmer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lancaster County; 
born near East Petersburg, Lancaster 
County. Pa., November 10, 1S53; educated 
in the public schools and Millersville State 
Normal School; taught school two years; 
in 18S0 engaged in the leaf tobacco busi- 
ness and is now general agent and man- 
ager for a large house; for eight years 
also did a general merchandise business, 
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delegate to the Republican State Conven- 
tion in 1883, and again in 1S9S; was elect- 
ed Justice of the Peace in 1882, and re- 
elected in 1887, 1892 and 1897; resigned 
said office in June, 1900; was elected 
chairman of the Republican County Com- 
mittee in 1898, and re-elected in 1S99. 
1900. 1901 and 1902; elected to the House 
of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, East Peters- 
burg, Pa. 

GRAYSON, Charles P.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 
1859. He was educated in private schools, 
and studied medicine in the University 
of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1881. For 
two years following he was surgeon to 
the International Navigation Company, 
and one year resident physician at the 
Pennsylvania Hospital. He then went 
abroad for a year of post-graduate study 
and on his return opened an office in 
Philadelphia, gradually restricting his 
practice to diseases of the nose and 
throat. In 1892 he was appointed physi- 
cian in charge of the throat department 
in the University of Pennsylvania, in the 
following year was made instructor in 
Laryngology, and in 1S94 succeeded Dr. 
Seiler as lecturer on Rhinology and Lar- 
yngology. He is a member of the Coun- 
ty Medical and the Pathological Societies 
of Philadelphia, of the Historical Society 
the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 
and various clubs. Address, 251 16th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRAYSON, Clifford Prevost: 

Artist; was a pupil of Gerome, Ecole 
des Beaux Arts. Paris. In 1886 at the 
American Art Galleries. New York, was 
awarded 12,000 prize; also at the Phila- 
delphia Academy of Fine Arts, Temple 
Gold Medal in 1887. At the Corcoran Art 
Gallery, Washington, and Chicago Art 
Institution, he is represented among the 
permanent collections. Is Director of the 
Drexel Institute, Art Department, Phila- 
delphia; also member of Art Club of Phil- 
adelphia, and National Arts Club. Ad- 
dress, 251 South 16th St., Philadelphia. 

GREGG. David MeMnrtrie: 

Brevet Major General United States 
Volunteers; born April 10, 1S33. at Hunt- 
ingdon. Pa., where his father, Matthew 
D. Gregg, practiced law. and where 
his maternal grandfather. David Mc- 
Murtrie, had settled before the Revolu- 
tion. General Gregg is a grandson also 



of Andrew Gregg, who was in the L mted 
States House of Representatives from 1.91 
to 1S07; in the United States Senate from 
1N07 to 1S13; and Secretary of the Com- 
monwealth of Pennsylvania from 1S20 to 
1823. Andrew Gregg's father, also named 
Andrew, came from Londonderry, Ireland, 
to Pennsylvania in 1712 , and died at Car- 
lisle in 1789. A more remote ancestor 
was David Gregg, of Argyleshire, Scot- 
land, who was a captain in Cromwell s 
army. Another military forefather of 
General Gregg was his great-grandfather, 
Gen. James Potter, of the Pennsylvania 
Line, who became Vice President of 
Pennsylvania in 1781. Educated at Miln- 
wood, Huntingdon County, and at the 
University at Lewisburg, young Gregg en- 
tered the United States Military Acad- 
emy at West Point, July 1, 1851, gradu- 
ating in 1855. He was commissioned 
Brevet Second Lieutenant of Dragoons 
July 1, 1S55, and then began his arduous 
life of the trooper upon the plains of the 
West and the battle fields of the Civil 
War. Before the war, as an officer of the 
First Dragoons, Gregg had seen active 
service in New Mexico, California, Ore- 
gon, and Washington Territory. He was 
on the Spokane expedition in 1858, and 
was engaged in the desperate combat at 
Tohotsnimme, and in the combat at Four 
Lakes in September, 1858. and other In- 
dian fights. As Captain of the Sixth Cav- 
alry he served in the defences of Wash- 
ington from the fall of 1861 until promot- 
ed in January, 1862, to be Colonel of the 
Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry, after which 
he participated in the battles of Seven 
Pines and Fair Oaks in May, 1862, and 
Glendale and Malvern Hill in June and 
Julv. In November of that year he was 
made a Brigadier General and placed in 
command of the Second Cavalry Divi- 
sion of the Army of the Potomac. In 
1S63 he took part in Stoneman's Raid, 
and, was at Brandy Station, Aldie, Up- 
perv'ille, Gettysburg (where, on the right 
flank on July 3, he repulsed Stuart's at- 
tempt with four brigades of Confederate 
Cavalry to reach the rear of Meade's 
Armv, simultaneously with Pickett's as- 
sault in front). Shepherdstown. Culpep- 
er Court House and Rapidan Station. Sul- 
phur Springs. Auburn and Bristoe Sta- 
tion, and at New Hope Church and Park- 
er's Store in the Mine Run campaign; 
and in 1S64 at Todd's Tavern, in Sheri- 
dan's Raid, at Ground-Squirrel Church, 
Meadow Bridge. Hawes' Shop. Gaines' 
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St. Mary's Church, Warwick Swamp, Dar- 
bytown, Lee's Mills, Charles City Road, 
Deep Bottom, Ream's Station, Peebles' 
Farm, Vaughn Road, Boydton Plank 
Road, and Bellefleld, besides many minor 
actions and skirmishes. Prom March 26, 
to April 6, 1864, he commanded the Cav- 
alry Corps of the Army of the Potomac, 
and the Second Cavalry Division again 
from April 6, 1864, to Feb. 3, 1865, in the 
Richmond campaign, being in command 
of all the cavalry of the Army of the 
Potomac from Aug. 1, 1864, to Feb. 3, 
1865. In many of the long list of cavalry 
combats in which he was engaged Gen. 
Gregg was in chief command. On Aug. 
1, 1864, he had been made Brevet Major 
General United States Volunteers "for 
highly meritorious and distinguished con- 
duct throughout the campaign, particular- 
ly in the reconnoissance on the Charles 
City Road." On Feb. 3, 1865, he resigned. 
The war was then practically over. Gen. 
Gregg was appointed by the President 
United States Consul at Prague in 1S74, 
but he resigned the position in the same 
year, returned to the United States, and 
subsequently resided at Reading, Pa. 
Upon the death of General Hancock, in 
1886, Gen. Gregg succeeded him as Com- 
mander of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion of the United States, which of- 
fice he held for many years. In 1891, 
though without political aspirations, he 
was elected Auditor General of Pennsylva- 
nia by an immense majority. Gen. Gregg 
is almost the last survivor of the long 
list of distinguished Pennsylvania soldiers 
who held high command in the Union 
Army. Address 1516 Arch St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

GREGG, George Sheaff: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Major Gen. David McM. Gregg. Elected 
May 6, 1891. Address, 1516 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GREEN, Elizabeth Shippen: 

Artist; daughter of Jasper and Eliza- 
beth (Shippen) Green; born at Phila- 
delphia; was a pupil of Howard Pyle, at 
the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia; also 
at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine 
Arts. Address, The Red Rose, Villa Nova, 
Pa. 



GREEN, Henry L».: 

Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., May 3, 
1857; educated in the public schools of 
his native city and at Yale College, from 
which he was graduated in 1877; read law 
in the office of his father, Albert G. 
Green, Esq., and was admitted to the bar 
in 1S79; served in the Pennsylvania House 
of Representatives for two terms, from 
1883 to 1886; member of Senate of Penn- 
sylvania two terms, from 1889 to 1897; 
member of the United States House of 
Representatives in Fifty-sixth and Fifty- 
seventh Congresses. Captain Company G, 
Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers 
in the war with Spain; editor of the 
Reading Evening Telegram; Democrat in 
politics. Address, Reading, Pa. 

GREEN, John J., M. D,: 

Physician; born in Murrysville, West- 
moreland County, Pa., May 28, 1845; edu- 
cated at Hudson College, now Western 
Reserve University, Ohio, and graduated 
from the medical school in 1870. While 
a student in the Murrysville Academy he 
enlisted in Company C, of the 167th Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers; was honorably dis- 
charged in 1863; returned home and 
taught school for a year and then re-en- 
listed in Company C, of the Fourth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry; was discharged 
May 15, 1865, and the next five years were 
spent in study. Member of the Allegheny 
County Medical Society, of the State and 
National Associations and of the Public 
Health Association; served for six years 
on the Pittsburg Health Board and was 
President of the Allegheny County Medi- 
cal Society in 1894. In 1891 was chosen 
President of the Pittsburg Obstetrical 
Society. Member of the Grand Army of 
the Republic and Masonic Order and the 
Knights of Pythias. On Jan. 17, 1872 
married Miss Nellie Burrows, of Cleve- 
land. Ohio. Member of the Presbyterian 
Church and is a Republican in politics. 
Address, 2530 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

GREEN, John Pngh: 

Vice President Pennsylvania Railroad; 
born in Philadelphia July 31, 1839. He 
was educated in the Philadelphia public 
schools, graduating with credit from the 
Central High School. While at this 
school he applied himself especially to the 
study of shorthand writing, at a time 
when the recent system of stenography 
was in its infancy. He foresaw the im- 
portance of the art, made earnest ef- 



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forts to perfect himself in it, and be- 
came an expert stenographer, an accom- 
plishment to which he largely owed his 
early success in life. His school life was 
followed by a period devoted to the gen- 
eral study of law, and in due time he 
procured admission to the Philadelphia 
bar, where he was beginning to make 
his mark in 1861, when the Civil War 
broke out. The young lawyer at once 
enlisted in the Union service, and re- 
mained in the army till the end of the 
war, when he had won the rank of Cap- 
tain, and was Assistant Adjutant Gen- 
eral on the staff of Gen. Thomas L. 
Kane, commander of the famous Penn- 
sylvania Bucktail Brigade. Returning to 
private life early in 1S65. Captain Green 
entered the services of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as private secretary 
to Col. Thomas A. Scott, 'then First Vice 
President of the company. In this posi- 
tion his knowledge of stenography was 
of great assistance. On Jan. 1. 1866, he 
became Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Milwaukee and Minnesota Railway Com- 
pany, a service in which he remained till 
Feb* 1, 1868. On July 1. 1869, he re- 
sumed his position as secretary to Col- 
onel Scott, holding it till 1S74, when he 
was promoted assistant to the President. 
His next promotion came on Oct. 1, 
1882, when he was made Fourth Vice 
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company. On June 1, 1SS6, he was elect- 
ed Third Vice President, and on March 
1, 1893, Second Vice President of the 
company, a position which gave him 
general charge of the accounting depart- 
ment and special supervision over the 
lines west of Pittsburg. On Feb. 10, 1897, 
he was made First Vice President. Cap- 
tain Green has long devoted much of 
his leisure time to the health-giving 
game of cricket, and has been President 
of the Belmont Cricket Club. Address. 
Rosemont, Pa.; office, 211 Broad Street 
Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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GREEX, Knne Stovell: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; eldest son of Companion Capt. John 
P. Green. Elected Feb. 6, 1S95. Address, 
274 Broad St. Station. Philadelphia, Pa. 

GREEN, Mairy .1.. M. 1).: 

Physician; born in Stockport. England, 
came to Philadelphia with parents in 
1850; educated in Philadelphia; in 1^7S 
was graduated at the Women's Medical 



College of Pennsylvania. In 1878 was ap- 
pointed resident physician of a charit- 
able hospital, 610 South 10th St., Phila- 
delphia. In 1880 entered private or gen- 
eral practice of medicine and in 1900 re- 
tired from professional duties. Address, 
707 North 40th St., West Philadelphia, Pa. 

GREEN, Nathaniel: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Swissville. Address, Swissville. Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 

GREENE, Homer: 

Lawyer; born in Ariel, Wayne County, 
Pa., Jan. 10, 1853; son of Giles Greene and 
Harriet L. Schenck Greene. Attended 
school at Riverview Military Academy, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; was graduated from 
Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., 1876. 
and from Albany Law School, Albany, 
N. Y., 1S78; admitted to the bar 1879. Has 
been in active practice of the law since 
that time. Director of Honesdale Na- 
tional Bank; Secretary and Treasurer of 
Honesdale Cemetery Company; vestry- 
man of Grace Church, Honesdale. Pa. 
Member Authors' Club, New York City; 
Scranton Club, and New England Society, 
Scranton, Pa. Member of Executive 
Committee of the Republican State Com- 
mittee of Pennsylvania. Author of "The 
Blind Brother" (1887); "Burnham Break- 
er" <]\K7U "Coal and the Coal Mines" 
(1SS9); "The Riverpark Rebellion" (1892): 
"Whispering Tongues" (1902); Pickett's 
Gap" (1902). Poems: "What My Lover 
Said," "My Daughter Louise," "Banner 
of the Sea." Has contributed to various 
magazines and periodicals. Married, June 
30. 1Ss6. Katharine F., daughter of Gov. 
John P. Gaines, of Oregon. Permanent 
address. Honesdale, Pa. 

GREENE, William Houston: 

Professor of Chemistry; was born De- 
cember. 1S53. at Columbia. Pa.; received 
early education at public schools, and 
later attended Central High School, Phila- 
delphia, receiving degree of A. M. In 1873 
graduated from Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege. From 1S70 to 1877 he was Assistant 
to B. Howard Rand, who was Professor 
of Chemistry at Jefferson Medical College, 
also Demonstrator of Chemistry from 1875 
to 1877 at same college. From 1S77 to 
1879 he followed original research in Lab- 
oratory Adolph Wurtz, Paris. France, 
also private laboratory in Philadelphia. 
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Chemistry in the Medical Department. 
He was Fellow of Chemical Society (Lon- 
don) ; also a member of American Philo- 
sophical Society; Societe Chemique, Paris; 
Chemischen Gessellschaft. Berlin. Au- 
thor of many books, among which are 
"A Hand-Book of Medical Chemistry," 
published in 1880; "Lessons in Chemis- 
try," 1SS4; he is also translator and edu- 
cator of "Wurts' Elements of Modern 
Chemistry." 1880, 1S84, 1SS7. Is the Am- 
erican editor of Paul Berts' "First Steps 
in Scientific Knowledge." Has made 
many chemical investigations, which were 
published in Bulletin de la Societe Chem- 
ique de Paris; Proceedings American 
Philosophical Society; Pharmaceutical 
Journal and Transactions, etc. Professor 
of Chemistry in Central High School, 
Philadelphia. Address, 204 N. 36th St.. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GHEEJiLEAF, Charles Ravensoroft: 

Brigadier General U. S. Army; born in 
Pennsylvania and appointed from Ohio. 
Assistant Surgeon Fifth Ohio Infantry 
May 9, 1861; honorably mustered out July 
18. 1861; Assistant Surgeon United States 
Army Aug. 5, 1861; Major Surgeon June 
26. 1876; Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 24, 1891; 
Colonel Oct. 10, 1896; Brigadier General, 
retired, April 27. 1904; Brevet Captain 
and Major March 13, 1865 for faithful 
and meritorious services during the war. 
Address, care Chief Surgeon Department 
of California, San Francisco. Cal. 

GREEXMAX, Milton J.: 

Assistant Director at the Wistar In- 
stitute of Anatomy; son of J. B. Green- 
man; born June 14, 1866, in North 
East, Erie County, Pa. In 1889 he 
was graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania, also from the Medical 
School in 1892 at same university. Mar- 
ried Frances A. Hancock, July 1. 1891, 
in Philadelphia. From 18S9 to 1892 was 
Instructor in Biology at the University of 
Pennsylvania. At the Biological School of 
the University of Pennsylvania he was 
lecturer on physiology from 1892 to 1893. 
Since 1893 has been Assistant Director at 
the Wistar Institute of Anatomy, Phila- 
delphia. Address, 3618 "Woodlawn Ave.. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GREER, Cliarles Coover: 

City Solicitor, lawyer; born in Taylor 
Township. Cambria County, Pa., in 1868; 
was graduated from the Johnstown High 
School in 1886; from Dickinson College, 



1892 and Dickinson School of Law, 1893; 
married Georgia B. Bratton, daughter of 
the Hon. John B. Bratton, Oct. 6, 1895; 
Republican in politics. Made City So- 
licitor. January, 1899, twice re-appointed. 
Member of Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta 
Kappa fraternities. Address, Johnstown, 
Pa. 

GREER, H. L,.: 

President of the Monongahela Valley 
Bank of Duquesne. Address, Duquesne, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

GREER, .l<ih i) Edwin: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 1863; Second 
Lieutenant Ordnance June 17, 1867; First 
Lieutenant June 23, 1874; Captain May 10, 
187S; Major April 17, 1894; Lieutenant 
Colonel June 14, 1902; Colonel, Jan. 19, 
1904. Address, New York Arsenal, Gov- 
ernors Island, N. Y. 

GREER. John M.: 

Jurist; born in Butler County, Pa., Aug. 
31, 1844. Obtaining an ordinary education 
he taught school till 1862, when he en- 
listed in the 137th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Regiment, and served at South 
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and 
Chancellorsville. He subsequently re- 
enlisted in the Provisional Second Artil- 
lery and remained in the service till the 
end of the war, being severely wounded 
before Petersburg. He taught school for 
a short time after the war, then began 
the study of law. and was admitted to 
the bar of Butler County in 1867. He was 
elected District Attorney in 1868, and 
State Senator in 1S76. being re-elected 
to the Senate in 18S0. In 1882 he was 
nominated for Secretary of State on the 
Republican ticket, but was defeated. He 
succeeded Judge McMichael as Judge on 
the death of the latter in 1892, and held 
this office till Jan. 1, 1883, when Judge 
Galbraith succeeded him. He then re- 
sumed his law practice in Butler. Ad- 
dress. Butler, Pa. 

GRETZIXGER, William C.I 

Registrar of Bucknell University since 
1889; Captain and Quartermaster Twelfth 
Infantry. National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania; Commissioner to Trans-Mississip- 
pi Exposition from Pennsylvania in 1898; 
editor of Shield of Phi Kappa Psi from 
1896 to 1898; President of Lewisburg 
Town Council from 1899 to 1900. Mem- 



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ber of Pennsylvania German Society; Uni- 
versity Club, Philadelphia. Born in Read- 
ing, Aug. 23, 1S66; was graduated from 
Bucknell University. Address, Lewisburg, 
Pa. 

GRIERSON, Benjamin Henry: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from Il- 
linois; Volunteer Aide de camp to Gen. 
Prentiss May 8, 1861; Major Sixth Illinois 
Cavalry Oct. 24, 1861; Colonel April 12, 
1862; Brigadier General Volunteers June 
3, 1863; Major General Volunteers May 

27, 1865; Brevet Major General Volunteers 
Feb. 10, 1865; honorably mustered out 
April 30, 1866; Colonel Tenth Cavalry July 

28, 1866 to April 15, 1890; Brigadier Gen- 
eral April 5, 1890; retired July 8, 1890; 
brevetted Brigadier General March 2, 1867, 
for gallant and meritorious services in 
the raid through Mississippi in 1863 and 
Major General March 2, 1867 for gal- 
lant and meritorious services in the raid 
through Mississippi in 1864. Address, 852 
East State St., Jacksonville, 111. 

GRIEST, Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Independent Company 
Pennsylvania Engineers Aug. 12, 1862; 
Sergeant Nov. 1, 1862; discharged for pro- 
motion April 28, 1863; Second Lieutenant 
Independent Company Pennsylvania En- 
gineers April 29. 1863; First Lieutenant 
Aug. 19, 1864; honorably mustered out 
July 11, 1865. Elected Feb. 5, 1890. Ad- 
dress, 2231 Wallace St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRIFFIN, Job: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Athens. Address, Athens, Brad- 
ford County, Pa. 

GRIFFIN, Martin Ignatius Joseph: 

Editor and publisher; born in Philadel- 
phia, Oct. 23, 1842; educated at private, 
parochial and public schools. Son of Ter- 
ence J. Griffin, "The Free Soil Baker," of 
Philadelphia. Married Mary A. E. McMul- 
len, Oct. 2, 1870. Editor "The Guardian 
Angel," 1867 to 1830; associate editor 
Catholic Standard from 1870 to 1873; pro- 
prietor and editor of the Journal of the 
Irish Catholic Benevolent Union, from 
1872 to 1903, and of Griffin's Journal, 
1895 to 1900; delegate to several of the 
State Prohibition Conventions and the 
National Convention at Cincinnati in 1892; 
proprietor and editor of the American 



Catholic Historical Researches from 1SS6 
to the present time; founder of the Am- 
erican Catholic Historical Society of 
Philadelphia, 1884. Author "Catholicity 
in Philadelphia," "The Trial of John Ury," 
"The History of Commodore John Barry," 
"Commodore John Barry, the Record of 
His Career as Father of the American 
Navy" (1903); "Life of Thomas Fitz- 
Simons, the Catholic signer of the Con- 
stitution of the United States," etc. 
Residence, 2009 N. Twelfth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

GRIFFITH, E.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Parker's Landing. Address. Parker's 
Landing, Armstrong County, Pa. 

GRIFFITH, J. P. t'rozer: 

Physician; born Jan. 5, 1S56, in Phila- 
delphia. In 1877 he was graduated A. B. 
the first in his class from the University 
of Pennsylvania, he afterward graduated 
in 1881 from the Medical Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania, receiving 
first prize for Medical Thesis. Received 
his degree of Ph. D. in 1881 at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. In 1878 was In- 
structor of Clinical Medicine, at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; also visiting phy- 
sician in 1889 at St. Agnes' Hospital, and 
later in 1890 visiting physician at How- 
ard Hospital. At the Philadelphia Poly- 
clinic in 1891 was Professor of Clinical 
Medicine. Since 1891 has been Professor 
of Diseases of Children, at the University 
of Pennsylvania, visiting physician since 
1891 at the Children's Hospital. At the 
Woman's Hospital has been Consulting 
physician since 1896, also at St. Christo- 
phers' Hospital for Children in 1901. For 
several years he has been editor of 
Proceedings of the College of Physicians; 
also of Internal Clinics at its start. He 
is a member of the Association of Ameri- 
can Physicians, American Pediatric So- 
ciety. American Medical Association, Col- 
lege of Physicians, Philadelphia. Address, 
1810 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRIFFITH, S. H.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
Cuba: appointed from Pennsylvania; As- 
sistant Surgeon Dec. 15, 1877; Passed As- 
sistant Surgeon, Dec. 15, 1880; Alaska, 
Pacific Station, from 1878 to 1880; special 
duty. Bureau of Medicine, July. 1881 to 
1883; Lancaster, European Station, from 
1884 to 1885; Lancaster, South Atlantic 
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giene, from 1887 to 1890; Dolphin, Squad- 
ron of Evolution, April, 1890, to June, 1891; 
United States training ship Jamestown, 
June 1, 1891, to Sept. 6, 1892; Constella- 
tion, Sept. 6, 1892, to May, 1893; Museum 
of Hygiene, Washington, D. C, Novem- 
ber, 1893, to March 26, 1898. Commis- 
sioned Surgeon, March 30, 1895; Prairie, 
March 29, 1898; Pan-American Exposition 
May, 1901; member Medical Examining 
Board, October, 1901, to 1903. Minneapo- 
lis since 1903; Fleet Surgeon of Atlantic 
Training Squadron. Address, care of the 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

GRIM, Webster: 

State Senator from Bucks County; born 
at Revere, Bucks County, Pa., Aug. 11, 
1866; educated in the common schools, 
Reigelsville Academy and Keystone State 
Normal School, graduating from the lat- 
ter in 1SS7; was admitted to the bar in 
1889; began practicing law at Doylestown, 
and is the senior member of the firm of 
Grim & Grim; has served as delegate to 
various Democratic Conventions; Perma- 
nent Chairman of Democratic State Con- 
vention, 1903; has taken a leading part in 
fraternal societies, musical organizations 
and other kindred organizations in the 
interest of the town; is now serving as 
Grand "Vice Chief in the Pennsylvania 
Knights Golden Eagle; was elected to 
the Senate in November, 1902. Address, 
Doylestown, Pa. 

GRIMES, Georse Madden: 

Captain United States Army; he is a 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 

j Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. 

I Col. George S. Grimes; private Second 
United States Cavalry June 4, 1896; Cor- 

i poral Feb. 27, 1898; Sergeant May 23, 1898; 

I discharged to accept promotion July 6, 

j 189S; Second Lieutenant Twentieth United 
States Infantry June 23, 1S9S; First Lieu- 

' tenant March 2, 1899. Captain Aug. 8, 
1903. Elected Feb. 7, 1900. Address, Fort 
Reno, Okla. 

GRIMM, Jaeou L,.: 

Clergyman; born Nov. 27, 1S42, in Rohr- 
j ersville, Washington County, Md. ; re- 
I ceived early education at public schools, 
and later attended the Academy at Rohr- 
ersville. From 1857 to 1862 taught in 
public schools, and afterward took a com- 
plete course in Conference Theology. Jan. 
1, 1866 he joined the United Brethren 
Ministry. In 1867 became an Itinerant 
Minister of the United Brethren; since 



Oct. 1, 1897 has been Presiding Elder. 
During the Civil War was private in the 
Eleventh Maryland Volunteer Infantry of 
the United States Army from 1896 to 
1902. Since 1896 has been Chaplain in 
the Department of Maryland Grand Army 
of the Republic. At the National En- 
campment, Philadelphia, Sept. 7, 1899, 
was elected Chaplain-in-chief of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. For two 
years was Superintendent of Eastern 
United Brethren book and publishing 
house, also editor from 1887 to 1889 of 
the Weekly Itinerant. For ten years 
was correspondent in the religious de- 
partment of the Baltimore Daily Ameri- 
can. Has made various contributions to 
religious papers. Republican in politics. 
Address, 264 Herr St., Harrisburg; office, 
New Cumberland, Pa. 

GRISCOM, Clement Aeton, Jr.: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
June 20, 1868; son of Clement A. Gris- 
com and Frances Canby Biddle Griscom. 
President and Director of American Bond 
and Stock Company, James Reilly Repair 
and Supply Company; Director of Ameri- 
can Finance and Securities Company, 
New Jersey Steel Company, Guanajuato 
Reduction and Mines Company, The De- 
velopment Company of America, New 
York; Poland Mining Company, Empire 
Trust Company, The de Mayo Coaling 
Company; Director and member of Ex- 
ecutive Committee of Maritime Associa- 
tion, Port of New York; member of 
Chamber of Commerce, New York; Am- 
erican Academy of Political and Social 
Science. Philadelphia; Metropolitan Mu- 
seum of Art, New York; Department of 
Archaeology and Palaeontology of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 
American Museum of Natural History, 
New York; Society of Naval Architects 
and Marine Engineers; Metropolitan Club, 
New York; Pennsylvania Society of the 
Sons of the Revolution, Pennsylvania So- 
ciety of New York, Society of Colonial 
Wars, General Alumni Society of the 
University of Pennsylvania, Lawyers' 
Club, New York; Morris County Golf 
Club, Morristown, N. J.; Merion Cricket 
Club, New York; Morris County Golf Club, 
Morristown. N. J.; Merion Cricket Club, 
Philadelphia; University Club, Philadel- 
phia; University of Pennsylvania Club, New 
York, Somerset Hills Country Club, Mor- 
ristown, N. J.; Class of 1887, University 
of Pennsylvania; Mendelssohn Glee Club, 
New York Zoological Society, Permanent 



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International Association of Navigation 
Congresses. Address, 21 Washington So,., 
New York city, N. Y. 

GRISCOM, Lloyd C.i 

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 
Plenipotentiary; appointed private sec- 
retary to the Ambassador to Great Brit- 
ain May 10. 1893; retired Sept. 20, 1S94; 
appointed Secretary of Legation at Con- 
stantinople. July 24, 1S99; Envoy Extra- 
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to 
Persia June 17, 1901; Envoy Extraordin- 
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan 
Dec. 1G, 1902. Home. Haverford. Pa. Ad- 
dress, United States Legation, Tokio, 
Japan. 

GRISCOM, It. E.: 

Banker; born Philadelphia Oct. 21, 1S70; 
educated at Philadelphia schools, Geneva, 
Switzerland; Haverford College, Pa., and 
Universitv of Pennsylvania. Married An- 
na Starr Feb. 17, 1897. For fourteen years 
in International Navigation Company and 
International Mercantile Marine Com- 
pany, holding various positions, including 
Manager; assistant to the President- 
Manager, Insurance Department, etc. On 
Jan. 1, 1904, left this employ to become 
a member of the firm and Philadelphia 
partner of the banking house of Bertron, 
Storrs & Griscom. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Haverford, Pa. 

GROFF, Geo. G., M. D.: 

Born in Tredyffrin Township, Chester 
County, Pa., April 5, 1851; educated in 
pubHc and private schools and University 
of Michigan; taught in the public schools 
and in the Wes1 Chester State Normal 
School, and since 1879 Professor in Buck- 
nell University; Surgeon in National 
Guard of Pennsylvania two years. Dur- 
ing Spanish-American War was commis- 
sioned by President McKinley Major and 
Brigade Surgeon. Was with the Army 
in Porto Rico, where he remained two 
years, assisting in Americanizing the is- 
land government, holding there the fol- 
lowing positions, viz.: Commissioner of 
National Relief Commission, Secretary 
and Treasurer of Colonial Christian Asso- 
ciation, Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Superior Board of Health of Porto Rico 
and author of Sanitary Code, Secretary 
and Treasurer Insane Asylum of Porto 
Rico, Secretary and Treasurer Leper Hos- 
pital of Porto Rico, member of Insular 
Board of Education, President Insular 
Board of Education, Superintendent of 



Public Instruction of Porto Rico, Acting 
Commissioner of Education of Porto Rico, 
member of the Executive Council of Porto 
Rico. Has been member State Board of 
Health since 1SS7; organized the sanitary 
work at Johnstown after the great flood 
in 1S89; member of the Pennsylvania 
German Society, of the Pennsylvania His- 
torical Society and of the Association of 
Military Surgeons of the United States. 
Address, Lewisburg, Pa. 

GRONER, L. R.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Bath. Address, Bath, Northampton 
County, Pa. 

GROSE, James VV.: 

President of the Monongahela National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

GROSS. Albert Haller: 

Lawyer, composer; born Louisville, Ky.. 
March 18, 1844; son of Samuel D. Gross 
(D C. L., LL. D.) and Louisa Ann Du- 
lany (Weissell). Studied at University 
of Virginia one year; was graduated from 
University of Pennsylvania 1S64; A. M. 
1867. Married at Rome, Italy, March 9, 
189fi, Julia, daughter of John C. Bullitt, 
of Philadelphia, Pa. Appointed United 
States Attorney for New Mexico 1S69, but 
resigned owing to ill health; declined po- 
sition of Deputy Attorney General of 
Pennsvlvania 1871; appointed United 
States Consul at Athens, Greece, 1885, but 
declined. Member of Select Council, Phil- 
adelphia. 1SS2-1SS5. Democrat. One of 
first in this country to advocate publicly 
cremation of the dead. Composer of 
many songs, including the words, in Eng- 
lish/ French and German. Member His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania. Editor 
with brother, Dr. Samuel W. Gross, "Au- 
tobiography of Dr. Samuel D. Gross," 
1887. Address. Langhorne, Pa. 

GROW*. Galnslia Aaron: 

Ex-Congressman; born at Ashford (now 
EastporO. Windham County. Conn., Aug. 
31, 1822. In 1834 he moved to Susquehanna 
County with his widowed mother, who 
bought a farm in Lenox Township. Here 
the boy worked and attended school; pre- 
pared for college in Franklin Academy, 
and in 1840 entered Amherst College, 
where he was graduated with high hon- 
ors some years later. He began the study 
of law in 1S45 in the office of Hon. F. B. 
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mitted to practice in April, 1847. He is 
now the oldest member of the Susque- 
hanna County bar. Mr. Grow, at that 
time a Free Soil Democrat, was elected 
to Congress in 1850 and continued a mem- 
ber for twelve years. In 1S54, on the 
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, he 
severed his connection with the Demo- 
cratic party, and two years later was 
concerned in the formation of the Repub- 
lican party, which he represented in 
Congress during the last six years of his 
term of service. In 1S61 Mr. Grow was 
elected Speaker of the House, and held 
this responsible position during the first 
two years of the war, his membership 
ending March 4, 1S63. His services in 
Congress covered a momentous period in 
National affairs, including the repeal of 
the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas 
troubles, and the other events leading to 
the war. He was the author of the 
Homestead bill, passed during this pe- 
riod, in favor of which he made five set 
speeches during as many Congresses, 
finally signing it as Speaker. He left 
Congress in feeble health, engaged in the 
lumber trade in Luzerne County, and 
later in the oil business in Venango 
County, and spent four years (1S71-1875) 
in Texas as President of the Houston and 
Great Northern Railroad. Returning to 
his old home in Pennsylvania, he again 
entered the political field, canvassing ac- 
tively for Hartranft for Governor and 
Hayes for President. In 1879 President 
Hayes offered him the Ministry to Rus- 
sia, but he declined the office. In 1894 
he was again returned to the House, as 
Congressman-at-Large, and was re-elect- 
ed in 1S96 by the largest majority ever 
given in the United States for a candi- 
date for any office. He was elected again 
in 1898. and a fourth time in 1900. making 
his total service in Congress twenty 
years. During the period from 1S94 to 
1903 he was Chairman of the Committee 
on Education. Mr. Grow retired in 1903, 
and still lives at his old home. Address, 
Glenwood, Pa. 

1 GRUBB, Edward Kurd: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
' ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; born in Burlington, N. J.; edu- 
cated at Burlington College (Bishop 
Doane). All the commissions in United 
States Volunteers from private to Briga- 
dier General 1861-1865; Department Com- 
mander Grand Army of Republic 1888; 
United States Minister to Spain 1890-1892. 



Married Elizabeth Wadsworth Van Rens- 
selaer and Violet Sopworth. Republican 
candidate for Governor of New Jersey 
1SS9. Address, Edgewater Park, N. J. 

GRUGAN, Frank Carter: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; private 
Pennsylvania Artillery June 4, to Aug. 5, 
1861; Second Lieutenant 114th Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry Aug. 15, 1862; First Lieuten- 
ant September, 1863; First Lieutenant 
Third Pennsylvania Cavalry Dec. 19, 1864; 
transferred to Fifth Pennsylvania Caval- 
ry May 8, 1S65; honorably mustered out 
Aug. 7. 1865; private, general service, 
Aug. IS. 1865, to May, 1S66; Second Lieu- 
tenant Second Cavalry April 25, 1866; 
First Lieutenant November, 1867; Regi- 
mental Quartermaster Nov. 1, 1867, to 
July 15, 1870; transferred to Second Ar- 
tillery April 11, 1S79; Captain March 18, 
1SS5; Major Sixth Artillery March S, 1898; 
Brevet First Lieutenant, United States 
Army, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices at the battle of Hatcher's Run, Va. ; 
Brevet Captain, United States Army, for 
gallant and meritorious services during 
the war; retired March 18, 1899. Ad- 
dress, 10 East 53rd St., New York city. 
N. Y. 

GRUMBEIM, E.: 

President of the Lebanon County Trust 
Company. Address, Lebanon, Lebanon 
County. Pa. 

GUERNSEY, Joseph C, A. M., M. D.: 

Physician; son of Statira Colburn and 
Henry N. Guernsey, M. D. ; born in 
Frankford. Philadelphia, in 1849; educated 
in the private schools of Philadelphia, and 
graduated from Princeton College in 1870; 
received degree of A. M. 1873; became a 
medical student in his father's office; was 
graduated from Hahnemann Medical Col- 
lege. Philadelphia, in 1S72; was quiz mas- 
ter of Materia Medica at Hahnemann 
Medical College; Provisional Secretary of 
the American Institute of Homeopathy 
1876 and 1881. In 1S93 President of the 
Homeopathic Medical Society of the State 
of Pennsylvania. He has been Vice Presi- 
dent of the Philadelphia County Homeo- 
pathic Medical Society, and has served on 
the Bureaus of Materia Medica, Obstet- 
rics and Sanitary Science; is a Trustee 
and Visiting Physician of the Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hahnemann Hos- 
pital of Philadelphia, honorary member 
of the Institute; Homeopathic Mexi- 



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cano In 1S72 he established the North 
Eastern Homeopathic Free Dispensary 
at Kensington. Edited "Transactions 
of the Homeopathic Medical Society 
of Pennsylvania," 1874 to 1879, and 
the "Transactions of the American Insti- 
tute of Homeopathy," of 1879; "Guern- 
sey's Obstetrics and Diseases of Women 
and Children." From notes taken upon his 
fathers lectures on Materia Medica, he 
compiled and published "Guernsey's Key- 
notes," also published a work on "Uri- 
nalysis;" co-editor of the "Repertory 
to Hering's Guiding Symptoms of 
our Materia Medica." Contributor to 
medical journals. He has been actively 
engaged in lecturing, etc., at Training 
School for Nurses, Hahnemann Hospi- 
tal. Secretary and Treasurer of Board of 
Homeopathic Medical Examiners of 
Pennsylvania; 1894 he founded and has 
since been President of "The Saturday 
Night Club of Microscopists." In 1876 
married Gertrude Thomas, daughter of 
Samuel Thomas, of Catasauqua, Pa. Ad- 
dress, 1923 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GUFFY, J nines MeClurs: 

Petroleum producer; born in West- 
moreland, Va., Jan. 19, 1S39; received a 
public school education; spent his early 
manhood in the South working as a 
clerk; returned to Pennsylvania in 1872; 
since then operator in oil and gas pro- 
ductions; also engaged in the production 
of bituminous coal. He is the leader of 
the Democratic party in Pennsylvania, 
and a very prominent member of the 
National Committee. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

Gl'FFEV, James M.: 

Petroleum operator; born in Sewickley, 
Westmoreland County, Pa., Jan. 19, 1839. 
His paternal ancestor, of Scotch descent, 
came to Philadelphia in 1738 and set- 
tled in Westmoreland County as early as 
1758 going west in the track of the ex- 
pedition against the French at Fort Du- 
quesne. The family purchased part of 
the territory of the present township of 
Sewickley in 1780. and there the de- 
scendants of the Guffeys still dwell. As 
a boy Mr. Guffey lived and worked on 
his father's farm, gaining a good edu- 
cation, of a commercial character, in the 
local schools, and when eighteen he be- 
came clerk in the service of the Louis- 
ville and Nashville Railroad Company at 
Louisville, Ky. Several years later he 
resigned to accept a position with the 



Adams Southern Express Company at 
Nashville. Tenn. Shortly afterward he 
v, as drawn back to Pennsylvania by the 
great oil developments in that State, and 
became an agent for the Gibbs & Ster- 
rett Company, manufacturers of oil- 
well machinery and appliances at St. 
Petersburg, Pa. He soon entered actively 
into the oil business, investing in oil 
wells, pipe lines, and various local en- 
terprises, his operations growing with 
remarkable rapidity until they covered 
the most productive petroleum fields of 
Butler, Forest, Warren, McKean and Al- 
legheny Counties. The famous Mathews 
well was drilled and most of the phe- 
nomenal McDonald held owned by him 
and a few others. His operations ex- 
panded until he became the largest oil 
producer and operator in the, States, and 
also the owner of highly valuable coal 
mines in Pennsylvania and West Vir- 
ginia, and of gold and silver works in 
Colorado and Idaho. He is President of 
the Trade Dollar Mining and Milling 
Company of Silver City, Idaho, and the 
new town of Guffey, thirty miles from 
Cripple Creek, has been named in his 
honor. Politically he is a Democrat, and 
in 1897 was chosen by the State Con- 
vention of his party as the Pennsylvania 
member of the Democratic National Com- 
mittee. Mr. Guffey is a prominent mem- 
ber of the Duquesne Club of Pittsburg, a 
Trustee of Washington and Jefferson Col- 
lege, a member of the Manhattan Club of 
New York, and of other organizations. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

GUFFEY, Wesley S.: 

Senior member of the firm of Guffey & 
Queen, Pittsburg; born in Westmorland 
County, Pa., in 1842; in 1864 Mr. Guffey 
went to the oil fields and was among the 
first to lease lands and drill wells at Pit- 
hole; in 1881 he settled in Pittsburg as a 
central point from which to operate in 
oil and gas from Bradford to West Vir- 
ginia; for many years has been active in 
politics; is a Democrat, and for many 
years has been President of the famous 
Randall Club, of Pittsburg. Address, 
Stevenson Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

GUGGENHEIM, William: 

Refiner; born in Philadelphia Nov. 6, 
1S68. After a preliminary education he 
entered the Science Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, studying 
chemistry and metallurgy. In 1890-1891 
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phia Smelting- and Refining Company, 
Pueblo, Cal., and from 1891 to 1901 was 
General manager of the Mexican smelt- 
ing interests of the M. Guggenheim Sons' 
Company. He constructed their lead 
works at Monterey, and their lead and 
copper smelting works at Aguascalientes, 
becoming Secretary and Treasurer of 
these concerns. He was also President 
and Treasurer of the works at Pueblo. 
These and other concerns were consoli- 
dated in 1901 into the American Smelt- 
ing and Refining Company, Mr. Guggen- 
heim retiring from active business, but 
remaining a member of the firm of M. 
Guggenheim Sons of New York. Ad- 
dress, 36 W. 77th St., New York. 

Gl'IHER, H. B.: 

Banker; born Aug. 14, 1862, in Waynes- 
burg, Pa.; educated at Waynesburg Col- 
lege and Jefferson Medical College, Phil- 
adelphia. Ex-President Fayette County 
Medical Society, ex-President School 
Board, Treasurer of Smithfield Bros, and 
President First National Bank. Married 
Maud F. Brownfield in November, 1891. 
Organized First National Bank of Smith- 
field; has been its President since or- 
ganization; a general practitioner of med- 
icine for seventeen years. Republican in 
politics. Address, Smithfield, Fayette 
County, Pa. 

GUILFORD, Simeon Hayden, D. D. S.: 

Son of Simeon Guilford, iron master; 
born April 11, 1841; was educated in the 
Lebanon public schools, Litiz Academy 
(Lancaster County), 1856, and Franklin & 
Marshall College, 1858-1861. Received the 
degree of A. B. in course, from Franklin 
& Marshall College in 1861, A. M. in 1S64 
and Ph. D. in 1886. Taught school dur- 
ing winter of 1861-1862. Entered Union 
Army August, 1862, as private in Com- 
pany E. 127th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
Third Brigade, Second Division. Second 
Corps, Army of the Potomac; was act- 
ively engaged in battles of Fredericks- 
burg, December, 1862, and Chancellors- 
ville. May, 1863. Began study of dentistry 
in June, 1S63; was graduated from the 
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery 
in February, 1865, with degree of D. D. S. 
In 1884 received the honorary degree of 
D. D. S. from the Philadelphia Dental 
College. Began practice in native city, 
Lebanon, Pa., and seven years later, Oc- 
tober, 1872, removed to Philadelphia, 
where he has since resided and practiced 
his profession. In 1881 elected to the 



chair of Operative and Prosthetic Dentis- 
try in the Philadelphia Dental College; 
1896 was elected Dean of the institution, 
and so continues. Member of American 
Dental Association, National Association 
of Dental Faculties, Pennsylvania State 
Dental Society, Philadelphia Academy of 
Stomatology, National Institute of Dental 
Pedagogics; honorary member of the 
Reading Dental Society, Dental Soci- 
ety of Southern New Jersey, Ameri- 
can Academy of Dental Science, Bos- 
ton; First District Dental Society, State 
of N. Y. ; American Dental Society of 
Europe. Has been President of the Na- 
tional Association of Dental Faculties. 
Pennsylvania State Dental Society, Odon- 
tological Society of Philadelphia, Phila- 
delphia Academy of Stomatology and 
Vice President of the National School of 
Dental Technics and the National Den- 
tal Association. Author "Nitrous Oxide" 
(1887) and "Orthodontia" (three editions), 
1889, 1893 and 189S. One of the editors 
of the American System of Dentistry, 
1886, and the American Text Book of 
Operative Dentistry, 1900. Has been a 
frequent contributor for thirty-five years 
to the various dental journals of this and 
other countries. Regarded as an author- 
ity on Orthodontia. Married Virginia 
Susan Gleim, of Lebanon, Pa., on June 
8, 186S. Address, 1728 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

GUTERAS, Daniel M.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
Cuba; appointed from Pennsylvania. As- 
sistant Surgeon June 3, 1879; Naval Hos- 
pital, New York. 1879; Powhatan, North 
Atlantic Station, 1879-1881. Passed As- 
sistant Surgeon, June 27, 1882; receiving 
ship Colorado, 1881-1883; Swatara, North 
Atlantic Station, 1883; Navy Yard, Pensa- 
cola, 1883-1886; Despatch, 1887-1889; 
Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, 1890-1903; 
Naval Laboratory, New York, July, 1893- 
1S95. Promoted to Surgeon, May, 1895; 
Montgomery, August, 1895; retired, Oc- 
tober, 1896. Address, 108 West 103d St., 
New York, N. Y. 

GU>1>IERE, Francis Barton: 

Professor; born March 6, 1855, in Bur- 
lington. N. J. In 1872 graduated from 
Haverford College, and afterward, in 1875, 
from Harvard College; made a study of 
philology in Leipzig, Berlin. Strassburg, 
Freiburg. In 1881 he took his degree of 
Ph. D. at University of Freiburg, Baden, 
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1SS2 at Burlington, N. J. Member of 
Phi Beta Kappa Society (Harvard Chap- 
ter); University Club, Philadelphia; Am- 
erican Philosophical Society; author of 
"Handbook of Poetics," "Germanic Ori- 
gins," "Old English Ballads," "The Be- 
ginnings of Poetry." Address, Haver- 
ford, Pa. 

(il MMEY, Charles Francis: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 22, 
1862. Of a Welsh family, which came to 
Virginia in 1635. Prepared for college at 
the Germantown Academy, and entered 
the University of Pennsylvania from 
which he graduated in 1884, with the de- 
gree of B. S. Read law and graduated 
LL. B. from the same institution in 18S8. 
Admitted to the Philadelphia bar June 16, 
1888. Married June 7, 1900, to Florence, 
daughter of John H. Catherwood, Esq. 
Address. 2126 Locust St.; country resi- 
dence, Gwynedd, Pa. 

Gl MP, H. Frank: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Everett. Address, Everett, Bedford Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

GUNNISON, C. E.: 

President of the Marine National 
Bank of Erie. Address, Erie, Erie Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

GUXXISOIV, Frank: 

Jurist; born in Erie, Pa., Feb. 21, 1848; 
son of Jonas Gunnison, an able lawyer 
and former State Senator. He was edu- 
cated at Erie Academy and the Univer- 
sity of Michigan, and studied for the legal 
profession at Harvard Law School, gradu- 
ating LL. D. in 1870. Immediately after- 
ward he was admitted to the Erie bar, 
and formed a law partnership with Gen. 
D. B. McCreary. This was dissolved in 
INT", since which time he has practiced 
He became connected with many 
of the most prominent cases before the 
Erie County Courts, and as a Republican 
was elected to the City Council of Erie 
and hold other minor political positions. 
In 1886 he was elected President Judge of 
the Sixth Judicial District, holding this 
office !ur t lie full term of ten years, but 
declining a renomination in the interest 
of his private practice. Judge Gunnison 
is interested in many business enterprises, 
being a director of the Second, National 
Kmk of Erie and stockholder in several 
manufacturing enterprises. Address. Erie, 
Pa. 



GUTH, Morris Stanley, M. D.: 

Physician; born in Allentown, Pa., Nov. 
5, 1851; educated at Allentown Academy 
and Muhlenberg College; was graduated 
from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 
1873; was graduated from Medical De- 
partment of University of Pennsylvania in 
1876. After a short time in private prac- 
tice, took position as Assistant Physi- 
cian in Cincinnati Sanitarium. In 1878 
took similar position in State Hospital for 
the Insane, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. In 
1SS0 was appointed Assistant Physician 
in State Hospital, Warren, Pa., and re- 
mained in that position until 1900, when 
he was appointed Superintendent and 
Physician-in-chief of the State Hospital 
for the Insane, Warren, Pa., which po- 
sition he still holds. Married in 1898 
Margaret Shirk, daughter of C. C. Shirk, 
Erie, Pa. Is a member of County, State, 
and National Medical Societies, the Medi- 
co-Legal Society, and the Medico-Psych- 
ological Association. Address, Warren, 
Pa. 

GUTHRIE, Doty: 

President of the New Alexandria Na- 
tional Bank. Address, New Alexandria, 
Westmoreland County, Pa. 

GITHRIE, Francis Sellers: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; nephew of deceased Companion 
Capt. Alexander M. Guthrie Elected May 
1, 1901. Address, care of the Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

GUTHRIE, George Wilkins: 

Lawyer; son of John B. Guthrie; born 
Sept. 5, 1848, in Pittsburg, Pa. In 1866 
was graduated from Western University 
of Pennsylvania with degree of A. M.. af- 
terward was graduated from Columbian 
Law Department, in I860; later in the 
same year he was admitted to the bar. 
In the reform campaign in 1S96 he was 
candidate of Citizens' Municipal League, 
for Mayor of Pittsburg, also a member of 
the Committee of National Municipal 
League on Municipal Program (published 
report 1896). In 1*76 was associate Coun- 
sel for Tilden Electors before Florida Re- 
turning Board; also Assistant Secretary 
in 1884 to the Democratic National Con- 
vention, at Chicago. In 1902 was Demo- 
cratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor 
of Pennsylvania, the State Convention 
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of the Board of Managers of the Chil- 
dren's Hospital, Pittsburg. Address, 434 
Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

GWIXXER, Frederick: 

President of the Enterprise National 
Bank of Allegheny. Address, Allegheny, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

GWYN, James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
cry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Twenty-third Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry April 21, 18t»x; honorably 
mustered out July 31, 1861; Captain 
Twenty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 
13, 1861; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged July 15, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel 
118th Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 16, 1862; 
Colonel Dec. 5, 1S63; honorably mustered 
out June 1, 1865. Brevetted Brigadier 
General United States Volunteers Sept. 
30, 1864; "for gallant and distinguished 
services in the battle of Poplar Spring 
Church, near Petersburg. Va."; Major 
General April 1, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services at the battle of Five 
Forks, Va." Elected Oct. 4, 1865. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GWIXXER, John F.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Easton. Address, Easton, Northampton 
County, Pa. 



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HACK. William C: 

President of the Tremont National 
Bank. Address, Tremont, Schuylkill 
County, Pa. 

HACKEXBURG, William B.: 

Merchant and silk manufacturer; born 
in Philadelphia June 2, 1837; educated in 
public schools of the city and in private 
academy of Rev. Dr. Max Lilianthal, 
New York; has been forty years in the 
manufacture of sewing and machine silks. 
In 1S58 was Secretary of the United He- 
brew Relief Society; in 1S65 was one of 
the organizers of the Jewish Hospital and 
Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites, of 
Philadelphia, and now is its President. One 
of the founders of the Society of United 
Hebrew Charities, Federation of Jewish 
Charities. Hebrew Charity Ball Associa- 
tion and a member of all the Jewish and 



many non-Jewish charities; was one of 
the original members and a director of 
Young Men's Hebrew Association, Cen- 
tral Board for Organizing Charity, Phil- 
adelphia, and Hebrew Education Society. 
Finished in 1S79 the only authentic census 
of the Jews made in this country, now 
found in most libraries here and in Eu- 
rope; on Board of Inspectors of County 
Prisons; is a Mason; since 1891 a Trustee 
of Baron Maurice De Hirsch $2,400,000 
trust for relief of Russian and Roumanian 
Jews, and Vice President of one of its 
colonies in South Jersey. Married Ade- 
line Schoneman Sept. 14, 1864. Republi- 
can in politics. Address. 612 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HACKETT, Horatio Hatch: 

State Senator from Philadelphia; born 
in Lower Penn's Neck, Salem County, 
N. J., Jan. 8. 1844; his family moved to 
Philadelphia when he was three months 
old; on July 25. 1861, he enlisted in Com- 
pany B, Eighty-first Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, and shortly afterward 
was transferred to Company C; served in 
the Peninsular campaign under General 
McClellan as a private; in 1863 he re- 
enlisted and became a veteran when nine- 
teen years old; participated in the bat- 
tles in front of Petersburg; was promoted 
to Orderly Sergeant and was recommend- 
ed to Governor Curtin for promotion for 
gallantry, receiving in a short time com- 
missions as Second Lieutenant, First 
Lieutenant, and then Captain. He rose 
from a drummer boy at seventeen years 
to a Captain of veterans in a regiment 
which stands on the records as second 
of all Pennsylvania commands, and No. 7 
of the entire Union Army in number of 
battles and severity of losses. After the 
war he served as brakeman two years 
and fireman three years on the Reading 
Railroad; was appointed letter carrier; 
subsequently he was night inspector in 
the Custom House; was Clerk in the Reg- 
ister of Wills' Office for several years and 
served as State Appraiser under General 
Kinsey; in 1887 he was elected Magis- 
trate, and was re-elected in 1892 and 
1S9S; is a charter member of Post 51, 
G. A. R. ; a member of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion, a Knight Tem- 
plar, and is a member of various other 
secret orders and political clubs; has 
been a member of the Republican Ward, 
City and State Committees for the past 
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can City Campaign Committee for four 
years; was alternate delegate to the 
Minneapolis and Chicago Republican Con- 
ventions that nominated Harrison for 
President, and was a delegate to the 
St. Louis Convention that nominated 
Major McKinley; was elected Register of 
Wills of Philadelphia County in 1S9S for 
a term of three years; elected to the 
Senate in November, 1902. Address, 2217 
East Cumberland St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HACKETT, William: 

President of the Easton National Bank. 
Address, Easton, Northampton County. 
Pa. 

HAGEXMAJi, Jeremiah: 

Jurist; born in Phoenixville, Pa., in 1820 
engaged in early life at the Phoenix Iron 
Works; he broke his arm by a fall from 
a tree, amputation becoming necessary. 
This unfitting him for mechanical labor, 
he taught school for a period, at the same 
time studying law and soon gaining ad- 
mission to the Berks County bar; here 
he built up a large practice, and in 1S50 
was elected District Attorney; in 1853 
he was re-elected, but declined to run 
again in 1S56 on account of the demands 
of his private practice. As an active 
Democrat he was delegate to various 
State and National conventions, being 
looked upon as the head of the county 
organization. When the office of addi- 
tional Law Judge was created he was 
regarded as the most suitable for the 
position, was nominated in the conven- 
tion by a large majority, and was duly 
elected. When Judge Woodward was ele- 
vated to the Supreme Court in 1874, 
Judge Hagenman succeeded him as Pre- 
siding Judge, and was elected to this 
position in 1879. Failing to obtain the 
nomination in 1889, he resumed his pri- 
vate practice in partnership with his son. 
He was also at this time made President 
of the Keystone National Bank. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

HAGENMAN, John William: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy 
July 21, 1863; was graduated in 1867; Sus- 
quehanna, North Atlantic Station, 1S67- 
1868; promoted to Ensign 1868; Ports- 
mouth, South Atlantic Fleet, 1S69-1S71-. 
promoted to Master 1870; commissioned 
as Lieutenant 1871; Toast Survey 1872- 
1875; Marion, European Fleet, 1876-1878; 



Marion 1S7S; ordnance duty, Navy Yard. 
League Island, 1S79-1SS0; nautical school 
ship St. Mary's 1SS0-18S3; Marion 1885- 
1888; retired May 3, 1889. Address, 103 
South Fifth St., Reading, Pa. 

HAGERTY. Rev. Andrew Neelj : 

Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, 
Carlisle, Pa.; born in Independence Town- 
ship, Washington County, Pa., of Scotch- 
Irish parents; prepared for college at 
West Alexander Academy, Pa., and Wa- 
terford Academy, Pa., teaching the higher 
mathematics in the last mentioned insti- 
tution; entered Lafayette College 1877, 
and was graduated with degree of A. B. 
1S81; was graduated from Allegheny U. 
P. Theological Seminary 1884; licensed 
by Presbytery of Chartiers April 8, 1884; 
began ministry that year at Hanover 
Junction, Daviess County, 111.; pastor of 
the U. P. Church of Olathe, Kan. In 
July, 1887, was sent to Castroville, Cal., 
as missionary to begin the first Protestant 
church of the town; pastor of the Sec- 
ond U. P. Church of Kansas City, Mo., 
from 1888 to 1891; now pastor of First 
Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, Pa., 
which is one of the historic Presbyterian 
landmarks of Pennsylvania. Married on 
Dec. 7, 1876. Miss Sarah J. Smith, daugh- 
ter of William Smith of Washington Coun- 
ty, Pa.; has been three times Commis- 
sioner to the General Assembly; was one 
of the first members of the Council of the 
Presbyterian Brotherhood of Andrew and 
Philip. A member of the Phi Delta Theta 
Fraternity. Address, Carlisle. Pa. 

HAGY, J. Lawrence: 

Electrical and mechanical engineer; as- 
sociate patent expert; tutor; Assistant 
Chief Draftsman of the Electric Storage 
Battery Company, Philadelphia; born at 
Boyertown. Berks County, Pa., Oct. 30. 
1876; son of James Keely and Clara Hagy; 
educated in the public schools of Phila- 
delphia, and prepared for college at the 
Philadelphia Central Manual Training 
High School. Receiving a scholarship 
from the University of Pennsylvania, en- 
tered the Electrical and Mechanical En- 
gineering Department in 1895; was grad- 
uated in 1899, receiving the degree of 
B. S. Member of the American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers, Engineers' Club 
of Philadelphia, the Tutors' Association 
of the University of Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, Allegheny Ave. and Nineteenth St., 
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HAIGHT, John J.: 

Postmaster of Cooper Tract, Pa.; eldest 
son of Albert W. and Isabelle Haight; 
born in Richmond Township, Crawford 
County, June 3, 1838; educated in the 
public and private schools; when a boy 
he worked on his father's farm, and 
subsequently taught school and clerked 
in a store. In 1S60 he began drilling 
for oil by contract, and continued to do 
so till he enlisted as a private in Com- 
pany B, 111th Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry; promoted First Sergeant soon 
after joining his company; advanced to 
Second Lieutenant Jan. 15, 1S63; to First 
Lieutenant Feb. 10, 1S63; to Captain June 
24, 1865. When First Lieutenant served 
as Assistant Inspector General of General 
Kane's brigade. Brigadier General Geary's 
Division, Twelfth Army Corps. At dif- 
ferent times he received appointments of 
trust and honor, especially in the battle 
of Gettysburg under Colonel Cobham and 
the campaign through Georgia; was 
wounded at the battle of Waukatchie, 
Tenn., Oct. 29. 1863, and at Grear's Farm, 
near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 21, 
1864; was mustered out with his com- 
pany July 19, 1865. Soon after he re- 
sumed his work as an oil operator, and 
has now become one of the most exten- 
sive oil operators in Forest County, Pa., 
owning at present, in the Cooper field, 
the Reno, Reed and Brenneman. Patter- 
son, and the Melvin, Walker, Shannon & 
Co.'s leases individually, besides the 
leaseholds of the greater parts of Lots 
3192 and 4791, and a part of 4823, in com- 
pany with A. Wayne Cook. Mr. Haight 
served four years as Justice of the Peace 
at Pleasantville, Pa., and as School Di- 
rector and Road Commissioner for many 
years in Howe Township, Forest County; 
was elected to the Legislature of Penn- 
sylvania in 1892; while a representative 
of Forest County served on a number of 
important committees; is serving second 
term as Postmaster of Cooper Tract. 
On Aug. 18, 1872, he was married to Miss 
Adaline Merrick of Pleasantville, Pa. 
Address. Cooper Tract, Pa. 

HAINS, John Power: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed at large; Cadet 
Military Academy June 14, 1885; addi- 
tional Second Lieutenant First Artillery, 
June 12, 1889; Second Lieutenant Third 
Artillery, Dec. 16, 1889; First Lieutenant 
First Artillery, June 17, 1897; transferred 

10 



to Third Artillery July 24, 1897; Artillery 
Corps Feb. 2, 1901; Captain, Feb. 28, 1901. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

HAINS, Peter Conover: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
New Jersey. Cadet Military Academy 
July 1, 1S57; Second Lieutenant and First 
Lieutenant, Second Artillery, June 24, 
1861; transferred to Engineers March 3, 
1S63; Captain July IS. 1863; Major Sept. 
22. 1870; Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 16, 1866; 
Colonel Aug. 13, 1895; Brigadier General 
Volunteers May 27, 1898; honorably dis- 
charged from Volunteers Nov. 30, 1898; 
Brigadier General United States Army 
April 21, 1903; brevetted Captain May 27, 
1S62. for gallant and meritorious service 
in the battle of Hanover Court House, 
Va.; Major July 4, 1S63, for gallant and 
meritorious service during the siege of 
Vicksburg, Miss., and Lieutenant Colonel 
March 13. 1865, for gallant and meritorious 
services during the war. Member of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- 
dress, Isthmian Canal Commission, Cor- 
coran Building, Washington, D. C. 

HAIvES, Harry: 

Doctor and lawyer; born at Harpersfield, 
Delaware County, N. Y., June 10, 1824. 
Choosing medicine for his profession, he 
entered Castleton's Medical College in 
Vermont, graduating in 1846, and start- 
ing business as a physician at Davenport 
Centre, N. Y., where he practiced with 
success for three years. His wife dying 
a few months after marriage, the be- 
reaved husband spent the following year 
in New York, devoting himself to school 
and hospital work. He then removed to 
the village of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, 
Pa., where he practiced for three years. 
After a visit to Europe in 1855, where 
he studied medicine for a year in London 
and Paris, he married again and prac- 
ticed as a physician till 1857, when he 
began the study of law, a profession 
in which his father and brother had ac- 
quired a reputation. He was admitted to 
the Luzerne County bar in 1860 and en- 
tered diligently upon his new line of prac- 
tice. In 1864 he was elected a member 
of the State Legislature on the Demo- 
cratic ticket and served for two terms 
He drafted the bill for the extension of 
the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Wilkes- 
barre to Waverley, N. Y., and also one 
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passed, and secured each year an appro- 
priation of $2,500 for the Home for Friend- 
less Children. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

HALDEMAX, Horace L.: 

Manufacturer; born at the Haldeman 
homestead, Locust Grove, Conoy Town- 
ship, Lancaster County, Pa., Sept. 16, 
1847. First Lieutenant Twentieth Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, 1863; Captain, 1865; 
mustered out by reason of termination of 
the war, 1865; Acting Assistant Adjutant 
General on the staffs of Major General 
George Cadwalader, Major General D. 
N. Couch, and Brigadier General O. S. 
Ferry; connected with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad in New York and New England, 
1S67-1872; engaged in the manufacture of 
pig iron at Chickies, Lancaster County, 
Pa., 1S72-189S; now actively interested in 
coal and iron industries in Virginia and 
West Virginia; bank and railroad Di- 
rector. At present Lieutenant Colonel 
and Assistant Commissary General of 
Subsistence, National Guard, Pennsyl- 
vania; member Military Order Loyal Le- 
gion; Grand Army of the Republic, serv- 
ing as Post Commander and Aide-de- 
Camp on the staff of the Commander- 
in-Chief, United States Cavalry Associa- 
tion, Sons of the Revolution, Pennsyl- 
vania Historical Society, The ■ Genealog- 
ical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylva- 
nia German Society, Lancaster County 
Historical Society, American Institute of 
Mining Engineers, Franklin Institute, and 
Pennsylvania Forestry Association. He 
is a son of Cyrus S. Haldeman, Brevet 
Major, Captain and Assistant Adjutant 
General United States Volunteers, 1862 to 
1866, and descended from Jacob Halde- 
man, who served in the War of the Revo- 
lution, a German-Swiss, whose parents 
came to America in 1727, and who was a 
relative of Gen. Sir Frederick Haldi- 
mand, K. B., at one time Governor Gen- 
eral of Canada; and of Elizabeth Steman 
Breneman, a descendant of Melchior 
Breneman, a German-Swiss, who settled 
in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1709. Mar- 
ried Emma Louisa Jones. Residence, 
Chickies, Lancaster County, Pa. 

HALE, Williams Hayard: 

Clergyman, editor; born April 6, 1869, 
at Richmond, Ind. ; was graduated from 
the following colleges: Boston Univer- 
sity. Harvard University, Episcopal Theo- 
olgical Seminary, Cambridge; Trinity Col- 
lege, Hartford, Conn.; St. Stephen's Col- 



lege, Annandale, N. Y., and St. Johns. 
Annapolis, Md., where he took his degree 
of A. M. ; also degree of LL. D., and de- 
gree of S. T. D., at Hobart. In 1S93 he 
was ordained deacon of St. Johns; also 
priest in 1894. From 1892 to 1899, was 
rector of the Church of Our Savior, Mid- 
dleborough, Mass. In 1899 was rector of 
St. Mary's, Ardmore (Phila.); was man- 
aging editor in 1900 of the Cosmopolitan 
Magazine; also in 1901 editor of the Cur- 
rent Literature", was special correspond- 
ent in 1902 for the New York World, and 
editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger 
in 1903 and 1904; has written various 
books, among which are: "The Making 
of the American Constitution"; "The 
Eternal Teacher," published in 1895 by 
the Oxford University Press; "The New 
Obedience"; "A Plea for Social Submis- 
sion to Christ," 1898; "Phillips Brooks, a 
Memorial." Address, Public Ledger, 
Philadelphia. 

HALL, Albert P.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Westchester. Address, West- 
chester, Chester County, Pa. 

HALL, Amos H.: 

Tank manufacturer; born in Norwich, 
Conn., July 21, 1845; educated in the Nor- 
wich Free Academy, leaving school in 
1S57 to go to work. He went to Phila- 
delphia in 1S59, when fourteen years of 
age, and in 1863 became an apprentice to 
a paper maker. His first venture in 
business on his own account was in 186S, 
when he organized the firm of Fisher & 
Hall, -to manufacture cedar tanks and 
vats. In 1875 the firm name was changed 
to that of the Amos H. Hall Cedar Vat 
and Tank Factory. The business greatly 
prospered until the firm became the larg- 
est and most complete of its kind in the 
United States. Mr. Hall is an active 
member of the Odd Fellows and Masonic 
Orders, having been Grand Master of the 
former in 1896-1897, while he is one of 
the few men who have received the 
thirty-third Masonic degree. Address, 
1522 Gratz St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HALL, Francis M.: 

Pastor of Presbyterian Church at Con- 
neautville, Pa.; born in Washington, Pa., 
Dec. 23, 1864; graduated from Washing- 
ton and Jefferson College in 1888; entered 
Western Theological Seminary at Alle- 
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1891. Married Charlotte S. Hayes, of 
Washington, Pa., Feb. 9, 1892; was for 
three successive years President of Craw- 
ford County Union of Young People's So- 
cieties of Christian Endeavor, and unani- 
mously elected to the same position for 
a fourth year. At present Chairman 
of Presbyterial Committee on Young 
People's Societies. Was Moderator of 
Erie Presbytery in 1900. Address, Con- 
neautville, Pa. 

HALL, George W.: 

Merchant and legislator; born in Phila- 
delphia May 18, 1829; educated in a pri- 
vate school; entered a wholesale hard- 
ware house at fourteen and remained 
there four years; then entered a whole- 
sale dry-goods house and on reaching his 
majority received the appointment of as- 
sistant coiner in the United States Mint, 
in which his father had been employed 
for many years. After some years in this 
service he entered the mercantile busi- 
ness in 1857 as a member of the house of 
Brown, Kunkel & Co., dealing in woolen 
goods. In 1S61 it became known as Kun- 
kel, Hall & Co. In 186S Mr. Hall re- 
tired from mercantile life, and in that 
year was elected to the Common Council 
of Philadelphia, of which he was six 
years a member. In 1875 he was elected 
to the House of Representatives and 
served his city for five terms. For three 
sessions he was Chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Appropriations. Mr. Hall, 
while not engaged in business, became 
a very active man, being a Director in 
many financial institutions and a large 
holder of real estate. He became active 
also as a manager or Director of a num- 
ber of charitable institutions; is a promi- 
nent member of the Union League and a 
leader in the Masonic Order, being a 
manager of the Art Association and a 
Commissioner of the Sinking Fund of the 
Masonic Temple. Address, 1131 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HALL, Harry: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Cadet Engineer, Sept. 14, 1876; 
graduated June 10, 1880; Assistant En- 
gineer, June 10, 1882; Passed Assistant 
Engineer, Dec. 14, 1892; rank changed to 
Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Atlanta, Sept. 
25, 1900; Lieutenant Commander Septem- 
ber 17, 1900, Bureau of Steam Engineer- 
ing, Nov. 10, 1903; Inspector of Machinery 
at Bath Iron Works. Address, Bath, Me. 



HALL, Harry Alvan; 

Lawyer and author; born in Karthaus. 
Pa., Oct. 7, 1861; educated at Dickinson 
Seminary, University at Lewisburg, St. 
Gregory College and Yale University; 
holds the degrees of A. B. and LL. B.; 
was admitted to the bar in June, 1881. 
Elected a member of the Pennsylvania 
Senate in 1890; appointed United States 
Attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania in 1S93; reappointed in 1897 
and resigned same year. Mustered into 
the United States service for the Span- 
ish-American War May 10, 1S98, as Cap- 
tain of Company H, Sixteenth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, United States Volunteers; 
served as Judge Advocate General of the 
First Corps on the staff of Gen. Wilson; 
was promoted Major of his regiment for 
distinguished gallantry on the field at 
the battle of Coamo, Porto Rico, Aug. 

9, 1903. and by general orders of Lieu- 
tenant General Miles was sent to Wash- 
ington to present the Spanish flags cap- 
tured in that action to President McKin- 
ley. He is Vice Commander-in-Chief of 
the National Association of Spanish- 
American War Veterans, Past Comman- 
der of the Pennsylvania Commandery, 
Naval and Military Order of the Spanish- 
American War and' Registrar-in-Chief of 
the National Commandery; was delegate 
to Democratic Conventions of 1884 and 
1888, and delegate-at-large in 1892; he 
is general counsel for the Austro-Hun- 
garian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy 
in the United States. Was married June 

10, 1886, to Currin, daughter of the late 
Col. R. C. McNairy of Nashville, Ten- 
nnessee; has been general counsel for 
several railroads, and makes a specialty 
of railroad, corporation and international 
law; during his term as United States 
Attorney was chosen by the Inter-State 
Commerce Commission to try the test 
cases under that act. He is an author, 
linguist and traveller. Business address, 
the Frick Building, Pittsburg; residence, 
Ridgway, Pa. 

HALL, James Knox Polk: 

State Senator from Elk County; born 
at Milesburg, Centre County, Pa., Sept. 
30, 1844; educated at Pittsburg; was ad- 
mitted to the bar in November, 1866; 
elected District Attorney of Elk County 
in 1867; re-elected in 1870 and 1873; re- 
tired from practice in 1S83, and has since 
devoted himself to his coal, lumber, rail- 
road and banking interests; was elected 
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elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress; 
was elected to the Senate in November, 
1902. Address, Ridgway, Pa. 

HALL, Peter Penn Gaskell: 

Major United States Army; member 
o/ the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
Second Lieutenant Twenty-sixth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry May 31, 1S61; First 
Lieutenant Aug. 25, 1861; resigned and 
honorably discharged Feb. 16, 1863. Ma- 
jor and Additional Paymaster United 
States Volunteers Nov. 6, 1863; honorably 
mustered out Nov. 15, 1865. Major and 
Paymaster United States Army Jan. 17, 
1867; retired July 2, 1891. Elected Dec. 1, 
L869. Address, Philadelphia Club, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HALL, Reynold T.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Assistant Engineer, April 22, 
1880; Passed Assistant Engineer, Jan. 9, 
1899; Chief Engineer, Feb. 7, 1898; rank 
changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1S99; 
Lieutenant Commander, Jan. 11, 1900; 
Navy Yard, New York, Oct. 25, 1899; 
Olympia since Jan. 25, 1902. Address, 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

HALL, Robert Calvin: 

Stock broker; born at Cleveland, Ohio, 
Sept. 3, 1865. Parents born and bred in 
New York City; paternal grandfather was 
for many years a large shipping merch- 
ant and maternal grandfather a lawyer 
there. Real estate owner; interested in 
telephones, electric light and street rail- 
ways, Pittsburg. Married Frances Pear- 
son Clapp, daughter of Captain John M. 
Clapp, of Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, 
1897. Republican and Independent. En- 
tered active mercantile business with his 
father after graduation from Titusville 
High School, 1882, and for five years 
thereafter. For ten years succeeding in 
employ of Standard Oil Company. Ad- 
dress, 345 Fourth Ave, Pittsburg. Pa. 

HALL, Robert William: 

Head of the Department of Biology. 
Lehigh University; born in Cincinnati, 
Ohio, August 17, 1872; educated in Euro- 
pean schools and old Hopkins Grammar 
School, of New Haven, Conn.; entered the 
Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Uni- 
versity in 1892, and graduated in 1895, 
having been elected a member of the 



Scientific Society, Sigma Xi, in his senior 
year. The following four years were 
spent in studying and teaching at Har- 
vard University. From that institution 
he received the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts (cum laude), Master of Arts, and 
Doctor of Philosophy. In 1899 he re- 
turned to Yale and taught in the Biologi- 
cal department for three years; was then 
called to take charge of the newly- 
organized Department of Biology at Le- 
high University. Address, Lehigh Uni- 
versity, South Bethlehem, Pa. 

HALLMARK, Harry-dele: 

Editor; daughter of Harrison P. and 
Adele McAllister Hallmark; born Aug. 30, 
.1867, at Pensacola, Florida; received early 
education at Pensacola/ was assistant ed- 
itor of McClure's Syndicate; has written 
short stories and various articles under 
name of "Anne Rittenhouse," also num- 
erous articles on "The Well-Dressed 
Woman," and contributions to the Ladies' 
Home Journal and Saturday Evening 
Post. Since 1895 she has been on the 
editorial staff of The Press. Address, 
The Press, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HALLOWELL, John RaUestraw: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Private Fourth Iowa Cavalry 
Nov. 2, 1861; Corporal Jan. 15, 1862; Com- 
pany Quartermaster Sergeant Sept. 1. 
1S62; First Sergeant May 1, 1864; dis- 
charged for promotion Jan. 16, 1865. 
Second Lieutenant Fourth Iowa Cavalry 
Jan. 16, 1865; honorably mustered out 
Aug. S, 1865. Elected Oct. 16, 1889. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HALLSTEAD, William F.: 

Railroad official; born March 22, 1836, 
at Benton, Pa. ; received a public school 
education. In 1852 engaged in railroad 
business. His complete service has been 
with the Delaware, Lackawanna & West- 
ern Railroad; from 1852 to 1872 he served 
as conductor, dispatcher and assistant 
superintendent; afterward he became su- 
perintendent of the main line — Buffalo to 
New Hampton Junction — and Utica and 
Bloomsburg Division on the same road. 
From June. 1S86 to July, 1899, he was 
General Manager, afterward became Sec- 
ond Vice President, and later President, 
of the Lackawanna & Montrose Railroad. 
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HALSEY, Gains L.: 

Jurist; born at Nesquehoning, Carbon 
County, July 12, 1845; was educated at 
the Wilkesbarre Academy, the Liberal In- 
stitute, Clinton, N. Y., and Tufts College, 
Medford, Mass., where he graduated in 
1867. He taught school for a time while 
at college and for a year after his gradu- 
ation was a teacher at White Haven, Pa.; 
went to Washigton, D. C, in 1868, where 
he was engaged as a stenographer, and in 
1869 and 1870 was stenographer for the 
Legislative Record at Harrisburg; served 
as assistant sergeant-at-arms in the 
House during 1S70-1871, and as a trans- 
mitting clerk in the House 1871-1872. 
During this period he was engaged in the 
study of law and in September, 1872, was 
admitted to the Luzerne County bar and 
actively engaged in the practice of law 
until 1900, when he was elected to the 
bench of the Court of Common Pleas. 
Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

HALSTEAD, Alexander S.: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet 
Engineer Oct. 1, 1879; Assistant Engineer 
July 1, 1885; Passed Assistant Engineer, 
Sept. 11, 1895; rank changed to Lieuten- 
ant. March 3, 1899; qualified for general 
duties of line by examination, 1901; repre- 
sented Engineer Corps of United States 
Navy at the Congress of the International 
Society for Testing Technical Materials 
at Stockholm, Sweden, in August. 1897. 
During Spanish-American War served on 
U. S. S. Raleigh on Asiatic Station, and 
participated in battle of Manila Bay, 
May 1. 1898; surrender of Corregidor 
Island. Manila Bay, May 4, 1S98; capture 
of Grande Island, Subig Bay, and assault 
on Manila, Aug. 13, 1898. Address, care 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

BAMAKER, Winters D.: 

Physician; born Sept. 21, 1859, at 
Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pa.; was 
graduated from Washington and Jeffer- 
son College in 1S80; was graduated from 
the Medical Department of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1SS4; resident 
physician to Presbyterian Hospital, Phil- 
adelphia, 1S84-1885; resident physician 
to University Hospital, Philadelphia, 
1SS5-1SS6; practiced medicine and surgery 
in Meadville, Pa., since 1SS6. Surgeon of 
Erie Railroad; member of Pennsylvania 
Medical Society, and of the American 
Medical Association; member, since 1895. 
of the Pennsylvania State Board of Med- 



ical Examiners, being appointed by Gov- 
ernors Hastings, Stone and Pennypacker. 
Married, in 18S7, to Lizzie G. Townsend. 
Address, SS3 Water St.. Meadville, Pa. 

HAIHAN, C. S.: 

Congregational minister; born March 
14, 1832, at Nazareth, Pa.; educated at 
Nazareth Hall, Northampton County, 
Pa. Pastor of local congregations for six- 
teen years; Presiding Elder for thirty 
years, and Bishop of the United Evan- 
gelical Church for three years. Married 
Catharine A. Reinoehl March IS, 1S58. 
Prohibitionist in politics. Address, 714 
Washington St., Reading, Pa. 

HAMER, James Henry: 

Physician; son of Dr. James and Caro- 
line A. Hamer; born Oct. 1, 1847, at Skip- 
packville, Pa. In 1875 he was graduated 
from Hahnemann Medical College, Phila- 
delphia. From 18S9 to 1892 he was dem- 
onstrator of Chemistry. At Hahnemann 
Medical College he was Professor of 
Chemistry; is a member of the leading 
homeopathic medical societies. Since 
1901 has been President of Collegeville 
Board of Health. Address, Collegeville, 
Pa. 

HAMERSLY, Lewis Randolph: 

Editor and publisher; born in Wash- 
ington. D. C, Jan. 17, 1847; received his 
education in the private schools of Wash- 
ington. On the maternal side he is the 
grandson of Commodore T. H. Stevens 
(who, at the age of eighteen, command- 
ed one of Perry's ships, the Trippe, at 
the battle of Lake Erie) and nephew of 
the late Rear-Admiral T. H. Stevens, 
U. S. N., who greatly distinguished him- 
self during the Civil War. On the patern- 
al side, Mr. Hamersly is a grandnephew 
of the late Chief Justice Ellis Lewis, of 
Pennsylvania, for whom he is named. He 
was appointed an acting master's mate in 
the navy March 6, 1861, and this probably 
was the first appointment in the volunteer 
navy. In December, 1863, he was pro- 
moted to the grade of Acting Ensign, he 
being at that time less than seventeen 
years of age. On July 23, 1866, he was 
honorably discharged from the volunteer 
naval service and the same day commiss- 
ioned as Second Lieutenant in the Marine 
Corps. In September, 1869, he resigned 
his commission. Several years ago a bill 
was before Congress, which had been 
reported favorably by the Committee on 
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the retired list as Captain in the Marine 
Corps, to which the then Secretary of the 
Navy attached the following remarks: 
"With reference to the request of the 
committee for an expression of the views 
of this department on the merits of the 
bill under consideration, I have the honor 
to state that, in view of the fact that the 
information contained in the inclosures 
of this communication show an enviable 
record of active service on the part of 
this gentleman during the late war in the 
volunteer navy, a commendable record 
subsequent thereto as a commissioned of- 
ficer in the Marine Corps, until he was 
stricken down in the line of duty on 
board the ship to which he was attached, 
in a foreign port, condemned by a duly 
organized board of survey, consisting of 
medical officers of the navy, and trans- 
ferred to the Naval Hospital at Norfolk, 
Va., for treatment for the disease with 
which he was suffering, and which he 
contracted in the line of duty, as before 
stated, it would seem to be unnecessary 
for an expression by this department of 
its views as to the merits of the bill 
further than to suggest that had Mr. 
Hamersly been retired at a time when he 
could have been retired justly and law- 
fully under the existing law, he would 
have been placed upon the retired list 
of the Marine Corps, with the rank of 
Second Lieutenant, which rank he then 
held. (Signed) B. F. Tracy, Secretary 
of the Navy." In 1870. a few months 
after his resignation from the Marine 
Corps, Mr. Hamersly compiled the first 
edition of his "Records of Living Officers 
of the United States Navy," a work which 
met with such success that in 1871 a sec- 
ond edition was called for, and since 
that date five other editions, the last in 
1902, have been published. In 18S1 Mr. 
Hamersly published "Hamersly's Naval 
Encyclopaedia. " In 1879 he started the 
United Service Magazine, of which he 
has continued to be the editor and pub- 
lisher for twenty years, the magazine be- 
ing now conducted by his son. While a 
Lieutenant in the Marine Corps stationed 
at the Norfolk Navy Yard, he married, in 
1868, Miss Mary Palmer, of Portsmouth, 
Va. They have four children — one son, 
L. R. Hamersly. Jr., and three daughters, 
one the wife of Lieutenant Roland Curtin, 
of the Navy; one married to R. R. Roose- 
velt, Jr., of New York City, and the 
youngest the wife of Paymaster H. E. 
Biscoe, United States Navy. Mr. Ham- 



ersly is a member of the Pennsylvania 
Commandery of the Loyal Legion, and of 
the Army and Navy Club, of New York. 
Office, 49 Wall St., New York. 

HAMERSLY, Lewis Randolph, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Eldest son of Companion Lieu- 
tenant Lewis Randolph Hamersly. Elect- 
ed Feb. 3, 1892. Educated at Penn Chart- 
er School, Philadelphia, and Georgetown 
College. Was graduated from the Law 
School of Georgetown College. Is editor 
and publisher of the United Service Mag- 
azine. Address, 156 Fifth Ave., New York 
City. 

HAMILTON, John: 

Member of the Pennsyvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; was 
born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1S45; 
emigrated to the United States and lo- 
cated in Philadelphia in 1S65, where he 
learned carpet weaving; started in the 
carpet business for himself in 1870; was 
a member of Council from 1895 to 1897; 
is a member of the Union League, Trades 
League and Philadelphia Bourse, and a 
Director of the National Security Bank; 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in 1900; re-elected in November, 
1H02. Address, 1521 E. Palmer St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HAMILTON, John Tnylor: 

Moravian minister; son of Rev. Allan 
and Jane (Taylor) Hamilton; born April 
30, 1859, in Antigua, West Indies; received 
his preparative education at Moravian 
Boarding School, Fulneck, England. In 
1875 was graduated from Moravian Col- 
lege, Pa., and afterward, in 1877, from 
Moravian Theological Seminary. In 1901 
received degree of D. D. at the Lafayette 
College. Married Cecelia Elizabeth Beck, 
June 7, 18S6, at Philadelphia. From 
1877 to 18S1 he taught at Nazareth Hall. 
He was pastor of the Second Moravian 
Church, Philadelphia, from 1881 to 18S6. 
Frrom 1886 to 1903 was Professor in 
Moravian College and Theological Sem- 
inary. He has been associate editor 
from 1883 to 1S93 of The Moravian; after- 
ward he became the sole editor from 
18S3 to 1884, and again from 1897 to 1899. 
He was a member, from 1S98 to 1903, of 
the Administrative Board of the Mora- 
vian Church North; also Secretary for 
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also since 1902. Since 1S99 he has been 
Vice President; is a member of the Mo- 
ravian Foreign Mission Board. Address, 
Bethlehem, Pa. 

HAMILTON, Joseph E.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bradford County; 
born in Windham Township, Bradford 
County, Pa., Feb. 7, 1848; educated in the 
common schools, Marathon Academy, 
Marathon, N. Y., and the State Normal 
School, at Mansfield, Pa.; is engaged in 
farming, stock raising and the nursery 
business; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in 1900 and re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, North Orwell, 
Pa. 

HAMILTON, Samuel. A. M., Ph. D.: 

Educator; Supt. of Public Schools of Al- 
legheny County, Pa. ; born in Washington 
County, Pa., June 30, 1856; his father, 
Samuel Hamilton, was born in Washing- 
ton County, Pa., in 1807, and being a 
man of fine literary tastes, he traveled 
extensively in Europe, where he married 
Mary, daughter of Kairns Patterson, of 
Donegal, Ireland; on his return to Amer- 
ica he settled on a farm in Washington 
County, where eight children were born 
to them, the fourth son being Samuel. 
After the death of his father he worked 
for the farmers of the neighborhood in 
the summer and attended the district 
school in the winter; at the age of sev- 
enteen years he taught in the same 
school where he had been a pupil; while 
engaged in teaching he studied under a 
tutor, and during vacation attended the 
academy at New Texas; later he com- 
pleted a course at the Laird Institute, a 
classical school located at Murraysville, 
Pa.; in this school he assisted as a 
teacher while carrying on his studies as 
a student; he also spent some time at the 
Oakdale Academy. In 1878 he was 
elected principal of the schools of Char- 
tiers Borough, in Allegheny County, now 
known as Carnegie, which position he 
filled for three years, when he accepted 
the principalship of the Braddock schools, 
where he now resides. While teaching 
he read law with James McF. Carpenter 
of Pittsburg, but before he was ready 
for admission to the bar he was ap- 
pointed, in September, 1S86, to the office 
of County Superintendent of Public 
Schools of Allegheny County, Pa., to 
which office he was elected the next 
spring; he has since been re-elected five 



times, and is now serving his sixth term. 
His written reports to the State Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction, and the 
more elaborate report which he annually 
publishes in book form, are critically 
studied by the leading educators. In 
1886 he organized the Allegheny County 
Directors' Association, which is now one 
of the branches of the Pennsylvania Ed- 
ucational Association, the successor of 
the Pennsylvania State Teachers' Asso- 
ciation, of which Superintendent Hamil- 
ton was the President in 1893-1894. In 
connection with his editorial work he 
pursued a course of study under the 
direction of the faculty of Grove City 
College and received the degree of 
Ph. D. from that institution. In 1883 
the great steel manufacturer. Andrew 
Carnegie, gave Principal Hamilton the 
sum of $500 for the library of the public 
schools at Braddock; this is said to be 
the initial act of that phase of philan- 
thropy to which Mr. Carnegie has since 
given many millions; for many years he 
was a Director of the Masonic Hall As- 
sociation and a member of the Board of 
Managers of the Carnegie Library; he is 
a Director of the State Bank at Brad- 
dock; he served in the City Council six 
years, and was for three years its Pres- 
ident. Member of the Calvary Presby- 
terian Church, of which he is an elder; 
member of Braddock's Field Lodge No. 
510; Shiloh Chapter, No. 257; Gorgas 
Lodge of Perfection; Pittsburg Chapter 
Rose Croix; Pittsburg Council Princes of 
Jerusalem; Tancred Commandery No. 48, 
Knights Templar; Pennsylvania Consis- 
tery, S. P. R. S. In 1902 he was crowned 
an honorary member of the Supreme 
Council of the thirty-third and last de- 
gree of the Northern Masonic Jurisdic- 
tion of the United States. June 2, 1886, 
he married Minnie M., the only child of 
John and Sarah E. McCune of Braddock; 
of this union one son, Paul Holland 
Hamilton, was born. Mrs. Hamilton died 
May 9, 1SS7, and Mr. Hamilton married 
again June 1, 1898; his second wife was 
Mary R., the daughter of John and Mary 
Kennedy of New Brighton, Pa.; to them 
has been born one daughter, Elizabeth 
Hamilton. Address, Braddock, Pa. 

> 
HAMILTON. Samuel Todd: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Pri- 
vate, Corporal and Sergeant Cos. I and B 
and Commissary Sergeant and Quarter- 
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vania Cavalry Aug. 22, 1862 to June 21, 
1865; Second Lieutenant Second Cavalry- 
June 18, 1867; First Lieutenant Nov. 27, 
186S; Captain June 14, 1S79; retired Aug. 
15, 1892. Address, Athenaeum Club, 
Charles and Franklin Sts., Baltimore, Md. 

HAMILTON, Thomas J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; private Twenty-eighth Infantry 
July 11, 1861; Corporal July 12, 1S61; Ser- 
geant Jan. 1, 1863; First Sergeant July 1, 
1S63; discharged for promotion June 12, 
1S63; First Lieutenant Twenty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry June 13, 1863; Cap- 
tain Nov. 25, 1864; honorably mustered 
out July IS, 1865. Elected May 4, 1S92. 
Address, 4931 Parrish St., Philadelphia. 

HAMILTON, William T., M. D.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 
23, 1864; educated in the public and pri- 
vate schools of Philadelphia; was gradu- 
ated at Jefferson Medical College in 18S7, 
served twenty months as resident surgeon 
at State Hospital, at Ashland, Pa. Prac- 
ticed medicine at Ashland. Pa., for three 
years, returned to Philadelphia in 1892. 
Member of the Philadelphia County Medi- 
cal Society, Pennsylvania State Medical 
Society, and the American Medical Asso- 
ciation. Address, 933 Huntingdon St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAMLIN, Byron D.: 

Lawyer and Senator; born in Sheshe- 
quim, Bradford County, Pa., May 7, 1S24. 
His father, Dr. Asa Hamlin, dying when 
Byron was but eleven years old, he had 
to go actively to work to aid in the fam- 
ily support, beginning by peeling bark 
from fallen hemlock trees and selling it 
as fuel. At thirteen he became mail car- 
rier between Smethport, Pa., and Olean, 
N. Y.. a distance of fifty-six miles, which 
he made twice a week on a mule. Gain- 
ing some little education by home study, 
he began to teach a district school at the 
age of sixteen, afterward spent a year and 
a half in Allegheny College, and then be- 
gan the study of law under his elder 
brother, < »rlo J. Hamlin, who was twenty 
years his senior, and had won eminence 
in the law. Becoming a partner of his 
brother after admission to practice, lie 
made a diligent study of land law and land 
titles, and in time became the owner of 
some large tracts of timber and oil lands, 
which eventually proved very valuable 
to him. An energetic Democrat, he was 



nominated for the Legislature in 1S48, but 
declined. In 1S52 he was elected to the 
State Senate, and, though one of the 
youngest member, was elected its pre- 
siding officer in 1854. He was defeated 
in the succeeding election. In 186S de- 
clined a nomination for President Judge, 
and in 18S2 was induced to accept a 
nomination for the Legislature, but was 
defeated, his party being then largely 
in the minority. Address, Smethport, Pa. 

HAMLIN. Henry: 

President of the Hamlin Bank and 
Trust Company. Address, Smethport, Mc- 
Kean County, Pa. 

HAMLIN, Henry: 

Banker; born in Smethport, Pa., April 9, 
1S30; educated at Smethport Academy; 
President Hamlin Bank and Trust Co.; 
Trustee Fidelity Trust Company, Buf- 
falo; Director First National Bank of 
Braddock, Pa.; Empire Coke Company. 
Geneva, N. Y. ; Conklin Wagon Company. 
Olean, N. Y. ; Port Allegany and Cou- 
dersport Railroad; President of Smeth- 
port Water Company, Smethport Gas 
Company, and Great Southern Lumber 
Company, New Orleans. La. Married 
Hannah S. McCoy. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Smethport, McKean Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

HAMMETT, Frederick AV.: 

President and constructor of street 
railways; born in Phiadelphia, July 14. 
1859; his father, Barnabas Hammett, was 
a pioneer in the Pennsylvania coal busi- 
ness, his firm. Noble, Hammett & Co., 
being the largest coal shipping concern 
of its day; Asa Parker was its junior 
member, and was aided by it to con- 
struct the Lehigh Valley Railroad from 
Mauch Chunk to Bethlehem. After a 
preliminary education in academies, Mr. 
Hammett entered the Law Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania and 
practiced law in Philadelphia for two 
years after his graduation in 1881. At 
the same time he engaged in mining en- 
terprises, and was Treasurer from 1881 
to 1885 of the Cohoba Coal and Coke 
Company, the first coal mining company 
in Alabama; he founded the oil mining 
firm of L. McDonald & Co. in 1883, and 
after its absorption by the Aetna Oil 
Company in L885 became President of the 
latter; in 1890 this was consolidated with 
several other oil companies, Mr. Ham- 
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bination, a position which he still holds; 
in 1899-1900 he constructed the Philadel- 
phia, Morton and Swarthmore Street 
Railway and became its President, and 
in 1901 was elected President of the 
Media, Middleton, Aston and Chester 
Electric Railway Company, which he 
likewise constructed. He is officially 
connected with a number of other cor- 
porations, and is a member of the Union 
League and the Manufacturers' Club of 
Philadelphia. He married Martha Q. 
Lane in 1883 and has three children, two 
sons and a daughter. Address, 2106 
Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAMMOND, E. R.: 

President of the Bolivar National Bank. 
Address, Bolivar, Westmoreland County, 

HAMMOND, Jas. H.: 

President of the Superior Steel Com- 
pany; is the son of Wm. J. Hammond, 
long connected with the iron business in 
Pittsburg. He was born March 13, 1868, 
in the Iron City, and received his early 
rolling-mill experience in the old Penn- 
sylvania Iron & Steel Company, operated 
by W. J. Hammond & Sons. Sheet iron 
and sheet steel composed the principal 
product of the old "Pennsylvania Forge." 
and the knowledge of this industry has 
been of great assistance to Mr. Ham- 
mond in the business he is now connected 
with. Married in 1S91 to the only daugh- 
ter of Jos. S. Seaman, of the Seaman- 
Sleeth Company, Pittsburg, Pa. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

HANAL'ER, Simon YV.: 

Deputy Consul General; born in Bava- 
ria in 1838; emigrated to the United 
States when thirteen years of age; nat- 
uralized in Philadelphia in 1S67; returned 
to Germany several years later and en- 
gaged in journalism as a pastime; ap- 
pointed Vice and Deputy Consul Gen- 
eral to Frankfort, Germany, March 8, 
1S99; appointed Deputy Consul General, 
Dec. 1, 1900. Address. Frankfort, Ger- 
many. 

HANCOCK, Albert Elmer: 

Professor of English in Haverford Col- 
lege. Pa.: born in Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 
1S70: educated at Philadelphia High 
School and Wesleyan University. Middle- 
town. Conn.; tra/eled abroad for two 
years C1S92-1894) ; took degree of Ph. D. 
from Harvard University, 1897; Instructor 
in Romance Languages in Williams Col- 



lege 1898, and since then on the faculty 
at Haverford. Is a member of the Alpha 
Delta Phi fraternity. Author of "The 
French Revolution and the English 
Poets," a study in historical criticism; 
"Henry Bourland, the Passing of the 
Cavalier, a Novel of the Reconstruc- 
tion in Virginia." Literary critic for the 
Outlook. Contributor of fiction and es- 
says to the magazines. Address. Haver- 
ford College, Pa. 

HANCOCK, Eli sua A.: 

Soldier and merchant; born near 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1839; spent his early 
years at farm work, attending school dur- 
ing the winter; entered a Wilkesbarre 
machine shop as an apprentice at fifteen, 
and worked at his trade of machinist 
until 1861. when he enlisted in a company 
at Wilkesbarre to take part in the war. 
The services of this company, when first 
offered, were declined, but were accepted 
in the new call for troops after the bat- 
tle of Bull Run, Mr. Hancock becoming 
First Lieutenant of Company H, Ninth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry. He served in the 
army until the end of the war, rising to 
the rank of Major, and taking part in 
more than fifty engagements. He was 
with Sherman in his march to the sea, 
and through the Carolinas, and lost his 
left leg as the result of a wound re- 
ceived near the end of the war. Major 
Hancock was many times highly com- 
mended for gallantry and for the able and 
efficient discharge of his duties. Unable, 
on account of his -wound, to return to 
his trade, he opened a mining supply 
store in 1S66, at Plains, Pa., and in 1875 
engaged with his brother in the grain 
shipping trade at Wilkesbarre. The busi- 
ness of the firm grew gradually and 
steadily until it became one of the largest 
in its line in the United States, being re- 
moved to Philadelphia as a better cen- 
tre of receipt and distribution. Four 
years after moving to Philadelphia. Mr. 
Hancock was elected President of the 
Commercial Exchange, and when Govern- 
or Hoyt took his chair he appointed him 
Quartermaster General of the State, with 
the rank of Colonel. While in Wilkes- 
barre Major Hancock was a Director of 
the People's Bank, and in Philadelphia 
he aided in founding and became a Di- 
rector of the Fourth Street National 
Bank. He was also for several years a 
Director of the Pennsylvania and New 
York Canal and Railroad Company. He 
is a member of the Loyal Legion. Rit- 



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tenhouse and Country Clubs, the Grand 
Army of the Republic, and several clubs, 
and has served as Director and Vice Pres- 
ident of the Union League. Address, 
2107 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HANCOCK, James D.: 

Lawyer; born in the Wyoming Valley, 
Pa., June 9, 1837; spent his boyhood on 
a farm until sixteen, when his family re- 
moved to Wilkesbarre. There his educa- 
tion was continued, and was completed 
at Kenyon College, Ohio, where he grad- 
uated in 1859; in 1900 the degree of LL.D. 
was conferred upon him by Kenyon Col- 
lege, his alma mater. After two years of 
teaching in the Western University of 
Pennsylvania, he began the study of law, 
and was admitted to the bar of Pitts- 
burg in 1861. Here he practiced for four 
years, and then removed to Franklin, Pa., 
where he built up a large practice, be- 
coming in 1S77 solicitor of the Allegheny 
Valley Railroad Company, and of the 
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia 
Railroad Company in 1878, being made 
general solicitor of the latter in 1887. 
He resigned in 1890. He was nominated 
by the Democratic Party for Congress in 
1892, and for Congressman-at-large in 
1894. In 1S71 Gov. Hoyt appointed him 
Trustee of the Insane Hospital at War- 
ren, which position he held for thirteen 
years. He was nominated for Elector-at- 
large in 1896, but declined on account of 
objections to the party platform. In 1879 
the Seneca Indians of the Allegheny 
River adopted him as a member of their 
nation, giving him the name of "Nya- 
Gua-Hai," or "Grizzly Bear." Mr. Han- 
cock is a member of several reform and 
other societies. Address, Franklin, Pa. 

HAND, Alfred: 

Jurist; born at Honesdale, Pa., March 
26, 1S35; was graduated at Tale College in 
1S57. He then entered upon the study of 
law at Montrose, Pa., and was admitted 
to the bar of that place in 1S59. In 1860 
he opened an office at Scranton, Pa., en- 
tering a law firm entitled Jessups & 
Hand, which soon had an active and prof- 
itable business. In 1866 he entered into 
partnership with Isaac J. Post, which 
continued until 1S79. when Mr. Hand was 
appointed by Gov. Hoyt a Judge in the 
Eleventh Judicial District. He was elect- 
ed Judge in 1880 for a ten years' term, 
and in 1S88, while serving as President 
Judge, he was appointed by Gov. Beaver 
Justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- 



sylvania, to fill a vacancy. He retired; 
from the bench in 1SS9, since which time 
he has been engaged in law practice, 
largely as counsel for important corpora- 
tions. He was President of the Third 
National Bank from 1872 to 1879, and has 
been active in charitable institutions, be- 
ing President of the Oral School for Deaf 
Mutes, at Scranton, and actively connect- 
ed with other institutions. He has been 
President of the Scranton Free Library 
since its foundation. Address, Scranton, 
Pa. 

HAND, Horace C.I 

President of the Wayne County Sav- 
ings Bank. Address, Honesdale, Wayne 
County, Pa. 

HAND, Isaae P.: 

Lawyer; born at Berwick, Pa., April 5, 
1S43; son of Rev. Aaron H. Hand, D. D., 
of the Presbyterian Church. He graduated 
from Lafayette College in 1S65, having 
served three months in the Civil War dur- 
ing his period of college life. After grad- 
uating, he was a school principal for two 
years, and then began the study of law in 
Scranton, obtaining admission to the bar 
in 1869. In 1870 he moved to Wilkesbarre, 
where he became a law partner of Hon. 
C. E. Wright, the firm continuing till 1S76, 
since which date he has practiced alone. 
Mr. Hand has practiced largely in the 
Orphans Court, and has had charge of 
the settlement of many large estates, the 
litigation in some of which was carried! 
to the Supreme Court of the State, and in 
others to United States Supreme Court. 
He has several times been Chairman 
of the Republican County Committee,, has 
frequently served in State conventions 
and was a delegate to the Republican 
National Convention of 1892. In 1901 he 
was a candidate for Judge of the Orphans 
Court. He is a Director of the People's 
Bank of Wilkesbarre and one of the pro- 
prietors of the Dolph Coal Company. Ad- 
dress, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

HANI), William Jessnp: 

Lawyer; born July 26, 1S66, at Scran- 
ton, Pa.; son of Hon. Alfred Hand, ex- 
Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylva- 
nia, and grandson of Hon. William Jes- 
sup, the distinguished Jurist of Mon- 
trose, Pa.; prepared for college at the 
School of Lackawanna in Scranton; was 
graduated from Yale University with the 
class of 1887. Was a member of Delta 
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ternities in college; read law in his fa- 
ther's office, and on retirement of latter 
from bench, formed partnership with him 
in practice of law at Scranton in 1890. 
Married, Jan. 12, 1S93, Caroline Bailey 
Smith. Is a Republican in politics. 
Served in the City Councils and on the 
School Board; served as Director twelve 
years, and as President two years of the 
Young' Men's Christian Association. 
President of Nay Aug Coal Company, of 
Scranton, and American Chair Manu- 
facturing Company, of Hallstead. Pa.; 
Treasurer of the National Elevator and 
Machine Company of Honesdale, Pa., and 
Director of Thouron Coal Land Company, 
of Scranton, and Western Sugar and 
Land Company, of Grand Junction, Colo. 
Address, Scranton, Pa. 

HAXDBURY, Thomas Henry: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylva- 
nia. Cadet Military Academy July 1, 
1S61; Second Lieutenant Second Artillery 
June 23, 1865; transferred to Engineers 
May 1, 1866; First Lieutenant May 1, 
1866; Captain Sept. 5, 1871; Major June 2, 
1884; Lieutenant Colonel April 30, 1901. 
Address, Room 92, Flood Building, San 
Francisco, Cal. 

HAMKES, John E.: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, 
Sept. 12, 1848; began his business career 
at the age of fourteen as a mill boy, in 
which aptness and industry gained him 
advancement till he was given charge of 
the hosiery department. In 1874 he be- 
gan the hosiery manufacture for himself, 
with a fellow workman. George R. Jes- 
son; opening in a single room, they oc- 
cupied three rooms at the end of a year, 
and in 1876 their fast growing business 
rendered it necessary to erect a five-story 
factory building, which needed to be in- 
creased in 1881. Mr. Jesson soon after 
withdrew, leaving Mr. Hanifen sole pro- 
prietor. He introduced new machinery 
and began the manufacture of jersey and 
knit cloths. The demand for the latter 
grew so great that in time the whole fac- 
ory was devoted to the making of knit 
cloths. Samples of these were exhibited 
at the New Orleans Exposition of 1884 
and afterward placed in the National 
Museum at Washington. The manufac- 
ture of underwear has since been added. 
He served the city in the Common Coun- 
cil 1SS3-1887, and in the Select Council, 
18S7-1S96, rendering efficient service as a 



member of important committees. He is 
a Director of the Kensington National 
Bank, and of the Johnston Frog and 
Switch Company, of Chester, Pa., and a 
member of the Union League, the Phila- 
delphia Bourse, and other associations] 
Address, 1624 North 16th St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HAXXA, Meredith: 

Lawyer; born Oct. 27, 1874, in Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; educated at the William Penn 
Charter School, and University of Penn- 
sylvania; received the degree of B. S. in 
1895 and LL. B. in 1S98; enlisted in 
Battery "A," Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
and served from June 15 to Nov. 19, 1898. 
being in the army of occupation in Porto 
Rico. Is a member of the Pennsylvania 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution, the 
Netherlands Society, and the Phi Kappa 
Psi fraternity; studied law in the office 
of Joseph de Forest Junkin, and admitted 
to the bar in June, 1898. Republican in 
politics. Address, 110 South 38th St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAXXA, T. Carson: 

Clergyman; son of the Rev. T. A. T. 
Hanna, formerly of Philadelphia; born in 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; educated at Plantsville, 
Conn., at Central Training School of 
Philadelphia, from which he won a schol- 
arship to the University of Pennsylvania, 
and took a special course in the scientific 
department, and School of Architecture, 
after which he went to Hazleton, Pa., 
and founded a mission and organized the 
present Baptist Church of that city; en- 
tered Bucknell University, Lewisburg, 
Pa., graduating in 1895; then entered the 
Divinity School of Yale University for the 
theological course, winning the scholar- 
ship for proficiency in Hebrew. While at 
Yale he was pastor of the Baptist Church 
of Plantsville, Conn., in which place he 
was ordained and organized the Baptist 
Church of Naugatuck, Conn., located at 
Union City. Married Miss Ann Barnes 
Cook, of Southington, Conn. At present 
pastor of Jenkintown Baptist Church. 
Address, Jenkintown, Pa. 

HAXXA, William Brantly: 

Jurist; born Nov. 23, 1835, in Philadel- 
phia. In 1853 was graduated from Cen- 
tral High School, Philadelphia. By Buck- 
nell University in 1885 he was conferred 
the degree of D. C. L. ; studied law at the 
University of Pennsylvania, also with his 
father. In 1857 was admitted to the bar 
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District Attorney of Philadelphia. From 
1S67 to 1874 he was a member of Phila- 
delphia City Councils, also a member of 
the convention which framed the present 
Constitution of Pennsylvania. Was one 
of the first three Judges elected in 1874, 
of the newly established Orphans Court 
of Philadelphia. In 1878 he was ap- 
pointed President Judge, and was unan- 
imously re-elected in 1S84 and 1894. 
President of the Trustees of Hahnemann 
Medical College and Hospital; also Trus- 
tee of the Baptist Home and of the Buck- 
nell University, and Vice President of 
West Philadelphia Institute; also manager 
of the Home Missionary Society of Phil- 
adelphia. President of the Penn Club 
and member of numerous other societies. 
Address, lib South 38th St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

HAWl M, John Berne: 

Lawyer; born at Berne, Switzerland, 
Aug. 15, 1852; his parents, citizens of 
Delaware County, Pa., were then tempo- 
rarily residing in Europe. He was edu- 
cated at the Concord (Pa.) Seminary and 
read law in the office of the late Hon. 
John. B. Henkson, Chester, Pa., and was 
admitted to the bar of Delaware Coun- 
ty. Feb. 5, 1877. In 1SS3 he represented 
the old North Ward in City Councils and 
was re-elected in 1SS5, but resigned be- 
fore the expiration of his term of ser- 
vice; was elected District Attorney of 
Delaware County in 1SN7 and re-elected 
in 1890, serving from January, 1888, to 
January. 1894. While in the discharge of 
that office he represented the Common- 
wealth in the famous Pfitzenmeyer mur- 
der trial, one of the most sensational 
homicide cases in the criminal annals of 
the United States. In 1895 he was -ap- 
pointed Solicitor of the Philadelphia, 
Baltimore and Washington railroad Com- 
pany and later of the Delaware County 
and Philadelphia Electric Railway Com- 
pany. Mr. Hannum is a member of the 
Union League of Philadelphia. Jan. 4, 
1879, he married Mary IT. Irwin. Address, 
Chester, Pa. 

HANNUM, John I,.: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania. Appointed Third Assistant 
Engineer, April 21, 1863; Pawnee. 1863- 
1865. Promoted to Second Assistant En- 
gineer, 1864; Guerriere, 1867-1869; Terror, 
North Atlantic Station. 1869-1871. Pro- 
moted to First Assistant Engineer, 1872; 
Worcester, North Atlantic Station. 1873- 



1875; Philadelphia, 1877; Richmond, Asi- 
atic Station, 1879-1881; Philadelphia, 1881- 
1882; Nipsic, South Atlantic Station, 1883- 
1884; Pinta, 18S4-1886; Navy Yard, Nor- 
folk, 1S86-1889; Iroquois, Pacific Station, 
1S89-1892; rceiving ship Vermont, July, 

1892 to 1895. Promoted to Chief Engi- 
neer, May, 1891; Amphitrite, July, 1S95; 
Indiana, 1897; Minneapolis, February, 
189S; Brooklyn, March, 1S98, to August, 
1898; Minneapolis and Columbia Decem- 
ber 16, 1898. Retired as Captain, June 
30, 1S99. Address, 2029 Ontario St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HAXMM, William Gang-mere: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania. Entered Naval Acad- 
emy, Sept. 23, 1S72; was graduated June 
20, 1S76; Essex, 1877. Promoted to En- 
sign, Aug. 2, 1879; receiving ship St. 
Louis, 1879-1881; Endeavor, 1881; Enter- 
prise, 1881-1883; Monocacy, 18S3; Enter- 
prise. 1884; Franklin, 1885; Vermont, 1885. 
Promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade), 
May 6. 1886; Coast Survey schooner 
Palinurus, 1886; New Hampshire, 1887; 
Ranger. 18S7; Adams, 1SS8; Mohican. 
1888-1890; Inspector of Steel, February, 
1S91, to September, 1892. Promoted to 
Lieutenant, Oct. 2, 1891; Navy Yard, New 
York, September, 1892, to September, 
1S93; Adams, Pacific Station, September. 

1893 to 1S95; Yorktown, January. 1895- 
1896; New York Navy Yard, February, 
1S97-1S98; April, 1898, Wilmington, to 1900. 
Retired, Oct. 23, 1900. Address. Navy 
Yard, New York. N. Y. 

HANSCOM, John Forsyth: 

Naval Constructor United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Private Twenty-seventh Maine 
Infantry Sept. 10, 1S62; mustered out July 
17, 1S('>3; Assistant Naval Constructor 
[Jnited States Navy ("Junior Lieutenant) 
July 25, is;."; Naval Constructor (Com- 
mander) Oct. 10. 1S88: Naval Constructor 
(Captain) March 3, 1899. Awarded the 
"Medal of Honor" under resolution of 
Congress, "for having offered his services 
to the Government after expiration of 
term of service." Elected Feb. 6. 1895. 
Address, Post Office Building. Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HANSON. E. II ii ii n : 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loya! 
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sylvania) Artillery April 30, 1S61; must- 
ered out Aug. 5, 1861. First Lieutenant 
and Adjutant Fourth Missouri Cavalry, 
Nov. 19, 1862; discharged for promotion 
May 22, 1865; Captain and Aide-de-Camp 
United States Volunteers Feb. 21, 1S65; 
honorably mustered out Aug. 17, 1865. 
Elected Oct. 17. 1888. Address, 704 San- 
som St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARBACH, Abram Alexander: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania. Sergeant Company E, First Iowa 
Infantry, May 7 to Aug. 20, 1861; private 
and Corporal Company H, First Bat- 
talion Eleventh Infantry. Dec. 7, 1861, to 
June 20, 1862; Second Lieutenant Elev- 
enth Infantry, June 11, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant July 2, 1863; transferred to Twen- 
tieth Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; Regimental 
Adjutant Dec. 6. 1866, to March 1, 1867; 
Captain. Jan. 22, 1867; Major Eighteenth 
Infantry March 12, 1894; Lieutenant Colo- 
nel Third Infantry, Aug. 8, 1897; Colonel 
First Infantry, July 19, 1899; Brigadier 
General May 16, 1902; retired May, 1902; 
brevetted Captain July 2, 1863, for gal- 
lant and meritorious service in the battle 
of Gettysburg, Pa. Address, Rochester, 
N. Y. 

HARBAUGH, James Fleming Linn: 

Lawyer and author; was born at Lan- 
caster. Pa., April 29, I860, a son of the 
Rev. Henry Harbaugh, D. D., and Mary 
Louise (Linn) ; was educated in a pre- 
paratory way at Mercersburg College, and 
graduated in 1882 at Franklin and Mar- 
shall College, Lancaster; admitted to the 
bar at Chambersburg, Pa., in 1884, and 
later to the bar of the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania. Married, Aug. 16, 1887, 
to Pauline F., daughter of the late Judge 
Francis M. Kimmell. Independent Repub- 
lican and member of several historical 
societies. Writer of local history and 
special newspaper articles. Author "Life 
of the Rev. Henry Harbaugh, D. D.," 
published at Philadelphia 1900. Address, 
Chambersburg. Pa. 

HARBSTER, Matthew: 

Manufacturer; born in Lehigh County, 
Pennsylvania, on the 18th of May, 1831; 
removed with his parents in early youth 
to Pottstown, Pa., where he attended the 
public schools; learned blacksmithing 
with his brother, William, in Hamburg. 
In 1852 he removed with his brother to 
Reading and with several others founded 



the Reading Hardware Works, with which 
he is still connected, the establishment 
now giving employment to 1,800 hands, 
being one of the largest of its kind in 
the country. He has served on both 
benches of City Councils (Select and 
Common) and in the Reading School 
Board, and is at present a member of the 
Board of Water Commissioners. He was 
one of the organizers of the Montello 
Brick Company, is a Director of the 
Farmers' National Bank of Reading; 
President of the Reading Land Improve- 
ment Company, and interested in other 
enterprises. Address, Reading, Pa. 

HARDENBERGH, Edmund B.: 

Auditor General; born at Wilsonville, 
Wayne County, Pa., July 31, 1846; educat- 
ed at the public schools and at East- 
man's Business College, Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y. ; learned the business of railroading 
and was employed by the Erie Railroad 
Company as conductor and traveling in- 
structor for upwards of twenty-five years; 
was Chairman of the Republican County 
Committee of Wayne County for the 
years 1891 and 1892; has been a delegate 
to several Republican State Conventions; 
was a delegate to the Republican Na- 
tional Convention at St. Louis. 1896; was 
a member of the House of Representa- 
tives during the sessions of 18S5 and 1887; 
elected to the Senate in 1894; was a 
member of the Senate Committee to in- 
quire into municipal affairs, session of 
1895; re-elected to the Senate in 1S98, 
after a bitter factional strife; was nomi- 
nated by the Republican State Conven- 
tion for Auditor General April 25, 1900, 
without opposition, and was elected the 
following November over P. Gray Meek, 
the Democratic candidate, by a majority 
of 266,100, the largest ever given a candi- 
date for that office in Pennsylvania; re- 
signed as a member of the Senate May 6, 
1901, to assume the office of Auditor Gen- 
eral During the first t.wo years of his 
term the revenues of the State were 
larger than in any similar period in its 
history. Address, Lochiel Hotel, Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

HARDIXG, Charlotte: 

Artist; daughter of Joseph and Char- 
lotte Elizabeth Harding; born Aug. 31, 
1873 in Newark. N. J. Since 1880 has 
resided in Philadelphia, received her ed- 
ucation at public schools in Philadelphia. 
She was a student at the Pennsylvania 
Academy of Fine Arts, and was graduat- 



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ed from Philadelphia School of Design 
for Women. At the Philadelphia School 
of Design for Women she was awarded 
the Horstman Fellowship; also George W. 
Childs gold medal for artistic work; and 
silver medal for illustrations at the Wo- 
man's Exposition, London, in 1900. She 
has done illustrated work for Century, 
Harper's, Collier's Weekly, and McClure's 
Magazines. Member of the Plastic and 
Fellowship Clubs, and is unmarried. Ad- 
dress, 2043 Brandywine St.; studio, 10 
South Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARDY, J. Alexander: 

Of the jewelry house of Hardy & Hayes, 
Pittsburg, was born in that city in 1S61; 
entered the employ of W. W. Wattles as 
office boy, later became indentured as an 
apprentice in the workrooms. At the 
completion of his apprenticeship was 
transferred to the sales department. 
After thirteen years with Mr. Wattles, in 
1S77 he formed the firm of Hardy & 
Hayes. Sole owner of a large office build- 
ing, and considerable real estate in the 
business part of town. Devotes much 
time to the interests of the Home Trust 
Company, of which he is a Director. Ad- 
dress, -129 Rebecca St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HARE, Hobart Amory: 

Physician; born Sept. 20, 1862 at Phila- 
delphia. In 1885 was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania B. Sc; also 
M. D. in 1884; and later in 1893 from Jef- 
ferson Medical College. At the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1890 was Professor of 
Children's Diseases, and since that time 
has been Professor of Therapeutics at 
Jefferson Medical College. From 1888 to 
1889 he was editor of the University 
Medical Magazine; also of the Medical 
News from 1890 to 1891. Since then he 
has been editor of Therapeutic Gazette. 
Various Universities and Medical Socie- 
ties both American and foreign have 
awarded him prizes for medical essays. 
He is a member of the College of Physi- 
cians, Philadelphia; Association of Ameri- 
can Physicians. He belongs to the fol- 
lowing clubs: Philadelphia, Union League, 
University, Corinthian Yacht. Address, 
1801 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARE, John I lines Clark: 

Jurist; born Oct. 17, 1817, in Philadel- 
pnia. In 1834 was graduated from Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. After studying 
law, in 1841 he was admitted to the bar. 
Held office as Associate Judge of Dis- 
trict Court, Philadelphia, and in 1867 he 



was Presiding Judge. From 1875 to 1895 
he was Presiding Judge of Court of Com- 
mon Pleas. At the University of Penn- 
sylvania he is emeritus Professor of In- 
stitutes of Law. He is author (with 
Horace B. Wallis) of "American Leading 
Cases," "The Laws of Contracts," etc. 
Address, US Twenty-second St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 



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HARGEST, Thomas S. 

Jurist; born in Baltimore County, Md., 
Nov. 24, 1846; educated in the Baltimore 
public schools; removed with his par- 
ents to Wilmington, Del., in 1S60, where 
he worked in the market gardens of his | 
father; removed to Harrisburg, Pa., in 
1861. working in the same business till 
1863, when he entered the army as wagon 
master, having mustered thirty-two men 
and taken them to Washington. After 
the war he studied law and general lit- 
erature at Winchester, Va., and in 1867 
was admitted to practice in the Virginia 
courts. He was appointed District At- 
torney for Shenandoah County, Va., in 
1S68, making Hon. Mark Bird, who had 
been elected but was incapacitated by 
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con- 
stitution, his deputy. In like manner 
he was appointed to succeed Judge J. 
T. Harris, who was similarly incapaci- 
tated, as Judge of the Twelfth Judicial 
Circuit of Virginia. When the new Con- 
stitution of Virginia was adopted he 
lost his seat on the bench through hos- 
tile legislation and resumed his private 
practice at Winchester. He returned to 
Harrisburg in 1S73, and in 1876 was elect- 
ed City Solicitor, holding this office till 
1890. Since then he has been engaged in 
general practice. Address, Harrisburg. Pa. 

HARGER, Simon J. J.: 

Anatomist; born in Hecktown, North- 
ampton County, Pa., June 18. 1865; edu- 
cated in the Keystone State Normal \ 
School of Pennsylvania, and the Veteri- 
nary Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, being a member of the first 
graduating class of this department in , 



1887. Immediately after graduating he 



was appointed Demonstrator of Veteri- 
nary Anatomy in the University, holding 
this position till 1890, when he was ad- , 
vanced to his present position, that of 
Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and 
Zootechnics. He has served efficiently on 
the State Board of Veterinary Examiners 
of Pennsylvania, and was the originator 
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passage through the Legislature was very 
largely due to his efforts. He is a mem- 
ber of the Keystone Veterinary, the Penn- 
sylvania State Veterinary and the Ameri- 
can Veterinary Associations. Address, 
2108 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARKISHEIMER, Howard Elisor: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Major William J. Harkisheimer. Elect- 
ed Oct. 18, 1899. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARK, Joseph Maximilian: 

Educator; born June 4, 1849, at Phila- 
delphia. In 1870 he was graduated from 
Moravian College and Theological Semi- 
nary, later receiving degree of D. D. at 
Franklin and Marshall College; was pas- 
tor of Moravian Church in Lebanon, 
Philadelphia, and Lancaster, Pa., for 
many years; is an editorial writer; also 
contributor to the Outlook, Sunday School 
Times, Andover Review. Author of "The 
Unity of the Truth in Christianity and 
Evolution." He has translated and edited 
"Chronicon Ephratense." Since 1893 has 
been principal of Moravian Seminary for 
Young Women at Bethlehem, Pa.; it 
was founded in 1749, and is the oldest 
boarding school in America for girls. Ad- 
dress, Bethlehem, Pa. 

HARLAN, Georg-e Cnvier, J*i. D.: 

Son of Dr. Richard Harlan; born in 
Philadelphia Jan. 28, 1835; attended 
school in Philadelphia, Burlington, West 
Chester and Wilmington; was graduated 
at Delaware College in class of 1S55, and 
in medicine at University of Pennsylvania 
in 1858; resident physician at Wills Eye, 
St. Joseph's and Pennsylvania Hospitals. 
Surgeon Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry; 
Medical Inspector of forces at Suffolk, 
Va., Army- of Virginia; taken prisoner 
during Wilson's raid at battle of Ream's 
Station, and left in charge of prison hos- 
pital in Petersburg; on return to Phila- 
delphia was in charge of Military Hos- 
pital at Twenty-third and Filbert Sts. ; 
was Surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, to 
the Eye and Ear Department of the Chil- 
dren's Hospital, and to Wills Eye Hos- 
pital. He is now Attending Ophthalmolo- 
gist to the Pennsylvania Hospital, Con- 
sulting Surgeon to Wills Eye Hospital, 
and Consulting Ophthalmologist to the 
Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind and 



the Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf 
and Dumb, and emeritus Professor of Dis- 
eases of the Eye in Philadelphia Poly- 
clinic. Author of article on the "Orbit in 
Wood's System of Medicine," article on 
the "Eyelids in Norris' and Oliver's Sys- 
tem of Diseases of the Eye," and of nu- 
merous papers on ophthalmological sub- 
jects, chiefly published in the "Trans- 
actions of the American Ophthalmological 
Society," of which he was President for 
several years; also revised the chapters 
on the eye in the American edition of 
"Holmes' Surgery" and in "Gross' System 
of Surgery." Address, 1515 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARLEY, Lewis Reifsneider: 

Educator; son of Harrison and Sue 
(Hollowbush) Harley; born Aug. 16, 1866, 
at North Coventry, Pa.; in 1892 he was 
graduated Ph. B. from Illinois Wesleyan 
University. At the University of Pennsyl- 
vania he took a post-graduate course in 
history and politics; also degree of Ph. 
D. in 1S95; in 1S94 he took an honorary 
degree of A. M. at Dickinson College. 
Since 1896 he has been Professor of His- 
tory at Central High School. He is au- 
thor of the following books: "Francis 
Lieber," "The Life of Charles Thompson, 
Secretary of the Continental Congress," 
etc. Edited "Jenkins' History of Penn- 
sylvania." Address, 2432 Norris St.. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARMAN, David A., Sr.: 

Superintendent of Schools, Hazleton; 
born near McAlistersville, Pa., Aug. 19, 
1S51; educated in the public schools, the 
Bloomsburg State Normal School, and 
the University of Pennsylvania; honor- 
ary degree of A. M. was conferred by 
Pennsylvania College; he taught district 
school two years and graded school three 
years; principal of Juniata County Train- 
ing School for Teachers for two years, 
and of the Educational Department of the 
Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphan School 
four years; elected to his present position 
in 1S81. He is a successful institute 
instructor, an active member of the State 
and National Educational Associations, 
and was President of the Department of 
Superintendence in the State Association 
during 1897-189S. Address, Hazleton, Pa. 

HARMON, Millard Fillmore: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
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transferred to First Artillery July 21, 1880; 
transferred to First Artillery July, 1880; 
First Lieutenant Dec. 4. 1888; Captain, 
Second Artillery, March 2. 1899; Artillery 
Corps Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Ham- 
ilton, N. Y. 

HARMON if, David B.: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from same 
btate April 7, 1847; attached to frigate 
Brandy wine, Brazil Squadron, 1847; fri- 
gate Ohio, Pacific Squadron, 1S47-184S; 
sloop Warren, Pacific Squadron 1849- 
1850; sloop Falmouth, Pacific Squadron, 
1S51-1S52; Naval Academy 1S53; promoted 
to Passed Midshipman June 10, 1S53; 
storeship Relief 1S54; promoted to Master 
1855; commissioned as Lieutenant Sept. 
16. 1855; Baltimore 1856-1S57; Decatur, 
Pacific Squadron, 185S-1S60; Iroquois, 
Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1861- 
1862; bombardment and passage of Forts 
Jackson and St. Philip Chalmete bat- 
teries, and capture of New Orleans; cap- 
ture of Grand Gulf; both engagements 
with batteries at Yicksburg; engagement 
with rebel ram Arkansas; commissioned 
as Lieutenant Commander July 16, 1S62; 
Nahant on South Atlantic Blockading 
Squadron, 1S62-1S63; attack on defenses 
of Charleston, April 7. 1863; capture of 
rebel ram Atlanta June 17, 1S63; bom- 
bardment of Morris Island batteries 
from July 10 to Aug. 1. 1863; Tahoma. 
East Gulf Blockading Squadron, 1864; 
Sebago. West Gulf Blockading Squadron, 
1864-1865; capture of Mobile; Navy Yard, 
New York, 1S66-1S67; commissioned as 
Commander July 25, 1866; commanding 
steamer Frolic, European Squadron, 1867- 
1869; Inspector of Supplies, Navy Yard, 
New York, 1869-1871; Kearsarge, Asiatic 
Station, 1873-1874; commanding flagship 
Hartford, Asiatic Station, 1874-1875; com- 
missioned as Captain Feb. 4, 1875; Chief 
of Bureau of Yards and Docks 18S5-1S89; 
commissioned as Commodore Sept. 29, 
1885; promoted to Rear Admiral March 
26, 1889; retired June 26, 1893. Address. 
1623 Massachusetts Ave., Washington, 
D. C. 

HARPER, John Bell: 

President of Southwark National Bank 
of Philadelphia; born in Philadelphia 
Aug. 16, 1847; received common school 
education. Elected Cashier of South- 
wark National Bank in April, 1893, and 
President in the same year, succeed- 
ing Francis P. Steel. Member of the 



Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Union 
League Club of Philadelphia, Arbitration 
Committee of the Philadelphia Clearing 
House Association of Philadelphia; mem- 
ber Board of Trustees Second Presby- 
terian Church, Bedford Street Mission. 
Address, 610 South Second St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HARR. Win. Ellas: 

Clergyman; born in South Perkasie, 
Pa., on Nov. 2, 1874; educated at Sellers- 
ville High School, Lehigh Preparatory, 
Franklin and Marshall College and Re- 
formed Theological Seminary at Lancas- 
ter, Pa.; taught school for three years; 
was graduated from college in 1898; from 
Theological Seminary 1901; installed as 
pastor of Faith and St. James' Charge, 
Reading, Pa., Oct. S, 1901. Address, 152 
Walnut St., Reading, Berks County, Pa. 

HAHR1MAX, Horace Marshall t 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Paymaster's Steward, United 
States Navy, May 29, 1S62; Acting Assist- 
ant Paymaster (Master) Sept. 11. 1862; 
honorably discharged Jan. 29, 1866. Elect- 
ed Oct. 10, 1894. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, Frank G.: 

State Treasurer; born at Karthaus, < 
Clearfield County, Pa., Nov. 6, 1845; his : 
early educational advantages were very 
limited; at the age of twelve years he 
began work in a saw mill, and until he 
was twenty-four years of age his life 
was spent in lumbering and on a farm; 
in 1873 he was graduated from Dickinson < 
Seminary, Williamsport; in 1876 he was ; 
graduated from Lafayette College, Eas- 
ton. Pa., and immediately went to Clear- 
field, becoming principal of the grammar 
school, and was registered as law student 
with Murray & Gordon. On January 14, 
1879, he was admitted to the Clearfield 
County bar and has practiced his pro- 
fession ever since; has held the office 
of Councilman, and several minor offices, 
and was Chairman of the Republican 
County Committee in 1880-1881; was a 
member of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1S97, 1899 and 1901; nominated . 
by the Republican State Convention for 
State Treasurer Aug. 24, 1901, and elected 
to that office Nov. 5, 1901. Address, 723 
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HARRIS. Franklin M.: 

Builder; born in Philadelphia Dec. 25, 
1S39; educated in the public schools; he 
served an apprenticeship in the building 
trade, and became Superintendent for his 
employer. Mr. James W. Haward. When 
the Civil War began he at once enlisted 
in the three months' service, and after- 
ward in the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, for three years; he 
took part in most of the important bat- 
tles of Virginia, being promoted till he 
became First Lieutenant. After his dis- 
charge he entered into partnership with 
his former employer, the firm continuing 
till 1885, when he withdrew and con- 
ducted business for himself; in 1SS9 he 
took in partners, forming the firm of 
Franklin M. Harris & Co., which has been 
engaged in the construction of some of 
the largest buildings in and near Phila- 
delphia. In 1SS9 he was elected a mem- 
ber of the Select Council, in which he 
served as chairman of important com- 
mittees. He was elected in 1895 Com- 
missioner for the erection of the City 
Hall. In 1894 he was made President of 
j the Master Builders' Exchange, and is 
I a member of the Bricklayers' Company; 
also of numerous clubs of the Franklin 
Institute, Historical Society, Masonic and 
I Odd Fellows' Orders. Address, The Lor- 
raine, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, Kranklin Mendenhall, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 

( ry of the Military Order of the Loyal 

Legion; eldest son of Companion First 

I Lieutenant Franklin M. Harris. Elected 

! May 7, 1902. Address, 1S20 North Broad 

St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, George Fairlamb: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
fry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry 
March 29, 1864; resigned and honorably 
discharged for disability Sept. 24, 1864. 
Elected May 1. 1889. Address, 3219 Hig- 
Ibee St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

<H ARRIS, Henry Leavenworth: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New Jer- 
sey; Cadet Military Academy Dec. 4, 
1 65; Second Lieutenant. First Artillery, 
June 15. 1869: First Lieutenant Nov. 1, 
1S76: Regimental Adjutant April 15, 1887, 
to April 15, 1891; Captain Aug. 26, 1897; 



Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901; Major Aug. 
1, 1901. Address, Fort McKinley, Me. 

HARRIS. James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Second Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 17, 1861; mustered out 
July 26, 1861; Captain and Commissary 
of Subsistence, United States Volunteers, 
Feb. 15, 1865; honorably discharged Aug. 
3. 1S65; brevetted Major, United States 
Volunteers, Aug. 3, 1865, "for faithful and 
efficient services in the Subsistence De- 
partment." Elected Oct. 23, 1901. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, John Andrews, U. U.: 

Clergyman, teacher; born in Philadelphia, 
Pa.; son of Nathaniel Sayre and Eliza- 
beth Callender (Andrews) Harris; born 
July 15, 1S34, in Philadelphia; educated at 
Kinsley Military School, West Point, N. 
Y. ; Protestant Episocpal Academy, Phila- 
delphia; LTniversity of Pennsylvania, 
1850-1S51; Princeton, 1852-1853; A. B. and 
A. M., Princeton, 1855; D. D., Jefferson 
Medical College, 1SS0; S. T. D., Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, 1886. Member of 
American Academy of Political and So- 
cial Science, Archaeological Society, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; Associate Mem- 
ber of Victoria Institute of Great Britain, 
member of University Club of Philadel- 
phia. Author of "Principles of Agnosti- 
cism Applied to Evidences of Christian- 
ity," "The Calvinistic Doctrine of Elec- 
tion and Reprobation No Part of St. 
Paul's Teachings," essays, reviews, etc. 
Married on Nov. 6, 1856, Almy Sophia 
Hale; re-married April 2, 1861, Anne Cole 
Wright. Instructor of Episcopal Acad- 
emy, Philadelphia, 1851-1856; principal of 
private school 1856-1857; principal of St. 
Mark's Episcopal Academy 1857-1863; as- 
sistant minister of St. Clement's Church, 
Philadelphia, 1859-1862; rector of St. 
Paul's Church, Chestnut Hill, Philadel- 
phia, since 1864; ordained deacon 1858; 
priest 1859; Trustee. Episcopal Academy, 
since 1S69; Vice President of Trustees 
since 1898, and President of its Alumni 
Society since 1877; Vice President of 
Civil Service Reform Association, Phila- 
delphia, since 1881; Clerical Deputy to 
General Convention of P. E. Church in 
1886, declining re-election in 1889; mem- 
ber of Standing Committee, Diocese of 
Pennsylvania, since 1893; Examining 
Chaplain of Diocese of Pennsylvania, 



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1888-1899; Director of Pennsylvania In- 
stitution for Deaf and Dumb, Mt. Airy, 
since 1899, and a Vice President since 
1901; President of Chestnut Hill Relief 
Association since 1879; Vice President of 
Chestnut Hill Village Improvement Asso- 
ciation; a manager of the Episcopal Hos- 
pital, Philadelphia. Address, Chestnut 
Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, J. Andrew, Jr.: 

President of the Investment Trust 
Company of Philadelphia. Address, North 
American Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, John Howard: 

Educator; born in 1847 at Indiana, Pa. 
In 1869 he was graduated from Bucknell 
University; from Lafayette College in 1884 
received degree of Ph. D., and in 1891 
took degree of LL. D. at Dickinson Col- 
lege and Colgate University; he estab- 
lished Keystone Academy, Pennsylvania, 
and for twenty years was its principal; 
since 1889 he has been President of Buck- 
nell University. Address, Lewisburg, Pa. 

HARRIS, Joseph Smith: 

Railway official; born in Frazer. Chester 
County, Pa., April 29, 1S36; entered ser- 
vice of North Pennsylvania Railroad in 
April, 1S53; officer United States Coast 
Survey from 1854 to 1864. Assistant As- 
tronomer Northwest Boundary Survey 
1857 to 1864, attached to Farragut's Mis- 
sissippi Squadron in 1862. As first officer, 
and later in command of United States 
steamer Sachem. Civil and Mining En- 
gineer, Pottsville, Pa., from 1864 to 1868; 
Chief Engineer, Morris and Essex Rail- 
road from 186S to 1870; Engineer Philadel- 
phia and Reading Coal and Iron Co., 
1870-1877; Superintendent and Engineer. 
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 
1877-1880; General Manager Central Rail- 
road of New Jersey from 1S80 to 1882. 
President Lehigh Coal and Navigation 
Company from 1882 to 1893; receiver, and 
afterward Vice President Central Railroad 
of New Jersey 1886-1890; Vice President 
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron 
Company, 1892; receiver and President 
of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- 
road Co.. and Philadelphia and Reading 
Coal and Iron Company 1893-1896; Presi- 
dent. 1S96-1901. of Reading Company, 
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Co.. 
and Philadelphia and Reading Coal and 
Iron Company. Director of numerous 
corporations. Trustee since 1886 of the 
University of Pennsylvania, member Am- 



erican Philosophical Society, Pennsyl- 
vania Historical Society, President Con- 
temporary Club of Philadelphia. Trustee 
of Protestant Episcopal Divinity School, 
of Philadelphia. Received degree of 
Doctor of Science, from Franklin and 
Marshall College, 1903. Address, Read- 
ing Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRIS, William, M. D.: 

Born in Hemlock Township, Columbia 
County, Pa., Feb. 8, 1843; educated in the 
common schools and at Greenwood Semi- 
nary (Columbia County) and Dickinson 
Seminary (Williamsport, Pa.); was grad- 
uated from the Iron City Commercial 
College, Pittsburg, where he subsequent- 
ly taught bookkeeping' and penmanship 
for two years; taught in the common 
schools of Columbia County, and then 
engaged with his father in the mercantile 
business in Buckhorn, Pa.; read medicine 
with Dr. M. Reynolds, and opened a drug 
store in 1869 in Hamburg. Pa., where he 
continues to reside and is in the same 
business; was one of the first members 
of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical So- 
ciety. Became active in politics, and was 
Chairman* of the Democratic Standing 
Committee of Berks County for seven 
years; was for four years Burgess of 
Hamburg, served in the School Board, 
and was Postmaster of the borough dur- 
ing the first Cleveland Administration; 
was elected the first President of the 
Berks County Merchants' Association. 
Married Feb. 20, 1868, Ella Hagenbush of 
Bloomsburg\ Pa. Address, Reading, Pa. 

HARRISON, Alfred Craven, Jr.: 

Explorer; son of Alfred C. and Kate De : 
Forest (Sheldon) Harrison; born Dec. 14. 
1875, at Philadelphia; received his educa- 1 
tion at the Episcopal Academy, Philadel-' 
phla; also at St. Paul's School, Concord, 
N. H. ; at the University of Pennsylvania 
he took honorary degree of B. S. Sinca 
1896 has been occupied in scientific re- 
search in archaeology, anthropology and 
geography; went on an exploration in 
1896 to Spanish Honduras to view the 
ruins of Copan. From 1897 to 1899 he 
also went on explorations to Borneo; and 
from Pekin to St. Petersburg by way of 
China through the Gobi District, Mon- 
golia, and Liberia; in 1900 explored the 1 
Nega Hills and traveled through India. 
Afghanistan. Cashmere, Upper and Low- 
er Burma. Cochin China and Japan, and 
investigated the Veddahs of Ceylon. In j 
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matra. Member of Anthropological Insti- 
tute of Great Britain, Academy of Nat- 
ural Sciences, Philadelphia; Societe de 
Geographie de France; Philadelphia 
Geographical Society; Photographic So- 
ciety, and of the Rittenhouse, Uni- 
versity, Philadelphia County Clubs, etc. 
Address, 1616 Locust St.; office, 1910 San- 
som St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRISON, Charles Custis: 

Provost of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania; born in Philadelphia, May 3, 1844, 
a descendant of Thomas Harrison, of Car- 
lisle. England, who visited America be- 
fore the Revolution and there espoused 
the cause of the Colonies at the cost of 
the sacrifice of his English estate. His 
son established the first chemical manu- 
factory in America and this was car- 
ried on by his uncles under the firm 
name of Harrison Brothers. On his 
mother's side he is descended from the 
famous Custis family, of Virginia, whose 
name he bears. He was educated in 
the Episcopal Academy and the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and intended to 
make the law his profession, but during 
his absence on a visit to the army in 
1862, with the purpose of joining its ranks, 
the late John Welsh proposed to his 
father to establish their two sons, with 
Walter S. Newhall, in the sugar- refining 
business, under the firm name of Harri- 
son. Newhall & Welsh. Young Harrison, 
then only nineteen, on his return home, 
found his warlike aspirations checked, 
and entered actively into the business 
formed for him, which quickly showed 
signs of prosperity. His brothers and 
brother-in-law subsequently entered the 
firm, which became known as Harrison, 
Frazier & Co., and later as the Franklin 
Sugar Refining Company. In 1892, when 
the refinery was sold, it was doing the 
largest business in value of products of 
any manufactory in Pennsylvania. Mr. 
Harrison attended to its mercantile in- 
terests, and in doing so traveled widely 
through the United States and Mexico. 
(Aside from his business relations he was 
an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal 
Church, and took great interest in the 
Episcopal Hospital, and also in the So- 
ciety for the Protection of Children from 
Cruelty, of which he is the President. 
He was elected a Trustee of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1S76, and on the 
death of John Welsh succeeded him as 
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and 
Means. In 1S94, on resignation of the 



highly efficient Provost Pepper, Mr. Har- 
rison was requested to accept this office. 
He declined, but was finally induced to 
accept it for a brief interval and after 
a year's experience consented in June. 
1895, to be installed as Provost. A few 
days previously he had established, in 
honor of his father, "The George L. Har- 
rison foundation for the encouragement 
of liberal studies and the advancement of 
knowledge," endowing it with $500,000. 
Its purpose was to establish scholarships 
and fellowships for men of exceptional 
ability, increase the library, and aid pro- 
fessors to devote themselves to special 
work. The new Provost sought diligently 
to add to the resources and develop the 
capabilities of the university, a strik- 
ing result of his labors being the building 
of the dormitories, at a cost of $600,000, 
and of Houston Hall, as a college club 
house of $160,000— this money being ob- 
tained in the form of gifts from liberal 
patrons of the institution. This is but a 
portion of the funds raised during the 
administration of Provost Harrison, these 
having amounted to over $6,000,000, which 
have been applied greatly to the advan- 
tage and development of the university. 
Mr. Harrison is a member of the Penn- 
sylania Academy of the Fine Arts, the 
American Philosophical Society, the His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania, the Phi 
Beta Kappa Society and the University 
Club. He married on Feb. 23, 1870, Ellen 
Nixon Wain, their family consisting of 
three sons and three daughters. Address, 
400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRISON, Charles J.: 

President of the Somerset County Na- 
tional Bank. Address, Somerset, Somer- 
set County, Pa. 

HARRISON, John T.: 

Manufacturer and senior member of the 
firm of Harrison & Mallatratt, German- 
town; born in England, but he came to 
this country with his parents, in 1850, 
when he was only five months old. His 
father, John T. Harrison, Senior, was the 
contractor who built the Chestnut Hill 
Branch of the Reading Railroad. He was 
educated in the public schools, and en- 
tered the Union Army two months be- 
fore he was fifteen years of age, serving 
in the Eleventh Maryland Regiment, 
Company B. At the expiration of the 
War of the Rebellion he was honorably 
discharged, and went to work for Louis 
Bowman, at that time the only florist in 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Germantown. Some time later he secured 
a position in the express department of 
the Reading Railroad Company, remain- 
ing there for ten years, and then entered 
the employ of the Charter Hosiery Com- 
pany, in Ashmead Street, Germantown. 
In 1SS9 he began business on his own ac- 
count at his present location, and has 
been exceedingly successful. Mr. Harri- 
son has been a prominent figure in pub- 
lic life and during his service in the 
House of Representatives at Harrisburg 
he has been interested in important 
legislation desired by the mercantile and 
financial interests of Philadelphia, and by 
the members of the bar of Pennsylvania, 
and he has had passed some of the most 
important bills recently made laws in the 
State. Is married, and has three children, 
two daughters and a son, the latter. Jos- 
eph N. Harrison, who entered the United 
States Army at the age of eighteen, dur- 
ing the Spanish-American War, and who 
served until the end of the war. Address, 
314 Armat St., Germantown, Pa. 

HARRISON, Thomas Skelton: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia in 
1840; grandson of John Harrrison, who 
founded ,the house of Harrison Brothers 
& Co. He began his business life in the 
employment of Harrison & Newhall. 
sugar refiners, and during the Civil War 
served as Paymaster in the United States 
Navy from July, 1861, to August, 1864, 
taking part in all the operations along the 
Atlantic and Florida coasts. He is said 
to have been the only man in the ser- 
vice, besides the Count of Paris, who did 
not draw his pay, he presenting this, 
amounting to $5,400, to the War Library 
and Museum of the Loyal Legion of 
Pennsylvania. After leaving the navy he 
became a member of the firm of Harri- 
son. Brothers & Co., manufacturers of 
white lead, paints and chemicals, from 
which he retired June, 1902. For many 
years he was President of the Manufac- 
turing Chemists' Association, which in- 
cluded over 1.300 establishments, with a 
total capital of $150,000,000. He was very 
active in the preparations for the Centen- 
nial Exposition and was Chairman of im- 
portant committees. He was a member 
of the Political Reform Committee of One 
Hundred, of the Committee of Fifty, and 
a warm supporter of the Bullitt bill for 
a reformed municipal administration. In 
ivi" President McKinley appointed him 
Diplomatic Agent and Consul General of 
the United States at Cairo, Egypt. He 



is a member of the Loyal Legion, the 
Union League, and various clubs. Ad- 
dress, 1520 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARRISON. William Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
* ry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Second United 
States Cavalry Nov. 30, 1861; First Lieu- 
tenant Aug. 25, 1S62; Captain July 28, 
1MJ6; resigned and honorably discharged 
Nov. 17, 1S66; Lieutenant Colonel 214th 
Pennsylvania Infantry April 6. 1865; hon- 
orably mustered out of Volunteer service 
March 21, 1S66. Brevetted Captain United 
States Army May 6, 1864, "for gallant and 
meritorious services at the battle of 
Todd's Tavern. Va.;" Major Sept. 19, 
1864, "for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices at the battle of Winchester, Va." 
Colonel United States Volunteers March 
13, 1S65, "for gallant and meritorious 
services during the war." Elected Oct. 
21, 1S85. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HARRITY, William F.: 

Lawyer; member of law firm of Harrity, 
Lowrey and Thompson, 2015 Land Title 
Building, Philadelphia: born in Wilming- 
ton, Del., Oct. 19, 1850; attended public 
schools, Clarkson Taylor's Academy and 
St. Mary's College, Wilmington, Del.; 
was graduated from La Salle College, 
Philadelphia, 1870; taught Mathematics, 
Latin, etc.. in La Salle College, 1870-1871; 
received degree of Master of Arts, 1871; 
admitted to the Philadelphia bar, 1873; 
practiced law in Pennsylvania; received 
the degree of LL. D., from St. Joseph's 
College, Philadelphia, 1902. Chairman 
Democratic City Executive Committee of 
Philadelphia, 1882; Delegate-at-large to 
Democratic National Convention, 1884; 
Postmaster, Philadelphia. 1885-1889; elect- 
ed Chairman Democratic State Central 
Committee of Pennsylvania. 1890; Secre- 
tary of State of Pennsylvania, 1891-1895; 
Chairman Democratic National Commit- 
tee. 1892-1896; Delegate-at-large to Demo- 
cratic National Convention. 1896; Chair- 
man Pennsylvania delegation to Demo- 
cratic National Convention of 1896 and 
temporary Chairman of that Conven- 
tion. Director of the Equitable Trust 
Company, Philadelphia; Franklin Nation- 
al Bank. Philadelphia: Market Street Na- 
tional Bank. Philadelphia; Philadelphia 
Electric Company: American Railways 
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Chicago Union Traction Company, Bonne- 
ville Portland Cement Company, Chero- 
kee Construction Company, and other 
business corporations. Member of Ameri- 
can Bar Association, Law Association of 
Philadelphia, Lawyers' Club of Philadel- 
phia, Art Club of Philadelphia, Merion 
Cricket Club, Overbrook Club, Philadel- 
phia Country Club, Overbrook Golf Club. 
Pennsylvania Society of New York, Sons 
of Delaware, Catholic Club of Philadel- 
phia, Catholic Philopatrian Literary In- 
stitute, and other social organizations. 
Married to Rose M. Devlin, 1SS3. Resi- 
dence, 6310 Sherwood Road, Overbrook, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARSHBERGER, Jolin W.: 

Botanist; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 
1869; educated in the city public schools, 
the Central High School, University of 
Pennsylvania on a city scholarship, grad- 
uating 1892 with degree of B. S. and 
later with degree of Ph. D. Since 1S93 in- 
structor in botany; he has traveled exten- 
sively in foreign countries in quest of bo- 
tanical information and material. He has 
been President of the University Field 
Club, Recorder of the Botanical Section 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 
phia, and Treasurer of the Botanical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Author of "Maize; 
a Botanical and Economic Study." 1S93 
(translated into Spanish at the City of 
Mexico): "The Botanists of Philadelphia 
and Their Work." 1899; "Students' Her- 
barium for Descriptive and Geographic 
Purposes." 1901; at present engaged upon 
an introduction to the "Phytogeography 
of North America": botanical editor of 
the new English dictionary being printed 
by J. B. Lippincott Co. Address, 737 
Corinthian Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HART, Charles Henry: 

Lawyer, author and art expert; born 
in Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1847; LL. B. Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania 1S69, Only non- 
resident member of the Committee of 
Fifty on Centennial Anniversary of the 
Inauguration of George Washington in 
New York. April. 1SS9; Chairman Com- 
mittee on Retrospective American Art at 
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 
1893; Director Pennsylvania Academy of 
Fine Arts, 1S82 to 1902. Member Ameri- 
can Historical Association, Academy of 
Natural Sciences, Historical Societies of 
Maine, Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Long 
Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia. 
Georgia, New England Historic Genealogi- 



Society; New York Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Society. Essex Institute, etc. 
Players' and Strollers' Clubs, New York; 
Pen and Pencil and Lawyers' Clubs, 
Philadelphia, etc. Admitted to Philadel- 
phia bar, 1S6S; practiced until 1894; since 
devoted himself to literature and art; 
recognized in Europe and America as ex- 
pert upon art and historical portraiture. 
Contributor to the Century, Harper's, 
McClure's and other leading magazines. 
Author of articles on Philadelphia in En- 
cyclopedia Britannica, Edinburgh. 1S85, 
and London, 1903; Bibliographia Lincolni- 
ana, 1S70; Mary White — Mrs. Robert Mor- 
ris, 1870; "Turner the Dream Painter," 
1879; "Hints on Portraits and How to 
Catalogue Them," 1S98; "Bruwere's Life 
Masks of Great Americans," 1899; 
"Abraham Lincoln's Place in History," 
1900; "Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of 
Women," 1902, etc. Latest work, "Cata- 
logue of the Engraved Portraits of Wash- 
ington." a sumptuous quarto volume, 
illustrated with twenty plates and pub- 
lished by the Grolier Club, New York, 
1904. To its preparation the author de- 
voted six years and in it are described 
1,514 different prints. Has in hand "His- 
tory of American Miniature Painting" 
and "Frauds in Historical Portraits." 
Address, 2206 Delancey Place, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HART, John: 

President of the Doylestown Trust 
Company. Address, Doylestown, Bucks 
County, Pa. 

HART, Lane Schoneld: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Sergeant Fourth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry April 16, 1861; discharged 
July 26. 1861 ; First Lieutenant Fifty- 
first Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 16, 1861; 
Captain July 28, 1862; Major July 21. 1864: 
honorably discharged for disability Dee. 
17. 1864. Elected Oct. 21, 1SS5. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HART, William W.: 

Jurist and State Senator; born in Ly- 
coming County, Pa., Aug. 23. 1843; 
worked as a boy on his father's farm, 
attending the district schools and finish- 
ing his education at Tuscarora Academy, 
where he graduated in 1S65. In 1867 he 
began the study of law under the late 
Judge Metzger. and was admitted to the 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



bar of Lycoming County in 1869. He 
opened an office in the county seat and 
has continued actively in practice, he 
being especially well known in connec- 
tion with the Orphans Court. He is an 
earnest Democrat and has held various 
offices of trust and honor under his party. 
He was elected to the Senate of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1882, and served in that body 
for four years, staunchly maintaining the 
measures and principles of his party. In 
1884 and 1888 he served as a delegate to 
the Democratic National Convention, and 
in 1891 was elected President Judge of the 
Twenty-ninth Judicial District, serving 
for a full term of ten years. Address, 
Williamsport, Pa. 

HARTE. Richard H.: 

Surgeon; born near Rock Island, 111., 
Oct. 23, 1855; educated in the Rock 
Island schools and in the Medical De- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, where he was graduated in 1878. 
He subsequently went abroad and spent 
some time in the British hospitals. On 
his return he was elected resident phy- 
sician to the Pennsylvania Hospital in 
Philadelphia and assistant demonstrator 
of surgery in he University of Pennsyl- 
vania; also surgeon to the University 
Hospital Dispensary, and in 1883 became 
attending surgeon to the Out Patient 
Department of the Pennsylvania Hos- 
pial. Subsequently he became in succes- 
sion assistant to Dr. Agnew in his sur- 
gical lectures, assistant demonstrator of 
anatomy in the university and demon- 
strator of osteology in the same institu- 
tion, in which branch he took charge of 
the instruction until 1899. He is at pres- 
ent surgeon to a number of hospitals, and 
since 1899 has been Treasurer of the Col- 
lege of Physicians. He is President of 
the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery 
and a member of the American Surgical 
Association, and has written many sur- 
gical papers for scientific publications. 
Address, 1503 Spruce St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

HARTMAN, Galen C.J 

Lawyer; born in Independence, Wash- 
ington County; Pa., May 25, 1865; edu- 
cated by private tutor and in the public 
schools, later taking a three years' scien- 
tific course at Bethany College, after 
which he went to the University of Mich- 
igan, taking an engineering course there, 
then taking up law at the same institu- 
tion and graduating from the Law De- 



partment in 18S5. For one year he prac- 
ticed in Wellsburg, W. Va„ and in 1886 
moved to Pittsburg and entered into the 
real estate business as manager of the 
mortgage department of Black & Baird, 
afterward Black & Gloninger, now the 
Real Estate Trust Company; during his 
connection with these firms he aided in 
the investment of millions of dollars in 
mortgages. In 1889 he was admitted to 
the bar of Allegheny County, and since 
1892 has devoted his attention exclusively 
to the practice of law in the civil courts. 
He is a Director of the Guarantee Title 
and Trust Company, is interested in 
several of Pittsburg's banks and business 
enterprises, and is a member of the Ar- 
bitration Committee of Che Pittsburg 
Chamber of Commerce. Member of the 
Academy of Science and Art, and of the 
General Committee of the University Ex- 
tension Society of Pittsburg. Address, 
433 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HARTMAN, George J.: 

Insurance agent; born in Millersburg, 
Dauphin County. Pa., Jan. 24, 1862; re- 
moved with his parents to Sunbury in 
1871; educated in the public schools; ac- 
cepted a position in the freight depart- 
ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 
1880; transferred to the Wilkesbarre office 
in 1S86; after seven years of service in the 
coal department, he became the repre- 
sentative in the anthracite coal region of 
a Philadelphia mercantile house; in 1889 
opened a general insurance agency under 
the firm name of Hartman & Warbrick, 
and at present engaged in that business; 
elected a member of the House of Rep- 
resentatives In November, 1900, and re- 
elected in 1902. In the session of 1903 he 
was appointed a member of the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition Commission for the 
State of Pennsylvania. Address, Wilkes- 
barre, Pa. 

HARTMAN, Jesse L,.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Hollidaysburg. Address, Hollidaysburg, 
Blair County, Pa. 

HARTMAN, Joseph: 

President of the Butler County National 
Bank. Address, Butler, Pa. 

HARTRANFT, Frank A.: 

Lawyer; born Feb. 25, 1S55, at Falkner 
Swamp, Montgomery County, Pa. Edu- 
cated in public schools of Philadelphia. 
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President and Director of North Philadel- 
phia Trust Company. Married Belle S. 
II Cummings, June 27, 1879. Democrat in 
I politics. Address, 1705 Cayuga St.; office, 
801-4 Girard Building-, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARTRANFT, Linn: 

United States Appraiser; born in Nor- 
ristown, Pa., June 28, 1862; son of the late 
Gov. Hartranft; educated in the Univer- 
j sity of Pennsylvania, and subsequently 
i connected in business with his father. 
He took a deep interest in politics, and 
made himself prominent as a worker and 
1 campaigner for the Republicain Party, he 
1 proving a popular political orator. In 
1890 his field of oratory took him outside 
of Pennsylvania, and in the 1896 Presi- 
dential campaign he was constantly em- 
ployed in Indiana and Illinois, making 
several speeches a day. He had become 
1 acquainted with Gov. McKinley when en- 
gaged in Ohio, in 1891, and was one of 
his most ardent and energetic supporters 
; for the Presidency in 1896. In 1897 Presi- 
' dent McKinley appointed him United 
States Appraiser for the Port of Phila- 
delphia, the Senate confirming the ap- 
pointment. As an Appraiser. Mr. Hart- 
ranft has given admirable service to the 
city and the Government. Address, 134 
I S. 2d St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HARTSHORNE, Charles: 

Railroad official; son of Dr. Joseph and 
Anna (Bonsall) Hartshorne; born Sept. 
2, 1829 in Philadelphia. Prom 1843 to 
1845; he was a student at Haverford Col- 
lege. In 1S47 he was graduated from 
University of Pennsylvania, and in 1850 
received degree of A. M. In 1857 he 
engaged in railroad service; was Presi- 
dent in 1857 of the Quakake Railroad, 
also Lehigh & Mahanoy Railroad in 1862; 
afterward became united with the Le- 
high Valley Railroad, of which he was 
Vice President from 1868 to 1899. Pre- 
ceding that time he was President of 
Choctaw Coal and Railway Co., also Vice 
President Philadelphia, Reading and New 
England Railroad Co. Trustee of Lehigh 
University, Haverford and Bryn Mawr 
Colleges, also a member of the Board of 
Managers of Pennsylvania Hospital, and 
member of American Academy of Poli- 
tics and Social Science. Address, Merion 
Station, Pa. 

HARTZ, Wilson Tweed: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa., 
Sept. 9, 1836; educated in the public 



schools and the Pottsville Academy, and 
completed his course at an early age. 
Followed the profession of a mining en- 
gineer for about two years, then as a 
civil engineer in the employ of the Mine 
Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Com- 
pany for about five years, until the 
commencement of the Civil War. He is 
a son of Samuel and Harriet Hartz; John 
Hartz, from whom the family in this 
country descends, came from Wurtem- 
berg, Germany, about 1750, and settled in 
Berks County, Pa., and married there. 
The mother is a descendant of John 
Moore — one of the three brothers of John, 
Joseph and Andrew Moore — who came to 
this country from Scotland in the ship 
Welcome in company with William Penn, 
arriving on Oct. 27, 1682; her grandfather, 
Stephen Moore, owned the grounds now 
occupied by the West Point Military 
Academy and transferred the same to the 
United States Government Sept. 10, 1790. 
Mr. Hartz was enrolled April 16, 1861; 
appointed Sergeant Major Sixth Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer Infantry, April 22, 1861, 
and mustered out of service July 27, 1861; 
was appointed Lieutenant First Regi- 
ment, Excelsior Brigade (Seventieth New 
York Volunteers), Aug. 30, 1861, and was 
on duty from that date, and was mustered 
out Oct. 22, 1861; was Adjutant of the 
regiment from February 1, 1862, to Oct. 
23, 1862, when he was appointed Captain 
and Assistant Adjutant General of Vol- 
unteers. He participated in eighteen bat- 
tles and skirmishes, including the siege 
of Yorktown, and received a bullet wound 
in the right breast at the battle of Fred- 
ericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862; assigned 
to duty as assistant to the Commissary 
General of Prisoners Feb. 17, 1863; com- 
missioned Major of Volunteers by brevet 
to date from March 13, 1865, for faithful 
and meritorious service during the war; 
relieved from duty Aug. 22, 1867, and 
commended in orders by Major General E. 
A. Hitchcock, the retiring Commissary 
General of Prisoners, the office having 
been closed and the records transferred 
to the War Department, Adjutant Gen- 
eral's office; mustered out of service as 
Captain and Assistant Adjutant General 
of Volunteers, Sept. 1, 1867. He was ap- 
pointed Second Lieutenant in the regular 
army May 11, 1866, and assigned to the 
Fifteenth United States Infantry; was 
commissioned First Lieutenant and Cap- 
tain by brevet to date from March 2, 
1867, for gallant and meritorious services 
in the battle of Fair Oaks, Va; Major by 



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brevet to date from March 2. 1867, for 
gallant and meritorious service in the 
battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Was pro- 
moted First Lieutenant June IT, 1867; 
Captain Aug. 23, 1877; Major April 26, 
189S; Lieutenant Colonel May 25, 1S99, 
and assigned to the Twenty-second In- 
fantry; retired from active service on his 
own application May 31, 1900, three 
months and nine days previous to period 
due to retire by operation of law, and af- 
ter an honorable service of thirty-nine 
years, the greater part being in the South 
and West. In Alabama during the re- 
construction as Acting Assistant Adju- 
tant General of the district, Texas, New 
and Old Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Mis- 
souri, Dakota, Montana, Louisiana*. Illinois 
and Virginia. He was in command of 
troops and in charge of building canton- 
ment at Pagosa Springs, Col., winter of 
187S-1879; was in the Ute campaign with 
his company, winter of 1879-1880; Vic- 
toria campaign, summer and fall of 1SS0; 
■escort duty with engineers of Atchison, 
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, winter of 
1SS0-1SS1 in New Mexico and Arizona. In 
command of Camp Poplar River, Mont., 
from July, 18S4, to September. 1SS6; on 
■duty at Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, 
La., from April, 1S90, to May, 1891, and 
~was in command of the troops and post 
at the time of the Mafia troubles. He 
took part in the suppression of the rail- 
road riots in the vicinity of Chicago, 
summer of 1894, and received the per- 
sonal thanks of the Department Comman- 
der for services rendered. He was mar- 
ried, Oct. 18, 1S76. to Maud Rutherford, a 
daughter of Thomas Scott Rutherford of 
St. Louis, Mo., a descendant of the Ruth- 
erfords of Rutherford, Scotland. Address, 
214 West Ninety-second St., New York, 

HAKTZLER, Henry Burns: 

Bishop United Evangelical Church since 
1902; born Lower Windsor Township, 
York County, Pa., March 23, 1S40; son 
of Jacob and Magdalena Hartzler; edu- 
cated in common schools; married March 
21, 1st;:,, to Sarah A. Zeller. Taught 
school from 1862 to 1864; entered minis- 
try, 1S66; editorial life. 1*73; Bible teach- 
er and lecturer in Dwight L. Moody's 
Mt. Hermon School and Ladies' Training 
School. Northfield. Mass., and Chaplain 
of former, 1S90 to 1^95. Editor Evan- 
gelieal Messenger. Cleveland, Ohio. 1879- 
1887; associate editor 1875-1879; editor 
The Evangelical, Harrisburg, Pa., 1887- 
1889, and 1875-1902. Author of "Moody 



in Chicago," 1S94; "Studies in the Acts." > 
1900. Chancellor of Perkasie Park and 
Central Pennsylvania Bible Conferences. 
Address. 1701 N. Second St., Harrisburg. 
Pa. 

HARVEY, Charles H., M. D.: 

One of the most prominent homeopathic 
physicians in West Philadelphia; born in 
Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1868. He is of Qua- 
ker origin and belongs to one of the old- 
est families in Pennsylvania; he is a de- 
scendant from Dr. Edward Jones, who 
came over in the good ship Lyon, which 
landed at Pencoyd, Aug. 14, 1682, two 
months prior to the landing of William 
Penn; he is the son of the late James B. 
Harvey. He received his early educa- 
tion in the public schools of the Thir- 
ty-fourth Ward, afterward graduating 
from the Pennsylvania State College, 
Bellefonte, Pa.; studied law in the office 
of J. Morgan Jennison. but finally took 
up the study of medicine, graduating 
from Hahnemann College, Philadelphia, in 
April, 1893. Married, Oct. 30, 1895, to 
Miss Emma J. Brooks, only daughter of 
Henry Brooks; began his military career 
by enlisting in Keystone Battery A, Jan. 
10. 1887; was appointed hospital steward 
in August, 1891; Second Lieutenant and 
Quartermaster, Feb. IS, 1S95; he was 
elected Captain of Company B, Nine- 
teenth Infantry, now Company K, Third 
Regiment Infantry, 1898. In civil life he is 
a member of the State Board of Health, 
the Germantown Medical Club, Saturday 
Night Club of Microscopists, Oriental 
Lodge, 385. F. and A. M. ; Oriental Chap- 
ter, R. A. ('., 1S3; St. John's Commandery. 
No. 4, K. T.; Lu Lu Temple. A. O. N. M. 
S.. Philadelphia Sovereign Consistory of 
Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, thir- 
ty-second degree, A. A. S. R. ; Fairview 
Council, Jr. O. U. A. M. ; Pennsylvania 
Society Sons of the American Revolution; 
Thirty-fourth Ward Republican. McKin- 
ley and M. S. Quay Clubs, Young Repub- 
lican Club of Philadelphia. National Rifle 
Association of America, National Guard 
Association, and the Meadow Brook Gun 
Club, Address. 1301 North Fifty-second 
St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 

HARVEY, Olin F.: 

Physician; born in Kingston, Pa.. Sept. 
2s, 1846; son of Col. E. B. Harvey; pre- 
pared for college at Wyoming Seminary; 
was graduated from Lafayette College in 
1871 with degree of A. B.; A. M. in 1S74. 
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sylvania and graduated in 1873 with de- 
gree of M. D. ; 1875 appointed Assistant 
Surgeon Ninth Regiment Pennsylvania 
Militia; upon reorganization of National 
Guard was appointed Surgeon of Ninth 
Regiment and commissioned with rank 
of Major; served continuously until re- 
tired in 1890, and name was placed on 
the Roll of Retired Officers in accordance 
with act of 18S7. Member of staff of 
Wilkesbarre City Hospital, staff of Mercy 
Hospital, Luzerne County Medical So- 
ciety, Medical Society of Pennsylvania. 
American Medical Association, Fellow of 
the American Academy of Medicine, Trus- 
tee Danville Asylum, 1S90-1900; one of the 
organizers and incorporators of the West- 
moreland Club; companion of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legion (First 
Class). Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

HARVEY, William J.: 

Real estate broker; born in West Nanti- 
coke. Luzerne County, Pa., May 13. 1S38; 
educated at the Edgefield School, Prince- 
ton, N. J., after which he became mana- 
ger of the Harvey coal mine at Nanti- 
coke, owned by his father. In October, 
1861, he enlisted as a private in the Vol- 
unteer service, rising in rank till he be- 
came Adjutant of his regiment, the Sev- 
enth Pennsylvania. He took part in all 
the engagements till Nov. 26, 1S62, when 
he resigned his commission and returned 
home; here he and his younger brother 
took control of the Harvey mine, carrying 
it on till 1871, when it was sold; the Har- 
vey Brothers were engaged in the lumber 
trade at Plymouth till 18S6. and in 1870 
obtained control of the Wilkesbarre and 
Kingston Street Railway, of which Mr. 
Harvey was President from 1871 to 1S92, 
when the road was sold. For over twen- 
ty-five years he was engaged with his 
brother in the real estate and stock bro- 
kerage business; he was made President 
of the Grand Opera Company in 1892. and 
of the Wyoming Valley Lace Works in 
1894. In 1885 he was elected to the 
Wilkesbarre City Council, of which for 
years he has been President. He is a 
Mason of high degree, a member of the 
Union League of Philadelphia, of the Loy- 
al Legion, the Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, and other associations. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

HASELTISE, Charles Field: 

Art dealer; born in Philadelphia. July 
29.1840; educated in the University of 



Pennsylvania; entered a dry goods com- 
mission house and later started business 
for himself in this line, first by himself 
and then as a member of the firms of 
Haseltine & McCope and John H. Wil- 
liams & Co. When the Civil War began 
he called a meeting at Musical Fund Hall, 
as a consequence of which the Keystone 
Battery was organized, he being elected 
Senior First Lieutenant; he resigned this 
commission after some service, but later 
organized a second battery at the time of 
the invasion of Maryland; after the battle 
of Antietam this battery, which had not 
reached the front, was disbanded. In 
1S6S he entered into the art business on 
Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, his estab- 
lishment becoming well known under the 
name of The Haseltine Galleries; his 
place of business was removed several 
times on account of fire and for other 
reasons, but still exists as an unsurpassed 
bazar for the sale of fine paintings. He 
is a member of the Sketch and Art Clubs, 
the Union League and several other asso- 
ciations. Address, 1822 Chestnut St.. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HVSSON, Patrick: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Ireland; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
private, Corporal and Sergeant Company 
E Fourth Infantry, Jan. 12, 1856, to Jan. 
12. 1861; Second Lieutenant Fourteenth 
Infantry, Jan. 22. 1867; First Lieutenant 
April 12, 1S72; Captain April 8. 18S9; bre- 
vetted First Lieutenant, Feb. 27, 1S90. for 
gallant services in action against Indians 
near Willows, Ariz., Nov. 8, 1867, where 
he was wounded; retired March 28, 1S92. 
Address, Vancouver, Wash. 

IIAIGHTOX, J. Paul: 

Insurance manager; 'was born at Hano- 
ver. N. H. 1872; educated at Haverford 
College, near Philadelphia, and was grad- 
uated with the class of 1S94. He selected 
the insurance business as his life work, 
and entered the office of the Fidelity & 
Casualty Company, where he remained 
until the New England Burglary Company 
was organized, when he resigned to enter 
the service of the latter as General Agent 
in company with Mr. John W. Muir. Ap- 
pointed United States Manager of Gen- 
eral Accident Assurance Corporation. 
Limited, of Perth, Scotland; also Vice 
President of the General Accident Insur- 
ance Company of Philadelphia. Member 
of University Club of Philadelphia, Merion 



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Cricket Club, Haverford; Society of 
Colonial Wars; Bryn Mawr Polo Club, 
Buzzard's Bay Yacht Club. Address, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAl'PT, Lewis Muhlenberg: 

Civil engineer; son of General Herman 
and Ann Cecilia (Keller) Haupt; born 
March 21, 1844, at Gettysburg, Pa; edu- 
cated at Lawrence Scientific School, Har- 
vard; in 1S67 was graduated from United 
States Military Academy; was Lieutenant 
of Engineers in lake surveys in 1868; also 
in 1869 engineer officer of Fifth Military 
District, Texas; he resigned from the 
Army on Sept. 20, 1869; at the University 
of Pennsylvania from 1872 to 1892 he was 
Professor of Civil Engineering; he now 
practices his profession in Philadelphia. 
He was a member from 1897 to 1899 of 
the Nicaragua Canal Commission; also 
since 1899 of tne Isthmian Canal Commis- 
sion; in 1897 he was President of Colum- 
bia-Cauca Arbitration; also Chief En- 
gineer, survey for ship canal across New 
Jersey; Consulting Engineer for Lake 
Erie and Ohio River ship canal. Editor 
of the American Engineering Register, 
1885-1886; author of "Engineering Specifi- 
cations and Contracts." "The Topograph- 
er — His Methods and Instruments," "Phy- 
sical Phenomena of Harbor Entrances," 
which was the prize essay of the American 
Philosophical Society; "Special Report on 
Railway Plant of Paris Exposition," "Ca- 
nals and Their Economic Relation to 
Transportation," "A Move for Better 
Roads"; also contributed numerous pam- 
phlets on engineering subjects. Address, 
107 North Thirty-fifth St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

HAUSER, Theodore N.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Stoneboro. Address Stoneboro, Mercer 
County, Pa. 

HAVILAND, Arthur: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Major Thomas P. Haviland; elected Oct. 
16. 1889. Address, 2007 South Ninth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAWES. Oscar B.: 

Minister in the Unitarian Church; born 
in Montclair. N. J., Feb. 24, 1872; pre- 
pared for college in private school in Bos- 
ton; was graduated from Harvard with 
honors in 1893. After a year spent in the 
Harvard Divinity School and another year 
given up to teaching he traveled and 



studied abroad. In 1896 he took charge 
for a short time of a church in Greeley, 
Col., and in 1897 became the Minister 
of the First Unitarian church of Toronto, 
Can., and was ordained in the ministry. 
After taking some part in public life in 
Toronto for over three years he traveled 
abroad, and on his return accepted a call 
to the Unitarian Church of Germantown, 
Philadelphia, where he has since been 
stationed. Address, Germantown, Pa. 

HAWK, Philip Bovier, M. S., Ph. D.: 

Demonstrator of physiological chemistry 
in the Department of Medicine of the 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; born in East Branch, New York, 
July IS. 1874; received the degree of B. S. 
from Wesleyan University; M. S. from 
Yale University, and Ph. D. from Colum- 
bia University. Member of Delta Kappa 
Epsilon. the college Greek letter frater- 
nity; of Sigma Xi, the Honorary Scien- 
tific Organization, the American Physio- 
logical Society, and the Society for Ex- 
perimental Biology and Medicine. He 
has published many papers of scientific 
interest. Address, Department of Medi- 
cine, University of Pennsylvania, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HAWKS, James Alhert: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed Assistant 
Surgeon, June 24, 1866; Naval Academy, 
Philadelphia. 18S7-186S was promoted to 
Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1872; promoted 
to Surgeon, May, 1879; Medical Inspector, 
June, 1895; Medical Director, Sept. 24, 
1899; retired, Jan. 31, 1903. Address, 
Bristol, Pa. 

HAWKINS, Clyde Emile: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy. June 17. 1891; Addi- 
tional Second Lieutenant Third Cavalry, 
June 12. 1895; Second Lieutenant, Aug. 
8, 1895; First Lieutenant Seventh Cavalry, 
March 29. 1899; Captain, Sept. 17, 1901. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

HAWKINS, William George: 

Jurist; born Sept. 6. 1840, in Allegheny 
County, Pa.; son of William G. and Mar- 
garet (Dillinger) Hawkins; was gradu- 
ated from Jefferson College with the 
class of 1861. Admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar Dec. 6, 1863; elected Presi- 
dent Judge of the Separate Orphans Court 
of Allegheny County for a term of ten 
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1894. Democrat in politics. Member of 
the University Club. Address, 423 Moore- 
wood Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HAWLEY, Joseph Williamson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Leg-ion; Captain 124th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Aug. 12, 1862; Colonel. Aug. 16, 
1862; honorably mustered out, May 17, 
1863; Colonel Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania 
(Militia) Infantry, June 23, 1863; honor- 
ably mustered out, Aug. 1, 1863; elected 
Feb. 1, 1888; Council of the Commandery, 
May 3, 1899-1901. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAWLEY, 1, 11c in-. Everett, A. M.: 

Proprietor of the Woolsey School for 
Young Men, Pittsburg, Pa.; born at Pots- 
dam, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1853; graduated from 
the State Normal School in that village 
in 1873; graduated from Union College, 
Schenectady. N. Y., in 1877; for twenty 
years a teacher of classics and mathemat- 
ics. In November, 1877, married Miss 
Frances M. Meeker of Franklin County, 
N. Y. Republican in politics. Address, 
219 Oakland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HAY, Albert L,. G.: 

Lawyer; born in Elk Lick Township, 
Somerset County, Pa., Aug. 8, 1868; 
taught in public schools of his home dis- 
. trict; was graduated from Franklin and 
Marshall College, at Lancaster, in 1888, 
with degree of A. B.; degree of A. M. 
has since been conferred upon him by his 
I Alma Mater. He studied law in the office 
; of his uncle, Valentine Hay. Esq. ; ad- 
[ mitted to the bar at Somerset, Sept. 26, 
1892. In partnership with Charles W. 
Walker, 1893-1897; now in partnership 
with his uncle, Valentine Hay, which 
is one of the leading firms in prac- 
tice at the Somerset bar. Since 1897 
County Solicitor; Vice President and Di- 
rector of the Farmers' National Bank of 
Somerset, and Director of the Interna- 
tional Savings and Trust Company of 
Pittsburg, Pa. On Feb. 3, 1898, married 
Emma, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Wil- 
liam J. Baer. Address, Somerset, Pa. 

HAYES. Charles Harold: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Lewisburg, Pa., Jan. 7, 1864; entered 
the Naval Academy at Annapolis as a 
Cadet Midshipman, September 25, 1880; 
was graduated in 1884 and honorably 
discharged June, 1886. Associated with 



the Winona Lumber Company of Winona, 
Minn., and in 1889, in accordance with 
an act of Congress, was appointed an As- 
sistant Engineer in the Navy; promoted 
to Passed Assistant Engineer, 1896, and 
to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899. On Oct. 
18, 1892, married Maud Smith of Tacoma, 
Wash., daughter of the late Edward S. 
Smith. He made his first cruise after 
graduating on the Hartford, and from 
1890 to 1893 served on the Yorktown; was 
Assistant Inspector of Machinery at 
Cramps' ship yard for two years, and 
served during the Spanish-American War 
as First Assistant Engineer of the Mas- 
sachusetts; Chief Engineer of the Cas- 
sius and Abarenda, and after the war 
spent eighteen months as senior watch 
office of the Concord in the Philippines 
and China. His present duty is navigat- 
ing officer of the Massachusetts, belong- 
ing to the battleship squadron of the 
North Atlantic Fleet. He received a com- 
mendatory letter from the Secretary of 
the Navy for meritorious conduct in en- 
tering the dynamo room of the Massachu- 
setts and shutting off the steam on the 
night of Aug. 17, 1896, when the room 
was filled with live steam, resulting from 
one of the dynamo engines being com- 
pletely wrecked. He is a son of Alfred 
Hayes of Lewisburg, Pa. Address, Lewis- 
burg, Pa. 

HAYES, George Washing-ton: 

Civil engineer and surveying expert; 
born July 8, 1854, at Philadelphia, Pa.; 
educated in Philadelphia public and pri- 
vate schools; graduate (C. E.) of the 
Polytechnic College of the State of Penn- 
sylvania, 1874; Ph. G. of the Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy, 1882. Married Ag- 
nes Ida Uhler, Sept. 4, 1884. Republican 
in politics; was City Engineer of Lebanon 
and County Surveyor of Lebanon County; 
was a United States juror at the Paris 
Exposition of 1889; won the Allaire, 
Woodward & Co. first prize for the best 
essay upon the purity of powdered drugs. 
Was President of Common Council. Ad- 
dress, Lebanon, Pa. 

HAYES, John Rnssell: 

Author; Assistant Professor of English 
Literature, Swarthmore College; born in 
West Chester, Pa., June 25, 1866; son of 
William M. and Rachel H. (Russell) 
Hayes; his ancestors on both sides were 
of old Chester County and Lancaster 
County Quaker stock; was graduated 
at West Chester High School, 1884; at 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Swarthmore College, 1SSS; and at Harvard 
University, 18S9. He studied law with 
his father, and at University of Pennsyl- 
vania Law School; was graduated LL. B., 
1892. Married Emma Gawthrop of "Wil- 
mington, Del., June 30, 1S92. Practiced 
law, 1891-1892; studied English literature 
at Oxford and Strasburg, 1892-1893; has 
taught in the English Department. 
Swarthmore College, since 1893. Pub- 
lished "The Old-Fashioned Garden and 
Other Verses," 1895; "The Brandywine," 
1898 (second edition, 1S99); "Swarthmore 
Idylls," 1899; "In a Brandywine Harvest 
Field," 1903; "The Shepherd's Hour 
Glass" (songs and reveries beside the 
Brandywine), 1904; has written odes for 
the twenty-hfth anniversary of Swarth- 
more College, the West Chester Centen- 
nial, the Delaware County Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Monument, etc. He is a mem- 
ber of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and 
one of the editorial contributors to The 
Book-Lover, New York. Address. Swarth- 
more, Pa. 

HAYES, Timothy D.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- 
ty; born in Ireland, March 2S, 1S5S; re- 
ceived a common school education; when 
quite young he went to Wales, and at 
twelve years of age went to work in the 
coal mines. In September, 1878, he emi- 
grated to the United States and secured 
work as a miner in the anthracite coal 
mines, which occupation he still follows; 
has made a special study of mines and 
mining, and during the past twenty years 
has been very active and prominent in 
labor organizations, and has held many 
important positions connected with them; 
served three years as District Master 
Workman of District No. 16. K. of I..: 
was delegate to the General Assembly, 
K. of L., in New Orleans, in 1894, and 
National delegate to the United Mine 
Workers' National Conventions at Indian- 
apolis, Inch, in January, 1900, 1901 and 
1902, and to the special convention in 
July. 1902. Elected to the House of Rep- 
resentaties in November, 1902. Address, 
S< ran ton. Pa. 

HAYMAKER, John Carothers: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 2, 1853, in Patton 
Township, Allegheny County. Pa.; son of 
William and Mary (Simpson) Haymaker: 
educated at the public schools and at 
Laird Institute. Muraysville, Westmore- 
land County, Pa. He was admitted to the 



Allegheny County bar July 17, 1875; was 
elected Assistant District Attorney of Al- 
legheny County in 1887 for a term of 
three years from January. 1888, and was 
re-elected in 1S90, serving in all from 
January, 1S88, to June, 1S94, when he re- 
signed. In the election of 1894 he was 
elected District Attorney for three years; 
was re-elected to this office in 1897, and 
again in 1900, making nine years in all as 
District Attorney. He is a Republican in 
politics. Member of the Crucible and 
Country Clubs, Pittsburg. Address. 440 
Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HAYS, E. R.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Newville. Address, Newville. Cumber- 
land County, Pa. 

HAYS, I. Minis: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia. July 
26, 1847; son of Isaac Hays, M. D. ; was 
graduated from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1S66; M. A. 1S69; Medical Depart - 
men. 1868; Secretary General of Interna- 
tional Medical Congress, Philadelphia. 
1876; Secretary American Philosophical 
Society. Member of Association of Amer- 
ican Physicians, College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia, Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania, etc. Formerly editor of the 
American Journal of the Medical Sci- 
ences and of the Medical News; editor of 
American edition of Soleberg Wells on 
Diseases of the Eye, Philadelphia. 1873. 
Author of article on "Blindness — Its Fre- 
quency, Causes and Prevention in Sys- 
tem of Diseases of the Eye," Philadel- 
phia, 1897, "The Chronology of Benja- 
min Franklin." Philadelphia, 1904; and of 
numerous articles in medical and other 
periodical publications. Address. 266 South 
Twenty-first St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HAYS, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant 130th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry. Aug. 14. 1S62; First 
Lieutenant, Aug. 17. 1862: First Lieuten- 
ant and Adjutant. Feb. IS, 1S63; honor- 
ably mustered out, May 21, 1S63; elected 
April 7. 1^>;:». Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, r istnut St.. Phil- 

adelphia. Pa. 

HAYS. Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Butler County; 
born near Brady's Bend, Armstrong Coun- 



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ty, Pa., Jan. 19, 1S40; educated in the 
common and high schools of his neighbor- 
hood. At the call for troops in Septem- 
ber, 1S61, he enlisted in the 103d Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, and took part in the 
battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven 
Pines and Seven Days' Fight; in Novem- 
ber, 1S62, he was transferred to Battery 
L. Fourth United States Artillery, and 
took part in many battles of the Army of 
the Potomac. After the war he bought a 
farm near Fairview. Butler County, Pa., 
where he engaged in raising horses and 
cattle; is now engaged in the oil, real 
estate and banking business; served as 
School Director five terms. Was elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember. 1902. Address, Butler, Pa. 

HAYWOOD, Benjamin J.: 

Slate Treasurer; born in Mercer Coun- 
ty, Pa., April 12. 1S49; educated in the 
Iron City Business College, Pittsburg; in 
1873 he became a bank teller in West 
Middlesex, which position he held for 
five years, when he was appointed Post- 
master of West Middlesex; in the legis- 
lative sessions of 1SS5 and 1887 he served 
as message clerk of the Senate, and was 
then elected Prothonotary of Mercer 
County; in 1S91, on the failure of the 
First National Bank of Clearfield, he was 
appointed receiver of that defunct insti- 
tution, and managed its affairs so ably 
as to win him the highest commendation. 
He was appointed cashier of the State 
Treasury in 1894, and in 1895 became a 
candidate for State Treasurer, and was 
elected by the large majority of 174,264, 
holding this office till 189S and perform- 
ing its duties in a very satisfactory man- 
ner. He has been very active in the Re- 
publican councils of Mercer County. Ad- 
dress, West Middlesex, Pa. 

HAYWOOD, J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Ambler. Address, Ambler, Montgom- 
ery County, Pa. 

HAZARD, Willis Hatfield: 

Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; son of Willis Pope and Susan 
Robinson ("Gilpin) Hazard; born July 26, 
1866, at West Chester, Pa.; in 1887 was 
graduated from Haverford College, Penn- 
sylvania: also graduate of the Theological 
Seminary, New York, in 1S91; at the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1888 w T as a 
graduate student in English philology; 
graduate student in Semitic philology at 
Columbia University in 1891; Schiff Ara- 



bic prizeman and Cary scholar, also A. 
M. with honors, at Harvard in 1892. 
In 1894 he took his degree of Ph. D. 
in Semitic philology at Harvard; was 
ordained deacon in 1891, and afterward, 
in 1S96, . ordained priest. Married Mary 
Dunbar Creigh, November 14, 1898, at 
West Chester. Pa. Rector of St. John's 
at Concord, Pa., 1896; also of St. Mark's 
Worcester, Mass. In 1S99 was editorial 
writer on The Churchman, New York; 
was also in the editorial department of D. 
Appleton & Company. New York. He is 
in associate of Victoria Institute of Great 
Britain: also a member of the American 
Oriental Society. Society of Biblical Lit- 
erature and Exegesis, Oriental Society, 
New York; Salmagundi Club, New York. 
Address, West Chester, Pa. 

HAZELTIXE, A. J.: 

Banker; born in Busti, Chautauqua 
County, N. Y. ; educated in the common 
schools; member of Councils and School 
Board; President of the Young Men's 
Christian Association at Warren, Pa. 
Member of United States Assay Com- 
mittee. 1900. President of the Warren 
Savings Bank. Married Hattie E. Davis, 
June 4, 186S. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Warren, Pa. 

HAZLETOX, Dvrisht Wesley: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twenty-second New York 
Cavalry, Dec. 12, 1863; discharged for pro- 
motion, March 3, 1S64; Second Lieuten- 
ant Twenty-second New York Cavalry, 
March 4, 1864; First Lieutenant, June 
22, 1865; honorably discharged, Aug. 1, 
1865; elected, May 3, 1899. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HEAP, David Porter: 

colonel United States Army; born in 
Asia; appointed from Pennsylvania; cadet 
Military Academy, July 1, I860; First 
Lieutenant Engineers. June 13, 1864; 
Captain. March 7, 1S67; Major. June 23, 
1882; Lieutenant Colonel, May 10, 1S95; 
Colonel Engineers, April 13, 1903; bre- 
vetted Captain, April 2, 1S65, for gallant 
and meritorious services during the siege 
of Petersburg, Va. Address, Flood Build- 
ing, San Francisco, Cal. 

HEATOX. Edmund H.: 

President of the Milton Trust and Safe 
Deposit Company. Address, Milton, 
Northumberland County, Pa. 



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HBATON, W. H.: 

President of the Citizens' National Bank 
of Ashland. Address, Ashland, Schuyl- 
kill County, Pa. 

HEBERTOX, George Alexander: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Battery P Pennsylvania 
Light Artillery, Aug. S, 1S62; Corporal, 
Aug. 8, 1862; discharged for promotion, 
March 4, 1863; First Lieutenant 110th 
Pennsylvania Infantry, March 10, 1863; 
honorably discharged, Nov. 30, 1864; 
elected May 5, 1886. Address, 401 West 
Chelten Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HEFFEMXGER, Jacob: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal Thirty-fifth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry (Seventh Reserve), May 
8, 1S61; Sergeant, Dec. 1, 1861; First Ser- 
geant, Feb. 1, 1863; discharged for pro- 
motion, March, 1S63; Second Lieutenant 
Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, 
March 1. 1S63; First Lieutenant, July 31, 
1S63; honorably mustered out, March 11, 
1S65; brevetted Captain United States 
Volunteers, March 13, 1S65, for gallant 
conduct at the battle of the "Wilderness, 
Va. Elected Nov. 5, 1SS4. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HEFFENSTALL, Sam.: 

Merchant; born Nov. 23, 1S42. in Shef- 
field, England; educated in Sheffield, Eng- 
land. Married Alice Talbot. Superinten- 
dent of Henry Disston; Manager Howe. 
Brown & Co. ; President of the Heppen- 
stall Forge and Knife Company. Address, 
care of Heppenstall Forge and Knife 
Company. Forty-seventh St., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

HEGER, Anthony: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Austria, appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Assistant Surgeon Aug. 29, 1856; Major 
Surgeon Sept. 17, 1862; Lieutenant Colo- 
nel Surgeon Jan. 24, 1886; Colonel Sur- 
geon Jan. 2, 1891; brevetted Lieutenant 
Colonel March 13, 1865, for faithful and 
meritorious service during the war; re- 
tired Dec. 4, 1892. Address. Worthington. 
Hampshire Co., Mass. 

HEIDELBAliGH, Milton: 

State Senator from Lancaster County; 
born April 19, 1S43, in Bart Township: 



was educated in the common schools and 
at Maple Grove Academy; taught school 
for three years and was merchandising 
at the nickel mines for twenty years; at 
present is manufacturing hard wood lum- 
ber with steam portable mills; served as 
member of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1885, 1893, 1895, 1897 and 1899; 
elected to the Senate, November, 1900. 
Address, Bart, Pa. 

■ 1 1 : 1 I . William Franklin*: 

Minister; born May 1, 1857, at Berlins- 
ville, Pa. ; son of Nathan and Lydia 
(Meister) Heil; received early .education 
at public school, in Berlinsville, and later 
attended Cedar Hill Seminary and Nor- 
mal School, Pa. In 1880 was ordained. 
He was elected Bishop of United Evan- 
gelical Church October, 1902, for a term 
of four years. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

HEILPRIX, Angelo: 

Naturalist; born in Satoralja-Ujhely. 
Hungary, March 31. 1853; came to the 
United States in 1856; was educated in 
Europe, making special study of natural 
history. Successively Professor Inverte- 
brate Paleontology and Geology, 1880-1900; 
and Curator, 18S3-1S92, Academy of Natu- 
ral Sciences, Philadelphia; Professor Geol- 
ogy. Wagner Free Institute, 1885-1890; 
President for seven years of Geological 
Society, Philadelphia; Vice President Am- 
erican Alpine Club, 1903; leader Peary Re- 
lief Expedition, 1892. Exhibited paintings 
at several exhibitions. Author of "Town 
Geology," "The Lesson of the Phila- 
delphia Rocks," "Geographical and Geo- 
logical Distribution of Animals," "Ex- 
plorations on the "West Coast of Florida, 
and in the Okeechobee "Wilderness," "The 
Geological Evidence of Evolution," 18S7; 
"A Contribution to the Physical History 
and Zoology of the Somers Archipelago," 
"Principles of Geology," 1S90; "The 
Arctic Problem and Narrative of the Peary 
Relief Expedition." "The Earth and Its 
Story," "Alaska and the Klondike," etc.. 
Address, Academy of Natural Sciences. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HEILNER, Lewis Cass: 

Commander United States Navy; ap- 
pointed from Pennsylvania. Naval Acad- 
emy. July, 1866; Ensign. July, 1871; Mas- 
ter. September. 1873; Lieutenant. June, 
1879; Saco. Asiatic Fleet. 1871-1874; Brook- 
lyn, 1874; Ossipee, North Atlantic Station, 
1875-1877; receiving ship Colorado, 1877- 
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ship Portsmouth, 1883; Naval Observatory, 
18S5-1889; Pensacola, special service, 1889 
to August, 1892; Naval Observatory, 
August, 1892-1895; battleship Texas, Aug- 
ust, 1896, to 1899; Navy Yard, New York, 
March 16, 1899. Promoted to Lieutenant 
Commander Dec. 9, 1898. Commander, 
May 12, 1901. Commanding Yankee since 
April 30, 1902. Address, care Navy De- 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

HEILNER, Samuel A., 13, D., LL,. B.: 

Clergyman; born Port Carbon, Pa. After 
attending private and public schools, he 
•was sent to the Arcadian Institute, at 
Orwigsburg, Pa. On the death of his 
father, he, with his mother and brother, 
took full charge of his father's business 
at Lykens, Pa.; for two years studied in 
Dickinson Seminary at Williamsport, Pa. 
In 1864, was appointed pastor of a church 
in Harrisburg, Pa. In 1865, was received 
into the Philadelphia Annual Conference 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
admitted into full membership, remaining 
an active member ever since, and hold- 
ing pastorates at many different points 
within the State; graduated as Bachelor 
of Laws, Law Department of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, in 1SS1. Prominently 
identified with the enactment of the Mar- 
riage License law of Pennsylvania; is 
President of the Board of Trustees of the 
Philadelphia Annual Conference, Secre- 
tary of the Philadelphia Conference Edu- 
cation Society, a member of the Board of 
the Church Extension Society, a Trier of 
Appeals, Chairman of the Conference 
Board of Examiners, a Trustee of the 
Educational Fund, a Trustee of the Meth- 
odist Hospital in Philadelphia, a Director 
of the Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, 
and President of the Philadelphia Tract 
and Mission Society. In 1886, he received 
the honorary degree of Master of Arts 
from Hedding and Allegheny Colleges, and 
in 1S89 the degree of Doctor of Divinity 
was conferred upon him by Texas Wes- 
leyan College, now Fort Worth Univer- 
sity. Married in 1864 to Ella Thompson, 
in 1867 to Annie E. Jacobs. Address, 137 
E. Tabor Road, Philadelphia. 

HEINER, Gordon Graham: 

Captain United States 'Army; born in 
District of Columbia; was appointed from 
Pennsylvania. Cadet. Military Academy, 
June 15. 1SS9; Second Lieutenant, Second 
Artillery, June 12, 1893; transferred to 
Fourth Artillery. Nov. 29, 1893; First 
Lieutenant, March 2, 1899; Artillery Corps, 



Feb. 2, 1901; Captain, July 1, 1901. Ad- 
dress, West Point, N. Y. 

HEI1VLY, David: 

Merchant; born in Albany Township, 
Berks County, Pa., March 31, 1836, on the 
farm on which he now resides; educated 
in private schools and at an academy in, 
Camden, N. J. In 1861 started in the 
mercantile business at Albany village; al- 
so kept hotel for several years; elected 
Justice of the Peace in 1S65; was one of 
the projectors of the Schuylkill & Lehigh 
Railroad; Secretary for a number of years 
of the Albany Mutual Fire Insurance 
Company, which he was instrumental in 
organizing; established the Steinsville 
creamery, and engaged in numerous other 
local enterprises. Married, May 28, 1860, 
Amanda Levan. In politics is a Demo- 
crat. Address, Reading, Pa. 

HEINSLING, W. J.: 

President of the Union Trust Com- 
pany of Altoona. Address, Altoona, Blair 
County, Pa. 

HEINZ, H. J.: 

Manufacturer; born in Pittsburg, Oct. 
11, 1844; educated in the public schools 
and local business college. As a young 
man, engaged part of the time in ope- 
rating a garden in the vicinity of Pitts- 
burg and in disposing of the product in 
the city market; assisted his father in 
conducting the brick and contracting 
business; 1869, gave his entire time and 
energy to the pickling and preserving 
business, now one of the notable business 
successes of this country, and the largest 
of its kind in the world. The organiza- 
tion now has its ramifications, in both 
production and distribution, in almost 
every country in the civilized world. The 
parent plant is reinforced by ten branch 
factories, sixty odd salting stations, or 
depots for the assembling of raw products 
and their partial preparations; twenty-five 
branch warehouses in commercial centres, 
including one in London, and fifty-two 
agencies. Three thousand four hundred 
people are employed regularly; the prod- 
ucts of 20,000 acres annually, and the labor 
of 40,000 people to tend and harvest these 
crops are required. Aside from a thor- 
ough familiarity with every detail of his 
business, Mr. Heinz gives much time to 
other interests. Is identified with Pitts- 
burg business institutions as follows: 
Director of Western Insurance Company, 
Director of Union National Bank, Presi- 



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dent of the Central Accident Insurance 
Company, President of the Aspinwall 
Land Company, member of the Board 
of Trustees of Greenwood Cemetery, 
Sharpsburg; Vice-President of the West- 
ern Pennsylvania Exposition Society, and 
a Director of the Chamber of Commerce. 
In educational work his interest is shown 
through his relation to these instituions: 
The Kansas City University, of which 
he is a Trustee and for years was Presi- 
dent of the Board; the Winona Agricul- 
tural Institute, of Winona, Ind., and the 
Winona Technical Institute, Indianapolis, 
Ind. He is also a member of the Ameri- 
can Missionary Board, the oldest mis- 
sionary board in the country. Address. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

HE1SLER, I. P.: 

Minister Evangelical Association; born 
in Tamaqua. Pa., April 16, 1862; educat- 
ed at Schuylkill Seminary, Reading, Pa. 
Minister of the Gospel of the Evangeli- 
cal Association. Married Miss Emma L. 
Leippe, Jan. 13, 1885. Prohibitionist in 
politics. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

HEISLER, John C, M. D.: 

Physician and Professor of Anatomy in 
the Medico-Chirurgical College. Philadel- 
phia: born at Jersey Shore, Lycoming. 
County. Pa., Feb. 27, 1862; educated in 
public schools and by private tutors; was 
graduated from Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy in 1883; graduated from Medi- 
cal School of University of Pennsylvania 
in 1S87; interne at St. Mary's Hospital, 
Philadelphia, from 1887 to 1SSS; began the 
private practice of medicine in Philadel- 
phia in 1888; teacher in Medical School of 
University of Pennsylvania in various ca- 
pacities from 1888 to 1897 — Assistant 
Demonstrator of Obstetrics. Assistant 
Demonstrator of Anatomy, Prosector to 
the Chair of Anatomy; Instructor in Dis- 
eases of the Chest in Philadelphia Poly- 
clinic for two years (18S9-1891); Professor 
of Anatomy in the Medico-Chirurgical 
College since 1897. Member of Philadel- 
phia County Medical Society; of Phila- 
delphia Pediatric Society. Pennsylvania 
State Medical Society, American Medical 
Association. Association of American An- 
atomists. Fellow of College of Physicians 
of Philadelphia. Author of "A Text Book 
of Embryology." (W. B. Saunders & Co., 
Philadelphia. 1899; second edition, 1901). 
Married, in 1892, Anna M. Reardon. Ad- 
dress, 3829 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



HEISLER. William H.: 

Banker; born in Pemberton, N. J., Nov. 
19. 1S42; educated in the Pemberton pub- 
lic schools; employed in a drug store in 
1859, remaining there till 1863. when he 
entered the Mount Holley National Bank. 
In 1SC6 he removed to Philadelphia, hav- 
ing acquired a good knowledge of the 
banking business, and seeing there a more 
promising held. Obtaining a position in 
the Seventh National Bank, his ability and 
energy brought him to the post of cashier 
in 1871, a position which he held for sev- 
enteen years. In 1SSS he entered the 
Manufacturers' National Bank as cashier 
and Vice President, serving till 1S93, when 
he was elected President of that institu- 
tion. This position Mr. Heisler still holds, 
and is also concerned in other business 
bodies, being a Director and the Treas- 
urer of the Schlichter Jute Cordage Com- 
pany. He is a Director of the Seaside 
Park Association, Treasurer of the Penn- 
sylvania Seamen's Friend Society, and 
Treasurer of the Philadelphia Layman's 
Association, taking- an active part in its 
charitable work. Address, Pemberton, N. J. 

HIUISTEK, Joseph B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House 
of Representatives from Westmoreland 
County. "Pa.; born in Bowerstown, Carrol 
County. Ohio, Dec. 2. 1859; in 1867 he re- 
moved with his parents to Mansfield Val- 
ley, Allegheny County, Pa., and was edu- 
cated in the common schools of that place; 
is a bricklayer by trade, but for the past 
fifteen years has been engaged in con- 
tracting; served in the Town Council for 
three years; in 1S91 he removed to New 
Kensington, where he now resides; elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
November, 1902. Address, New Kensing- 
ton. Pa. 

HEIZJI.WW Charles Lawrence: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. As- 
sistant Surgeon, May 14, 1867; Major Sur- 
geon, Nov. IS, 1886; Lieutenant Colonel 
Department Surgeon General, April 28. 
1900: Colonel Assistant Surgeon General, 
April 7, 1902. Address, care Surgeon Gen- 
eral's Office, Washington, D. C. 

HELFFRICH, Henry B.: 

Assistant Secretary of The Philadelphia 
Trust, Safe Deposit and Insurance Com- 
pany: born Aug. IS, 1S65, in the City of 
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education. Married Louie Faxon Bush- 
nell Nov. 22, 1894. Republican. Shortly 
after leaving school he entered the em- 
ploy of The Philadelphia Trust Com- 
pany; went to the City of Mexico with 
the firm of Wexel & De Gresse, of New 
York and Mexico, who had a contract 
vith the Mexican Government for the 
coinage of nickel. In a few years he re- 
entered the office of The Philadelphia 
Trust Company; was elected Second As- 
sistant Secretary of that company in 
February, 1898, and Assistant Secretary 
in February, 1900. Home address, 
Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pa. 

HELLER, A. Arthur: 

Botanist, traveler and author; born in 
Montour County, Pa., March 21, 1S67; 
graduated from Franklin and Marshall 
College in 1S92; A. M., 189S; served ap- 
prenticeship at printing, 1SS1-1885; on bo- 
tanical explorations in South and "West, 
1892-1S94; in Hawaiian Islands, 1895; in 
Idaho. 1S96; Instructor of Botany at the 
University of Minnesota, 1S96-1S98; on bo- 
tanical exploration in State of "Washing- 
ton, 1898; California, 1902; Porto Rico, 1S9S 
to 1903. Member Torrey Botany Club, Lin- 
naean Society of Lancaster. Wrote nu- 
merous papers in the Bulletin of the Tor- 
rey Botanical Club, 1892-1S99; Memoirs 
Torrey Botanical Club, 1892; Catalogue 
of North American plants, 1900. Editor 
: and publisher of "Muhlenbergia." Ad- 
dress, Lancaster, Pa. 

HELLER, Frederic P.: 

Capitalist; born in Reading, Pa., July 
j 28, 1S34; educated in the public schools, 
I and then learned the trade of watch- 
| maker and jeweler under his father, 
George Heller, and in Philadelphia. In 
1S57 he commenced business in Reading, 
as a jeweler, in which he continued ten 
years; then established himself in the 
lumber business, which he followed for 
thirty years, retiring to look after his 
real estate and other interests. In 1858 
he was elected a member of the Reading 
School Board and served two years. He 
I iserved one term in Common Council, hav- 
ing been elected as a Republican in 1873. 
He then served three terms in Select 
Council, from 1875 to 1887, and was Presi- 
dent of that body for one term— 1876-1877. 
He was elected a member of the Board 
of Water Commissioners upon the ex- 
piration of his Councilmanic term, and 
still fills that office. Mr. Heller was one 
of the organizers of the Reading Board of 
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Trade, and served as Treasurer of that 
body for a number of years. He was also 
one of the projectors of the Washing- 
ton Library Company and was elected its 
first President. On the 8th of February, 
1859, he was married to Miss Rose E. 
Snyder, of Reading. Their children are 
two daughters — Kate E., married to Will- 
iam A. Huff, of Greensburg, Pa., and 
Carrie S., married to William H. Kessler, 
of Reading. Address, Reading, Pa. 

HELM, Frank; W.: 

President of the Quarryville National 
Bank. Address, Quarryville, Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

HELWEGE, Adolph: 

Pastor of St. Jacobus Evangelical Lu- 
theran Church, Philadelphia, Pa.; born in 
Hannover. Germany, March 3, 1866; re- 
ceived his theological education in the 
Fatherland and at the University of 
Pennsylvania. Author of many theologi- 
cal books; editor of the German edition 
of the Holman Bible House Illustrated 
German Bible; Ex-President of the Gen- 
eral Sunday School Association of the 
combined twenty-eight German Lutheran 
Sunday Schools in and around Philadel- 
phia. Secretary of the Samaritan Shel- 
ter; Trustee of the German Hospital. Ad- 
dress, 1960 N. 6 Parsonage, Philadelphia. 

HEMRP, Robert S.: 

President of the West End Savings 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HEMLER, Hamilton D.l 

President of the Central Guarantee 
Trust and Safe Deposit Company. Ad- 
dress, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. 

HEMPHILL, John W.: 

President of the National Bank of Tar- 
entum. Address, Tarentum, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

HEMPHILL, Joseph: 

Jurist; born in Chester County, Pa., in 
1842, a son of Joseph Hemphill, an in- 
fluential member of the Chester County 
bar. He received a liberal education, and 
after spending three years in his father's 
office entered the Law Department of Har- 
vard University, graduating and gaining 
admission to the bar in 1864. The suc- 
ceeding twenty-five years were spent by 
him in successful practice in the courts 
of Chester. A Democrat in politics, he 
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vention of 1S72, his efficient service in 
which brought him into prominence and 
had to do with his nomination and elec- 
tion as Additional Law Judge in 1889. 
In 1897, on the death of President Judge 
Waddell, he was appointed to fill the va- 
cancy, and in the fall of that year was 
elected for the full ten years' term. Ad- 
dress, Westchester, Pa. 

HENDEL, John: 

Manufacturer; born December 7, 1833, 
in Adamstown, Lancaster County, Pa.; 
educated in the public schools and learned 
the business of hat making in his father's 
factory in Adamstown. In 1860 was taken 
into partnership by his father; three 
years later he and his brother George 
formed a partnership under the firm name 
of Hendel Bros; later another brother be- 
came partner. Is now interested in the 
firm of John Hendel's Sons, hat manufac- 
turers, four of his sons being in the busi- 
ness; and is also a partner in a hat com- 
mission house in New York. Mr. Hendel 
is a Director of the First National Bank 
of Reading; a Director of the Reading 
Trust Company and Treasurer of the 
Keystone Land and Cattle Company. He 
is also interested in other business affairs. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

HENDERSON, Charles EiigrHsh: 

Railway manager, physician; born in 
Jefferson County, W. Va., Sept. 25, 1S44; 
educated at priate school, Jefferson Coun- 
ty, Va., 1S50-1S59, Georgetown College, 
D. C, 1859-1861; was graduated from 
medical department of University of 
Pennsylvania, 186S; was resident physi- 
cian Bay View Hospital, Baltimore, 1S69- 
1870. Entered railroad service Jan. 5, 
1870, being clerk at Fort Scott Station, 
Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Rail- 
road to April, 1870, and clerk general 
freight and ticket office same, 1870-1874; 
Chief Clerk to General Superintendent 
same road and to General Superintend- 
ent and receiver Leavenworth, Law- 
rence & Galveston Railroad, 1S74-1879; 
prospecting routes and settling purchase 
accounts Springfield and Western Miss- 
ouri Railroad, 1879; General Freight and 
Ticket Agent Atchison & Nebraska Rail- 
road, 1879-1880; Auditor, Cashier and 
Paymaster April, 1880, Assistant General 
Manager, October. 1880. General Manager 
and Receiver, October, 1881. to January 
28, 1S8S; Indiana, Bloomington & Western 
Railroad; General Manager, Ohio, Indiana 



& Western Railroad, 1888-1889; General 
Manager Ohio Southern Railroad, 1881- 
1892; General Manager Dayton & Ironton 
Railroad, 1884-1886; Manager for purchas- 
er Dayton & Toledo Railroad, 1884-1887; 
Receiver for Danville, Olney & Ohio River 
Railroad, 1884-1886; General Manager of 
Chicago & Ohio River Railroad, 1SS6-1888; ' 
General Manager Philadelphia &: Reading 
Coal <£- Iron Company since Dec. 1, 1889, 
and Second Vice President of the Phila- 
delphia & Reading Railway Company 
since Nov. 25, 1896. Address, Reading \ 
Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HENDERSON, Charles Hanfnrd: 

Educator, lecturer and writer; born in 
Philadelphia, Dec. 30, 1861; was graduated 
from University of Pennsylvania, B. S., 
1882; (Ph. D. Zurich, 1892); Assistant to 
Dr. Persifor Frazer; lecturer at Franklin 
Institute, 1883-1885; on editorial staff Sci- 
entific American, 1885-1886; science teach- 
er, 1886-1891; principal of the N. E. Manual 
Training High School, Philadelphia, 1892- 
1896; assistant literary editor Philadelphia 
Press for two years; lecturer on educa- 
tion. Harvard, 1897-1898; Director of 
Pratt Institute High School, Brooklyn, 
1898-1900; head master Marienfeld Sum- 
mer School, Chesham, N. H., since 1896. 
Wrote articles on technical, educational 
and social subjects. Author of "Edu- 
cation and the Larger Life," "John 
Percyfield." etc. Address. Station B., 
Philadelphia. 

HENDERSON. James A,: 

President and General Manager of the 
Pittsburg & Cincinnati Packet Co. Presi- 
dent for some years of the National Board 
of Steam Navigation, now an active Di- 
rector of the Pittsburg Chamber of 
Commerce and also the Pittsburg Coal 
Exchange and an enthusiastic worker in 
the "On to Cairo," or better and deeper 
river campaign; has for many years been 
prominently identified with the river in- 
terests of Pittsburg. He was born in 
Pittsburg and entered the ranks of river- 
men as solicitor for freight for the early 
packet lines. In 1893 was successful in 
effecting a merger of the lines operating 
on the Ohio River between Pittsburg and 
Cincinnati; was the first President of the 
company then formed. The service was 
then improved and the finest stern wheel 
packets ever constructed placed in use. 
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the company. He has been active in the 
efforts to secure deep water locks and the 
bridge raising movement. Address, Cham- 
ber of Commerce, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HENDERSON, J. B.: 

President of the Jefferson County Na- 
tional Bank. Address. Brookville, Jeffer- 
son County, Pa. 

HENDERSON, John J.: 

Jurist; born in Allegheny County, Pa., 
Sept. 23, 1843; son of an eminent Metho- 
dist clergyman of that locality. He was 
educated at Meadville Academy and Al- 
legheny College, and after graduation 
took part in the Civil War from 1862 to 
1865. On his return he studied law at 
Meadville and was admitted to the bar 
of Crawford County in 1867. His knowl- 
edge of and ability in the law soon 
brought him an excellent practice, and in 
1872 he was elected District Attorney of 
the county, serving for one term. By. 
1887 he had won such standing in his 
profession that he was elected President 
Judge of the Thirtieth Judicial District, 
serving for the full term of ten years. 
He resumed the practice of law in 1897 
with the greatest success, and in March. 
1903, was selected by the Governor to fill 
a vacancy upon the bench of the Su- 
preme Court of the State, which posi- 
tion he now occupies. He is noted for 
his eloquence and ability as a public 
speaker. Address, Meadville, Pa. 

HENDERSON. Robert Miller: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Thirty-sixth Pa. Infantry 
(Seventh Reserve) April 21, 1861; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel July 4, 1S62; resigned and 
honorably discharged April 30, 1863. Bre- 
vetted Colonel United States Volunteers 
March 13, 1865, "for gallant and merito- 
rious conduct during the action at Charles 
City Cross-roads, where he was wounded, 
and for good conduct throughout the cam- 
paign"; Brigadier General March 13, 1865, 
"for gallant and meritorious conduct at 
the battle of Bull Run (second), Va." 
Elected Feb. 7, 1866. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HENNING, Henry: 

President of St. Clair Savings and Trust 
Company. Address, Knoxville, Tioga 
County, Pa. 



HENLEIN, A. F.: 

President of the Greenville National 
Bank. Address, Greenville, Mercer Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

HENRY, Frederick Porteons: 

Physician; born in Middlesex County, 
N. J., July 21, 1844; son of John 
Henry; preparatory education was ob- 
tained in American, German and French 
schools; studied at Princeton University 
(honorary A. M., 1891); was graduated 
from College of Physicians and Surgeons 
(Columbia University), 1868. Fellow of 
the College of Physicians of Philadel- 
phia; member of the Association of 
American Physicians; corresponding mem- 
ber of Royal Academy of Medicine of 
Rome. Married Josephine B. Nancrede, 
of Philadelphia, Nov. 24, 1869. Author of 
"Aniemia," 1887; edited the seventh edi- 
tion of Austin Flint's "Principles and 
Practice of Medicine," 1894. Contributor 
to various medical journals. Address, 
1635 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HENRY, James Addison: 

Clergyman, Presbyterian; born in Cran- 
bury. N. J., Oct. 28, 1835; son of Rev. 
Dr. Symmes C. Henry, who was for 37 
years pastor of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Cranbury. N. J., and Catharine 
Rowly Henry; he was graduated from 
the College of New Jersey (now Princeton 
University), 1857, and from the Prince- 
ton Theological Seminary, 1860; received 
the degree of D. D. from the Central Col- 
lege. Ky., and from Washington and Jef- 
ferson College, Pa. ; pastor of Princeton 
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, from 
June, 1860, until the present time. Mar- 
ried in Philadelphia, July 25. 1861, Mary 
S., daughter of Robert Steen. Trustee 
Princeton University; Director Princeton 
Theological Seminary; Trustee and Di- 
rector of many benevolent institutions; 
President Pennsylvania Industrial Home 
for Blind Women. Has visited Europe 
many times and represented the Presby- 
terian Church in several Pan-Presbyterian 
Councils; Republican in politics. Has 
published numerous sermons and address- 
es and has written numerous articles for 
religious and secular papers; is Moderator 
of the Presbyterian General Assembly 
now in session at Buffalo. Address, 3818 
Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HENRY, Morton J.: 

Captain United States Army; son of 
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Philadelphia; born in Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Pa., Aug. 22, 1869. Married Rebecca 
A. Morison, of Baltimore, Md., April 2, 
1902. Resided in Philadelphia and attend- 
ed school there. Entered Harvard Uni- 
versity in the class of '92. Appointed to 
the Volunteer army during the war with 
Spain as Captain and Commissary, 
United States Volunteers, and served in 
the Santiago campaign on the staffs of 
Gen. S. B. M. Young and Gen. Leonard 
Wood. Was wounded July 1, at the 
capture of San Juan Hill. Promoted 
Aug. 24, 1899, to Major, Thirty-second 
Infantry. United States Volunteers, and 
served in a number of engagements in 
the Philippine Islands. Appointed Cap- 
tain and Commissary in the regualr army, 
Feb. 2, 1901. Address, 170 Summer St., 
Boston, Mass. 

HENSEL,, AVillinm Uliler: 

Lawyer; born at Quarryville, Lancastei 
County, Pa., Dec. 4, 1851; son of George 
W. and Anna M. (Uhler) Hensel; was 
graduated from Franklin and Marshall 
College, 1870, and received the degree of 
A. M., 1S73; three years after graduation 
studied law; married Oct. 13, 1874, Em- 
ily C. Flinn. Admitted to bar March, 
1S73; Attorney General Pennsylvania, 
1S91-1895. Delegate to the Democratic 
National Conventions, 1880, 18S4, 1888, 
1892; Chairman Pennsylvania delegation, 
1SS2; Chairman Democratic State Com- 
riittee, Pennsylvania, 1882-1887. Presi- 
dent Pennsylvania State Bar Association, 
189S-1S99, Pennsylvania Editorial Asso- 
ciation, 1881-1883. Member Shakespeare 
Society, Philadelphia, and of the Hamil- 
ton (Lancaster) and Rittenhouse (Phila- 
delphia) Clubs. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 

HEPBURN, Arthur J.: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Naval 
Cadet Sept. 22, 1893; Ensign July 1, 1899; 
Lieutenant Aug. 10. 1903. Amphitrite 
June, 1897. Naval Training Station. San 
Francisco, Cal., since January, 1904. Ad- 
dress, San Francisco, Cal. 

HERBERT. J. Frederick, M. D.: 

Physician; born Jan. 8, 1S80, in Phila- 
delphia; educated in a private school, 
where both English and German were 
taught. At a very early age he displayed 
a decided interest and love for optics 
and everything pertaining to eyes and 
eyesight; at the age of fourteen he en- 



tered the optical establishment of Messrs. 
Queen & Co. In the year 1877 he ac- 
cepted the management of the optical 
department of a well known English firm 
of opticians, Messrs. R. and J. Beck, of 
London. In 1S79 he entered Jefferson 
Medical College to study medicine, mak- 
ing opthalmology his specialty, graduat- 
ing with honors in 1S83. Has invented 
several instruments which have proved 
of great value to the profession. He has 
written numerous papers on his special 
subject, among these a very lucid and 
interesting work on the "Preservation of 
the Eye-Sight." Address, 1516 Locust 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HERBERT, Vietor: 

Musician, conductor, composer; born. 
Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1859; grandson of 
Samuel Lover, Irish novelist; began musi- 
cal education in Germany at the age of 
seven, studying under leading masters; 
his first position of prominence was that 
of principal violoncello player in the Court 
Orchestra, Stuttgart; heard in concerts 
throughout Europe before coming to the 
United States as solo violoncellist of the 
Metropolitan Orchestra, New York, 1886; 
since then has been connected with Theo- 
dore Thomas', Seidl's and other orchestral 
organizations as soloist and conductor. 
Bandmaster of the Twenty-second Regi- 
ment Band. New York, since 1894; con- 
ductor of the Pittsburg (Pa.) Orchestra, 
since 189S. Composer of "The Captive" 
(oratorio written for and performed at 
the Worcester, Mass., Festival); "Prince 
Ananias," "The Wizard of the Nile," 
"The Serenade," "Cyrano de Bergerac," 
"The Ameer," "The Viceroy," "The 
Idol's Eye," and "The Fortune Teller." 
Also several compositions for orchestra, 
songs and a concert for violoncello and 
orchestra. Address, 519 Aiken Ave., 
Pittsburg. Pa. 

HERBERT, William Cromwell: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1. 1879; 
Assistant Engineer, July 1, 1S85; Passed 
Assistant Engineer Aug. 6, 1895; rank 
changed to Lieutenant March 3, 1899; 
Sundia July 27. 1897, to 1900; Inspection 
duty (Bureau Steam Engineering), Sept. 
18, 1900. Bennington since Nov. 24, 1902. 
Lieutenant Commander Jan. 1, 1904. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department. Washing- 
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HERBST, Ertwin M., M. D.: 

Physician; born Sept. 10, 1S57, in Pike- 
ville, Berks County, Pa.; son of Capt. 
George Herbst and grandson of Dr. Will- 
ian Herbst, a pioneer physician of Berks 
County, who served one term as County 
Treasurer. Dr. E. M. Herbst was edu- 
cal College; located in the village of Oley, 
Academy, Keystone State Normal School, 
Pennsylvania College, and Jefferson Medi- 
cal College; located in the valley of Oley, 
Berks County, where he is still in active 
practice; elected a member of the school 
board of Oley Township; appointed by 
Governor Pattison Lazaretto Physician 
for the Port of Philadelphia; served as 
United States Pension Examiner; elect- 
ed to the State Senate of Pennsylvania 
in 1900, as a Democrat, succeeding W. 
Oscar Miller. Married Charlotte Stettler, 
Oct. 28, 1S80. Address, Oley, Berks Co., 
Pa. 

HERING, Carl, B. S., M. E.: 

Electrical engineer; born 1860, in Phil- 
adelphia, Pa.; son of the late Dr. Con- 
stantine Hering, the well known father 
of homeopathy in America; studied me- 
chanical engineering at the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1880. with 
degree of Bachelor of Sciences, later re- 
ceiving post-graduate degree of Me- 
chanical Engineer; appointed instructor in 
mathematics and assistant in mechanical 
engineering at the University in 1882; 
assistant in physics. Studied at Darm- 
stadt. Germany, under Prof. Kittler and 
made his assistant. He was assistant 
electrician at the International Electrical 
Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1884. In 
1886-1887 taught electrical engineering at 
the University of Pennsylvania. He was a 
member of tbe Jury of Awards, a scien- 
tific commission, at Expositions at Vien- 
na. 1883; Philadelphia, 1S84; Paris, 1889 
and 1900; St. Louis, 1S90; Frankfort, Ger- 
many, 1891; Philadelphia Export Exposi- 
tion, 1899: at Buffalo. 1901, becoming 
member of the highest or superior jury 
at some of them. The French Govern- 
ment conferred upon him the decoration 
of "Officer de l'lnstruction Publique" in 
1889 and in 1900 that of the Cross of the 
Legion of Honor. He was also representa- 
tive of the United States Government, 
the American Institute of Electrical En- 
gineers and of the Franklin Institute to 
various international electrical congress- 
meetings, etc. In 1892 technical editor 
of the Electrical World. Member of the 
Committee to prepare the preliminary 



programme for the Chicago International 
Electrical Congress of 1893. President of 
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, of the 
Electrical Section of Franklin Institute 
and honorary member New York Elec- 
trical Society. American delegate of In- 
ternational Society of Electricians, whose 
headquarters are in Paris. Vice Presi- 
dent of the American Institute of Electri- 
cal Engineers in 1900. Honorary mem- 
ber of the International Engineering Con- 
gress at Glasgow, Scotland. From 1893 
to 1903 he prepared a weekly digest of 
the current electrical literature, both for- 
eign and American. He has obtained 
a number of patents for electrical inven- 
tions. Since 1886 he has been practicing 
as consulting electrical engineer in 
Philadelphia, being engaged chiefly with 
tests, reports, patent litigations, and act- 
ing as consulting electrical engineer for 
companies. He was married to Harriet 
Truesdell. in 1S92. Address, 929 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HERMAN, John Armstrong: 

Lawyer; born in Silver Spring Town- 
ship, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 
Nov. 28, 1853, on the estate of his father 
that had been in the family for several 
generations. His ancestors were Scotch- 
Irish, French and German, and were 
prominent in the Colonial and Revolution- 
ary War history through Gen. John Arm- 
strong, Sr., of Pennsylvania, and Gen. 
John Armstrong, Jr., of New York. He 
graduated from Princeton University in 
1874; studied law at Harrisburg, Pa.; was 
admitted to the bar in 1877. Has prac- 
ticed law continuously in Harrisburg. 
Has been a Republican in politics. Is a 
member of the Society of Colonial Wars 
of New York; a member of the Society 
of Colonial Wars of Pennsylvania, and a 
member of the Sons of the Revolution of 
Pennsylvania. Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

HERRING, Charles Mallet Prevost: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Brevet Brig. Gen. Charles P. Herring. 
Elected Feb. 8. 1899. Address, 3822 Locust 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HERRING. Grant: 

Jurist; born at Centreville, Pa., May 
19. 1S62; educated at Bloomsburg State 
normal School and Lafayette College, 
graduating in 1883; studied law in 
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of Columbia County in 1885. Taking an 
active part in the political affairs of his 
section, he was elected by his party, the 
Democratic, to the Pennsylvania State 
Senate in 1890, and served in the extra 
session called by Gov. Pattison in 1893. 
In 1892 and 1896 he was a delegate to the 
Democratic National Convention, and 
showed himself an earnest advocate of 
sound money. He was appointed Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue for the Twelfth 
District of Pennsylvania in 1892, was 
made Trustee of the Bloomsburg State 
Normal School in 1895 and again in 1898, 
and since the latter year has been Trus- 
tee of the State Hospital for Injured 
Persons at Fountain Springs. Pa. In 
August, 1S9S, he was appointed Judge of 
the Twenty-sixth Judicial District, and 
soon after was one of three Judges to de- 
cide a contest at a judicial election. In 
January. 1899, he returned to the practice 
of his profession. Address, Bloomsburg, 
Pa. 

HERROJf, Andrew W. : 

President of the Fort Pitt National 
Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HERRON, Joseph A.: 

President of the Monongahela City 
Trust Company. Address, Monongahela 
City, Washington County, Pa. 

HERRO.V, J. AV.: 

Real estate broker; born in the year 
1851. at Pittsburg, the son of William A. 
and Louisa Janette Herron; was educated 
at the Western University of Pittsburg 
and private schools, and upon graduation 
he accepted a position as a clerk in an in- 
surance office. His next position was as 
mill and shipping clerk with the well- 
known firm of Zug & Co., iron founders, 
of Pittsburg, after which he entered the 
real estate business with his father, and 
upon the death of his father he succeeded 
him as head of the firm of William A. 
Herron & Sons. Mr. Herron was ap- 
pointed attorney in fact for Mrs. Schen- 
ley (succeeding his father), representing 
the largest landed estate in the State of 
Pennsylvania. He is now Vice President 
and was formerly President of the Com- 
mercial National Bank (which he re- 
linquished on account of his pressing pri- 
vate business); Director of the Pennsyl- 
vania Trust Company, the Real Estate 
Savings Bank, and the Guarantee Title & 
Trust Company, all of Pittsburg, and 



Trustee and for over twenty years Treas- 
urer of the Third Presbyterian Church of 
Pittsburg. He is a member of the Du- 
quesne, Outing and Bellefleld Clubs, all 
of Pittsburg. In 1894 he was married to 
Miss Jane Copley Ross, in Pittsburg. Ad- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HERSH, Grier: 

President of the York National Bank. 
Address. York, Pa. 

HERTZLER, John: 

President of the Lancaster Trust Com- 
pany. Address. Lancaster, Pa. 

HEVITZOG, D. M.: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Uniontown. Address, Uniontown, Fay- 
ette County, Pa. 

HERZOG. George: 

Decorative artist; born and educated in 
Munich, Bavaria; opened studio in Phila- 
delphia, 1873, and continued in that field 
ever since. His exhibits at the Centen- 
nial Exposition gained him two medals, 
one from the judges of group seven, and 
the other from group twenty-seven, which 
embodied plastic and graphic art. From 
that time on he rapidly advanced until 
he became one of the best known deco- 
rators in the United States and won an 
international reputation. He is well in- 
formed upon the traditions of art and 
architecture and possesses not only the 
skill to illustrate his ideas rapidly by 
pencil, but also to elaborate them with 
more carefully executed designs, which 
oftentimes rival in delicacy miniature 
paintings. Some of his best work is 
found in the Supreme Court rooms. City 
Hall, and the Masonic Temple. Philadel- 
phia, showing as it does his knowledge 
of historical and allegorical subjects and 
great skill in representation, the purely 
decorative features so harmonizing with 
the pictorial as to justify their being 
classed among the very finest examples of 
decorative art. Among the many private 
residences decorated by him those of John 
H. Converse, Thomas Dolan, Charles J. 
Harrah, Edwin H. Fitler, P. A. B. Wide- 
ner, William L. Elkins, and James Elver- 
son ought to be mentioned. In all of his 
works he is most particular to have his 
motif in exact accord with the style and 
character of the building, as is exempli- 
fied, in a remarkable degree, in the now 
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Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, the finest 
structure of its kind in the world. Ad- 
dress, 3305 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HESS, D. W.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Waynesboro. Address, Waynes- 
boro, Franklin County, Pa. 

HESS, Frank Watson: 

Lieut. Col. United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cap- 
tain Fifteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, 
April 23, 1861; honorably mustered out, 
Aug. 7, 1861; First Lieutenant Third 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, Nov. 9, 1861; Cap- 
tain, July 8, 1S62; Major, Oct. 31, 1864; 
transferred to Fifth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry. May 8, 1865; honorably mustered 
out, Aug. 7, 1865; Second Lieutenant and 
First Lieutenant Eleventh Infantry, Feb. 
23. 1866; transferred to Twenty-ninth In- 
fantry, Sept. 21, 1866; transferred to Elev- 
enth Infantry. April 25, 1869; transferred 
to Third Artillery, Dec. 15, 1870; Captain, 
March 15, 1881; Major, Feb. 10", 1898; re- 
tired, Dec. 15, 1900; retired as Lieutenant 
Colonel, April 23. 1904. Address, Hunt- 
ingdon, Tenn. 

HEWISH, Herbert I.. M. 13.. U. O.: 

Born Feb. 21, 1873, at Heathcote, Ont.; 
educated in the public and high schools 
of Toronto; matriculated in University of 
Toronto, and after obtaining the degrees 
of B. A. and B. Sc, he entered upon the 
study of medicine; graduated in medi- 
cine in 1898. Practiced profession in Phil- 
adelphia, and located in Wilkesbarre in 
1899; graduated as osteopathic physician 
in 1901. Of his professional affiliations 
may be mentioned: Alumnus of Univer- 
sity of Toronto in Arts, Science and 
Medicine; President Luzerne County An- 
atomical Society; ex-Secretary Associ- 
ated Colleges of Osteopathy; member 
American Osteopathic Association, Penn- 
sylvania Osteopathic Association; ex- 
President Atlantic College of Osteopathy. 
Address, 198 South Main St., Wilkes- 
barre, Pa. 

HEWITT, Emma Chnrchman: 

Author; born in New Orleans in 1S50; 
was graduated at Miss Churchman's 
private school, Philadelphia. Was asso- 
ciate editor Ladies' Home Journal four 
years; later of Home Magazine, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and Leisure Hours, Phila- 
delphia; on staff Philadelphia Call; now 
engaged in general literature. Was Pres- 



ident Philadelphia Women's Press Asso- 
ciation; Chairman Committee on Sanita- 
tion, Philadelphia Civic Club. Author of 
"Ease in Conversation," 1887; "Hints to 
Ballad Singers," 1889; "The Little Den- 
vers," 1902; joint author "Queen of the 
Home," 18S9. Address, 4105 Chester 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HEWSON, Audinell: 

Surgeon; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 
2, 1855; son of Addinell Hewson, who 
was a distinguished surgeon, and Rachel 
Macomb (nee Wetherill) Hewson; was 
graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1876, receiving the 
degree of A. M. in 1S79; also re- 
ceived the degree of M. D. from Jef- 
ferson Medical College, 1879; dispensary 
surgeon St. Mary's Hospital, 1879-1888; 
assistant surgeon, 1S79-18S2; was chief of 
the same, 1890-1894; assistant ophthalmic 
clinic, 1882-1S84, Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege Hospital; assistant demonstrator of 
anatomy, 1879-1886; prosector of anat- 
omy, 1886-1SS9; demonstrator of anat- 
omy, 1889-1902; assistant professor anat- 
omy and demonstrator since 1902, Jeffer- 
son Medical College; professor anatomy 
Philadelphia Polyclinic College for Grad- 
uates in Medicine since 1897; Secretary 
State Anatomical Board since 1899; phy- 
sician to Philadelphia Orphan Society, 
18S6-1900; dispensary surgeon Episcopal 
Hospital since 1887; surgeon to St. Tim- 
othy's Hospital, Roxborough, since 1894. 
Married, Sept. 4, 1S83, Lucy Clabaugh. 
Editor American edition "Holden's Dis- 
sector." Address. 1115 Spruce St.. Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HEXAMER, Charles A.: 

Fire protection engineer, and Secretary 
of the Philadelphia Fire Underwriters' 
Association; was born at Hoboken, N. J., 
in 1852; he was graduated from the 
New York University as civil engineer in 
1S71. The next three years were spent 
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago 
Railroad as civil engineer. A year later 
he joined E. Hexamer, the map and sur- 
vey publisher, at Philadelphia, and re- 
mained with him until 1S83, when he be- 
came inspector of the Home, Hartford, 
and North British and Mercantile. He 
subsequently confined his services to the 
Hartford, and continued in that capacity 
until 1S90, when he became a member of 
the firm of Henry W. Brown & Co., Phil- 
adelphia. The partnership dissolved by 
limitation in January, 1894, and in the 



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fall of the same year he was elected Sec- 
retary of the Philadelphia local board, 
and continued in that capacity until De- 
cember, 1896, when he resigned to accept 
the position with the Hartford Fire. On 
April 1, 1904, he resigned his position as 
manager of the Philadelphia Department 
of the Hartford, and was elected Secre- 
tary of the Philadelphia Fire Underwrit- 
ers' Association. Mr. Hexamer is also 
President of the National Fire Protective 
Association, and Chairman of the Board 
of Consulting Enginers of the National 
Board of Fire Underwriters. Office ad- 
dress. Fourth and Walnut Sts.,; residence, 
874 N. Twenty-second St., Philadelphia. 

HE1 DRICK. C.s 

President of the Exchange Bank of 
Franklin. Address, Franklin, Venango 
County, Pa. 

HEYDT, Horace: 

Jurist; born in Montgomery County, Pa., 
Feb. 12, 1856; educated in the public 
schools of the county and the Kutztown 
State Normal School, graduating in 1878. 
Later he entered Lafayette College, at 
Easton. and spent a term, graduating in 
18S4. Adopting law as a profession, he 
studied at Mauch Chunk in the office of 
Freyman & Kiefer, and was admitted to 
the bar of Carbon County in 1885. In 
1889, entered into partnership with Mr. 
Freyman under the title of Freyman & 
Heydt, and in 1901 was appointed by 
Governor Stone President Judge of the 
Common Pleas Court in the new district 
then formed. Address, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 

HEYL, diaries Heath: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania, appointed from New Jer- 
sey. Second Lieutenant Twenty-third 
Infantry, Oct. 1, 1873; First Lieutenant, 
March 20, 1882; Regimental Adjutant, 
April 1, 1890, to April 18, 1891; Captain, 
April 18, 1891; Major Assistant Adjutant 
General, May 19, 1898; Major Inspector 
General, July 8, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel 
Inspector General of Volunteers, Sept. 30 
to Dec. 19. 1899; Lieutenant Colonel In- 
spector General United States Army, Dec. 
19, 1899; Colonel Inspector General, July 
23, 1902; graduate of the Infantry and 
Cavalry School, 1883; brevetted First 
Lieutenant Feb. 27, 1890. for gallant 
service in action against the Indians on 
the south side of the Verde River, Ariz.. 
May 24, 1874, and gallantry in action 
against Indians near Grace Creek, Neb., 



April 2S, 1876; awarded medal of honor, 
Oct. 26, 1897, for most distinguished gal- 
lantry in action near Fort Hartsuff. Neb., 
April 2S, 1876, while in command of a 
small scouting party in charging with 
three men upon six Indians who were en- 
trenched upon a hilltop while serving as 
Second Lieutenant, Twenty-third Infant- 
ry. Address, War Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

HEYSINGER, Isaac Winter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyai Le- 
gion. Private Seventh Squadron Rhode 
Island Cavalry, June 24, 1862; Corporal, 
July 6, 1S62; mustered out Oct. 2. 1862. 
Private Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
Sept. 5, 1863; Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1863; dis- 
charged to accept promotion, Oct. 20, 
1864. Captain Forty-fifth United States 
Colored Infantry, Oct. 21, 1864; honorably 
mustered out Nov. 4, 1865. Elected Nov. 
6, 1895. Address, 1521 Poplar St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HICKMAN, Job Tovriiseinl: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Private Twenty-third Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April IS, 1861; Sergeant, April 
21, 1S61; mustered out July 31, 1861. Pri- 
vate Twenty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, 
Oct. 1, 1861; Sergeant, Nov. 1, 1861; dis- 
charged for promotion, Dec. 31, 1S62. 
Second Lieutenant Twenty-third Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Jan. 1, 1863; First Lieu- 
tenant, Jan. 1, 1864; honorably mustered 
out, Sept. 8. 1864. Elected May 4, 1892. 
Address, 312 N. Fortieth St., Philadelphia. 

HICKS, Alfred: 

Coal operator; born July 21, 1841, near 
Cardiff, in Wales; came to this country 
with his parents in 1842. Enlisted on 
April 16, 1861, in Company H, Second 
Pennsylvania Volunteers; re-enlisted in 
Company C, Seventy-sixth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861. During 
the war was commissioned Second Lieu- 
tenant. 1861; First Lieutenant, 1862; Cap- 
tain. 1S63, which position he filled until 
the close of the war. He was in Wash- 
ington on duty at the War Department, 
was in Ford's Theatre the night Presi- 
dent Lincoln was assassinated, and was 
among the first on the stage trying to 
arrest Booth, the assassin. At the close 
of the war. went into the service nf 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and 
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largest coal operators in Western Penn- 
sylvania; President of the Allegheny 
Steel & Iron Co. and the Interstate Steel 
Co., and has a controlling interest in 
both; President of the First National 
Bank, of Leechburg, Pa.; First National 
Bank, of Natrona, Pa., and the Taren- 
tum Savings & Trust Co., Tarentum, Pa. 
Married in April, 1S6S, Martha E. Lewis, 
of Sharpsburg, Pa. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

HICKS, Josiah D.: 

Lawyer; born Aug. 1, 1S44. Removed 
with his parents from Chester County, 
Pa., to Blair County, in same State, in 
1847: son of John Hicks and Bai'bara 
Eynon Hicks and descends from Welsh 
ancestry — a family of iron workers; edu- 
cated in common schools; served in the 
Union Army during the War of the Re- 
bellion as private soldier and as petty 
and line officer; admitted to practice law 
in 1ST5. He served as District Attorney 
of Blair County two terms— 1SS1-1SS7; 
served in United States Congress three 
terms Csix years), 1893-1899, during which 
time he was Chairman of Committee on 
Patents. Trade Marks, etc.; was author 
of bill increasing force to expedite the 
granting patents and for classifying busi- 
ness of Patent Office, also sub-Chairman 
of Committee on Public Buildings and 
Grounds. Is solicitor for Pennsylvania 
Railroad at Altoona, Pa., and is engaged 
in general practice as attorney at that 
place. Republican. Served several terms 
as Chairman of Republican County Com- 
mittee, delegate to State Convention, etc. 
Address, Altoona, Pa. 

HICKS. Thomas L,.: 

Ex-Postmaster; he was born in Phila- 
delphia, Feb. 18, 1852, where he was edu- 
cated in the public schools and afterward 
worked with his father in the plumbing 
business. In 1877 he was made receiver 
1 for the West Philadelphia Passenger 
Railway Company, and in 1881 Secretary 
and Superintendent of the Fifth Street 
Market Company. He early became in- 
terested in Republican party affairs, and 
in 1S77 was elected to the Common Coun- 
cil of the city, being returned at every 
election until 1S95, when he resigned to 
accept the post of Chief of the Bureau of 
Highways, under the Director of Public 
Works. In this position he proved a very 
efficient public servant, making radical 
changes in the management of the bureau 
and bringing it from a state of disorder 



and confusion to that of a smooth run- 
ning branch of the city administration. 
Having proved his ability as an organizer 
in this field of labor, he was in 1897 ap- 
pointed Postmaster of the City of Phila- 
delphia, holding this responsible position 
until 1901 and giving great public satis- 
faction by his efficient management. Mr. 
Hicks is a member of the prominent Re- 
publican organizations of Philadelphia. 
Address, Sixty-fifth St. and Girard Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HIESTAND, Benjamin F.: 

President of the Exchange Bank of 
Marietta. Address, Marietta, Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

HIGBY, Clinton D.: 

Lawyer; born Oct. 13, 1S60, in Troy 
Township, Crawford County, Pa.; edu- 
cated at the public schools and at Alle- . 
gheny College. Taught school fifteen 
years: read law with Hon. O. C. Allen 
and George H. Higgins, Warren; admit- 
ted to Warren bar Sept. 2, 1889. Married 
Myrtle A. Baker, of Edinboro, Aug. 20, 
1SS9. A Republican. Received degree, of 
Ph. D. from Allegheny College in 1894. 
Author of "A General Outline of Civil 
Government," published in 1894. Practic- 
ing law at Erie. Address, Erie, Pa. 

HIUGINS, George H.: 

Lawyer; born in Crawford County, Pa., 
Aug. 5, 1852; educated in the High School 
of Watertown, N. Y. t learned the mason's 
trade, and afterward taught school while 
he was studying law. His law studies 
were conducted at Warren, Pa., in the 
office of S. T. Allen, and he was admitted 
to the bar of Warren County in 1880. His 
first practice was in Aiken, McKean 
County, but after two years he returned 
to Warren, where he entered into part- 
nership with Mr. Allen. After the death 
of the latter, in 1885, ex-Senator Allen 
filled his place until 1893, when Mr. Hig- 
gins moved to Erie and became a partner 
of Hon. S. M. Brainard. For the next 
five years the firm had a large and lucra- 
tive practice, which Mr. Higgins con- 
tinued after the death of his partner, in 
189S. His practice, while general, is large- 
ly devoted to criminal and negligence 
cases. He was appointed District Attor- 
ney of Warren County in 1882 and elected 
to this office in 1883. He was at one time 
Republican candidate for Congress, run- 
ning ahead of his ticket and being de- 
feated by sixteen votes. Address, Erie, 
Pa. 



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HIGH, James >l.: 

Manufacturer; born Aug. 23, 1846 in 
Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; 
educated in public schools of Richmond 
Township and Keystone State Normal 
School, Kutztown, Pa. Served three years 
as School Director, fifteen years as Jus- 
tice of the Peace, and thirteen years as 
Notary Public in Amity Township, Berks 
County, Pa., and also three years as 
County Auditor for Berks County, Pa. 
Married Amanda Y. Dry, Nov. 23, 1867. 
Address, Earlville, Berks County. Pa. 

HILL, Francis: 

Writer; born in Philadelphia, June 30, 
1875. Author of a juvenile adventure 
story, "The Outlaws of Horseshoe Hole." 
Address, Oakmont, Pennsylvania. 

HILL, George Hermann: 

Clergyman; born Blairsville. Pa., Dec. 8, 
1862; son of Rev. George Hill, D. D., for 
fifty-five years pastor of the Blairsville 
Presbyterian Church; great grandson of 
Rev. George Hill, pastor of the Presby- 
terian churches of Fairfield, Donegal, and 
Wheatfield. and afterward of Ligonier, 
in Ligonier Valley, Pa. He was graduated 
from Washington and Jefferson College, 
Pennsylvania, 1S86; and from the West- 
ern Theological Seminary, at Allegheny, 
in 1SS9. Licensed to preach by the Pres- 
bytery of Blairsville, April 18, 1SS8; or- 
dained to the Gospel Ministry by the 
Presbytery of Clarion, Sept. 18, 1SS9, to 
present time; pastor of the Beechwoods 
Presbyterian Church. Jefferson County, 
Pa.. 1889. Married Oct. IS, 1894, to Miss 
Eula Schultz Manett. Address, Rock Dale 
Mills, Pa. 

HILL, George Richards: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Brig. Gen. J. Augustus Hill. Elected May 
7. 1902. Address, 2213 S. Mildred St., 
Philadelphia. Pa. 

HILL, Grace Livingston: 

Author; born at Wellsville. N. T., April 
16. 1865; educated at Elmira, N. Y. Col- 
lege for Women and Cincinnati Art 
School. Conducts Christian Endeavor 
Hour department in New York Mail 
and Express; contributor to magazines; 
joint author ("with her husband) of "The 
Christian Endeavor Hour" — parts I. II, 
III. 1896-1897. Author of "A Chautauqua 



Idyl," "A Little Sen-ant," "The Parkers- 
town Delegate," "Catherine's Yesterday," 
"In the Way," "Lone Point," "A Daily 
Rate." "An Unwilling Guest," "The Angel 
of His Presence." Address. Swarthmore, 
Pa. 

HILL, Henry: 

Jurist; born in Beaver County, Pa., in 
1834. He studied law in the office of 
Col. Richard P. Roberts; was admitted to 
the bar in 1859, and engaged in prac- 
tice in partnership with his preceptor. In 
1S74 he was appointed to fill a vacancy on 
the bench of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Dis- 
trict, and in the following year was elect- 
ed President Judge of the Beaver County 
Courts for a term of ten years. His most 
notable decision grew out of the Pittsburg 
railroad riots of 1S77, in which he held 
that the county was liable for damages 
arising from the acts of the rioters, in 
the cases that came before his court. 
This decision was attacked by able at- 
torneys, but was fully sustained by the 
Supreme Court. Judge Hill is a skillful 
trial lawyer and an eloquent advocate, 
and has dealt with many important cases 
in his long experience. Address. Butler, 
Pa. 

HILL, Jeremiah O.: 

Lawyer; born at Hughesville, Lycoming 
County, Pa., June 11, 1841; was graduated 
from the Pennsylvania College in 1864; 
studied law at Williamsport, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1867. He carried on 
a legal practice under his own name at 
Williamsport until 1895, when he associa- 
ted himself with his son, under the firm 
name of J. C. & H. Russell Hill. His prac- 
tice has been extensive and has embraced 
many notable cases in the county courts. 
Taking an active part in the movements 
of the Republican party, he ran for the 
office of District Attorney in 186S. was 
Chairman of the County Committee for a 
number of years, and served as City So- 
licitor and member of the Common Coun- 
cil, of which he was President for three 
years. Mr. Hill helped to organize the 
Edison Illuminating Companies of Wil- 
liamsport and is Treasurer of the West 
Branch Building and Loan Association. 
Address. Williamsport. Pa. 

HILL, Joel G,: 

State Senator from Wayne County; 
born in Otsego County. N. Y.. Aug. 1, 
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1 nunk at the age of three years; edu- 
cated in the public schools, and at the 
age of eighteen enlisted in Company F, 
Fiftieth New York Volunteers; he particl- 
j pated in the battles of Petersburg, Fort 
Steadman, Five Forks, Appomattox Court 
House, and other important engage- 
j ments, being present at the surrender of 
I Lee, and discharged at Elmira in July, 
1865. Since that time he has been en- 
; gaged in the mercantile business, and in 
I 1873 took up his home in his present 
place, having invested in 2,100 acres of 
timber land. Mr. Hill is the owner of 
l several saw mills, a grist mill, has a 
1 large interest in the acid factory near his 
home, and is extensively engaged in lum- 
bering and dairying. Was elected County 
Commissioner in 1893 and 1896, and As- 
, sociate Judge in 1899. In 1902 he was 
: elected State Senator on the Democratic 
; ticket, and was the nominee for State 
' Treasurer on the Democratic ticket in 
1903. Member of Hancock Lodge, F. and 
A. M., and Capt. James Ham Post, Grand 
i Army of the Republic. Address. Lookout, 
Pa. 

HILL, Robert Carmer: 

Pesident coal company; born in Phila- 
delphia, July 12, 1869. He is a descend- 
ant of Matthew Clarkson, who was Gov- 
ernor General of New York in 1689, and of 
Gerardus Clarkson. surgeon in the Conti- 
nental Army. His maternal gradfather, 
William Chapin, was for forty-nine years 
President of the Pennsylvania Institution 
for the Instruction of the Blind. His 
education was obtained in the Friends' 
Central School, the Episcopal Academy, 
and the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he studied in the Department of 
Arts and the Wharton School of Finance 
and Economy, graduating in 1889. Be- 
ginning his business life as a bank clerk 
and as a clerk in the coal offices of the 
George B. Newton Company, he went to 
New York in 1893, where he organized the 
Madeira-Hill Company, of which he has 
since been Treasurer. He is also Vice 
President of the George B. Newton Com- 
pany, President and Director of the Ra- 
ven Hill Coal Company, Director of the 
Brookwood Coal Company, General Man- 
ager of the Messena Terminal Railroad, 
and Director of the St. Lawrence Power 
Company. He is a member of the Uni- 
versity and other clubs and societies In 
Philadelphia and New York. Address, 
Englewood, N. J. 



HILL, William Wisong: 

Banker; born at Martinsburg, Berkeley 
County, W. Va., July 9, 1876. and is the 
son of George S. and Mary D. Hill. His 
father has been cashier of the National 
Bank of Martinsburg for thirty-nine 
years; his grandfather was its organizer 
and first President; with the Old Nation- 
al Bank of Martinsburg, W. Va., from 
1893 until 1902; started as runner and end- 
ed as assistant cashier. From Jan. 9, 
1902, to July 9, 1903, Cashier of the Jean- 
nette National Bank, Jeannette, Pa.; re- 
signed this position to become Secretary 
and Treasurer of the Mount Washington 
Savings & Trust Co., of Pittsburg, Pa. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HILLE, Gustav: 

Musician and composer; born May 31, 
1852, in Jerichow, Germany. At an early 
age he went to Berlin and studied at the 
Kullak Musical Academy; in 1869 entered 
the Royal High School of Music and be- 
came a pupii of the great violinist, Joseph 
Joachim; and remained in Berlin as a so- 
lo violinist, giving concerts at the im- 
perial Court. Compositions: Two sonatas 
for piano and violin, two suites for solo 
violin, one canonische violin suite, one 
doppel concert for two violins, five violin 
concertos with orchestra, various beauti- 
ful songs, piano pieces for solo and four 
hands, many works for solo violin, 
etc. In 1887, solo violinist of Boston 
Quintette Club; traveled through the 
United Staes and Canada; accepted an 
engagement in 1S8S at the Musical Acad- 
emy, Philadelphia. In 1890 he founded, 
with the pianist, Mauritz Leefson, the 
Leefson-Hille Conservatory of Music. Ad- 
dress, 1524 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HILLER, Hiram Milliken: 

Physician and geological writer; born at 
Kahoka, Mo., March 8, 1867; was 
graduated from Parsons College, Iowa, 
1S87; also from the medical department 
of the University of Pennsylvania, 1891; 
short post-graduate courses in the Uni- 
versities of Berlin, Vienna and Paris; be- 
gan medical practice, 1S91; from 1895 to 
1902 spent much time in scientific ex- 
ploration in the Far East in the interest 
of University of Pennsylvania, visiting 
Japan. China. Malay States. Borneo and 
Sumatra, collections being given to Mu- 
seum of Science and Art, University of 
Pennsylvania, and to Academy of Natural 
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Geographical Society, Societe Geographie 
de Paris, American Philosophical Society, 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 
phia. Writer on wild tribes of Borneo, 
Veddahs of Ceylon, and other Eastern 
peoples. Address, 1510 Walnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

HILPRECHT, Herman Volratli: 

Educator; Clark Research Professor of 
Assyriology and Professor of Semitic Phi- 
lology and Archaeology, University of 
Pennsylvania, since 1SS6; born at Ho- 
henerxleben, Germany, July 28, 1859; was 
graduated from Herzogl. Gymnasium, of 
Bernburg, Germany, 1SS0; studied theol- 
ogy, philology and law, Leipzig University 
18S0-1SS5; (Ph. D., 1883; D. D., University 
of Pennsylvania, 1894; LL. D., Princeton, 
1896); is curator of Babylonian and 
General Semitic section of the museum, 
University of Pennsylvania, containing 
over 50.000 original cuneiform documents, 
and for the greater part presented by 
him. Assyriologist and scientific di- 
rector, University of Pennsylvania expe- 
dition to Nippur, Babylonia, 1888-1900, 
and editor-in-chief of its publications; 
reorganized Babylonian section, Imperial 
Ottoman Museum, Constantinople, 1893- 
1898; made frequent scientific explorations 
in Asia Minor and Syria. Leading author- 
ity in cuneiform research. Honorary 
member of Philosophical Society of Great 
Britain, 1892; Palestine Exploration Fund, 
London. 1897; Greek Syllogos. Constan- 
ople, 1S97; knight of the first class, 1893; 
commander, 1S9S; Albrecht der Baer (Ger- 
man decoration); commander Turkish Os- 
manie Order. 1895; comthur with star 
of the same, 1898; Danish Order of Dane- 
brog, 1898; German Order Frederika, 1901; 
Lucy Wharton Drexel Medal, 1902. Author 
of "Old Babylonian Inscriptions, Chiefly 
from Nippur" (two parts); "Business 
Documents of Murashu Sons of Nippur, 
Dated in the Reign of Artaxerxes I." 
(with A. T. Clay); "Proper Names of the 
Time of Artaxerxes I."; "Assyriaca, 
Eine Nachlese auf dem Gebiete der Assy- 
riologie"; "Recent Researches in Bible 
Lands"; "Explorations in Bible Lands 
During Nineteenth Century," seventh edi- 
tion (with four German scholars). Nu- 
merous contributions to scientific jour- 
nals. Address, University of Pennsylva- 
nia, Philadelphia. 

H1MES, Charles Francis: 

Educator; born in Lancaster County, 
Pa., June 2, 1838; was graduated from 



Dickinson College, 1855; taught mathe- 
matics and natural science in several 
academies; Professor of Mathematics, i 
Troy (N. Y.) University, 1860-1863; he - 
studied science at University of Glessen, 
Germany, 1863-1865 (Ph. D.). Editor of 
chemical text books. Has made specialty 
of photogi'aphic investigation; Professor 
of Physics, Dickinson College, since 1865. i 
Address, Carlisle, Pa. ; 

HI.MES, John Andrew: 

Educator and author; born June 3, 184S,. 
near McAllisterville, Pa.; attended McAl- i 
listerville Academy from 1859 to 1S62; » 
taught in public schools of Pennsylvania i 
from 1S64 to 1867; entered the sophomore-- 
class in Pennsylvania College in 1867 and 
was graduated in 1870; entered the senior 
class in Yale College, and was graduated 
in 1871; served as tutor in Penn College I 
from 1S71 to 1873; was then elected Pro- 
fessor of English Literature and Political 
Science and has served in that capacity 
ever since. June 30, 1874, married Mary ; 
Jane Hay, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. 
Charles A. Hay. Published notes on ' 
Shakespeare's plays (1888); "A Study of 
Milton's Paradise Lost" (Philadelphia, I 
1878); "Paradise Lost: its Structure and i 
Meaning" (New York, 1S9S) ; and a con- 
siderable number of review articles on 
literary, educational and other topics. A 
Republican. Received the honorary degree 
of Litt. D. from Dickinson College in 1898. 
Address, Gettysburg, Pa. 

HIMES, AV. A.: 

President of the Farmers' and Merch- 
ants' Bank. Address, New Oxford, Ad- ' 
ams County, Pa. t 

HINCKLEY, Allen Carter: 

Opera singer; born in Boston, Oct. 9, 
1877; son of Rev. Frederic Allen and 



Elizabeth Carter Hinckley. He attended 



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Massachusetts schools, Amherst College, ' 
and the University of Pennsylvania; also- 
studied music in Philadelphia and New ' 
York, and sang in Philadelphia churches; 
leading bass with the Bostonian Opera ' 
Company. For over a year he has been 
one of the leading bassos in the Grand 
Opera Company of Hamburg. Germany, 
where he sings in German the leading 
bass parts in Wagner and other operas. 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

H1\CKLEV, Frederic Allen: 

Clergyman; born in Windsor, Vt., July , 
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and Sarah A. (Hews) Hinckley. Attend- 
ed public schools in Lowell, Mass.; was 
in business in Boston, Mass., 1S63-1877; 
ordained as a minister in Providence, 
R. I., in 187S. Resided in Providence 
ten years, participating in agitation for 
ten-hour factory law, which was secured; 
also active in securing repeal of property 

I qualification for voting in the Rhode Is- 
land Constitution. Minister of the Free 

I Congregational Society of Northampton, 

I Mass., 188S-1896. He projected a system 
of manual training for private and gram- 
mar schools, which he introduced in the 

i schools of that city. Since 1896 minister 

! of the Spring Garden Unitarian Church, 
in Philadelphia. Editor of The Message. 

I Author of "Beckonings of the Spirit," 
"Afterglow," "The Deeper Meanings," 
"Woodwork in the Common School." 
Member of Browning Society, American 

| Academy of Social and Political Science, 
Contemporary Club and Unitarian Club, 
all of Philadelphia. Address, 1904 Green 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HIXKLE, Franklin: 

Physician; born near Reading. Pa., Nov. 
I 25, 1S24. He worked on a farm in his 
boyhood, attending the country schools; 
later attended Franklin Institute, Phila- 
delphia, and afterward entered Washing- 
ton College at Trappe, Pa., taking a three 
years' course. Subsequently entering the 
University of Pennsylvania, he studied 
medicine from 1842 to 1846, graduating 
as M. D. in the latter year. He prac- 
ticed medicine in Philadelphia until 1S61, 
when he offered his services to the Gov- 
ernment; was a surgeon in the Navy 
from August, 1S61 to September, 1S62, 
and was employed in army hospital work 
from that date till the summer of 1864, 
being engaged in several Washington 
hospitals and the Jarvis Hospital in 
Baltimore. While thus engaged he dis- 
covered the value of permanganate of 
potash in treating hospital gangrene, and 
also as an antiseptic when making post- 
mortem examinations. He was also, In 
1847, the first to use ether as an anas- 
thetic in surgical operations, and to ap- 
ply chloroform as a counter-irritant in 
the treatment of tetanus. He has con- 
tributed many valuable papers on these 
and other subjects to medical journals. 
Since the war Dr. Hinkle has practiced 
in Columbia, Pa., and is a member of the 
surgical and medical staffs of Columbia 
Hospital and of several medical societies. 
Address, Columbia, Pa. 



HIXLEY, J. B.: 

Banker; born Nov. 17, 1845, Philadelphia, 
Pa; educated in public schools and Mo- 
nongahela Normal School. Council Gen- 
eral Assembly of Pennsylvania; Pennsyl- 
vania Revenue Commission, 1887. Married 
Marguerite Bowman. Entered general 
merchandizing at fifteen years of age; 
four years later entered bank of Alexan- 
der & Co., Monongahela City, Pa., and in 
1S70 organized People's Bank, Mononga- 
hela City, Pa., and was elected Cashier. 
Became President of same in 1SS0; organ- 
ized the Monongahela River Consolidated 
Coal and Coke Co. in 1899. Republican 
in politics. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HlNSDAt.E. Guy: 

Physician; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
Oct. 26, 185S; was graduated from Am- 
herst College, 1S78; from the medical de- 
partment of University of Pennsylvania, 
1881; Physician department for ner- 
vous diseases, Presbyterian Hospital, 
Philadelphia; member College of Physi- 
cians. Philadelphia, and numerous medi- 
cal and scientific associations. Author of 
"Syringomyelia," 1S95, and "Acromegaly" 
(Boylston prize essay, Harvard Univer- 
sity), 1898; also many other contributions 
to medical literature. Address, 3943 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., and Hot 
Springs, Va. 

HH'PLE, Frank; K., LL. D.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 
2, 1839. Received an acedemic education; 
admitted to the bar in March, 1863. Pres- 
ident of the Real Estate Trust Company 
of Philadelphia since its incorporation, 
Aug. 10, 1885. Director of Franklin Na- 
tional Bank and other corporations; 
Treasurer of Trustees of General Assem- 
bly of the Presbyterian Church in the 
United States of America; Treasurer of 
the Sustentation Committee of the 
Synod of Pennsylvania; Treasurer of 
the Presbyterian Hospital in Phila- 
delphia; American Treasurer of Western 
Section of Alliance of the Reformed 
Churches holding the Presbyterian sys- 
tem. Address, 2020 Locust St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HIRST, A. A.: 

President of the Bryn Mawr Trust 
Company. Address, Bryn Mawr, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa. 

HIRST, Baston Cooke: 

Physician; born at Chestnut Hill, Phila- 
delphia, July 20, 1S61. He entered the 



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College Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1878, but after two years' 
study changed to the Medical Depart- 
ment and graduated M. D. in 1883. He 
subsequently studied abroad at Berlin, 
Heidelberg and Vienna, and in 1886 be- 
came demonstrator and lecturer in Ob- 
stetrics at the University of Pennsylva- 
nia. In 1888 he was advanced to the po- 
sition of Associate Professor of Obstetrics, 
and in the following year was made full 
professor, which position he still retains. 
In addition to his professional duties and 
his personal practice as a physician, he 
has served as gynecologist to the Howard 
and Orthopsedic Hospitals, and Obstetri- 
cian to the University Maternity and 
Philadelphia Hospitals. He is the author 
of several medical works and treatises, 
the most notable being "American Sys- 
tems of Gynecology and Obstetrics." in 
collaboration with Dr. Mathew D. Mann, 
"Human Monstrosities," written jointly 
with Dr. George A. Piersol; a text book 
on obstetrics and a text book on diseases 
of women. Address, 1821 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HIRST, Robert Lincoln: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet 
Military Academy, July 1, 1SS2; Second 
Lieutenant Eleventh Infantry July 1, 
1886; First Lieutenant Sept. 19, 1890; 
Captain Twelfth Infantry April 26, 1898. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

HITCHCOCK, Andrew H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Tioga County; born 
in Caton, Steuben County, N. Y., May 15, 
1863; removed to Tioga County with his 
parents in 1864; attended the public 
schools of the county and worked on a 
farm until 1882; was graduated from 
Mansfield State Normal School, class of 
1884; taught in the public schools of the 
county until 1895; was principal of the 
schools of Knoxville for nine years; since 
1895 has been engaged in the general in- 
surance business; held the office of school 
director and was elected Justice of the 
Peace in 1897; was a delegate to the 
Republican State Convention in 1897 and 
1899; elected to the House of Represen- 
tatives in November, 1900; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, Knoxville, Pa. 

HITfHMAN, James S.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Mt. Pleasant. Address, Mount 
Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. 



HOADLKY, George Artlinr: 

Educator; born in Sheffield, Mass., Dec. 
2, 1848; educated at Fort Edward Colle- 
giate Institute; graduated from Union 
College in the engineering course, 1874, 
with degree of A. M., 1877. Principal Ar- 
gyle. New York, Academy, 1874-1879; 
principal Fort Edward (New York) Union 
School, 1879-1883; principal Florence, 
(Mass.) High School, 1883-1887; North- 
ampton (Mass.) High School, 1887-1888. 
Professor of Physics since 1883, Vice 
President since 1894, Swarthmore College. 
Member Franklin Institute Physical Soci- 
ety of America. Member of Union Col- 
legiate Club, New York. Author of "Brief 
Course in Physics," "Teachers' Manual of 
Physics," "Elementary Measurements in 
Magnetism and Electricity." Address, 
Swarthmore, Pa. 

HO AG, Clarence Gilbert: 

Instructor in English, University of 
Pennsylvania; was born in Lynn, Mass., 
Feb. 15. 1873; prepared for college at the 
Roxbury Latin School, Boston; was grad- 
uated as A. B. at Haverford College in 
1893, and at Harvard in 1894. After 
studying a year in Germany he taught 
English and German at Haverford College 
(1895-1896) and English at the Belmont 
School, California, 1896-1897. Married 
Anna Scattergood, daughter of Thomas 
Scattergood, of Philadelphia. Took de- 
gree of A. M. at Harvard in 1898. After 
two years as Instructor in English, Bates 
College, Maine, and a year in business he 
became, in 1901, Instructor in English at 
the University of Pennsylvania. Address, 
Haverford, Pa. 

HOHAN, Micbael Jobn: 

Clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop; 
born in Waterloo, N. J., June 6, 1853; son 
of Patrick and Brigid A. Hoban; educated 
in a private school at Hawley, Pa.; at- 
tended St. Francis Xavier College, New 
York, 1867-1868; Holy Cross College. Wor- 
cester, Mass.. 1868-1871; American College 
Rome, Italy, 1875-1880. Ordained a priest 
by Cardinal Monaco La Valetta, May 22, 
1S80; consecrated by Cardinal Satolli, 
March 22, 1896; titular bishop of Alalis, 
and appointed coadjutor bishop of Scran- 
ton, with right of succession; succeeded 
Bishop O'Hara Feb. 3, 1899. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 

HOCH. J. C, A, M., Ph. D,: 

Clergyman; born June 11. 1863, at Ze- 
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school, Witherspoon Institute, Butler, Pa., 
and Franklin and Marshall College, Lan- 
caster, Pa., from which he graduated with 
honor in 1885. He has occupied a number 
of important positions: Professor of 
Mathematics and Philosophy in Wagner 
Memorial College, Rochester, N. Y., 1888- 
1S92; Professor of Mathematics and Sci- 
ence and President of the Curry Uni- 
versity, Pittsburg, Pa., 1892-1895; prin- 
cipal Greensburg Seminary and Profes- 
sor of Greek in Thiel College 1895-1904; 
Professor Ancient Languages, Pittsburg 
Academy, Pittsburg, Pa., 1904. He is the 
author of "A Beginners' Latin Book," 
published by Hinds and Noble, New York, 
1901; married Miss Elizabeth Hensel, of 
Zelienople, Pa., in 1889. He is a member 
of the Archaeological Society of Ameri- 
ca. Address, Pittsburg Academy, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

HOCH, Zaeli C.i 

Pension Attorney; born Dec. 25, 1852, 
Maxatowmy Township, near Kutztown, 
Berks County, Pa; educated at the Key- 
stone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa. 
and Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Cen- 
sus Enumerator, clerk and special exam- 
iner, United States Pension Office, Wash- 
ington, D. C, and clerk in State Depart- 
ment, Harrisburg, Pa. Married Anna 
Wanner, Aug. 20, 1885. Republican in 
politics. Address, Kutztown, Berks Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

HODGE, Edward B.: 

Corresponding Secretary of the Board 
of Education of the Presbyterian Church 
in the United States of America; born 
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 5, 1841; son of 
Hugh L. Hodge, M. D., LL. D., Professor 
of Obstetrics in the University of Penn- 
sylvania; was graduated in 1859; studied 
theology under Charles Hodge, D. D., 
LL. D., and graduated at Princeton The- 
ological Seminary 1863; post-graduate at 
the same 1863-1864; received title of D. D. 
from Princeton University in 1892. Or- 
dained April 28, 1864. Pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church of Burlington, N. J., 
1S64 to 1893. Corresponding Secretary of 
the Board of Education of the Presbyte- 
rian Church from 1893 until the present 
time. Married Alice Cogswell Van Rens- 
selaer, May 7, 1868. Became a Trustee of 
Princeton Theological Seminary 1889. and 
a Director of the same in 1899. In 1889 
elected a member of the Board of Trus- 
tees of the General Assembly of the Pres- 
byterian Church in the United States of 
America. Author of "Instructions Pre- 



paratory to Baptism and the Lord's Sup- 
per," "Memorial of Catherine Ledyard 
Van Rensselaer," "Five Sermons on the 
Five Points," "Plain Conversation with 
Parents about the Baptism of Their Chil- 
dren," "Plain Conversation about Com- 
ing to the Lord's Table." Address, 1319 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HODGE, George Woolsey: 

Rector in the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; born in Philadelphia, May 20, 
1845, the son of Dr. Hugh. L. Hodge, who 
for many years was a professor in the 
Medical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Dr. Hugh 
Hodge, was a surgeon in the Revolution, 
and his great-grandfather, Andrew Hodge 
an early merchant of Philadelphia. Re- 
ceiving his early education in private 
schools, he entered the Arts Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania in 
1861, graduating with honor in 1865. He 
received a prize for the best English es- 
say and was orator of his class. Choos- 
ing the career of the ministry, he en- 
tered the Philadelphia Episcopal Divinity 
School, from which he graduated in 1868, 
following his studies with a year's travel 
abroad, and being ordained deacon in 
1869. His life work began the same year, 
as assistant minister of the famous old 
Christ Church on Seventh Street above 
Market. His connection with this parish 
continued for two years. During three 
years of this period he had charge of 
Calvary Church, which was attached to 
Christ Church, and he afterward raised 
money to build the present Christ Church 
Chapel, on Pine near 19th Street, where 
he collected a new congregation of over 
two hundred communicants. In the au- 
tumn of 1880 he was made rector of the 
Church of the Ascension, then with a 
quite small congregation, but which pros- 
pered greatly under his pastoral care, 
its membership and resources being much 
enhanced. The original church on Lom- 
bard Street was sold in 1885 and a 
parish building erected on Broad Street 
below South, where afterward the present 
church edifice was erected. Dr. Hodge 
continues connected with it as rector. 
He has been very active in ecclesiastical 
service, especially in favor of religious 
unity. In 1873 he took a prominent part 
in founding the Free and Open Church 
Association, of which for a number of 
years he was corresponding secretary. 
He has been actively associated with the 
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tary of its Pennsylvania branch from 
1887 to 1893, and since then has been 
General Secretary of the society. Since 
1S90 he has acted as Chaplain of the Sons 
of the Revolution. He married in 1872 
Mary de Veaux Powel, granddaughter of 
John Hare Powel, of Philadelphia, and 
of Hon. Richard H. Bayard, at one time 
United States Senator from Delaware. 
Dr. Hodge is an effective pulpit orator 
and has contributed important articles 
to theological reviews. Address, 334 S. 
13th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOEHLING, A. A.: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
appointed an Assistant Surgeon Aug. 14, 
1861; Passed Assistant Surgeon, April 24, 
1S65, Surgeon Oct. 2, 1867; Medical In- 
spector. Jan. 3, 1S85; Medical Director 
May 11, 1893. Retired June, 1S95. Was in 
active service during the entire period of 
the Civil War. Address, 174S E St., 
N. W., Washington, D. C. 

HOFFER, Jay Edgar: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1888; Second 
Lieutenant, Third Artillery, June 11, 
1892; First Lieutenant Ordnance, Oct. 4, 
189S; Captain, Nov. 23, 1901. Address, 
Springfield Armory, Springfield, Mass. 

HOFFMAN, T. Y.: 

President of the Monroe County Na- 
tional Bank. Address, East Strouds- 
burg, Monroe County, Pa. 

HOFFORD, It. F.: 

President o-f the First National Bank 
of Leighton. Address, Leighton, Carbon 
County, Pa. 

HOFFSTOT, F. N.: 

President of the German National 
Bank of Allegheny. Address, Allegheny, 
Pa. 

HOGG, Rev. William Charles: 

Clergyman; born Aug. 24, 1873, at Bel- 
logby, County Derry, Ireland; was grad- 
uated from Magee College, Londonderry. 
In 1896 diploma from Princeton Theo- 
logical Seminary, and his M. A. from 
Princeton University. In his graduation 
he took the second place in Mental 
Philosophy and Catechetics, the third 
place in Moral Philosophy, and the 



fourth place in Hebrew. After leaving 
the Seminary he served the churches in 
Bridgeville, Del., and Waynesboro, Pa. 
In 1S99, called to the Third Church of 
Chester, Pa., the largest church in the 
usual success for nearly four years. 
Chester Presbytery, in which he had un- 
This charge he resigned in October, 1903, 
for the purpose of pursuing a special 
course of study in Scotland and Ger- 
many. Is now abroad with his wife, 
who was the daughter of the late Pro- 
fessor John R. Sweeney, the celebrated 
composer of Gospel songs. Address, 
Chester, Pa. 

H OHM ANN, Edward Emil: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Cambria County; 
born in Johnstown, Cambria County, 
Pa., Nov. 8, 1862; educated in the public 
schools of that city and Duff's College, 
at Pittsburg. At the death of his father 
in 1872 he and his brother succeeded him 
in the musical instrument business, m 
which he has since been engaged; was 
Grand Master Workman of the Ancient 
Order of United Workmen of the Juris- 
diction of Pennsylvania from 1S98 to 1900; 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November. 1902. Address, Johns- 
town, Pa. 

HOIXOMB, Lorrie R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania ±iouse of 
Representatives from Luzerne County; 
born in Askam, Pa., Oct. 3, 1870; 
attended the public schools of that place, 
and was graduated at the age of four- 
teen. His father having died when he 
was quite young, he was compelled to as- 
sist in the support of the family; ac- 
cepted a position as clerk in the general 
mercantile business, resigning to take a 
position as general and head bookkeeper 
in the Geole Dry Goods Company, at 
Wilkesbarre, which position he held for 
five years; prepared for college at the 
Wyoming Seminary and under a private 
tutor; served as Court Clerk in Luzerne 
County courts; also as assistant deputy 
clerk in the clerk of court's office, resign- 
ing the latter position to enter college; 
was graduated from Dickinson College 
in 1901. Read law with Hon. James M. 
Fritz, and was admitted to the Luzerne 
County bar in January, 1902; was school 
director of Hanover Township one term; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Askam, Pa. 



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HOLLAND, James William: 

Physician, author; Dean of Faculty of 
Jefferson Medical College since 1887; born 
in Nashville, Tenn., 1849; son of Robert 
C. and Elizabeth Holland; was gradu- 
ated from University of Louisville, 1865, 
A. M.; M. D., Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, 1S68. Professor in Medical 
Department University of Louisville, 1872- 
1885; editor Louisville Medical News, 1880; 
professor medical chemistry and toxicolo- 
gy, Jefferson Medical College, 1885-1904. 
Member College of Physicians, Univer- 
sity Club (Philadelphia), American Phi- 
losophical Society. Author of "Diet for 
the Sick," 1880; "Common Poisons and 
the Urine," 1887; chapter on "Mineral 
Poisons" in Saunders' Text-book of Tox- 
icology and Medical Jurisprudence; also 
many papers on medical subjects. Mar- 
ried Mary Rupert, 1877. Address, 2006 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

HOLLAND, R. M.: 

President of the State Bank of Brad- 
dock. Address, Braddock, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

HOLLAND, William J.: 

Presbyterian clergyman; educator, nat- 
uralist, artist, and author; was born 
New York University; Sc. D., "Washington 
and Jefferson, 1902. He was married 
Moorhead, an iron manufacturer, Pitts- 
Pennsylvania, 1891-1901; since 1897 Man- 
aging Director of the Carnegie Museum, 
Pittsburg; Vice President Carnegie Hero 
Fund Commission, 1904; Vice President 
Board of Trustees Western Theological 
Seminary since 1889; Director Chamber of 
Commerce of Pittsburg. He was natural- 
ist of the United States Eclipse Expedi- 
seum administration. President Entomo- 
logical Society of Western Pennsylvania; 
Fellow Zoological and Entomological So- 
cieties of London; member Entomolog- 
ical Societies of Washington, New York, 
ciety; Fellow American Association for 
the Advancement of Science; honorary 
member of the Anthropological and Geo- 
graphical Society of Sweden, and many 
other learned societies in Europe and 
America. Member of the Union and Uni- 
versity (Pittsburg) and Cosmos (Wash- 
ingtonl Clubs. Author of "The Butter- 
fly Book," 1898; "The Moth Book," 1903; 
and of many scientific papers (225 titles), 
published by the United States Govern- 
ment, the Zoological Society of London, 
etc. Address, Carnegie Institute, Schen- 
ley Park, Pittsburg, Pa. 



HOLLENBACK. John Welles: 

Philanthropist; born in Wyalusing, 
Pa., March 15, 1827; son of Charles Fisher 
and Ellen Welles; was educated at Ath- 
ens Academy. Married, first, Oct. 25, 
1854, Anna E., daughter of Eli Beard of 
Brooklyn; second, Dec. 13, 1866, Joseph- 
ine, daughter of John Woodward of New 
York; third, June 18, 1874, Amelia Beard, 
sister of first wife. With brother, Ed- 
ward, had charge of Welles estate at 
Wyalusing from 1848 to 1863; removed 
to Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1863, at the re- 
quest of maternal uncle, George M. Hol- 
lenback, adopting his surname; became 
prominent in local affairs. Member City 
Council; President People's Bank, Wilkes- 
barre Institute. Hollenback Cemetery 
Association, Harry Hillman Academy, 
Wilkesbarre Lace Manufacturing Com- 
pany; President and Director City Hos- 
pital; Vice President and Director Spring 
Brook Water Supply Company; Director 
New Mexico Railway and Coal Company; 
also a Director in many other corpora- 
tions; Trustee since 1S65, President Board 
1892, Lafayette College; made many gifts 
to college. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

HOLLIDAY, George L.: 

Postmaster of Pittsburg; born in Perth, 
Canada, May 19, 1845; descended from 
thrifty Scotch ancestors; he acquired 
his education in his native town, and 
when twelve years of age moved with 
his parents to Ohio; he had to assist his 
father in clearing the land, which was 
wild, and in the other labors incident to 
pioneer life, his further schooling being 
confined to a few months in the winter 
season; when he was eighteen years old 
he attended the academy at Northwood 
and later completed his education at the 
Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. In 
1S69 he moved to Pittsburg and entered 
the employ of a publishing house; in 
1873 he was elected as a Republican to 
the City Council and retained his mem- 
bership in that body for over twenty- 
two years, serving a long time as its 
President. He took a deep interest in 
the building of the Carnegie Library 
and has been a Trustee since its incor- 
poration: he also served as Superinten- 
dent and Director of the Duquesne In- 
cline Company. When President McKiiv 
ley assumed the duties of his office he 
selected Mr. Holliday for the responsible 
and honorable position as Postmaster of 
Pittsburg; he is at present serving 1m 
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He is married and is a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

HOLLIDAY, W. D.: 

Railroad official; born at Bellwood; 
entered the railroad service Jan. 1, 1S80, 
as agent of the Bells Gap Railroad at 
Bellwood; he remained there as chief 
clerk to the General Superintendent and 
Acting Freight and Passenger Agent un- 
til Jan. 1, 1885, when he accepted a 
position as claim agent of the Cincin- 
nati, Hamilton and Dayton at Cincin- 
nati. In August, 1SS7, he became com- 
mercial agent of the Cincinnati. Jackson 
and Mackinaw Railroad at Cincinnati; 
in January, 1S90, he became assistant to 
the General Manager of the Colorado 
Fuel and Iron Company, Pueblo. Col.; 
in February, 1891, he became General 
Agent of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chr- 
cago and St. Louis Railroad at Sandusky, 
Ohio, and in January, 1892 was made As- 
sistant General Freight Agent of the 
same road at St. Louis. When the Wa- 
bash decided to extend its line to Pitts- 
burg, J. Ramsey, Jr., President of the 
Gould System, asked Mr. Holliday to go 
to Pittsburg as Assisant General Freight 
Agent; he went in December, 1901, and 
on Oct. 1, 1902. was elected Traffic Man- 
ager of the Carnegie and Western; these 
last two positions he now holds. He 
was recently elected to the Vice Presi- 
dency of the Traffic Club. Address, Ver- 
ona, Pa. 

HOLLINSHEAD, Charles S.: 

Insurance President; born in New Jer- 
sey, Jan. 10, 1850; educated in New Jer- 
sey and Philadelphia; entered as a boy 
the Insurance Company of the State of 
Pennsylvania, of which his father was for 
many years the Secretary- From this 
position he entered the Day & Hollins- 
head Agency, and was appointed fire 
manager of the Union Insurance Com- 
pany shortly after reaching his majority. 
He has since then been connected with 
that corporation, in whose service he 
showed an unusual ability in the business 
and capacity for work, establishing 
agencies in nearly every State of the 
Union. In 1S8S the company decided to 
give up the branch of marine insurance 
and devote itself solely to fire insurance, 
and at the meeting of the Board of Di- 
rectors in January, 1889, Mr. Hollings- 
head was unanimously elected President 



of the Company, a position which he still 
occupies. Address, Union Insurance Com- 
pany, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOLLOW AY, Edwiird Stratton: 

Artist, writer; born in Ashland, N. T. ; 
son of Rev. Charles Hoover and Rebecca 
Holloway; received academic education 
at private schools; studied art at Penn- 
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila- 
delphia, Married, April 23, 1884, Clara 
Augusta Githens; he is well known as a 
marine and landscape painter and decora- 
tive designer, particularly of book covers 
and decorations, book plates, etc. ; also 
writer of fiction; has been since 1890 art 
adviser to J. B. Lippincott Company; 
contributor to literary periodicals. Mem- 
ber of the Colonial Society of Pennsyl- 
vania (ex-treasurer). Address, 250 North 
Twentieth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOLMAJi, Sa.mnel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Thirteenth New York In- 
fantry, Oct. 16, 1861; mustered out, May 
13, 1863; medical cadet United States 
Army, March S, 1864; discharged to ac- 
cept promotion, June 27, 1864; Acting 
Assistant Surgeon (Master) United 
States Navy, June 22. 1S64; honorably 
discharged, Oct. 2, 1S65; elected Feb. 6, 
1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

HOLMES, Charles: 

President of the Republic National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HOLMES, Richard Sill: 

Clergyman Presbterian Church; born 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 6, 1842; was grad- 
uated from Middlebury College, Vermont, 
in 1862; Auburn Theological Seminary, 
1868; A. M., 1865; D. D., 1890; LL. D., 
1900, Middlebury. Ordained to the minis- 
try Nov. 1, 1SS7; pastor, Warren, Pa., 
and Shadyside Presbyterian Church, 
Pittsburg. Member Chi Psi and Phi 
Beta Kappa; member and chaplain Penn- 
sylvania Society Sons American Revolu- 
tion. At present editor of The West- 
minster and President of the Holmes 
Press. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HOLMES. William B.: 

Merchant; born in Binghamton, N. Y., 
April 17, 1S37, of New England ancestry; 
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other institutions; is still a great student. 
Made a thorough study of the mercantile 
business, and started his business career 
in Honesdale in 1863. Director of the 
Wayne County Savings Bank; a leader 
in the Presbyterian church; has been con- 
nected with Sabbath school work as 
teacher and Superintendent for many 
years. Address, Honesdale, Pa. 

HOLT, George Raymond: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) United States Navy, Oct. 16, 
1S61; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- 
ter), Aug. 3, 1S63; resigned and honora- 
bly discharged, May 4, 1869; elected Nov. 
12, 1890. Address, 478 North Fifth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOMER, Arthnr Patch: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Acting 
Ensign Arthur B. Homer; elected May 
5, 1897. Address, care of Recorder ol 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HOMSHER, John G.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lancaster County 
born in East Lampeter Township, Lan- 
caster County, Pa., July 1, 1859; in 186;j 
he removed with his parents to Stras- 
burg, Lancaster County, where he has 
since resided; educated in the public 
schools and at Millersville State Normal 
School. Taught in the public schools 
for a time; studied law and became a 
surveyor and conveyancer. He is pub- 
lisher of the Justice of Peace, a law jour- 
nal of Justices of the Peace and Alder- 
men; was a delegate to the Republican 
State Conventions in 1897 and 1898; was 
serving his sixteenth year as Justice of 
the Peace when he resigned at the time 
of his election to the House of Represen- 
tatives, in 1900; re-elected to the House 
in November, 1902. Address, Strasburg, 
Pa. 

HOOD, Charles Crook: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Somerset, Ohio, Aug. 28, 1841; 
educated in public schools of Somerset. 
Served in Thirty-first Ohio Volunteer 
Infantry as private, Corporal and Ser- 



geant, Aug. 20, 1861, to Feb. 3, 1864; First 
Lieutenant same, Feb. 3, 1864; Captain, 
Oct. 26, 1864; honorably mustered out of 
Volunteer service, July 20. 1865. Wound- 
ed in skirmish with Rodney's Cavalry, 
April, 1863, and at battle of Chicka- 
mauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Captain For- 
ty-first United States Infantry, July 
28, 1866; Major Seventh Infantry, July 
4, 1892; Lieutenant Colonel Nineteenth 
Infantry, Jan. 28, 1897; Colonel Sixteenth 
Infantry, May 5, 1899; Brigadier Gen- 
eral United States Army, Oct. 18, 1902; 
retired Nov. 25, 1902, after forty years 
service; served four years in Porto Rico 
and the Philippines. Address, 2115 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOOD, Solonton Porter, D. D.: 

Clergyman; born in Lancaster City, Pa., 
July 30, 1S53; educated in common 
schools; was graduated from Lincoln Uni- 
versity in 1873, and for four years taught 
in Middletown Pa., being the first colored 
teacher of that town; he graduated In 
1880 from Lincoln University Theological 
Seminary and became assistant pastor 
to Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, D. D., 
New York city. He was the only negro 
representative that delivered an address 
at the great Pan-Presbyterian Council, 
held at the Academy of Music in Phila- 
delphia in 18S0. In 1884 he established 
the Beaufort Normal and Industrial 
Academy, Beaufort, S. C, and was its 
principal until 1888, when he entered the 
Methodist ministry; in 1889 he went to 
Hayti as attache of the United States 
Legation; as such during the revolution 
under Legitime he was sent to the com- 
manding officer of the attacking army 
with a message of peace when Port au 
Prince was besieged, and saved the city 
from being bombarded. He is assistant 
to the editor of the Christian Recorder, 
the oldest negro journal in the country, 
and a contributor to magazines. He is 
now pastor at Frankford, Philadelphia. 
Address, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOOPES, Johiah: 

Botanist; born in West Chester, Pa., 
Nov. 9, 1832; was educated in the public 
schools and Friends' Central High School, 
Philadelphia. Founder of the Maple Ave- 
nue Nurseries, in 1853, now Hoopes, 
Brother & Thomas. Member of Acad- 
emy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 
phia, since 1866; was one of the founders 
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Society of Pennsylvania, 1S69-1S79; Trus- 
tee of West Chester State Normal School 
for thirteen years. Author of "Book of 
Evergreens." 1868, and many botanical 
and horticultural papers. Address. West 
Chester, Pa. 

HOOTON, Mott: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; First Sergeant, June 4, 1861; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, June 11, 1861; Captain, 
Oct. 16, 1861; brevetted Major Volunteers, 
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritor- 
ious services in the Wilderness campaign; 
honorably mustered out, June 13, 1864; 
Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenam 
Thirteenth Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866; trans- 
ferred to Thirty-first Infantry, Sept. 21. 
1866; transferred to Twenty-second In- 
fantry. May 15, 1869; Captain, Aug. 5, 
1872; Major Twenty-fifth Infantry, May 
1, 1896; Lieutenant Colonel Fifth Infan- 
try, Oct. 4, 1898; Colonel Twenty-eighth 
Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901; Brigadier General, 
April 15, 1902; brevetted Major, Feb. 27, 
1890, for gallant services in action against 
Indians at Spring Creek, Mont.. Oct. 15 
and 16, 1876; retired, April 16, 1902. Ad- 
dress. South Bethlehem. Pa. 

HOPKINS, Albert Cole: 

Merchant and Congressman; born in 
Villenovia, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1837; edu- 
cated in Forestville and at the West- 
field Academy and the Alfred Uni- 
versity. New York, graduating in 
1856. Entering the mercantile business 
as an employe, he removed to Troy, Pa., 
in 1S62, and engaged in business with 
G. D. Long, under the firm name of Long 
& Hopkins. In 1867 failing health in- 
duced him to remove to Lock Haven, 
where he engaged in a small way in the 
lumbering business; his business rapidly 
increased until he has become one of the 
largest manufacturers of lumber in Penn- 
sylvania; the firm in which he is senior 
partner does a very extensive business 
in the woodland district of Clinton, Cam- 
bria. Clearfield and Jefferson Counties. 
He has also large interests in Michigan 
and Pacific coast lumber, and is largely 
engaged in the cattle trade in Kansas. 
In 1890 he was elected to Congress as 
Republican Representative of the Six- 
teenth Pennsylvania District, and was re- 
elected in 1892; he served four years on 
the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ad- 
dress, Lock Haven, Pa. , 



HOPKINS, L. J.: 

Merchant; son of Robert Jamieson and 
Margaret Thompson Hopkins; born in 
Indiana County. Pa., in 1855; reared 
on his father's farm and educated 
in the public schools near his home. 
From 1878 to 1880 he filled the posi- 
tion of salesman in a wholesale gro- 
cery house in Kansas City, Mo. ; he then 
returned to Pennsylvania and entered 
the employ of Holeman & Hopkins, mer- 
chants, at Tionesta; in 1883 he became a 
partner in the firm; in 1897 became sole 
owner of the large establishment. In 
addition to his mercantile business he ha;- 
extensive interests in the production o 
oil in Venango County, Pa., and in West 
Virginia. In September, 1885, was mar- 
ried to Miss Marie Jackson of Tionesta. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

HOPKINS, AVilliam: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed at large; First 
Lieutenant, July 1, 1899; Captain. March 
3, 1903; special duty, North Atlantic 
Fleet, Dec. 28, 1903, to January, 1904; Na- 
val Station, Guantanamo, Cuba, since 
January, 1904. Address, Guantanamo. 
Cuba. 

HOPPER, Frank; P.: 

Superintendent of Schools of Luzerne 
County, Pa.; born Oct. 30, 1S58. in Ly- 
coming County, Pa.; his parents moved 
to Luzerne County, where he was edu- 
cated in the public schools. After teach- 
ing for a number of years he attended 
the Bloomsburg State Normal School, 
graduating in the class of 1884; he then 
followed teaching until 1S99, when h 
was elected Superintendent of Luzerne 
County, and was re-elected in 1902. Ad- 
dress, Wilkesbarre. Pa. 

HOPPER, Harry Shelmire: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia June 13, 
1S58; son of Professor Zephaniah Hop- 
per, a prominent educator. His ancest- 
ors were English and came to America 
in the seventeenth century. Married, 
Dec. 5, 1888, Laura Annie Fetter, of 
Philadelphia; was graduated from the 
Central High School of Philadelphia, A. 
B., 1875, and A. M. 1880; also from the 
Law School of the University of Penn- 
sylvania. LL. B., 1878; admitted to the 
bar in 1879 and has been in continuous 
practice in the State Courts and United 
States Courts; has given special atten- 
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tate, bankruptcy and trust estate law. 
Historian of the Associated Alumni of 
the Central High School of Philadelphia 
and Treasurer of the Society of the 
Alumni of the Law Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania. Republican. 
Has made extensive genealogical and his- 
torical researches, and is a contributor 
to legal periodicals and to genealogical, 
historical and educational magazines. 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HORU, Arnold Harris: 

Clergyman; born Oct. 13, 1S67, in 
Woodford County, Ky. ; son of William 
Taliaferro Hord, Medical Director Unitea 
States Navy; was graduated from Col- 
umbian University, Washington, D. C, 
and the Philadelphia Divinity School; 
ordained deacon in the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church, May 24, 1891; priest, June 
12, 1892; curate at Christ Church, Ger- 
mantown, Philadelphia, 1891-1892; senior 
curate at St. James's Church, Philadel- 
phia, 1892-1894; rector of Emmanuel 
Church, Holmesburg, Philadelphia, 1894- 
1901; rector of St. Michael's Church, 
Germantown, Philadelphia, since Jan. 1, 
1901. He is one of the triers of the dio- 
cese of Pennsylvania, a Trustee of the 
Society for the Advancement of Christi- 
anity in Pennsylvania; member of the 
Virginia Historical Society. Companion 
of the first class by inheritance of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Chap- 
lain of the Society of the War of 1812 
in Pennsylvania; member of the Society 
of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the 
Revolution. Author of the "Genealogy of 
the Hord Family" and "Thomas Hord, 
Gentleman." Married Annie Robb Firth, 
Oct. 1, 1903. Address, 244 High St., 
Germantown, Philadelphia. 

HORN, David Wilbur: 

Associate in Chemistry in Bryn Mawr 
College; born May 7, 1877, at Carlisle, 
Pa. ; graduated from Dickinson College 
in 1897; degree of M. A. received from 
same in 1898; graduate student in chem- 
istry at Johns Hopkins University, 1897- 
1900; University Scholar in Chemistry, 
1899-1900; Ph. D. in chemistry June, 1900; 
Assistant in Analytical Chemistry in same 
institution, 1900-1901. Elected to faculty 
of Bryn Mawr College, 1901. Marriea, 
Sept. 22. 1903, Lois Anna Farnham, of 
Richmond, Ind. Member of Phi Kappa 
Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, German Chemical 
Society, and American Chemical Society. 
Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 



HORNE, Durbin: 

Merchant; head of the sales and ad- 
vertising departments of Jos. H. Home 
Co., Pittsburg; son of the late Jos. 
Home, founder of the great dry goods 
house of that name; attended the public 
school, then Newell Institute; in 1S76 was 
graduated from Yale. Returning home, 
he accepted a minor position in his 
father's store. In 1882 he was admitted 
to the firm. His success is shown by the 
firm's present large business. Is also 
connected with different financial insti- 
tutions. Address, Fifth St. and Penn 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HORN, Edward Traill, D. D.: 

Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, 
Reading, Pa. since 1897; born at Easton, 
Pa., June 10, 1850. (Father, Melchior 
H. ) Educated at the Allentown Acad- 
emy, Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, 
Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, 
1872-1876; pastor at Chestnut Hill, Phila- 
delphia; 1S76-1897 pastor at Charleston, 
S. C. Author: "The Christian Year," 
1876; "Outlines of Liturgies," 1890; "The 
Evangelical Pastor," 1887, "Commentary 
on Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians 
and Philemon," 1S96. Translator of 
Loehe's Catechism; besides many articles 
in cyclopaedias and reviews. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

HORNE, Samuel Belton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion. Private Second Connecti- 
cut Infantry, April 22, 1861; mustered out 
Aug. 7, 1861. Private Eleventh Con- 
necticut Infantry, Oct. 10, 1861; Sergeant, 
Dec. 3, 1861; First Sergeant, Sept. 18, 
1862; discharged for promotion Aug. 8, 

1863. Second Lieutenant Eleventh Con- 
necticut Infantry, Aug. 9, 1863; First 
Lieutenant, April 9, 1864; Capt. Sept. 26, 
1864; honorably mustered out Nov. 17, 

1864. Awarded the medal of honor un- 
der resolution of Congress "for, at Fort 
Harrison, Va„ Sept. 29, 1864, this officer, 
then serving as a First Lieutenant of 
Eleventh Conecticut Volunteers, and act- 
ing as Aide-de-camp to General Ord, 
while carrying an important message on 
the field was wounded and his horse 
killed; but notwithstanding his severe 
wounds and suffering he continued on 
his way, delivered the order, and then 
joined his General, but had to be taken 
to the rear on account of injuries re- 
ceived. Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, 



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care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

HORXBERGER, H. O.: 

President of the Hazlewood Bank. Aq- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HORXER, William Maopherson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion 
Brevet Lieut. Col. Caleb W. Horner. 
Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, Bryn 
Mawr, Pa. 

HORTON, Samuel Miller: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Assistant Surgeon Aug. 26, 
1861; Major Surgeon June 26, 1876; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, Deputy Surgeon General, 
Dec. 4, 1893; brevetted Captain and Ma- 
jor March 13, 1865, for faithful and meri- 
torious service during the war; retired 
June 6. 1894. Address, 93 Pelham St., 
Newport, R. I. 

HORWITZ, Phineas Jonathan: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Assistant Surgeon United States 
Navy Nov. 8, 1S47; Surgeon (Lieutenant 
Commander) April 19, 1861; Medical In- 
spector (Commander) March 3, 1S71; Med- 
ical Director (Captain) Dec. 19. 1873; re- 
tired March 3, 18S4. Chief of the Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery (Commodore) 
July 11, 1865, to July 1, 1869. Elected 
Feb. 19, 1866. Senior Vice Commmander 
of the Commandery May 7, 18S4-1885. 
Address, 1919 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

HOSACK, Georg-e Mechlin: 

Lawyer; born in Dayton, Armstrong 
County, Pa., Oct. 7, 1866, and is of 
Scotch-Irish ancestry; was educated in 
the public schools and graduated from 
the Connellsville High School in 1SS6. In 
1887, entered the literary department of 
the University of Michigan, and devoted 
his time to special study of economics 
in the School of History and Political 
Science; entered the law department in 
1889; graduated as Bachelor of Laws in 
1891, and admitted to practice in the 
Circuit and Supreme Courts of Michigan. 
Returning to Fayette County, Pa., he 
read law with Hon. S. Leslie Mestrezat, 
now Justice of the Supreme Court of 



Pennsylvania; 1892, admitted to the Fay- 
ette County bar. After practicing a. 
Uniontown for one year he removed to 
Pittsburg, where he was admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar, to the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, and the United 
States District and Circuit Courts. H 
served two years as Secretary of the 
Fayette County Republican Committee: 
was a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, sessions 1897, 1899 and 1901. 
During his time in the Legislature he 
was a member of the Committee on 
Corporations, and served as Chairman 
of the Ways and Means Committee. He 
devotes his attention principally to the 
practice of corporation law and has 
made a special study of the subject of 
corporation taxation. Member of Union. 
University, Americus and Tariff Clubs, 
and of Harrisburg Club. Is a Mason, 
being member of Crescent Lodge No. 576. 
F. and A. M. ; Tancred Commandery No. 
48, Knights Templar, and of the Mystic 
Shrine. In 1893 married Delia C. Clark, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Clark, 
of Connellsville; they have two children. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HOSACK, John F.: 

President of the Bridgeville Trust 
Company. Address, Bridgeville, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 

HOSIvIXS, William H.: 

Veterinarian; born in Delaware Coun- 
ty, Pa., July 23, I860; was graduated 
from the American Veterinary College in 
1881; since then has been actively en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession. 
He served the American Veterinary Med- 
ical Association as Secretary, 1889-1893, 
and as President 1893-1896, and is ex- 
President of the Pennsylvania State Vet- 
erinary Medical Association, and the 
Keystone Veterinary Medical AssocTa- 
tion. and also of the Pennsylvania State 
Board of Veterinary Examiners, of 
which he is now Secretary. He is in- 
structor in Veterinary Jurisprudence, 
Ethics and business methods at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hoskins 
has been editor of the Journal of Com- 
parative Medicine and Veterinary Arch- 
ives since 1895. In the political field he 
has been vice-chairman of the Demo- 
cratic City Committee since 1898, and 
was Democratic candidate for Mayor of 
Philadelphia in 1899. Address, 3314 
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HOSKiNSON, William P.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Waynesburg. Address, Waynes- 
burg, Green County, Pa. 

HOTCHKISS, S. B.: 

Physician; born May 25, 1S40; Cussowa- 
go Township, Crawford County, Pa.; edu- 
cated in public schools of Edinboro. State 
Normal School, Allegheny College, Pa.; 
Bellevue Medical College, New York. Is 
a practicing physician; married Jane Em- 
ma Hatch, of Plumer, Venango County, 
Pa., Jan. 1, 1881. Has acted as trustee 
for the State in the interest of the East- 
ern State Normal School for many years, 
and was President of the Edinboro Sav- 
ings Bank until his health failed. He also 
owned and operated large milling inter- 
ests and had a drugstore in his home vil- 
lage. A life long Republican. Address, 
Edinboro, Erie County, Pa. 

HOTCHKIN, The Rev. Samuel Fitch: 

Clergyman, author; born in Sauquoit, 
N. Y., April 2, 1S83; son of the Rev. 
Dr. Beriah Bishop and Elizabeth Alice 
Hotchkin; graduate of Trinity College, 
Hartford, Conn. (A. M.) and General 
Theological Seminary, New York. Mar- 
ried 1869; first, Sarah Sully, daughter of 
John Neagle, artist; second, Helen Nich- 
olson, daughter of the Rev. Edmun 
and Helen Lispenard Roberts. Ordained 
1860; rector of the Church of the Ascen- 
sion, Claymont, Del., and Calvary and 
Grace churches, Brandywine Hundred, 
Del.; rector of Trinity Church, Red 
Bank, and St. John's Chapel, Little Sil- 
ver, N. J.; now rector of the Church of 
St. Luke, the Beloved Physician, Bustle- 
ton, Philadelphia, and St. Andrews in 
the Fields Chapel, Somerton, Philadel- 
phia; also Registrar of the Diocese of 
Pennsylvania. Author of "Ancient and 
Modern Germantown," "Mount Airy and 
Chestnut Hill," 1889; "Gazeteer of Penn- 
sylvania," 1887; "The York Road, Old 
and New," "The Chase and Bustleton," 
1892: "Early Clergy of Pennsylvania and 
Delaware," 1890; "The Bristol Pike," 
1893; "The Mornings of the Bible," 1893; 
"Dark Care Lightened," 1893; "The Un- 
seen Christ," 1896; "Rural Pennsylvania," 
1897; "The Living Saviour," 1898; "A 
Splendid Inheritance," 1898; "Penn's 
Greene Country Towne," 1903. Address, 
Bustleton, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOTTENSTEIN, Edward, M. D.: 

Born in Maxatawny Township. Berks 
County, Pa., Oct. 1, 1831; descended from 



one of the oldest families in Pennsyl- 
vania, whose origin is traced back to 
A. D. 3S0, when Count Riedbold Von 
Hottenstein was a Frankish Knight in 
Germany. Dr. Hottenstein was educated 
in the township schools and then at- 
tended Freeland Seminary. Collegeville; 
commenced studying medicine in Har- 
leysville, Montgomery County, Pa., and 
was graduated from Jefferson Medical 
College in 1853; practiced medicine at 
the old homestead in Mexatawny Town- 
ship until 1870, when he located in Kutz- 
town, Pa., where he has since practiced 
his profession. Dr. Holtenstein has 
served in the Borough Council of Kutz- 
town, and was President of the Board 
of School Directors for a number of 
years. He is a member of the Medical 
Society of Berks County and of the State 
Medical Society. He was married on 
Sept. 18, 1855, to Miss Sarah Ann Knabb, 
of Oley Township, Berks County, Pa., 
and the couple had nine children. Two 
of his sons became physicians. Dr. Hol- 
tenstein is a grandson of Dr. David Hol- 
tenstein, a pioneer physician of Berks 
County. Address, Kutztown, Pa. 

iiorciv. Henry: 

Deputy State Superintendent; was born 
in Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pa., March 
6, 1836; educated in public and private 
schools; studied Latin and Greek undei 
the private tutorship of Rev. Charles A. 
Wedekin, D. D. ; degree of A. M. was 
conferred upon him by Franklin am 
Marshall College, and also the degree of 
Litt. D. by the Pennsylvania College; 
taught school in 1S52, and has been in 
educational work ever since. In 1859 
appointed Superintendent of Lebanon 
County; 1867 Hon. J. P. Wickersham, 
State Superintendent, offered Mr. Houck 
a position in the department, which he 
accepted; 1869 appointed Deputy State 
Superintendent, which position he has 
filled ever since; in 1872 President of 
the State Teachers' Association; 1903, 
teachers and educators of the State pre- 
sented him with a purse of fifteen hun- 
dred dollars to be expended for a trip 
to the Holy Land, and places of interest 
in Europe, Asia and Africa. Address, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

HOUCK. John D.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Pike County; was 
born in Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1842; in 
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Monroe County, and in 1855 he removed 
to Laanna, Pike County, Pa., where he 
now resides; educated in the common 
schools and spent one term at the Wyo- 
for the Government; after the war he 
worked for his father in the lumber 
business and manufacturing tent poles 
for the Government; after the war he 
became associated with his father am. 
brother in the manufacture of umbrella 
and parasol handles, also wooden toys 
and general merchandise, in which busi- 
ness he is still engaged; was Town Au- 
ditor and served as School Director for 
fifteen years; in 1891 was elected Asso- 
ciate Judge of Pike County, and re- 
elected in 1896; was a delegate to the 
State convention of 1898; elected to th 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Laanna, Pa. 

HOICK, Thomas R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House o 
Representatives from Berks County; was 
born in Colebrookdale Township, Berks 
County, Pa., Nov. 21, 1870; educated in 
the common schools, and was graduated 
from the Keystone State Normal School, 
Kutztown, in 1893; taught in the public 
schools for eight years, and for three 
years was principal of high school; was 
instructor at Perkiomen Seminary during 
the spring term of 1897; raised on a 
farm and has always been identified with 
everything pertaining to the best inter- 
ests of the farmer and laboring man; Is 
at present Secretary of the Colebrook- 
dale Branch Milk Shippers' Union; since 
he left the profession of teaching has 
been associated in the implement and 
buggy business at New Berlinville, under 
the firm name of Houck & Henry; has 
always been an active Democrat; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, New Berlinville, 
Fa. 

HOUGH, Alfred Laeey: 

Colonel United States Army; member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion. Sergeant Seventeenth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry April 18, 1861; discharged 
for promotion June 29, 1861. Captain 
Nineteenth United States Infantry May 
14, 1861; transferred to Twenty-eighth 
Infantry Sept. 21, 1866; unassigned March 
31, 1869; assigned to Thirteenth Infantry 
April 16. 1870; Major Twenty-second In- 
fantry Feb. 18, 1874; Lieutenant Colonel 
Sixteenth Infantry Feb. 20, 1882; Colonel 



Ninth Infantry Aug. 21, 1888; retired 
April 23, 1890. Brevetted Major United 
States Army Sept. 20, 1863, "for gallant 
and meritorious services in the battle of 
Chickamauga, Ga.;" Lieutenant Colonel 
March 13, 1865, "for faithful services in 
connection with the muster of troops;" 
Colonel March 13, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services during the war." 
Elected Nov. 1, 1865; transferred to Com- 
mandery of New York Jan. 5, 1891; trans- 
ferred to Commandery of Pennsylvania 
May 2, 1894. Address, Princeton, N. J. 

HOUGH, Robert II.: 

Instructor in physics, University of 
Pennsylvania; born in Cincinnati, Nov. 
24, 1869; graduate of Woodward High 
School of that city; degrees of A. B., 
B. S. and A. M. from University of Nash- 
ville, Tenn., 1892; graduate student Uni- 
versity of Chicago and University of 
Pennsylvania; instructor at University of 
Nashville, Vanderbilt University, Purdue 
University, Columbia University, and now 
at Pennsylvania. Address, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOUGHTON, diaries Woodman: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Ninety-first Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Nov. 4, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion Sept. 11, 1862; Major and Sur- 
geon 124th Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 
12, 1862; honorably mustered out May 
17, 1863; Major and Surgeon 214th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry March 21, 1865; honor- 
ably mustered out March 21, 1866. Elect- 
ed May 3, 1882. Address, 1528 North 7th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOUSTON, Edwin J.. A. M„ Ph. D.: 

Born at Alexandria, Va., July 9, 1844; 
received degrees A. M., Ph. D.. at Prince- 
ton; Chief Electrician of the International 
Electrical Exhibition, 1884; member 
(Harvard) of the Conference on Geog- 
raphy to Consider Methods of Teaching; 
a presiding officer of Chicago Interna- 
tional Electrical Congress of 1893; one of 
the inventors of the Thomson-Houston 
system of electric lighting; President of 
American Institute of Electrical Engi- 
neers; Professor of Physics in the Frank- 
lin Institute of Pennsylvania; Professor 
of Natural Philosophy and Physical 
Geography in the Central High School 
of Philadelphia; ex-Chairman of Library 
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ciety and of Committee on Publication 
of Franklin Institute; President of the 
Athletic Club of the Schuylkill Navy; 
Vice President of Electrical Section oi 
Franklin Institute and of Educational 
Club of Philadelphia; member of Board 
of Franklin Institute and of Kensington 
Hospital; ex-President of Midnight Mis- 
sion. Author of "Dictionary of Electrical 
Words, Terms and Phrases," "Elements 
of Physical Geography," "Outlines of 
Forestry," "Electricity and Magnetism,' 
"Electrical Measurements." "Electrical 
Transmission of Intelligence," "Elements 
of Natural Philosophy," "Elements o 
Chemistry," "Easy Lessons in Natura. 
Philosophy," "Easy Lessons in Chemis- 
try," "Intermediate Lessons in Natural 
Phlosophy," "Electric Furnaces," -'The 
Telephone," "Electricity One Hundred 
Tears Ago and To-day" (in press), 
"Primers of Electricity," "Primers of 
Forestry," and numerous scientific mono- 
graphs and some thirty or forty other 
books. Member of American Philosophical 
Society, American Institute of Electrical 
Engineers, Franklin Institute of Penn- 
sylvania Soci§t£ Internationale des Elec- 
tricitens, Academy of Natural Sciences 
of Philadelphia, Appalachian Mountain 
Club, Electrical Club of New York, Edu- 
cational Club of Philadelphia. Honorary 
member American Electro-Therapeutica. 
Society. Pennsylvania Forestry Associa- 
tion. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOUSTON, Edwin Samuel: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; was 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed as Act- 
ing Midshipman at Naval Academy, April 
18, 1862; was graduated 1865; Lacka- 
wanna, Pacific Fleet. 1866-1869; pro- 
moted to Ensign Dec. 1, 1866; promoted 
to Master March 12, 1868; Lieutenant 
March 29, 1869; Severn, flagship North 
Atlantic Fleet, 1869-1871; Lancaster, South 
Atlantic Station, 1872-1874; Naval Ren- 
dezvous, San Francisco, 1875-1876; nau- 
tical schoolship Jamestown 1876-1877; 
Hartford, South Atlantic Station, 1877- 
1879; Navy Yard, Washington, 1879-1881 
Lieutenant Commander March, 1881 
Richmond, Asiatic Station, 1881-1884 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1885-1886; Trenton 
1886-1887; Lancaster, South Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1887-1889; Minnesota, 1889 to Octo- 
ber, 1891; promoted to Commander Sept. 
27, 1891; commanding receiving ship Dale 
March. 1892-1894; commanding Machias, 
September, 1894-1896; Captain of Navy 
Yard, League Island, December, 1S96, to 



May, 1S9S. Promoted Captain March 3, 
1899; commanding United States Gun- 
nery training ship Amphitrite from Oct. 
2, 1899 to 1902. Retired June 2, 1902. 
Address, care Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

HOUSTON. Howard H.: 

Mayor of Chester, Pa.; was born at 
Christiana, Lancaster County, Pa., Feb. 
16, 1861; educated at public schools in 
his native place, Hamberg-Seiter Acad- 
emy, Greensboro, N. C. ; Chester Acad- 
emy and State Normal School, West 
Chester, Pa. In 18S1 entered office of 
Chester Rolling Mills and learned every 
branch of the industry. In 1892 formea 
a coportnership (iron, coal and coke bus- 
iness) with C. B. Houston & Co., of 
which he is now senior member. Ac- 
tively engaged in mining and operating 
coal deposits in West Virginia and Po- 
cahontas fields. He is Vice President of 
the Houston Coke and Coal Company. 
Director of Chester National Bank, Cam- 
bridge Trust Company, Chester Hospital, 
Chester Free Library, and is officially 
connected with several corporations in 
West Virginia. Republican in politics. 
In 1897 was elected to Council of old 
South Chester Borough; 1898-1903 Coun- 
cilman from Eleventh Ward. Since 1903 
Mayor of Chester. Member of Penn 
Club and Springhaven Golf Club. Oct. 
4, 1888, he married Nellie Matlack, of 
Negaune, Mich. Address, Chester, Pa. 

HOUSTON, William Churchill: 

Railway and Bank President; born in 
Philadelphia, Nov. 26, 1850; educated at 
the University of Pennsylvania, which 
he left without graduating to enter a 
wool commission house in Philadelphia in 
which his father was a special partner. 
He subsequently engaged in this business 
on his own account, and remained in it 
for several years, during which he be- 
came interested in Southern cotton man- 
ufacturing enterprises and in banks and 
railways. He gave up his business as 
a merchant about 1887 to devote himself 
entirely to these external interests. His 
business connections have included that 
of President of the Produce National 
Bank of Philadelphia, and of the Lynch- 
burg and Durham Railroad; Treasurer 
of the Pennsylvania Construction Com- 
pany, and various others, and he is now 
President of the Hope Mills Company of 
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Mexico. He belongs to numerous clubs 
and societies, and is warmly interested 
in sports, especially cricket and golf. Ad- 
dress, 122 West Chester Ave., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HOUSTON, W. B.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Houston. Address. Houston, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. 

HOVELL, Alfred D.. M. D.: 

Born September 1842, in Philadelphia, 
Pa.; educated under private instructors 
and in the public schools and Philadel- 
phia Central High School; entered the 
law office of Thos. J. Barger; followed 
law and conveyancing until 1S67. He 
matriculated in medicine and graduated 
in 1S70. and embarked in the drug and 
chemical business; became a student at 
the Pennsylvania School of Pharmacy, 
graduating in 1876. After several years 
in drug business, for a time associated 
with Dr. Geo. B. Armbuster; is now in 
the thirty-fourth year of his practice. 
Address, 1252 Sartin St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOVEV, John Gorliani: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; First Lieutenant Thir- 
teenth Massachusets Infantry July 16, 
1861; Captain Feb. 1, 1862; resigned and 
honorably discharged Jan. 7, 1864. Elect- 
ed Nov. 5, 1884. Address, Radnor, Pa. 

HOWARD, Josiah: 

President of C. B. Howard Company, 
manufacturers of lumber; born in Will- 
iamsport, Pa., Jan. 3, 1861; son of Charles 
B. and Lucetta Morris Howard. Mar- 
ried to Laura Ann Bisel June 17, 1886. 
Admitted to partnership in the lumber 
business with his father in 1887; elected 
Burgess of Emporium, Pa., in 1903. 
Member of Republican Party. Elected 
Vice President of the Pennsylvania State 
Sabbath School Association in 1903. Ad- 
dress, Emporium, Pa. 

HOWE, William Thomas: 

Secretary and Treasurer of the Safe 
Deposit and Trust Company of Pittsburg; 
was born in North Bloomfield, Ohio, May 
29, 1S54; son of William H. and Melvina 
(Flower) Howe; he comes of a famous 
New England family, many of whom dis- 
tinguished themselves in the French and 
Indian and Revolutionary Wars. After 



getting a fair education William T. 
Howe, when sixteen years of age, began 
to w r ork in a hardware store in Corry, 
Pa. Three years later he entered the 
employ of the Oil Creek and Allegheny 
River Railroad as a messenger. In eight 
years he rose from a messengership to 
the post of Auditor and General Passen- 
ger Agent of the road, which was known 
as the Pittsburg, Titusville and Buffalo 
Railroad Company. In 1881 he began to 
work for the Safe Deposit and Trust 
Company of Pittsburg as a bookkeeper. 
The following year he was made As- 
sistant Secretary and Treasurer, and in 
May, 18S8, he was promoted to his pres- 
ent position. He was married May 11, 
1S86, to Ida E. Faber, of Pittsburg. In 
politics he is a Republican; he is a char- 
ter member of Nelson P. Reed Council. 
Junior Order United American Mechanics. 
He is also a member of the Presbyterian 
Church. Address, Bayard Street and 
More wood Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HOWELL, Franklin Davenport: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. First Lieutenant Seventeenth 
United States Infantry May 14. 1861; re- 
signed and honorably discharged April 27. 
1863. Elected Aug. 29, 1S66. Registrar of 
the Commandery May 5, 1SS0-18S2. and 
May 2, 1883-1S8S. Address, 1924 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOWELL, Franklin Davenport. Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion First 
Lieut. Frank D. Howell. Elected Feb. 
10. 1897. Address. 1924 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia. Pa. 

HOWELL, George: 

Congressman (Democrat) of Scranton; 
born June 28, 1S59. in the city of Scran- 
ton; his father. John Howell, was a 
soldier in the Civil War, and died in a 
hospital in 1864; his mother's maiden 
name was Ann Evans; father and mother 
were born in Wales. He received his 
education in the public schools, Penning- 
ton Seminary, Newton Collegiate Insti- 
tute, Lafayette College, and the Illinois 
State Normal University; after receiving 
his diploma from the Illinois State Nor- 
mal University he taught school fourteen 
years in Illinois, New Jersey, and Penn- 
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perintendent of the public schools of the 
city of Scranton. In 1892 he married Miss 
Elizabeth G. Harris, and in the same year 
was admitted to the bar of Lackawanna 
County, and is now a member of the law 
firm of Balentine & Howell; was elected 
to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 

HOWELL,, Richard Lewis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Capt. Richard S. Howell. Elected 
Nov. 10, 18S0. First class in succession 
Oct. 11, 1893. Address, care of Record- 
er of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HOYVER, David L.: 

County Superintendent; born in An- 
thony Township, Lycoming County, Pa., 
Dec. 6, 1861; educated at the Lycoming 
County Normal School, at Muncy, Pa., 
where he was graduated in 1884. Taught 
school in the rural districts for a number 
of years (four terms at the Muncy Nor- 
mal School), and worked his own way 
through Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 
graduating in 1892. In September, 1892, 
he moved to Honesdale, where he acted 
as assistant principal until 1896, when 
he was elected County Superintendent of 
Schools; has been twice re-elected to the 
Superintendency. He has instituted sev- 
eral educational features, among which 
are the organization of a County Direc- 
tors' Association, establishing seven town- 
ship high schools, conducted district in- 
stitutes, raised the standard of the teach- 
ers' profession, adopted a uniform course 
of study with uniform examinations twice 
a year, issued common school diplomas 
to deserving pupils, and was instrumental 
in starting over one hundred rural school 
libraries with nearly 6,000 volumes. Mr. 
Hower is a member of the Presbyterian 
church, is an active worker in the Sat)- 
bath school, and a member of the I. O. O. 
F., and a Royal Arch Mason. Address, 
Honesdale, Pa. 

HOWER, Henry S.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lycoming County; 
born in Anthony Township, Lycoming 
County, Pa.; educated in the common 
schools; has been engaged in farming and 
the lumbering business nearly all his 
life; has always taken an active interest 



in politics; was elected County Auditor 
in 1896; served on the Democratic State 
and County Committees; is a member of 
the Young Men's Democratic Club; elect- 
ed to the. House of Representatives in 
November, 1902. Address, Linden, Pa. 

HOY, ,loli ii A. F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Clarion County; 
born in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, 
Pa., Dec. 23, 1864; educated in public 
schools; worked in sawmills, planing mills, 
flour mills and at various other kinds 
of labor, and at the same time prepared 
to begin the study of law; admitted to 
practice in the courts of Clarion County 
in 1892 and in Supreme Court in 1894; has 
resided in Clarion borough since 1SS3; was 
a member of the House of Representa- 
tives, sessions of 1897, 1S99 and 1901; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Clarion, Pa. 

HOYT, Way land, A. M., D. D. LL. D.: 

Clergyman; born in Cleveland, Ohio; 
son of Hon. J. L. Hoyt, LL. D., and 
Mary Ella Beebee; was graduated from 
Brown University 1860, receiving degree 
of A. M., and from Rochester Theological 
Seminary 1S63, receiving degree of D. D. 
and LL. D. from Ursinus College. Pa. 
Has been pastor of Baptist churches in 
Pittsfleld, Mass.; Cincinnati. Ohio; Strong 
Place Church, Brooklyn; Memorial Church 
Philadelphia; First Baptist Church, Min- 
neapolis; at present of Epiphany Bap- 
tist Church, Philadelphia. Author of 
"Hints and Helps for the Christian Life," 
"Present Lessons From Distant Days,' 
"Gleams from Paul's Prison." "The Brook 
in the Way," "Light on Life's Highway." 
"At His Feet," "Along the Pilgrimage," 
"For Shine and Shade," etc., contributing 
editor of the Christian Endeavor World, 
Trustee of the United Society of Chris- 
tian Endeavor. Has been one of the 
Chaplains of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Member of the Board of the Am- 
erican Baptist Publication Society and of 
the American Baptist Missionary Union 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Ill llltl I I . Johnson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Private Fifteenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry Sept. 15, 1862; honorably dis- 
charged for disability April 28, 1863. Sec- 
ond Lieutenant 203d Pennsylvania Infan- 



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try Sept. 15, 1864; First Lieutenant April 
1, 1865; honorably mustered out June 22, 
1865. Elected May 7, 1890. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hl'BER, Iranhoe Stees: 

Cashier of the Shamokin Banking Com- 
pany, Shamokin, Pa. Born in Pine Grove, 
Schuylkill County, Pa., Oct. 4, 1845; son 
of the late Major Levi and Margaret 
(Stackpole) Huber; educated in the public 
schools of Pine Grove and Pottsville, Pa.; 
Leaving the Pottsville High School, en- 
tered the law office of Hon. F. W. 
Hughes; 1864-1868 teller of the First Na- 
tional Bank of Mahanoy City, Pa.; after- 
ward Secretary, and later Superintendent 
of the Ringgold Coal & Iron Co.. at New 
Ringgold, Pa.; 1869-1871 Deputy Prothono- 
tary of Schuylkill County, Pa. Since 1871 
cashier of the Shamokin Banking Com- 
pany; 1863 enlisted in the Twenty-seventh 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Emer- 
gency Men, and served during the cam- 
paign; 1881-1902 Treasurer of the Borough 
of Shamokin. School Director 1882, and 
President of Board 1883. Since 1S83 Direc- 
tor and Treasurer of Building and Loan 
Associationof Shamokin; VicePresident of 
Y. M. C. A. : Treasurer of the Shamokin 
Bible Society; Treasurer, local Advisory 
Board of the Children's Home Society 
of Pennsylvania. Member of the Penn- 
sylvania Forestry Association; Church 
Club of the Diocese of Central Pennsyl- 
vania and Shamokin Fire Department. 
Democrat in politics. Married Sept. 8, 
1869, Mary Bloomfield Houston, daughter 
of the late John W. and Mary B. Houston, 
of Columbia, Pa. Address, 928 N. Wash- 
ington St., Shamokin, Pa. 

Hl'BER, Sigmnnd V.: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Lucerne. 
Switzerland, and after a good common 
school education he entered the Poly- 
technic school in Zurich, Switzerland. 
About twenty-four years ago Mr. Huber 
came to America, and for ten years there- 
after was chief engineer of the Reading 
Iron Works, at Reading, Pa. He then 
moved to Pittsburg. He is an expert and 
has had charge of the erection of a large 
number of blast furnaces, Bessemer and 
open hearth mills and other mechanical 
devises in this and other States. A pains- 
taking and well informed student of the 
mechanical craft. Address, 319 Third 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



HICKLE, Samuel: 

Architect; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
in the district of Frankford, Feb. 14, 1858. 
Studied at the Philadelphia High School, 
seventy-first class; afterward pursued his 
studies in architecture under Benjamin 
D. Price, an architect of prominence at 
that time in Philadelphia. Commenced 
the practice of architecture in 1S83 in 
conjunction with Edward Hazleton. He 
formed the present firm of Watson & 
Huckels in 1902. His professional work is 
shown in the Odd Fellows' Temple Build- 
ing. Philadelphia. Residence of Daniel 
Bough, Foederer House and many of the 
prominent churches, banks and other 
buildings of Philadelphia, and in 1902 he 
designed and supervised the remodeling 
of the Grand Central Station in New 
York city, American Express Building, 
etc. He is a member of the American 
Institute of Architects, Art Club of Phil- 
adelphia, Architectural League, N. Y., 
Philadelphia Chapter, American I. of Ar- 
chitects, Union League of Philadelphia, 
Transportation Club of New York, United 
Societies Club of London, England, the 
Alumni Association of Central High 
School, Manheim Club, etc. Mr. Huckels 
came of distinguished ancestry, his great- 
grandfather having served in the Colonial 
Army under General Washington. Mr. 
Huckels married in 1881 Emma Frances, 
daughter of James V. Kirk, a merchant 
of Philadelphia. Resides at Germantown, 
Philadelphia; office, 1211 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HUDSON, James Faireliild: 

Editor Pittsburg Dispatch; born in Ob- 
erlin, Ohio, May 12, 1846; son of Prof. T. . 
B. Hudson; graduated from Oberlin Col- 
lege Aug. 23, 1S67; served a brief period 
in Civil War and was engaged in the I 
battle at Fort Stevens July 11 and 12, 
1864; after leaving college entered on 
newspaper work on Toledo Blade; later 
on Youngstown, Ohio, Register; 1874 on ' 
the Commercial-Gazette, Pittsburg, and 
since 1883 as editorial writer and editor 
on the Dispatch; married, Oct. 27, Ina ■ 
Burt. Cleveland, Ohio. Author of "The i 
Railways and the Republic," 1887; "A 
Silver Symposium," 1896. Address. Pitts- 
burg, Pa. i 

HtDSOlV, William A.: 

Counselor and attorney at law; is a 
native of Virginia, having been born at 
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rect descendant of Chief Justice Marshall. 
Before moving to Pittsburg, in 1891, he 
practiced law in Virginia for sixteen 
years. Was Judge of the Common Pleas 
Court in Virginia, and soon after retiring 
from the bench decided to try his for- 
tune in the wider field of Pittsburg. 
In Virginia he was what is known as a 
protection Democrat, but after moving to 
Pittsburg became a Republican. To the 
Republicans of Pennsylvania and "West 
Virginia his conversion meant much, as 
he is an orator of great eloquence and 
his voice has been heard in the two States 
in many campaigns. Address, 5174 Wood- 
worth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HUEY, Joseph Wistar: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyai 
Legion. Eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Brig. Gen. Pennock Huey. Elected Feb. 
3, 1892. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HUFF, George Franklin: 

Republican Congressman, of Greens- 
burg; was born at Norristown, Pa., July 
16, 1842; received his education in the 
public schools at Middletown and later 
at Altoona, where, after learning a trade 
in the car shops of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company, at an early age he 
entered the banking house of William 
M. Lloyd & Co. In 1867 he removed to 
Westmoreland County to engage in the 
banking business. He was married in 
1871 to Henrietta, daughter of the late 
Judge Jeremiah M. Burrell, of Pennsyl- 
vania, afterward United States District 
Judge and Chief Justice of Kansas by 
the appointment of President Franklin 
Pierce; he was a member of the National 
Republican Convention in 1880, where he 
was one of the "306" who followed the 
lead of Roscoe Conkling in the ever- 
memorable effort to nominate Gen. U. S. 
Grant for the Presidency. Mr. Huff is 
President of the Keystone Coal and Coke 
Company, one of the largest producers 
of gas and steam coal in the United 
States; is largely engaged in many other 
business industries in various parts of 
Pennsylvania, together with the banking 
business in Greensburg, in which he has 
been constantly engaged since his youth; 
is President of the Westmoreland Hos- 
pital Association. He was elected to the 
Pennsylvania Senate in 1S84 and repre- 
sented the Thirty-ninth Senatorial Dis- 



trict four years; was elected to the Fifty- 
second Congress from the Twenty-first 
District, then composed of the counties of 
Westmoreland, Indiana, Armstrong, and 
Jefferson; was elected Congressman at 
Large from Pennsylvania to the Fifty- 
fourth Congress; was re-elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Greens- 
burg, Pa. 

HUGHES, Benjamin F.: 

Editor and publisher of the Insurance 
Register, of Philadelphia; was born at 
Fowlerville, Pa., April 6, 1844; he was 
the son of a farmer, and received his 
education in the public schools, Susque- 
hanna University, and the Pennsylvania 
College. After leaving college he took 
up journalism, becoming editor of the 
Wyoming Valley Journal. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1878, 
and since that time has been continu- 
ously engaged in the practice of law. 
He was a State Senator from 1883 to 
1887, and Assistant Postmaster of Phila- 
delphia from 18S9 to 1893. Address, 333 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HUGHES, Richard Morris: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Entered 
Naval Academy Sept. 25, 1874; was grad- 
uated June 4^ 1880; Constitution 1880; 
receiving ship Colorado 1881; promoted 
Ensign June ^j, 1882; Alliance 1882-1884; 
Coast Survey 1885; Blake 18S6-18S9: 
Portsmouth 1889 to June, 1892. Promoted 
to Lieutenant (junior grade), Aug. 4, 
1889; charge Branch Hydrographic Office, 
Philadelphia, June, 1892, to May, 1895. 
Promoted to Lieutenant June, 1894; Con- 
cord, Olympia. Machias, May, 1895, to 
1899; training ship and station, San 
Francisco. May 6, 1899. Promoted to 
Lieutenant Commander March 3, 1901; 
Philadelphia, 1901; Concord, since March. 
1901. Address, care Navy Department, 
Wasshington, D. C. 

HUGHES, Robert Patterson: 

Major General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Private, Company E, Twelfth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, April 25, 1861; honorably- 
discharged Aug. 5, 1861; First Lieutenant 
Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 
11, 1861; Captain May 20, 1862; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel 199th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Dec. 7, 1S64; brevetted Colonel Volun- 
teers April 2, 1865. for gallant and dis- 
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honorably mustered out June 28, 1865; 
Captain Eighteenth Infantry July 28, 
1866; unassigned April 26, 1869; Third 
Infantry July 5, 1S70; Major Feb. 19, 
1885; Lieutenant Colonel Inspector Gener- 
al March 11, 1885; Colonel Inspector Gen- 
eral Aug. 31, 1888; Brigadier General Vol- 
unteers Inspector General June 3, 1898; 
Brigadier General United States Army 
Feb. 5, 1901; Major General April 1, 1902; 
retired April 11, 1903. He has held the 
following commands: Manila, as Provost 
Marshal General, Sept. 1. 1898, to June 1, 
1899; First Military District, June 1, 
1899. to May 7, 1900; Department of 
Visayas, May 7, 1900, to Dec. 1, 1902; De- 
partment of California, April 1, 1902. to 
April 1, 1903. Address, 30 Hillhouse Ave., 
New Haven Conn. 

HUGHES, Sam. H.: 

Cashier of the Washington National 
Bank of Burgettstown; born near Kit- 
tanning, Armstrong County, Pa., July 20, 
1866; removed to Indiana. Pa., 1S73; edu- 
cated in the public schools and Indiana 
State Normal School; taught in the pub- 
lic schools of Indiana; studied the banking 
business at the First National Bank of 
Indiana, Pa.; enlisted in Company F, 
Fifth Regiment, National Guard of Penn- 
sylvania, 1SS5, and served in every grade 
in the company; promoted to Major, Fifth 
Regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania, Feb. 17, 1902; served with his regi- 
ment during the Spanish-American War 
as First Lieutenant. Married Lida O. 
Scott, Indiana, Pa., Sept. 2, 1903. Ad- 
dress, Burgettstown, Pa. 

HLHN, George A.: 

Broker; born in Philadelphia April 15, 
1850; educated in the public schools, and 
in 1862 entered the office of Travis & 
Co., stock brokers. In 1866 he became 
engaged with Cooper & Graff in the same 
line of business, in whose office he re- 
mained for thirteen years; in 1879 he en- 
gaged in business in partnership with W. 
H. Tevis, the firm being known as W. H. 
Tevis & Co. In 1882, three years later, 
he entered into partnership with Robert 
Glendenning; when Mr. Glendenning died, 
in 1893, Mr. Huhn became a partner with 
his son, as Huhn & Glendenning; and in 
1S95 he formed a partnership with his 
own sons, as George A. Huhn & Sons. 
Throughout his career he has pursued a 
successful business, and the new firm is 
prominent among the brokerage houses 



of Philadelphia. Mr. Huhn is a member | 
of the New York, Philadelphia and Chi- 
cago Exchanges, and the firm has been, 
engaged in several large financial trans- 
actions, especially with passenger railway 
lines. Mr. Huhn is a member of the 
Union League, Art Club, Columbia Club,. 
Country Club. Marion Cricket Club, etc. 
Address, 134 South Sixteenth St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HUHN, John R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pa., July 
7, 1856; removed to Philadelphia when 
seven years old, and was educated in the 
public schools of that city, graduating in 
1874; has been identified with the brick 
manufacturing business since 1S74, enter- 
ing first the office of Henry Huhn & Co., 
of which his father, Hon. Henry Huhn, 
was the head, and served during various 
changes in the firm until 1898, since which 
time he has carried on the extensive busi- 
ness originally established by his grand- 
father, John R. Huhn. in 1836; served as- 
a member of the Seventh Sectional School 
Board from 18S6 to 1893, and was elected 
Secretary of that body annually from 
1887 to 1892, inclusive; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Residence. 2339 "Wharton St.; office 
address, South Thirty-third St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HFIDEKOPER, Arthur Clarke: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal' 
Legion; Second Lieutenant and Recruit- 
ing Officer Aug. 22, 1864; First Lieuten- 
ant 211th Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 9, 
1S64; Captain April 13T 1865; honorably 
mustered out June 2, 1865. Elected May 
2, 1888. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Hl'IDEKOPER, Henry Shippen: 

Soldier; born at Meadville. Pa., July 
17, 1839; son of Edgar and Frances (Ship- 
pen) Huidekoper and grandson of Harm 
Jan and Rebecca (Calhoun) Huidekoper, 
Harm Jan having come to America from' 
Holland in 1795; was graduated at Har- 
vard College in 1862, and received, in 1872, 
the degree of A. M. from the same col- 
lege; from 1898 to the present time one 
of the overseers of Harvard College; 
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Captain, Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel 
with the 150th Regiment of Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and while in command of his 
regiment at Gettysburg, on July 1, 1863, 
was wounded twice, losing his right arm. 
He returned to service in September, 1863, 
but, prostrated by his wounds, had to 
resign from the army at Culpepper, Va., 
in 1S64. He was appointed Major General 
in the National Guard of Pennsylvania by 
Governor Geary in 1S70. and, as such, 
was active in the labor riots in 1877 un- 
der Governor Hartranft, solving at Scran- 
ton a question between the civil and the 
military powers with such tact and firm- 
ness as to establish himself strongly in 
the confidence of the Governor and the 
people. Upon reorganization of the Na- 
tional Guard, with Governor Hartranft 
as the Major General, was appointed the 
senior Brigadier General in the Guard; 
in 1S79 he compiled and published a 
"Manual of Service," which became an 
accepted authority on military matters. 
From 1S80 to 1886 was Postmaster at 
Philadelphia, and was credited with hav- 
ing organized and carried through the 
ounce measure for letters, instead of the 
former half ounce. Residence, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HIIDEKOPER, Wallis: 

Insurance agent; born Feb. 2, 1870, at 
Germantown, Pa.; spent early childhood 
at Meadville, Pa., the family home; at- 
tended the old Germantown Academy 
School, graduating in 1886; entered Sci- 
entific School, University of Pennsylvania, 
following year, and was graduated in 
1S91; resided two years in North Dakota, 
during which period he was in the cattle 
business; returned to Philadelphia in 
1893 and entered the insurance business; 
volunteered during the Spanish-American 
War with First Troop, Philadelphia City 
Cavalry; mustered into Government serv- 
ice April 28, 1898; honorably discharged 
Nov. 21, 1898; served in Porto Rico cam- 
paign, afterward being promoted to Ser- 
geant. He was in the service of the Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania for ten 
years. Address, 321 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Hl T KIL,I,, Edwin Martin: 

Oil and gas operator; born in New 
Castle County. Del., Feb. 1, 1840; after his 
father's death, in 1S56. had charge of a 
farm; received a seminary education; 
became clerk in Philadelphia in Novem- 
ber, 1864; went to oil fields of Venango 



County, Pa. ; has since continued to 
operate largely in oil and natural gas 
properties. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HULL, William Isaac: 

Educator; born in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 
19, 1868; son of T. Burling and Mary Hull; 
preliminary education at Friends' High 
School. 1881-1886; was graduated from 
Johns Hopkins University in 1S89, Ph. D., 
1892; student University of Berlin, 1891; 
College Professor since 1892; Professor 
of History in Swarthmore College, and 
Examiner in History for the College; 
entrance Examination Board of Middle 
States and Maryland since 1900; was Su- 
perintendent of Summer Charities, New 
York, 1896-1897. Member of the Ameri- 
can Historical Society. Author of "Mary- 
land, Independence and the Confedera- 
tion," 1891; "Handbook of Sociology" 
(with W. H. Tolman), 1893; "History of 
Higher Education in Pennsylvania." 1902. 
Married Hannah Hallowell Clothier Dec. 
27, 1898. Address, Swarthmore, Pa. 

HULIXGS, Willis James: 

Oil and mine operator; born in Clarion, 
Pa., July 1, 1850; academic education, 
studying law at the conclusion of his 
academic course; admitted to practice in 
the courts of Pennsylvania, West Vir- 
ginia and Arizona; member of the Penn- 
sylvania Legislature, 1SS1-18S6; procured 
passage of bill to prohibit unjust discrim- 
inations in railroad freight rates; enlisted 
in the National Guard of Pennsylvania in 
1S76, serving through various grades until 
elected Colonel in February, 1887; served 
in railroad riots (1877), Homestead riots 
(1891), and Walston riots (1892); volun- 
teered with entire regiment May 10, 1898, 
for service in Spanish-American War; 
served in Porto Rico; promoted Sept. 26, 
1S9S. to Brigadier General of the United 
States Volunteers for gallant and meri- 
torious conduct at battle of Coamo, Aug. 
9, 189S; discharged Jan. 1, 1899. Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the National Associa- 
tion of the Spanish-American War Vet- 
erans; member of the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution; Colonel of the Sixteenth 
Regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania; commanded Second Brigade, Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, during 
anthracite coal miners' disturbances, 1902; 
engaged in mining and large Mexican en- 
terprises. Address, Oil City, Pa. 

HULLEY, Lincoln: 

Educator; born in Camden, N. J., May 
3, 1865; was graduated from Bucknell Uni- 



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versity in 1888; Harvard, 18S9; received 
the degree of A. M. from Bucknell and 
Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. 
College professor since 1893; was In- 
structor of Science in Bucknell for 
three years; now Professor of History, 
Bucknell University. Member of the 
Chautauqua Faculty for three years; lec- 
tured in Ohio. Tennessee, Pennsylvania 
and New York for Council of Seventy 
(Biblical specialists), of which he is a 
member. Author of "Lullabies and Slum- 
ber Songs," "Annie Laurie, an Old Sweet- 
heart of Mine," also Tariff League prize 
essay, 1888. Address, Lewisburg, Pa. 

HULSIZER, Greene R.: 

Physician; born in Easton, Pa., July 
28, 1862; was graduated from the Easton 
High School in 1880; afterward entered 
Lafayette College, but left there to study 
medicine at home while engaged for two 
years in teaching. He then entered Jef- 
ferson Medical College, where he was 
graduated in 1887. His interest was es- 
pecially given to surgery, and after grad- 
uating he was, by competitive examina- 
tion, appointed resident physician of the 
Jefferson Medical Hospital. He subse- 
quently entered upon general practice, 
and soon after was appointed Police Sur- 
geon of the Seventh District, a year later 
being made Assistant Chief Surgeon of 
the Philadelphia Police and Fire Depart- 
ment. In 1895 he, with Dr. T. H. An- 
drews, organized the Medical Emergency 
Corps, composed of district police sur- 
geons, its purpose being to render all pos- 
sible assistance in case of injury at fires 
and elsewhere. This corps, which is un- 
der Dr. Hulsizer's command and was the 
first of its kind in this country, has 
proved to be highly efficient and useful in 
its operations. In addition to his labors 
in these fields he has been appointed As- 
sistant Medical Inspector of the Board of 
Health. He is a member of several medi- 
cal societies and of the Pen and Pencil 
Club. Address, 225 Brown St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

HIMES, William P.: 

Banker; born in Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. 
21, 1844; son of the late prominent, effi- 
cient and reputed to be at the time of 
his death ("March 28, 1895. being in the 
eighty-fifth year of his age) the oldest 
bank President in the United States, Ed- 
ward C. Humes, of Bellefonte, Pa. He 
was educated at the Bellefonte Ac: demy; 
afterward at the Pennsylvania State Col- 



lege, then known as the Farmers' High 
School (later as Agricultural College of 
Pennsylvania), from where he was called 
to his home during the early part of the 
Civil War, to assist his father in his 
varied business interests, taking an active 
part in the banking interests of his na- 
tive place in connection with the First 
National Bank, and the successful bank- 
ing firm established previously by his 
father of Humes, McAllister, Hale & Co., 
composed of Edward C. Humes, H. N. 
McAllister, a prominent lawyer; Judge 
James T. Hale, also a leading lawyer and 
member of Congress, and Andrew G. 
Curtin, the great war Governor of Penn- 
sylvania, and which was after a number 
of years merged into the former (First 
National Bank of Bellefonte), of which his 
father was also President until his death. 
In addition to his financial interests Mr. 
Humes became more generally known to 
the public as a candidate for position of 
United States Commissioner of Railroads, 
to succeed Gen. Wade Hampton of South 
Carolina. He was supported in his appli- 
cation by nearly all the Republican lead- 
ers of Pennsylvania, by the United States 
Senators, and several Judges of the higher 
courts of the State; by the Governor, the 
Mayor and former Mayor of Philadelphia, 
and indorsed in private letters from lead- 
ers of both political parties throughout 
the State, as well as from personal friends 
of the President of his own State of Ohio. 
While there were other applicants from 
several Statse, Mr. Humes' strongest com- 
petitor was General Longstreet of Geor- 
gia, who, as a prominent Southern sup- 
porter of the Union and the Administra- 
tion, was finally appointed to the place 
by President McKinley. His time is still 
actively and almost continuously with the 
bank, as well as in giving attention to 
his father's estate. He is a Director of 
the bank, and, with his sister. Miss Mira, 
and his father's estate, are its largest 
stockholders. He is an elder of the Pres- 
byterian Church of Bellefonte, with which 
his father and grandfather (Hamilton 
Humes) bore the same connection. The 
family from its earliest history have been 
closely identified with church, charitable 
and missionary work, always interested 
in the best general welfare of the com- 
munity and their friends, and have been 
favored with the highest social standing. 
Politically he is a Republican, and, while 
loyal to party interests, respects those 
who may differ with him in their political 
faith or views. He has also been for 
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Union League of Philadelphia, and be- 
longs to various other organizations. Ad- 
dress, Bellefonte, Pa. 

HUMPHREYS, Charles: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania and appointed from 
the District of Columbia; Second Lieu- 
tenant, First New York Artillery, Feb. 14, 
1865; honorably mustered out June 16, 
1865; Second Lieutenant, Third Artillery, 
May 9, 1867; First Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1870; 
Captain June 30, 1S93; Artillery Corps 
Feb. 2, 1901; Major Feb. 28, 1901; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Aug. 3, 1903. Address, 
Fort Du Pont, Del. 

HUMPHREYS, Henry Hollingsworth: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
First Lieutenant, Second Pennsylvania 
Artillery, Oct. 3, 1862, to April 26, 1865; 
Major, Aide-de-Camp, Volunteers, April 
5,- 1S65; brevetted Captain of Volunteers 

I Aug. 1, 1864. for faithful and meritorious 
services in the field; Major of Volunteers 
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meri- 

j torious services during the war, and Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Volunteers April 9. 1865, 
for valuable and meritorious services 

a during the campaign terminating with the 
surrender of the insurgent army under 
Gen. R. E. Lee; honorably mustered out 
Nov. 10, 1865; Second Lieutenant and First 

I Lieutenant, Seventeenth Infantry, Feb. 23, 
1866; transferred to Thirty-fifth Infantry' 
Sept. 21, 1866; transferred to Fifteenth 
Infantry Aug. 12, 1869; Captain Jan. 15, 
1873; Major. Twelfth Infantry, July 13, 
1896; Lieutenant Colonel. Twenty-second 
Infantry, Dec. 23. 1898; brevetted Captain 
March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious 
services in the battle of Fredericksburg, 
Va. ; Major March 2. 1867, for gallant and 
meritorious services in the battle of Get- 
tysburg, Pa., and Lieutenant Colonel 
March 2, 1867, for gallant and merito- 
rious services at the fall of Petersburg 
and in the pursuit of the rebel army un- 
der Gen. R. E. Lee; retired May 25, 1899. 
Address, Highwood, Lake County, 111. 

HUMPHREYS, W. Y.: 

President of Bessemer Coke Company; 
born in St. Louis, Mo.; educated at St. 
Louis. He is a Director of Colonial Trust 
Company and Columbia National Bank, 
President Bessemer Coke Company. Pres- 
ident Jacobs Creek Coal Company, and 
Vice President Powell Coal and Coke 
Company. Married Helen M. Stephenson 

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Oct. 22, 1892. Formed the five coke com- 
panies, subsequently the Bessemer Coke 
Company. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Dallas Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

HUNlvER, John J.: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy in 
April, 1S62; was graduated in 1866; Sus- 
quehanna, flagship, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1S66-186S; promoted to Ensign April, 
1868; Franklin, flagship, European Squad- 
ron, 1S69-1871; promoted to Master March 
26, 1S69; commissioned Lieutenant March 

21, 1870; torpedo service, 1872; Michigan, 
1873; Swatara, North Atlantic Station, 
1S74-1S75; Michigan. 1S76; torpedo duty, 
1877; Nautical schoolship St. Mary's, 1878- 
1S80; Richmond, Asiatic Station, 1882- 
1884; Michigan, N. W. Lakes, 1884-1887; 
Lieut. Commander October, 1885; Adams, 
Pacific Station, 1889-1S90; Independence 
July. 1S90. to April, 1891; Palos, Asiatic 
Station, April, 1891, to June, 1893; Wa- 
bash June, 1893-1894; promoted Command- 
er September, 1894; Inspector of Ordnance, 
Portsmouth. November, 1894; Equipment 
Officer, Navy Yard, New York, February, 
1895, to 1897; commanding the Annapolis 
July, 1897, to May 18, 1899; promoted to 
Captain Dec. 11, 1900; commanding train- 
ing ship and station, Newport, June 29, 
1899; commanding New York since Jan. 
3. 1903. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

HUNT, Cyrus F.: 

Manufacturer; grandson of Cyrus Blood, 
founder of Forest County, Pa.; son of J. 
D. Hunt and Marion Fullerton Blood 
Hunt, in whose honor Marienville re- 
ceived its name; born at Marienville Sept. 

22, 1852; educated in the public schools 
and was graduated from Duff's Commer- 
cial College, Pittsburg, Pa.; learning te- 
legraphy, worked for the United Pipe 
Line Company as operator for eight years. 
In 1887 embarked in the mercantile busi- 
ness and the manufacture of lumber. On 
Aug. 1. 1S80, was married to Miss Belle 
F. Collum of Philadelphia, daughter of 
Samuel H. Collum. a prominent con- 
tractor of that city. They have one son, 
Leigh F. Address, Marienville, Pa. 

HUNT, David W.: 

President of Knickerbocker Ice Com- 
pany; born in Hunterdon County, N. J., 
Nov. 15, 1842; educated in Philadelphia, 
graduating from the High School of that 
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gave this up to enlist as a soldier when 
General Lee's Army was invading Penn- 
sylvania. He subsequently entered the 
employment of the Knickerbocker Ice 
Company, with which he has since re- 
mained; upon the consolidation of the 
Philadelphia ice companies Mr. Hunt be- 
came a member of the Board of Directors, 
and took an active part in the mannage- 
ment of the company's business, which 
added to its ice trade the manufacture of 
ice machinery and wagons and the sale 
of coal. It now holds a leading position 
among the ice companies in the United 
States. Mr. Hunt's father was President 
of the company, and on his death his 
son was elected to succeed him; in ad- 
dition to his duties with the ice com- 
pany, he is President of the Knicker- 
bocker Building Association and of the 
Carbon Di-Oxide and Magnesia Company, 
and a Director in the Knickerbocker Tow- 
boat Company. The Building Association 
was organized for the benefit of the 
company's employees, in whose welfare 
Mr. Hunt is strongly interested. Address, 
2014 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HINT, Joseph S.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Northampton Coun- 
ty; born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1836; 
w-orked on the farm until 1853, then at- 
tended Stiles Select School and Hudson 
River Institute; went south in 1S5S and 
returned in 1861; attended Jefferson Med- 
ical College one year, and was gradu- 
ated from the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons of New York City in 1866; en- 
gaged in the drug business, also the man- 
ufacture of iron in Easton, Pa., from 1869 
to 1876; has been Physician and Surgeon 
of the Northampton County Prison for 
fifteen years; is also consulting physician 
of the Easton Hospital, and President 
of the Board of Health of Easton; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Easton, Pa. 

HTJNTER, Richard Stockton: 

Lawyer; son of Louis Boudinot Hunter, 
late Medical Director United States Navy; 
a great-grandson of Richard Stockton, 
signer of the Declaration of Independence; 
born in Princeton, N. J., Feb. 20, 1845; 
was graduated from Princeton College in 
1864, receiving the degree of A. M. in 
1867; admitted to Philadelphia bar 1868. 
Author of various papers on legal sub- 
jects and of lectures delivered before New 
Century and Civic Clubs of Philadelphia. 



Director Children's Aid Society; heredi- 
tary member of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati; member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars and American Philosophical Society. 
Address, 308 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HUNTER, Silas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Mercer County; was 
born in West Salem Township, Mercer 
County, Pa., May 26, 1832; educated in 
the common schools; went to Kansas in 
1855, and went through the Border War 
with John Brown and Jim Lane; enlisted 
in the army from Kansas in 1861, and 
served in all the grades of commissioned 
officers from Second Lieutenant to Col- 
onel; was mustered out Dec. 20, 1866, at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kans; was appointed 
First Lieutenant in the Thirty-ninth Uni- 
ted States Infantry; returned to Mercer 
County in 1869, and now resides on the 
farm where he was born; served as 
Sheriff of Mercer County one term; elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
1902. Address, Jamestown, Pa. 

HI'STER, W. L.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Turtle Creek. Address, Turtle Creek, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

HITNTT, George Gibson: 

Colonel United States Army; member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Second Lieutenant of First United 
States Cavalry March 27, 1861; First 
Lieutenant May 2, 1861; Captain Fourth 
Cavalry July 17. 1S62; Major First Cav- 
alry Feb. 10, 1S70; Lieutenant Colonel 
Tenth Cavalry April 27, 1887; Colonel Sec-, 
ond Cavalry April 20, 1891; retired May 
31, 1S9S. Elected Feb. 4, 1891. Address, 
Carlisle, Pa. 

HURD, William Lambert: 

President of the Monongahela Tube 
Company of Pittsburg, Pa.; born at Port 
Lavaca, Tex., on Aug. 28, 1847; educated 
at Colby Academy, New London, N. H., 
and at Brown University, Providence, 
R. I., he. at an early age, filled various 
clerical positions, paving the way to a 
satisfactory business opening. At the 
time of the great fire in Boston in 1872 
he was a clerk in a wholesale clothing 
house, which succumbed to the wide- 
spread conflagration, and afterward took 
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Company at McKeesport, Pa., with which 
concern he remained for a period of 
twelve years. He then connected him- 
self with the Continental Tube Company, 
and later on he accepted a leading posi- 
tion with the Duquesne Tube Works 
Company of Pittsburg. In 1897 he en- 
gaged in the iron and steel commission 
business with Mr. Hugh H. Davis, as 
Hurd, Davis & Co., and in 1899 organized 
and became President of the Mononga- 
hela Tube Company, which position he 
now fills, and he is also President of 
the Home Trust Company of Pittsburg. 
Mr. Hurd's ancestors on his father's 
side were of English origin and set- 
tled in New England several genera- 
tions back; his mother's ancestors were 
English and French. Her father, Na- 
thaniel Dearborn, was a descendant from 
Godfrey Dearborn, who settled in Ports- 
mouth, N. H, in 1638, her mother being 
a descendant of Dr. Pierre Sigourney, a 
French Huguenot, who settled in Massa- 
chusetts in the latter part of the Sev- 
enteenth Century. During the Civil War 
Mr. Hurd was a member of Company F, 
Second Massachusets Artillery. He was 
married in 1873 to Miss Alabama Vander- 
vort, daughter of the late Robert Van- 
dervort of Pittsburg, and has three chil- 
dren. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HUSEJMKN, F. K.: 

Banker; born Nov. 29, 1876, in Wheel- 
ing, W. Va. ; educated in public schools 
and Linsley Institute, Wheeling, W. Va. 
Married Essie Jane Swearer of Pittsburg, 
Pa., in December, 1901.. He was chosen 
Cashier of the Center Wheeling Savings 
Bank, Wheeling, W. Va., on April 1, 1901; 
cashier of the Allegheny Valley Bank of 
Pittsburg, Pa., April 1, 1903. Residence, 
830 Heath St.; office, Allegheny Valley 
Bank of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa. 

HUSTEAD, James Miller: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Fourteenth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry Nov. 21, 1862; First 
Lieutenant March 30, 1864; resigned and 
honorably discharged March 30, 1865. 
Elected Oct. 14, 1891. Address, Union- 
town, Pa. 



HUSTON, Abram Francis: 



President Lukens Iron and Steel Com- 
pany, Coatesville, Pa.; President Lukens 
\ Coal Company, Clarksburg, W. Va. ; born 
July 7, 1852; graduated from Haverford 



College, 1872, and has been a life time 
resident of Coatesville, Pa. He is the 
fourth generation in same family to be 
at head of the Lukens works in Coates- 
ville, manufacturing iron and steel plates, 
the works having been started in 1810 
and operated continuously since then. 
Address, Coatesville, Pa. 

HUTCHI1VS, Charles Thomas: 

Captain United States Navy; was 
born in Wyoming Valley, Pa.; entered 
the Naval Academy as Acting Midship- 
man in 1862, and graduated a Midshipman 
in 1866; cruiser in practice squadron, 
summer of 1864, after Confederate steam- 
ers Florida and Tallahassee; steamer Len- 
apee, North Atlantic Station, 1866-1867, 
assisting to lay Cuban cable to Key West 
and to mainland, Florida; sailing ship 
Idaho, special service, bound to Japan 
(200 days), 1867-1868; Ashuelot, Asiatic 
Station, 1868-1870. Commissioned an En- 
sign April, 1868; Master, March, 1869; 
Lieutenant, March, 1870; Naval Observa- 
tory, 1871; sailing ship Relief, special ser- 
vice to France with food supplies for 
starving French, 1871; steam sloop Wyo- 
ming, West Indies and Spanish Main, du- 
ring troubles with steamers Edgar Stuart 
and Virginius; Navigator of Wyoming, 
with Commander dishing, when he went 
to Santiago de Cuba to retake Virginius; 
made running survey Gulf Coast Mexico, 
completed in Fortune 1872-1874; Aide to 
Commodore Patterson, Navy Yard, Wash- 
ington, 1874; Coast Survey, executive 
officer of steamer Blake; commanding 
Endeavor, 1875-1876; Lehigh, 1876-1877; 
Hydrographic Office, 1877; Navigator and 
executive officer sailing ship Supply, 
special service to Paris Exposition of 
1878, 1877-1879; Navy Yard, Washington, 
1879-1880; Coast Survey Office, Assistant 
to Hydrographic Inspector, 1880-1881; 
watch officer and navigator on flagship 
Lancaster, European Station, at bom- 
bardment of Alexandria, Egypt, and in 
command of fleet landing party on shore 
for five days; Naval Academy, Depart- 
ment of Seamanship and Construction and 
in charge of ships, 1884-1887; executive 
officer steam sloop Marion, Asiatic Sta- 
tion, 1887-1890. Commissioned Lieuten- 
ant Commander, June, 1887; Bureau of 
Equipment, Assistant to Commodore (now 
Admiral) Dewey, 1890-1893; commanding 
Thetis, May, 1893-1895; Bureau of Navi- 
gation, Navy Department, 1895; com- 
manding schoolship Saratoga, 1895-1898; 
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1S96; in charge Fifth Lighthouse District, 
Baltimore, Md., and commanded Auxiliary 
Naval Force of District, 1898-1899; Com- 
mandant of Cadets, U. S. Naval Academy 
and Commanding Naval Academy school- 
ship Monongahela, 1899-1900; traininig 
steamer Buffalo, special service, carry- 
ing recruits to China and training lands- 
men, 1900 to 1901. Commissioned Cap- 
tain, July, 1901. Secretary Light House 
Board, Department of Commerce and 
Labor, Washington, D. C, since Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, 1314 Nineteenth St., 
N. W., Washington, D. C. 

HUTCHINSON, Emlen: 

Lawyer; born Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1844; 
member of the Class of 1867, Harvard, 
to junior year; studied law at Harvard 
Law School; member of Board of In- 
spectors of Philadelphia County Prison; 
President Pennsylvania Institute for the 
Deaf and Dumb, and member of the 
American Philosophical Society, of the 
Pennsylvania Historical Society, and of 
the Rittenhouse and Country Clubs. Ad- 
dress, 308 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HUTCHINSON, Joseph Baldwin: 

General Manager of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad system east of Pittsburg and 
Erie; was born at Bristol, Pennsylvania, 
March 20, 1S44. His father, Joseph B. 
Hutchinson, was a native of Bristol, Pa., 
and his mother, Miss Selina Knapp, of 
Arlington, Vermont. He received his 
early education at the hands of a private 
tutor, who fitted him for entrance to the 
Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania. He 
graduated from this institution in 1S61, 
and, in order to perfect himself in the 
knowledge of machinery and applied me- 
chanics, entered the Delamater Iron 
Works, of New York, in the spring of 
1862. He continued there until the fall 
of the same year, when he passed an 
examination by the Board of Inspection 
of New York City, and received a cer- 
tificate as Third Assistant Engineer. 
Upon receipt of this certificate, he at once 
entered the service of Messrs. Hargous 
& Co. as Third Assistant Engineer on one 
of their steamers plying between New 
York and Havana, in which capacity he 
continued until the steamer was sold 
to the United States Government In 
the early part of 1883. In June, 1S83, 
he entered the service of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as rodman, in the 
construction corps, on the Miffin and 
Centre County Railroad. Two weeks 



later he secured leave of absence from 
the President to enter the army. He 
served through the Gettysburg campaign, 
and was honorably discharged in Sep- 
tember, 1863, when he resumed his 
duties in the service of the railroad as 
rodman, in the construction corps, on 
the Western Pennsylvania Road. In 
August, 1864, he was advanced to the 
position of Assistant Engineer of that 
road, and in May, 1865, to the posi- 
tion of Assistant Engineer of Mainte- 
nance of Way and Construction. From 
March, 1S68, until July, 1870. he was con- 
secutively Assistant Engineer of the Co- 
lumbia and Port Deposit Railroad and 
the Butler Extension and Columbia 
Bridge; in July, 1870, he was appointed 
Principal Assistant Engineer of the Co- 
lumbia and Port Deposit Railroad, and on 
July 1, 1877, he was made Assistant Su- 
perintendent of the road. On Jan. 1, 
1879, Mr. Hutchinson was promoted to ihe 
position of Superintendent of the Lewis- 
town Division, after which he was con- 
secutively, to March 1, 1893, Superinten- 
dent of the Frederick Division, Altoona 
Division, West Pennsylvania Division, and 
Maryland Division of the Philadelphia, 
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, the 
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad and the 
Washington Southern Railway. On March 
1, 1893, he was promoted to the position 
of General Superintendent of Transporta- 
tion, being the second incumbent of that 
office. In this position he had general 
supervision over all train movements of 
the entire system east of Pittsburg and 
Erie, the looking after of all the freight 
cars belonging to the company, as well 
as those of foreign roads used in its serv- 
ice, and such other duties as might be 
assigned to him by the General Manager; 
he also acted as the General Manager in 
the latter's absence. On Feb. 12, 1897. 
upon the reorganization of the company, 
after the death of President Roberts. Mr. 
Hutchinson was chosen General Manager 
of all the lines of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road east of Pittsburg and Erie. Address, 
Broad St. Station; residence, 1304 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

HUTCHISON, James Edward: 

Pastor of the Mahoning Presbyterian 
Church of Danville, Pa.; was born in 
Washington County, Pa., Feb. 27, 1S65; 
taught school two years; graduated from 
"Washington and Jefferson College 1890, 
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Allegheny City, Pa.. 1894. Pastor of the 
First Presbyterian Church of Iriom, Pa., 
for nine years; was called to the Mahon- 
ing- Presbyterian Church of Danville, Pa., 
June, 1904. Married Mary J. Bigger of 
Murdocksville. Pa., Aug. 29, 1894. Ad- 
dress, Danville, Pa. 

Hl'TT, Herman G.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city in 1872; educated in the pub- 
lic schools; learned the trade of a dresser 
of meats; in 1890 engaged in the meat and 
provision business; is a stanch Republican 
and has always taken an active interest 
in politics; never held any office until he 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in 1900; re-elected in November, 1902. 
Address, 2208 Callowhill St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Hl'TT, William Henry, M. D.: 

Born Aug. IS, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa.; 
educated in the public schools and at a 
private school at Gwynedd. Montgomery 
County, Pa.; on July 4, 1863, enlisted in 
the service in the Fifty-ninth Pennsyl- 
vania Militia, and served as Hospital 
Steward until September, 1S63. After the 
death of his father, Capt. John H. Hutt, in 
action, and who found an unknown grave 
in Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864, he 
again enlisted and served three years with 
the Eighth United States Infantry. On 
returning home he entered the University 
of Pennsylvania, and was graduated from 
the Department of Medicine in Philadel- 
phia, 1872; organized and became the 
Medical Director of the Church Dispen- 
sary. 1873; instituted the system of fur- 
nishing food to the sick poor, and also in- 
stituted the first movement looking to- 
ward the relief and suppression of con- 
sumption in January, 1877, published 
its transmissable nature, and advocated 
antiseptic and prophylactic treatment with 
outdoor life. In August, 1877, he insti- 
tuted the Sanitarium for Sick Children, 
then located at Point Airy, Delaware 
River: 1884 the Convalescent Retreat at 
Glen Mills, Delaware County, Pa.; 1889 
was appointed United States Examining 
Surgeon of the Bureau of Pensions; 1S93 
he instituted the Citizens' Health Insti- 
tute, becoming its Director; 1895 he insti- 
tuted the Mars Guild, becoming its Secre- 
tary and Surgeon. He is Attending Sur- 
geon at Home for Aged Veteran and Wife 
and is a Companion of Pennsylvania Com- 
manded', Military Order of the Loyal Le- 



gion; P. P. C. of Gen. Hector Tyndal Post 
160, Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. 
R. ; Past National Commander, W. S. R., 
and N. V. member of Military Dodge 295, 
F. A. M.; United States Regular Army 
and Navy veteran. Address, 1908 Fair- 
mount Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

HITTEL,, Milton N,: 

Educator; editor; born near Easton, 
Pa., Sept. 15, 1855; educated in country 
schools; engaged in teaching at the age 
of eighteen; later was graduated from 
Third District Normal School in 1877; in 
1888 entered the employ of the Juraqua 
Iron Company, Island of Cuba, as private 
secretary to the General Superintendent, 
and English correspondent. Returned to 
the United States and re-entered the pro- 
fession of teaching, and took up news- 
paper work. At present engaged as prin- 
cipal of the schools of Pennsburg, Pa.; 
also associate editor of Town and Coun- 
try, Pennsburg. Address, Pennsburg, Pa. 

HYDE, Mary Caroline: 

Author; is a descendant of William 
Hyde, one of the original proprietors of 
Norwich, Conn.; granddaughter of Major 
Russell Brown Hyde, R. A., Hyde Park, 
Vt. ; daughter of Col. Breed Noyes Hyde, 
Army of the Potomac. Writer of current 
fiction. Author of "Hollyberry and Mis- 
tletoe," "Two Small Westerners" (re- 
published in London. England), "Goostie," 
"Under the Stable Floor," "Christmas at 
Tappan Sea," "Hester Hyde," "Among 
the Coal Banks," "The Red Ring," etc. 
Address, Pottsville, Pa. 

HYNDMAN, Matthew J.: 

Clergyman; born in Philadelphia on 
Jan. 9, 1868; he was graduated from 
the Central High School of Philadelphia 
in 1885, from the University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1889. and from the Princeton 
Theological Seminary, 1S92; received de- 
gree of A. M. from Princeton University, 
1891; teacher of Latin and English in the 
Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, 1889- 
1890; ordained by the Presbytery of Phil- 
adelphia, and installed as pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church of the Evangel on 
May 31. 1892. Address, 1428 Tasker St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HYNSON, J. Leonard: 

Clergyman; born at Henderson, Md., 
on Jan. 16, 1869; was prepared for 
college in the Wilmington Conferenece 
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uated from Dickinson College in 1S92; 
principal of Union High School, Colerain, 
Pa., 1892-1894; was graduated from the 
Princeton Seminary in 1897; pastor of the 
Pine Grove Presbyterian Church until the 
present pastorate over the Fourth Street 
Presbyterian Church, Lebanon, Pa. ; be- 
gan in the fall of 1903; received degree 
of M. A. from Dickinson College in 1895. 
Address, Lebanon, Pa. 



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IAMS, Kranlilin Pierce: 

Lawyer; born July 20, 1852, in Wash- 
ington Township, Greene County, Pa. ; 
son of Thomas and Delila (Huffman) 
lams. "Was graduated from Waynes- 
burg College with the class of 1875. 
Spent one year at Michigan University 
and afterward studied law at Waynes- 
burg, Pa. He was admitted to the 
Greene County bar June 19, 1876. He re- 
moved to Pittsburg and was admitted to 
the Allegheny County bar Nov. IS, 1886. 
Republican in politics; member of the 
Monongahela Club. Address, Sheridan, Pa. 

IKELER, Fred Taylor: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Columbia County; 
born in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, 
Pa., Aug. 12, 1870; was educated at 
Bloomsburg State Normal School and 
Lafayette College, graduating from the 
latter institution in 1890; was admitted 
to the bar of Columbia County in 1891, 
and has been actively engaged in the 
practice of his profession since that time; 
served four terms as City Solicitor; was 
elected to the House of Representatives in 
1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Bloomsburg, Pa. 

ILiIFF, Thomas Corwin: 

Clergyman, Methodist Episcopal; born 
in Perry Co., Ohio, Oct. 26, 1846; son of 
Wesley and Harriet Iliff; was graduated 
from the Ohio University in 1870; re- 
ceived the degree of D. D. from the Ohio 
University, and from the Depau Univer- 
sity. Served as a private in the Civil 
War from 1862 to 1865. Entered the min- 
istry in 1870; missionary in Rocky Moun- 
tains. 1S70-1900; Superintendent Utah 
Mission, 1875-1900, with residence at Salt 
Lake City; traveled in Europe, Egypt 
and Holyland, 1S80-1881; Chairman of al- 



lied Christian forces opposing Brigham H. 
Roberts, Congressman-elect from Utah, 
1899; now Assistant Secretary of Board 
of Church Extension, Methodist Episcopal 
Church. Member of the Grand Army of 
the Republic, Chaplain-in-Chief, 1895-1896. 
Address, 1026 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

INCH, Richard: 

Captain United States Navy; is a 
member of the Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) United States Navy Sept. 8, 
1S63; Second Assistant Engineer (Ensign) 
Oct. 15, 1865; Second Assistant Engineer 
(Master) July 25, 1866; Assistant Engi- 
neer (Master) Feb. 24, 1874; Passed As- 
sistant Engineer (Lieutenant) Sept. 28, 
1874; Chief Engineer (Lieutenant Com- 
mander) Aug. 3, 1892; Commander March 
3, 1899; Captain Nov. 21, 1902. Elected 
Oct. 14, 1891. Address, Newport News, Va. 

INGHAM, AVilliam Armstrong: 

Lawyer, capitalist; born in Bucks Coun- 
ty, Pa., May 25. 1827; was graduated from 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1847, and 
from Princeton College, 1840; admitted to 
Philadelphia bar, 1855. Now President of 
the Union Improvement Co. and Highland 
Coal Co. Formerly member and Secre- 
tary of Geological Survey Board of Penn- 
sylvania. Member of the American Philo- 
sophical Society, Franklin Institute, and 
other societies. Address, 320 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

INGRAHAM, S. COOKE, M. D.: 

Physician; born June 25, 1850, in Nas- 
sau, N. P., Bahamas. After a few years 
in London, England, his parents moved to 
Philadelphia in 1S54. Educated in the 
Quaker schools of Philadelphia, and at 
Wesley College, Sheffield, England, and 
graduated in medicine in 1870; later at 
Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia 
in 1SS6. Practiced his profession first in 
Roxborough, Philadelphia, and later, on 
his marriage to Elizabeth C, second 
daughter of Mr. Christian Rich, in 1S77, 
removed to Charlestown, Chester County, 
where he was Justice of the Peace, and 
member of the Republican County Com- 
mittee of Chester County; held minor of- 
fices. In 1SS6 he moved to Wissahickon, 
Philadelphia, being Medical Inspector of 
the public schools of that place. Address, 
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INGRAM, Henry Atlee: 

Lawyer; born Feb. 8, 1S58, at Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; educated at Friends' School, 
Philadelphia; Hill School at Pottstown, 
Pa.; Hallowell High School of Philadel- 
phia; Swarthmore College, and University 
of Pennsylvania, Scientific Department. 
Law student with Francis Rawle, and 
later with Charles Gibbons, Jr., of Phil- 
adelphia, and was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania, Law School, 
1881, with degree of B. L ; 1881, ad- 
mitted to the bar of Philadelphia. Mem- 
ber of the bars of the Superior and of the 
Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania, as well 
as of the various lower courts, and of 
the United States, Circuit and District 
Courts. Republican in political life. In 
1888 elected Secretary of the Pennsylva- 
nia Club, later a member of its Board of 
Governors, and Chairman of its Elective 
Committee. He took part in the cele- 
brated State campaign of 1890, as mem- 
ber of the committee which induced the 
late Mr. Blaine to reconsider his deter- 
mination not to enter the State of Penn- 
sylvania, and which brought Mr. Blaine 
to the Academy of Music in Philadelphia 
as the principal speaker. President of the 
Franklin Scientific Society of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1876; member of 
the University Club of Philadelphia; 
Lawyer's Club, Sons of Delaware, Knick- 
erbocker and New Manhattan Athletic 
Clubs of New York City; Pennsylvania 
Fish Protective Association, Philadelphia 
Cycle and Field Club, and Union League 
of Philadelphia. Author of "The Life and 
Character of Stephen Girard," "Mariner 
and Merchant," 1884; used in Girard Col- 
lege; "Jean Girard de Montbrun," 1886; 
"Ilustrated Girard College." Has from 
time to time contributed articles, prose 
and verse, to various standard publica- 
tions, including a number of transla- 
tions from the French. Married, July 27, 
1899, at Saint Asaph's Church, Bala, Pa., 
Miss Jennie Isabel Bell. Address, Fair- 
acre, Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pa. 

INNES, Daniel: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Canton. Address, Canton, Bradford 
County, Pa. 

IRONS, James Anderson: 

Major, General Staff, United States 
Army; born in Philadelphia and appointed 
from Pennsylvania; attended the public 
schools of Philadelphia, and was gradu- 
ated from Central High School, February, 



1875. Appointed Cadet United States Mil- 
itary Academy from Third District by 
Hon. Leonard Myers, July 1, 1875; was 
graduated from United States Military 
Academy and appointed Second Lieuten- 
ant Twentieth Infantry, June 13, 1879; 
was graduated from United States In- 
fantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leaven- 
worth, Kans., class of 1883-1885; First 
Lieutenant Twentieth Infantry, May 14, 
1887; Instructor in Engineering at United 
States Infantry and Cavalry School, July, 
1S87, to July, 1891; Captain Twentieth 
Infantry, Aug. 25, 1893; Major of Engi- 
neers, United States Volunteers, June 13, 
189S; honorably discharged Feb. 16, 1899; 
Major Twentieth Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901; 
detailed as Inspector General, Feb. 28, 
1901; detailed as a member of the General 
Staff Corps, United States Army, Aug. 
15, 1903. Served in campaign against 
Santiago de Cuba during July and August, 
1S98, and in Philippine Islands during 
insurrection from March, 1899, to July, 
1901. Address, War Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

IRONS, John: 

President of the People's National Bank 
of Monessen. Address, Monessen West- 
moreland County, Pa. 

IRVIN, C. J.: 

Assistant Secretary of the Aetna In- 
surance Company of Hartford; is a native 
of Perry County, Pa., and a graduate of 
the University of Pennsylvania of the 
class of 1884. After leaving the univer- 
sity he embarked in the fire insurance 
business, and in 1888 was appointed spe- 
cial agent for the Fire Association of 
Philadelphia. From 1S91 he represented 
the Continental as special agent in the 
middle department, and in January, 1893, 
was appointed special agent of the Aetna. 
He was Vice President of the Association 
of the middle department in 1899, and 
President in 1900. He was appointed an 
Assistant Secretary of the Aetna Insur- 
ance Company in December, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Hartford, Conn. 

IRVIN, Edward A,: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Captain Forty-second Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry (Thirteenth Reserve) May 
29, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel (a. w. m.) 
Sept. 10, 1862; honorably discharged 
March 17, 1863, for disability from wounds 
received in action. Elected Feb. 1, 1888. 



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Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

IRYIJV, E. C.I 

President of Fire Association of Phil- 
adelphia; born near Harrisburg, Pa., May 
22, 1840. While yet a youth he taught 
school at Duncannon. Pa., and was after- 
ward for a number of years manager of 
the Duncannon Iron Works. He entered 
the insurance business in 1869 as special 
agent for Pennsylvania, of the Germa- 
nia Fire of New York. In 1874 he be- 
came a general agent of the Phoenix, of 
Hartford, for a large territory extend- 
ing from Pennsylvania to the Gulf of 
Mexico, with headquarters at Philadel- 
phia. In February, 1SS4, he was elected 
Vice President of the Fire Association 
and succeeded to the Presidency in Feb- 
ruary. 1891. He was instrumental in the 
organization of the Middle Department, 
and was the first President and served 
three terms. In May, 1898, he was elected 
President of the National Board of Fire 
Underwriters and served two years. Ad- 
dress, 407 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

IRVIN. John H.: 

President of Fire Association of Phila- 
delphia; born near HarrlsDurg, Pa., May 
22, 1839. Receiving an ordinary school 
education, he was for a time school teach- 
er at Duncannon, and afterward entered 
the Duncannon Iron Works, in which his 
ability and activity led to his being made 
manager of the works. He entered the 
fire insurance business In 1869 as agent 
for Pennsylvania of the Germania Fire 
Insurance Company of New York, con- 
tinuing with this company till 1874, when 
he became general agent of the Phoenix 
Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, 
Conn. He now made Philadelphia his 
place of residence, and has since dwelt 
in that city. His field of action was a 
wide one, covering nearly the whole At- 
lantic section of the United States. In 
1884 he was offered and accepted the 
Vice Presidency of the Fire Association 
of Philadelphia, and in 1891 was elected 
its President. This position he still 
fills. Mr. Irvin has done much to develop 
the resources and business of this com- 
pany, which dates back to 1817, but has 
gained a new activity under his control, 
and has now a large surplus, while pay- 
ing excellent dividends. Address. 407 
Walnut St.; house, 1900 N. Thirteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



IRVINE, William Mann, Ph. D.: 

Clergyman; born Oct. 13, 1865, at Bed- 
ford, Pa. Educated in public schools, 
Phillips Exeter Academy three years, 
Princeton University, class of 18SS; hold- 
er of Social Science Fellowship at Prince- 
ton; graduate of Theological Seminary of 
Reformed Church at Lancaster, Pa., class 
of 1892; instructor in Logic, Social Sci- 
ence and English at Franklin and Mar- 
shall College one year; became President 
of the Mercersburg Academy at Mercers- 
burg, Pa., in fall of 1893, which position 
he still holds; was married in 1894 to 
Miss Camille Hart, of Virginia. Under 
Dr. Irvine's direction, the Mercersburg 
Academy has increased its enrollment, in 
ten years, from less than a score to 370 
boys. The equipment of the school has 
been enhanced fo the extent of $125,000 
during the same time. Address, Mercers- 
burg, Pa. 

IRWIN, William Hamilton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Blair County; born 
in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pa., Sept. 
8, 1S56; a year later he removed with his 
parents to Antis Township, Blair Coun- 
ty, and lived on a farm until fifteen years 
old; educated in the public schools, and 
after leaving school was employed as a 
clerk; is at present engaged in the real 
estate business; was appointed Deputy 
Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds 
in 1890. and served two successive terms; 
was elected Register of Wills and Record- 
er of Deeds in 1895, and re-elected in 
1898; elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. Address, Al- 
toona. Pa. 

IRWIN, Samuel Dale: 

Attorney; born March 12. 1835. in 
Franklin. Pa.; educated at Jefferson Col- 
lege, class of 1857; studied law at Paola, 
Kan., and practiced at Tionesta, Pa., 
since 1868. Member of Engineer Corps. 
1863. 1864. and 1865. Surveyed United 
States Indian lands in Southern Kan- 
sas 1860, 1861, and 1862. Issued the first 
map of Forest County. Pa. Published 
"Historical Notes of Forest County," also 
"History of the Irwin Family." Mem- 
ber of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, likewise of Pennsylvania Forestry 
Association. Law reporter for Forest 
County, of District Court reports, serv- 
ing his sixth tf>rm as District Attorney. 
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No. 274, Grand Army of the Republic, at 
Tionesta, Pa. Address, Tionesta, Forest 
County, Pa. 

IRVINCr, John liner: 

Geologist; born Madison, Wis., Aug. IS, 
1874; son of Roland Duer and Abbey 
Louise (McCulloh) Irving; was graduat- 
ed from Columbia, 1S96, A. M., 1898; Ph. 
D.. 1899. Member of Phi Beta Kappa So- 
ciety. Assistant Geologist United States 
Geological Survey from July, 1899 to date; 
Acting Professor of Geology, University of 
Wyoming from 1902 to 1903. Assistant 
Professor of Geology, Lehigh University. 
September, 1903, to date. Member of 
Geological Society of Washington; mem- 
ber of American Institute of Mining En- 
gineers; Fellow A. A. A. S.; Fellow of 
New York Academy of Sciences. Au- 
thor of "Ore Deposits of the Northern 
Black Hills." professional paper United 
States Geological Survey; "Contribution 
to the Geology of the Northern Black 
Hills," "Annals of the New York Acad- 
emy of Sciences." 1899, and a number of 
scientific papers. Address, Lehigh Uni- 
versity, South Bethlehem, Pa. 



JACOBS, Carrol Brinton: 

Attorney-at-law; born Oct. 11, 1870, in 
West Chester; was graduated from Hav- 
erford College (B. A.) 1893; University of 
Pennsylvania (LL. B.), 1896. Member 
Philadelphia and Chester County bars; 
member Corporation of Haverford Col- 
lege. Republican in politics. Address, 
5 West Gay St., West Chester, Pa. 

JACOBS, Charles Michael: 

Clergyman; historian; born at Gettys- 
burg, Dec. 5, 1875; son of Prof. Henry E. 
Jacobs and Laura H. Dowling Jacobs. 
He was prepared for college at Ritten- 
house Academy, Philadelphia; was grad- 
uated at University of Pennsylvania, 
1895; post-graduate course in philosophy 
and history, 1896-1898; was graduated at 
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mt. 
Airy, Philadelphia, 1899; pastor St. Pe- 
ters Lutherajn Church, North Wales, 
Montgomery County, 1899-1902. Spent 1902 
and 1903 in Germany on historical 
and theological courses in the University 
of Leipzig, and also at Berlin, Halle, 
Griefswold and Erlanger. Assisted in 
editorial work on "The Documentary 



History of the Ministrium of Pennsyl- 
vania," 189S; "Lutheran Cyclopedia," 
1899; complete Index to Lutheran Church 
Review; has contribuated a" number of 
articles to Lutheran Church Review, par- 
ticularly a review of Humack's "Das 
Weren des Christrethmus," and mon- 
ographs in Proceedings of Lutheran Li- 
turgical Association, Pittsburg, Pa. Ad- 
dress. Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. 

JACOBS, Francis Brinton, M. D.: 

Born Sept. 22, 1874, in West Chester, 
Pa. ; son of Francis Jacobs and Jane B. 
Johnson, both of old Chester County fam- 
ilies; entered Haverford College, 1893; 
was graduated in 1897 with degree of 
B. S. ; entered University of Pennsyl- 
vania Medical School, 1897; was gradu- 
ated in 1900; resident physician at Penn- 
sylvania Hospital from 1901 to 1903. 
Member Philadelphia County Medical 
Society and American Medical Associa- 
tion. Address. 334 South Nineteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

JACOBS. Henry Eyster: 

Educator, theologian; born at Gettys- 
burg. Pa., Nov. 10, 1844; son of Prof. Mi- 
chael Jacobs, D. D., of Pennsylvania Col- 
lege, and Julianna, daughter of Gen. Ja- 
cob Eyster of Harrisburg; was graduated 
from Pennsylvania College in 1862, in 
which he afterward served as tutor (1S64- 
1867), and Professor of Latin, Greek and 
History (1870-1883); theological course at 
Gettysburg; Home Missionary at Pitts- 
burg; principal of Thiel Hall, Philipps- 
burg (now Monaca), Beaver County; 
professor in Lutheran Theological Sem- 
inary, Philadelphia, since 1883 and dean 
since 1894. Author of "Lutheran Move- 
ment in England," "History of the Luth- 
eran Church in America," "Life of Mar- 
tin Luther," "Elements of Religion," 
commentaries on Romans and First Cor- 
inthians; "German Immigration to Amer- 
ica"; translator of the "Book of Con- 
cord," Schmid's "Doctrinal Theology," 
Duerterdieck's "Commentary on Reve- 
lation"; editor of Lutheran series of 
commentaries, "The Lutheran Cyclope- 
dia," and The Lutheran Church Review 
(1888-1895); editorial writer for many 
years for The Lutheran, Philadelphia, 
and The Workman, Pittsburg. Chair- 
man of the committee to arrange for 
general conferences of Lutherans in 1889, 
1902 (Philadelphia), and 1904 (Pittsburgh; 
President of the Board of Foreign Mis- 
sions of the General Council. Married, 



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Baltimore, Md., July 3, 1872, to Laura 
Hewes Downing, daughter of George F. 
Downing, formerly of Downingtown, 
Chester County. Address, 7301 German- 
town Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JACOBS, .loli ■■ N.: 

President of the Montgomery Insur- 
ance Trust and Safe Deposit Company. 
Address, Norristdwn, Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

JACOBS, Michael W.: 

Jurist; born at Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 
27, 1S50; son of Rev. Michael Jacobs, 
professor in Pennsylvania College, in 
which college he was educated, graduat- 
ing in 1S67. He selected the profession 
of the law, and was admitted to the bar 
of Adams County in 1871. Removing to 
Erie, Pa., he practiced law there until 
1S74, when he sought Harrisburg, and 
was admitted to the Dauphin County 
bar Jan. 4, 1875. Was Professor of 
Equity in Dickinson College Law School, 
Carlisle, Pa., 1891-1892, and in 1898 was 
appointed referee in bankruptcy of the 
United States District Court, being re- 
appointed in 1900 and again in 1901. Au- 
thor of "Treatise on the Law of Domicil" 
(Little, Brown & Co., 1887). On March 
9, 1903, Governor Pennypacker appointed 
him additional Law Judge, which posi- 
tion he filled tfll after the election of No- 
vember, 1903, when he was defeated for 
the office by a narrow margin. Address, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

JACOBY, Harry Muhlenberg: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy, 

July 27, 1866; Shenandoah and Wachu- 
sett, Europe, 1S70-1873; Worcester, North 
Atlantic Station, 1873-1874. Promoted 
Ensign, July 13, 1871; promoted Master, 
April 9. 1874; Yantic, Asiatic Station, 
1874-1877; Coast Survey, 1878-1880; pro- 
moted Lieutenant, July 11, 1880; Navy 
Yard, League Island, 1881; Lackawanna, 
1881-1882; retired, Nov. 16, 1883. Ad- 
dress, 5308 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Pa. 

JACK, Summers M.: 

Ex-Congressman; born in Jefferson 
County, Pa., in 1852; studied in the pub- 
lic schools and the State Normal School 
at Indiana, Pa., and after graduating 
taught for several years In the schools 
of his native county. He then removed 
to Indiana, where he served as vice prin- 



cipal of the High School for four years, 
afterward taking up the study of law un- 
der Hon. S. M. Clark as preceptor. He 
was admitted to the bar of Indiana Coun- 
ty in 1879. He soon became active in 
his profession, and took an earnest in- 
terest in the welfare of the Republican 
Party. In 1883, and again in 1886, he 
was nominated and elected District At- 
torney, serving two terms In this legal 
position. He subsequently organized the 
firm of Jack & Taylor, and practiced un- 
til 1S98, when he was elected a member 
of Congress. In 1900 he was re-elected, 
serving two terms as a national legislator. 
At the end of his second Congressional 
term, in 1903, he returned to his legal 
practice. Address, Indiana, Pa. 

JACKSON, Frank Wilsons 

Member of the Legislature from Apol- 
lo, Pa.; born on the old Jackson farm, 
near Apollo, May 7, 1S70; son of Gen. 
S. M. and Mary E. Jackson; educated in 
the Apollo public schools, Grove City 
College, and Washington and Jefferson 
College; 1893-1899, Secretary of the P. H. 
Laufman Company, manufacturers of 
black and galvanized sheet steel, when 
the company was absorbed by the United 
States Steel Corporation. In 1892 he en- 
listed in the National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania, and was appointed a non-com- 
missioned officer on the staff of Briga- 
dier General J. A. Wiley; served in the 
Homestead riots and remained in the 
National Guard until 1898, when Gov- 
ernor Hastings commissioned him First 
Lieutenant of Company G, Sixteenth Reg- 
iment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 
in the Spanish-American War; his regi- 
ment was attached to the First Army 
Corps, and assigned to the Porto Rican 
Expedition, where he served until 1898. 
In 1902 he was the Republican candi- 
date for Assembly from Armstrong Coun- 
ty and was elected by a large majority, 
serving in the session of 1903; he is the 
Republican candidate for re-election in 
1904; he is a Director in the Apollo Trust 
Company. Member of the Society of the 
Porto Rican Expedition; No. 1 Comman- 
dery, Knights Templar, and Pennsyl- 
vania Commandery of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion. In 1896 he mar- 
ried Carrie M. Turney of Greensburg, 
Pa. Address, Apollo, Pa. 

JACKSON, Harold Lincoln: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
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private and Corporal Company F, Thir- 
teenth Infantry and Company F Fifteenth 
Infantry, April 1, 1S85 to March 5, 1889; 
Second Lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry, 
Feb. 11, 1889; First Lieutenant Twenty- 
second Infantry, March 17, 1896; Captain 
First Infantry, May 25, 1899. Address, 
Fort Porter, New York. 

JACKSON, John Price: 

Professor of Electrical Engineering in 
the Pennsylvania State College and con- 
sulting engineer since 1893; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Sept. 27, 1868; educated in pub- 
lic and private schools, and in the Pre- 
paratory Department Pennsylvania State 
College; graduated with degree of B. S., 
1889; mechanical engineer and electrical 
engineer, same college. Married, Dec. 28, 
1S90, Margaret Beddow Jones; Director 
Industrial Department of Fisk University, 
Nashville, Tenn., 1889-1890; electrical en- 
gineer with Sprague and Edison electrical 
companies, 1890-1892; connected with 
Pennsylvania State College since 1S92; 
President Penn Zinc and Lead Mining and 
Milling Company, Granby, Mo., 1899-1901; 
consulting engineer at times to various 
electric companies; expert for the Ameri- 
can Construction Company. Member of Am- 
erican Institute of Electrical Engineers, 
Franklin Institute, American Society 
Mechanical Engineers, Society for the 
Promotion of Engineering Education, etc. 
Editor in collaboration of "Alternating 
Currents and Alternating Current Ma- 
chinery," 1896; "Elementary Electricity 
and Magnetism," 1902; contributor to sci- 
entific, educational and similar periodicals. 
Address, State College, Pa. 

JACKSON, Orton Porter: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- 
val Cadet, May 18, 1889; Ensign, July 1, 
1895; Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 
1S99; Lieutenant, March 16, 1901; Newark, 
1893-1895; Boston, 1895; receiving ship 
Vermonty 1899-1S01; Illinois^ 1901-1903; 
Hancock, since November, 1903. Address, 
Navy Yard, New York. 

JACKSON, Oscar L,.: 

Ex-Congressman; born in Lawrence 
County, Pa., Sept. 2, 1840; educated in the 
public schools and at Darlington Acad- 
emy. He was teaching school near Lo- 
gan, Ohio, when the Civil War began, 
and at once recruited a company for the 
war, which became Company H of the 
Sixty-third Ohio, he being its Captain. 



At the end of its three years' service the 
regiment re-enlisted, and he served with 
it till the end of the war, being promoted 
Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet 
Colonel. He took part in many hard- 
fought battles, was severely wounded at 
Corinth, and was with Sherman in his 
celebrated "march through Georgia." 
After the war he resumed his legal 
studies, was admitted to the Lawrence 
County bar in 1866, and opened an office 
at New Castle, where he has since con- 
tinued to practice. In his early career he 
was engaged in many criminal cases, but 
of late years has been largely engaged 
in railroad and corporation law, being at- 
torney for the Pennsylvania and other 
lines. As a Republican he was elected 
District Attorney in 1868; in 1874 became 
County Solicitor, serving till 1880, and in 
1877-1878 was one of the commissioners 
appointed to codify the laws of Pennsyl- 
vania. In 1S84 he was elected to Con- 
gress from the Twenty-fourth District 
by a very large majority, and was re- 
elected in 1S86. While in Congress he 
served on the Public Lands Committee, 
and was appointed to deliver a memorial 
address on the life and services of John 
A. Logan. Address, New Castle, Pa. 

JACKSON, Samuel: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
North Carolina, June 20, 1838, as Assist- 
ant Surgeon; razee Independence, flagship 
Pacific Squadron, during Mexican War, 
1846-1849; served continually during the 
entire period of the Civil War. Commis- 
sioned as Surgeon, Sept. 2, 1852; April 1, 
1879, was placed on the retired list. Ad- 
dress, 1312 Connecticut Ave., Washington, 
D. C. 

JACKSON, Samuel McCartney: 

Soldier, politician, banker; was born of 
Scotch-Irish parentage on a farm near 
Apollo, Pa., Sept. 24, 1833; second son of 
John and Elizabeth Jackson; educated 
in the public schools and at Jacksonville 
Academy; in 1846 he enrolled in the State 
Militia as drummer boy; became Captain 
of the Apollo Independent Blues. At the 
beginning of the Civil War he recruited 
Company G of the Eleventh Pennsylvania 
Reserves, and was commissioned Captain 
June 9, 1861; Major, July 2, 1861; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel, Oct. 28, 1861; Colonel, Decem- 
ber 13, 1S62; Brevet Brigadier General. 
March 13, 1S65. He participated in all 
the campaigns of the Army of the Po- 



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tomac up to the crossing of the James 
River in 1864; he took part in the battles 
of Gaines Mills, Second Bull Run, South 
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Get- 
tysburg. Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court 
House, North Anne and Bethesda Church; 
in the battles of Gettysburg and Spottsyl- 
vania Court House he particularly distin- 
guished himself. At Gettysburg, on the 
evening of July 2, 1863, he led the tri- 
umphant charge down the western slope 
of Little Round Top, across the "Valley 
of Death," completely routing the enemy 
and regaining the positions lost by the 
Third Corps and the First Division of 
the Fifth Corps; for this he was highly 
complimented by Gen. S. W. Crawford 
in the following language, "Colonel Jack- 
son, you have saved the day; your regi- 
ment is worth its weight in gold, 
sir." He was brevetted a Brigadier 
General for gallant and meritorious con- 
duct at Spottsylvania Court House; he 
was mustered out June 13, 1864. Engaged 
in the oil business in Venango County for 
a time, but in 1869 returned to Armstrong 
County, his home, and was elected to the 
House of Representatives of the State 
Legislature, being re-elected the follow- 
ing year; in 1S74 he was elected to the 
State Senate, serving in 1875 and 1876; in 
1871 he was active in the organization 
of the Apollo Savings Bank, and was 
cashier until 1882; he was appointed Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue for a term of 
four years; in 1885 he was elected Presi- 
dent of the Apollo Savings Bank; in 1886 
he assisted in the organization of the P. 
H. Laufman Company, Apollo. Pa, man- 
ufacturers of black and galvanized sheet 
steel, and was Treasurer until 1899, when 
it was absorbed by the United States Steel 
Corporation; he is President of the Salt- 
burg Rolling Mill Company. In 1893 he 
was elected State Treasurer; at the close 
of his term of office he returned to Apollo, 
and resumed his duties in directing the 
affairs of the Apollo Trust Com- 
pany, of which he is President. In 
1890 he was a member of the United 
States Commission of Survey, which 
opened up the Monongahela River to free 
navigation; he is President of the Board 
of Trustees of the State Institution for 
Feeble Minded for Western Pennsylvania, 
at Polk. Pa. Member of Whitworth Post 
No. 89. Grand Army Republic; Encamp- 
ment No. 1, Union Veteran Legion, and 
Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion. He married 
in I860 Martha Byerly, who died in 1864; 



he married again in 1868 Mary E. Wilson 
of Clarion, Pa. Member of the session 
of the First Presbyterian Church of Apol- 
lo. Address Apollo, Pa. 

JADWIJf, Edgar: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, July 1, 1S86; Additional 
Second Lieutenant Engineers, June 12, 
1S9U; Second Lieutenant, Dec. 14, 1891; 
First Lieutenant, May 10, 1S95; Major 
Third United States Volunteer Engineers, 
June 20, 1898; Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 
15, 1898; honorably mustered out of Vol- 
unteers, May 17, 1899; Captain Engineers, 
Jan. 29, 1900. Address, Trust Company 
Building, Galveston, Tex. 

JAMES, Edward, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- 
ty; born in Bellevue Heights, Lackawan- 
na County, Pa.. Jan. 8, 1868. His early 
youth was spent working in and around 
the mines; educated in the public schools 
and Wood*s Commercial College; after 
graduating from the latter institution was 
employed as a bookkeeper, and later en- 
tered the general mercantile business as a 
member of the firm of Williams & Co., in 
which he is still engaged. He was elected 
a member of City Council in 1897, and is" 
a staunch Republican; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1900, and 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 

JAMES, R. E.: 

President of the Easton Trust Com- 
pany of Easton. Address Easton, North- 
ampton County, Pa. 

JAMIESON, Quintain: 

Lumberman; born at Rimerton, Pa., 
in 1856; he is a grandson of Quin- 
tain Jamieson of Edinburgh. Scotland, who 
came to America in early part of the past 
century; son of Gilbert and Tamar Wal- 
ton Jamieson. In 1859 he removed with 
his parents to the old Jamieson home- 
stead at Jamieson Station. Forest Coun- 
ty. Pa. He was reared on his father's 
farm and educated in the Tionesta bor- 
ough schools; was Treasurer of Forest 
County one term and Deputy Treasurer 
the succeeding term; was twice Chair- 
man of the Republican County Commit- 
tee; School Director nine years in Tiones- 
ta Township and six ypars in Tionesta 
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in the manufacture of lumber. On Jan- 
uary 1, 1880, was married to Miss Mary 
S. Thomson of Stewart's Run, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Tionesta, Pa. 

JAMISON, A.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Latrobe. Address, Latrobe, 
Westmoreland County, Pa. 

JANE WAY, Jacob Jones: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Fourteenth New Jersey 
Infantry. Aug. 26, 1862; Major Dec. 13. 
1864; Lieutenant Colonel, Dec. 28, 1864; 
honorably mustered out, June 18, 1865; 
brevetted Colonel United States Volun- 
teers. April 2, 1865, for gallant and meri- 
torious services before Petersburg, Va. 
Elected May 7, 1890. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

JANEWAY, John Howell: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Assistant Surgeon, Aug. 26, 1861; Major 
Surgeon, June 26, 1876; Lieutenant Colo- 
nel Department Surgeon General, May 31, 
1S93; brevetted Captain, Feb. 29, 1863, for 
gallant and meritorious services during 
the Civil War, and Major and Lieutenant 
Colonel, March 13. 1865, for faithful and 
meritorious services during the war; re- 
tired Aug. 12, 1893. Address, S3 Mercer 
St., Princeton, N. J. 

JANEWAY, Jolin Livingston: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Chaplain Third New Jersey In- 
fantry, April 27, 1861; honorably mustered 
out, July 31, 1861; Chaplain Thirtieth New 
Jersey Infantry, Sept. 19. 1862; honorably 
mustered out. June 27, 1863. Elected Oct. 
17. 1888. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia. Pa. 

JARVIS, Frank Henry, M. E., Ph. B.: 

Educator; born in Orwell, Bradford 
County, Dec. 22, 1862; educated in com- 
mon schools and Le Raysville Academy; 
he prepared for sophomore year in La- 
fayette College at Susquehanna Collegiate 
Institute. Towanda, Pa., graduating in 
1886; principal Wyalusing Borough High 
School. 1886-1891; was graduated from 
Mansfield State Normal School. 1892; re- 
ceived degree of Ph. B. from University 



of Chicago; appointed census enumerator, 
1890; principal Meshoppen Borough High 
School, 1891-1896. Since May, 1S96, Su- 
perintendent of Schools of Wyoming 
County. Republican in politics. Married 
Frances Genevieve Park of Meshoppen, 
Pa., Sept. 9, 1895. Address, Tunkhan- 
nock, Pa. 

JASTROW, Morris, Jr.: 

Professor Semitic languages and libra- 
rian of the University of Pennsylvania; 
born in Europe Aug. 13, 1861, son of Mar- 
cus and Bertha Jastrow; graduate of the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1881; received 
the degree of Ph. D. from the University 
of Leipzig, 18S4; also studied in other uni- 
versities of Germany and France. Mar- 
ried, Feb. 2S, 1S93, Helen Bachman, Phila- 
delphia. Is an authority on Semitic rel- 
igion, languages and literature. Author of 
"Religion of the Babylonians and Assyri- 
ans." 1898; "Two Grammatical Treatises 
of Abu Zakariyya Hayyug," 1897; "A 
Fragment of the Babylonian Dibbarra 
Epic, 1891; "The Study of Religion," 1902; 
"Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyri- 
ens." 1902-1905, and numerous papers in 
technical periodicals. Address, 248 S. 
Twenty-third St., Philadelphia. 

JAYNE, Horace: 

Author, teacher; director of the Wistar 
Institute, University of Pennsylvania; 
born at Philadelphia, March 5, 1859; grad- 
uated from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 1879. and from the medical depart- 
ment. 1882; studied biology at Leipzig and 
Jena, 1883-1884; became lecturer in biol- 
ogy, University of Pennsylvania; later 
Professor of Vertebrate Morphology at the 
same university for some years; was dean 
of faculty. Author of "Mammalian An- 
atomy," "Revision of the DermestidiP of 
North America," "Abnormities Observed 
in North American Coleoptera," etc. Ad- 
dress, 318 S. 19th St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

JEFFERIS, Daniel Worsall: 

Physician; born in Londongrove, Ches- 
ter County, Pa., Dec. 25, 1841; educated at 
Alsop's Academy, Wilmington, Del., Gau- 
si's Academy. Chester County, Pa., and 
Oberlin College, Ohio; was graduated in 
medicine in 1865, from University of 
Pennsylvania. In 1862 and 1863 served 
as private in the emergency troops called 
to the field, and in 1865 appointed Sur- 
geon of 213th Pennsylvania Volunteer In- 
fantry regiment. From 1869 to 1872 
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County, Ohio, and from 1SS5 to 1899 as 
School Director in City of Chester. From 
1886 to 1899 was President of the Board 
of Education. He was Mayor of Chester 
from 1899 to 190Z, and is a Surgeon of 
the United States Pension Examining 
Board at Chester. He is Treasurer of 
the Delaware County Medical Society, of 
which he was formerly President; a mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania State Medical 
Society and the American Medical So- 
ciety; Surgeon of Wilde Post, No. 25, 
Grand Army of the Republic; member of 
Young Men's Republican Club; charter 
member of Penn Club, and a member 
of other political and social organizations 
in Delaware County. He has contrib- 
uted many articles to various medical 
journals, principally on school hygiene, 
a subject to which he has given consid- 
erable attention and study for years. Ad- 
dress, Chester, Pa. 

JEFFERIS, Enos Phillips: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventeenth Pennsylva- 
nia Cavalry Sept. 15, 1862; Company 
Commissary Sergeant Sept. 25, 1862; dis- 
charged for promotion Jan. 13, 1865; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Seventeenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry Jan. 14, 1865; honorably mus- 
tered out June 21, 1865; elected Oct. 14, 
1891. Address, 1529 Arch St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

JEFFERS, Eliakim Tapper: 

Clergyman; born in Nova Scotia, April 
6, 1841; moved to Massachusetts 1850; was 
graduated at Jefferson College, Cannons- 
burg, Pa., 1862, and Theological Semi- 
nary, Princeton, 1865; pastor of United 
Presbyterian Church, Oxford, Pa., 1865- 
1872; President Westminster College, 
Pa., 1872-1883; Professor of Theology, 
Lincoln University, 1883-1890; First Pres- 
byterian Church, Oil City, 1890-1893; 
President of York Collegiate Institute 
1893; Delegate from United Presbyterian 
Church to Presbyterian Synod at Hali- 
fax, N. S., 1874; Moderator of United 
Presbyterian Assembly 1880; member of 
Victoria Institute of London since 1885. 
Received D. D. from W. and J. College, 
1872, and DL. D. in 1902. Address, York 
Collegiate Institute, York, Pa. 

JELLETT, Edwin C.I 

Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 
22, 1860; is of "Scotch-Irish" extraction, 
a descendant in the eighth generation of 



William Jellett, born 1632 at Dromore,- 
County Down, Ireland, the son of a 
French Huguenot; and in thirteenth gen- 
eration of Sir Ralph Sadleir, of Scot- 
land; removed to Lumberton, Burlington 
County, N. J., and from there to Limer- 
ick, Montgomery County, Pa.; since 1873 
at Germantown, Pa.; educated at private 
and public schools. Is a Republican in 
theory, but an Independent in practice. 
For several years has followed steam en- 
gineering. Member of the Site and Relic 
Society, of Germantown, of the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Mermaid Club, of 
Board of Managers of Workingmen's 
Club; Vice President of City History 
Club; Vice President of Germantown 
Horticultural Society; member of the 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 
delphia, Geographical Society of Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania Foresters' Associa- 
tion, etc. Is a correspondent of sci- 
entific and literary papers and magazines. 
Author of "The Mermaid of the Past," 
1892; "Ferns of Germantown," 1896; "'The 
Mermaid Club, its Past and Future," 
1897; "Personal Recollections of William 
Kite," 1901; "Winter Flora of German- 
town," 1901; "German-Towne: Its Foun- 
ders and Their Progenitors and What 
We Owe Them," 1903; "A Flora of Ger- 
mantown, with Notes of Nature and Na- 
ture Lovers," 1903. Address, 118 Her- 
mann St., Germantown, Pa. 

JENKINS, Charles Francis: 

Publisher; born Norristown, Pa., Dec. 
17, 1865; educated in the public schools; 
married, Feb. 12, 1890, Maria G. Cope. 
Has been in the publishing business since 
1883; one of .the editors and proprietors 
of the Farm Journal. Secretary of Site 
and Relic Society of Germantown. Au- 
thor of "Quaker Poems," a collection of 
verse relating to the Society of Friends, 
1893; "Guide Book to Historic German- 
town," 1902. Address, Cranford, German- 
town, Pa. 

JENKINS, J. P. Hale: 

Lawyer; born in Hatfield Township, 
Montgomery County; educated in the pub- 
lic schools, and a graduate of Critten- 
den's Commercial College in Philadel- 
phia; entered the law office of Hon. 
George N. Corson as a student, 1872, and 
admitted to the Montgomery County bar 
1874; has since been practicing law at 
Norristown. Has been Solicitor for the 
Borough of Norristown and for the Coun- 
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. latter position. Republican in politics. 
Represented the Seventh Congressional 
District as a delegate in the Republican 
National Convention which nominated 
Mr. Blaine at Chicago; was President of 
the State Firemen's Association of Penn- 
sylvania; has been active in the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows of the 
State, serving on many committees. 
Married Ella C, daughter of Augustus 
Slight, of Quakertown, Bucks County, 
Dec. 30, 1875. Address, Norristown, Pa. 

JENKINSON, William: 

President of the Bellevue Realty Sav- 
ings and Trust Company. Address, Belle- 
vue, Allegheny County, Pa. 

JENKS, George Augustus: 

Lawyer; leading practitioner before 
State and United States Courts; born in 
Punxsutawney, Pa., March 26, 1836; was 
graduated from Jefferson College, Pa., 
1858. Married, Jan. 3, 1860, Mary A. 
Mabon. Member of Congress, 1875-1877; 
received the Democratic nomination for 
Judge of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 
1880; United States Assistant Secretary 
of Interior, 1885-1886; Solicitor General 
of United States 1886-1889; Democratic 
nominee for Governor 1898; nominee for 
United States Senator by Democratic 
members of Pennsylvania Legislature, 
1899. Address, Brookville, Pa. 

JENKS, Robert Darra.li: 

Attorney at law; was born at Enter- 
prise, Fla., March 1, 1875; was graduat- 
ed from Harvard College in June, 1897; 
connected with the Port Richmond and 
Noble St. freight offices of the Philadel- 
phia and Reading Railway for about a 
year; studied law in the law department 
of the University of Pennsylvania; ad- 
mitted to the Philadelphia bar in June, 
1901, and to practice before the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania in 1902. Has been 
Secretary of the Civil Service Reform As- 
sociation of Pennsylvania. Republican in 
politics. Residence, 920 Clinton St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

JENNINGS, B. W.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Dushore. Address, Dushore, Sullivan 
County, Pa. 

JENNINGS, Chester B., M. D.: 

Born in Reading, Pa., March, 1856; ed- 
ucated in the public schools; was gradu- 
ated from the Reading High School, class 



of 1875; studied medicine with Dr. Wil- 
liam F. Marks, of Reading; was gradu- 
ated from the Hahnemann Medical Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, in 1881; has practiced 
his profession in the city of Reading 
since his graduation in medicine; member 
of the Homeopathic Medical Society of 
Reading, and has served as its Secretary; 
represented the Third "Ward of Reading 
in the School Board. Republican in pol- 
itics. Address, Reading, Pa. 

JENNINGS, Edward H.: 

President of the Columbia National 
Bank; was born at Brady's Bend, Arm- 
strong County, Aug. 10, 1852, and, after 
completing a practical course of educa- 
tion, he joined his father, Richard Jen- 
nings, in the production of oil. His first 
experience was acquired at Armstrong 
Run. The Jennings family removed from 
Brady's Bend to Queenstown, where they 
resided up to the time of the elder Jen- 
nings' death, in 1891. It was at the 
time of his father's death that the pres- 
ent firm of E. H. Jennings & Bros, was 
organized. In addition to being senior 
member of this concern, he is President 
of the Columbia Bank and the Pennsyl- 
vania Title and Trust Company, a Di- 
rector in the Pittsburg Chamber of Com- 
merce, and, with his brothers, is th<? 
principal stockholder of the Kanawha 
Oil Company. He is also a member of 
the oil producing firm of M. Murphy & 
Co. and Jennings, Guffey & Co. In 1879 
Mr. Jennings was married to Miss Mary 
Colwell, of Kittanning, Pa. Mr. Jennings 
became a resident of Pittsburg in 1888. 
Address, Columbia National Bank, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

JOHNSON, Alba Boardman: 

Partner Burnham, Williams & Co., pro- 
prietors Baldwin Locomotive Works, 
Philadelphia. Born in Pittsburg, Pa. r 
Feb. 8, 1S58, of New England ancestry, 
being descended from Lieut. Timothy 
Johnson, who came to Massachusetts 
Bay about 1677; educated in Philadel- 
phia public schools and was graduated 
from Central High School June, 1876. 
Employed at Edge Moor Iron Company, 
Wilmington. Del., 1878-1879. Married, 
April 30, 1883, to Elizabeth T. Reeves, 
daughter of Biddle Reeves. Republican. 
Member of Executive Council Philadel- 
phia Board of Trade; Director of Union 
League; Trustee of Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege and Hospital; member of Merion 
Cricket Club, Geographical Society, Con- 



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temporary Club, Pennsylvania Society 
Sons of the Revolution, Historical Soci- 
ety of Pennsylvania, New England So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Lawyers' Club, 
New York, etc. Residence, Rosemont, 
Montgomery County, Pa. 

JOHNSON, Alfred C.I 

United States Vice Consul General; 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. IT, 1858; 
attended school in Philadelphia until 1872, 
and finished his education in Dresden; 
in 1877 returned to Philadelphia, studied 
law and was admitted to practice in 18S0; 
appointed Consul to Stuttgart May 13, 
1893; retired August, 1897; appointed Vice 
Consul General at Dresden Oct. 7, 1898. 
Address. Dresden, Germany. 

JOHNSON, David Marshall: 

Lawyer; born June 4, 1S41, in Lower 
Chichester, Delaware County, Pa., in the 
old Johnson homestead built by his great- 
grandfather, David Johnson, in 1766, and 
now owned and occupied by Mr. John- 
son's sisters. He is the youngest son 
of Benjamin Ford and Mary Ann (En- 
triken) Johnson. On his mother's side 
he is descended from Henry Grubb, mem- 
ber of Parliament in Queen Elizabeth's 
reign. His education was received St 
his home, in the public schools, and at 
Chester Academy. He studied law under 
Judge Broomall, and was admitted to 
practice June 23, 1862. Among cases de- 
ciding important principles of law in 
which he has been engaged the following 
Supreme Court cases may be mentioned: 
Ewing's Appeal, Pennell Street Bridge, 
Appeal of South Ward Water Works. 
Among his associates he is considered 
an authority in building association law. 
He filled the office of District Attorney 
for Delaware County, and he served eight 
years in Chester's City Council. He was 
in active military service when Mary- 
land and Pennsylvania were invaded in 
1862-1863. He comes of a family of liter- 
ary trend, anu a number of his prose and 
poetic productions have been published. 
Of the more permanent prose productions 
mention may be made of "The Life and 
Times of Judge Frederick J. Hinkson," 
published by the Delaware County His- 
torical Society, and the article on Dela- 
ware County, in "Twentieth Century 
History of the Bench and Bar of Penn- 
sylvania." Among his published poetical 
productions are poems on Thomas Moore's 
seventieth, and John Larkin, Jr.'s. ninety- 
first birthday, an ode to Admiral Schley, 



and a poem published July 4, 1897, en- 
titled, "America, Our Home," in which 
our acquisitions made in the Spanish 
War were forecasted. He is Vice Presi- 
dent of the Delaware County Historical 
Society. On May 26, 1871, Mr. Johnson 
married Margaret Woodland Brown, 
daughter of the Rev. Henry Brown. Ad- 
dress, Chester, Pa. 

JOHNSON, EHas Henry: 

Clergyman, theological professor; born 
in Troy, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1841; was gradu- 
ated at University of Rochester, 1862; 
read law with Benedict & Martindale, 
Rochester, 1862-1863; entered Rochester 
Theological Seminary 1863, was graduated 
1871. Married Mary Anna Lyon, of Le 
Sueur, Minn., Feb. 14, 1867. Served in 
United States Navy as Acting Assistant 
Paymaster 1864-1866; traveled with wife 
in Old World 1871-1873; pastor of Baptist 
Churches in Le Sueur, Minn., 1866-1868, 
Ballston Spa, N. Y. 1873-1875; Providence, 
R. I. 1875-1882; Professor of Systematic 
Theology in Crozer Theological Semi- 
nary, Upland, Pa., 1882; scholastic de- 
grees, University of Rochester, A. B., 
A. M., D. D. ; Brown University, A. M.; 
Bucknell University, LL. D. Author of 
"An Outline of Systematic Theology," 
"Uses and Abuses of the Ordinances," 
"The Religious Use of Imagination," 
"The Highest Life." Assistant editor of 
Baptist Hymnal; editor of Sunday School 
song books, "Sursum Corda" a hymnal, 
and "Ezekiel Gilman Robinson," an Auto- 
biography. Member of the Loyal Legion, 
Pennsylvania, Sons of the Revolution in 
Pennsylvania, and Society of Colonial 
Wars in Maryland. Address, Crozer The- 
ological Seminary, Chester, Pa. 

JOHNSON, George K.: 

Vice PresiaerTt of the Penn Mutual 
Life Insurance Company; was born in 
Bucks County, Pa., Dec. 11, 1848, of 
Quaker parentage. Educated at the 
Friends' Academy and at the Friends' 
Central School at Philadelphia, from 
which he was graduated in 1866. His 
first business vocation was that of a 
clerk in a Philadelphia manufacturing ■ 
house. In 1880 started in business for 
himself, being a member of the firm of 
Belknap. Johnson & Powell, manufac- 
turers of umbrellas, which became the 
largest in the trade in the United States. 
Mr. Johnson became a member of the 
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Vice President of the company in April, 
1897. He is a member of the Union 
League Club of Philadelphia, a Director 
of the Camden National Bank, and a 
Trustee of many large estates. Address, 
Langhorne, Pa. 

JOHNSON, G. N.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Leraysville. Address, Leraysville, 
Bradford County, Pa. 

JOHNSON, Henry L,.: 

Commissioner of Berks County; was 
born in Colebrookdale Township, Berks 
County, Pa., on Feb. 22, 1S44. He was 
educated at Mount Pleasant Seminary, 
Boyertown, and Ursinus College, College- 
ville, Pa. He served in the Civil War In 
Company A., 198th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, Army of the Potomac. At the 
close of the war he studied dentistry, 
and commenced practicing his profes- 
sion at Lyons' Station, Pa. He then re- 
moved to Kutztown, and in 1880 located 
in Reading, where he is still in business. 
He has taken an active part in politics 
as a Republican, and after serving in 
Common Council for two years, he was 
elected to Select Council. He served in 
this branch of the city legislative body 
two terms, or eight years. In the fall of 
1902 he was elected County Commissioner 
for a term of three years. He was a 
Republican Presidential elector in 1900. 
Dr. Johnson is a member of Lodge 549, 
Free and Accepted Masons; Excelsior 
Chapter, 237; Reading Commandery, No. 
42. Knights Templar; Rajah Temple, An- 
cient Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 
and Keim Post, No. 76, Grand Army of 
the Republic. Address, Reading, Pa. 

JOHNSON, Until. Mortimer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Ensign Twenty-first New York 
Infantry May 20, 1861; First Lieutenant 
Jan. 2, 1862; mustered out to accept com- 
mission in United States Army May 6, 
1862; Second Lieutenant Fifth United 
States Infantry Feb. 19. 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant Oct. 21, 1863; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged Nov. 15, 1S69. Elected 
Dec. 2, 1868. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion. 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

JOHNSON, Isaac: 

Jurist; born in Delaware County, Pa.; 
served through the Civil War, which he 



left with the rank of Captain; made the 
law his profession, after serving for many 
years as Prothonotary and clerk of the 
courts of Delaware County. Captain 
Johnson had the distinction of being the 
only man ever admitted to the county bar 
without a formal examination, Judge 
Clayton admitting him to practice on the 
motion of ex-Judge Broomall, who said 
that Mr. Johnson's qualifications for legal 
practice were too well known to render 
an examination necessary. He became 
very sucessful as a lawyer and highly 
popular as a public speaker, especially on 
patriotic themes, and on the death of 
Judge Clayton, in January, 1900, he was 
appointed by Governor Stone to succeed 
him as President Judge. He was elected 
to this office in the November election 
for the ten years' term. Address, Media, 
Pa. 

JOHNSON, Joseph: 

Engineer and surveyor; born near Me- 
dia, Delaware County, Pa., in 1849; edu- 
cated in the public schools and at West 
Town Friends' School. He became, in 
1867. an apprentice under Samuel L. 
Smedley, then Chief Engineer of the City 
of Philadelphia, and was employed on 
various works of city and general engi- 
neering, acquiring an excellent knowl- 
edge of his profession. Appointed a rod- 
man in Fairmount Park, he was promoted 
till he reached the position of Principal 
Assistant Engineer of Fairmount Park, 
and in 1876 was transferred to the Cen- 
tennial Commission to prepare for the 
great exposition, afterward becoming 
Principal Engineer of the grounds and 
buildings. Mr. Johnson also laid out the 
handsome graunds of the Zoological Gar- 
den, and has laid out some of the most 
beautiful cemeteries of the city. In 1878 
he was elected Surveyor and Regulator 
of the Eleventh Survey District, a posi- 
tion he still holds. He is a Director of 
the West Philadelphia Title and Trust 
Company, and a member of the Engi- 
neers' Club and other organizations. Ad- 
dress. 625 N. Forty-third St., Philadel- 
phia. Pa. 

JOHNSON, Joseph Esrey: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fourth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry June 14, 1861; mustered out July 
21, 1861; Second Lieutenant Fifty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry Dec. 19, 1861; First 
Lieutenant Jan. 31. 1S63; Captain Nov. 



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14, 1864; Major (A. W. M.) Jan. 23, 1866; 
honorably mustered out Jan. 24, 1866; 
brevetted Major United States Volun- 
teers March 13, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services at the capture of 
Fort Harrison, Va." Awarded the medal 
of honor under resolution of Congress: 
"At Fort Harrison, Va., Sept. 29, 1864, 
this officer, then serving as First Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant, Fifty-eighth Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, while advancing to 
the assault of the enemy's works was 
wounded by a canister shot, but he con- 
tinued forward and sprang upon the para- 
pet, there receiving a second gun-shot 
wound, but, disregarding his wounds, 
dashed among the enemy, demanding 
their surrender, and was again shot while 
inside the fort, which he was the first 
man in the army to reach." Elected 
July 2. 1866. Address, Longdale, Alle- 
gheny County, Va. 

JOHNSON, Ralph L..: 

Educator; was born near Collegeville, 
Montgomery County, Pa., Oct. 2, 1873; 
studied in public schools; taught three 
years in district schools; entered Ursinus 
College, and was graduated A. B. 1S97, 
A. M. 1899; studied at University of 
Pennsylvania 1902-1903; teacher of phys- 
ics, mathematics and Greek in Ursinus 
College 1897-1899; Librarian in 1899; prin- 
cipal High School, West Conshohocken, 
1899-1903; principal Oxford High School 
1903 to present time. Married Cora B. 
Pennypacker March 1, 1900. Republican. 
Present address, Oxford, Pa. 

JOHNSON, William Martin: 

Art editor of the Ladies' Home Journal; 
born in Boston, Dec. 12, 1862; studied 
art at Boston Museum Fine Arts, Art 
Students' League, New York, also in 
Paris, Rome, London. Illustrator of 
many famous works, among which are, 
"Ben Hur," by Lew Wallace; "Cloister 
and the Hearth," by Charles Reade; 
"Hypatia," by Charles Kingsley. Author 
of "Inside of One Hundred Homes." Ad- 
dress, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

JOHNSON, William Slialer: 

Author; son of Edwin Ferry and Char- 
lotte (Shaler) Johnson; was born Nov. 
23, 1S36; educated in private schools and 
the University of Vermont. Married, 
Aug. 15, 1876, Charlotte G., daughter of 
the Rev. J. J. Robertson, D. D., and 



Julia (Henshaw) Robertson. He became 
a teacher and journalist; was at one 
time Superintendent of the City Water 
Works, and Secretary and Treasurer of 
the Steel Castings Manufacturers' As- 
sociation of the United States; was a 
member of the Board of Education, and 
is connected with scientific and historical 
societies. He has contributed many pa- 
pers to the societies with which he has 
been connected. Address, Chester, Pa. 

JOHNSTON, Alfred M.j 

Cashier Freeport Bank, Freeport, Pa.; 
born in Pittsburg Oct. 11, 1876; son of 
George B. and Sadie J. Johnston; was 
graduated from Thirty-sixth Ward pub- 
lic school in June, 1891, and from Pitts- 
burg High School with high honors in 
June, 1893; attended Duff's Business 
Academy in 1893, and was graduated 
from Iron City College, Pittsburg, in 
1S94; entered the employ of the Key- 
stone Chemical Company, of Pittsburg, 
in October, 1894, and resigned to accept 
position with the Pittsburg National Bank 
of Commerce, as teller, untU April, 1901, 
resigning to accept cashiership of the 
Freeport Bank. Married, Sept. 4, 1902, 
to Kathryn M. McKean, of Oakmont, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. Address. 4th St., 
Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa. 

JOHNSTON, Edgar F.: 

Presbyterian minister; born Jan. 19, 
1859, in Milton Township, Mahoning 
County, Ohio; prepared for college in 
the Poland Union Seminary; was gradu- 
ated from Amherst College, Mass., 1884; 
was a member of the Amherst Chapter 
of the Phi Beta Kappa. Studied theol- 
ogy at Princeton, and was graduated at 
the Western Theological Seminary, Alle- 
gheny, 1887. Married Adelaide Simp- 
son May 25, 1887, at Christiansburg, 
Va. ; received from Amherst the honor- 
ary degree of A. M. 1887; was pastor of 
the Leetsdale, Pa.. Presbyterian Church, 
1887-1890; pastor of the Philipsburg. Pa., 
Presbyterian Church 1890-1892; President 
of the Mary Holmes Seminary, Jackson, 
Miss., 1892-i895; elected Professor of Eng- 
lish Literature and Sociology in Grove 
City College 1895; pastor of Schellsburg 
and Mann's Choice Presbyterian Churches 
1900, where he now remains. Organized 
the Schellsburg Seminary 1903. Received 
the honorary degree of Doctor of Divin- 
ity from Grove City College 1904. Ad- 
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JOHNSTON, John Lloyd: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cor- 
poral Company H, Second Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April 20 to July 26, 1861; First 
Sergeant Company H, 148th Pennsylvania 
Infantry Aug. S, 1862; First Lieutenant 
Sept. 8, 1862; Captain Nov. 15, 1863; hon- 
orably mustered out June 1, 1865; Cap- 
tain Third United States Veteran Volun- 
teer Infantry Aug. 8, 1865; honorably 
mustered out April 21, 1866; First Lieu- 
tenant Twenty-first Infantry July 28, 
1866; Regimental Adjutant June 2, 1868, 
to April 5, 1S69; Regimental Quartermas- 
ter April 5, 1869, to May 29, 1874; Cap- 
tain May 29, 1874; retired June 28, 1878; 
brevetted Captain March 2, 1867, for gal- 
lant and meritorious service in the first 
assault on Petersburg, Va. Address, 
Union League Club, Philadelphia, Pa. 

JOHNSTON. Smith Archibald: 

Lawyer; born in Hopewell Township, 
Beaver County, Pa., July 18, 1839; he ac- 
quired a rudimentary education in the 
schools of Hopewell and later attended 
the Ralston school in Pittsburg. Later 
took a course in the Beaver Academy, 
and then began to teach school; also 
began the study of law, registering on 
April 20, 1860, and he was formally ad- 
mitted to practice at the Allegheny 
County bar July 18, 1863. He still re- 
mained in charge of his school for sev- 
eral years thereafter. Mr. Johnston was 
active in establishing the San Carlos Coal 
Company and the Rio Grande and North- 
ern Railroad Company; is a Republican, 
and has served his city in Common Coun- 
cil for several terms. Was made a Mason 
in St. John's Lodge No. 219 of Pittsburg, 
and belongs to Duquesne Chapter; is a 
charter member of the Americus Club; 
Past Master Workman of Centre Avenue 
Lodge, No. 124, Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, and belongs to the Order of 
1 the Golden Chain and to the Ancient Es- 
senic Order. Married Julia, daughter of 
William Burtt, of Green Tree, Dec. 25, 
1860. Member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. Address, 440 Diamond St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

JOHNSTON, William Thomas: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Missouri; 
Cadet, Military Academy, June 16, 1887; 
Second Lieutenant Tenth Cavalry June 
12, 1891; First Lieutenant Third Cavalry 
May 27, 1898; Captain Fifteenth Cavalry 



Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Myer, Vir- 
ginia. 

JONES, Addison L.: 

Superintendent of Public Schools of 
West Chester, Pa.; spent his boyhood on 
his father's farm in Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Pa.; educated in public schools of his 
district, the Norristown High School, 
West Chester State Normal School, and 
the University of Pennsylvania; was 
principal of the Unionville, Chester Coun- 
ty, High School; teacher in the State 
Normal School at West Chester, super- 
vising principal of the Conshohocken 
schools, and since 1889 Superintendent of 
Schools in West Chester; has been active 
in organizing the Chester County Teach- 
ers' Association and the Principals' Club 
of the County. For fourteen years has 
been Secretary of the Chester County 
Teachers' Institute, five years a member 
of the Executive Committee of the State 
Teachers' Association, the last year the 
President of the Association that held its 
meeting in Wilkesbarre. In 1898 Presi- 
dent of the Association of the Superin- 
tendents of Cities and Boroughs of the 
State; a Trustee in the Dime Savings 
Bank of Chester County. He is Di- 
rector of Education for Pennsylvania at 
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Ad- 
dress, West Chester, Pa. 

JONES, Charles Henry: 

Lawyer; born at Reading, Pa.; son of 
Hon. J. Glancy Jones, of Reading, who 
represented the Berks County District 
in Congress for eight years, acting as 
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com- 
mittee, and leader of his party at the 
time of his appointment as Minister to 
Austria. Mr. Jones's paternal great-grand- 
father, Jonathan Jones, served as a Lieu- 
tenant Colonel in the Continental Army, 
and his maternal grandfather, William 
Rodman, as an officer on the staff of Gen- 
eral Lacey during the "War of Indepen- 
dence and a member of Congress in 1812. 
Admitted to the bar in April, 1863; re- 
moved to Philadelphia in May of that 
year; appointed counsel for the Park 
Commission; counsel of the Department 
of Protection at the Centennial Exhibi- 
tion. While President Cleveland was in 
office he served as Special Deputy Col- 
lector of Customs for Philadelphia. He 
was Vice President of the Trust Company 
of North America; has devoted consider- 
able attention to literature and has pub- 
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works. Wrote a history of "The Cam- 
paign for the Conquest of Canada in 
1776." In 1S86 he published the "Gene- 
alogy of the Rodman Family from 1620 
to 1886," containing 2,892 names of the 
descendants of his maternal ancestors. 
Author of "Davaults Mills," "Recollec- 
tions of Venice," and "A Pedestrian 
Tour Through Switzerland." Several 
years AttachS to the American Legation 
at Vienna, to which court his father was 
accredited Ambassador during the Ad- 
ministration of President Buchanan; 
Chairman of the Board of Managers of 
the Sons of the Revolution; Chairman of 
the Council of the Colonial Society of 
Pennsylvania. Address. 951 Drexel Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

JOXES, Charles Rending: 

Prohibition reformer and journalists 
born on farm near Philadelphia, Nov. 9, 
1862; son of Charles and Esther (Hard- 
ing) Jones; educated in public schools ofi 
Philadelphia. Married, 1882, Bertha I. 
Hoar. Member firm of Charles Jones & 
Sons, 1880-1890; Secretary and Manager 
of the Frink, Barcus & Jones Manufac- 
turing Company, saddlery and harness, 
Philadelphia, 1890-1893; publisher Taber- 
nacle Magazine, 1880-1887; The People, 
since 1900 (President); The Horseman's 
Guide, 1885-1890; The Harness Journal, 
1886-1891. President Philadelphia County 
Prohibition Party 1892-1897; Chairman 
Pennsylvania Prohibition State Commit- 
tee since 1897. Residence, 1915 Norris St.; 
office, 900 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 

JONES. E. S.: 

President of the Citizens' Bank of Oly- 
phant. Address, Olyphant, Lackawanna 
County, Pa. 

JOXES, Frnneis Bacon: 

Lt. Col. United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; First Lieu- 
tenant 149th Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 
30, 1862; Captain March 25, 1863; honor- 
ably mustered out April 6. 1865; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel 215th Pennsylvania Infantry 
April 16, 1865; honorably mustered out 
July 31, 1S65; Second Lieutenant Nine- 
teenth Infantry May 11, 1866; transferred 
to Thirty-seventh Infantry Sept. 21. 1866; 
First Lieutenant July 21, 1868; Regimen- 
tal Quartermaster Dec. 31, 1868. to Aug. 
11. 1869; transferred to Third Infantry 
Aug. 11, 1869; Regimental Quartermaster 
Aug. 11. 1S69, to April 16, 1885; Captain 
Assistant Quartermaster April 16, 1885; 



Major Quartermaster Oct. 15, 1897; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Chief Quartermaster Vol- 
unteers May 9, 1898; honorably discharged 
from Volunteers May 13, 1899; retired 
Oct. 26, 1901. Lieutenant Colonel, retired, 
under act. Appointed April 23, 1904. Ad- 
dress, 244 West 99th St., New York N. T. 

JONES, Frederick; Robertson: 

Professor of Economics, Bryn Mawr 
College; born on the eastern shore of 
Maryland, Wicomico County, Jan. 4. 1872; 
son of Rev. John Bayley Jones, D. D., 
and Anne A. Follin Jones. Received pre- 
liminary education in the public schools 
of Baltimore, and at Cambridge. Md.; re- 
ceived degree of A. B., Western Mary- 
land College, 1S92. and A. M., 1895; Ph. D., 
Johns Hopkins University, 1896; Acting 
Professor in History and Economics, 
Western Maryland College, 1896-1S97; 
Scholar in History. Fellow by Cour- 
tesy and Acting Instructor in Eco- 
nomics, Johns Hopkins University; In- 
structor and Assistant Professor of 
History and Sociology, Union Uni- 
versity, 1S97-1902; Assistant Superin- 
tendent of the Charity Organization So- 
ciety. Hartford. Conn., 1894-1895; Special 
Representative of the United States Bu- 
reau of Education in England, 1897; His- 
torical Expert on the tenth edition of the 
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Author of 
"Colonization of the Middle States and 
Maryland" (Barrie & Sons, Philadelphia, 
Pa.). "History of Taxation in Connecti- 
cut," "The Study of History." "Biograph- 
ical Notes," and of monographs and arti- 
cles on historical, economic, and socio- 
logical subjects. Member of the Ameri- 
can Historical Association, also of the 
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity. Alpha of 
Maryland (Johns Hopkins University), 
also of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. 
Address. Low Buildings. Bryn Mawr Col- 
lege. Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

JONES, George Miller: 

Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa.. Sept. 
8, 1874; was graduated from the Reading 
High School in 1891; received the degree 
of Bachelor of Philosophy, with honors, 
from the University of Pennsylvania, 
1S96; studied law under the instruction 
of Isaac Hiester, Esq.. of Reading; ad- 
mitted to bar in Berks County in 1898. 
Married Mabel Catharine Lutz April 10. 
1901. Republican. Address, 532 Wash- 
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JONES, Henry Lawrence: 

Clergyman; born in New York, May 
30, 1839; son of Rev. Dr. Lot and Mary 
Ann Jones; was graduated from Colum- 
bia College 1858, A. M., 1861. Married 
October 6, 1869, Sarah Eastman Coffin. 
Ordained deacon, May, 1861, and priest 
May, 1863; assistant to his father at the 
Church of the Epiphany, New York, 1861- 
1863; organized the parish and was rector 
of Christ Church 1863-1864, erecting hand- 
some stone edifice, which was consecrated 
in 1868; rector St. Stephen's Church, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa., since 1874; has added 
seven missions to parish ana erected sev- 
eral church buildings. Life member of 
New York Historical Society; Vice Pres- 
ident Wyoming Historical and Geological 
Society; President Osterhout Free Li- 
brary. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

JONES, Horace C.I 

Manufacturer; born June 16, 1S57; edu- 
cated in the Scientific Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania; entered the 
firm of E. D. & E. Jones, large lumber 
dealers, to represent his father's inter- 
est, continuing in it till 1880, when he 
organized the firm of H. C. Jones & Co.; 
took the Schuylkill Woolen Mills, and 
since then has devoted himself to this 
flourishing enterprise. His first partner 
in this was Stanley Lees, but he retired 
in 1885, and was succeeded by John 
Booth, who became manager of the mills. 
In addition to his active labors in the de- 
velopment of the Schuylkill Mills, Mr. 
Jones has become prominent in other 
concerns, being a Director of the Consho- 
hocken Woolen and Gas Light Companies 
and of the First National Bank of Con- 
shohocken, and the Norristown Title and 
Trust Company, and is Secretary and 
Treasurer of the Electric Light and Pow- 
er Company of Conshohocken. He gives 
his chief attention, however, to the 
Schuylkill Woolen Mills. He is a mem- 
ber of the Union League and the Manu- 
facturers' Clubs of Philadelphia. Address, 
Conshohocken, Pa. 

JONES, James Francis: 

Physician, teacher, Secretary; born in 
South Wales, June 1, 1864; son of Rev. 
Benjamin and Margaret Jones; educated 
in country schools and preparatory de- 
partment of Denison University; Mari- 
etta College, graduating 1892; Harvard 
University, graduating B. S., 1893. Took 
course in veterinary medicine in the On- 
tario Veterinary College, Toronto, Can- 



ada, graduating in 18S6; graduated from 
the Medical College of Ohio, and regis- 
tered as qualified physician and surgeon 
under the laws of Ohio in 1896; Instruc- 
tor in Marietta College, 1893-1896; Asso- 
ciate Professor of Biology, Marietta Col- 
lege, 1896-1899; Lecturer, Ohio Veterinary 
College, 1894-1896. Member of the Com- 
mittee of Fifty for the Investigation of 
the Liquor Problem; Secretary since 1901 
of the Pan-Racial Institute. Address, 
233 South Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JONES, John H.: 

President of the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal 
Company; born in Greenock, Allegheny 
County, Oct. 7, 1866; educated in the 
public schools of Monongahela, finish- 
ing with a business education in Pitts- 
burg. When he was seventeen years old 
he was made a mine foreman; was next 
promoted to General Superintendent, and 
by the time he attained his majority he 
was manager of his father's extensive 
mining interests. In 1896 he was in- 
strumental in forming the James Jones 
and Sons Company, which was absorbed 
by the Monongahela combine in 1899; the 
Pittsburg and Buffalo Company was 
formed later and has been an important 
factor in the Western Pennsylvania coal 
trade. He is also Treasurer of the John- 
etta Coal Company and the Washington 
and Greene Railroad Company; he was 
active in the organization of the Monon- 
gahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke 
Company and became one of its leading 
officers. Address Frick Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

JONES, Nathan Dndley: 

Lawyer; born in Archbald, Pa., May 27, 
1856, the son of Edward Jones, a suc- 
cessful coal operator. He was educated in 
Keystone Academy, Wyoming Seminary 
and Harvard College, entering the Law 
Department of Harvard and graduating 
LL. B. in 1879. A year earlier he had 
been admitted to the bar of Middlesex 
County, Mass. After graduating he went 
to Wilkesbarre, Pa,; spent a year in the 
office of Alexander Farnham, and was ad- 
mitted to the Lackawanna County bar in 
1880. He opened an office in Scranton 
and entered actively into general practice. 
In 1805 Mr. Jones was elected District 
Attorney of Lackawanna County by the 
Republican Party, and in 1898 was re- 
elected for a second three-years' term. 
Mr. Jones enjoys a large legal business, 
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eloquent alike at the bar and on the 
rostrum. For eight years he officiated as 
Director and Secretary of the Blakely 
Poor Board. Address, Easton, Pa. 

JONES, John R.: 

Mine and oil operator; born in Pine 
Grove Township, Warren County, Pa., 
March 15, 1862; resided there and at War- 
ren until the age of twenty-two, when he 
went to Lima, Ohio, and engaged in oil 
development. In 1884 he went to Pitts- 
burg and engaged in various lines of ac- 
tivity until 188S, when he again entered 
the oil industry; in Allegheny oil oper- 
ations he became prominent and opened 
up the McCurdy and McDonald oil fields, 
the second largest producing fields in the 
State of Pennsylvania. From 1889 until 
1892 he was associated with J. M. Pat- 
terson, but since 1S92 has conducted oil 
and mining operations under his own 
name. Among the mining properties with 
which he is associated are the Smoky 
City Gold Mining and Milling Company, 
the Cuyamaca Ranch and Mining Com- 
pany, and others located in the Cripple 
■Creek district. Address, 805 Tradesmen's 
Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

JONES, Owen: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) United States Navy, Feb. 19, 
1863; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- 
ter), June 20, 1864; resigned, Dec. 22, 
1866; elected Feb. 7, 1894. Address, 1225 
North Tenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JONES, Richmond I4.I 

Lawyer; born Feb. 17, 1840, and after 
a thorough training in the best schools 
of this country, completed his education 
at the University of Heidelberg, Ger- 
many. Before entering that world-re- 
nowned institution, however, he went to 
South American with the United States 
expedition against Paraguay, visiting the 
islands of St. Thomas and Barbadoes in 
the West Indies and the principal cities 
of the east coast of South America, and, 
sailing a thousand miles up the Parana 
Rivera to Asuncion; was present at the 
capitulation of Lopez, which crowned the 
success of the expedition. After a so- 
journ of several years in Europe, he re- 
turned to America and entered the law 
office of his father as a student, and, 
having been thoroughly qualified, was 
admitted to the bar of Berks County, 



April 14, 1863. He was subsequently ad- 
mitted to the Supreme Court of the 
Commonwealth and to the bar of Phila- 
delphia and other counties of the State. 
He has recently been appointed by the 
Bar Association of Pennsylvania Chair- 
man of a committee to revise the corpo- 
ration laws of the State. He is general 
counsel for the United Power and Trans- 
portation Company and the Interstate 
Railway Company, corporations controll- 
ing over five hundred miles of street rail- 
ways in Pennsylvania and the adjoining 
States. It was mainly through his ef- 
forts that the city of Reading recovered 
title to the tract of land, lost for nearly 
a hundred years, at the foot of Penn's 
Mount, now beautifully improved as the 
city park and known as Penn Common; 
and that the free library of the city, of 
which he is President, was rescued from 
obscurity and sacrifice, placed upon an 
enduring foundation by liberal private 
contributions headed with his name, and 
then adopted by the public as worthy of 
maintenance out of the common purse. 
In 1862, on the invasion of Maryland by 
the Confederate Army, Mr. Jones enlisted 
as a private soldier, and was present at 
the battle of Antietam, and in 1863 he 
was made Captain of a company of Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers. In 1866 he was 
elected a member of the Legislature from 
the county of Berks, and was twice re- 
elected, and in 1868, his second term, he 
received his party's nomination for the 
Speakership. Mr. Jones is a vestryman 
of Christ (Episcopal) Church, Reading, 
and a Director in many local organiza- 
tions. He is also a member of the Col- 
onial Society of Pennsylvania, Society of 
Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, 
Society of the War of 1S12, and Grand 
Army of the Republic. Mr. Jones is de- 
scended from a long line of distinguished 
colonial and Revolutionary ancestors on 
both sides of his house. His father, J. 
Glancy Jones, was an able lawyer and 
distinguished member of Congress from 
Berks County from 1850 to 1859, during 
his last term having been Chairman of 
the Committee on Ways and Means. He 
resigned his seat in Congress to accept 
the appointment of Envoy Extraordinary 
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria, 
which office he held during the trying 
times of the commencement of the Civil 
War, when our relations with foreign 
countries were extremely delicate. Mr. 
Jones's great-grandfather, Col. Jonathan 
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regiment raised in Pennsylvania for the 
Continental Army, October, 1775. He par- 
ticipated in the winter campaign for the 
relief of the army at Quebec, after the 
death of Montgomery, and also in many 
important engagements. For distin- 
guished services he was promoted to the 
rank of Major, and later to that of Lieu- 
tenant Colonel in the Pennsylvania Line. 
Mr. Jones's great-great-grandfather, Da- 
vid Jones, came from Merioneth, Wales, 
to Pennsylvania in 1721 and bought a 
large tract of land in Caernarvon Town- 
ship, where he opened and developed iron 
ore mines, which still bear his name. 
Mr. Jones's mother was the daughter of 
William Rodman, of Bucks County, who 
was a Brigade Quartermaster in the 
Army of the Revolution, and afterward a 
member of the Senate of Pennsylvania 
and of the Twelfth Congress of the 
United States. The Rodman family is 
one of the oldest in the New World, 
having settled in America in the early 
part of the seventeenth century, and con- 
tributed to the colonies many of their 
most distinguished citizens. On Nov. 26, 
1870, Mr. Jones married Margaret Ellen 
McCarty, daughter of James McCarty, a 
prominent ironmaster of Reading, and 
Rebecca MacVeagh, his wife. He has one 
daughter, who is the wife of Nathaniel 
Ferguson, of Reading. Address, Reading, 
Pa. 

JO..ES, Woodrufff: 

Chemical manufacturer; born in Pitts- 
burg, Pa., Jan. 7, 1843; grandson of 
Aquilla Jones, a Philadelphia merchant 
in the East India trade. He was educated 
in several Philadelphia schools, obtaining 
his higher education in the University of 
Pennsylvania, where he was graduated 
from the Department of Arts in 1860. He 
then took a position with Crew, Rogers 
& Crew, manufacturing chemists, at the 
same time attending lectures in the Phil- 
adelphia College of Pharmacy. During 
the war he was Second Lieutenant in the 
First Philadelphia Battery, and served 
through the Antietam and Gettysburg 
campaigns. Subsequently he engaged in 
the manufacture of chemical and phar- 
maceutical preparations until 1878, when 
he entered the white lead, oil and color 
factory of John T. Lewis & Bro., of 
which company he became Secretary and 
Treasurer on its incorporation in 1889. 
These positions he still retains. Mr. 
Jones was one of the founders of the 
Science and Art Club of Germantown. 



Address, 5303 Germantown Ave., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

JONES, Richard Mott: 

Head master William Penn Charter 
School, Philadelphia, since 1875; born in 
South China, Maine, June 29, 1843; son 
of Eli and Sibyl (Jones) Jones; was 
graduated from Haverford College in 
1867. President of Literary Society; 
President of class in senior year, vale- 
dictorian, class day orator, and in 1876 
alumni orator; LL. D., Haverford, 1891; 
University of Pennsylvania, 1902. Mar- 
ried at South China, Me., June 5, 1873, 
Annie Virginia Costello of Bangor, Me. 
Member Society of Friends; head master 
Oak Grove Seminary, Maine, 1870-1874. 
Residence, Haverford, Pa.; office, 8 South 
Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JONES, IS ni us M., A. M., L,itt. D.: 

Professor of Philosophy, Haverford 
College, Pennsylvania; editor of American 
Friend; born in South China, Me., Jan. 
25, 1863; prepared for college at Friends' 
School, Providence, R. I.; was graduated 
from Haverford College in 1885; studied 
in Heidelberg University, University of 
Pennsylvania, and Harvard. Taught at 
Friends' School, Providence, R. I., and at 
Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, Me.; 
professor at Haverford College since 
1894. Married in 1888 to Sarah H. Cou- 
tant of Ardonia, N. Y., who died in 1899; 
in 1902 married Elizabeth B. Cadbury of 
Philadelphia. Published works: "Life of 
Eli and Sybil Jones," 1889; "Practical 
Christianity," 1899; "A Dynamic Faith," 
1901; "A Boy's Religion from Memory," 
1902; "George Fox, an Autobiography," 
1903. Address, Haverford, Pa. 

JONES, S. P.: 

President of the "Valley Deposit and 
Trust Company of Belle Vernon. Ad- 
dress, Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pa. 

JONES, Samuel Robert: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Ar- 
my; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; cadet Military Academy, Sept. 
1, 1862; Second Lieutenant Fourth Artil- 
lery, June 17, 1867; First Lieutenant, 
Aug. 22, 1871; Regimental Quartermas- 
ter, Dec. 9, 1887, to Jan. 24, 1891; Cap- 
tain, Jan. 24, 1891; transferred to Quar- 
termaster's Department, April 20, 1892; 
Major Quartermaster Volunteers, May 
12, 1898; Major Quartermaster United 
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Colonel, Department of Quartermaster 
General, Aug. 17, 1903. Address, Head- 
quarters, Department of the Gulf, At- 
lanta, Ga. 

JOXES, Washington: 

Consulting mechanical engineer; born 
in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1822; received 
his education in the common schools; 
apprenticed to the Southwark Foundry, 
183S-1844; studied under private instruc- 
tors, 1849-1856; chief draughtsman Penn 
Works, marine engines; until 1861 was 
Superintendent Port Richmond Iron 
Works; Assistant Superintendent South- 
wark Foundry, 1861-1866; General Super- 
intendent and Constructing Engineer 
Port Richmond Iron Works, 1866-1891; 
Director American Dredging Company. 
Active member of Franklin Institute, 
American Society Civil Engineers, Amer- 
ican Institute Mining Engineers, Ameri- 
can Society Mechanical Engineers, etc. 
Address, 1632 North Fifteenth St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

JONES, William Milo Coulter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Captain William R. Jones; elected 
Nov. 12, 1890. Address, South Adams, 
Riverside, Cal. 

JORDAN. David Wilson: 

Member of tne Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Brevet Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jordan; 
Elected Feb. 5, 1902. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JORDAN, John Woolf: 

Author, librarian, editor; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Sept. 14, 1S40, was graduated 
from Nazareth Hall School in 1856, and 
received degree of LL. D. from Lafay- 
ette College, 1902. Vice President Col- 
onial Society of Pennsylvania, and li- 
brarian Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania; since 1888 editor of Penn- 
sylvania Magazine of History and Biog- 
raphy; of Registrar Pennsylvania Society 
Sons Revolution. Author of "A Red 
Rose from the Olden Time," 1752-1772; 
"Friendsthal and Its Stockaded Mill," 
1749-1767; "Narrative of John Heckewel- 
der's Journey to the Wabash in 1792"; 
"Bethlehem During the Revolution"; 
"The Military Hospitals at Bethlehem 



and Lititz During the Revolution"; Bish- 
op Spangenburg's Notes of Travel to 
Onondaga in 1745"; "Notes of Travel of 
John Heckewelder to Ohio, 1797;" "Frank- 
lin as a Genealogist," etc. Address, 1300 
Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JOST, J. Frederick: W.: 

Chemical engineer; born in New Jer- 
sey, Oct. 2, 1871; son of J. F. W. Jost, 
Jr., and Frances Gordon Jost of New 
York city; he studied engineering at Cor- 
nell University, and chemistry at the 
University of Berlin, Germany. Married, 
Nov. 3, 1902, Estelle Capp, daughter of 
Dr. William Musser Capp and Ida E. 
Stitt Capp of Philadelphia. Member of 
the University Club of Philadelphia and 
the Cornell Club of New York. Address, 
1904 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

JINKIN, Joseph de Forest: 

Member of Philadelphia bar; born in 
Philadelphia, April 16, 1855; is a son of 
George and Jeanie de Forest Junkin; at- 
tended school of John W. Faires until 
1870; was graduated from University of 
Pennsylvania, Department of Arts, 1N74, 
B. A., and received degree of M. A., 1877. 
Admitted to bar in 1877; in active prac- 
tices in Philadelphia since then, represent- 
ing large corporate interests In all parts of 
the United States; on Board of Directors of 
Real Estate Trust Company of Philadel- 
phia, Jefferson Medical College and Lafay- 
ette College and Lawyers' Club. Member 
of Union League Club of Philadelphia, 
Art Club, University Club, Lawyers Club, 
Law Association, Penn Club, Batchelors' 
Barge Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, 
New York Yacht Club, Riverton Gun 
Club, Sons of the Revolution, St. An- 
drew's Society, Orpheus Club and Coun- 
try Club. Address, Real Estate Trust 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

JUSTICE, Herhert M.: 

Composer; President of the H. M. Jus- 
tice Company of Baltimore and Philadel- 
phia; born June 30, 1859, in West Phila- 
delphia; educated at Swarthmore Col- 
lege and Friends' Central School of Phil- 
adelphia; also attended Lincoln Grammar 
School of Philadelphia. On Nov. 15, 1892, 
married Minnie Estelle Vickers, daugh- 
ter of George M. Vickers. the poet. 
Author of "Faithful Yet," "Bright-Eyed 
Lassie," "Sweetest Blossoms," "A Sleep 
Song," "The Past Recalled," "True to 
Thee Ever," "The Song of the Star," 
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main achievement in the musical line 
has been the composition of the ro- 
mantic opera, "The Red Domino," the 
libretto of which is from the pen of 
George M. Vickers. Mr. Justice resides 
at Ardmore, Pa., and is a direct lineal 
descendant of Philip Syng, for ten years 
i Colonial Treasurer of Philadelphia under 
William Penn. Address, Ardmore, Pa. 

JUSTICE, Jefferson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twelfth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April 24, 1861; mustered out, 
Aug. 5, 1861; private 100th Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Aug. 28, 1861; First Sergeant, 
Aug. 31, 1861; discharged for promotion, 
Jan. 31, 1862; First Lieutenant and Regi- 
mental Quartermaster 100th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Feb. 1, 1862; honorably 
mustered out, Jan. 31, 1865; elected Feb. 
10, 1S97. Address, 701 Broad Street Sta- 
tion, Philadelphia, Pa. 



K 

KAISER, .Julius Adam: 

Passed Assistant Engineer in the United 
States Navy; born in and appointed 
from District of Columbia; Third Assist- 
ant Engineer (Midshipman), Sept. 8, 
1863; Second Assistant Engineer (Mas- 
ter), July 25, 1866; retired (Master), July 
8, 1873; Lieutenant (Junior Grade), re- 
tired list, March 3, 1873; elected Feb. 1, 
18S4. Council of the Commandery, May 
1, 1901-1902; Senior Vice Commander, 
1003-1904. Address, 524 Locust Ave., Ger- 
mantown, Pa. 

KALER, Levi B.: 

President of the National Bank of 
Phoenixville. Address, Phoenixville, Ches- 
ter County, Pa. 

KARMANY, Lineoln: 

Major United States Marihe Corps; 
appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Mid- 
shipman, September, 1877; Naval Cadet, 
August, 1882; Second Lieutenant, July, 
1883; First Lieutenant, August, 18S9. 
Promoted to Captain, February, 1898; 
Iowa, North Atlantic Squadron, 1898; 
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washing- 
ton, Oct. 19, 1899; Marine Barracks, Na- 
val Academy, Oct. 15. 1900; ordered to 
Brooklyn, Dec. 28, 1901; commissioned 



Major, Jan. 11. 1900; Marine Barracks 
Olonyapa, P. I., since April 25, 1902! 
Address, care Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

KARSXER, Charles W., M. D.: 

Born at Milton, Del., Feb. 9, 1840; great 
grandson of John Pettigrew of the Rev- 
olutionary Navy; grandsofci of Daniel 
Karsner, a soldier of the War of 1S12; 
educated in public schools; was gradu- 
ated from Jefferson and Hahnemann 
Medical Colleges of Philadelphia. Re- 
publican in politics; served four terms 
in Philadelphia City Council; at present 
one of the Medical Inspectors of Phila- 
delphia. Captain and Major of the Sixth 
Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard; 
in naval service during the War of Re- 
bellion with the North and South Atlan- 
tic Squadrons; recommended for promo- 
tion and retention in regular service at 
close of war, but retired to practice his 
profession, and is now Commodore com- 
manding the National Association of Na- 
val Veterans of the United States. Ad- 
dress, 1509 Dickinson St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

KARSIVER, Daniel: 

Physician; born in Virginia, June 20, 
1842; educated at the West Chester High 
School, and studied medicine at the Jef- 
ferson Medical College of Philadelphia, 
where he was graduated at the beginning 
of the Civil War; he at once joined the 
Fifth Corps Field Hospital as an assist- 
ant surgeon, and remained in it until 
the war ended. He then began the 
practice of medicine in Philadelphia, and 
prosecuted it with great success till 1872, 
when he became so impressed with the 
merits of homeopathy as a school of 
practice that he entered the Hahnemann 
Medical College and went through a 
course of study, graduating with honor, 
and abandoning allopathy for that of 
homeopathy. Since then he has been an 
ardent disciple of the new school, a. 
member of the staff of Hahnemann Col- 
lege Hospital and of the Advisory Board 
of the College; he is also an active mem- 
ber of the County and State Homeopathic 
Societies and of the American Institute 
of Homeopathy. In his private prac- 
tice he has met with large success. 
Member of the Art Club, the Country 
Club, and the Manheim and Philadelphia 
Cricket Clubs. Address, cor. Tulpehocken 
and Green Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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KASSABIAN, Miliran K., M. D.: 

Born Aug. 25, 1870 at Cesaria, Cappa- 
docia, Asia Minor (Turkey); graduated 
from Argeus .nigh School, an American 
missionary school, in 1887, and afterward 
became a teacher in that institution. 
After working in several cities at photo- 
graphic art, he took up the study of 
medicine in October, 1895, at the Medico- 
Chirurgical College, Philadelphia; re- 
ceived medical diploma May 21, 1S98. 
He entered the Medical Corps of the 
United States Army, serving until hon- 
orably discharged six months later; he 
then entered upon the practice of his pro- 
fession, devoting most of his time to 
medical electricity and teaching electro- 
therapeutics, and taking charge of X-ray 
laboratory in the hospital; organizer and 
chief director of the Roentgen X-Ray 
Laboratory and Electro-Therapeutic De- 
partment of the Philadelphia Hospital. 
He was a delegate to the American Con- 
gress for Tuberculosis, which met in New 
York city, and is now a member of the 
council of that body. Republican in 
politics. Address, 1833 Chestnut St., 
Professional Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KAST, D. E.: 

Educator; born in Cumberland County. 
Pa., Aug. 21, 1S29; is a great-grandson 
of Hans Georg Kast, who emigrated to 
this country from Rotterdam, Germany, 
landing at Philadelphia Sept. 16, 1751; 
bought a farm in Cumberand County, 
still in possession of one of his descend- 
ants, and served his adopted country in 
the Revolution. The subject of the pres- 
ent sketch was educated in the public 
schools and private classical schools; be- 
gan teaching in the public schools in 
1849, and has since been constantly en- 
gaged in educational work. Was a mem- 
ber of the faculty of one of the first 
normal schools in Pennsylvania, which 
held its first session at Newville, in 1857. 
Married Elizabeth C. Beelman Jan. 28, 
1869. Was Superintendent of Schools of 
Cumberland County from 1S72 to 1878. 
Was a member of the first faculty of the 
State Normal School of the Seventh Dis- 
trict, located at Shippensburg. He was 
principal of Cumberland Valley Insti- 
tute, located at Mechanicsburg, from 
1882 to 1886. Established in 1895 the 
Normal and Classical School, now lo- 
cated at Mechanicsburg, and having col- 
lege preparatory, normal and academic 
departments, of which school he is now 
principal. Address, Mechanicsburg, Pa. 



KAST, Ida G.: 

Lawyer; born at Mechanicsburg, Pa., 
where she still resides with her parents; is 
a great-great-granddaughter of Hans Georg 
Kast, who came to this country from Ger- 
many in 1751. She was graduated from Ir- 
ving College in 1892; taught one year in Ir- 
ving College and two years in the public 
schools of Cumberland County. In 1893 
she began the study of law in the office 
of Hon. William Penn Lloyd of Mechan- 
icsburg; her application for preliminary 
examination was refused by the Board 
of Examiners of the Cumberland County 
bar on account of her sex; a rule granted 
on the Board at her instance was made 
absolute, and she was registered as a 
student in May, 1S94; admitted to Cum- 
berland County bar in 1S96; is also mem- 
ber of Philadelphia bar, and of the bar 
of the Supreme and the Superior Court 
of Pennsylvania, and a member of the 
Pennsylvania State and Cumberland 
County Bar Associations. Resides and 
practices at Mechanicsburg, Pa. 



KAUFFMAN, Albert Bradford: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in Lancaster City, Pa., July 16, 1828; 
private, Corporal and Sergeant Company r 
D, Eleventh United States Infantry 
(raised in Lewistown, Pa.), from March 
18, 1847, to Aug. 16, 1848, during the 
war with Mexico; marched from Vera 
Cruz to the City of Mexico and Toluca; j 
served under General Scott; participated; 
in all the battles in the valley of Mexico, i 
leading to the capture and occupation of 
the city, and remained in Mexico till 
the close of the war. Private, Corporal, . 
Sergeant and First Sergeant Company; 
F, Sixth United States Infantry, from Jan. ■ 
11, 1850, to Nov. 21, 1859, protecting the 
overland immigration from the Missouri 
River to the Pacific coast from hostile 
Indians; commended in General Orders, | 
War Department, for gallantry in action 
against the Mojave Indians, Arizona, in 
1S59, in which that tribe was completely f 
subjugated. Private, Corporal, Sergeant 
and First Sergeant Company I, First and 
Fourth United States Cavalry, and Cap- 
tain and Major Eleventh Cavalry Missouri 
Volunteers, from Sept. 12, 1860, to July 
27, 1865, when he was honorably mus- 
tered out of service; services in the In-, 
dian Territory before and during the 
entire period of the Civil War. Was in 
the engagement at Wilson Creek, Fort. 
Henry, Fort Donaldson, Pittsburg Land- 
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flicts with the enemy, both east and west 
of the Mississippi River, but especially in 
Northern Arkansas; received a favorable 
mention in the official report of Major 
Gen. Lew Wallace for services rendered 
him in his engagement with the enemy 
at Pittsburg Landing in 1862. First Lieu- 
tenant Eighth United States Cavalry, 
July 28, 1866; Regimental Quartermaster, 
Aug. 26, 1867; Captain, May 13, 1S69; 
Major, Feb. 18, 1897; retired as Major, 
Jan. 1, 1S92, after forty years' service. 
Services in Indian countries: Oregon, 
California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico' 
Texas and North Dakota. Retired as 
Lieutenant Colonel on April 23, 1904. Ad- 
dress, Webster Groves, Mo. 

KAUFFMAN, Joseph Anthony: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant 154th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, Jan. 6, 1863; First 
Lieutenant, June 22, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out, Sept. 29, 1863; Second Lieuten- 
ant 186th Pennsylvania Infantry, May 
30, 1864; honorably mustered out, Aug. 
15, 1865; elected Feb. 3, 1SS6. Address, 
1736 Lindenwood St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KAUFFMAN, Morris L,.: 

Lawyer and business manager; born 
in Allentown, Pa., June 11, 1848; studied 
law, and was admitted to the bar of 
Lehigh County in 1870. As a lawyer he 
built up a large business, and won fame 
as a brilliant forensic orator. He has 
long been an active Republican, but has 
refused to hold any office except that of 
Councilman. His strong interest in mil- 
itary matters brought him the ranks of 
Captain and Major in the National 
Guard of Pennsylvania; he has long 
been prominent in business matters in 
Allentown, engaging in real estate deal- 
ings and fostering manufacturing enter- 
prises, a number of which he induced to 
locate in that city. He is a Director of 
the Allentown Gas Company, the Allen- 
town Spinning Company, the Bethlehem 
Silk Company, and is largely interested 
in street railways, being President of a 
number of companies in Allentown and 
its vicinity and Director in others; he has 
also been connected with the Allentown 
National Bank, and is Treasurer of the 
Steam Heat and Power Company and 
trust officer of the Lehigh "Valley Trust 
and Safe Deposit Company. Member of 
the orders of Masons and Odd Fellows 
and of the Livingston Club. Address, 
Allentown, Pa. 



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KAUFFMAN, Reginald Wright- 
Novelist and journalist; comes 'of an 
old Pennsylvania family, the first Amer- 
£ ai V epreSentative of which, Christian 
S r U m ff a? v n i„ C nT t0 / hiS — tryfrom 
Manor tL V- *"* S6ttled at onc e in 
Manor Township, Lancaster County 

(then Proprietor's Manor, Chester Coun* 

win v ° f , Andrew John Kauffman a 

wel -known lawyer, and Anna F (Bru- 
nei-) Kauffman. In 1897-1898 he was re- 
Porter on local staff of Phlladelphi^S-ess 
and since on editorial staff, as a writer of 
editorials, assistant literary editor Au- 
thor of "Jarvis of Harvard," 19o7 ; ' "The 
Things That Are Csesar's," 1902- -The 
Chasm" 1903.-; and "In the Balance" 
1904 he contributes to The Smart Set 
A.nslee's The Bookman, The Reader etc 
Member of the Harvard Club of Phi ladeU 
Phia and The Pegasus. On June 2 1897 
he married at Lancaster, P a ., Eleanor 
Catherine Diller, daughter of H. A Dil- 
ler, of that city. Residence, Columbia, 
Pa.; office, The Press, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KAUFMAN, C. M.: 

™;^ esident and Ge neral Manager of the 
W Uliams Valley Railroad; born at Llew- 
elyn, Schuylkill County, Pa., July 2, 
1862; moved to Tower City, Schuylkill 
County, Pa., with his parents in 1869 
Commenced work as a slate picker at 
Brookside Colliery, an anthracie coal 
mine, in 1872, at ten years of age; edu- 
cated in common school. In 1885' took 
charge of a general store; in 1891 was 
one of the promoters and organizers of 
the Williams Valley Railroad Company- 
elected President and General Manager 
in 1904; assisted in organizing the Wil- 
liams Valley Bank, Williamstown, Pa., 
in 1900 (a Director and Secretary of the 
board) ; Citizen's Water Company at 
Tower City, Pa., in 1893 (President); the 
Tower City National Bank in 1902 (Pres- 
ident) ; organized and established Green- 
wood Cemetery in Tower City in 1896. 
He holds considerable real estate, timber 
and farming land in the vicinity of 
Tower City. Address, Tower City, Pa. 

KAYE, John William: 

Clergman, author; born in Hudders- 
field, Yorkshire, England, Jan. 9, 1846; 
came to America in 1852 and settled in 
Philadelphia; was a student at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1870-1872; was 
graduated from Princeton, 1874; Divinity 
School. Protestant Episcopal Church, 
Philadelphia, 1876. Served in Pennsyl- 



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vania Militia during the Lee invasion, 
June and July, 1863; private in the Third 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1864-1865, be- 
coming Second Lieutenant, June, 1865. 
Ordained deacon, 1876, and priest, 1877, 
Protestant Episcopal Church; Rector St. 
Timothy's, Philadelphia, 1883-1888; Chap- 
lain Lehigh University, 1SS8-1S89; All 
Saints, Norristown, Pa., 1890-1894; Assist- 
ant Rector St. David's, 1894-1900. Mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. 
Author of "Luray Cave," "Flight, Cap- 
ture and Imprisonment of Jefferson Da- 
vis," "Night Ascent of Vesuvius," "The 
Royal Tomb at Charlottenbury." Ad- 
dress, 2820 Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

REAM, Thomas Vnrker: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant First New 
Mexico Cavalry, Feb. 13, 1865; honorably 
mustered out, Sept. 29, 1866; elected Nov. 
12, 1S90. Address, Ream's Canon, Ark. 

REAR, Charles R.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Minersville. Address, Minersville, 
Schuylkill County, Pa. 

KEASBEY, Lindley Miller: 

Educator, author; Professor Political 
Science, Bryn Mawr College; born in 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 24. 1867; was grad- 
uated from Harvard in 1888; Ph. D., Co- 
lumbia; R. P. D., Kaiser Wilhelm Uni- 
versity, Strassburg, Germany; Professor 
Political Science, State University of 
Colorado, 1892-1894. Married, June 8, 
1892, Nelly Simrall. Author of "The Nic- 
aragua Canal and the Monroe Doctrine." 
Translator of "The Economic Founda- 
tions of Society," from French of Achille 
Loria; also monographs and contributions 
to magazines on political and economic 
subjects. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

REATOR, John F.: 

Lawyer; born in Roxbury, a village of 
the Catskill Mountain region of New 
York, April 16, 1850; he worked as a boy 
at farm labor, and at seventeen began 
school teaching to obtain funds to edu- 
cate himself; he was graduated in 1877 
at Yale College, and in 1879 at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania with the degree 
of LL. B.; graduating as a law student, 
he was admitted to the Philadelphia bar 
in 1879, and entered actively upon the 
practice of his profession, in which he 



became counsel in many cases of impor- 
tance. His law firm is Keator & 
Johnson. He was admitted to practice be- 
fore the Supreme Court of the United 
States in 1890. In public affairs he be- 
came active as a member of the Business 
Men's League in 1896, being their stand- 
ard bearer in the hot contest for reform 
that took place; in recognition of his 
services in this work he was nominated 
for the Legislature and elected by a flat- 
tering majority; in the House he proved 
an earnest advocate of non-partisan 
measures and rose to a position of lead- 
ership; he was appointed attorney for the 
House to investigate the cause and effect 
of the fire which destroyed the State 
capitol. He is a member of various so- 
cial and public charitable organizations, 
such as Methodist Episcopal Orphanage 
and Methodist Episcopal Hospital, and of 
the Masonic order, etc. Address, 218 
West Walnut St., Germantown, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

REECH, Rev. 1J. Hayes, A. B., H. D.: 

Born at York, Pa., Dec. 5, 1867; son of 
John S. Keech, Esq., a prominent York 
County Justice of the Peace; educated in 
the public schools and the York County 
Academy, York Pa.; completed the clas- 
sical course at the Moravian College and 
Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa., 
and was graduated from the Theological 
Department of this institution. On June 
24, 1896, he married Elizabeth K., daugh- 
ter of Alexander Cruickshank, of Beth- 
lehem, Pa.; was ordained a Deacon, the 
first order of the ministry in the Mora- 
vian Church; installed as pastor of the 
Moravian Church at Coopersburg, Le- 
high County, Pa., Oct. 4, 1896. where he 
is still serving his first charge. In Feb- 
ruary, 1902. he was elected a School Di- 
rector in the Coopersburg District by the i 
Republican Party to fill an unexpired \ 
term of one year; re-elected for a full; 
term of three years. He is a member 
and Secretary of the Board of Directors 
of the Bath Silk Manufacturing Company 
since June, 1901; in May, 1903 he was 
ordained a Presbyter, the second order 
of the ministry in the Moravian Church. I 
For a number of years he had been ac- I 
tively engaged in newspaper work. Ad- < 
dress, Coopersburg, Pa. 

i 
KEECH. William Henry: 

Merchant; born in Washington County. 
Pa., July 17, 1854; educated in the public 
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, cantile service, engaged in business for 

I himself, opening in 1S79 upon Fourth 
Avenue, Pittsburg, the stores which he 
still controls. But his mercantile busi- 

I ness has absorbed only a portion of his 
energy, and for years he has been closely 
identified with the street railway inter- 

j ests of Pittsburg, having taken a lead- 

I ing part in the construction and manage- 
ment of the various lines. He has been 
an officer in several of these lines, being 
a Director of the United Traction and 
the Second Avenue Traction Companies, 
and President of the Pleasant Valley and 
Federal Street lines. He is also promi- 

i nent in financial matters, being a Direc- 
tor of the Pittsburg National Bank of 
Commerce and of the City Insurance 

i Company. Mr. Keech married, in 1880, 
Miss Elizabeth Bruback, of Pittsburg. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

KEEFER, diaries F\: 

President of the Chartiers Trust Com- 
pany. Address, McKees' Rocks, Alle- 
I gheny County, Pa. 

KEELY, Robert Neff: 

Physician; born in Pennsylvania; was 
graduated from Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege in 1882; was surgeon to Lieutenant 
Peary's Arctic Expedition, 1891-1892. 
Author of "In Arctic Seas," and "Trav- 
els on the Mosquito Coast, Nicaragua," 
Member of Geological Society of Phila- 
delphia and archaeological Society of 
University of Pennsylvania. Address, 
128 South Twenty-second St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

KEEK, Uregfory Bernard: 

Curator and Secretary of the Council 
of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania; born in Philadelphia, March 3, 
1S44; son of Joseph Swift and Lucy Ann 
(Hutton) Keen; A. B., University of 
Pennsylvania, 1861; A. M., 1864; was 
graduated at Divinity School of the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Church in Philadel- 
phia -and ordained Deacon of the Church 
in 1866; resigned this office and became a 
Catholic in 1868; during 1869 and 1870 
he traveled in Europe. He attended lec- 
tures in the Medical Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1870 and 
1871; Professor of Mathematics in the 
Theological Seminary of St. Charles Bar- 
romeo at Overbrook, Pa., in 1871 and 
1872, and for several years devoted him- 
self to the study of Greek literature. He 
was Corresponding Secretary of the His- 



torical Society of Pennsylvania from 
1S80 to 1898; librarian of the University 
of Pennsylvania, 1887-1897; librarian of 
the Historical Society of Pennsylvania 
from 1S98 to 1903, when he became Curat- 
or of that society. As executor of Prof. 
Geo. Allen, LL. D., prepared a catalogue 
of his famous chess library, printed in 
1878; edited the Pennsylvania Magazine of 
History and Biography in 1883 and 1884, 
contributing translations of various 
Dutch and Swedish manuscripts and 
pamphlets relating to the early Swedish 
colony on the Delaware, as well as a 
series of articles on "The Descendants 
of Joran Kyn, the Founder of Upland," 
his first American ancestor; wrote the 
chapters on "New Sweden" and "New 
Albion" in the "Narrative and Critical 
History of America," edited by Justin 
Winsor; prepared the "Catalogue of the 
Collection of Autographs Formed by Fer- 
dinand Julius Dreer," privately printed 
in 1890-1893. He was a delegate to the 
Columbian Catholic Congress at Chica- 
go in 1S93; has been historiographer of 
the Alumni Society of the College De- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania since 1890. Member of the Phi 
Beta Kappa fraternity, the American 
Philosophical Society, the American 
Catholic Historical Society, the Society 
of Colonial Wars, the Pennsylvania So- 
ciety of Sons of the Revolution, the So- 
ciety of the "War of 1812, and registrar 
of the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. 
He married in 18S5 Stella Maria, daugh- 
ter of John Marshall and Hanna Mar- 
tina (Gunwalsen) Watson of New York. 
Address, 2320 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 

KEEN, William Williams, M. D.: 

Born in Philadelphia, Jan. 19, 1837; de- 
scendant on his father's side from Joran 
Kyn, a Swede, who came to America 
with Governor Printz in 1642, and on his 
mother's side from the Budds of Somer- 
setshire, England; he was graduated from 
the Central High School in 1853; Brown 
University in 1859, and Jefferson Medical 
College in 1862; he served for two years 
in the Civil War as a surgeon, being with 
Drs. Weir Mitchell and George R. More- 
house in the Turner's Lane Hospital for 
Diseases and Injuries of the Nervous 
System. After spending two years in 
European study (1864-1866), he settled 
in Philadelphia and began medical teach- 
ing, conducting courses in anatomy and 
surgery in the Philadelphia School of 
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omy in the Pennsylvania Academy of 
the Fine Arts from 1876 to 1889. Profes- 
sor of Surgery in the Women's Medical 
College from 1884 to 1889, and has been 
Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson 
Medical College since 1889. Author and 
editor of several surgical text books, and 
of the history of the First Baptist Church 
of Philadelphia at its bi-Centennial in 
1898; has written a large number of pa- 
pers for various medical journals. In 
1891 Brown University conferred upon 
him the degree of LL. D., and in 1903 the 
Northwestern University and the Uni- 
versity of Toronto conferred the same 
degree. In 1898 he was President of the 
American Surgical Association; 1899, 
President of the American Medical As- 
sociation; 1900 and 1901, President of the 
College of Physicians of Philadelphia; 
1903, President of the Congress of 
American Physicians and Surgeons; 1900, 
was made an honorary Fellow of the 
Royal College of Surgeons of London; he 
is also an honorary member of the Ger- 
man Surgical Society, the Clinical So- 
ciety of London, the Surgical Society of 
Paris, and of the Belgian Surgical So- 
ciety. Address, 1729 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia. 

KEESAN, John Barclay: 

Lawyer; born on Hong Kong Island, 
Oct. 15, 1859; eldest son of Gen. James 
Keenan, United States Consul, 1852-1862, 
and Elizabeth Barclay Keenan; educated 
at Greensburg public schools and Can- 
onsburg, Pa., Academy; was graduated 
at Princeton. N. J., in class of 1880. 
He studied law with Hon. H. P. Laird 
at Greensburg, Pa.; admitted to West- 
moreland County, Pa., bar, June, 1S85. 
Elected Captain, Company I, Tenth Reg- 
iment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 
in January, 18S3; resigned, August, 18S5; 
district delegate to Democratic National 
Convention, 1896; delegate at large from 
Pennsylvania to Kansas City Convention, 
1900. Member of Democratic State Ex- 
ecutive Committee, 1900-1904; presided 
at Pennsylvania Democratic State Con- 
ventions. 1896 and 1901; now practicing 
law at Greensburg. Westmoreland Coun- 
ty, Pa. Address, Greensburg, Westmore- 
land County, Pa. 

KEENAN, Thomas Johnston. Jr.: 

Journalist; born in Pittsburg, Nov. 22, 
1859; son of the late Thomas J. Keenan, 
who was a prominent member of the 
Allegheny County bar; on his mother's 



side (Sophia Latimer Gaskell) he comes 
from one of the oldest families in the 
State; his maternal ancestors came to 
America in 1664 with William Penn, 
from whose only surviving child, Guli- 
elma Penn, the Gaskell family are de- 
scended. He was educated at the West- 
ern University of Pennsylvania; in 1S80 he 
began his life's work as reporter on the 
Morning Times, and in less than three 
years was promoted to the editorship of 
that paper; in 1SS4 he organized a stock 
company to publish the Press, the first 
successful penny paper issued in Pitts- 
burg; he was thoroughly identified with 
its success as editor in chief, President 
of the company, and one of its principal 
owners. He was one of the original 
members of the Pittsburg Press Club, 
and served in every official capacity in 
that prosperous organization; he organ- 
ized and was President of the Interna- 
tional League of Press Clubs, a body em- 
bracing more than 4,000 city newspaper 
men and women; he was its first Presi- 
dent, and he has been Chairman of its 
Executive Committee continually since 
its organization, ten years ago; he is 
the American Director of the World's 
Bureau of Press Associations, having 
been honored in 1897 by being sent to 
Stockholm as the first American repre- 
sentative. As Secretary and Executive 
Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mission for the great Atlanta Exposition 
of 1895, he prepared the splendid display 
made by his State, handling the finances 
so successfully that he was enabled to 
turn a balance of $7,000,000 back into 
the State Treasury when the commission 
wound up its affairs. He takes an active 
interest in charity, and through popular 
subscription raised a fund of nearly 
$40,000 for the erection of the Pittsburg 
Newsboys' Home, one of the finest insti- 
tutions in the United States, of which 
he has been President for a number of 
years; he also erected, by same means, 
a handsome bronze monument to the 
memory of Stephen G. Foster. He was 
the organizer and first President of the 
Publishers' Press Association, and has 
been at the head of a number of impor- 
tant local and national business enter- 
prises. He was an officer in the Na- 
tional Guards for a number of years, 
resigning a Lieutenant Colonelcy in a 
Pittsburg regiment to accept a position 
on the staff of Governor Stone; in 1S89 
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during his incumbency accomplished 
much for the benefit of the organization. 
In 1901 he retired from active newspaper 
work and disposed of his interest in the 
Press, since which time he has been ex- 
tensively identified with a number of 
large financial enterprises. After the 
close of the Spanish-American War he 
became interested in the Isle of Fines, 
and purchased large tracts of land there; 
his holdings include the mountain known 
as Sierra Caballos, which contains the 
famous marble quarries which have at- 
tracted so much attention to the island 
for many years, and an old* Spanish 
estate, known as Brazo Fuerte, which 
he has restored and improved and now 
occupies as a winter home. Upon the 
organization of the American Residents' 
Association he was elected President, 
and as such has secured many advan- 
tages for the residents of the island. 
Address, Farmers' Bank Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

i KEEXE, Walter B., M. O., D. O.: 

Born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 20, 
1867; ancestors were old-time New Eng- 
landers; educated in native city; studied 
medicine at Jefferson Medical College, 
! Philadelphia, also at College of Physi- 
ifcians and Surgeons, New York city; was 
graduated in medicine from Jefferson 
College in 1S91, and practiced profession 
nine years in Philadelphia; in 1899 he 
took a post-graduate course in Philadel- 
phia College of Osteopathy and graduated 
: in 1900. He was Professor of Diagnosis, 
I Symptomatology and Minor Surgery in 
I above institution for two years; in 1904 
he was elected Vice President of the 
I Philadelphia College of Osteopathy; he 
was the first President of the Alumni As- 
sociation of Philadelphia College of Oste- 
opathy and was re-elected in 1903. Mem- 
ber of the Philadelphia County and Penn- 
sylvania State Societies; also of the 
American Osteopathic Association. Ad- 
dress, 5103 Hazel Ave., W. Philadelphia. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

KEESE, Francis S.: 

Soldier; born in New York city, Dec. 
25, 1841; great grandson of John Keese, 
who was an officer in the War for Inde- 
pendence and who was a member of the 
Order of the Cincinnati. He enlisted in 
I the First New Jersey Infantry, May, 1861; 
appointed Sergeant, May 28, 1861; dis- 
charged to accept promotion, Aug. 30, 
1862; Captain Company C, 128th New 



York Infantry, Sept. 4, 1862; promoted 
to Major, Sept. 15, 1863, and to Lieuten- 
ant Colonel, Nov. 29, 1864; brevetted 
Colonel, March 13, 1865, for services in 
the battle of Winchester, where he was 
wounded; mustered out Sept. 6, 1865; 
served with McClellan's army in the 
Peninsula campaign, with Banks in 
Louisiana, and with Sheridan in the 
Shenandoah Valley. Member of the 
Loyal Legion, Sons of the Revolution, and 
of the Netherlands Society of Pennsyl- 
vania. Address, Union League, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

KEESE Y, Horace: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank. Address, York, Pa. 

REISER, Elmer E., M. D.: 

Born Feb. 7, 1S63, near Lewisburg, 
Union County, Pa.; educated at Bucknell 
Academy and Bucknell College; degrees 
A. B. and A. M. ; was graduated in medi- 
cine at University of Pennsylvania in 
1889; after taking special courses at the 
university located in Tacony, Philadel- 
phia, where he has continued to prac- 
tice profession. Physician to St. Vin- 
cent's Orphan Asylum, Old Ladies' Home, 
and on staff of Frankford Hospital; sur- 
geon to several large industrial works. 
Member of Philadelphia County Medical 
Society, Pennsylvania State Medical So- 
ciety, and the American Medical Asso- 
ciation. In 1890 he married Jeanie Deans 
of Revolutionary ancestry; they have 
two sons, Hubert Deans and Laurence 
Bolton. When a student he enlisted in 
Company A, Twelfth Regiment, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania; served five years; 
discharged as a non-commissioned offi- 
cer; re-entered the service in 1903 as Cap- 
tain of Company M, First Regiment In- 
fantry. Address, 6931 Tulip St., Tacony, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

KEISER, James W M M. JO.; 

Born in Reading, Pa., Sept. 24, 1860; 
educated in the public schools; com- 
menced the study of medicine at the age 
of sixteen; was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1882, and at 
once entered upon the practice of his 
profession in the city of Reading. He is 
Secretary of the Pathological Society of 
Berks County, and has acquired a repu- 
tation as a writer on medical and sani- 
tary topics. Married Dr. Clara Shetter, 
who practices medicine with her hus- 
band as Dr. Clara Shetter Keiser. Ad- 
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KEITH, Charles Penrose: 

Author arfd lawyer; born in Philadel- 
phia, March 15, 1S54; son of Washington 
and Anne Mathews (Penrose) Keith; was 
graduated (B. S. ) from University of 
Pennsylvania in 1873; studied law with 
Judge Clement B. Penrose; librarian pro 
tem. of the Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania in 1876; admitted to the Phila- 
delphia bar in 1877, and for ten years a 
clerk in Real Estate Title Insurance and 
Trust Company of Philadelphia; from 
1889 to 1S93 was chief clerk of the United 
States Appraiser's office; independent in 
politics. Author of "The Provincial 
Councillors of Pennsylvania Who Held 
Office Between 1733 and 1776, and Those 
Earlier Councillors Who Were Some 
Time Chief Magistrates of the Province, 
and Their Descendants," Philadelphia, 
1883; "The Ancestry of Benjamin Harri- 
son, President of the United States of 
America, and Notes on Families Related," 
1893; also part of the general history in 
"Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal." 
Married, Dec. 18, 1883, Elizabeth Harvey 
Wister, daughter of Louis Wister of 
Montgomery County. Address. 321 South 
Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KELLER, E. E.: 

Vice President of the Westinghouse 
Machine Company; Vice President of the 
Pittsburg Meter Company; Director in 
the Security Investment Company; Direc- 
tor in Westinghouse Foundry Company 
(all Westinghouse interests); born in New 
York city; educated in Rochester, N. Y. 
He became Superintendent for a promi- 
nent Rochester manufacturing company, 
and in January, 1S88. went to Pittsburg; 
he was engaged in the construction force 
of an affiliated Westinghouse company; 
his first work brought him to the com- 
pany's notice; in April of same year he 
was placed in charge of all the company's 
Pittsburg work, and in October was 
made manager of their Chicago office; 
this position he held until he became 
electrical engineer of the Department of 
Electricity at the World's Fair; he re- 
signed this to assume management of 
the Westinghouse lighting contract at 
the fair; in this work he was so success- 
ful that he was asked to become Vice 
President of the Westinghouse Machine 
Company. He is an auto enthusiast, and 
has made long tours through Pennsyl- 
vania and New York. He was President 
of the Pittsburg Amateur Photographic 
Society and is an enthusiastic amateur 



photographer. Address. East Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

KELLEY, John Goshorn: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Nineteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, April 18, 1861; Corporal, April 
27, 1861; mustered out, Aug. 9, 1861; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Seventh West Virginia 
Infantry, Sept. 17, 1861; honorably dis- 
charged, Sept. 10, 1862; elected Oct. 20, 
1897. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

KELLEY, Joseph Morgan: 

Major United States Army; born in 
New York; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
private, Company G, Nineteenth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, April 18 to Aug. S, 
1861; First Lieutenant Sixty-ninth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, Aug. 26, 1861; honor- 
ably mustered out, March 4. 1863; First 
Lieutenant, March 8, 1864; Captain, April 
3, 1865; honorably mustered out, Nov. 
20, 1865; First Lieutenant Thirty-eighth 
Infantry, March 7, 1867; assigned to 
Tenth Cavalry, Dec. 15, 1870; Captain, 
April 15, 1875; Major, April 15, 1S93; re- 
tired, Oct. 24, 1898. Member of the Penn- 
sylvania Commandery of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion. Address, St. 
Louis Club, St. Louis, Mo. 

KELLY, A. B.: 

Banker; son of James D. and Sarah 
Bennett Kelly, natives of County Down, 
Ireland; born in Pittsburg, Pa., in Jan- 
uary, 1837; was reared in his native city; 
educated in the public schools and Wash- 
ington and Jefferson College, being a 
graduate of the latter institution. He 
began a business career as an operator 
in the Venango oil field: from 1861 to 
1S66 he manufactured tight oil barrels by 
machinery in Tionesta, Pa. ; he then be- 
came an oil producer and lumberman. In 
1872 he became a member of the firm of 
May, Park & Co., bankers, of Tionesta, 
and was cashier of the bank from its 
organization till it was merged into the 
Forest County National Bank in 1^96; 
he has continued as cashier under the 
new organization. On April 28. 1863. he 
married Frances Augusta, daughter of 
H. Huntingdon and Frances A. Thatcher 
May of Tionesta. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly 
are members of the Presbyterian Church, 
he having been a ruling elder for more 
than thirty years and Superintendent of 
the Sabbath School for more than twen- 
ty-five years. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 






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KELLY, A. O. J., M. D.: 

Born in Philadelphia, June 13, 1870; re- 
ceived the degrees of A. B. and A. M. 
from La Salle College, Philadelphia, and 
the degree M. D. from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1891; pursued post-grad- 
uate studies in clinical medicine and 
pathology abroad, 1892-1894, and in 1897; 
has been connected with the University 
of Pennsylvania since 1894, and is now 
Associate in Medicine and Assistant Phy- 
sician to the Hospital of the University 
of Pennsylvania; also Clinical Professor 
of Pathology in the Woman's Medical 
College of Pennsylvania, Pathologist to 
the German Hospital of Philadelphia, 
and physician to St. Agnes' Hospital, 
Philadelphia; since 1900 has been Profes- 
sor of the Theory and Practice of Medi- 
cine in the University of "Vermont. Mem- 
ber of the Association of American Phy- 
sicians and editor of the International 
Clinics. Address, 1911 Pine St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

KELLY, Henry Kuhl: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant 118th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Aug. 20, 1862; Captain, 
Oct. 27, 1863; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, Jan. 30. 1S65; elected Jan. 5, 
1881. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

KELLY, James Huntington: 

Teller of Forest County National Bank; 
son of Archibald Bennett and Augusta 
May Kelly; born in Forest County, Oct. 
11, 1869; educated in the Tionesta schools 
and at Fremont Seminary, Norristown. 
4 Pa. In 18S4 he became a bookkeeper for 
May, Park & Co., bankers, Tionesta. 
Upon the organization of the Forest 
County National Bank, in 1896, was 
made director of the firm and appointed 
teller. On Oct. 14, 1895, was married to 
Miss Margaret McCollum Robinson, a 
daughter of George "Williams Robinson, 
of Tionesta. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

KELLY, John G.: 

President of the Braddock National 
Bank. Address, Braddock, Allegheny 
]founty, Pa. 

KELLY, John M.: 

Lawyer; born in Owego. Tioga County, 
N. Y.. June 24, 1861. His parents re- 
moved to a farm in Susquehanna County, 

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Pa., in 1866, and the boy's time was 
spent between farm work and school 
studies, which were followed by several 
terms as teacher and an apprenticeship 
to the carpenter's trade, at which he 
worked for some time. In 1881 he be- 
came a law student in the office of Mc- 
Collum & Watson, at Montrose, Pa., and 
was admitted to the Susquehanna County 
bar in 1884. He formed a partnership with 
E. L. Blakeslee, an attorney of large 
reputation in crim'nial law, and was as- 
sociated with him in many important 
cases. Mr. Kelly has devoted himself 
especially to this branch of practice and 
has won much reputation for ability in 
criminal cases. A Democrat in political 
faith, he has taken an active part in 
local politics and was delegate to the 
State Convention in 1896. In 1893 he or- 
ganized the Montrose Gun Club, for the 
protection of fish and game, and was 
elected its President. He was appointed 
to the State Sportmen's Association on 
the committee to draft new laws for 
game protection. Address, Montrose, Pa. 

KELLY, John P.: 

Jurist; born in Oliphant, Luzerne (now 
Lackawanna) County, Jan. 30, 1862. His 
education was obtained in the pubilc 
schools; graduated from the Scran ton 
High School in 1879. He subsequently 
read law in the office of John B. Collins, 
and was admitted to the Lackawanna 
bar in 1883. His early practice was as 
assistant in the office of Hon. John F. 
Connelly, then District Attorney, and in 
1888 he entered into partnership with 
Joseph O'Brien, under the firm name of 
O'Brien & Kelly. This partnership con- 
tinued till April, 1900, when Mr. Kelly 
was appointed by Governor Stone addi- 
tional Law Judge; in the fall of 1901 he 
was elected to the Judgship for a term 
of ten years. Judge Kelly Is an active 
Democrat and in 1888 was elected to the 
Pennsylvania Legislature. He served for 
one term, and in 1891 was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney for Lackawanna County. 
Address, Scranton, Pa. 

KELLY, Samuel P.: 

Rector Barnabas Church, Sixty-fifth 
and Girard Ave., Philadelphia; born in 
Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1840; graduated at 
Princeton University and Philadelphia Di- 
vinity School; served during Civil War in 
First New Jersey Volunteers, and 196th 
Pennsylvania Volunteers (Veteran Regi- 
ment). Rector in dioceses of Pennsyl- 



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vania, Pittsburg, Central Pennsylvania, 
Rhode Island, and the missionary jurisdic- 
tion of Nevada and Arizona, and St. 
Luke's American chapel in the Latin 
Quarter, Paris. Also, State Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction in Nevada; Com- 
missioner Deaf, Dumb and Blind; Secre- 
tary and Director State Orphans' Home. 
Served as reporter on several Philadelphia 
and San Francisco papers; city editor 
Oakland Evening Tribune, California. 
Author: "Christmas and Easter in Story* 
and Song," and assisted in publication of 
selections from the "Book of Common 
Prayer (in Braille) for the Blind." Vice 
President of The Society for the Promo- 
tion of Church Work Among the Blind 
and Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge 
of Pennsylvania. F. and A. M. Address, 
501 North Sixty-fifth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KELLY, William A.: 

Superintendent of schools; born in Trev- 
erton, Northumberland County, Pa., Aug. 
27, 1S67. A State Normal graduate; began 
teaching in 1888; is now Superintendent 
of Schools at Archbald. Pa.; interested in 
music. Address, Archibald, Pa. 

KELLOGG, Josiali Holcomlj: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet, 
Military Academy, July 1. 1855; Brevet 
Lieutenant First Dragoons, July 1, I860; 
Second Lieutenant, Jan. S. 1861; First 
Lieutenant. May 13, 1861; First Cavalry, 
Aug. 3. 1861; Regimental Adjutant Jan. 
13 to May 20, 1862; Captain May 20, 1862; 
Colonel Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry Nov. 19. 1862; honorably mustered 
out of volunteer service Dec. 17, 1864; re- 
tired Feb. 6, 1865; brevetted Major July 
3, 1863, for gallant and meritorious service 
in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Ouachita, Arkadelphia, Ark. 

KELSEY, Albert: 

Architect; born in St. Louis, Mo., on 
April 26, 1870, his father being A. War- 
ren Kelsey, a scholar and writer. His 
mother was Miss Jannette Garr Wash- 
burn. Albert Kelsey is the oldest grand- 
son of the late Major Gen. C. C. Washburn, 
and, consequently, a grandnephew of the 
other famous Washburn brothers. Much 
of his education was obtained abroad. 
His architectural ability was tested and 
developed by constant work in the T- 
Square Club competitions, where he was 
a frequent prize-winner. After having 
won the highest average for one year's 



work, he was elected from office to office 
until he became President of the club. 
He won the Fourth Traveling Scholarship 
in Architecture of the University of Penn- 
sylvania, and traveled extensively. While 
his duties as an architect occupy most 
of his time, he finds opportunities to take 
part in many municipal conferences, and 
is recognized as an authority. Mr. Kelsey, 
at the Cleveland Convention, in June, 
1899, was elected President of the Ar- 
chitectural League of America. H(? was 
also a delegate to the Fourth Internation- 
al Congress of Architects, in Brussels, in 
1S97. As Chairman of the Committee of 
Experts of the Art Federation of Phila- 
delphia he has long been identified with 
the movement which has just culminated 
in the enactment of legislation insuring 
the immediate construction of a parkway 
from the public buildings to Fairmount 
Park. Mr. Kelsey is architect for the re- 
organizing and rebuilding of Chautauqua, 
N. Y. In 1003, as an officer of the Lou- 
isiana Purchase Exposition Company, he 
was sent abroad to study the Dresden 
Municipal Exposition. He is now in 
charge of the Division of Municipal Im- 
provement at the World's Fair, and ar- 
chitect of three buildnigs on the fair 
grounds. As the founder and editor of 
The Architectural Annual he vigorously 
denounces unprofessional methods, and is 
a staunch upholder of the progressive, 
broad-minded architect. His wife was 
formerly Miss Henrietta Latitia Allis, of 
New York. Address, 931 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

KELSEY, Oliver S.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of I 
Representatives from Clinton County; i 
born in Erie, Erie County. Pa., Aug. 9, 
1855; educated in the public schools; 
served as page in the House of Repre- 
sentatives, at Harrisburg. in 1870 and 
1871; was clerk in the General Superin- 
tendent's office of the Philadelphia and' 
Erie Division, Pennsylvania Railroad, at 
Erie and Williamsport, from 1871 to 1881, 
when he was transferred to the office of 
Superintendent of Transportation, at 
Philadelphia, which position he resigned 
in 1SS2; is a member of the firm of Fores- 
man & Kelsey, jobbers of feed and grain, 
from 1SS4 to date, and is manager of the 
Foresman & Kelsey Milling Company, at 
Flemington. since 1891; served five years 
in the National Guard; was Chairman of 
the Clinton County Republican Commit- 
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South Williamsport twice, and was the 
first Burgess of Flemington; elected to 
the House of Representatives in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Flemington, Pa. 

KELTON, Allen C.I 

Colonel United States Marine Corps; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
Pennsylvania. Commissioned as Second 
Lieutenant. March 31, 1869; First Lieu- 
tenant, 1874; Captain, June IS, 1890; 
served throughout the Spanish-American 
War. Colonel Dec. 27, 1903; Commanding 
Marines at Navy Yard, Boston. Address, 
Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. 

KEMMEREK, M. S.: 

President of the Mauch Chunk National 
Bank. Address, Mauch Chunk, Carbon 
< Jounty, Pa. 

KEMP, Agnes : 

Physician, reformer; born in Harris- 
burg, Pa., Nov. 4, 1823; educated at the 
Harrisburg Seminary; was graduated at 

I Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia, 
1879. Was first woman member of Medi- 
cal Society of Dauphin County, Pa.; 

| practiced medicine six years; then trav- 

■ fled abroad nearly four years. Prominent 
in Woman's Christian Temperance Union; 
active in woman suffrage, social purity 
and other reform movements; also active 
in anti-slavery work. Selected by Na- 
tional Peace Convention, in 1898, as dele- 
gate to International Peace Congress, Lis- 
bon, Portugal. Address, Swarthmore, Pa. 

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KEMP, C. H.: 

Banker; bo'rn in Fayette County, Pa., 
jjuly 29, 1839; educated in the county 
.jischools of Fayette and Somerset Coun- 
ties of Pennsylvania. Served as a private 
?oldier in the Civil War three years, and 
as a civilian until the close of the war. 
'For many years Trustee of the First 

■ Presbyterian Church of Kane, Pa.; served 

11 the Borough Council of Kane, Pa.; Di- 
'< ctor in the Kane Window Glass Com- 
pany, Kane Flint Bottle Company, Tem- 
ple Theater Company, and the Y. M. C. 
A. Building Company. Married Annie J. 
iikerton, of Philadelphia. Dec. 19, 1876. 
Manager of the Bolton Hotel, Harrisburg, 
Pa„ for eight years; Washington Hotel, 
'hiladelphia, during the Centennial; one 
if ason at the Columbia Hotel, Cape May, 
tf. J.; proprietor of the Thomson House, 
Kane, Pa.; Willard Hotel and the Lowry 
Jotel, Butler. Pa. Has been a Director 
n the First National Bank of Kane from 



the time it started, eight years ago, and 
served two years as cashier; served one 
year as Vice President, and has been 
President for the last two years. Ad- 
dress, Kane, McKean County, Pa. 

KEMP, Ellwood Leitheiser: 

Clergyman, educator; born in Hamburg, 
Berks County, Pa., Jan. 31, 1857; was 
graduated from Franklin and Marshall 
College in 1881, and studied divinity. Or- 
dained a clergyman of the Reformed 
Church in the United States; Professor 
of Ancient Languages, 1881-1886; Psy- 
chology and Pedagogy, 1886-1888; Key- 
stone State Normal School, Pa.; President 
Wichita University, Kansas, 1888-1891; 
President Palatinate College, Pa., 1891- 
1893; Vice President 1893-1902; principal 
since July, 1902, East Stroudsburg State 
Normal School. Principal faculty Poco- 
no Pines Chautauqua Assembly, Pa. Au- 
thor of "Idyl of the War," and other 
poems, 188z, "History of Education," 
1902. Address, East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

KENDIG. Daniel: 

Chaplain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania and appointed from Wash- 
ington Territory. Graduate University of 
Pennsylvania in class of 1844. Rector of 
St. Paul's Church, Chester. Chaplain 
posts of Fort Steilacoom, Washington 
Territory, and Presidio San Francisco, 
Cal., Dec. 13. 1S59 to May 27, 1867; Post 
Chaplain April 3, 1867; retired Nov. 10, 
1S88. Address, 1932 Spruce St., Philadel- 
phia. Pa. 

KENNARD, Josenli Spencer: 

Lawyer, author; born in Bridgeton, 
N. J., 1859; educated Colgate University, 
Columbia University Law School, Chicago 
University, Sorbonne, Paris; R. Instituto 
di Belle Arte, Florence (A. M., LL. B., 
Ph. D. and D. C. L.); married in 1889, 
Isabelle D. Brandreth. Chiefly prac- 
ticed corporation and railroad law before 
United States Supreme Court and Su- 
preme Courts of New York, Pennsylvania, 
and Illinois, and in Europe in cases of 
international law. An amateur artist, his 
paintings have received honorable men- 
tion in Europe and America. Has sev- 
eral times been juror of awards on paint- 
ings; Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 
1900; member of many learned societies 
and clubs in Europe and America; heredi- 
tary member Society of Sons of the 
Revolution, of Society of Colonial Wars, 
etc. Author of "Alaska Legends and To- 



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terns," "The Friar in Fiction," "The Fan- 
fara of the Bersigilari," "Studi-Dante- 
schi," "Memmo— One of the People," 
"Fallen God," "A Liberal Education," 
"De Deo Lapso Commentarius," etc., 
"Some Early Printers and Their Colo- 
phons," "Romancieri Italiani d'Oggi," etc. 
Address, Union League Club, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

KENNEDY, Hugh: 

Director and Manager of the furnace 
department of the American Steel Hoop 
Company; born July 24, 1856, in Poland 
Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, and 
•worked upon his father's farm, which was 
one of the finest stock farms in Mahoning 
County, and attended the District School 
at Poland Center. In the spring of 1880, 
Mr. Kennedy accepted a position with the 
Carnegie Steel Company, at Braddock, 
Pa., as assistant to his brother Julian, 
who was at that time Superintendent in 
charge of construction and operation of 
blast furnaces at the Edgar Thomson 
Steel Works. He was appointed Jan. 1, 
1881, Superintendent of the Isabella Fur- 
naces at Etna, Pa., and continued with 
them as Superintendent and General Man- 
ager until April, 1899. Since that time, 
Mr. Kennedy has been Manager of the 
furnace department of the American Steel 
Hoop Company, which purchased the Isa- 
bella Furnace Company's property. He 
has recently been elected a Director of 
the American Steel Hoop Company. Mr. 
Kennedy is Vice President of the Farm- 
ers' and Merchants' Bank, of Sharps- 
burg, Pa.; President of the Sharpsburg 
and Etna Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation, Sharpsburg, Pa., and a member 
of the Board of Managers of the Alle- 
gheny County Workhouse, the Board of 
Trustees of the Westminster College, New 
Wilmington, Pa., and the U. P. Board 
of Publication, Pittsburg, Pa. He is also 
a member of the American Institute of 
Mining Engineers. Address, Sharpsburg, 
Pa. 

KENNEDY, John M.: 

Jurist; born in Oxford, Chester Coun- 
ty, Pa., Sept. 19, 1833; was graduated 
from Jefferson College in 1855, and read 
law at Booneville, Mo., under William 
Douglas and Judge George W. Miller. He 
was admitted to the bar in Booneville 
in 1863, but removed the following year 
to Pittsburg, where he was admitted to 
the Allegheny County bar. Here he prac- 
ticed actively and successfully till 1891, 



when the Governor appointed him Presi- 
dent Judge of the Pittsburg Court of 
Common Pleas number three. In Novem- 
ber of the same year Mr. Kennedy was 
elected President Judge for a full ten 
years' term, and was re-elected in 1901 
for a second term, which he is now 
serving. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

KENNEDY, Julian: 

Mechanical engineer and inventor; born 
in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, March 
15, 1S52; educated Poland Union Semi- 
nary; was graduated from Sheffield Sci- 
entific School, Yale, 1875, receiving the 
degree of A. M., 1900; married Nov. 14, 
1S58, Jennie Eliza Brennerman. Before 
going to Yale was draughtsman, under 
his father, in the construction of the 
Struthers Iron Co., where he was em- 
ployed for three years; was Superin- 
tendent of the blast furnaces, 1876-1885, 
at Briar Hill Iron Co.'s works, Struthers 
Iron co.'s works, Morse Bridge Works, 
Edgar Thomson Steel Works and at the 
Lucy furnaces; General Superintendent 
for Carnegie, Phipps & Co., with head- 
quarters at Homestead, 1SS5-18SS; Chief 
Engineer Latrobe Steel Works, 18SS; since 
1890 General Consulting and Contracting 
Engineer; has been connected with im- 
portant steel plants in the United States 
and Europe. Has many patents in con- 
nection with improvements and devices 
for manufacturing iron and steel. Mem- 
ber Engineers' Society, Western Pennsyl- 
vania; American Institute of Mining En- 
gineers, British Iron and Steel Institute, 
Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce, Pa., 
and New York Chamber of Commerce. 
Member of the Duquesne Club of Pitts- ! 
burg, and of the Engineers' Club of New 
York. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

i 
KENNEDY, Keid: 

President of the Monongahela Trust 
Company of Homestead. Address, Home- 
stead, Allegheny County, Pa. 

KENNEDY, Robert Morris: 

Surgeon United States Navy; appointed 
from Pennsylvania. Naval Cadet, May 21. 
1865. Resigned, May 26, 1887. Assistant ( 
Surgeon, June 18, 1890. Passed Assistant 
Surgeon, June 18, 1893. Surgeon, Oct. 29. 
1901; Coast Survey steamer Bache, 1892; 
Marion, 1893; Coast Survey steamer Pat-, 
terson, 1894; Naval Hospital, Norfolk. 
1897; Bennington, 189S-1901; receiving ship 
Franklin. 1901. Dixie, Aug. 12, 1903. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department, Washing- 
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KENNEDY, Thomas W.: 

Superintendent of the American Steel 
Hoop Company's furnaces; born Dec. 25, 
1869, in Poland Township, Mahoning Co., 
Ohio. He lived and worked on his fa- 
ther's farm, attending public school at Po- 
land Centre. Later went to Poland Union 
Seminary, and in 1891 graduated from 
Westminster College, New Wilmington, 
Pa. In 1892, he secured a position as 
chemist at Isabella Furnace Co., Etna, Pa. 
In this company employ he has occupied 
successively the positions as chemist, 
Assistant Superintendent, now being em- 
ployed at the same plant as Superinten- 
dent of furnaces, American Steel Hoop 
Co. Address, Youngstown, Ohio. 

KENNEDY, Walter: 

Consulting engineer; born in Poland, 
Ohio, in 1861; attended the same school 
as did President McKinley and early be- 
came apprenticed to the blast furnace 
builumg business as workman. His first 
position was with the Carnegie Steel Co., 
and here he made a thorough study of 
chemistry and at the different plants held 
various positions of trust and for three 
years was Superintendent of the Lucy 
furnaces. In 1889, he became connected 
with the Moorehead-McClain Co., later 
Manager of the Jefferson Iron Co., Steu- 
benville, Ohio, and in 1891 was made 
Superintendent of the Buffalo Furnace 
Co., owned by M. A. Hanna & Co. In 
1897 he was engaged to do railroad work 
in China, and later was employed by the 
Chinese Government and was appointed 
First Secretary of the Chinese Imperial 
Railway, and Technical Director and Gen- 
eral Manager of the iron and steel works 
at Han Yang. Returning to this country 
he took up his work and has gained 
prominence in this line of business. Ad- 
dress, 611 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

KENT, Jacob Ford: 

Brigadier General United States Army, 
retired; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sep- 
tember. 1836; educated there and gradu- 
ated from United States Military Acad- 
emy, 1861; commissioned Lieutenant Third 
Infantry. 1861. He served as Lieutenant 
Colonel Inspector General. 1863-1865; on 
staff of Gen. John Sedgwick, Sixth Army 
Corps; promoted Captain, 1864; Major 
Fourth Infantry, 1885; Lieutenant Colonel 
Eighteenth Infantry, 1891; Colonel Twen- 
ty-fourth Infantry, 1895; Brigadier Gen- 
eral Volunteers, May, 1898; Commander 
of First Division Fifth Corps under Gen. 



Shafter in expedition to Cuba; Major 
General Volunteers, July, 1898; honorably 
discharged from Volunteers, Nov. 30, 1898; 
Brigadier General United States Army, 
October, 1S9S; Brevet Major May 3, 1863, 
for gallantry and meritorious service in 
battle of Marye's Heights, Va. ; Brevet 
Lieutenant Colonel May 12, 1864, for gal- 
lantry and meritorious service in battle 
of Spottsylvania, Va., and Colonel Vol- 
unteers Oct. 19, 1864, for gallant and 
meritorious service during the campaign 
before Richmond, Va. ; retired from act- 
ive service Oct. 15. 1898. Address, Water- 
vliet Arsenal, West Troy, N. Y. 

KENT, Henry Thomas: 

Manufacturer; born in Upper Dar- 
by, Delaware County, Pa., Nov. 4, 
1854; was educated in private schools 
of Philadelphia; entered Cornell Uni- 
versity September, 1871; after leav- 
ing college entered his father's woolen 
mills, and after his death, succeeded to 
the management of the business. Con- 
tracts largely with the Government for 
woolen supplies. President First National 
Bank, Clifton Heights. Pa; President and 
Treasurer Thomas Kent Manufacturing 
Co., Clifton Heights, Pa., President and 
Treasurer Columbia Worsted Co., Wal- 
lingford. Pa.; President Bedford Mills Co., 
Bedford City, Va. Republican in politics. 
Married, October 1, 1885, Louise Leonard, 
of Bridgewater, Mass. Member of the 
Union League, Philadelphia; Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania; Society of May- 
flower Descendants, Pennsylvania Socie- 
ty of Sons of the Revolution, New Eng- 
land Society of Pennsylvania. Address, 
Clifton Heights, Pa. 

KEPHART, Samuel Alexander: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet 
Military Academy June 16, 1888; Addition- 
al Second Lieutenant Third Artillery 
June 11. 1892; Second Lieutenant Fourtth 
Artillery, Nov. 28, 1892; First Lieutenant 
March 2, 1899; Artillery Corps Feb. 2, 
1901; Captain July 1, 1901. Address, Fort 
Warren, Mass. 

KEPLER, J. Will: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Centre County; born 
in Petroleum Center, Venango County, 
Pa., Aug. 7, 1873; educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Tionesta, Forest County, 
Pa., and was graduated from Chamber- 
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editor of the Forest National Democrat, 
of Tionesta; moved to Pine Grove Mills 
in 1891, where he now resides, and has 
been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever 
since; was elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Pine Grove Mills, Pa. 

KEPPEL, Henry: 

President of the National Bank of Cor- 
ry. Address, Corry, Erie County, Pa. 

KERN, Willim 31., M. D.: 

Born June 20, 1821, in Hamburg, Berks 
County, Pa.; educated in the Pottsville 
Academy, Dickinson College, and Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; was graduated 
as M. D., class of 1847. He entered the 
army after McClellan retired from before 
Richmond as Assistant Surgeon, but his 
health becoming impaired, he returned 
to Pittsburg and resumed practice; April 
1, 1880, removed to Philadelphia and re- 
tired from the practice of medicine. He 
is a member of the Alumni Society of the 
University of Pennsylvania. Address, 63 
West Sharpnack, Germantown, Pa. 

KERR, Albert B.: 

Attorney and Counselor at Law; born 
March 17, 1875, in Clearfield, Pa.; was 
graduated from Yale University with the 
class of 1897; was graduated from the 
New York Law School in 1899, and since 
then has practiced law at No. 30 Broad 
street, in that city. Is a member of the 
Yale and Manhattan Clubs, and of the 
New York City Bar Association. Is the 
son of James Kerr, formerly a member 
of Congress from Pennsylvania. Address, 
30 Broad St., New York City. 

KERR, A. H.: 

President of the Burgettstown Trust 
Company. Address, Burgettsown, Wash- 
ingon County, Pa. 

KERR, Edward F.: 

Lawyer; born in West Providence 
Township, Bedford County, Pa., Feb. 15, 
1841; educated at Allegheny Seminary 
and Franklin High School; studied law in 
the office of Cessna & Shannon, of Bed- 
ford, Pa.; was admitted to the bar Feb. 
15, 1865. Soon after his admission he 
was appointed County Attorney, and in 
February, 1S67, was appointed District 
Attorney for Bedford County to fill a va- 
cancy. He was elected to this office in 
November, 1867, and re-elected in 1S70, 
serving nearly seven years. In 1878 he 
was appointed Corporation Clerk by Will- 



iam P. Scheel, Auditor General of Penn- 
sylvania, and held that office till May, 
1881. Mr. Kerr is also President of the 
First National Bank of Bedford. Ad- 
dress, Bedford., Pa. 

KERR, John H.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, Dec. 12. 
1S42. He attended the public schools and 
in 1S60 was graduated from the Pittsburg 
High School. He served during the Civil 
War in the 155th Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry. June 6, 1S67, he was 
admitted to the Allegheny County bar. 
He was a member of the Legislature 1870- 
1871. He is a member of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. Address, 450 Fourth 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

KESSLER, George: 

President of the Integrity Title Insur- 
ance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company 
of Philadelphia. Address, Fourth and 
Green Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KESSLER, Jacob: 

Hat manufacturer; born at Rheims, 
Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 27, 1832; edu- 
cated in the schools of his native city; 
came to America in July, 1854, landing 
at New York; located at once in Read- : 
ing, Pa., and obtained employment in a 
hat factory, learning the business of 
making wool and felt hats; engaged in 
business in 1869 in Reading; located at 
Mohnsville in 1874, where he entered a 
factory and is still in business. Having 
admitted his son and son-in-law into 
partnership, the firm is now Jacob C. 
Kessler & Co. He married Christian 
Schell, of Reading, March 26, 1857. Ad- 
dress, Mohnsville, Pa. 

KEYSER, Charles Shearer: 

Lawyer, author; born in Philadelphia, 
June 18, 1825; graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1845, with the i 
degree of A. M. ; studied law (LL. D. 
conferred by Archbishop Wood) ; identi- 
fied with the establishmnet of Fairmount 
Park and the preservation of Independ- 
ence Hall; in legal practice since 1848; 
member of Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Academy of Fine Arts, Grand 
Army of the Republic. Netherlands So- 
ciety. Author of "Fairmount Park," 
"Life of William H. English," "Penn's 
Treaty," "Excommunication of Dr. Mc- 
Glynn." "The Keyser Family," "Menden 
Armais — the Man of the New Race." 
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erty Bell," etc. Address, 524 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

KEYSER. William H.: 

Legislator and book dealer; born 
May 19, 1855, in Philadelphia, old Dis- 
trict of Spring Garden; received a public 
school education; learned mercantile 
business, and is at present a wholesale 
dealer in school books; member House of 
Representatives, sessions of 1885. 1887, 
1889, 1S91, 1893, 1S95, 1897 and 1899; re- 
elected in November, 1900, and served 
until January 28, 1901, when he resigned 
to accept the nomination for Senator; 
was elected to the Senate Feb. 19, 1901, 
to fill the vacancy caused by the death 
of Hon. Francis A. Osbourn. Address, 
1231 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KHUES, Kiohnril, Jr.: 

Civil Engineer, born at Saginaw, Mich., 
July 27, 1865; educated at the University 
of Michigan; practiced civil engineering, 
1887-1S91; assistant engineer Erie Rail- 
way, 1S91-1S92; first assistant engineer 
Philadelphia. 1893; held a similar position 
with the Pencoyd Iron Works, 1893- 
1900; chief engineer Pittsburg dis- 
trict, American Bridge Company since 
1901. He is a member of the American 
Society of Civil Engineers, Society Civil 
Engineers, Philadelphia, and is also a 
member of the Engineers and Pencoyd 
clubs. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

KIEPFER, Henry Marty n: 

Clergyman, author; born at Mifninburg, 
Pa., Oct. 5, 1845; son of Rev. Ephraim 
Kieffer and Eleanor Spangler; taught 
country school (Kleckners) at the age of 
15; enlisted as drummer boy in Company 
D, 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers ("Buck- 
tails") in his sixteenth year, 1862. Pres- 
ent at the battles of Chancellorsville, 
Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, 
and all the great battles of the Army of 
the Potomac to the end of the Civil War. 
Mustered out with regiment, Elmira, N. 
T., July, 1865; was graduated from Frank- 
lin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., 
1S70, with first honors, and with 
the highest grade ever made in the 
history of the college; graduated Theo- 
logical Seminary Reformed Church in the 
United States, Lancaster, Pa., Sept., 1873. 
Married Mary Elizabeth Miley, of Lan- 
caster, Pa., September, 1S73; pastor of 
Church of the Ascension. Norristown, 
Pa., 1873-1884. Chaplain, Sixth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania National Guard, 1S79-1S84. 



Pastor First Reformed Church, Easton, 
Pa., 1884-1904. Author of "The Recollec- 
tions of a Drummer Boy," also "College 
Chapel Sermons"; joint editor of "The 
Hymnal of the Reformed Church." Auth- 
or of "Old Sullivan Road," "First Set- 
tlers of the Forks of the Delaware," 1903. 
Now a clergyman of the Episcopal 
Church. Address, Easton, Pa. 

KILBURN, William: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania and appointed from Cali- 
fornia. Midshipman, Dec. 5, 1865; was 
graduated June 4, 1869; Ensign July 13, 
1871; Master Dec. IS, 1874; Lieutenant 
Oct. 12, 1SS1; Lieutenant Commander 
March 3, 1899; retired as a Commander 
June 3, 1900. Address, The Meadows, 
Alexandria, Va. 

IvILLIAN, A. Alvin, A. M., Ph. B.: 

Superintendent of Schools; son of Henry 
and Elizabeth (nee Uhler) Killian; born 
Feb. 18, 1872, on a farm in North Corn- 
wall, Pa., of German descent. Paternal an- 
cestors followed agricultural pursuits 
mainly. Maternal ancestors fought in the 
Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and in 
the Civil War; educated in public schools 
of native country and Annvill Local Nor- 
mal school; began teaching at age of fif- 
teen. Entered Muhlenberg College 1891. 
Member of Enterprise Society; was grad- 
uated from Classical Course, A. B. de- 
gree, 1895; A. M. 1898; was principal Path 
Valley Academy, Airy View Academy and 
served as principal of Middleburg schools, 
Watsontown schools; Superintendent and 
principal of the Lansford schools. Mar- 
ried Sarah A., daughter of Adam and 
Mary Houch, Feb. 18, 1897. Member of 
Watsontown Lodge No. 619, I. O. O. F., 
Past Chief Patriarch of Watsontown En- 
campment. I. O. O. F. No. 294, and of 
Milton Canton, Patriarchs Militant I. O. 
O. F. He is a member of Middleburg 
Lodge No. 619, F. and A. M. Address, 
Lansford, Pa. 

KILLINGER, Charles H.: 

Attorney at law; born Sept. 15, 1852, at 
Lebanon, Pa.; son of late Hon. John W. 
Killinger; Republican. Attended prepara- 
tory department of Mercerburg College; 
two years at Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege; graduated at Yale University, Shef- 
field Scientific School, 1S74; studied law, 
at University of Pennsylvania; admitted 
to Lebanon County bar 1877; since then 
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profession; is local attorney for Philadel- 
phia & Reading Railway Co.; and counsel 
for Lebanon Gas Co., Lebanon Chain 
Works, Lebanon Steam Co., Washington 
Fire Insurance Co. Is President of Val- 
ley National Bank of Lebanon; and Vice 
President of the Good Samaritan Hospi- 
tal. Member of Masonic bodies; Mt. Leb- 
anon Lodge No. 226, A. Y. M.; P. H. P. of 
Weidel Chapter, No. 197, R. A. M.; P. E. 
C. of Hermit Commandery No. 24, K. T. 
In 1879 married Matilda K., daughter of 
John W. Mish. Address, Lebanon, Pa. 

KILLINGEK, John W. : 

Ex-Congressman; born in Lebanon 
County, Pa., in 1825; studied law and was 
admitted to the bar at the age of twenty- 
one. Soon after his admission to the bar 
he was elected District Attorney. He 
was elected to the Pennsylvania House in 
1850, and to the State Senate at the end 
of his term. In 1858 he was elected to 
the United States House of Representa- 
tives, and again in 1S60. Ten years later, 
in 1870. and again in 1872, he was re- 
turned for Schuylkill and Lebanon Coun- 
ties, and in 1876 and 1878 for his old dis- 
trict, composed of Dauphin, Lebanon and 
Northumberland Counties, serving in all 
twelve years in the National House. Ad- 
dress, Lebanon, Pa. 

KILPATBICK, W. H.: 

Secretary of the Insurance Company of 
the State of Pennsylvania; born at Phila- 
delphia, July 5, 1870, and began his in- 
surance career in the office of Creth & 
Sullivan, of that city. In January, 1893, 
entered the service of the firm of Thomas 
C. Foster, and remained there until 1897, 
when he was appointed special agent for 
the American Fire of Philadelphia. Two 
years later he became special agent of 
the North British and Mercantile, and 
in November, 1899, he was appointed spe- 
cial agent of the Manchester and Amer- 
ican of New York for the middle de- 
partment. He was elected to his present 
position on the reorganization of the com- 
pany in 1903. Address, 136 South Fourth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KIMBALL., George Peabody: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain's Clerk United States 
Navy Feb. 4, 1862; resigned April 21, 1862. 
Private Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry 
Oct. 10, 1862; discharged to accept pro- 
motion Dec. 9, 1862. Second Lieutenant 



Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Feb. 
11, 1863; First Lieutenant March 9, 1864; 
resigned and honorably discharged April 
4, 1865. Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, 
The Sherwood, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KIMBLE, Frank; P.: 

Lawyer; born in Palmyra Township, 
Pike County, Pa., Oct. 17, 1852; educated 
in public schools, by private instruction, 
and at Mansfield State Normal School, 
1876. Was principal of the schools at 
Milford, Delaware, and of the Wayne 
County Normal, at Prompton. Read law 
with C. S. Minor, Honesdale, Pa.; ad- 
mitted to the bar March, 1886; admitted 
to practice in State Supreme Court in 
18SS. Is now serving fourth term as 
School Director in Honesdale; elected to 
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 
in 1891. In politics is a Democrat, and 
fraternally is a Mason and belongs to the 
Royal Arcanum. Is a successful lawyer 
and active politician. Member of the 
Baptist Church. Address, Honesdale, Pa. 

KIMMELL, Harry: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Appointed 
from Pennsylvania. Entered Naval Acad- 
emy, Sept. 28, 1874; was graduated, June 
4, 1880; Ranger, Northern Pacific Station, 
1880-1883; Alert, Asiatic Station, 18S3; 
Monocacy, Asiatic Station, 18S4-1S86; 
Michigan, Northwestern Lakes, 1887-1888; 
Blake, 1889-1892. Promoted Ensign, Dec. 
19, 1882. Promoted Lieutenant (junior 
grade), 1890; Hydrographic Office, March, 
1892, to September, 1893; receiving-ship 
Franklin, January, 1894. Promoted Lieu- 
tenant, July 31, 1894; Alliance, training- 
ship, 1895; Monterey, Pacific Station, 1896- 
1898; Naval Academy, Sept. 1, 1899. to 
1901. Promoted Lieutenant Commander, 
May 12, 1901; Torpedo Station, June to 
August, 1901. Indiana, September, 1901, 
to December. 1903, as navigator and ex- 
ecutive officer; Ordnance Department, 
Navy Yard, Washington, D. C, April, 
1904. Address, Navy Yard, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

KINCAID, Gerry T.: 

Attorney at law; born at Beaver Dam, 
Erie County, Pa., June 10, 1876; was 
graduated at the Corry High School, 1894, 
and at the Allegheny College, Meadville, 
in 1S97; studied law and admitted to the 
bar in 1900, has since been practicing law 
at Corry, Pa. Has an extensive law prac- 
tice and has taken an active interest in 
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KI\DLEBERUER, Charles P.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
California; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Assistant Surgeon July 9, 1S94; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon July 9, 1897; Surgeon 
March 3, 1903. Independence Navy Yard, 
Mare Island, Cal., since July 28, 1903. Ad- 
dress, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. 

KING. Basil R.: 

Clergyman; born at Millport, Ohio, Dec. 
26, 1861; was graduated from Washington 
and Jefferson College in 1888; was gradu- 
ated from the Western Theological Semi- 
nary, Allegheny, Pa., 1891; was called to 
the churches of Sugar Hill, Mayville, and 
Richardsville, 1891; Callensburg and Con- 
cord, 1894; Stoneboro and Fairfield, 1898, 
where he is serving at the present time. 
Married Ina B. McCullough, Uhrichsville, 
Ohio, Sept. 15, 1898. Address, Stoneboro, 
Pa. 

KING, Charles F.: 

President of the Union Safe Deposit 
Bank of Pottsville. Address, Pottsville, 
Schuylkill County, Pa. 

KING, Guy: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Chief 
Engr. James W. King, U. S. N. Elected 
May 2, 1894. Address, Art Club, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

KING, Henry Holdship: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Second Lieutenant Third Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry Feb. 11, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant July 8, 1862; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged for promotion Nov. 12, 
1862. Captain and Assistant Adjutant 
General of United States Volunteers Oct. 
20, 1862; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged Dec. 10. 1862. Elected Oct. 19, 
1887. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

KING, James Marcos: 

Clergyman; Secretary of the Methodist 
Episcopal Board of Church Extension 
since May, 1899; born Girard, Pa., 1839; 
was graduated Wesleyan University; was 
Professor Natural Science, Collegiate In- 
stitute, Ft. Edward, N. Y., six years; 
joined Troy Conference, 1868; transferred 
to New York Conference, 1873; since then 
has been pastor of Washington Square, 
St. James, 18th St., Park Av., St. John's 
and Union M. E. Churches, New York; 



Secretary Society for Protection of Ameri- 
can Institutions. Address, 1026 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

KING, James W.: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Maryland, and appointed from 
that State, Sept. 2. 1844, as Third Assist- 
ant Engineer; served in all the first small 
steamers owned by the Navy, the Fulton, 
original steamer, excepted; he was at- 
tached to the Mississippi in 1846-1847, 
during the war with Mexico, and partici- 
pated in the capture of all the towns on 
the Mexican coast taken by the Navy, ex- 
cept one; having passed the three suc- 
ceeding examinations, and served through 
the three grades of Assistant, he was, in 
1852, promoted to Chief Engineer, and 
soon thereafter appointed, under a law of 
Congress. Inspector of Ocean Steamers at 
the port of New York, hulls, machinery, 
boats and equipments of the Collins and 
Law lines, carrying the United States 
mails; served continually during entire 
Civil War; Chief Engineer King was 
one of, if not the first officer of 
the navy, to advocate and take a de- 
cided stand in favor of iron and steel for 
the hulls of United States naval vessels, 
in opposition to the views of the senior 
constructors and many other officers, as 
may be seen by reference to his various 
official reports, embracing facts and fig- 
ures, showing the advantage of iron and 
steel over wood as materials for ship- 
building. Special attention of the Navy 
Department was called to the subject in 
his reports as Chief of Bureau, 1871-1872, 
and overwhelming proof was produced in 
his report on "European Ships of War," 
1878; also in his work, "The War Ships 
and Navies of the World." These publi- 
cations, together with his descriptions of 
the various new types of foreign war 
ships and casements on our obsolete 
types of wooden vessels, had influence 
in showing the necessity of building a 
new fleet of modern ships commensurate 
with the wealth, extent and dignity of 
the country, and of types having no su- 
periors in speed or power of offence and 
defence. Member of the Pennsylvania 
Commandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion. Address, 3231 Powelton 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KING, Jos i .ill Holdship: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Erie, Pa., March 21, 1850, and appointed 
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Academy July 1, 1871 to June 28, 1873; 
Second Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry Aug. 
15, 1S76; First Lieutenant May 23, 1SS3; 
it tired with rank of Captain April 20, 
1S91. Graduated from U. S. Infantry and 
Cavalry College July 1, 1883; graduate 
Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College 
with degree of M. D. April 9, 1902. Prac- 
tising physician. Address, 315 Wade Park 
Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 

KING. Willis L,.: 

Vice President of the Jones and Laugh- 
lin Steel Company, of Pittsburg; son of 
Hugh D. King, one of the early bankers 
and brokers of Pittsburg. Educated in 
the Pittsburg public schools and at the 
Washington and Jefferson College. After 
leaving college he entered the employ of 
the Jones & Laughlin Co. Prom the post 
of clerk he was soon promoted to the 
sales department. He learned every de- 
tail of the steel business. He is regarded 
as one of the leading big steel men of 
the country and is held to be one of the 
best informed authorities on all matters 
pertaining to the iron and steel industry. 
Address, 4914 Center Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

KINGSTON, Harry T.i 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in the district of Southwark, Philadelphia, 
Pa., Feb. 9, 1851; attended the public 
schools, and was graduated from the Phil- 
adelphia Central High School in 1868; 
read law and was admitted to the Phila- 
delphia bar in February, 1872, since which 
time he has been actively engaged in the 
practice of his profession; was elected 
■school director of the Third Section, First 
School District of Pennsylvania, in No- 
vember, 1S87, and elected Secretary of the 
board of Directors in April, 1891; in 1901 
was appointed a member of the Board of 
Public Education by the Board of Judges 
of Philadelphia for an unexpired term to 
represent the Third Section; in December, 
1901, was re-appointed a member of said 
board for a term of three years; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Residence, 808 S. 4th St.; 
office address, 627 Walnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

KINGSTON, Henry H.: 

President of the Investment Company 
of Philadelphia, now Buffalo & Depew 
Railroad; born in Philadelphia, July 7, 
1854; educated at the Germantown Acad- 
emy and University of Pennsylvania. 



Married Sept. 9, 1S75, Frances Allan 
Hunter, of Philadelphia. Entered rail- 
road service in 1870, under his father, the 
General Freight Agent of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad; 1890, was made General 
Manager, and afterward appointed Re- 
ceiver of the Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie 
& Boston Railroad; 1895, was appoint- 
ed General Traffic Manager, Lehigh Valley 
Railroad., from which he retired on June 
20, 1903 to take the Presidency of the 
Investment Company of Philadelphia. Is 
a Director in many companies. Address, 
Chestnut Hill; office, North American 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KINNER, Levi: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Shinglehouse. Address, Shinglehouse, 
Potter County, Pa. 

KINSEY, Jolin L,.: 

Lawyer and city official; born in Phila- 
delphia, Aug. 29, 1846; educated at Yale 
College; studied law and was admitted to 
the Philadelphia bar in 1872. Here he 
became active as an attorney in civil 
practice, while also handling some notable 
criminal cases. Taking a very active 
part in Repubilcan politics, he was ap- 
pointed in 1SS1 Third Assistant District 
Attorney under G. S. Graham and in 1882 
was nominated for the office of Register 
of Wills, but was defeated by a very small 
adverse machinery. In 1S96 he was elect- 
ed City Solicitor by the large majority of 
S3.997. He had previously served as a 
school director and for thirteen years 
as a member of the Board of Public Edu- 
cation. Mr. Kinsey has been very suc- 
cessful as an attorney. He is inclined to 
literary study, and is a diligent reader 
of the large library which he has col- 
lected. Address, 1622 Spruce St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

KINTNER, Prof. Samuel I 

Professor of Engineering of the cele- 
brated Engineering Department in the 
Western University of Pennsylvania; he is 
a native of Indiana and a graduate of 
Purdue University, Pennsylvania. In 1894 
he completed his course, and for the 
next year engaged in the installation of 
telephone plants throughout Indiana; he 
then became assistant to Professor Fes- 
senden at the Western University, and, 
upon his resignation, in 1900, was chosen 
to fill his place. Associated with Profes- 
sor Fessenden, he made some important 
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and he has also contributed many valu- 
able and interesting articles to the tech- 
nical press. Member of the Board of Di- 
rectors of the Engineers' Society of West- 
ern Pennsylavnia, and member of the 
American Institution of Electrical Engi- 
neers. Address, Western University of 
Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pa. 

KINTZING, William D.: 

County Auditor of Clinton County; 
born in Lock Haven in 1S46 and is de- 
scended from an old and prominent fam- 
ily. His father, T. C. Kintzing, organized 
the First National Bank of Lock Haven 
in 1865 and was President till his death, 
in 1S90; educated at the Lock Haven 
Academy, the West Chester Military 
Academy and Eastman's Business College; 
in 1867 entered the service of Dodge & 
Co. at Phelps' Mills, and remained there 
till 1868, when he went to Emporium as 
manager of their merchandise and lumber 
business. In 1869 he went to Canada and 
worked for the company on Georgian Bay. 
From 1872 to 1876 he was employed at 
Emporium; he then went back to Canada 
for Dodge & Co. and remained there 
till 1S79, when he became connected with 
Kreamer, Mann & Co., a Lock Haven 
company, till 1885. He was appointed 
County Auditor by the Court to fill an 
unexpired term, and three years ago was 
elected to that office. He has been re- 
cently nominated by the Republicans of 
Clinton County. Address, Lock Haven, 
Pa. 

KIRK, David: 

Oil operator; one of the first large oil 
yards of Pittsburg, Pa., was started by 
David Kirk in 1862. To this he soon ad- 
ded a large refinery. This business was 
prosperous until the combination between 
the railroad and the allied Standard in- 
terests put a tribute upon it. Mr. Kirk 
was prominent in all the repeated efforts 
made by the independent oil men to se- 
cure relief from railroad discriminations 
in the early days, and his was one of 
the many Pittsburg firms finally driven 
out of business by the inequality of 
freights. In 1S77 Mr. Kirk organized the 
McCalmont Oil Company, a producing 
concern which has always been success- 
ful and of which he is still the President. 
In 1SS7 he became active in the Produc- 
ers' Protective Association and later in 
the independent concerns which grew out 
of it. He was the first President of the 
Pure Oil Company. Mr. Kirk was one of 



the chief witnesses examined in 1SSS by 
the House Committee on Manufactures 
in its investigation of trusts. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

KIRK, Edward C: 

Dental surgeon; born in Sterling, 111., 
Dec. 9, 1S56; son of Gen. Edward N. Kirk; 
educated in the Philadelphia public 
schools, he became an instructor in the 
Arts Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania; in 1S76 began the study of 
medicine, and in 1S78 was graduated from 
the Pennsylvania College of Dental Sur- 
gery. After a number of years of private 
practice he was made dean in 1896 of the 
Dental Department of the University. 
Since 1S96 he has been Professor of Clin- 
ical Dentistry in the University of 
Pennsylvania. He is editor of the "Am- 
erican Text Book of Operative Dentistry," 
a notable work, and of other publications, 
and for more than ten years has been 
editor of the Dental Cosmos, a leading 
dental periodical. He is President of the 
Academy of Stomatology and a member of 
many dental societies. Address, Lands- 
downe, Pa. 

KIRK, Ellen Warner Olney: 

Author (nom de plume Henry Hayes); 
born in Southington, Conn., Nov. 6, 1842; 
received academic education at Stratford, 
Conn.; was married in 1879. Author of 
"Lesson in Love," "A Midsummer Mad- 
ness," "The Story of Margaret Kent," 
"Sons and Daughters," "Queen Money," 
"A Daughter of Eve," "Ciphers," "Maid- 
ens Choosing," "The Story of Lawrence 
Garth," "A Revolutionary Love Story," 
"The Revolt of a Daughter," "Dorothy 
Dean," "Dorothy and Her Friends," "Our 
Lady Vanity," "A Remedy for Love," 
etc. Address, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 

KIRK, John Foster: 

Author and editor; born in Frederick- 
town, New Brunswick, March 22, 1S24; 
received an academic education at Hali- 
fax, Nova Scotia (LL. D. from University 
of Pennsylvania) ; came to the United 
States in 1842; was Secretary and assist- 
ant to William H. Prescott, the historian, 
1847-1859; was contributor to North Amer- 
ican Review, etc.. and edited Lippincott's 
Magazine, 1870-1886. Lecturer on history, 
University of Pennsylvania, 18S5-188S. He 
is author of "History of Charles the 
Bold." Editor of Prescott's Works; also 
of "Supplement to Allibone's Dictionary 
of Authors." etc. Address, Chestnut Hill, 
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KIRK, Samuel W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Fulton County, Pa.: 
born in Dublin Township, Fulton County, 
July 2, 1861; was educated in the public 
schools and Millersville and Cumberland 
Valley State Normal Schools; for a time 
was engaged in farming and school teach- 
ing; was graduated from the Dickinson 
Law School in 1896 and in October of that 
year was admitted to practice in the 
courts of Fulton County, and is at present 
practicing law; served as Chairman of 
the Democratic County Committee for two 
years; was appointed mercantile appraiser 
and elected auditor of McConnellsburg 
Borough; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in 1900, and re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, McConnells- 
burg, Pa. 

KIRK, l'li <> in. is T., M. D.: 

Born in Bast Springfield, Ohio, Nov. 1, 
1860; son of James and Eleanor (Taylor) 
Kirk; he is of Scotch descent; educated 
in the common schools of his native 
town and then entered Scio College at 
Scio, Ohio; later he began to read medi- 
cine with Dr. J. C. Floyd of Steubenville, 
and subsequently attended the Long 
Island Hospital Medical College; he was 
graduated with the class of 1886 and 
went to Pittsburg, where he soon estab- 
lished a lucrative practice. He is a mem- 
ber of the Medical Society of Allegheny 
County; in 1892 he was made a Mason 
in Dallas Lodge No. 508 of Pittsburg: 
also a member of Zerubbabel Chapter 
No. 162, of Ascalon Commandery No. 
159, of the Lodge of Perfection, and the 
Pennsylvania Consistory. He married 
Miss Mary F. Ingram of Smithfield, Ohio, 
June 1, 1886, who died March 20. 1896. 
Member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church; Republican in politics. Address, 
4908 Liberty Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

KIRKBRIDE, Franklin B.: 

Banker; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 
10, 1867; son of Thomas S. Kirkbride, 
M. D., LL. D., and Eliza Butler 
Kirkbride; was graduated from Haver- 
ford College in 1889 with the degree of 
A. B. In business in Liverpool, England, 
1889-1890, and Philadelphia, 1890-1891; Re- 
publican in politics. Superintendent mail 
equipment shops at the Post Office De- 
partment, Washington. D. C. 1891-1893; 
since 1893 with the Pennsylvania Com- 
pany for Insurances on Lives and Grant- 
ing Annuities; Treasurer of same since 



1899; Trustee and Secretary of the Phila- 
delphia Polyclinic and College for Grad- 
uates in Medicine, the Philadelphia Va- 
cant Lots Cultivation Association, the 
Public Baths Association of Philadel- 
phia. Address, 1406 Spruce St. and 517 
Chestnut, St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KIRi'ER. William Bredin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Butler, Butler County, Pa., Nov. 
21, 1860; in 1864 he removed to Allegheny, 
where he lived until 1877; then removed 
to Bellevue, Allegheny County, where he 
now resides; was educated in the public 
schools and the Western University of 
Pennsylvania; served as clerk in the 
Prothonotary's office of Allegheny Coun- 
ty, and court clerk of Common Pleas 
Court No. 2; read law with his father, 
and was admitted to practice in the 
courts of Allegheny County, Sept. 16, 
1S93, and two years later in the Supreme 
Court. He has filled the office of Burgess, 
Clerk of Council, Justice of the Peace, 
Borough Solicitor, Councilman, and Pres- 
ident of Council of Bellevue; has been a 
member of the Allegheny County Repub- 
lican Executive Committee for twenty- 
one years; was a delegate to the State 
Convention in 1895. He was elected to 
the House of Representatives in 1900; 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Bellevue, Pa. 

KIRKPATRICK, William James: 

Composer, musician; born Feb. 27, 
1838. His father, Thompson Kirkpatrick, 
was a well known school and music 
teacher in Central Pennsylvania. Mr. 
Kirpatrick learned the fife, flute and 
violin at an early age, and at thirteen 
the violoncello. When sixteen years old 
moved to Philadelphia to learn a trade 
and study music, singing under T. Bish- 
op and harmony and theory under Leo- 
pold Meignen. Later studied with Et- 
tore Barilli, Signor Rondinelli, and organ 
with D. D. Wood. Began to teach music 
at the age of twenty. Collected and ar- 
ranged material for his first Gospel song 
book, "Devotional Melodies," which was 
published in 1859. His second book was a 
hymn and tune book, "The Heart and 
Voice." From Oct. 27, 1861, to Oct. 9, 
1862, he served as principal musican (Fife 
Major) of the Ninety-first Regular Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers. He did not resume 
teaching music until 1878, when, after 
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pel song and Sunday school pieces and 
edited a few books, it became necessary 
to give his whole attention to the work 
of composing music for churches and 
Sunday schools, choirs, etc., and more 
than eighty books bear his name as edi- 
tor or associate editor, and include, as 
publishers, nearly all of the leading 
houses in the United States and one in 
London. Among his earlier books are 
"Songs of Redeeeming Love," "Songs of 
Joy and Gladness," "Finest of the 
Wheat," "Anthems and Voluntaries," 
"Infant Praises," etc. More recent books 
are "Young People's Hymnal," "Chil- 
dren's Praises," organ score anthems; 
"Grateful Praise," "Songs of the Cen- 
tury," "Sunday School Praises," "Chris- 
tian Melodies," "Devotional Songs," "Glo- 
rious Praise," etc. Residence, 2009 North 
Fifteenth St., Philadelphia; winter home, 
"Sunnycroft," Winter Park, Fla. 

KIRKPATRICK, William Sebring;: 

Jurist; born in Easton, Pa., April 21, 
1S44; was graduated from Lafayette Col- 
lege, Pennsylvania,; A. M., 1863; LL. D., 
Washington and Jefferson College, 1902; 
studied law with Hon. H. D. Maxwell; 
admitted to the bar, 1865. He has been 
Presiding Judge, Third Judicial District 
of Pennsylvania; Solicitor, Easton, Pa., 
several years; Chairman Republican State 
Convention, 1882; Delegate to National 
Republican Convention, Chicago, 1884; 
Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 1887- 
1891; has been lecturer on municipal law, 
Lafayette College; was Trustee of La- 
fayette College some years; Acting Pres- 
ident, 1902-1903. Member of Fifty-fifth 
Congress from Eighth Pennsylvania Dis- 
trict. Address, Easton, Pa. 

KISSINGER, John M.: 

President of the Schuylkill Valley Bank 
of Reading. Address, Reading, Pa. 

KISTER, A. L,.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Scottsdale. Address, Scottsdale, West- 
moreland County, Pa. 

KISTL.ER, J. S.: 

President of the Merchants' National 
Bank of Shenandoah. Address, Shenan- 
doah, Schuylkill County, Pa. 

KISTLER, Wilson: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Lock Haven. Address, Lock Haven, 
Clinton County, Pa. 



KITCHIN, Elias Carey: 

Soldier; born in Bucks County, Pennsyl- 
vania, Nov. 27, 1827; educated in the pub- 
lic school and Quaker schools. Assistant 
Surgeon Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, and promoted to Surgeon of the 
155th Pennsylvania Volunteers; he is the 
last of the twenty men who called the 
first Republican convention in Berks 
County. Married Ellen E. Filbert in Oc- 
tober, 1856. He was Chairman of the 
Know-Nothing organization; at his own 
expense recruited a company for the 
Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry in 
1864. He was present at Appomattox 
on April 9; attended to the last Con- 
federate wounded at Appomattox on the 
morning of the 9th, and was standing near 
Gen. Robert E. Lee. and Gen. Babcock 
when they were under the famous apple 
tree. Member of the Loyal Legion and 
Knights Templar, Malta and Red Cross, 
since 1856; Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Blumfieldville, Pa. 

KITCHEN, Theodore: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Paymaster United States 
Navy, May 25, 1861; Acting Assistant 
Paymaster (Master), Sept. 12, 1863; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Dec. 2, 
1864; elected May 6, 1874. Treasurer of 
the Commandery, May 2, 1877-1886. Ad- 
dress, 2035 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KL.ANDER, Charles W.: 

President of the Manayunk Trust Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. Address, 4340 Main 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KLAPP, William Henry: 

Teacher; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 13, 
1849; educated at the Episcopal Academy 
in Philadelphia; entered Harvard Col- 
lege and was graduated in 1871; was then 
appointed master of Greek and Latin at 
the Episcopal Academy. He studied med- 
icine at the University of Pennsylvania, 
and received the degree of M. D. from 
it in 1876. winning the alumni prize for 
the best thesis; he never practiced medi- 
cine, but continued to teach at the Epis- 
copal Academy until he was elected head 
master of that institution in July, 1891. 
He was particularly active in the pro- 
duction of the Greek play, "The Acharn- 
ians," at the University of Pennsylvania, 
and was presented with a silver loving 
cup by the cast. He received the hon- 
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University Commencement in June, lS8t5. 
Address, 1733 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KLEESE, Gustav Adolpht 

Educator; born in Peoria, 111., May 30, 
1S6S; was graduated from the University 
of Michigan in 1891; studied in Berlin and 
Tubingen, 1S93-1S94: Columbia, Univer- 
sity, 1894-1895; University of Pennsylvania 
(Ph. D. ), 1895-1896. Teacher in East Sag- 
inaw, Mich., High School, 1891-1893; Pe- 
oria, 111., High School, 1S98-1900; con- 
nected with New York Charity Organiza- 
tion Society, 1S96-1S9S; assistant in the 
Chair of Economics, University of "Wis- 
consin, 1900-1901; since January, 1902, in- 
structor in Economics and Social Science, 
Swarthmore College; 1903-1904, Assistant 
Professor Economics, Trinity College, 
Hartford, Conn.; 1904, Professor of Eco- 
nomics, Trinity College. Address, Swarth- 
more, Pa. 

KLEIN, Charles W.J 

President of the Federal Title and Trust 
Company of Beaver Falls. Address, Bea- 
ver Falls, Beaver County, Pa. 

KLEIN, Joseph F.: 

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 
Lehigh University; born in Paris, France, 
Oct. 10. 1849; educated at Sheffield Sci- 
entific School; received degree of Ph. B. 
in 1S71 and D. E. in 1873 form Tale Uni- 
versity. Author of "Elements of Ma- 
chine Design," "Tables of Coordinates for 
Laying Out Accurate Profiles of Gear 
Teeth." "Design of a High-Speed Steam 
Engine" (notes, diagrams, formulas and 
tables), etc. Address, Bethlehem, Pa. 

KLEINMAN, E. C.I 

President of the First National Bank 
and of the McKee's Rocks Trust Co., of 
McKee's Rocks. Address, McKee's 

Rocks, Allegheny County, Pa. 

KLINE. David C, M. D.: 

Born in Northumberland County, Pa., 
near Sunbury, Sept. 22, 1S55; educated in 
the public schools and at the Blooms- 
burg State Normal School and Dickinson 
Seminary, Willlamsport, Pa. He read medi- 
cine with Dr. F. B. Richstine; was grad- 
uated from the Hahnemann Medical Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, in 1883; commenced 
practicing in Columbia, Lancaster Coun- 
ty, in the same year, but soon removed 
to the city of Reading, where he is still 
in active practice. Associate member of 
the Reading Press Club; President of the 



Homeopathic Medical Society of the State 
of Pennsylvania for the year 1904. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, Reading, 
Pa. 

KLINE, Henry Oscar: 

Special agent of the Aetna of Hartford 
for Western Pennsylvania; born at Har- 
tleton. Pa., March 6, 1849; he served with 
the 184th Pennsylvania in the Civil War. 
After teaching school from 1S66 to 1870 
he entered the insurance business, serv- 
ing several companies as special and lo- 
cal agent, meanwhile reading law; he was 
admitted to the bar, but preferred the 
occupation of fire underwriting, and was 
adjuster or special agent in turn for the 
Queen, Connecticut Fire, Fireman's Fund 
and Aetna. He is now the special agent 
of the latter company, with headquarters 
at Pittsburg; he was President of the As- 
sociation of the Middle Department in 
1892-1893. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

KLINE, Jacob: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
First Lieutenant Sixteenth Infantry, 
Sept. 9, 1861; Captain, Sept. 30. 1864; 
transferred to Twenty-fifth Infantry, 
Sept. 21, 1868; transferred to Eighteenth 
Infantry, April 26, 1869; Major Twenty- 
fourth Infantry, Oct. 6, 1887; Lieutenant 
Colonel Ninth Infantry, March 23, 1S92; 
Colonel Twenty-first Infantry, April 30, 
1S97; Brigadier General Volunteers, May 
27, 1S9S; honorably discharged from "Vol- 
unteers, March, 1899; brevetted Captain, 
April 7, 1862, for gallant and meritorious 
services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 
and Major, Sept. 1. 1S64, for gallant and 
meritorious services during the Atlanta 
campaign; retired as Brigadier General, 
1904. Address, Fort Snelling, Minn. 

KLINE, Malilon N.I 

President and General Manager of the 
Smith, Kline & French Company, Arch 
street, below fifth street, Philadelphia, 
Pa., which is one of the largest wholesale 
drug concerns in the United States; born 
Feb. 6, 1S46, near Hamburg, Berks Coun- 
ty, Pa; he was educated in the public 
schools near Hamburg, and for two 
years attended a private school in 
Reading, Pa. When he was four- 
teen years old he went to Philadel- 
phia, and attended public school for six 
months, returning then to his home in 
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Reading. For a year and a half he 
worked in a country store at Hamburg, 
and then returned to Philadelphia to 
take a position as bookkeeper with the 
wholesale drug firm of Smith & Shoe- 
maker, at 243 North Third street; this 
was Feb. 15, 1865; he was admitted as a 
member of the firm in 1868; Mr. Shoe- 
maker retired in 1869 and the name of 
the firm was changed to Smith, Kline & 
Co.; they continued in business until 
1887, when they removed to 429 and 431 
Arch street, where they have been 
located ever since, occupying now No. 
433 and 435 Arch street; in 1888 the firm 
was incorporated under the name of the 
Smith & Kline Company. On Jan. 1, 
1891, the business of the wholesale drug 
house of French, Richards & Co. was 
closed out, and Mr. Henry B. French en- 
tered the Smith & Kline Company, and 
was elected its Vice President, the name 
being changed to the Smith, Kline & 
French Company. In volume the business 
is the third in its line in the United 
States. Mr. Kline was President of the 
National Wholesale Druggists' Associa- 
tion in 1885, and was Chairman of its 
most prominent and active committee 
from 1SS7 to 1897; he was President and 
has been for many years a Director of the 
Philadelphia Drug Exchange; he has been 
since its organization a member of the 
Board of Directors of the Trades' League; 
in January. 1904, he was elected First 
"Vice President of that organization; he 
is also a member of the Board of Direc- 
tors of the Bourse. He is a member of 
the Union League, and the Manheim 
Cricket Club; he is Accounting War- 
den and Superintendent of the Sunday 
School, and Director of the Chapter 
of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of 
the Church of the Saviour; he is also a 
member of the Board of Directors of the 
Franklin Reformatory Home. Address, 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KLINE, Marcus C. L.: 

Congressman (Democrat) of Allentown; 
born March 26, 1855, in Salisburg Town- 
ship, Lehigh County, Pa. ; he attended 
the common schools in the Borough of 
Emaus, Pa., and was graduated from 
Muhlenburg College, June 26, 1874; was 
admitted to practice in the several courts 
of Lehigh County, June 5, 1876; has been 
admitted to practice in the Supreme and 
Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, and 
Federal courts. He was elected City Sol- 
icitor in April, 1877, for tr-» city of Al- 



lentown; served as District Attorney for 
the County of Lehigh from January, 
1887, to January, 1890; was Chairman of 
the Democratic County Committee of Le- 
high during the years 1S95, 1896, 1897, 
1S98 and 1899; served as Director in the 
Second National Bank of Allentown for 
many years, and on Jan. 17, 1901, was 
elected President of the Lehigh Valley 
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and is 
now associated with said institution in 
that capacity. He was married, Oct. 4, 
1881, to Clara M. Keller; elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Allen- 
town, Pa. 

K1VAPP, F. M„: 

President of the "Warren Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Warran, Warren Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

KSAPP, Henry A.: 

Jurist; born in Barker, Broome Coun- 
ty, N. Y., July 24, 1851; he began his 
business career by selling newspapers 
and other articles on a railroad train, and 
later attended the Binghamton Academy, 
and in 1873 began the study of law; he 
was admitted to the bar of Lackawanna 
County, Pa., in 1875, and began practice 
as a partner of Edward Merrifield. After 
a few years of practice he served as 
Judge of the County Courts, to which 
office he was appointed by Gov- 
ernor Beaver; he was made County 
Solicitor in 1890, and held that 
office till 1900, and was Solicitor of 
the. Scranton School District from 1889 
to 1898. He became a member of the 
firm of Willard, Warren & Knapp in 
1892, which firm has conducted a large 
and prosperous business. He was con- 
nected with the National Guard of Penn- 
sylvania from 1877 to 1SS7, when he re- 
tired with the rank of Major; he is Vice 
President of the Title Guaranty and 
Trust Company, and is interested in 
other corporations, while he has long 
been closely connected with the Scranton 
charitable institutions. Address, Scran- 
ton, Pa. 

KNAPPENBERGER, J. Wilson: 

Clergyman, educator; President Allen- 
town College for Women since 1892; born 
in Delmont, Pa., July 31, 184S; was grad- 
uated from Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege, Lancaster, Pa., in 1873; was grad- 
uated from Theological Seminary of Lan- 
caster in 1876. Pastor Reformed Church, 
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for thirteen years; taught two years in 
Mercersburg College. Is a contributor to 
church periodicals. Address, Allentown, 
Pa. ( 

KNEASS, Strickland Landis: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Jan. 7, 1861; was graduated from 
Rugby Academy, Philadelphia, in 1876; 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 
N. Y., 1880. Received practical training 
in mechanical engineering at works of 
William Sellers & Co., Philadelphia. 
Awarded by Franklin Institute John Scott 
legacy medal and premium for meritor- 
ious inventions, 1900. Member of Frank- 
lin Institute. American Society of Me- 
chanical Engineers, and American Rail- 
road Master Mechanics' Association; also 
University and Engineers' Clubs. Con- 
tributor to technical journals. Address, 
1600 Hamilton St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

i 
KNEEDLER, "William Lndwig: 

Major United States Army: born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; Assistant 
Surgeon, Dec. 3, 18S3; Major Brigadier 
Surgeon Volunteers, July 30, 1898; hon- 
orably discharged from Volunteers, June 
30, 1S99; Major Surgeon Volunteers, Dec. 
1, 1900; Major Surgeon United States 
Army, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Medical 
Department, Fort Rosecrans, Cal. 

KNEPPER, Chester Mahlon: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 1880; Ensign, 
July 1, 1886; Lieutenant (junior grade), 
April 28, 1895; Lieutenant, May 11, 1898; 
school ship St. Mary's, Nov. 1, 1S98; duty 
with Isla de Cuba, Dec. 30, 1899; train- 
ing ship Brooklyn, since April 11, 1900. 
Address, care Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

KNEPPER, Orlo Smitb: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Somerset, Pa., June 16, 1875; was 
graduated from the public schools there 
in 1891 and entered the United States 
Naval Academy on Sept. 5, 1891; gradu- 
ated in June, 1895; was promoted to En- 
sign in 1897, to Lieutenant, junior grade, 
in 1900, and to Lieutenant Dec. 2, 1902. 
Has served in the United States ships 
Amphitrite, Maine (old), Concord; com- 
manded the Paragua, the New Or- 
leans, and the Baltimore, and since 
Nov. 9, 1901, has been on the 
Prairie; was with Dewey at Man- 



ila and has the Manila medal. In com- 
mand of the gunboat Paragua, in the 
Philippines; received a commendatory 
letter from the Secretary of the Navy 
for conspicious conduct in action in the 
engagements at Ajui, Island of Panay, 
and at Romblon. Address, Somerset, Pa. 

KNIGHT, W. P.: 

Cashier of the Fifth National Bank of 
Pittsburg; born Feb. 11, 1863, in the city 
of Pittsburg; educated in the Sixth 
Ward Public School and the Pittsburg 
Central High School. In 1881 accepted a 
position as messenger in the Fifth Na- 
tional Bank; in 1893 was elected Cashier; 
Treasurer of The Farmers' Trading Com- 
pany, general merchandise stores In 
Westmoreland County, and was Treasur- 
er of the Valley Supply Company stores 
until they were turned over to the Fed- 
eral Supply Company. Address, Fifth 
National Bank, Pittsburg, Pa. 

KNOWL.ES, Archibald Campbell: 

Priest of the Episcopal Church, now in 
charge of St. Alban's Church, Olney; 
born Philadelphia, July 11, 1865; studied 
at the University of Pennsylvania and 
abroad. Was ten years engaged in busi- 
ness in Philadelphia; several years Di- 
rector of Commercial National Bank of 
Philadelphia. In 1S93 he married Mary 
Clements Stocker; was ordained priest 
in 1899. Is author of "The Belief and 
Worship of the Anglican Church," 1895; 
"Turning Points." 1898; "The Triumph 
of the Cross," 1900; "Come Unto Me," 
1901; "Joscelyn Vernon," 1898. Address. 
555 Pelham Road, Germantown, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

KNOX, Daniel Stowe: 

Postmaster; son of William and Al- 
mira Stowe Knox; born at Windsor, 
N. T., Nov. 8, 1831; reared in native 
town until fifteen years of age, when 
he removed with friends to Forest Coun- 
ty, Pa. Engaged in lumbering in Clarion 
and Forest Counties until 1861. when he 
went out with his regiment as Captain 
of Company G, Eighty-third Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers. Served two years, 
during which time he was in nine bat- 
tiest—Big Bethel, West Point, Yorktown, 
Hanover C. H., Gaines's Mills, Malvern 
Hill, second battle of Bull Run, Antlet- 
am, and Fredericksburg; wounded at 
second battle of Bull Run; honorably 
discharged. Located in Oil City and em- 
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ture of lumber. In 1888, went to Tion- 
esta and engaged in merchandise; in 
1874, in lumbering; has held a number of 
commissioned offices since 1870. He was 
married to Elizabeth Spence, June 14, 
1853. Postmaster, 1889-1893, and from 
1897. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

KNOX, Philander C: 

Attorney General of the United States; 
born in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., 
May 4, 1853. His father was David S. 
Knox, a banker of that place, who lived 
there for many years. He was educated 
at Union College. Alliance, Ohio, where 
he first met William McKinley, the late 
lamented President. A strong friendship 
sprang up between them, which proved 
lifelong'. Mr. McKinley advised Knox to 
study law, and the latter decided to do 
so; was graduated from Mount Union 
College in the class of 1872, and went to 
live in Pittsburg, where he entered the 
office of H. H. Swope, then United States 
District Attorney for Western Pennsyl- 
vania, and he afterward studied in the 
office of David Reed. He was admitted 
to the bar in 1S75, and was successful 
from the start, being legal adviser to 
the Carnegie Company and other im- 
portant concerns. Mr. Knox is fond 
of outdoor sports, and has fine horses. 
In the early part of his career he was 
Assistant United States District Attor- 
ney for Western Pennsylvania, but gave 
up the office for private practice. En- 
tered President McKinley's Cabinet April 
5, 1901, succeeding Attorney General 
Griggs. He was a member of the firm 
of Knox & Reed, of Pittsburg Pa. Ad- 
dress, Washington, D. C. 

KOCHERSPERGER, Stephen Morris: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Ca- 
det, Military Academy, June 15, 1892. 
Additional Second Lieutenant, Second 
Cavalry, June 12, 1S96; Second Lieuten- 
ant, Tenth Cavalry. Dec. 11, 1S96; trans- 
ferred to Seventh Cavalry, Feb. 16, 1897; 
transferred to Second Cavalry, April 21, 
1898; First Lieutenant, Seventh Cavalry, 
July 10. 1900; transferred to Second Cav- 
alry. Jan. 30, 1901; Captain, July 30 1902. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

KOESTER, Oscar William: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Naval Cadet, Sept. 26, 1883; resigned. 
Feb. 4. 1884; Naval Cadet. April 5, 1884; 



Assistant Engineer, July 1, 1890; Passed 
Assistant Engineer, June 21, 1896; rank 
changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; 
Omaha. July 25, 1888; Essex, July 28, 
1890; Navy Yard, New York, 1893-1895; 
Cushing, March 14, 1895-1898; Annapolis, 
1S99; training ship Lancaster, May 30, 
1899; Albany, 1900 to 1902; Navy Yard. 
New York, Oct. 20, 1902, to 1904; execu- 
tive officer of the Marietta since April, 
1904. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

KAETHEN, J. Lndvrig Jr.: 

Attorney at law; born Oct. 14, 1852, at 
Augusta, Ga., the son of Julius Ludewig 
and Mary (Young) Koethen; was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Pittsburg, 
Pa., and at Thiel Hall, Phillipsburg 
(Monaca), Beaver County, and the West- 
ern University. He has made a special- 
ty of conveyancing, and was one of the 
founders of the McKee & Koethen ab- 
stract firm and of the Guarantee Title 
and Trust Company, of which he is now 
title officer. Address, 5524 Stanton Ave., 
and 210 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

KOBLER, lieorgpe Henry: 

Physician; born in Abbottstown, Ad- 
ams County, Pa., Feb. 4, 1851, a descend- 
ant on his mother's side of General Jor- 
dan, one of Napoleon's able commanders. 
Educated in the public schools, he became 
interested in the medical profession, and 
by diligence and perseverance earned 
money enough to carry him through the 
Millersville Normal School and the Jef- 
ferson Medical College of Philadelphia, 
where he was graduated in 1867. He then 
became salesman in a wholesale dry goods 
house to earn the money necessary to 
establish himself in practice. His office 
was first opened at 245 Pine Street, and 
two years later at 305 Pine Street, where 
he has since remained. Dr. Kobler be- 
came actively interested in politics as a 
Republican, and took an important part 
in favor of Quay in the State Chairman- 
ship fight. In 1895 he was the anti-com- 
bine candidate for Coroner, and in 1896 
for Select Council. For several years he 
was on duty at the Episcopal Hospital, 
for five years was physician in chief of 
the House of Cons'umptives, and for four 
years was Clinical Professor at the Med- 
ico-Chirurgical College. Address, 305 Pine 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KOONS, IV. C: 

President of the Citizens' Bank of 
Freeland. Address, Freeland, Luzerne 
County, Pa. 



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KOOXTZ, "Willim Henry: 

Lawyer and legislator; born in Somer- 
set. Pa., July 15, 1830; educated in the 
common schools; read law with Forward 
& Stutzman, and was admitted to the 
bar in 1851. He was elected District At- 
torney of Somerset County on the Whig 
ticket in 1856 and was nominated for the 
State Senate in 1857. A delegate to the 
Republican National Convention of 1860, 
he was one of the first to cast his vote 
for Lincoln. He was elected Prothono- 
tary of the county in 1S60, and in 1S64 
was elected to Congress, being re-elected 
in 1866. He was very active during the 
reconstruction period, and was conspicu- 
ous in the impeachment proceedings 
against President Johnson. In later 
years he was active as a political orator 
in election campaigns, speaking widely 
in 1875, 1876. 1880, 1884, etc. Meanwhile 
he carried on a large legal business and 
was concerned in a large number of 
leading cases. In 1S9S he was elected to 
the State Legislature, and re-elected In 
1900, and in his last term was nominated 
for Speaker of the House, being defeated 
by but one vote, though the Senate 
organization, under M. S. Quay, was 
against him. Mr. Koontz is Vice Presi- 
dent of the Somerset County National 
Bank and a director in several railroad 
and coal companies. Address, Somerset, 
Pa. 

KOOSER, Francis J.: 

Jurist; born in Somerset, Pa., June 15, 
1S46; was educated in the public schools, 
in the Millersville State Normal School, 
and the Pennsylvania College at Gettys- 
burg, and taught as principal of the 
Somerset schools and for several terms 
in the Normal School of Somerset Coun- 
ty. After serving as clerk under his 
father, then County Treasurer, he read 
law 'in the office of Hon. TV. H. Koontz 
and was admitted to the bar in 1867, 
being elected District Attorney in the 
next year. In 1875 he was elected Pro- 
thonotary and clerk of the court, the 
business panic of that period rendering 
his term of office a very busy one. As a 
lawyer he was very able and had to do 
with many important cases. On three 
occasions he received the Republican 
nomination for Congress, and in 1890 he 
war, nominated for President Judge of 
the Sixteenth Judicial District. He was 
again nominated in 1900 and was this 
time elected. Somerset County had been 
just before made a separate judicial dis- 
trict. Address, Somerset, Pa. 



KRAEMER, H.: 

Educator; born March 14, 1859, at 
Berleburg, Westphalia, Germany; edu- 
cated in High School, same place. He 
served four terms as School Director in 
Nazareth Borough, and Prison Inspector 
of Northampton County. Married Anna P. 
Mack, Nov. 1, 1SS3. Address, Nazareth, 
Pa. 

KRAEMER, Henry, Ph. D.: 

Professor of Botany and Pharmacog- 
nosy, and Director of the Microscopical 
Laboratory in the Philadelphia College 
of Pharmacy; editor of the American 
Journal of Pharmacy; born in Philadel- 
phia, 1S67; entered Girard College in 
June, 1877, and graduated in 1887; en- 
tered Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 
in 18S6. graduating in 1SS9: entered 
School of Mines. Columbia University, 
in 1S91, graduating in 1895. and receiving 
the degree of Ph. B.; entered Marburg 
University (Marburg. Germany') in 1S96, 
obtaining the degree of Ph. D in 1S97; 
Assistant in Chemistry at the University 
of Pennsylvania. 1888 to 1*90; Instructor 
in Botany in the College of Pharmacy in 
the City of New York, 1890 to i892; Pro- 
fessor of Botany in the School of Phar- 
macy of Northwestern University, 1S95 
to 1S97; Professor of Botany and Phar- 
macognosy, and Director of the Micro- 
scopical Laboratory in the Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy, 1897; editor of the 
American Journal of Pharmacy. 1898; 
member of the Revision Committee of 
the United States Pharmacopoeia. 1900. 
Author of "A Course in Botany and 
Pharmacognosy." "Viola Tricolor." "The 
Structure of the Starch Grain." "On the 
Continuity of Protoplasm." "Crystalline 
and Crystalloids! Substances and their 
Relation to Plant Structure." "The Mor- 
phology of the Genus Viola." "An Ex- 
amination of Commercial Flour," "Quali- 
tative Examination of Powdered Veg- 
etable Drugs." etc., etc. Fellow of the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, and of the Wild Flower 
Preservation Society of America: life 
member International Botanical Society. 
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sci- 
ences. American Pharmaceutical Asso- 
ciation, etc.; member of the Society for 
Plant Morphology and Physiology, the 
Torrey Botanical Club, the Botanical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia 
Botanical Club, etc.; corresponding mem- 
ber Societe de Pharmacie de Paris, etc. 
Address. 145 North Tenth St., Philadel- 
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KRAEMER, Louis F.: 

President of the Colonial Trust Com- 
; pany of Reading; born in Greeneville, 

Conn., July 13, 1S04; educated in com- 
I mon schools, Connecticut and Pennsyl- 
ij vania and State Model School, Trenton, N. 
J J., Palatinate College, Myerstown, Pa. 

Married Miss Ella Hall, June 21, 1877. 

Democrat. Address, Reading, Pa. 

KRATZ, Henry W.: 

President of the National Board of 
I Sichwenksville. Address, Schwenksville, 
Montgomery County, Pa. 

KRAUSKOPF, Joseph: 

Rabbi, lecturer and author; born in 
Ostrow, Prussia, on the 21st of January, 
I1S58; was educated in religious and secu- 
lar branches, in the schools of his native 
place. Came to the United States in 
July, 1872, and became clerk in a tea 
store, in Fall River, Mass. Graduated 
from University of Cincinnati, and as 
JRabbi from the Hebrew Union College, 
in 1S83, the latter conferring upon him 
the degree of D. D.. in 1885. While a 
Jjstudent, he and H. Berkowitz published 
f'The First and Second Hebrew Read- 
ers." and "Bible Ethics." Some time 
(before his graduation he received a call 
(to the pulpit of the B'nai Yehudah Con- 
gregation, in Kansas City, Mo. Life 
member of the Board of National Char- 
ities and Corrections; in 1885 Vice 
President of the famous Pittsburg Con- 
ference. In 1SS7 Dr. Krauskopf accept- 
°il a call to the Reform Congregation of 
Keneseth Israel, of Philadelphia. Seven- 
teen volumes of his lectures have been 
(published in book form since 1888, They 
lembrace every topic in the field of reli- 
gion, ethics and social science. He was 
the chief promoter of the Jewish Publi- 
cation Society of America, which has 
oecome a powerful factor in the devel- 
opment of American Judaism. Dr. Kraus- 
jiopf leads a number of classes, and is 
beard on the lecture platform in all parts 
)f the United States. Author of "A 
flabbi's Impressions of the Oberammer- 
-rau Passion Play," (1901). In 1894 Dr. 
Xrauskopf resolved to visit Russia, to 
ippeal to the Russian Government for 
I lie Russian Jew, and suggest as a 
ineans of relieving the congested popula- 
'ion of the Russian Pale their coloniza- 
[ ion as agriculturists in the interior of 
Russia, toward which the Jews of the 
vorld might extend support. Upon ap- 
plying for the necessary vise endorse- 



ment of his passport it was denied, since, 
as a foreign Jew, he could not be ad- 
mitted into Russia. The reply to the 
Secretary of State for permission was, 
"Russian Government deeply regrets its 
inability to accede to the request in be- 
half of the Reverend Jewish Divine." 
Bills were introduced into Congress to 
the effect that if an American citizen 
is refused entrance into Russia by rea- 
son of his faith, the treaty of the two 
countries should be considered abroga- 
ted. During this agitation he left for 
Russia. Unmolested, he traversed the 
entire country of Russia and made a 
thorough study of the condition of the 
Jews in the Pale settlements and of the 
agricultural colonies in the interior, con- 
cerning which he made a report to the 
late Baron de Hirsch for use at a con- 
ference at Geneva, which was not held 
owing to the death of Baron de Hirsch. 
Peing impressed with the excellence of 
the Jewish Agricultural School at Odes- 
sa, and Count Tolstoi's arguments in 
favor of such institutions, upon his re- 
turn he set to work to found the Na- 
tional Farm School, raising sufficient 
means to buy a farm at Doylestown, Pa., 
near Philadelphia, erect buildings, and 
start the school in 1897. He is its Presi- 
dent. Its object is training of boys for 
practical and scientific agricultural ca- 
reers and fitting them for superintend- 
ents of colonies, to be organized among 
the unemployed or debilitated poor of 
overcroweded cities. It is non-sectarian. 
In 1898 he was chosen one of the three 
Special field Commissioners. His report 
of observations made and relief rendered 
in the American camp and in the Cuban 
battlefields, forms part of the most in- 
teresting heroic records of the late Span- 
ish-American War. Address, 122 West 
Manheim St., Germantown, Pa. 

KREIDER, Andrew: 

President of Annville National Bank. 
Address, Annville, Lebanon County, Pa. 

KREIDER, Charles D.: 

Principal of Linden Hall Moravian 
Seminary; born Dec. 29, 1867, in Lan- 
caster, Pa.; son of William E. and M. 
Josephine Demuth Kreider; was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Lancaster 
and the Moravian College at Bethlehem, 
Pa.; taught at Nazareth Hall, Moravian 
School for Boys, Nazareth. Pa., 1890- 
1896; was instructor at both the Mora- 
vian College and Moravian Seminary, at 



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Bethlehem, Pa., 1896-1S97; appointed as- 
sistant principal of Linden Hall in 1897; 
ordained to the ministry of the Moravian 
Church, 1898. Married Emily A. Ham- 
mer of Philadelphia, 1S98; and was elect- 
ed Principal of Linden Hall the same 
year. Address, Linden Hall, Lititz, Pa. 

KREITLER, Prank X.: 

Manufacturer; son of Bernhart and 
Mary Kreitler; born in the Grand Duchy 
of Baden, Germany, Dec. 4, 1842; was 
educated in the common schools of his 
native country. At the age of seventeen 
he came to America, settling at New 
Rochelle, N. Y. In 1863 went to Brook- 
ville, Pa., where he engaged in his work 
as a barber. Enlisted in Company B, 
211th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry, in 1S64, and served one year in 
the Civil War; at its close, returned to 
his trade at Brookville. By the practice 
of economy he saved money and invested 
in timber lands in Presque Isle, Alcona 
and Lake Counties, Michigan, and in 
large tracts in Jefferson, Elk and Forest 
Counties, Pa.; also in West Virginia and 
in Warren County, Pa., with E. H. Dar- 
rah, Esq. In 1883 he took a special busi- 
ness course at Duff's Business College, 
Pittsburg; subsequently began the man- 
ufacture of lumber, and in 18S6 removed 
to Nebraska, Pa., where he became a 
partner with T. D. Collins. On March 
19, 1904, received the nomination for As- 
sistant Judge of Forest County by the 
Republican party. He was an organizer 
and is a stockholder and Director of the 
National Bank of Brookville, a stockhold- 
er of the Citizens' National Bank of 
Tionesta, stockholder in the Brookville 
Electric Plant, stockholder in the Brook- 
ville Wagon Factory. Is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church; of the 
Jefferson Lodge and Brookville Chapter, 
F. and A. M.. and also of the Grand 
Army of thp- Republic, Post No. 242, of 
Brookville. Address. Nebraska, Pa. 

KRESS, Charles F: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Johnstown. Address, Johnstown, 
Cambria County, Pa. 

KRESS, John Alexander: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born Nov. 4. 1839. in Delmar Township. 
Tioga County, Pa. In 1847 moved 
to Laporte County, Ind.; entered Uni- 
ted States Military Academy at West 
Point in 1858; Oct. 31, 1861, he resigned, 



to accept an appointment tendered him 
by Gen. Jas. S. Wadsworth of New York, 
as First Lieutenant of the Twenty-fifth 
New York Volunteer Infantry and Aide- 
de-Camp to the General. During his 
cadetship, appointed Corporal, Sergeant 
Major and Captain of the Corps of Ca- 
dets; appointed Major of the Ninety- 
fourth New York Volunteer Infantry, 
July 9, 1862, and Lieutenant Col- 
onel, November, 1862. Commanding the 
regiment in the battle of Fredericks- 
burg; detailed as Inspector General of 
the First Division of the First Corps, 
commanded by Brig. Gen. Wadsworth. Ap- 
pointed a Second Lieutenant in the Ord- 
nance Department of the United States 
Army. A short tour of duty at Fort 
Monroe Arsenal, Va., was followed by 
assignment as Chief Ordnance Officer of 
the Army of the James. While so serv- 
ing he was also appointed Lieutenant 
Colonel of the 117th United States Col- 
ored Infantry and given additional duties 
as Inspector General of the Twenty-fifth 
Army Corps; 1S65, was assigned to 
duty at the United States Arsenal at 
Rock Island, 111.; 1867, to the United 
States Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pa.; 1871, 
to the United States Arsenal at Vancou- 
ver, Washington Territory: 1882, to the 
United States Arsenal at San Antonio, 
Texas; 1883, to the United States Arsenal 
at Indianapolis, Ind.; 1SS6, to the St. 
Louis powder depot; 1887, to Benecia Ar- 
senal, California; 1890, the St. Louis 
powder depot; assigned as Chief Ordnance 
Officer of the Army encamped at Chica- 
mauga, Tenn.; served in Cuba as Chief 
Ordnance Officer of the First Army 
Corps and as Chief Ordnance Officer of 
the entire island of Cuba, on the staff of 
Major General Brooke; 1899, again as- 
signed to command of St. Louis powder 
depot, and remained there until pro- 
moted to the grade of Brigadier General 
in the Army, and retired on Aug. 17, 
1903. Married Anne Augusta Muhlenberg, 
daughter of Dr. Henry M. Muhlenberg, 
of Lancaster, Pa., in 18SS. Address, 5030 
Vernon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 






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KRETZ, Herman: 

President of the Ridge Avenue Bank of 
Philadelphia. Address, Ridge Avenue and* 
Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KRIBBS, AVilliam W.: 

Merchant; born in Knox, Clarion Coun- 
ty, Pa., in 1867; son of P. F. Kribbs. : 
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graduated from Gettysburg College in 1886, 
and from the Theological Seminary at the 
same place, in 1SS9; same year he took 
charge of a Lutheran mission in Ells- 
worth, Kansas, and was ordained a Lu- 
theran minister at Atchison by the Kan- 
sas Synod; 1891 accepted a call to Salis- 
, bury, Somerset County, Pa. In 1895, on 
I account of throat trouble, left the min- 
istry and went into business in Marien- 
ville, and is now one of the promi- 
j nent merchants of that place. In 1898 
married Elizabeth Thompson, teacher of 
elocution in Kilmar College, Hagerstown, 
Md., daughter of Rev. A. Thompson. 
Address, Marienville, Pa. 

KRIEBEL, Oscar S.: 

Clergyman and principal of Perkiomen 
Seminary; was born in Hereford, Berks 
County, Sept. 10, 1863. Educated in pub- 
lic schools and taught school for three 
years. A student of Oberlin Academy, 
Oberlin, Ohio; graduate of Oberlin College 
1889, and Oberlin Theological Seminary in 
1892. A student at the University of Ber- 
lin, Germany, during the years 1891-1892, 
and traveled in England, Scotland, and 
Germany during that time; was also a 
student at the University of Pennsylvania 
for several years. Since 1892 pastor of 
the Schwenkfelder Church near Penns- 
burg, Pa. Address, Perkiomen Seminary, 
Pennsburg, Pa. 

KROGH, D. M. F., M. D.: 

Born March 10, 1867, in Altona, Hol- 
stein, Germany; came to United States 
in 1882; entered the Normal School of 
Gymnastics of the N. A. Gymnastic 
Union at Miler, Wis., in 1887, and was 
graduated in 18S8. Has been Instructor 
of Gymnastics since then in Chicago, 
Ills.; Johnstown, Pa.; Wheeling, W. Va., 
and Philadelphia, Pa. Matriculated at 
Jefferson Medical College in 1893, and 
received the degree of M. D. in 1896 from 
this school; passed the State Board of 
Medical Examiners the same year. Was 
assistant in various out-patient depart- 
ments of hospitals for a number of 
years. Address, 1531 S. Thirteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

j KRUESI, Walter Edison: 

Educator; born at Menlo Park, N. J., 
Sept. 3, 1881; son of John Kruesi, the 
noted mechanico-electrical engineer, who 
at that time was the partner of T. A. 
Edison and manager of his laboratory; 
' entered Union College Sept. 13, 1898, and 



University of Pennsylvania Sept. 28, 1902- 
studied shop methods and general man- 
agement at the General Electric Com- 
pany's Schenectady works, July 1899 
to September, 1900; graduated in June', 
1903, from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, receiving degree of B. S. in econ- 
omics; received appointment in June, 
1903, as Harrison scholar in economics! 
University of Pennsylvania; studied Eu- 
ropean industrial methods in Holland 
Switzerland and France, from June to 
September, 1903; August, 1903, received 
appointment as Assistant Instructor in 
Industry and Economics, University of 
Pennsylvania. Address, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

KRUG, Frederick: Valentine: 

Captain, United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania, appointed from District of 
Columbia. Enlisted man, United States 
Navy, June 2, 18S2, to July 22, 1884; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, Eighth Infantry, Oct. 30, 
1884; First Lieutenant, Twenty-third In- 
fantry, Oct. 21, 1891; transferred to 
Twentieth Infantry, Nov. 5, 1891; Cap- 
tain, Feb. 27, 1899. Address, Manila, P. I. 

KRUSEN, Wilmer: 

Physician; born in Bucks County, May 
18, 1869; graduated from Jefferson Medi- 
cal College in 1893; was resident physi- 
cian at the Jefferson Hospital 1893-1894; 
Instructor in Gynecology at Jefferson 
from 1894 to 1903, and assistant Gyne- 
cologist at St. Joseph's Hospital from 
1897 to the present time. He is one of 
the collaborators of "American Medi- 
cine" and was elected in 1903 Pro- 
fessor of Gynecology at the Temple Med-' 
ical College and Gynecologist to the Sa- 
maritan Hospital. Married in 1895 to 
Elizabeth W. Gilbert. Residence, 127 N. 
Twentieth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KUHN. James S.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of MceKesport, and of the Pittsburg 
Bank for Savings. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

KULP, George H.: 

Editor and publisher; born in Reams- 
town, Lancaster County, Pa., Feb. 11, 
1839. A lawyer by profession, he has 
devoted his time largely to the publica- 
tion of legal annals and reports and to 
public duty in Luzerne County, where he 
served in Wilkesbarre as Register of 
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member of the Board of Education, and 
for six years a member of the City 
Council. For thirty-two years he was 
the publisher and editor of the Luzerne 
Legal Register, retiring from the duty 
in 1904. He has also published eleven 
volumes of "Kulp's Luzerne Legal Reg- 
ister Reports," and is the author of "The 
Bench and Bar of Luzerne County," in 
three volumes. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

KUL.P, John S. M. D., Ph. D.: 

Captain Medical Department U. S. 
Army; born March 8, 1866; educated at 
Tale, University of Pennsylvania, and 
University of Berlin. Commissioned First 
Lieutenant, 1893; Captain, 1898; Major 
(Volunteers), 1900. He served in the 
Spanish-American War and in the Philip- 
pine Insurrection. Member of various 
hereditary and military societies, and is 
author of several monographs on medico- 
military subjects. Address, Hotel Nor- 
mandie, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KULP, Monroe H.: 

Business manager; born in Barto, in 
Berks County, Pa., Oct. 23, 1858. When 
he was nine years of age his parents re- 
moved to Shamokin, Pa., where his fath- 
er engaged in the lumber business, in 
which the son followed after a period of 
work in the collieries. Feeling the need 
Of a better education as he grew older, 
he entered the State Normal College at 
Lebanon, Ohio, and afterward a business 
college in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he 
graduated in 1881. He then became book- 
keeper and cashier for the firm of which 
his father was head, and when the firm 
dissolved, in 1S86. he became manager 
of the large lumber interests of his 
father. In 1895 he organized the firm of 
Monroe H. Kulp & Co., adding general 
construction to the lumber business. On 
finding the timber supply rapidly decreas- 
ing he obtained control of about 25,000 
acres of forest land in 1897, and organ- 
ized the Lewisburg & Buffalo Valley 
Railroad Company, of which he became 
President and General Manager. Mr. 
Kulp entered into other business rela- 
tions, becoming President of the North 
and West Branch Telephone Company, 
and a Director in a number of industrial 
concerns. Among his enterprises was 
the purchase, from the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company, of about eighty-seven 
acres of land near Shamokin. on which 
he laid out the two suburbs of Fairview 
and Edgewood. Mr. Kulp is politically 



an earnest Republican, and in 1890, at > 
the solicitation of his friends, consented 
to become a candidate for the Legisla- 
ture. For reasons connected with the in- 
terest of the party, he subsequently 
withdrew, and was rewarded in 1894 with 
the nomination and election to Congress, 
to which he was re-elected in 1896. As a 
member of the House Mr. Kulp served 
on several important committees, con- 
sidering the interests of his constituents 
without regard to party affiliation. Ad- 
dress, Shamokin, Pa. 

KUMvEL, George: 

Jurist; born March 11, 1855, at Harris- 
burg, Pa.; educated at the Harrisburg 
Academy and Franklin and Marshall 
College, Lancaster, at which later he 
graduated in 1876; read law under the 
Hon. John W. Simonton, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1878; was District 
Attorney of Dauphin County from 1886 
to 1892; a member of the House of Rep- 
resentatives, sessions of 1893, 1895 and 
1S97; again elected in November, 1902. 
Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Kl'RTZ, B. Frank: 

City official; born in Willow Glen, Feb. 
4, 1851; was educated at the public 
school and Grammar School of the Dis- 
trict; has held all the local offices of the 
Township— School Director for twenty 
years, and a member of the present 
board, Secretary, for ten years; President 
and Secretary of different organizations. 
Married Laura E. Good, May 1, 1879; has 
acted as administrator, executor, an as- 
signee of estates; conducted, and now 
owns, the Willowglen Roller Mills, twen- 
ty-five years; has crossed the Continent 
and lectured on the trip. Address, Joan- 
na, Berks County, Pa. 

KURTZ, David B.: 

Lawyer; born in Chester County, Pa., 
July 6, 1826. His father, a farmer, re- 
moved to Juniata County in 1840, where 
the son attended the public schools and 
the Mifflinburg Academy. He afterward 
studied law and was admitted to prac- 
tice at the Union County bar in 1849. 
Immediately afterward Lawrence County 
was created and Mr. Kurtz located at its 
countv seat of Newcastle, where he has 
ever since practiced, being the only sur- 
viving member of the lawyers then ad- 
mitted to the bar of that county. He 
quicklv acquired a large practice and has 
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court in Lawrence County, when, in 1SS8, 
he was engaged before the Dakota Su- 
preme Court. His practice has extended 
to other counties and to Ohio, also to the 
United States District, Circuit and Su- 
preme Courts. Mr. Kurtz has taken part 
in many important trials, one of them 
being an equity case for a large sum, 
in which President Garfield acted as his 
associate. He is a Director in the New- 
castle & Beaver Valley Railroad Com- 
pany and the Newcastle Iron Company; 
a stockholder in and attorney for the 
Newcastle & Franklin Railroad Company, 
and Vice President of the National Bank 
of Lawrence County. Address, New- 
castle, Pa. 

KURTZ, J. Ellis, M. D.: 

Physician; born in Juniata County, Pa., 
in 1858; son of Dr. Samuel L. Kurtz; 
acquired his preliminary education in the 
public schools of Reading, Pa., gradu- 
ating from the High School in the class 
of 1872; entered Trinity College, Connec- 
icut. and completed the full academical 
course, receiving the degree of A. B. in 
1877, and of A. M. in 1880; studied medi- 
cine with bis father, and was graduated 
from Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- 
phia, in the class of 1880. Has practiced 
his profession in the city of Reading 
since his graduation. Address, Reading, 
Pa. 

KURTZ, Samuel L., M. D.: 

Physician; born, Sept. 27, 1S32, in Ches- 
ter County, Pa. ; educated in the public 
schools and at Freeland Seminary, Mont- 
gomery County; read medicine with Dr. 
Geiger, of Hurleysville, Pa.; graduated 
in 1854 from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia; commenced the practice of 
medicine in Phcenixville, Pa., and then 
removed to Juniata County, where he en- 
listed at the outbreak of the Civil War, 
in 1861. Mr. Kurtz was assigned to duty 
as Assistant Surgeon at Camp Curtin, 
Harrisburg, and was chosen in March, 
1S62, Assistant Surgeon of the Eleventh 
Pennsylvania Reserves. In June of that 
year he was promoted to Surgeon and 
transferred to the Eighty-Fifth Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and par- 
ticipated in the several engagements be- 
fore Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Has 
been a practicing physician in Reading 
since 1865. Address, Reading, Pa. 

KUTZ, George F.: 

Chief Engineer, United States Navy: 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 



Pennsylvania June 26, 1856. Entered the 
service as Third Assistant Engineer; pro- 
moted to First Assistant Engineer, 1859; 
promoted to Chief Engineer, Nov. 10, 
1861; served continually during the Civil 
War. Retired, June 26, 1896. Address. 
1232 Madison St., Oakland, Cal. 

KYLE, D. Braden: 

Physician; graduated from Jefferson 
Medical College, 1891; Professor Laryngol- 
ogy, same college, and Consulting Laryng- 
ologist in St. Agnes Hospital; Bacteriolo- 
gist in the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hos- 
pital. Address, 1517 Walnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

KYLE, Melvin Grove: 

Clergyman; born May 7, 1858, in Harri- 
son County, Ohio; Scotch-Irish and Ger- 
man descent; graduated from Musking- 
um College, New Concord, Ohio, 1881, 
with degree of Bachelor of Arts; gradu- 
ated from the Allegheny United Presby- 
terian Theological Seminary in 1885; pas- 
tor of the Seventh United Presbyterian 
Church, Philadelphia, at Frankford, since 
May 10, 1886; received degree of Doctor 
of Divinity in 1893; President of the 
Board of Foreign Missions of the United 
Presbyterian Church since 1893. Egypt- 
ologist. Member of Die Vorderasiati- 
schen Gesellschaft, of Berlin, and of the 
Department of Archaeology of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Contributor to 
Archaeological journals. Address, Frank- 
ford, Pa. 

KYLE, William J.: 

Lawyer; born Aug. 26, 1S67, at Milroy, 
Mifflin County, Pa., his ancestors on 
both his father's and mother's side being 
among the very early Scotch-Irish set- 
tlers of Central Pennsylvania; educated 
in the public schools and the State Nor- 
mal School at Lock Haven, Pa.; gradu- 
ated in 1884, and took two years' post 
graduate work. Went to Iowa in 1889, 
entering the law office of Judge George 
W. Paine, of Carroll; graduated from the 
Law College of the State University of 
Iowa in 1895, and began practicing at 
Dubuque, Iowa, in the office of ex-Speak- 
er of the House of Representatives David 
B. Henderson. He returned to Pennsyl- 
vania in 1896, and began to practice law 
in Uniontown, Pa. In 1899 he went to 
Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., in the 
interest of prominent purchasers of ^oal 
lands in that county, where he has sin;e 
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Married, Jan. 3, 1900. to Gertrude B., 
daughter of D. U. Shaffer, of Philadel- 
phia. Republican. For several years he 
was Secretary of the Fayette County 
Committee, and Chairman of the Greene 
County Republican Committee in 1903- 
1904; re-elected for 1904-1905. Is a mem- 
ber of the Board of Trustees of Waynes- 
burg College. Address, Waynesburg, Pa. 



LADNER, Albert H.: 

Magistrate; born near Stuttgart, Ger- 
many, Jan. 4, 1846. When six years old 
his father brought him to America, set- 
tling in Philadelphia, where he was put 
to learn the trade of plumber and gas- 
fitter. While he was an apprentice, at 
the age of fifteen, the Civil War began, 
and the boy made many futile efforts 
to enlist, finally being taken into the 
Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, in 
which his brother was an Adjutant. At- 
tached to the regimental staff during the 
Peninsular campaign, he distinguished 
himself for courage. After the war he 
took an active part in city politics, and 
was a member of the Common Council 
of Philadelphia from 1S70 to 1S76; while 
Councilman he took an active interest in 
educational and other municipal interests; 
was subsequently elected Magistrate, and 
in 1S91 was the Democratic nominee for 
Mayor of Philadelphia, polling a large 
vote. As Magistrate of Court No. 11, 
Mr. Ladner has long played a leading 
part in the minor judicial functions of 
the city. He is Vice President of the 
Board of Magistrates, and belongs to a 
large number of secret societies and other 
associations, and to the Grand Army of 
the Republic. Address, 545 N. Fifth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAFEAN, Daniel FranUlin: 

Congressman (Republican) of York; 
born in York, York County, Pa., Feb. 7, 
1861; educated in the public schools of 
his native city, entering the High School 
in 1876; has been actively engaged in the 
manufacturing business upward of twen- 
ty years, being connected with a number 
of local manufacturing concerns, as well 
as President of the Security Title and 
Trust Company, a leading financial in- 
stitution of Philadelphia; is a Director 
of the Gettysburg College and Trustee of 
the Gettysburg Seminary, Gettysburg, 



Pa. He was married in 1882 to Miss 
Emma B. Krone, and has .three children. 
He was tendered a unanimous nomination 
and elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. 
Address, York, Pa. 

LAIRD, Samuel, D. D.: 

Born in New Castle County, Del., Feb. 

7, 1835; in early life his parents removed 
to Philadelphia, where he was educated, 
graduating from the Central High School 
in 1852, and from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1855; studied law in the 
office of Benjamin Gerhard for two years; 
under the instruction of clergymen of 
Philadelphia prepared for the ministry of 
the Evangelical Lutheran Church, to 
which he was admitted in 1861, and re- 
ceived a call to St. Luke's Church, Phil- 
adelphia. In 1864 he removed to Lan- 
caster, Pa., to take charge of Holy Trin- 
ity Church of that city, and in 1867 was 
called as pastor of the First English 
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pittsburg, 
where he remained twelve years; in 1879 
he went to Philadelphia as pastor of 
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 
which he still continues to serve. He has 
occupied a number of prominent posi- 
tions in the Church, having been Sec- 
retary of the General Council of 
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 
North America, President of the Pitts- 
burg Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church, and President of the Evangelical 
Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania; he 
has been a Trustee of Muhlenberg Col- 
lege, and a member of the Board of 
Directors of the Lutheran Theological 
Seminary at Philadelphia, and Treasurer 
since 1895. In 1901 sent as a delegate to 
represent the Genral Council of the Lu- 
theran Church in North America to the 
General Conference of Lutherans held at 
Lund, Sweden. He is a Trustee of the 
German Hospital of Philadelphia, and a 
Director of the Mary J. Drexel Home and 
Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses; 
he is a member of the Pennsylvania Ger- 
man Society. Address. 1314 Spring Gar- 
den St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAIRD, Warren Powers: 

Architect; born in Winona. Minn., Aug. 

8, 1861; received his preliminary educa- 
tion in Winona, Minn., and took a special 
course in architecture at Cornell, 1885- 
1887; spent several years in the study of 
architecture in the West, in Boston and 
in New York City, and one year in trav- 
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adelphia Nov. 15, 1S93, Clara Elizabeth 
Tuller. Professor of Architecture, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; honorary mem- 
ber of American Institute of Architects, 
I member Architectural League of Ameri- 
ca, Public Art League, Art Club of Phil- 
adelphia, T Square Club of Philadelphia, 
Fine Arts Federation of Philadelphia, 
I' Past President Fine Arts League of 
1 Philadelphia, and member of Public Edu- 
l cational Association. Address, Over- 
brook, Pa. 

LAIRD, William: 

President of the North American Sav- 
ings Company. Adress. Pittsburg, Pa. 

LAMB, James Hart, D. D.: 

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland; there and 
in Philadelphia he received his primary 
and academical education; in 1869 he en- 
tered the Divinity School in Philadelphia, 
and was ordained to the diaconate in 
Trinity Church, Trenton, N. J., on June 
14, 1872; accepted a call to become the 
Rector of St. Peter's Church, Clarks- 
boro, N. J., and was ordained to the 
priesthood in that church on Dec. 3, 1873. 
On April 1, 1878, acceped a call to become 
the Rector of Trinity Church, Mowertown, 
N. J., and remained there until Easter, 
1897. In 1901 took charge of St. David's 
Church, Radnor, Pa., which was built in 
1714. Address, Devon, Pa. 

LAMBERT, Lewis C.J 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Somerset County; 
born in Stonycreek Township, Somerset 
County, Pa., April 29, 1847; educated in 
the district schools; when but a youth 
enlisted as a private in the Fifth Penn- 
sylvania Heavy Artillery, Company K, 
and served until the close of the war; 
after the war returned to his father's 
farm, and was for many years engaged 
in the lumbering and charcoal business; 
is at present engaged in buying and sell- 
ing coal land; served as School Director 
and Committeeman in Stonycreek Town- 
ship; was the first Postmaster of Lam- 
bertsville, having been appointed under 
President Garfield; is a member of the 
G. A. R. ; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Lambertsville, Pa. 

LAMBERT, William H.: 

Manager for Pennsylvania of the 
Mutual Life Insurance Company of 
New York; born in Reading, Pa., May 9, 



1842; was graduated from the Central 
High School, Philadelphia, 1859; enlisted 
Aug. 18, 1862, as private in the Fifteenth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry; discharged Nov. 
24, 1862, to accept commission as Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant of the Twenty-sev- 
enth New Jersey Volunteers; mustered 
out at expiration of term of regiment, 
July 2, 1863. Appointed First Lieutenant 
and Adjutant of the Twenty-third New 
Jersey Volunteers; commissioned Captain 
Jan. 13, 1864; brevetted Major March 13, 
1S65; mustered out July 17, 1865; received 
medal of honor. He entered the Phila- 
delphia General Agency of the Mutual 
Life, 1S66; partner in management 1872; 
General Agent 18S7; manager 1901. Pres- 
ident Department of Charities and Cor- 
rection, Philadelphia, 1S92-1899; member 
of Board of Directors of City Trusts 
since June, 1899; Director of the Union 
League 1901-1904; Secretary 1903-1904; 
member of Council of Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania; member of Board of 
Trustees of the Free Library of Philadel- 
phia; member of Grand Army of the 
Republic, also of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion of United States; Di- 
rector of Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit 
and Insurance Company; collector of 
Lincoln and Thackeray Literature. Ad- 
dress, Germantown, Pa. 

LAMBERTOJi, Benjamin Peffer: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania Sept. 
21, 1861; Naval Academy, 1861-1865; at- 
tached to steam sloop Susquehanna, Bra- 
zil Squadron, 1865-1866; steam sloop Ju- 
niata, South Atlantic Squadron, 1866- 
1S67; promoted to Master, Dec. 1, 1866; 
Saratoga, 1867-1869; commissioned as a 
Lieutenant, March 12, 1S67; commissioned 
as Lieutenant Commander, Dec. 18, 1868; 
Mohican, Pacific Fleet, 1S70-1872; Dic- 
tator, North Atlantic Fleet, 1873-1874;. 
torpedo service, 1875; Navy Yard, Boston, 
1876; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 
1S76-1877; Alaska, Pacific Station, 1877- 
1879; Bureau of Equipment, 1S79-1882; 
Vandalia, North Atlantic Station, 1882- 
18S4; Lighthouse Inspector, 1885-1888; 
promoted to Commander, June, 1885; 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1S8S-18S9; command- 
ing training ship Jamestown, 1889, to No- 
vember, 1891; Bureau Yards and Docks, 
November, 1891, to October, 1894; Light- 
house Inspector, 1S94-1S97; promoted to 
Captain, May 17, 1898; reported for duty 
on Asiatic Station, April, 1898; served as 
Chief of Staff to Admiral Dewey at the 



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battle of Manila, May 1, 1S9S; command- 
ing Olympia, from April 22, 189S, to No- 
vember, 1899; member Lighthouse Board, 
July 2, 1900, to 1903; promoted Rear Ad- 
miral, Sept. 11, 1903; commanding South 
Atlantic Squadron, September, 1903, to 
January, 1904. Address, 1319 N St., 
Washington, D. C. 

LAMBERTOJf, John Porter: 

Editor and author; born in Philadel- 
phia Oct. 22, 1S39; was graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania, 1S58, re- 
ceiving the degree of A. M., 1S61. Mar- 
ried, in 1874. Melvina Vandyke. Taught 
in schools and academies from 1S59 to 
1880; since then in literary work. As- 
sistant in library, University of Pennsyl- 
vania; member of Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania; associate editor of Ameri- 
can Encyclopedia Britannica, 1SS1-1890; 
reviser of Worcester's Dictionary, 1S91- 
1S95; contributor on many subjects to 
Chambers' Cyclopaedia and other works 
of reference. Author of "Historic Char- 
acters and Famous Events," 1S94-1S96; 
"Literature of All Ages," 1897-1S99; "Lit- 
erature of the Nineteenth Century," 1900; 
contributor to various periodicals. Ad- 
dress, 753 Corinthian Ave., Philadelphia. 

LAMBERTON, R. G.: 

President of the Lamberton National 
Bank. Address, Oil City, Venango Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

LAMBERTO.X, "William Alexander: 

Educator; born in Philadelphia Nov. 26, 
1S4S; was graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania, 1866, receiving the de- 
gree of A. M., 1869. Instructor of mathe- 
matics, University of Pennsylvania, in 
1867-1S6S; Latin and Greek, Lehigh Uni- 
versity, from 1S69 to 1S73; instructor 
mathematics, 1S73-187S; Professor Greek 
and Latin Languages, 1878-1880; Professor 
Greek, 1SS0-1888; Professor Greek Lan- 
guage and Literature since 18SS, Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania. Edited sixth and 
seventh books of "Thucydides," Harper's 
Classical Series. Address, 4403 Osage 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LANDELL, E. A.: 

President of the Kensington National 
Bank of Philadelphia. Address, Girard 
St. and Frankfort Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LANDIS, Charles I.: 

Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Pennsylvania. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 



LANDERS, Joseph Wells: 

Lumberman and oil producer, son of 
Judson and Bridget Doyle Landers; born 
in Harmony Township, Forest County, 
Dec. 20, 1865; removed with his parents 
to Tionesta in May, 1S81; educated in the 
Tionesta public schools and the Edinboro 
State Normal School. Began work as a 
manufacturer of lumber in 1S94; since 
then has operated two or three saw 
mills, being associated with W. G. Wy- 
man, W. J. Campbell and J. M. Church, 
and is one of the company of Reck, 
Cooper & Co.. He was married to Miss 
Flora Walters July 6, 1896. Has held 
different borough offices, and is at pres- 
ent a member of the Town Council; was 
a candidate for Assembly on the Demo- 
cratic ticket in 1902, and was defeated 
by less than a hunderd votes in a Re- 
publican county of over five hunderd 
majority, whose popular vote does not 
exceed 2,000. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

LANDIS, Irwin P.: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania and appointed from Kan- 
sas; Naval Cadet Sept. 6, 1893; Ensign 
July 1, 1S99; Lieutenant (junior grade) 
July 1, 1902; Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1904; 
Tacoma since Oct. 23, 1903. Address, 
care of Navy Department, Washington. 
D. C. 

LANDIS, Isaae Daniel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Ninth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry Aug. 26, 1861; Corporal Oct. 29, 1S61; 
Sergeant April 1, 1862; Sergeant Major 
May 23, 1863; discharged to accept pro- 
motion June 30, 1864; Second Lieutenant 
Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry July 1, 1864; 
First Lieutenant and Adjutant June 4. 
1865; honorably mustered out July 18, 1865. 
Elected May 4, 1S92. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LANDIS, John B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command - 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal 130th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 8, 1862; discharged for disa- 
bility from wounds received in action 
Feb. 12, 1863; Captain 209th Pennsylvania 
Infantry Sept. 14, 1864; honorably mus- 
tered out May 31. 1865. Elected May 1. 
18S9. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
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LANDIS, Josiah M.t 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
representatives from Montgomery Coun- 
ty; born in Lower Salford Township, 
Montgomery County, Pa., March 20, 1869; 
educated in the common schools of his 
native township; also attended the Mil- 
lersville State Normal School for one ses- 
sion, after which he began teaching, in 
which occupation he is still engaged dur- 
ing the winter, and during the recess 
of the school term he devotes his time 
"wholly to farming; elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, Elroy, Pa. 

LAXDRETH, Burnet: 

Farmer, and head of the firm of D. 
Landreth & Sons, seed merchants; born 
in Philadelphia Dec. 30, 1842; educated at 
the Episcopal Academy and Polytechnic 
College, Philadelphia. Served as an offi- 
cer during the Civil War, being attached 
to the Army of the Potomac. Was Chief 
of Bureau of Agriculture, Centennial Ex- 
hibition in Philadelphia; Director in Chief 
of American Exhibition, London; Cheva- 
lier and Officer du M§rite Agricole de 
France; founder and President of As- 
sociation of Centenary Firms of the 
United States; Vice President of the 
Philadelphia Society of Agriculture; Pres- 
ident Pennsylvania Forestry Society. Is 
a member of Philadelphia Philosophical 
Society, Philadelphia Horticultural Soci- 
ety. Pennsylvania State Agricultural So- 
ciety; honorary member of Society of 
Arts, London; Society of Agriculture 
Chili and Mexico; Royal Society of India, 
Royal Academy of Sweden, Imperial So- 
ciety of Japan, Horticultural of London, 
Agriculture de France, and many other 
foreign scientific societies. Address, Bris- 
tol, Pa. 

LANE, Nathaniel Franklin, M. 1).: 

Born in Hartford, Vt., March 21, 1863, 
of New England, Puritan ancestry; edu- 
cated in Vineland, N. J., High School; 
was graduated from the Hahnemann 
Medical College of Philadelphia in 1891; 
on dispensary staff, Hahnemann Hospital, 
1S91, and junior gynecologist in 1899; 
elected member of the Board of Direc- 
tors of Children's Homeopathic Hospital 
in 1893, and served as Secretary of the 
board for some years. Member of Ger- 
mantown Medical Society, Philadelphia 
County Homeopathic Medical Society and 
Pennsylvania State Society (homeopath- 



ic). Married in 1S87 Naomi Rittenhouse 
Walker of Germantown, Pa. Republican 
in politics. Now practicing medicine at 
1620 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAKER, Frank; P.: 

Brewer; born in Reading, Pa., Nov. 2, 
1852; son of Frederick Lauer, who was 
a pioneer brewer of this country, and the 
first President of the United States 
Brewers' Association. Mr. Lauer was ed- 
ucated in the public schools of his native 
city and in institutions in Germany. He 
learned the brewing business under the 
instruction of his father, and upon the 
latter's death in 1SS3 succeeded him as 
manager of the business he had estab- 
lished. Upon the organization of the 
Lauer Brewing Company, he became 
President and General Manager, and 
still officiates in that capacity, being vir- 
tually the sole owner of the business. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

LANG, Charles Jonas: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Naval 
Cadet, Sept. 6, 1S89; Ensign, July 1, 1895; 
Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; 
Lieutenant, March 3, 1901; Baltimore, 
1893-1895; Asiatic Station, 1895; Naval 
Academy, 1899; Massachuetts, since 1901. 
Address, Navy Department, Washington, 
D. C. 

LANG, Henry Albert: 

Pianist and composer of chamber mu- 
sic, concertos, symphonies, etc.; born in 
New Orleans Oct. 9, 1854; educated in 
Germany; was graduated in music at 
Conservatory of Music, Stuttgart, 1875; 
pupil in composition of V. Lachner. After 
finishing musical studies, traveled with 
the impressario Strakosch as accompan- 
ist of Remenyi and Senora Belocca; later 
taught in music schools in Carlsruhe, 
Riga and Konigsberg, Prussia. Winner 
in prize competitions at Hamburg, Phil- 
adelphia and New York since 1890. Ad- 
dress, 1941 N. Thirty-first St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

LANGE, Charles C: 

Physician; born in Pittsburg, June 10, 
1843; was graduated from the Pittsburg 
High School in the class of 1860; studied 
medicine with his father. In 1S62 enlisted 
in the 103rd Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry, as a Hospital Stew- 
ard, and served in the Civil War until 



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1SC4, when he was taken a prisoner by 
the Confederates; he was finally dis- 
charged and left the service in 1865. In 
March, 1S67, located in Pittsburg. He 
was one of the original members of the 
Allegheny Medical Society. He married 
Miss Birdie Trego of Carlisle, Pa., in 
October, 1S68. Member of the O. H. Rip- 
py Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
and is Past Medical Director of the De- 
partment of Pennsylvania. He is a Re- 
publican in politics. Address, 75 Wash- 
ington Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

LANGFITT, J. A.: 

President of the Bank of Brushton, and 
of the Federal National Bank. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

LAKSON, Freeman R.: 

Merchant and oil producer; born at 
Busti, N. Y., April 14, 1855; son of John 
and Anna Lauson. Began life as a clerk 
in the general store of C. T. Bordwell of 
Bear Lake, Pennsylvania. In 187S en- 
tered the employ of Holeman & Hopkins, 
Pleasantville, in the same capacity; in 
1881 became one of the head clerks in a 
branch store of the same firm at Tiones- 
ta. In 1883 became a member of the 
firm; in 1897 sold his interests to L. J. 
Hopkins and built a grist mill; became 
associated with his brother, Charles L., 
the firm now running as Lanson Bros.; 
also established a mercantile and real 
estate business. For a number of years 
has been interested in the oil producing 
industry, and is a member of the Proper 
Oil Company; is Vice President of the 
Citizens' National Bank of Tionesta, and 
Burgess of the borough. Married April 
12, 18&3, Miss Alice Proper, daughter 
of Hon. J. A. Proper of Tionesta. Ad- 
dress, Tionesta, Pa. 

LANUIS, W. H.: 

Railway and trust company President; 
born at Long Island, N. Y.. Nov. 26, 1843; 
educated in the County Academy of 
York, Pa., engaging as a boy in his 
father's lumber business at York, and in 
1867 starting for himself in the retail 
coal and lumber trade. In 1871 he be- 
came concerned in the wholesale lumber 
business at Wrightsville, and in 1S80 at 
Williamsport. In 1882 he entered largely 
into a real estate operation, handling 
farm lands, upon which is now built one 
of the principal sections of the city of 
York. In 1884 he organized the West 
End Improvement Company, acting as its 



President until it was merged, in 1890. 
into the York Trust, Real Estate and 
Deposit Company, of which he became 
President and manager. He aided, in 
1S86, in organizing the York Street Rail- 
way Company, of which he became Pres- 
ident and manager, and was active in 
the extension to York of the Western 
Maryland Railroad, and in organizing the 
Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway Com- 
pany, of which he became President. He 
is also a Director of the York Hotel Com- 
pany. Mr. Lanius enlisted for service in 
the Civil War at the age of seventeen, 
entering as a private and being mustered 
out in 1S64 as a Captain. In 1867 he or- 
ganized the General Sedgwick Post, G. 
A. R., and was its first Commander. He 
has served as its delegate in many con- 
ventions and encampments, and politic- 
ally as Common Councillor and as dele- 
gate to the National Republican Con- 
vention of 18S4. In 1886, he was active 
in organizing a Board of Trade for the 
city of York, and was its first President. 
Address, York, Pa. 

LAPLACE, Ernest: 

Surgeon; born in New Orleans July 9, 
1861; was graduated form Georgetown 
College, D. O, in 1S80, receiving the de- 
gree of A. M., 1889; and of LL. D.. 1895; 
studied medicine in the University of 
Louisiana, and was graduated in 1884; 
took a course at the Faculty de M6d§- 
cine of Paris in 1SS6; Professor of Sur- 
gery, Medico-Chirurgical College, Phila- 
delphia; Surgeon to Philadelphia and St. 
Agnes Hospitals. Author of numerous 
articles on surgery of the brain, intes- 
tines and antiseptics in medical maga- 
zines. Address, 1828 S. Rittenhouse Sq., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAPP, Christian: 

President of the National Bank of Mal- 
vern. Address, Malvern, Chester Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

LAPPE, H. A. I 

President of the J. C. Lappe Tanning 
Company of Allegheny; born in Alle- 
gheny about forty-five years ago; edu- 
cated in that city's public schools, and 
when seventeen years old entered his 
father's (J. C. Lappe's) tannery to learn 
the trade. Shortly after he became ac- 
tive in the company's management, and 
ten years ago he assumed the position of 
President, directing the business since. 
Mr. Lappe was active in the organization 



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of the Central Savings and Trust Com- 
pany of Lawrenceville, of which he was 
also President; was also active in the 
formation of the Franklin Savings and 
Trust Company. Address, 817 North 
Highland Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

LARUE, William E.: 

Clergyman; born at Buffalo Prairie, 
Mercer County, 111., on May 5, 1876; 
educated in the schools in Iowa and 
Illinois; was ordained June 6, 1S98, 
at Canton, 111., to the ministry of the 
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter Day Saints; engaged in evangel- 
istic and missionary work in Iowa and 
Illinois, 1898-1900. In 1901 was assigned 
the pastorate of the Saints' Church, Phil- 
adelphia, in which position he is at pres- 
ent engaged. Address, 156 West Ontario 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LATCH, Edward Biddle: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Lower Merion Township, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa., Nov. 15, 1833; son 
of Gardener and Henrietta Latch (old 
German name Lutz); educated at public 
schools; was at Norris Locomotive works 
1S51-1857. Entered the Navy as Third 
Assistant Engineer, Sept. 20, 1858; Para- 
guay Expedition, 1858-1859; west coast 
of Africa in suppression of the slave 
trade, 1859-1861; Second Assistant En- 
gineer, Oct. 8, 1861; First Assistant En- 
gineer, March 17, 1863. During the Civil 
War, from 1862 to 1864, was attached to 
the flagship Hartford (Admiral Farra- 
gut). Participated in engagements at 
Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the 
Confederate fleet on the Mississippi River, 
Chalmette, New Orleans, Vicksburg, Port 
Hudson, Grand Gulf, Warrenton, Forts 
Morgan, Gaines and Powell, gunboats and 
ram Tennessee at Mobile Bay; East In- 
dian Station, 1865-1S68; Naval Academy, 
1869-1870; West Indies, Greenland and 
European Station, 1870-1872; member of 
Board of Inspection, 1S73-1875; sick leave, 
1876-1877; retired 1878. Originator and 
developer of the Mosaic System of Chro- 
nology, also methods for the recovery 
and elucidation of the history of the 
world by the Mosaic System. Editor of 
The Greater Light, a Philadelphia month- 
ly. Author of "A Review of the Holy 
Bible," 1884; "Indications of the Book of 
Job." 1889; "Indications of Genesis," 1S90: 
"Indications of Exodus," 1892; "Indica- 
tions of Romans" (serial in Greater 
Light, 1900-1901. J. France); "Indications 



of the Revelation of St. John the Di- 
vine" (serial in Greater Light, 1901-1903. 
J. France); "Indications of Leviticus," 
now running in Greater Light; also nu- 
merous papers otherwise in relation to 
universal history. Address, Academy, 
Montgomery County, Pa. 

LATHROP, William Lan&son: 

Artist; born in Warren, 111., March 29, 
1859; educated in Academy at Painesville, 
Ohio; self taught in art. Married Anna 
Burt of Oxford, England, in 18SS. Mem- 
ber of New York Water Color Club and 
the Art Club; associate member of Na- 
tional Academy of Design; winner of W. 
T. Evans prize and Webb prize, gold 
medal, Philadelphia. Address, New Hope, 
Bucks County, Pa. 

LATTA, James William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant 119th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Sept. 1, 1862; Captain 
March 4, 1864; discharged to accept staff 
appointment May 19, 1864; Captain and 
Assistant Adjutant General, United States 
Volunteers, April 20, 1864; honorably 
mustered out Jan. 20, 1866. Address, 801 
Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LATTA, John: 

Lawyer and Lieutenant Governor; born 
in Westmoreland County, Pa., March 2, 
1S36; educated in neighboring academies 
and read law under D. H. Hagan of Pitts- 
burg, continuing his studies at Yale Uni- 
versity; was admitted to the bar of 
Westmoreland County in 1859. He en- 
gaged in the practice of law at Greens- 
burg, where for many years he has 
served as a School Director, giving close 
attention to its duties. An earnest Demo- 
crat, he early became active in party 
affairs, having been a prominent worker 
in his party since I860, and serving as a 
delegate to the Democratic National Con- 
ventions of 1864 and 1872; in the latter 
he voted against the nomination of Hor- 
ace Greeley. He was nominated for the 
Pennsylvania State Senate in 1863, and 
was elected to represent the counties of 
Westmoreland and Fayette. He was a 
member of the House from 1871 to 1872, 
and in 1874 was nominated by the Demo- 
cratic State Convention for Lieutenant 
Governor of Pennsylvania; he was elected 
to this office and filled it in a highly 
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term he has devoted himself to his 
legal practice. Address, Greensburg, Pa. 

LATTA, .loli 11 G.: 

President of the Parkesburg National 
Bank. Address, Parkesburg, Chester 
County, Pa. 

LAIBACH, Cliarles: 

Geologist and archaeologist; born in 
Durham, Bucks County, Pa., Aug. 29, 
1S36; educated in Durham public schools 
and at the Collegiate Institute, Easton, 
Pa., graduating in 1860; studied medicine 
with Dr. H. A. Benton, Saratoga, and 
■with Dr. Jacob Ludlow. Easton, Pa. Mar- 
ried Jane Raub. Lecturer on phrenology 
and delineations of character, and was 
also engaged in farming; began investi- 
gations in geology and archaeology in 
1SG5, and has given his entire attention 
to them since 1870. Corresponding mem- 
ber of the University of Pennsylvania, 
archaeological and palaeontological depart- 
ment; member of Anthropological Club, 
Philadelphia; charter member of Bucks 
County Historical Society. Author of 
"History of Durham Township," 1S87; 
"Geology of Bucks County, Pa.," of 
"Warner's History of Bucks County;" 
"Prehistoric Man in the Delaware Val- 
ley," 1880; also various papers and mono- 
graphs on archaeological and geological 
subjects, principally dealing with Dela- 
ware Valley; contributor to various sci- 
entific journals. Address, Riegelsville, Pa. 

LAUBACH, Howard Louis: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania and appointed from Indiana. 
Cadet Military Academy, June 16, 1888; 
Second Lieutenant, Twenty-third Infan- 
try, June 12, 1893; First Lieutenant, April 
26. 1898; Captain, Twenty-sixth Infantry. 
Feb. 2, 1901; transferred to Twenty-third 
Infantry April 24, 1901. Address, Manila, 
P. I. 

LAUFFER, H. A.: 

President of the Manor National Bank. 
Address, Manor, Westmoreland County, 
Pa. 

L\rGIII,T\, George MeCiilly: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
fry of the Military Order of t"he Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant 155th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Sept. 2, 1862; First 
Lieutenant Sept. 2. 1862; Captain Feb. 26, 
1S64; honorably mustered out June 2, 
1865; brevetted Major, United States 



Volunteers. March 29, 1S65, "for gallant 
and meritorious conduct at the battle on: 
the Quaker Road, Va." Elected Nov. 7, 
1883. Address, Woodland Road, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

LAUGHL.IN, William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in Kensington, Pa., Jan. 29, 1848; edu- 
cated in the public schools of Phila- 
delphia ; when sixteen years old enlisted 
in the lS3rd Regiment, Company E. Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers; wounded July 3, 
1864, at Cold Harbor, and was honorably 
discharged on account of the wound: 
has ever since been engaged in clerical 
duties, and at present is employed as- 
Chief Registering Clerk in the Water 
Bureau; was elected to the School Board 
from the Seventeenth Section in 1900 for 
a term of three years; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address. 1327 North Front St., 
Pniladelphia, Pa. 

LAUGHTON, W. A. Ii.: 

Manager for States Pennsylvania, New 
Jersey and Delaware of the Employers' 
Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., 
of London, England; born in Scotland 
April 22, 1S64; educated there; studied 
law for six years with leading S. S. C 
whose practice embraced every line of 
legal work. His insurance career began 
in Boston. Mass., in 1SS9. as assistant in 
claim department of chief office of the 
Employers'; was promoted to other chief 
office positions, and in 1891 appointed to 
present position, maintaining offices in 
Philadelphia. He was married to Har- 
riet E. Gould, daughter of Dr. J. B. 
Gould, a leading physician of West Som- 
erville. Mass., on Dec. 6, 1S92. Member 
of several clubs and of Trades League of 
Philadelphia. Address, 416 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

HITRMJACK, Lnnis J.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia in 1S60. 
Coming from a family of physicians, ne 
chose the same profession, and entered 
the University of Pennsylvania, gradu- 
ating in 1881 from both its Medical and 
Philosophical Departments. He had the 
marked distinction of winning with his 
medical thesis the Henry C. Lea prize, 
and with his philosophical thesis the 
George B. Wood prize. He entered upon 
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after three years devoted himself to dis- 
eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, 
in which he has since been actively en- 
gaged; he is particularly interested in 
the treatment of the ear disorders by 
massage, upon which he has written nu- 
merous valuable papers. Dr. Lautenbach 
has been connected with the eye clinic 
of the German Hospital, the eye and ear 
department of the Philadelphia Dispen- 
sary, the Pennsylvania Eye and Ear In- 
firmary, etc. He is a member of many 
medical, political, social and other as- 
sociations. Address, 1723 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAVELY, Henry Alexander: 

Bookseller and author; born at Pitts- 
burg. Pa.. Jan. 16, 1S31; educated in the 
I common schools, 1S40-150. Married Mary 
j Elizabeth Boothe. Enlisted in the Union 
j Army, 1S61, and served in the field for 
some time. Afterward on duty in the 
I War Department. Republican in politics. 
I Has been a bookseller since 1S74. Mem- 
I ber of the Union League Club. Con- 
tributed poems to magazines and news- 
papers since 1850. Author of "Heart's 
Choice and Other Poems," 1886-1900. Ad- 
dress, 413 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

LAVENS, C. H.: 

President of the Commercial National 
Bank of Bradford. Address, Bradford, Pa. 



LAW, Edward: 

Manufacturer; born at Greenfield. Eng- 
land, in 1S3S; educated at a private 
school, where he showed a strong artis- 
tic talent, especially for monumental de- 
signing. He served for a few years in 
the stone-cutting business, under his 
father, and at nineteen came to America 
and settled in Philadelphia. A few years 
later he became Superintendent of the 
Fales Granite and Marble Works, and 
when Mr. Fales retired he took it up for 
himself in association with Thomas Bar- 
well and Charles A. Barker. They formed 
the Philadelphia Granite and Blue Stone 
Company, of which Mr. Law became 
President, and which rapidly developed 
a successful business, building a large 
number of edifices, some of them of great 
size and importance. The firm developed 
as a specialty the designing and erection 
of mausoleums and cemetery monuments, 
and its designs are widely to be seen in 
the cemeteries of Pennsylvania. Chief 
among them is the George W. Childs 



mausoleum, in Laurel Hill Cemetery, de- 
signed and erected by Mr. Law, and one 
of the finest works of its kind in the 
United States. Many others of great 
beauty might be named. Address, 245 
North Twentieth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAW, Homer Lycnrgus: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
Connecticut, and appointed from Pennsy- 
vania. Commissioned Assistant Surgeon 
July 9, 1S70; promoted to Passed Assist- 
ant Surgeon, June 19, 1875; promoted to 
Surgeon, Aug. 22, 1884. Retired. Decem- 
ber, 1SS6; served during Spanish- Ameri- 
can war. United States receiving ship 
Wabash, Boston, Mass., April 26, 1898, to 
February 7, 1899; recruiting duty, at Buf- 
falo, N. Y.. March 25, 1901. to May 2, 
1901. Oct. 9, 1901, to March 4, 1902, Pan- 
American Exposition and recruiting duty, 
rsavy and Marine Corps, Buffalo, N. T. ; 
Sept. 12, 1902, recruiting duty, Boston, 
Mass., at sub-stations, Providence, R. I., 
and Hartford, Conn. Present address, 
U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, Provi- 
dence, R. I. 

LAWRANCE, James Peyton Stnart: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Philadelphia,, Pa., Aug. 6. 1852. Went 
through the Episcopal Academy, and 
passed the entrance examination to the 
classical course of the University of 
Pennsylvania, in 1869; never attended 
the University of Pennsylvania, but mat- 
riculated at Lehigh University, from 
which he was graduated with degree of 
Mechanical Engineer, 1873; worked in 
the machine shop of John Roach, ship 
builder, at Chester. Pa.; in January, 1875, 
passed the examination, and on March 
22, 1875. was commissioned as Assistant 
Engineer in the Navy; served on the 
United States ship Monocacv, China Sta- 
tion, from 1875 to 1S78; worked at quali- 
tative and quantitative analysis and as- 
saying and physical measurements in 
the laboratories of the University of 
Pennsylvania, from 1878 to 1S79; served 
on the United States flagship Pensacola, 
Pacific Station, from 1879 to 1882, when 
ordered to duty at Washington Navy 
Yard, on the receiving ship: in 1882. made 
a six months' cruise in the Chesapeake 
Bay, as Chief Engineer, on the monitor 
Passaic, which was left at the Naval 
Academy: from 1883 to 1885. in the office 
of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department. 
In 1883 commissioned as Passed Assistant 
Engineer; from 1S85 to 1S89, on board the 



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Juniata, on a cruise around the world via 
Straits of Megellan and Suez Canal; from 
1889 to 1S90 on duty at Navy Yard, Nor- 
folk, Va.; Monocacy, Asiatic Station, 1S90 
to 1894. A member of the American So- 
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, and the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. Clubs: Metropolitan, 
Washington, D. C. ; the Art, Philadelphia, 
Pa.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa.; Fort Mon- 
roe, Old Point, Va; has been thrice com- 
pletely around the world; Homestead 
Steel Works, October, 1894, to 1896. Com- 
missioned Chief Engineer, June, 1896; 
Newport News, July, 1896, to 1897; the 
gunboat Wilmington, May, 1S97, to 1900; 
blockading the Cuban filibusters on the 
Florida coast, and then during all the 
Spanish War; participating in the block- 
ade, communicating with the Cubans, 
convoying and landing troops, cutting 
three telegraph cables, the escort of the 
French steamer Lafayette into Key West 
as a prize, and in the batles of Cardenas 
and Manzanillo. Afterward in the cruise 
up the Orinoco River to Ciudad Bolivar, 
and up the Amazon River about 2,000 
miles to Iquitos, Peru. In October, 1889, 
ordered to the battleship Massachusetts 
in charge of the engineering department, 
where participated in experimental coal- 
ing at sea and squadron manoeuvres. 
In September, 1900, ordered as Inspector 
of Engineering Material, Thurlow, Pa. 
Commissioned a Lieutenant Commander 
on March 3, 1899. Married, July 17, 1901, 
Frank Isabelle Glavis, of Washington, D. 
C, daughter of Dr. George O. Glavis and 
Mrs. Loucette E. Glavis. Inspection duty 
at Harlan & Hollingsworth Ship Yard, 
Wilmington, Del.; Bureau of Steam En- 
gineering, April 1, 1902, to February, 1904. 
Commissioned Commander Oct. 11, 1903. 
Inspector of Engineering Material at Car- 
bon Steel Works, Pittsburg, since Feb- 
ruary, 1904. Address, the Homestead Steel 
Works, Munaall, Pa. 

LAWRENCR, Chiirles: 

President of the Pennsylvania Nautical 
school; was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
July 10, 1S37. His father died when he 
was seven months old and his mother 
when he was twelve years of age, while 
acting as a volunteer nurse in the City 
Hospital during an epidemic of cholera. 
At fifteen he became an apprentice to 
the sail making industry, and was en- 
gaged in the business of tent making in 
the United States Arsenal when the Civil 



War began, when he entered the naval 
service as a sail maker. On the sloop- 
of-war Pensacola he took part in Farra- 
gutt's great battles, and was promoted 
for his valor to the rank of Master, an 
unwonted distinction for a sail maker. 
After the war he began the business of 
making sails and flags, later carried on 
by his son. He became a School Director 
and was President of the Board for one 
term; was a member of Common Council 
from 1882 to 18SS, being its President 
after 1884; in 1SS7 was appointed to the 
position of Harbor Master. It was due 
to his efforts that a schoolship was es- 
tablished at Philadelphia, and when a 
Board of Directors was formed for it un- 
der his instigation, he was made Presi- 
dent of the Board. In 1891 he was made 
Superintendent of the Philadelphia Alms- 
house and Hospital, which office he filled 
with much efficiency. He aided in org- 
anizing the Vessel Owners' and Captains' 
Association and was its President for 
eighteen years. Address, 929 Farragut 
Terrace, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAAVREXCE, C. F.: 

Editor; born Nov. 20, 1849, at Plain 
Grove, Lawrence County, Pa.; educated 
at public school and Newcastle, Pa.; was 
County Surveyor of Lawrence County, 
Pa., six years — two terms; Justice of the 
Peace, Grove City, Pa., two terms; held 
other small local offices; President Board 
of Trade, Grove City, Pa., past four 
years. Married Mary A. Barber, Sept. 5, 
1872. Surveyor for thirty years; editor of 
Grove City Reporter, eleven years; pro- 
prietor of Lawrence Printing House; is 
a Republican. Address, Grove City, Pa. 

I,AWRENCE, William Watson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal . 
Legion. Eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Major John J. Lawrence. Elected , 
Nov. 12. 1S90. First class in succession 
March 27, 1S93. Address, 1372 New St., j 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LAWS, Elijah: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Philadelphia. Appointed Third 
Assistant Engineer March 19, 1858; Sec- 
ond Assistant Engineer, Dec. 1, 1860. 
Dismissed May 27, 1863. Appointed Sec- 
ond Assistant Engineer March 31, 1864; 
First Assistant Engineer July 25, 1866. 
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Chief Engineer June 23, 1S70. Retired 
March 20, 1895. Address, 145 Washington 
St., Morristown. N. Y. 

LAY, George: 

President of the Monaca National Bank. 
Address, Monaca, Beaver County, Pa. 

LAZELERE, Nicholas H.: 

Lawyer; born in Bucks County, Pa.; 
March 7, 1851; educated at Lafayette 
College, where he graduated in 1875; aft- 
erward studied law and was admitted 
to the Montgomery County bar in 1877. 
As a lawyer has had great success, and 
won a position of eminence among the 
lawyers of his district, where he has 
gained a large and lucrative practice. 
Aside from the law, he has taken a vital 
interest in other matters, especially in 
education. For many years he has been 
a trustee of the West Chester Normal 
School. He is also connected with busi- 
ness concerns, being a Director in the 
Norristown Title, Trust and Safe De- 
posit Company, in the American Steel 
Casting Company, and the Schuylkill Val- 
ley Traction Company. He is also solic- 
itor for many important corporations of 
Montgomery County, including the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company, the Philadel- 
phia Rapid Transit Company, and others. 
Address, Norristown, Pa. 

LEA, Henry Charles: 

Author; born Sept. 19, 1825, in Phila- 
delphia; son of Isaac Lea and Frances 
Ann (Carey - ); educated at home; was in 
publishing business from 1843 until 1880, 
in house founded in 1784 by Mathew 
Carey, and known successively as M. 
Carey & Sons, Carey & Lea. Lea & 
Blanchard, Blanchard & Lea, now Lea 
Brothers & Co. Author of "Superstition 
and Force." "Studies in Church History," 
"Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celib- 
acy." "History of the Inquisition of the 
Middle Ages," "Chapters from the Rel- 
igious History of Spain," "Formulary of 
the Papal Penitentiary in the Thirteenth 
Century," "History of Auricular Con- 
fession and Indulgences in the Latin 
Church," "The Moriscos of Spain, their 
Conversion and Expulsion." Also many 
pamphlets and articles in periodicals; 
LL. D. of University of Pennsylvania, 
Harvard University, and Princeton Uni- 
versity; Fellow of the Imperial Univer- 
sity of Moscow. He is also a member of 
numerous learned societies in United 
States and Europe. Mr. Lea has in for- 

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ward preparation a history of the Span- 
ish Inquisition. Address, 2000 Walnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LE \, Joseph Tatnall: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Second Lieutenant 114th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Aug. 20. 1862; First 
Lieutenant and Adjutant Aug. 29, 1863; 
resigned and honorably discharged Feb. 
1. 1864. Elected Feb. 4, 1885. Address, 
1016 Stephen Girard Building, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

LEA, Ltutg'don: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Eldest son of Companion First 
Lieutenant and Adjutant Joseph T. Lea. 
Elected Nov. 14, 1900. Address, Mont- 
gomery, W. Va. 

LEA. William, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Private in Independent Battery 
Delaware Light Artillery July 28, 1862; 
Sergeant Aug. 30, 1862; discharged for 
promotion May 18, 1863. Second Lieuten- 
ant Independent Battery Delaware Light 
Artillery May IS, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out June 23, 1865. Elected May 4, 
L892. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

LEACH, Josiah Granville: 

Lawyer; was born at Cape May Court 
House, N. J.. July 27. 1842. After re- 
ceiving a classical education, he engaged 
in journalism. In 1862 he entered the 
Union Army, becoming Second Lieuten- 
ant in the Twenty-fifth New Jersey Vol- 
unteers; studied law and was graduated 
in 1866 at the University of Pennsylvania 
Law Department, Philadelphia. Member 
of the Legislature of Pennsylvania in 
1876; Commissary General of the State, 
1887-1891, with rank of Colonel, and Ap- 
praiser of the Port of Philadelphia, 1889- 
1893. He was a large contributor to Ap- 
pleton's Cyclopedia of American Biogra- 
phy. Author of "Memoranda Relating to 
Anceslry and Family of ex-Vice Presi- 
dent Morton." "Memorials of the Read- 
ing, Howell, Yerkes. Watts, Latham and 
Elkins Families." "History of the Bring- 
hurst Family, with Notes on the Clark- 
son. De Peyster and Bou.de Families," 
"History of the Girard National Bank of 
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Family," and "Chronicle of the Terkes 
Family, with Notes on the Leech and 
Rutter Families; edited the "Journal of 
the Rev. Silas Constant." He was the 
first to suggest that June 14 be recog- 
nized in American annals as "Flag Day." 
He is a founder and the Vice President 
of the Genealogical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, Historiographer of the Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania, and a founder 
and Historian of the Pennsylvania So- 
ciety of Sons of the Revolution. Address, 
733 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEACH, Wilmon AVliilldin : 

Physician; born at Philadelphia, Pa., 
Dec. 2';, 1*70; educated at the Classical 
Institute in that city, and at Heidelberg 
College (English), Germany; matriculated 
at Heidelberg University, and took a 
special course at Harvard University in 
1S87-18S9. He was graduated in medicine 
at the University of Pennsylvania in 
1892, and engaged in practice in Phila- 
delphia after serving several years in 
hospital work; has been resident physi- 
cian of the Eastern State Penitentiary 
of Pennsylvania since 1902; is a member 
of the American Medical Association, and 
the Philadelphia County Medical, Patho- 
logical, Pedriatric. and other kindred so- 
cieties; Harvard Club and the Society of 
May Flower Descendants. Son of Colonel 
Josiah Granville Leach, of Philadelphia. 
Address, 2118 Spruce St>, Philadelphia, Pa 

LEADER, C. C.J 

President of the First National Bank 
of Schuylkill. Address, Schuylkill Haven, 
Schuylkill County, Pa. 

LEARNED, Marion D.: 

Professor of Language and Literature; 
born near Dover, Del., July 10, 1857. He 
is descended from a family that settled 
in Massachusetts in 1632, and whose 
members were active in the Revolution- 
ary War, the War of 1812, and later 
wars. He graduated in 1876 from the 
Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover, 
and in 1SS0 from Dickinson College, Car- 
lisle. Pa., and after teaching languages 
for four years in Williamsport, he took 
a year of study at Johns Hopkins Uni- 
versity, and a subsequent year at the 
University of Leipzig, Germany. He 
served as instructor in German at Johns 
Hopkins 1SS6-18S9, receiving the degree 
of Ph. D. in 18S7. In 1889 he was ap- 
pointed Associate in German; in 1S92, 



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Associate Professor in German, and in 
1895 left Johns Hopkins to accept the 
chair of Professor of German Language 
and Literature in the University of 
Pennsylvania. This chair he still holds. 
Professor Learned is connected with a 
large number of literary and scientific 
societies, and in 1S89-1900 was President 
of the Nationalen Deutsch-Amerikanisch- 
en Dhrerbundes. He founded and is the 
editor of the Quarterly Journal Ameri- 
cana Germanica, and has written various 
treatises, literary and scientific. He is 
a member of the Philosophical and other 
societies of Philadelphia, the Contempor- 
ary Club, I'he Faculty Club, and the 
Junger Msennerchor. Address, 234 South 
Thirty-eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEASON, Mirvin F.: 

Lawyer; born in Leechburg, Armstrong 
County, Pa., Jan. 10, 1854; educated in 
Tuscarora Academy and Princeton Col- 
lege; studied law under W. F. Stewart, 
of Brookville, and was admitted to the 
bar of Armstrong County in February, 
1877. Soon afterward he settled at Kittan- 
ning, where he entered into partnership 
with Hon. George A. Jenks and built up 
an active practice. He was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney in 1879, serving one term. 
He formed a partnership in 1894 with 
James H. McCain, which was dissolved 
in 1901, since which time Mr. Leason has 
practiced alone. He is a member of the 
bar in several counties, in the Superior 
and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and 
in the United States District and Cir- 
cuit Courts. He was married in 1890 
to Hannah R. Reynolds, now deceased, 
and has five children. Address, Kittan- 
ning. Pa. 

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LEDOl'X, Jolm Walter: 

Civil Engineer; born at St. Croix Falls, 
Wis., Aug. 28, I860; son of John Ledoux, 
Canadian French, from Province of Ot- 
towa. Canada, and Wilmina Knox, from 
Scotland, thirty miles south of Edinburg. 
His family were early settlers of the 
Lake Superior mining regions; graduated 
from Lehigh University as civil engin- 
eer in 1S87. In 1895, became a member of 
the American Society of Civil Engineers; 
has made reports on water supplies and 
water powers in nearly every State in 
the Union, as well as Porto Rico, Mexico 
and British Columbia; is the inventor of 
mechanical filter, regulating valve, meter 
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written a number of articles for the en- 
| gineering publications, among- which are, 
; "A Sand Filter Plant," "Proceedings of 
Philadelphia Engineering Club," "A Deep 
I Well Pumping Plant." "Water Supply of 
] Philadelphia"; contributor to Engineering 
Record, New York, and the Philadelphia 
j newspapers. Chief Engineer of the Am- 
j erican Pipe Manufacturing Company of 
! Philadelphia for thirteen years, and Na- 
tional Gas and Construction Company. 
Some of the works designed by him are 
;! the Springfield Water Works, suburbs of 
Philadelphia, Octorara Water Company, 
Lancaster and Chester Counties, Roches- 
ter & Lake Ontario Water Works, the 
j new Charleston, S. C, Water Works, 
Depew & Lake Erie Water Works, near 
Buffalo; Greenville, S. C, Water Works; 
New York Inter-Urban & Consolidated 
1 Water Company of Suburban New York, 
Water Works. Office. 112 North Broad 
|st., Philadelphia. Residence, corner of 
Ogden Ave. and Walnut Lane. Swarth- 
iimore, Pa. 

fLEDWITH, William Laurence: 

Clergyman; pastor Tioga Presbyterian 
Church. Philadelphia; born at Browns- 
ville. Pa., March 14, 1850; graduated from 
[Princeton, 1874, receiving the degree of 



'A. M., 1877; and D. D. 1SS5; graduated 

lifrom Princeton Theological Seminary in 

1S77. Married, October, 1886, Sarah W. 

Cooper; was pastor of Bellevue Church, 

jtLancaster County, Pa., for six years; 

.(South Church, Philadelphia, nine years, 

;pnd of Tioga Church, Philadelphia, since 

Q.S92. Is a member of the Presbyterian 

Board of Publication; twice Moderator of 

Presbytery of Philadelphia; Librarian of 

jlthe Presbyterian Historical Society; three 

times Moderator General Assembly of 

the Presbyterian Church. Contributor to 

j religious journals. Address, 1531 Tioga 

ISt, Philadelphia. 

ILEE, Benjamin: 

Physician; born at Norwich, Conn., on 
3ept. 26, 1833; graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1852, and from 
the New York Medical College, 1856. He 
took a post-graduate course in Europe, 
and upon his return to this country, es- 
tablished practice in New York. Mar- 
•i "cl, April 5. 1859, Emma Hale. Surgeon 
Twenty-second New York Regiment, in 
L862-1863; removed to Philadelphia, 1865; 
iong Treasurer of the Philadelphia Medi- 
al Society; appointed Secretary of the 
Pennsylvania State Board of Health, 18S5; 



President of the American Academy of 
Medicine, 1884; President of Conference 
of State and Provincial Boards of Health 
of North America, 1898; President of the 
American Public Health Association, in 
1898; honorary member of the Societies 
of Hygiene, Brussels and Paris; Presi- 
ident American Orthopedic Association, 
1S91-1S92; Secretary Pennsylvania State 
Quarantine Board since 1893; Professor 
of Orthopedics, Philadelphia Polyclinic, 
1895-1S96; health officer, Philadelphia, 
1898-1899; sanitarian to State Board of 
Agriculture of Pennsylvania. Member of 
Philadelphia Medical Club and Philadel- 
phia Association for Organizing Charity. 
Specialist in orthopiedic surgery and ner- 
vous diseases. Author of "Correct Prin- 
ciples of Treatment for Angular Curva- 
ture of the Spine," 1872; and of tracts 
on massage (translated from German), 
18S5. Was for a time editor of the 
American Medical Monthly. Address, 420 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEE, Edward Clinton: 

Vice President of the Standard Roller 
Bearing Co. ; born Dec. 5, 1857, in Phila- 
delphia; a descendant of the early set- 
tlers of Bucks County, Pa., and Provi- 
dence and Boston; son of Dr. Richard 
Henry Lee, of Philadelphia; and Sarah 
E. Lothrop, of Providence, R. I. Gradu- 
ated from the Episcopal Academy, Phila- 
delphia, 1874; married Miss Mai Philler, 
daughter of George Philler, President of 
the First National Bank of Philadelphia. 
Began business in 1874 with Putnam and 
Earle, bankers of New York, afterward 
with the iron firm of Morris, Tasker & 
Co., Philadelphia, and then for eighteen 
years with the United Gas Improvement 
Co , of Philadelphia, of which he was Sec- 
retary and Treasurer; also of all of its 
various subsidiary gas and electric com- 
panies in about fifty cities of the United 
States. Has been Director in the Wels- 
bach Light Co., Storage Battery Co., the 
Marsden Co., International Smokeless 
Powder Co., De Long Hook and Eye 
Co., Standard Roller Bearing Co., Ameri- 
can Railways Co., Trust Co. of North 
America of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad Co., 
and others. Vice President of several. 
Member of various clubs and historical 
and genealogical and patriotic and art 
societies of Philadelphia and New York; 
also Philadelphia Bourse. Maritime Ex- 
change, etc. Address, Haverford, Pa.; 
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LEE, James W.: 

Lawyer; was admitted to the bar in 
1869 at Franklin, Venango County, Pa., 
one 'of the original oil counties. Mr. Lee 
soon after formed a partnership with 
Mr S. C. T. Dodd. In 1875 Mr. Dodd 
left the firm to become leading counsel of 
the Standard Oil Company. In 1879 Mr 
Lee was elected to the State Senate of 
Pennsylvania, where he remained eight 
years making a hard fight against the 
rebate system on the railroads and in 
favor of a free pipe-line bill. It was largely 
through his efforts that the latter was 
passed in 1S83. Aroused by the hard 
conditions of the oil producing element, 
Mr Lee in 1SS7 became active in the Pro- 
ducers' Protective Association. It was 
he who planned the agreement for the 
shut-down that year, and it was he who 
later was chiefly instrumental in bring- 
ing so large a number of oil men into 
the independent concerns. He was the 
first President of the Producers' Oil Com- 
pany and of the Producers and Refiners 
Company, and from 1897 to 1901 was 
President of the Pure Oil Company. Mr. 
Lee acts now as the chief counsel of the 
united companies. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

LEE, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Battalion New- 
York Sharpshooters Oct. 28, 1862; mus- 
tered out Aug. 5, 1S63; private 203d Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Aug. 7. 1864; Sergeant 
Sept. 5, 1864; First Sergeant Oct. 12, 1864; 
discharged to accept promotion Jan. 29, 
1865- Second Lieutenant 203d Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry Jan. 30. 1865; honorably 
mustered out June 22, 1865. Elected Feb. 
6, 1895. Address, 701 Smithfield St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

LEE, John Clarence, S. T. D.: 

Pastor Universalist Church of the 
Restoration, Philadelphia, Pa.; was born 
in Woodstock, Vt., Oct. 15, 1856; son of 
Rev. John S. Lee, D. D., first President 
of St. Lawrence University; his ances- 
tors were Puritan settlers in the Massa- 
chusetts Bay Colony. He graduated from 
Harvard College in 1878; studied theology 
at the Canton (N. Y.) Theological School; 
was ordained in 1881; held pastorates at 
Perry, N. Y., and St. Albans. Vt.; be- 
came professor in Lombard University, 
Galesburg, 111., 18S4; President of St. 
Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., 
1S96-1S99; called to present pastorate. 



1900; has published sermons and articles 
in the Universalist Leader and other pe- 
riodicals; received degree of Ph. D. from 
St Lawrence University in 1S95; that of 
ST. D. from Tufts College in 1896; is 
a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 
and Vice President of the Pennsylvania 
Peace Society. He was married in 1889 to 
Helena Crumett. of Hyde Park, Mass. 
Address, 1S32 N. Bouvier St., Phladel- 
phia, Pa. 

LEE. William H.: 

Lawver; born Jan. 1, 1849, at Clinton, 
Wayne County, Pa., of English ancestors; 
educated at Delaware Literary Institute, 
Franklin, New York. Taught in the 
common and graded schools seven years. 
Read law with Hon. Samuel E. Dimmick, 
and "Wallers & Bentley. Admitted to the 
bar in 1S74, opened an office in Hones- 
dale Pa.; admitted to courts of adjoin- 
ing ' counties. Superior and Supreme 
Courts of the State, United States Dis- 
trict and Circuit Courts. Counsel for the 
borough of Honesdale eleven years; Dep- 
uy Treasurer of the county three years. 
Chairman of the County Committee five 
years. Married. June 19, 1878, Louise 
E. Wentz, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Repub- 
lican in politics. Address, Honesdale, Pa. 



LEEDOM, Joseph: 

Lawyer; born at Plymouth Meeting, 
Montgomery County, Pa., on the 23d day 
of August. 1853; son of Edwin C. Leedom, 
a noted medical writer and scientist, hav- 
ing designed the first orrery. Mr. Lee- 
dom's mother was a daughter of Peter 
Lukens, a direct descendant of Jan 
Luckin, one of the earliest settlers of 
Germantown. The Leedom family is 
identified with the earliest settlement of 
the country, antedating the year 1700, 
and the earliest records of deeds in Phila- 
delphia show numerous conveyances to 
and from Richard Leedom, his great- 
grandfather. During the Revolutionary 
War the militia of Bucks County as- 
sembled and drilled at Richard Leedom's 
place at the Bear, and the Supreme Ex- 
ecutive Council of the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania by patent in 1786 granted 
Richard Leedom lands in Westmoreland 
County for his services in the cause of 
independence. He was a student in the 
public schools of Philadelphia, and grad- 
uated from the Central High School with 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1S71; 
read law with David Webster, of Phila- 
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University of Pennsylvania, receiving de- 
gree of Bachelor of Laws, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in September, 1874; 
1876, admitted to the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter in 
the United States Courts. He was re- 
tained as one of the counsel of the 
Chestnut and Walnut Streets Passenger 
Railway Company, and Assistant Solicitor 
of the Adams Express Company and tried 
for that company its case against Morrell; 
was retained in important cases outside 
of the State, particularly in New Jersey, 
Ohio and Virginia. Republican in poli- 
tics. He was Chairman of the Senatorial 
convention which first nominated the 
Hon. Boies Penrose as Senator and made 
the nomination speech in the Controllers' 
convention on behalf of Gen. James S. 
Stewart, the candidate for that office. 
He is an honorary member of the Re- 
publican Invincibles; a member of the 
Union League, of Philadelphia, and of 
the Law Association, and a Mason; Presi- 
dent of the Philadelphia and Tonawanda 
Land Company; late a Director in the Ken- 
ilworth Inn Company of Biltmore, N. C. ; 
formerly Director of the Tradesmen's 
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and 
one of the original stockholders of the 
Commonwealth Title Insurance and Trust 
Company. Is married and has a son, Ed- 
win Conover Leedom, now a student in 
the department of arts of the University 
of Pennsylvania. Address, 25 North 
Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEGGETT, Benjamin F.: 

Educator; was born in Chestertown. 
Warren County, N. Y., in 1834. Graduat- 
ed from the Troy University in 1862, 
and from the Wesleyan University in 
1863. Married Sarah Shaw, of Troy, 
N. Y., in 1863. Traveled in Europe in 
1875-1876, and studied at Heidelberg 
University. Has taught in seminaries 
and collegiate institutes in Indiana, New 
York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Rhode 
Island. The last sixteen years of his 
educational work was in Ward Academy, 
Ward, Pa., of which institution he was 
principal and proprietor. He has written 
and published the following books: "A 
Tramp Through Switzerland." "A Sheaf 
of Song," "An Idyl of Lake George, and 
Other Poems," and "The City of Doom." 
He has contributed more or less to the 
leading literary journals of the day both 
in prose and verse. Address. Ward, 
Delaware County, Pa. 



LEHMAN, Ambrose Edwin: 

Civil and mining engineer; born at Leb- 
anon. Pa., May 23, 1851; son of Benja- 
min Bringhurst Lehman, of Germantown, 
Philadelphia; was educated in common 
schools, by private tutors and abroad; 
mainly in Paris, France. Married in Phil- 
adelphia, February, 1SS0, to S. Virginia 
Maull, daughter of Jas. Maull, and again 
in Montbeliand, France, Jan. 28, 1892, to 
Emilie Yvonne Koehler, daughter of 
Capt. M. Koehler, of the Army of France. 
Matriculant of Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, 1883; 1S70-1S73, employed 
as assistant and division engineer on 
Osage Valley & Southern Kansas Ry.; 
Jefferson City, Lebanon & Southwestern 
Ry., Missouri, (now Missouri Pacific Sys- 
tem) ; Maintenance of Way, New Or- 
leans & Mobile Ry. ; Texas & Pacific Ry., 
1873; 1874, entered service of Geological 
Survey of Pennsylvania, and until 1886 
in charge of topographic and geological 
surveys of the South Mountains in Penn- 
sylvania; 1881, in Mexico, in the location 
of the Interoceanic Railway; 1S82 to 1891 
chief engineer location and construction 
Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad; the 
Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Ry., New 
York, 1886-1893; 1889 to 1893 consulting 
engineer, Great Falls Waterpower Co., 
North Carolina; 1S95-1898, member of 
Civil Service Board of Examiners, De- 
partment of Municipal Engineering, Phil- 
adelphia; 1899 to 1901, Engineer in Charge 
of location of the Washington, Westmin- 
ster & Gettysburg Railway. At present 
in general engineering practice, as con- 
sulting engineer and special expert for 
various railway and mining corporations, 
including the Sterling Iron & Railway 
Co., Rockhill Iron & Coal Co., Pennsyl- 
vania Steel Co., Maryland Steel Co., Iron 
Mountain & Greenbriar Ry. Co., etc., etc. 
Surveyed and constructed topographic 
and geological map of South Mountains 
of Pennsylvania, published by the State, 
1885. Author of "Topographical Models, 
Their Construction and Uses," with illus- 
trations: topography of battle field of 
Gettysburg, Century Magazine, 1887. 
"Explorations of the Source and Upper 
Waters of the St. Louis River, Minneso- 
ta," 1S93. "A case of Jurisdiction in Land 
Surveying," 1898. "Iron Ore Beds of 
Potts Valley, Virginia." and various 
other published and private geological 
and mining reports and papers, in the 
United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. 
Member of Engineers' Club of Philadel- 



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phia, American Philosophical Society, 
Unitarian Club, Lebanon County His- 
torical Society and Art Club of Phila- 
delphia. Address, 208 South 43rd St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEIBERT, J. M.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Bethlehem. Address, Bethlehem, Pa. 

LEIDY, Joseph, Jr., M. U.: 

Physician; born April 11, 1866, at Phila- 
delphia; was educated at private schools, 
Central High School, University of Penn- 
sylvania A. B., 18S4; M. D., 18S7; A. M., 
1889; honorman and prizeman of his 
class; 1887, resident physician Hospital 
University of Pennsylvania, 1S87-18S9; 
Pennsylvania Hospital for Insane, 1S89; 
Pennsylvania General Hospital, Pine St., 
1889-1891. Visiting Physician Odd Fel- 
lows Home and Orphanage, 1888. One of 
Assistant Surgeons, Genito-Urinary De- 
partment University of Pennsylvania. 
1891; surgeon pro tern. Howard Hospital, 
1891; surgeon to Hamilton and Philadel- 
phia Dispensary, Physician to Medical 
Clinic. Pennsylvania Hospital; Assistant 
Surgeon Third Regiment National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, First Brigade, 1889. 
Physician to St. Clement's Hospital for 
Epileptics. Assistant Demonstrator of 
Pathological Anatomy and Morbia His- 
tology, University of Pennsylvania, 1S91 
to 1S92. Assistant Demonstrator of An- 
atomy, University of Pennsylvania 1S91, 
Author of various papers in scientific 
and literary journals. Fellow of the 
College of Physicians, Academy of Na- 
tural Sciences, Philadelphia; officially 
represented the United States Govern- 
ment as Juror on Hygiene to the Paris 
Exposition, 1900. The Government of 
France conferred upon Dr. Leidy, the 
decoration of Officer l'lnstruction Pub- 
lique, in recognition of his services. He 
was the official delegate from the United 
States to the International Congress of 
Hygiene and Demographie, 1900; also In- 
ternational Medical Congress, 1S90-1900. 
Member of Loyal Legion, by inheritance; 
American Huguenot Society, Pennsylva- 
nia Historical Society. Sons of Revolu- 
tion, Sons of War of 1812, Sons of For- 
eign Wars, and various medical and sci- 
entific societies; son of Dr. Philip Leidy, 
and Penelope Fontaine-Maury Polk. He 
married Helene Carter, daughter of Will- 
iam T. Carter, Philadelphia. Address, 
1319 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



LEIPER, Edward F.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Naval Academy, June 25, 1875; 
Midshipman, June 22, 1S82; Ensign (jun- 
ior grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, June 
26, 1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), Feb. 
25. 1S93; Coast Survey steamer Arago, 
1S83-1884; Dolphin, special service, 1886- 
1SS9; special duty Electric Lights, De- 
c-ember, 1SS9, to June, 1893; Concord, Asi- 
atic Station. June, 1S93, to 1895; Monte- 
rey. January, 1895-1896. Promoted to 
Lieutenant, November, 1896; ordered to 
Naval Academy, August, 1S96-189S; train- 
ing-ship Essex, April 16, 1S98. to 1901; 
Navy Yard, League Island, Aug. 31, 1901, 
to 1902; Lieutenant Commander Oct. 1, 
1902. Detroit since Sept. 22, 1903. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

LEISHMAN, John M.i 

American Minister at Constantinople; 
born in Pittsburg, on March 2S, 1857, 
where he has always resided; entered the 
office of Shoenberger & Co., iron manu- 
facturers, at an early age; embarked in 
the iron and steel brokerage business 
under the name Leishman <Sr Snyder in 1SS1 
and a few years later entered the firm of 
Carnegie Bros. & Co., as Vice President; 
afterward becoming the President of the 
combined organization known as the Car- 
negie Steel Co., which office he held un- 
til June. 1897, when he resigned in order 
to accept the post as American Minister 
to Switzerland, where he remained until 
1901, at which time he was trans- 
ferred to his present post as American 
Minister at Constantinople. Married, in 
18S0, to Miss Julia Crawford. Address, 
American Legation, Constantinople, Tur- 
key. 

LENAHAN, John T.: 

Lawyer; born at Port Griffith, Luzerne 
County, Pa.. Nov. 15, 1S52; educated at 
Villanova College, Delaware County, Pa., 
graduating in 1870. In 1S97 this insti- 
tution conferred on him the degree of 
Doctor of Laws. He subsequently stud- 
ied law in Wilkesbarre and the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, and was admitted 
to the bar of Luzerne County in 1873, es- 
tablishing an office at Wilkesbarre; he 
quickly became known as one of the 
ablest members of the profession in his 
section of the State, being especially suc- 
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Sessions Court. Aside from the law, he 
was earnestly interested in Democratic 
politics and has several times been a 
delegate to Democratic National Con- 
ventions, and also to State Conventions. 
He has always declined, however, to be 
a candidate for office, the demands of 
his extensive practice being too exacting 
to admit of his taking on himself official 
duties. He is a Director in the Wyoming 
Valley Trust Company and a member of 
the Columbia Club of Wilkesbarre. Ad- 
dress, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

LENXIG, Thompson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Sixth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry Sept. 13. 1862; discharged for pro- 
motion Nov. 20, 1S62; Second Lieutenant 
Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry Nov. 1, 1S62; 
First Lieutenant April 18. 1S63; resigned 
and honorably discharged April 11, 1864. 
Elected April 7, 1S69. Address, Harris- 
burs:. Pa. 

LEONARD, Frederick C: 

United States Marshal; born in North- 
ern Pennsylvania; studied the law and 
was admitted to the bar of Tioga County 
in 1885 and of Potter County in 1887. In 
1892 he entered into partnership with W. 
I. Lewis, the firm enjoying a good prac- 
tice till 1S94, when a contest for the Con- 
gressional nomination began between Mr. 
Lewis and Hon. Horace B. Parker. In 
the end both withdrew and Mr. Leonard 
was nominated and elected. About a year 
later the firm of Lewis & Leonard was 
dissolved, and after the end of his Con- 
gressional term Mr. Leonard was appoint- 
ed United States Marshal for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania, a position which 
he still holds. Address, Coudersport, Pa. 

LEONARD, J. R.: 

President of the Beaver Trust Compa- 
ny. Address, Beaver, Pa. 

LEONHARDT, Arno: 

Lithographer; born in the Fifth Ward 
of Philadelphia, Oct. 21, 1850; parents 
came to Philadelphia in 1S4S; in 1851 his 
father established himself as a lithograph- 
er; attended Cousins' Quaker Schoool and 
a German School, also Beck's School. At 
the age of fifteen entered his father's 
business and in 1874, at the age of twen- 
ty-four years, became his father's part- 
ner. Continued in the business and has 
had sole control and management of the 



concern since the death of his father. 
Is interested in German societies. Presi- 
dent of the Junger Maennerchor since 
L883. Was the President of the United 
Singers in 1892. and President of the 
Eighteenth National Sangerfest held in 
Philadelphia in 1897. Life member of Ger- 
man Hospital life member of the German 
Society, Fairmount Park Art Association, 
Vice President of the German American 
Alliance, Vice President German The- 
atre Society, member of the Rifle Club, 
Philadelphia Turngemeinde Canstatter 
Verein and other German clubs and so- 
cieties. Secretary of the Columbia Real 
Estate Company of Atlantic City. Is a 
member of Apollo Lodge No. 386, Free and 
Accepted Masons; Keystone Chapter No. 
175, a thirty-second degree Mason of the 
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, a 
member of the Veteran Association of 
Masons and on the Library Committee 
of the Temple. Is a life member of the 
Zoological Society, also member of Phila- 
delphia Lodge No. 2, B. P. of Elks, a 
board member of the Samaritan Shelter. 
Member of the Civil Service Examining 
Board of the City of Philadelphia, and 
a Director in the German-American Title 
and Trust Co. Address, 125 South Fifth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEOPOLD, S. T.: 

<~']ergyman; born Feb. 15, 1851, near Al- 
lentown, Lehigh County. Pa; educated 
Kutztown Normal School and Womelsdorf 
Academy. East Pennsylvania Conference 
Theological Course. Minister of the Gos- 
pel for thirty years. Prior to this, school 
teacher in Berks and Carbon Counties, 
Pa. Married Emma Horn, of Weissport, 
Carbon County, Dec. 24, 1872. Licensed 
to preach, 1875; advanced to Deacon's or- 
ders. 1876; Elder's orders. 1878; served 
Hellertown, Uniontown, Mahony City, 
Tamaqua, Germantown, Norristown, Al- 
lentown. Bethlehem. St. John. Reading, 
Ebenezer and Christ Church at present. 
Been serving as one of the conference 
Secretaries since 1890 continuously and 
editor and publisher of the Conference 
Journal Annual from 1896 to 1902. Also 
on the board of examiners in conference 
a number of years. Address, 1039 Robe- 
son St., Reading, Pa. 

LERCH, Charles H.: 

School principal; born near Easton, May 
21, 1861; was graduated from Lafayette 
College in 1882; studied at Union Theo- 
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versity from 1SS3 to 1SS5. Founded Lerch's 
Preparatory School, in Easton, in 1S85, 
and has been principal to the present 
time. Married Ella Laufer, a graduate of 
Wilson College, in 1891. Address, 315 
high St.. Easton, Pa. 

LESLEY, Robert AY.: 

Cement manufacturer and lawyer; was 
born in Philadelphia, July 5, 1S53; entered 
University of Pennsylvania class of 1871; 
left college in 1868 and went into the em- 
ployment of the Public Ledger in Phila- 
delphia, remaining until 1879 as reporter 
and associate editor; studied law; was 
Assistant State Reporter of the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, and admitted to 
cement firm of Leslie & Trinkle; was 
connected with D. O. Saylor in the up- 
building of the first successful America 
Portland Cement Co., and since that date 
identfied with the Portland cement indus- 
try of the United States, which has grown 
from an annual production of 50,000 bar- 
rels in 1885 to nearly 20,000.000 in 1903. 
In 1SS3, made numerous inventions in the 
industry and founded American Cement 
Company with six works at Egypt, 
Pa. From 1883 contributed numerous 
papers and articles before the Franklin 
Institute, American Society of Civil En- 
gineers, Association of Testing Materials, 
and kindred societies and to publications 
in leading engineering journals in Ameri- 
ca and Europe. President of American 
Cement Company, President of Lesley & 
Trinkle Company of Philadelphia and 
United Building Material Company of 
New York and Boston, past President As- 
sociation of Portland Cement Manufactur- 
ers, Vice President American Society for 
Testing Materials, and member of In- 
ternational Association for Testing Ma- 
terials, Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, 
American Chemical Society, and Associ- 
ate American Society of Civil Engineers. 
Address, 22 South 15th St., Philadelphia. 

LESSIG, George B.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
National Bank of Pottstown. Address, 
Pottstown, Pa. 

LESSIG, William Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion: captain Ninety-sixth Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry Sept. 23. 1861; Major Oct. 1, 
L862; Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 31. 1S62; 
Colonel (a. w. m.) March 13, 1863; hon- 
orably mustered out Oct. 21. 1S64. Elect- 



ed May 1, 1S67. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LELBA, James H., Ph. D.: 

Professor of Psychology and Education 
at Bryn Mawr College, Pa. Member of 
the American Psychological Association 
and of the American Philosophical Asso- 
ciaton, collaborating editor of the Annee 
Psychologique, the Psychological Review 
Bulletin and the American Journal of Re- 
ligious Psychology; born April 9, 1868, at \ 
Neuchatel, Switzerland. Studied at the 
University of that town and received 
Bachelor's degree in 1886. Came to the 
United States the same year and taught 
the French and German languages at St. 
Mark's Academy, Southboro, Mass. Was 
appointed scholar in Philosophy at Clark 
University, Worcester, Mass, in 1892; Fel- 
in 1893 and 1894. Received the degree of 
Doctor of Philosophy at Clark University 
in 1895. Appointed Associate in Psychol- 
ogy and Education in charge of the Psy- 
chological Laboratory at Bryn Mawr Col- 
lege in 1897, with a leave of absence of a 
year spent in study in Germany and 
Paris (1S97-189S). Married in New York 
in 1896. Acquired the American citizen- 
ship by naturalization at Worcester, 
Mass., in 1S97. Author of many contribu- 
tions to experimental psychology, to 
ethics and particularly to the psychology 
of religious life, published chiefly in the 
American Journal of Psychology, the 
Psychological Review, the Monist, the Re- 
vue Philosophique and the International 
Journal of Ethics. Address. Bryn Mawr, 
Pa. 

LEVAN, Jeremiah K.: 

Physician; born in Berks County, Pa., 
the descendant of a French-Huguenot 
family which emigrated to America in 
16S2, settling in New York and removing 
to Pennsylvania in 1712. There the de- 
scendants of the family have since resid- 
ed, as farmers, manufacturers, or mem- 
bers of the professions. After attending 
public school he studied in a military 
academy at Reading from 1851 to 1S55, 
and afterward taught school for several 
years. Selecting the profession of medi- 
cine, he studied for a time under a Kutz- 
town doctor, and then in the University 
of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 
1861. Opening an office in Leesport, Pa., 
he practiced medicine there for ten years, 
.mil afterward removed to Titusville dur- 
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place. In 1S75 he entered upon the prac- 
tice of medicine in Philadelphia, where 
in 1S7S he aided in organizing the Fidel- 
ity Mutual Life Insurance Company, 
whose Medical Director he has since been. 
In 1885 he published a treatise on "Medi- 
cal Examinations for Life Insurance," 
which has had a large sale. He is a 
member of several medical societies, and 
his one survivng son, George F., has 
taken up his father's profession. Ad- 
dress, 733 North Forty-first St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

LEVAN, John P.: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Altoona. Address, Altoona, Pa. 

LEXIS, Paul Lajus: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventy-second Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Sept. 27, 1861; Corporal 
Oct. 31, 1S61; discharged April 9, 1862; 
Second Lieutenant First Battalion Penn- 
sylvania Infantry July 9, 1S63; honorably 
mustered out Oct. 3, 1863. Elected Feb. 
7. 1900.- Address, 160S Christian St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEVY, Louis Edward: 

Inventor; born Oct. 12, 1846, in Stein- 
owitz (now part of the city of Pilsen), 
Bohemia, where the family settled in the 
middle of the sixteenth century; son of 
Leopold and Wilhelmina (Fischer) Levy; 
educated in public school in Detroit; field 
work and study with M. Thelen; topo- 
graphical surveyor, Detroit, 1860-1861; 
took special course in mathematics, Uni- 
versity of Michigan, 1S66-1867; meteoro- 
logical observer for daily publication, 
1863-1868, in Detroit, and 1868-1871 in Mil- 
waukee; pblished new method of micro- 
photography (Scientific American, 1869); 
invented new photo-engraving method 
(Levy type process) at Baltimore, 1873; 
removed to Philadelphia, 1877. Married, 
at .oaltimore, January, 1SS1, Pauline Dal- 
sheimer. Invented Levy line screen, 1887, 
now universally in use for producing half- 
tone engraving (John Scott legacy medal 
and premium for same, Franklin Insti- 
tute, 1897). Invented new process of in- 
taglio engraving ("photo mezzotint"), 
1889; medal and diploma Columbian Ex- 
position, Chicago, 1893, for work "based 
on original researches in the field of 
photo-mechanical reproductive arts"; di- 
ploma and decorative medal Imperial Rus- 
sian Photographic Society, Moscow, 1S96, 



for same; invented new method of etch- 
ing, "Levy Acid Blast," 1S96; Camera 
Obscura, Amsterdam, 1S99 and 1900; El- 
liott Cresson gold medal Franklin Insti- 
tute, 1899; diploma of gold medal Paris 
Exposition, 1900, for invention of acid 
blast; managing editor of English edition 
of Brockhaus's "Bilder Atlas," published 
seven volumes, 1866-1893; part owner and 
chief editor Philadelphia Evening Herald, 
1887-1890, and Philadelphia Sunday Mer- 
cury, 18S7-1S91; edited and published 
"Cuba and the Cubans," 1896; collaborated 
with Cabrera in publication of "Cuba y 
America (New York, 1S97-1S99, now pub- 
lished in Havana). Author and publisher, 
1896, "Business, Money and Credit." Edi- 
tor and publisher Wolf's "American Jew 
as Patriot, Soldier and Citzen," 1S95; au- 
thor and publisher of the Jewish Year. 
Address, 11321 Spring Garden St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa, 

LEVY, Max: 

Inventor; born in Detroit March 9, 1857; 
son of Leopold and "Wilhelmina Levy; 
received education in the public schools 
of Detroit, where he also studied ar- 
chitecture and designing. In New York, 
on Sept. 22, 1885, married Diana Frank- 
lin of Baltimore. Engaged in photo-en- 
graving in 1890. Assisted by his brother 
Louis invented engraved screen, which 
made the introduction of the half-tone 
process an assured commercial possibil- 
ity. Prominent in the development of the 
theory of half-tone process. Received 
John Scott Medal, Franklin Institute; 
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic silver medal, 
and gold medals in Chicago, 1S93; Paris, 
1900, and Buffalo, 1901. Contributed to the 
Photographic Society of Philadelphia in 
1896, Paper and Press in 1891, 1895 and 
1896, and from time to time articles for 
photo-engravers' annuals in this country 
and England. Address, Wayne Junction, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, David Oldham: 

Medical Inspector United States Navy; 
born in England; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Assistant Surgeon, April S, 
1874; Passed Assistant Surgeon, Nov. 22, 
1S78; promoted to Surgeon, Jan. 22, 1891; 
was attached to the Hartford in the 
operations against Santiago de Cuba dur- 
ing the Spanish-American War; appoint- 
ed Medical Inspector, Jan. 4, 1903; New 
York, Fleet Sm-geon of the Pacific Squad- 
ron, since September, 1903. Address, care 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 



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LEWIS, Francis All>ert: 

Lawyer; born at Philadelphia Oct. 1, 
1S57; son of Francis A. and Anna (Reed) 
Lewis; received his preparatory educa- 
tion at the Episcopal Academy, Philadel- 
phia, 1SG7-1873; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1S77, re- 
ceiving' the degrees of A. M., LL. B., 
1880. Married Blanche McClelland at 
Philadelphia in 18S3. He was admitted 
to the bar in 18S0. Republican in politics. 
Author of "Law of the Stock Exchange," 
1880; notes to eighth edition "Smith's 
Leading Cases," 1882. Address, 2207 St. 
James Place; office, 512 Walnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, Frederick E.: 

Lawyer and Mayor; born in Allen - 
town, Pa., in 1865; educated at the Col- 
legiate and Commercial Institute of New 
Haven, Conn., and at Muhlenberg Col- 
lege; studied law in the office of R. E. 
Wright & Son. of Allentown, and was 
admitted to the bar of Lehigh County 
in 1S8S. He was admitted to the State 
Supreme Court in 1893. Entering earnest- 
ly into Republican politics, he became 
the nominee of his party for Mayor of 
Allentown in 1896. and was duly elected 
by an increased majority. As a Mayor 
his administrations have been highly suc- 
cessful, and as a lawyer he has proved 
himself able and trustworthy and has 
gained an excellent practice. In busi- 
ness affairs he has been closely concerned 
with the Lehigh Telephone Company and 
the Allentown Bridge Company, and or- 
ganized the Merchants' National Bank, 
of which he is President. He is also 
President of the Allentown Board of 
Trade. He was for three years foreman 
and three years President of the Good- 
will Fire Company of Allentown. Ad- 
dress. Allentown, Pa. 

LEWIS, tieorge Albert: 

Merchant and banker; born in Philadel- 
phia July 3. 1829; son of John F. (East In- 
dia merchant") and Eliza (Mower) Lewis; 
educated in Friends' Academy and oth- 
< is. Married, July 1. 1851, Anne Cornelia, 
daughter of Rev. Thomas Larcombe, of 
Philadelphia. Formerly East India mer- 
chant; from July. 1863, cashier of City 
National Bank of Philadelphia; resigned 
March 7, 1900. He is an artist, illustrator 
and genealogist. Member of American 
Philosophical Society, the Numismatic and 
Antiquarian of Philadelphia, Genealogical 



of Pennsylvania, Historical of Pennsyl- 
vania, etc. Address, 1834 De Lancey Place,. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, Granville: 

Captain United States Army; was born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; pri- 
vate Oct. 16, 1855, to Sept. 30, 1860, under 
name of Charles Forester; private, Ser- 
geant and Sergeant Major, Fourth New 
York Infantry, Feb. 8 to May 28, 1S62; 
honorably mustered out May 25, 1863; 
private in general service Feb. 9, 1S64, 
to Feb. 1, 1865; Second Lieutenant. Fifth 
Infantry, May 11, 1866; First Lieutenant 
Jan. 29. 1867; brevetted Captain Feb. 27, 
1X90, for gallant service in action against 
T ndian^ on the Upper Washita River. 
Texas, Sept. 9, 1874, where he was se- 
verely wounded; retired Nov. 30. 1S79. 
Address, 1530 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, <;. Mortimer: 

Lawyer and promoter; born in Wyalus- 
ing. Pa.; educated at Lafayette College, 
where he was graduated in 1873; studied 
law and was admitted to the bar of Lu- 
zerne County in 1875. In addition to the 
important legal practice which Mr. Lewis; 
has enjoyed, he has given a great part 
of his time to the fostering and develop- 
ing of business and industrial enter- 
prises. Among these is the Wilkesbarre 
Electric Light Company, of which he was - 
one of the organizers. His most import- 
ant work in this direction has been 
the consolidation of the street railways 
of Wilkesbarre and vicinity into the 
Wilkesbarre and Wyoming Valley Trac- 
tion Company, of which he was one of 
the original Directors. This system 
brings into one a series of ten or more 
separate railways, with more than sixty 
miles of trackage. In addition. Mr. 
Lewis organized and is President of the 
Mt. Vernon Coal Company, and is a Di- 
rector in the Colorado Marble and Slate 
Companies and the Elk Mountain Rail- 
way Company of Colorado. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

LEWIS. Howard Kenton: 

Lawyer; born at Port Wine, Plumas 
County. Cal., Nov. 21, 1867: educated in 
the public schools of Schuylkill County, 
Pa.; removed to Philadelphia, in 18S5, 
and. after some training in literary and 
journalistic fields, read law and was ad- 
mitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1S92. 
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and member of the Pennsylvania Bar As- 
sociation, Law Association of Philadel- 
phia, Law Academy of Philadelphia, Union 
Republican Club, Lincoln Club, and other 
organizations. Address, 131S Stephen Gi- 
rard Building-, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Delaware Infantry 
April .18, 1S61; mustered out Aug. 6, 1861; 
private First Delaware Infantry Aug. 7, 
1861; Sergeant Sept. 10, 1861; Sergeant 
Major Oct. 2, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion Dec. 20, 1861; Second Lieutenant 
First Delaware Infantry Dec. 21, 1861; 
First Lieutenant Aug. 1, 1S62; resigned 
and honorably discharged Nov. 20, 1863; 
First Lieutenant Eighteenth Regiment 
Veteran Reserve Corps Nov. 21, 1863; 
honorably mustered out Feb. 23, 1866. 
Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, John Frederick: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Sept. 10. 
1S60; son of S. Weir and Caroline A. 
(Kalbfus) Lewis; he was graduated with 
highest honors from Central High School 
in 1879, and received the degree of A. M. 
from same in 18S4; studied law under 
Hon. George M. Dallas, and was admitted 
to the bar in 1882; practiced with Hon. 
Charles Gibbons & Son in the Courts of 
Admiralty. Married in Philadelphia May 
23, 1895, Anne H. Rush Baker, daughter of 
Alfred G. and Henrietta Rush (Fales) 
Baker. He is President of the Mercan- 
tile Library Company of Philadelphia, 
Treasurer of the Genealogical Society 
of Pennsylvania, President of the Young 
American Humane Union, Curator of 
the Prints of the Academy of Fine 
Arts of Pennsylvania, President of the 
Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane 
Society, member of the Council of the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, mem- 
ber of the Numismatic and Antiquarian 
Society of Philadelphia, and one of the 
editors of its Proceedings, Vice President 
of the Merchants' Trust Company of 
Philadelphia, Vice President of the Insur- 
ance Company of the State of Pennsyl- 
vania. Director of the Farmers and Me- 
chanics' National Bank of Philadelphia, 
President of the Roy Consolidated Gold 
Mining Company of Mexico; was one of 
the organizers and is Solicitor of the 
Philadelphia Bourse, Solicitor for the 



Philadelphia Maritime Exchange, Vice 
President of Philadelphia Trans-Atlantic 
Line; Solicitor of the Northern Home for 
Friendless Children; Secretary of the 
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf 
and Dumb, member of the Archaeological 
Department of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, Philadelphia Country Club, Far- 
mers' Club of Chester County, Franklin 
Institute, and Merion Cricket Club. Resi- 
dence in winter, 1914 Spruce St., and in 
summer at "Morstein," Morstein, Chester 
County, Pa. Office, the Bourse Building, 
Philadelphia. 

LEWIS, Samuel IVeave: 

Major United States Volunteers; born 
at Philadelphia, Pa., where his ances- 
tors for years had resided; was an as- 
sociate member of Company A, First 
Regiment (Gray) Reserve Brigade Militia 
of Pennsylvania in 1861, and served as a 
private in Company A. above regiment, 
when Companies A and C were in ser- 
vice, May, 1S62, assisting in suppressing 
riots in Schuylkill County, Pa. In the 
summer of 1862, at the age of eighteen 
years, he recruited Company E, 118th 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the 
Girard House, Ninth and Chestnut Sts., 
Philadelphia, and bore all the expenses 
of raising the company. He was mustered 
in as Second Lieutenant Aug. 20, 1S62; 
severely wounded in the thigh at the 
battle of Shepherdstown, W. Va., Sept. 
20, 1S62, and received a commission as 
First Lieutenant, Company E, 118th Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, bearing 
date of above battle; but not mustered in 
as First Lieutenant till March 9, 1863. De- 
tailed Sept. 12, 1863, Acting-Aide-de-Camp 
on staff of Col. Jos. Hayes, commanding 
First Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, 
Army of the Potomac, and, after some 
service in that capacity, resigned, and 
was honorably discharged for disability 
from wounds and sickness, Nov. 27, 1S63. 
He served on the staffs of Major Gens. 
Charles M. Provost and John P. Bankson 
(commanding Frist Division of National 
Guard of Pennsylvania), as Aide-de- 
Camp, with the rank of Major, from 
Jan. IS, 1S6S. to July 27, 1876, when he 
resigned and was honorably discharged. 
Address, Fourth and Chestnut Sts., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, Sanford O.: 

Manufacturing President; was born in 
Cleveland, Ohio, March 13, 1S47; educated 
in the public schools; became a railroad 



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clerk, and later was interested in min- 
ing operations. After spending some time 
in 1876-1877 prospecting for minerals in 
Central and South America, he went to 
Western Pennsylvania, where he became 
intererested in the development of the 
coal, oil and natural gas of that re- 
gion. In this field of operations he dis- 
played great abilty, and in time became 
recognized as one of the most successful 
men of the region. He is widely known 
in the oil interest as President of the 
Eclipse Refining Company, in which he 
has developed an immense business. He 
is also a Director of the Austin National 
Bank of Austin, Texas; the First Na- 
tional Bank of Franklin, Pa.; the Eclipse 
Printing Company, the Reisenman Chem- 
ical Company, and various other con- 
cerns, and General Manager of the At- 
lantic Refining Company. He is also 
Vice President of the Franklin Natural 
Gas Company, but his time is prinicpally 
•occupied in connection with the offices 
of the Standard Oil Company. He was 
for two years Mayor of Franklin, and 
has served as an officer of the National 
Guard of the State and as Aide-de-Camp 
on the staff of Governor Hastings. He 
is a member of the Union League, the 
New York Club, and the Union Club of 
Cleveland, Ohio. Address, Franklin, Pa. 

LEWIS, Rev. Thomas L., D. D.: 

Born in Glanmorganshire, Wales, March 
7, 1854; in 1863 his parents moved to 
Pennsylvania, and located in Schuylkill 
County; educated in Bucknell University, 
graduating in 1880. He spent three years 
in Crozer Theological Seminary, complet- 
ing the course in 1S83; he was ordained 
to the Baptist ministry Feb. 4, 1883, and 
took charge of the First Baptist Church 
at Bethlehem, Pa., until Oct. 7, 1888. 
On Oct. 14, 18SS, he took charge of the 
Balligomingo Baptist Church till 1S91. 
Since Sept. 20, 1891 he has served the 
Richmond Baptist Church of Philadel- 
phia. Address, 3060 E. Thompson St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, Wilfred: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Philadel- 
phia Oct. 16, 1854; educated at the 
Friends' Central School and the Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology, gradu- 
ating from the latter in 1S75 with the de- 
gree of S. B. M. E. In the employ of 
■William Sellers & Co. for twenty-five 
years, during which time he made ex- 



perimental researches, the results of 
which were reported to the American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1900 
engaged in the manufacture of foundry 
molding machines, assuming the Presi- 
dency of the Tabor Manufacturing Com- 
pany, which position he still holds. He 
is one of the founders of the Engineers' 
Club of Philadelphia; was elected Presi- 
dent for the year 1S91; Vice President of 
the American Society of Mechanical En- 
gineers, 1892-1903. He married, in 1S95, 
Emily Sargent of New York. Address, 
5901 Drexel Road, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS. William Draper: 

Lecturer, author; born in Philadelphia, 
April 27, 1S67; son of Henry and Fanny 
H. Lewis; he was graduated from Hav- 
erford College in 188S, with the degree of 
B. S., and from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1891, with the degrees of Ph. 
D., LL. D.; married, June 22, 1S92, Caroline 
M. Cope, of Germantown. Instructor on 
legal historical institutions, Wharton 
School, University of Pennsylvania; lectu- 
rer on economics Haverford College, 1890- 
1896; edited American Law Register. 
Member Advisory Council of World's Best 
Orations and World's Best Essays; dean 
of the Law Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania since 1896. Author of 
"Federal Power Over Commerce and Its 
Effects on State Action," 1891; "Our 
Sheep and the Tariff," 1891; "Specific 
Performance of Contracts," 1903-1904; also 
numerous articles on legal, economics and 
historical topics for periodicals. Editor 
of Lewis's edition "Greenleaf's Evidence," 
1S96; "Wharton's Criminal Law," 1895; 
Lewis's edition "Blackstone's Commenta- 
ries," 1897; "Digest of Decisions of Unit- 
ed States Supreme Court and Circuit 
Court of Appeals," 1897; "Pepper and 
Lewis's Digest of Statutes of Pennsyl- 
vania," (co-editor) 1896-1904; "Digest of 
Decisoins and Encyclopedia of Pennsyl- 
vania Laws." Address, Thirty-fourth and 
Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LEWIS, William I.: 

Lawyer; born in Potter County, Pa., in 
1S52; educated in Alfred University, where 
he graduated Ph. D. in 1876; studied law 
under Olmsted & Larrabee, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Potter and McKean 
Counties in 1S7S. He opened an office at 
Duke Center, McKean County, and prac- 
ticed there till 1S82, when he went to 
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18S3 became a partner of his preceptor. 
Hon. D. C. Larrabee. Mr. Larrabee died in 
18S9, and in 1892 Mr. Lewis entered into 
partnership with P. C. Leonard, now 
United States Marshal of the Middle Dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania. In 1S94 Potter and 
Clinton Counties indorsed his name as a 
candidate for Congress, but after a dead- 
lock of two months he and his opponent 
withdrew from the contest, and his part- 
ner, Mr. F. C. Leonard, was nominated 
and elected. Several changes of partner- 
ship took place till 1900, since when Mr. 
Lewis has practiced alone, and now en- 
joys a large and lucrative legal business, 
especially in corporation law, his clientele 
including numerous important business 
concerns of the neighboring' counties. He 
rarely deals with criminal cases. Ad- 
dress, Coudersport, Pa. 

LEWIS, William J.: 

Jurist; born in Lackawanna County, 
Pa., Aug. 27, 1843, and educated in the 
public schools of Carbondale, Pa. On the 
outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as 
a private in Company B, 177th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, and served with dis- 
tinction, at one time acting as Regi- 
mental Paymaster. After being honor- 
ably discharged from the service, he 
studied and entered upon the practice of 
law, and in 1S78 w r as elected an Associate 
Lay Judge of Lackawanna County. In 
1885. at the end of his term upon the 
bench, he was nominated for Sheriff and 
elected to that office. Since the close 
of his official duties he has assumed the 
practice of law. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

LIEFELD, (Friedrich Wilhelni) Al- 
bert: 

Clergyman; born in Ludwigsfelde, near 
Berlin, Germany, March 14, 1S31; edu- 
cated in German schools; entered the 
German Army, serving in the Black Hus- 
sars under Emperor William I., 1S51-1855; 
studied divinity, and was graduated at 
Hermansburg, Hanover, Germany, 1861; 
visited South Africa 1861-1865 as a mis- 
sionary of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church; moved to the United States in 
February, 1866. Married July 27, 1S6G, 
Anna Sophia Braunack. He had minis- 
terial charges in Wisconsin, Illinois, In- 
diana and Pennsylvania; is now emeritus. 
Author of "Erntekranz," 1881; "Different 
Teachings on Foreordination," 1SS7; 
"South African Mission," 1895; "A Friend- 
ly Discussion of the Holy Sacraments," 
1S95. Address, Allegheny, Pa. 



LIGGETT, Hunter: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Reading, Pa., 1S57; entered United States 
Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., 
June, 1S75; was graduated June, 1879; 
Second Lieutenant, Fifth Infantry; served 
at Fort Keogh, Mont., from 1S79 to 1S86 
with Fifth Infantry; promoted First Lieu- 
tenant, Fifth Infantry. June, 1SS4; served 
in North Dakota, 1886-1888; Texas. 1888- 
1892; Florida and Georgia, 1892-1897; Ad- 
jutant. Fifth Infantry, 1892-1896; Captain, 
Fifth Infantry, June 1, 1S97; Major and 
Assistant Adjutant General, United States 
Vols., June, 189S; Adjutant General, Third 
Division, Fourth Army Corps, June, 
1N9S. to December, 1898; Adjutant Gen- 
eral, Third Division, Second Army Corps, 
December, 1S98, to February, 1899; Ad- 
jutant General, Second Division, Second 
Army Corps, February, 1S99, to April, 
1899; served in Cuba, April, 1899, to July, 
1S99, with Fifth Infantry. Appointed Ma- 
jor of Volunteers, and assigned to Thirty- 
first Volunteer Infantry, July. 1S99; served 
with the Thirty-first Volunteers in Phil- 
ippine Islands. October, 1899, to June, 
1901, commanding sub-district of Davao. 
Mindanao; Adjutant General, First Sep- 
arate Brigade, Luzon, P. I., December, 
1901, to July, 1902. Promoted Major 
Twenty-first U. S. Infantry, May 5, 1902; 
detailed as Adjutant General and as- 
signed to Department of the Lakes, Chi- 
cago, since September, 1903. Address, Ad- 
jutant General's Department, Chicago, Ills. 

LIGGETT. Sidney 13.: 

Secretary of the Pennsylvania Lines 
west of Pittsburg; born on Fifth Avenue, 
Pittsburg, May 10, 1S49. He is the son 
of John Liggett, who was engaged in 
mercantile life. His mother was a Miss 
Catherine Hutton. His family was one 
of the earliest of Scotch-Irish origin to 
settle in Pittsburg. He was educated in 
the public schools and at the Western 
University of Pittsburg, and, on the con- 
clusion of his studies, he became a clerk 
in a large iron and steel firm, where he 
remained until 1871, when he entered the 
service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany as a clerk in the accounting de- 
partment. His promotion was continu- 
ous until 1881, when he was appointed 
Secretary of the lines west of Pittsburg. 
He is a member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars, and one of the Board of Managers 
of Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the 
Revolution. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 



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LIGHT, Simon P.: 

Railway promoter and lawyer; born in 
Lebanon Aug. 30, 1S61; educated in Le- 
banon Valley College; studied law and 
was admitted to the bar of Lebanon 
County. He soon gained a large clientage, 
including some of the leading corporations 
of the county. An earnest and active 
Democrat, he served his party as dele- 
gate to the national conventions of 1S92 
and 1896. In 1899 he was elected County 
Solicitor, filling this position for three 
years. Aside from his practice he has 
been very active in business affairs. He 
organized and became President of the 
Lebanon Street Railway Company in 1S90, 
■was Secretary of the Pennsylvania Street 
Railway Association, 1892-1S9S, was for a 
time a Director of the Wilkesbarre and 
Wyoming Valley Traction Company, and 
was President of the People's Telephone 
Company until it was sold to the United 
States Telephone and Telegraph Company, 
in which he is a Director. He is Treasur- 
er of the Lebanon Valley Iron Company 
and a Trustee of Lebanon Valley College. 
Address, Lebanon, Pa. 

LILLER, William C.i 

Soldier; born in Louisville, Ky., Sept. S, 
1878; moved with his parents to Lancaster, 
removed with his parents to Lancaster, 
Pa., in 1886; attended private and public 
schools in his native city and at Lancas- 
ter. Pa. ; in 1895 entered upon the study of 
law with Col. H. Frank Eshleman; later 
attended University of Tennessee (Law 
Dept.). Volunteered for Spanish- Ameri- 
can War, and served with the Sixth 
United States Cavalry, participating in 
the campaign before Santiago de Cuba 
under Gens. Shafter, Wheeler and Young; 
with Gens. Wheeler, Gobin, and others 
organized the National Association of 
Spanish-American War Veterans, and 
was its first Adjutant General, serving 
nearly five years with the title of Briga- 
dier General, displaying unusual executive 
ability. He is President of the Liller 
Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Lancas- 
ter, Pa.; also of the Volunteer Publishing 
Company, Inc., and senior member of the 
firm of Liller, Freeman & Co., bankers 
and brokers; enjoys an enviable national 
reputation as an organizer and adminis- 
trator, and is regarded as an authority 
on matters military; is a member of nu- 
merous military and patriotic societies 
and civic organizations. At present he is 
National Secretary of the United States 



Volunteer Association. Address, Lancas- 
ter, Pa. 

LINCOLN, Paul M.: 

Of the engineering department of the 
Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur- 
ing Company of Pittsburg; born at Nor- 
wood, Mich., Jan. 1, 1870. Afterward 
graduated from the public schools and at- 
tended Adelbert College, Cleveland, Ohio, 
for one year, and the Ohio State Uni- 
versity for the succeeding two years and 
a half, leaving at the end of the first 
term of the senior year to accept a posi- 
tion with the Short Electric Railway 
Company of Cleveland, Ohio. By special 
arrangement with the University Faculty 
he was permitted to take examinations in 
the college work from time to time, and 
was graduated with his class in the sum- 
mer of 1892. In December of 1S92 he 
accepted a position with the Westinghouse 
Company, Pittsburg, where he remained 
until February, 1895, when he accepted a 
position with the electrical installations 
of the Niagara Falls Power Company. 
This position he held until May, 1902, 
v .hen he resumed his connection with the 
Westinghouse Company. One of his in- 
ventions, the "Lincoln synchroniser," was 
awarded a bronze medal at the Buffalo 
Exhibition in 1901, and the John Scott 
medal at the Franklin Institute of Phila- 
delphia, 1902. Mr. Lincoln is a member 
of the American Institute of Electrical 
Engineers, the American Electro-chem- 
ical Society, the Franklin Institute, and 
the Engineers' Society of Western Penn- 
sylvania. He is also a Fellow of the Am- 
erican Association for the Advancement 
of Science. Address, 6830 Thomas St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

LINDERMAN, Robert P.: 

President of Bethlehem Iron Company; 
born in Mauch Chunk. Pa., July 26, 1863. 
He was educated in the Mount Pleasant 
Military Academy at Sing Sing, N. Y., 
where he was graduated as valedictorian 
of his class; and in 1884 he was gradu- 
ated Ph. B. from Lehigh University. In 
the same year he entered the house of 
Linderman & Skeer, a large coal operat- 
ing concern, of which his father was the 
senior partner. He soon became familiar 
with the business, and on the death of his 
father, in 1SS5, succeeded him as head of 
the firm. The firm dissolved in 1896, 
their coal mines being exhausted. He 
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! "Valley National Bank at Bethlehem; its 
I Vice President after the death of his 
father, who had long been its President, 
and in 1888 h*> succeeded to this office; 
; he also succeeded his father in 1885 as a 
i Director of the Bethlehem Iron Company, 
and of this also he became Vice President 
(18SS) and President (1890). This great 
company has made an immense progress 
under Mr. Linderman's management, and 
its reputation is world wide. He is con- 
nected with various other manufacutring 
concerns in Bethlehem, and socially is a 
member of various clubs and societies in 
Bethlehem, Philadelphia, New York, and 
elsewhere. Address, Bethlehem, Pa. 

LIXDLEK, John: 

Manufacturer; born in 1859 in Newark, 
N. J., in the homestead which has been 
the residence of his parents ever since 
they settled in America; educated in the 
public schools in Newark, N. J., and in 
the New Jersey Business College. On 
laying aside his books he entered the 
employ of Bannister & Tichner, shoe 
manufacturers in Newark, with whom 
he acquired a practical knowledge of 
shoe manufacturing, thoroughly equipping 
himself for a successful business career. 
In 1SS2 he entered the employ of Rey- 
nolds Brothers, shoe manufacturers, of 
Utica. N. Y., and soon rose to the posi- 
of one of the managers of that firm. 
Later he managed successfully the busi- 
ness of Wade, Buckley & Co., manufac- 
turers, at Port Jervis, N. Y. Six years 
afterward he became Superintendent and 
manager of the Carlisle Shoe Company 
of Carlisle. Pa., where he demonstrated 
his capability by, in three years' time, 
increasing the output of the factory 
sevenfold. This pronounced success en- 
couraged him to try larger and more 
difficult undertakings, and in 1891 he or- 
ganized and had incorporated the Lind- 
ner Shoe Company of Carlisle, Pa., which 
was successful from the start. He is a 
member of the National Association of 
Manufacturers, the National Association 
of Civics, the State Forestry Association, 
the National Trade Exchange, the As- 
sociation of Shoe Manufacturers, the 
Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia, 
the Philadelphia Commercial Museum; 
is locally a member of the Hamil- 
ton Library Association and of the 
Coldwell Post. G. A. R. He is a 
l| Republican in politics. In 189S he was 
ele'-.fed a member of the Borough Coun- 
cil of Carlisle, was elected President of 



that body, and, at the expiration of his 
term as member, was re-elected without 
opposition, and again in 1904 without op- 
position. Lindner Park, a suburb and 
western part of Carlisle, presented to and 
maintained for the city of Carlisle, 1903, 
wherein is planted a collection of all the 
native and other rare trees of Pennsyl- 
vania, shrubbery and plants making a 
beautiful landscape. In religious belief he 
is a Lutheran, and contributes largely to 
thai church and the Christian charities 
generally. In 1884 Mr. Lindner was mar- 
ried to Matilda B., daughter of Charles 
W. and Matilda B. Metz, of Utica, N. Y. 
Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

MSTOSAY, George Brooke: 

Lawyer; born in Delaware County, Pa., 
Aug. 5, 1852; son of John C. Lindsay, of 
Chester, State Legislator in 1830-1831. He 
was educated in the public schools and 
Chester Academy, and read law in the 
office of William Ward and William B. 
Broomall, being admitted to the Delaware 
County bar in 1875. Three years more 
were spent in duties under his preceptors, 
and in 1878 he opened an office for him- 
self. As an attorney he has been chiefly 
concerned in civil cases, and has been 
counsel for numerous corporations, while 
he has acted as Trustee for many large 
estates. He was elected President of the 
Chester Traction Company in 1894, and is 
also President of the Union Railway Com- 
pany of Chester, and a Director in the 
Chester National Bank, the Delaware 
River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine 
Works, the Chester Free Library, etc. 
Address, Chester, Pa. 

LINDSAY, Homer J.: 

Of the Carnegie Steel Company; born 
Dec. 7, 1860. At the age of eighteen 
years he substituted for a telegraph 
operator in the Carnegie employ, and 
later was made Secretary to T. M. Car- 
negie. He was appointed rail salesman, 
and subsequently became a member of 
the firm. Married June 25, 1890, Miss 
Emma Knoederer. Republican in politics. 
Is a member of the Americus, Duquesne 
and Country Clubs of Pittsburg, the 
Transportation, Engineers' and Strollers' 
Clubs of New York City. Address, Car- 
negie Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

LIXDSEY. R. H.: 

President of the Fayette Title and Trusi 
Company. Address, Uniontown, Fayette 
County, Pa. 



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LINDSEY, Wilton M.: 

Lawyer and legislator; born in Warren 
County. Pa., June S. 1S41; educated in 
Randolph Academy, N. Y. ; in 1S62 en- 
listed in the 145th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, but in the following year was 
discharged on account of ill health. He 
studied in the Edinboro State Normal 
School, and on Oct. 1, 1865, was appointed 
Superintendent of the Warren County 
common schools; he was elected to this 
position in 1866, and again in 1869, but 
resigned in 1871, having begun the study 
of law. He was admitted to the bar 
in 1872, and entered into partnership 
with Hon. S. P. Johnson, his preceptor, 
the firm gaining a very large practice 
and conducting some extensive land liti- 
gations. In 1S76 Mr. Lindsey was elected 
to the Pennsylvania House of Represen- 
tatives, in which he did excellent ser- 
vice. He was chairman of the committee 
appointed to investigate the great railroad 
riots of 1877, and was active in legislation 
to bring the statutes into conformity 
with the new Constitution. Mr. Lindsey 
is senior member of the present law 
firm of Lindsey & Parmlee, which con- 
ducts one of the largest and most profit- 
able practices in the western section of 
the State. Address, Warren, Pa. 

LI\EAWEAVER, diaries Pleasants: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion: oldest son of deceased Companion 
Capt. Washington K. Lineaweaver. Elect- 
ed Feb. 6, 1895. Address, 308 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LINE1V, .lames A.: 

President of the Frist National Bank 
of Scranton. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

LINTOX. Eihvin: 

Scientist and educator; Professor of 
Biology at Washington and Jefferson Col- 
lege since September, 1882; born at East 
Bethlehem. Pa., March 14, 1S55; was 
graduated from Washington and Jeffer- 
son College in 1879; took the post-gradu- 
ate course at Yale in 1S81-1882, and re- 
ceived from that college the degree of 
Ph. D. in 1890. Married Margaret Mc- 
Knight of Washington, Pa., in 1885; 
daughter of James I. Brownson, D. D. 
Engaged in scientific work for United 
States Fish Commission at Wodds Holl 
for several years, and in Yellowstone Na- 
tional Park, 1S90; Beaufort, N. C. 1901- 
1902. M"mber of American Society of 



Naturalists; received silver medal at the 
Paris Exposition in 1900. Wrote various 
zoological papers in report of United 
States Fish Commission and United States 
Natural Museum. Address, Washington, 
Pa. 

LINTON. Harvey: 

City Engineer; was born Feb. 22, 1844, 
at West Fallowfield Township, Chester 
County, Pa.; educated at public and pri- 
vate schools and at Westtown, Friends' 
School. In the service of the Pennsylva- 
nia Railroad Company from 1864 to 1874, 
being assistant engineer in charge of con- 
struction of nine miles of the Low Grade 
Division, Allegheny Valley Railroad, and 
in charge of location of railroads con- 
structed in Blair, Clearfield and Elk 
Counties. Pa. From 1874 to 1881 was in 
the lumber business in Bedford County, 
Pa., and in private practice that included 
water power development, water supply, 
and topograhpical and coal mine surveys 
in Central Pennsylvania. In 1881 and 
L882 was assistant and principal assistant 
engineer on reconstruction of the Pitts- 
burg and Western Railroad; in private 
practice at Reynoldsville, Pa., in 1882 and 
1883; was assistant engineer on surveys 
for new water supply for Philadelphia, 
1SS3-18S6, under Rudolph Hering. engi- 
neer in charge of surveys. In 18S6-1SS7 
opened office in Philadelphia for general 
practice; 1SS7-1888 principal assistant en- 
gineer on reconnoissance surveys and 
railroad location, Norfolk and Western 
Railroad; 1SSS to present time. City En- 
gineer, Altoona, Pa. Became a member 
of the American Society of Civil Engineers 
in 1S92. Address, Altoona, Pa. 

LIPPINCOTT, Craifte: 

Publisher; born in Philadelphia Nov. 4. 
1846, the son of Joshua B. Lippincott, 
head of the well known publishing firm 
of J. B. Lippincott & Co. Mr. Lippincott 
was educated in the University of Penn- 
sylvania and in European institutions, 
and entered his father's publishing house 
in 1S66. In 1871 he married Sallie E. 
Bucknell. In 1SS5 the publishing house, 
then with a very large book publishing 
and book and stationery selling business, 
was incorporated as the J. B. Lippincott 
Co. In the following year Joshua B. 
Lippincott died, and his son succeeded 
nim as President of the company, two 
brothers, Walter and Bertram, being the 
other official members of the company. 
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stroyed by fire in 1S99, but has been re- 
placed by a thoroughly adapted book 
manufactory and business structure at 
227-223 E. Washington Square, Phila- 
delphia. Mr. Lippincott is a member of 
the Mayflower Descendants, Sons of the 
Revolution. Union League, and the Art 
and Rittenhouse Clubs. Address, 218 W. 
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LIPPINCOTT, Henry C: 

Manager of agencies for the Penn Mu- 
tual Life Insurance Company; born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., April 12, 18 44; he was 
graduated from the Central High School 
of that city; was admitted to the Phila- 
delphia bar in May, 1865, and practiced 
law until 1869, when he removed to Colo- 
rado, where he taught school and wrote 
for newspapers. He entered the insur- 
ance business in the employ of the Penn 
Mutual in February, 1874, and served in 
various capacities until he was appoint- 
ed manager of agencies in Janauary, 1888. 
He is active in everything that pertains 
to life insurance. His contributions to the 
business have been many and influential, 
and he has been in frequent request as 
a speaker by various associations. He 
has made the excellent canvassing mate- 
rial of the Penn Mutual, and has had 
much to do with its development as a 
company. Address. 1421 North Seven- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LIPPINCOTT, James A.: 

Eye and ear specialist of Pittsburg; 
born May 31, 1847, in New Glasgow, Pic- 
tou. Province of Nova Scotia; studied 
in the grammar schools, and in 1S67 was 
graduated from Dalhousie University, 
Halifax. For two years he taught in the 
Pictou Academy, then took up the study 
of medicine. In 1873 was graduated from 
Jefferson College of Medicine, Philadel- 
phia; was elected resident physician to 
the Willis Eye Hospital, and a year later 
went to the Pennsylvania Hospital. In 
1876 began private practice in the Quak- 
er City, and served on the medical staff 
of the Children's and also the Presbyte- 
rian Hospital. In 1S77 he removed to Pitts- 
burg, and has since been identified prom- 
inently with the eye and ear department 
of the Pittsburg Free Dispensary; was 
Ophthalmic and Aural Surgeon to Mercy 
Hospital, and held a similar position at 
the Allegheny Hospital and other char- 
itable institutions and asylums. Author 
of many scientific papers, interested in 



civic work in the city, and prominently 
connected with various medical societies 
of the country. Address, 5033 Castleman 
St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

LIPPINCOTT. Joshua Bertram: 

Publisher; born in Montgomery County, 
Pa., Aug. 24, 1857; son of Joshua Bal- 
linger Lippincott. the well known Phila- 
delphia publisher and bookseller. Mr. Lip- 
pincott received his preliminary education 
at the Penn Charter School, was prepared 
for college at the Episcopal Academy of 
Philadelphia, and entered the University 
of Pennsylvania in the class of 187S. He 
left, however, in 1875, at the end of his 
freshman year, to enter his father's 
tablishment, and has since been engaged 
in the book trade. He became a member 
of the firm in January, 1884, and after 
the incorporation of the business in 1887, 
and the death of his father in 1886, he 
became the President of the J. B. Lippin- 
cott Company, which position he still 
holds. Mr. Lippincott has been active 
in the details of the business, and is the 
moving spirit in the unrivalled dictionary 
of the English language, which the firm 
is now engaged upon. Aside from his 
business relations, Mr. Lippincott is a 
Trustee of the University of Pennsylva- 
nia, a Director of the Academy of Music, 
and a member of the Union League, the 
Art Club, University Club, Geographical 
Club, and various other social organiza- 
tions. Address, Logan, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LIPPINCOTT. Walter: 

Publisher; born in Philadelphia in 1849; 
educated in the Thomas Baldwin School 
and the University of Pennsylvania, class 
of 1867. He left the University in his 
sophomore year and went into business in 
his father's publishing and bookselling es- 
tablishment, the J. B. Lippincott & Co. 
house. In this he showed extraordinary 
activity, so great indeed that he broke 
down nervously about 1880 and was 
obliged to withdraw from active labor in 
the establishment. His interest in the con- 
cern continued, however, and on the reor- 
ganization of the firm into an incorporated 
company in 1S85 he became a Director in 
the company. Since then his services 
have been of an advisory character, his 
health not permitting an active partici- 
pation. Mr. Lippincott is a member of 
the Union League, the Rittenhouse, Uni- 
versity and Merion Cricket Clubs, and 
other societies. Address, 2101 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



LISLE, Richard Mason: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; he entered the Naval 
Academy Sept. 25, 1S62; was graduated in 
1866; Yantic, North Atlantic Station, 1866; 
Rhode Island, North Atlantic Station, 
1866; Susquehanna. Norh Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1866-1867; Guerriere, flagship, South 
Atlantic Squadron, 1867-1868; promoted to 
Ensign April, 1868; Wasp, South Atlantic 
Station. 1868-1869; promoted to Master 
March 26, 1S69; Terror (ironclad), North 
Atlantic Station, 1869-1870; commssioned 
as Lieutenant March 21, 1870; Navy Yard, 
Philadelphia, 1871; Torpedo Station 1S71- 
1872; Lackawanna, Asiatic Station, 1872- 
1875; Navy Yard, League Island, 1876; 
Alliance, European Station, 1877-1879; 
Navy Yard. League Island, 1880-1883; re- 
tired Jan. 24, 1883, for incapacity result- 
ing from incident of service. Address, 
Paoli, Chester County, Pa. 

LISLE, Roliert P.: 

Pay Director United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania Nov. 2, 1863; entered the ser- 
vice as Acting Assistant Paymaster; ap- 
pointed Assistant Paymaster July 2, 1864; 
promoted to Passed Assistant Paymaster 
May 4, 1S66; commissioned as Paymaster 
Dec. 11, 1S67; promoted to Pay Inspector 
Jan. 19, 1892; Pay Director July 10, 1900; 
retired Nov. 3, 1903. Address, 2109 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LIT, Samnel: 

Merchant; born about fifty years ago; 
educated in Philadelphia and engaged in 
business in a very modest way, in time 
opening a store in which the activity of 
himself and brother built up a profitable 
business. Their marked energy and abil- 
ity attracted the attention of capitalists, 
and they were engaged as managers of a 
large department store opened by some 
wealthy bankers at the northeast corner 
of Eighth and Market Streets. This con- 
cern, catering for a line of trade not met 
by the other department stores, that of 
the poorer classes, has been phenomenally 
successful, and shortly before 1900 began 
to expand, continuing until it extended 
along Market nearly to Seventh Street and 
along Eighth to Filbert Street. It at 
present has a very large floor space and 
does an immense business. Address, 
Eighth and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LITTLE. Alvin L.: 

Attorney at law; born at Saxton, Pa., 
Oct. 19, 1S63; prepared for college at 



private schools and entered Franklin and 
Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in 1S82; 
was graduated in 1SS6; principal of the 
schools at Centre Hall; read law with 
the late Hon. William M. Hall at Bed- 
ford, Pa.; took a course of lectures in 
law at the University of Virginia; ad- 
mitted to practice in 1890; was elected 
District Attorney of Bedford County in 
1896 and re-elected in 1899. Has always 
taken an active interest in Republican 
politics. Practices law in all the courts 
of Pennsylvania, as well as in the United 
States Courts. Address, Bedford, Pa. 

LITTLE, Amos R.: 

Dry goods merchant; born in Marsh- 
field, Mass., July 27, 1825; grandson of 
Commodore George Little, who served in 
the Navy during the Revolution, and 
commanded the Boston during the brief 
naval war with France. With little ad- 
vantages of education, the youth, at nine- 
teen, left his home and journeyed to 
Philadelphia, anxious to exchange his life 
on the farm for a mercantile career. He 
first found employment in a country store 
at Milestown, Pa., but after a year ob- 
tained employment in the wholesale house 
of Maynard & Haltun at a considerable 
advance in salary. In 1849 he married 
tho daughter of George Peterson, a re- 
tired merchant, and in the following year 
embarked in business for himself in the 
dry goods commission trade, under the 
firm name of Little & Peterson. The 
business prospered, several changes tak- 
ing place in the firm title, it becoming 
successively Withers, Little & Peterson, 
Little & Stokes, Little, Stokes & Co., 
and finally, in 1866, Amos R. Little & 
Co. In 1883 Mr. Little retired from bus- 
iness with an ample competence, and 
made, with his wife, a three years' tour 
of the world. Mr. Little was active on 
the Financial Board of the Centennial 
Exposition, and has since been connected 
with some of the most prominent cor- 
porations and institutions of Philadel- 
phia. Address. 946 Drexel Building; resi- 
dence, The Aldine Hotel, Philadelphia. 

LITTLE Ralpb B.: 

District Attorney; born in Montrose, 
Pa., Nov. 8, 1S65; son of George P. Little, 
a prominent lawyer, and grandson of 
Ralph B. Little, for many years one of the 
ablest attorneys of the Susquehanna 
County bar. Educated in Keystone Acad- 
emy and Bucknell University, he left the 
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up the study of law with his father. He 
was admitted to the bar in 18S9, and 
has won his way to the front rank of 
the younger attorneys by legal talent, 
energy and application. In 1S9S he was 
elected District Attorney of Susquehanna 
County, and was re-elected in 1902. He 
has been Chairman of the Republican 
County Committee since 1899. Address, 
Montrose, Pa. 

LITTLE, Robert R.: 

Jurist; born in Berwick, Columbia 
County, Pa., May 30, 1852. His father, a 
successful lawyer of New York State, 
settled early at Berwick, and conducted 
a successful practice at Bloomsburg, 
where he died in 1900. His great grand- 
father, Ephraim Little, was a naval Cap- 
tain in the Revolutionary War. Mr. 
Little was graduated in 1871 from the 
Bloomsburg State Normal School, and 
afterward studied in Rochester Univer- 
sity and Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. 
He studied law in his father's office at 
Bloomsburg, was admitted to the Colum- 
bia County bar in 1874 and practiced in 
partnership with his father, under the 
firm name of E. H. & R. R. Little till 
the retirement of his father in 1885. 
They built up an extensive practice, Mr. 
Little gaining much reputation as a skill- 
ful trial lawyer. In the election of No- 
vember, 1898, he was elected to the bench 
of the Common Pleas Court on the Demo- 
cratic ticket. He had previously — 1876- 
1882 — served two terms as District At- 
torney. He also served three terms in 
the Bloomsburg School Board, and is a 
Trustee of the State Normal School. Ad- 
dress, Bloomsburg, Pa. 

LITTLEFIELD, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Twenty-third 
Massachusetts Infantry Sept. 28, 1861; re- 
signed and honorably discharged May 3, 
1S62. Elected Oct. 14, 1891. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LITTLEFIELD, Paul Goddard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion First 
Lieutenant Henry W. Littlefield. Elected 
Feb. 5. 1902. Address, 23 West Walnut 
Lane. Germantown, Pa. 



LIVEXGOOD, S. D.: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of 
Meyersdale. Address, Meyersdale, Somer- 
set County, Pa. 

LIVISGOOD, Edwin S.: 

Attorney at law; born Nov. 23, 1872, 
at Reading, Berks County, Pa.; attended 
private schools in Reading till October, 
188S; 1S8S-1S97 at St. Paul's School, Con- 
cord, N. H; 1891-1895 at Harvard, where 
he was graduated in 1895; 1896-1897 at- 
tended Dickinson School of Law at Car- 
lisle. Pa.; 1S97-1S99 was in the Middle 
West, ranching at Iron Mountain, Wyo., 
and clerking in a real estate office in 
Omaha; 1899 admitted to the bar of Berks 
County, Pa.; 1900 admitted to the Ne- 
braska Supreme Court; 1901-1904 prac- 
ticed law at Reading, Pa. Democrat in 
politics. Address, 536 Court St., Read- 
ing, Pa. 

LIVIXGOOD, Jacob S.: 

Lawyer; born in Womelsdorf, Berks 
County, Pa. ; son of Dr. John B. Livingood, 
a prominent physician; educated at the 
Union Academy, Womelsdorf, and Frank- 
lin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. 
After attending the Yale Law School and 
having been enrolled as a law student in 
Berks County, he was admitted to the 
Reading bar on Jan. 7, 1845, since which 
time he has been in active practice, mak- 
ing him one of the oldest lawyers in 
Pennsylvania. At onq time he was in 
partnership with Robert M. Barr, who 
afterward became State Reporter. The 
Livingood family is descended from one 
of the first emigrants who located in the 
Tulpehocken Settlement. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

LIVINGOOD, William H.: 

Lawyer; born in Womelsdorf, Berks 
County, Pa., April 5, 1837, a son of Dr. 
John Livingood; educated at the Union 
Academy, Womelsdorf, and at the Phil- 
lips Academy, Andover, Mass., gradu- 
ating from the former in 1851, and from 
the latter in 1855; taught school several 
terms, and then entered the Law School 
of Harvard University. Was admitted 
to the bar in Lowell, Mass., upon mo- 
tion of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. Sub- 
sequently was admitted to practice in 
Berks County on Jan. 19, 1860, and has 
resided in Reading since, except six 
years (1873-1879), when he practiced law 
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served in the Civil War as a private in 
the Independent Cavalry, commanded by 
Major Samuel L. Young. In 1874 he was 
admitted to practice in the Supreme 
Court of the United States in Washing- 
ton, D. C, on motion of Jeremiah S. 
Black. Address, Reading, Pa. 

LYIXGSTOX, John It.: 

Jurist; born in Lancaster County, Pa., 
in 1821; adopted the legal profession and 
studied in the office of the distinguished 
Thaddeus Stevens, being admitted to the 
bar of Lancaster County in 1S4S. His 
law business was prosecuted with suc- 
cess until 1871. he serving as District 
Attorney for three years of this time. 
In 1871 he was elected President Judge 
of the county courts, and had the honor 
of three re-elections — in 1884, 1891 and 
1901. holding his position on the bench 
with general public approval for four 
consecutive terms. Address, Lancaster, 
Pa. 

LLOVD D. Melt.: 

President of the People's Saving Bank 
and of the Safe Deposit and Trust Com- 
pany of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

LLOYD, Horatio G.: 

President of the Commercial Trust 
Company, Philadelphia; he was born in 
Middletown, Delaware, Jan. 14, 1867; 
educated in private schools and Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania Law School. 
Married Mary Helen Wingate, daughter 
of Gen. George W. Wingate of New York. 
May 6, 1897. Admitted to the bar in 1888, 
but never practiced. Entered Philadelphia 
Trust Company as a clerk; made Assist- 
ant Secretary in 1S94. In January. 1900. 
went to Commercial Trust Company as 
Treasurer; made Vice President July, 
1900, and President of the Commercial 
Trust Company in December, 1902; Direc- 
tor of several corporations. Republican 
in politics. Member of the Radnor Hunt. 
Markham and Merion Cricket Clubs. 
Residence, Haverford, Pa.; office, Arcade 
Buildng, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LLOYD, John: 

Banker; born in April, 1S42, at Holli- 
daysburg, Pa; educated in Lafayette Col- 
lege. President of the First National 
Bank of Altoona; President Edison Elec- 
tric Light Company, Altoona Gas Com- 
pany, Altoona Coal and Coke Company, 



Henrietta Coal Mining Company. Altoona 
and Logan Valley Street Railway Com- 
pany. Married Caroline B. McCord in 
January, 1866. Republican in politics. 
Address, Altoona, Pa. 

LLWEUYN, F. P.: 

President of the Market St. National 
Bank of Shamokin. Address, Shamokin, 
Pa. 

LOCKHART, Charles: 

Oil producer; born at Cairns Heads, 
near Whitford, in Wightownshire, Scot- 
land. Aug. 2, 1818. Early in 1836 his 
parents came to America, and, on their 
arrival, they went directly to Pittsburg. 
He found employment with James Mc- 
Cully, with whom he remained for nine- 
teen years, and, in 1855, became one of 
the firm of James McCully & Co. The 
firm remained in business until 1S65, 
when it dissolved. It was as a clerk in 
the store of Mr. McCully that Mr. Lock- 
hart made his first venture in the oil 
business. His first purchase was of three 
barrels, in 1852, from Isaac Huff, who 
was the part owner in a salt well in 
Westmoreland County. Disposing of this 
oil at a profit, he purchased a control- 
ling interest in the salt well, and from 
that time, April, 1853, he has been an 
oil producer. After Colonel Drake's dis- 
covery in 1S59, at Oil Creek, Mr. Lockhart 
sent a representative to investigate the 
field, and the report being favorable, 
a company was organized under the 
name of Phillips, Frew & Co.. Mr. Lock- 
hart being a member of the firm. In 
May, i860, Mr. Lockhart went to Europe 
with samples of crude and refined oil 
and was the first person to bring the 
attention of the commercial world of Eu- 
rope to the value of this to them un- 
known product, and the result has been 
of incalculable value to the oil producers 
of this country. Upon the organization 
of the Standard Oil Company, in 1S74, 
all of the refineries with which Mr. Lock- 
hart was connected were merged into 
that great corporation. Since then he 
has been identified with the various com- 
panies in which the Standard Company 
is interested; also many other interests, 
covering a wide field. He is a Director in 
the Pittsburg National Bank of Com- 
merce and President of the same for the 
past four years, besides being connected 
with various other financial institutions 
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LOCKHART, Robert J.: 

Minister of the Presbyterian Church; 
born in New York City Dec. 22, 1874; 
received degree of A. B. from the College 
of the City of New York, 1S95; was 
graduated from Princeton Theological 
Seminary, 1S9S; licensed by New York 
Presbytery and ordained by Nebraska 
City Presbytery the same year; received 
degree of A. M. from Princeton Univer- 
sity, 1900. His pastorates have been: 
Diller, Neb., December, 1S9S-1900; Mari- 
on, N. Y., June 1, 1901 to Jan. 1, 1903; 
now pastor of First Presbyterian Church 
of Shickshinny, Pa., and lecturer on 
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll. Married July 
1, 1903, Harriette L. Farnsworth of Ma- 
rion, N. Y., preceptress of Marion Col- 
legiate Institute. Address, Shickshinny, Pa. 

LOCKERMAN, William Howell: 

United States Consul; born in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Sept. 16, 1860; educated in 
the public schools of Philadelphia and 
boarding school at Connersville, Pa. In 
1SS7 proceeded to Melbourne, Australia, 
to open an American house; remained 
four years; from there was called to 
Shanghai, China, for the same purpose; 
from China proceeded to Aden to. take 
charge of an American house; in Jan- 
uary, 1S96, established his own house in 
Aden as importer and export merchant, 
dealing principally with United States; 
appointed Vice Consul at Aden, Arabia, 
Sept. 16, 1S96. Address, Aden, Arabia. 

LODGE, Jolin William, M. D.: 

Born Feb. 12, 1838, in Lower Merion 
Township, Montgomery County, Pa., at 
the home of his Welsh ancestors, on 
land purchased at the earliest settlement 
of the county and owned and occupied by 
his family for nine generations; edu- 
cated at the West Chester Academy and 
at Charleston (S. C.) College; was grad- 
uated in medicine in 1859, and served 
for a year as resident physician to the 
Philadelphia Hospital. Commissioned As- 
sistant Surgeon of the Second Regiment, 
P. C. V. R., in June, 1861, and sent to 
Easton, Pa., to organize a camp and 
miltary hospital at that place for the 
Pennsylvania Reserves. In August, 1861, 
was ordered to General Banks's Army 
on the Upper Potomac; later served with 
his regiment in the Army of the Poto- 
mac, and for a time was Medical Officer 
on the staff of Brig. Gen. John F. Rey- 
nolds. In August, 1S62. was appointed 
executive officer of the Military Hospital 



at Hertonville, and in 1864 was Acting 
Surgeon, United States Volunteers, at 
the South Hospital. After the war he 
was elected one of the consulting sur- 
geons of the Philadelphia Hospital. He 
is one of the physicians of the Bryn 
Mawr Hospital, and one of the surgeons 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
Is a member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion. He married in 1S66 Sarah 
J., daughter of the late Anthony Hatha- 
way Simmons, and graddaughter of the 
late Col. Anthony Simmons, one of the 
Judges of the District Court of Philadel- 
phia. Address, Merion Station, Pa. 

LOKB, Leo, M. D.: 

Born in Mayen, Germany, in 1869; 
educated at the Gymnasium of Heidel- 
berg; was graduated in 1889; studied nat- 
ural science and medicine at the Uni- 
versities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Zurich, 
Freiburg c. Br.; was graduated as a 
physician, with medical State examina- 
tion, 1896; M. D. (Zurich), 1897. Has been 
Assistant Professor of Pathology at the 
Chicago Polyclinic, Adjunct Professor of 
Pathology, Medical Department of the 
University of Illinois; experimental Path- 
ologist, New York State Pathological 
Laboratory, Buffalo; accepted a research 
Fellowship at McGill University, Mon- 
treal. Undertook investigations in vari- 
ous parts of general and experimental 
pathology. Address, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOGAN, Alexander W.: 

President of the New Kensington Bank. 
Address, New Kensington, Westmoreland 
County, Pa. 

LOGAN, Edward P.: 

Manufacturer; born on Jan. 5, 1848, at 
Allegheny, Pa.; educated in the private 
schools of Allegheny, William H. Wake- 
ham and Newell Institute. Married Annie 
Clark in September, 1870. President of 
Klein-Logan Company, manufacturers of 
tools, Pittsburg, Pa., 1870-1904; President 
of the Iron and Glass Dollar Savings Bank. 
Republican in politics. Address, care of 
Klein-Logan Company, Pittsburg, Pa. 

LOGAN, George B.: 

Merchant; born Dec. 21, 1845, in- 
Allegheny, Pa.; educated at the private 
schools in Allegheny taught by William 
H. Wakeham and Lewis Bradley. Was 
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Theological Seminary, Trustee of the 
Presbyterian Hospital of Pittsburg and Al- 
legheny. Advisory Committee of Protest- 
ant Orphan Asylum, Pittsburg and Alle- 
gheny, and others. Married Fanny G. 
Lyon, daughter of John Patton Lyon, 
Feb. 22, 1870. In hardware business, 
1862-1904; served in army for some six 
months. Republican in politics. Address, 
care Logan Gregg Hardware Company, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

LOMAX, Franklin Fell: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bradford County; 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 5, 1S55; 
educated in the public and private schools 
of that city; in 1S78 removed to Bradford 
and engaged in the drug trade, in which 
business he is still engaged; has several 
times been a member of the Fifteenth 
Congressional Conference, and was its 
presiding officer in 1898 and 1900; was a 
member of the Board of Education; elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives ; n 
1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Monroeton, Pa. 

LONG, Daniel G., M. D.: 

Born July 13, 1S5Q, in Longswamp 
Township, Berks County, Pa.; educated 
at the Longswamp Centre School, White 
Hall Academy, Keystone State Normal 
School, and the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, graduating from the Medical De- 
partment of that institution in 1875. Af- 
ter practicing medicine in Longswamp. 
Mertztown and Fleetwood, he removed to 
the city of Reading, where he is engaged 
in the practice of his profession. He 
has also aevoted considerable attention 
to fruit culture, and is interested in va- 
rious business enterprises. He is prom- 
inently connected with the Masonic and 
other fraternities; is a member of Hu- 
guenot Lodge, No. 337, F. and A. M. 
Excelsior Chapter, No. 237, R. A. M. 
Reading Commandery, No. 42, K. T. 
thirty-second degree A. A. S. R., Phila- 
delphia Consistory; A. A. O. N. of the 
Mystic Shrine, and Progressive Lodge 
No. 470, I. O. O. F. Address, Reading, Pa. 

LONG, James .1.: 

United States Consular Agent; born in 
Brookville, Jefferson County, Pa., Oct. 6, 
1861, .and educated in the public schools 
of that place; has been General Manager 
of the Hidalgo Mining Company since 
1886, and for the past few years General 
Manager of the Parral and Durango Rail- 



road Company. He has lived in the city 
of Parral for the last seventeen years; 
appointed Consular Agent at Parral, 
Mexico, April 1, 1S95. Address, Parral, 
Mexico. 

LO\G. James T.: 

Battlefield guide; born in Lancaster 
County, Pa., Feb. 23, 1843; son of Robert 
H. and Sarah (McDowell) Long; educated 
in the public schools and Union Academy, 
Coleraine Township, Lancaster County. 
In June, 1861, he joined Company B, 
Ninety-ninth Regiment Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteer Infantry; mustered out of the 
Ninety-ninth Regiment in 1862 for physi- 
cal disabilty and reinstated in 1S63, at- 
taining rank of private; later made Ser- 
geant and Sergeant Major on Nov. 29, 
1864; was commissioned Second Lieuten- 
ant in Company A, Second Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, then First Lieutenant, and 
for heroism in the last campaign of the 
war was made Brevet Captain. He was 
married in February. 1865, at Chambers- 
burg, to Susan, daughter of Daniel and 
Rebecca Greenwalt, and located there in 
mercantile business. In 18S4 appointed 
Traveling Passenger Agent of the Get- 
tysburg and Harrisburg Railroad, and 
moved to Gettysburg; after locating in 
that town he began to study the lines 
of the battlefield and the records of the 
battle of Gettysburg, and is now the 
best informed authority on that memor- 
able battle in the United States; in 1885 
began to travel and lecture on the bat- 
tle of Gettysburg. He succeeded Guide 
Haltzworth to the office of Battlefield 
Guide and delineator in 1SS6, and still 
holds that position. Author of "Gettys- 
burg: How the Battle Was Fought," 
(1890). He is a member of Good Samar- 
itan Masonic Lodge, No. 336, and Post 
N<>. 9. Grand Army of the Republic of 
Gettysburg, Pa. Address, Eagle Hotel, 
National Park, Gettysburg, Pa. 

LONG, John Lntlier: 

Lawyer; author; born in Pennsylvania. 
1861. Author of "Madam Butterfly," 1898; 
"Miss f'h. Try-Blossom, of Tokyo," "The 
Fox-Women," 1900; "The Prince of Il- 
lusion. 1901; "Naughty Nan." Address, 
629 Walnut St.. Philadelphia. 

LONG, Leon James: 

Lawyer; born Dec. 11. 184S, in Alle- 
gheny City, Pa.; son of James Nelson and 
Harriet L. (Harrison) Long; educated in 
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Davis Academy; was Criminal Court 
Clerk thirteen years, during which time 
he read law and was admitted to the Al- 
legheny County bar Dec. 19, 1891. He en- 
listed several times during the Civl War. 
Address, 400 Grant St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

LONG, Thomas H.: 

President of the Blairsville National 
Bank. Address, Blairsville, Pa. 

LONG. William Penn: 

Special agent of the American Fire In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia in the 
middle department; was born in Carbon 
County, Pennsylvania, May 30, 1855. His 
earliest vocation was that of a clerk in 
the coal freight department of the Le- 
high Valley Railroad Company. After 
fourteen years with this company he en- 
gaged in the local fire and life insurance 
agency business at Leighton, Pa. In 
1892 he was appointed special ageut of 
the Farmers of York for New York 
State, and in 1897 joined the field force 
of the American Fire in the middle de- 
partment. Address, 308 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOXGAKER, A. Broweri 

Jurist; born in Montgomery County, 
Pa., April 21, 1828; was educated in the 
Franklin and Marshall College and the 
Union College, of Schenectady, N. Y., 
where he was graduated in 1N50. After 
teaching for a short time, he entered 
the Medical Department of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, but gave up med- 
icine for law at his father's request, 
studying at the Law School at Ballston 
Spa, N. Y. He was admitted to the 
courts of New York in 1853, and in Aug- 
ust of that year was admitted to the 
courts of Northampton and Montgomery 
Counties, Pa. He was a delegate to the 
Democratic State Convention of 1855, and 
in the same year was elected to the 
Pennsylvania Legislature, where he gave 
such good service that he was twice re- 
elected, and in 1858 was chosen for the 
Speaker of the House. In 1861 he was 
elected Secretary of the State Agricultu- 
ral Society, and annually re-elected till 
1869. He was appointed Collector in the 
Fifth Congressional Revenue District in 
1867, and in 1S68 was elected President 
Judge of the Third Judicial District. At 
the expiration of his term, in 1878, he 
resumed the practice of law in Allentown, 
removed to Easton in 1879, and returned 



to Norristown in 1S93, where he is now 
looked upon as one of the leading mem- 
bers of the Montgomery County bar. 
Address, Norristown, Pa. 

LOSGNECKER, Edwin: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania. Appointed as Acting Mid- 
shipman at Naval Academy, Sept. 24, 
1861, graduated, 1S65; Shenandoah, East 
India Station, 1866-1869. Promoted to 
Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866. Promoted to Mas- 
ter, March 12, 186S. Commissioned as 
Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; Philadelphia, 
1869; Swatara, North Atlantic fleet, 1870- 
1871; Colorado, North Atlantic Station, 
1872-1873; Alaska, European Station, 1874- 
1876; Wyoming. Paris Exposition Service, 
1878; Naval Observatory, 1878-1882. Pro- 
moted to Lieutenant Commander, Aug- 
ust, 1881; Michigan (on the lakes), 1882- 
1883; Shenandoah, Pacific Station, 1883- 
1886; training ship Richmond, August, 
1888, to November, 1892. Promoted to 
Commander, Oct. 2, 1891; commanding 
Ranger. November, 1892, to December, 
1S94: Naval War College, June 1, 1895, 
to August. 1895; Inspector of Ordnance, 
League Island, Aug. 28, 1895, to 1898; 
commanding Navy Yard, League Island, 
February, 1898; commanding New Or- 
leans, Feb. 8, 1899. Promoted Captain, 
March 3, 1899; Naval Station, Port Roy- 
al, March 26, 1901, to 1903. Charge Naval 
Station, Charleston, S. C since June, 
1903. Address, Charleston. S. C. 

LONGENECKER, J. H.: 

Jurist, State Senator and official; born 
near Martinsburg, Pa., Sept. 17, 1839; 
lived on a farm till sixteen, then en- 
tered the Allegheny Seminary, at Rains- 
burg, Pa. In September, 1861, he enlist- 
ed in Company D, 101st Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, in which he served through 
the war. He was promoted in January, 
1S62, to Sergeant Major of the regiment; 
Second Lieutenant. May 1, 1863, and 
Adjutant July 26, 1863. He was captured, 
with his regiment, April 20, 1864, at Ply- 
mouth, N. C, and confined in the mili- 
tary prisons at Macon and Savannah, 
Ga., and Charleston and Camp Sorghum, 
S. C. and on the approach of Sherman, 
in February, 1865, was taken to Char- 
lotte, N. C. Here Adjutant Longenecker 
escaped, but was captured in the moun- 
tains two weeks later, and held prisoner 
until exchanged, on March 2, 1865. being 
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service. Immediately afterward he be- 
gan the study of law under Hon. S. S. 
Blair of Holidaysburg, and the same year 
entered the Law Department of Albany 
University, where he graduated in May, 
1S66. He was admitted to practice in 
the Supreme Court of New York, and in 
September, 1866, was admitted to the bar 
of Bedford County, Pa., where he formed 
a partnership with Hon. S. L. Russell. 
Sharing the large practice of the latter, 
he soon rose to eminence in his profes- 
sion. In 1868 Mr. Longenecker began his 
public career with an election to the 
Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 
in which he served for two terms. Then 
he devoted himself closely to the exten- 
sive law practice of the firm until 1882, 
when he accepted a nominiation for 
State Senator and was duly elected. Dur- 
ing his term in this body he served on a 
number of important committees, and in 
the stormy extra session that followed he 
was made Chairman of the Committee on 
Senatorial and Representative Apportion- 
ment. His subsequent political career 
"was as a member of Governor Beaver's 
■Cabinet from 1887 to 1S91, first as Deputy 
.Secretary, and afterward as Secretary of 
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 
1891 he was elected President Judge of 
the Sixteenth Judicial District, composed 
of Bedford and Somerset Counties, serv- 
ing in that capacity for ten years. Since 
1901 he has resumed the practice of law. 
Address, Bedford, Pa. 

LONGSHORE, William Rigliter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon 147th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Oct. 25, 1S62; discharged for promotion 
Dec. 7, 1863. Major and Surgeon 147th 
Pennsylvania Infantry Dec. 7, 1863; hon- 
orably mustered out July 15, 1865. Elect- 
ed Oct. 20, 1886. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOOP, D. .1. >!.: 

Lawyer; born at Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 
11, 1823; educated at Wilkesbarre Acad- 
emy, 1S37-184'1; entered Dickinson Col- 
lege, Carlisle, Pa., 1S41; graduated July. 
1844; studied law at Elmira, 1845-1847; 
May, 1S47, emigrated to Belvidere, 111., 
and there entered the office of Gen. S. 
A. Hurlbut; admitted to the bar of Su- 
preme Court of Winconsin. 1S49; prac- 



ticed in Wisconsin until 1864; emi- 
grated to Portage, Fort Winnebago, 1S48; 
elected First District Attorney of Colum- 
bian County, Wis., 1848; practicing at 
Portage City; admitted to bar of Su- 
preme Court of Wisconsiin, 1S49; prac- 
ticed in Wisconsin until 1S64; emigrated 
to Pennsylvania in 1S64; admitted to bar 
of Lancaster County, 1864, and to Lu- 
zerne County, 1866; located at Wilkes- 
barre, 1868; from thence emigrated to 
Missouri, locating at Neosho, Mo., 1870; 
removed to Joplin. Mo., 1S74; became 
Judge of City Court of Joplin in 1874; 
removed to Galena, Kansas, in 1S77, and 
practiced at Cherokee County bar untii 
1SS0, when he returned East, locating at 
Waverly, N. Y. ; admitted to bar of Su- 
preme Court of New York in 18S1; re- 
moved to Nanticoke, Pa., 1882; to Wilkes- 
barre in July, 1882; admitted to Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, 1SS9. In the ser- 
vice of R. G. Dun & Co. in Missouri and 
Pennsylvania over twenty years, as cor- 
respondent. Married to Mrs. L. L. Pea- 
body in September, 1S54; published in 
American Review for January, 1S48, an 
article on "The Anglo-Saxon Race"; in 
the Southern Literary Messenger for Feb- 
ruary, 1S4S, article, "Review of Hoffman's 
Poems." Republican in politics. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

LOOSE. Charles G.: 

Physician; born in Centre Township, 
Berks County, Pa., November 15, 1846; 
educated in the common schools, at the 
State iMormal Schools at Millersville and 
Kutztown, and the Reading Classical 
Academy; studied medicine and was 
graduated from the Universiey of Penn- 
sylvania in 1868; practiced his profession 
in Mechanicsburg, Pa., seven years, and 
at Centreport, near the place of his birth, 
the same length of time; located in the 
city of Reading in 1882, where he has 
since continued in active practice; has 
attained eminence in surgery and has 
frequently performed difficult operations 
in the Reading Hospital. He was Post- 
master of Centreport, Pa., a number of 
years, and also served as a member of 
the Republican County Committee while 
a resident of Centreport, and also on the 
Republican State Committee. Address. 
Reading, Pa. 

LOOSE, Samuel A.: 

President of the Hamburg Savings 
Bank. Address, Hamburg, Berks County, 
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LORD, James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Second Lieutenant in Maryland 
(Purnell Legion) Cavalry Dec. S, 1863; 
Captain March 13, 1865; honorably mus- 
tered out July 28, 1865. Elected t>ct. 23, 

1901. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

LORIMER, George Horace: 

Editor, author; editor-in-chief Satur- 
day evening Post, Philadelphia, since the 
17th of March, 1899; born at Louisville, 
Ky., Oct. 6, 1868; received his early edu- 
cation at the Mosely High School, Chi- 
cago, and concluded with a college course 
at Colby and' Yale. Married Alma Viola 
Ennis, of Chicago. Author of "Letters of 
a Self-Made Merchant to His Son." 1902. 
Address, Curtis Publishing Co., Philadel- 
phia. 

LOTHBIRY, Clarence: 

Clergyman and author; is connected 
with the Nunc Licet Press of Philadel- 
phia. Author of "God Winning Us," "A 
Little Lower than the Angels," and "The 
Code of Joy." Address, 42 West Coulter 
St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOTT, Abraham Grant: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania, appointed from Kansas. 
Cadet Military Academy June 15, 1892; 
Additional Second Lieutenant, Sixth Cav- 
alry. June 12, 1S96; Second Lieutenant 
Eighth Cavalry Dec. 15, 1896; First Lieu- 
tenant, Second Cavalry, Dec. 11, 1900; 
transferred to Seventh Cavalry Jan. 30, 
1901; transferred to Eighth Cavalry, June 
20, 1901; Captain Sixth Cavalry Sept. 13, 

1902. Address, Fort Meade, S. Dakota. 

LOTT, John Howard: 

Physician; born in Orangeville, Colum- 
bia County, Pa., Nov. 8, 1851; attended 
the public schools and Lafayette College, 
Easton, Pa.; was graduated M. D. from 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Acting Assistant Surgeon United 
States Army 1879, and stationed at vari- 
ous stations, finally locating at Buffalo, 
Wyo., where he now resides, practicing 
his profession of physician and surgeon. 
Address, Buffalo, Wyo. 

LOTT, George Gearheart: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Orangeville, Pa., July 2, 1S43; attended 
public school and Wyoming Seminary; 



appointed from Ohio. Cadet Military 
Academy from July 1, 1861, to June 23, 
1862; Captain July 2, 1S62; honor- 
ably mustered out of Volunteer service 
May 31, 1866; Second Lieutenant.Twenty- 
fourth Infantry March 7, 1S67; First Lieu- 
tenant Oct. 14, 1868; transferred to Elev- 
enth Infantry April 25, 1869; Reg. Adju- 
tant, Nov. 11, 1874, to May 31, 1886; Cap- 
tain, June 1, 18S6; retired Feb. 25, 1891; 
Major, April 21, 1904. Address, 542 Green- 
up St., Covington, Ky. 

LOVE, Alfred Henry: 

lYlerchant; born at Philadelphia, Sept. 
7, 1S30; educated at Central High School, 
from which he was graduated in 1847; 
visited Europe, 1854; woolen commission 
merchant, Philadelphia, since 1853; editor 
of the Voice of Peace and the Peace- 
maker and Court of Arbitration for 
thirty-eight years; has been on editorial 
board and Vice President of the Penn- 
sylvania Prison Society; organized Amer- 
ican Literary Union, 1845, and is its hon- 
orary President; aided in organizing 
Universal Peace Union in 1866, and has 
been its President for thirty-eight years; 
Vice President Pennsylvania Abolition So- 
ciety; writer and speaker on peace, re- 
formatory and philanthropic subjects. 
Married, in 1S53, to Susan Henry Brown. 
Address, 219 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

LOVE. John G.: 

Jurist; born in Stormstown, Pa., Dec. 
18. 1843. When young he was active in 
the work of helping to clear his father's 
farm of timber; was afterward a clerk 
in a country store, and obtained an edu- 
cation in the public schools and in Dick- 
inson Seminary, at Williamsport, Pa. He 
was working on his father's farm in 1863 
when Lee invaded Pennsylvania, and at 
once joined the defensive military force. 
Later he enlisted in the Twenty-second 
Pennsylvania Cavalry and served in the 
army till 1S64, seeing service in West Vir- 
ginia and in the Shenandoah Valley. He 
began the study of law in 1865 and in 
1S66 took a course in the Law University 
at Albany, N. Y., one of his classmates 
being the distinguished William McKin- 
ley. Graduating in 1867, he was admit- 
ted to the New York Supreme Court, and 
in the same year to the bar of Centre 
County. Pa., which has since been the 
field of his legal and judicial labors. 
After a long and successful service as a 
lawyer, he was elected in 1895 to the 
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trict, in which position he has won high 
credit for learning, fairness, and judicial 
ability. Address, Bellefonte, Pa. 

LOVE, Roliert: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Sergeant Tenth New Jersey In- 
fantry Sept. 7, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion Nov. 27, 1863. Second Lieutenant 
Tenth New Jersey Infantry Nov. 28, 1863; 
First Lieutenant April 22, 1864; honorably 
discharged for disability Dec. 8, 1S64. 
Elected Feb. 5, 1896. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOVEJOY, Francis Tlios. Fletcher: 

Iron manufacturer; born at Baltimore, 
July 21, 1854; educated in public schools 
of Washington, O., taking instruction in 
telegraphy while attending school. Mar- 
ried, June 22, 1892, Jane Clyde Fleming. 
From 1870 to 1880 was employed at Wash- 
ington and Pithole, Pa., as telegrapher, 
etc.; employed by American Union Tele- 
graph Co., Pittsburg, 1SS0; entered the 
service of the Carnegie steel interests as 
clerk and telegrapher, June, 1881; he be- 
came Auditor in April. 1889, of Carnegie 
Brothers & Co., Limited, and of Carnegie, 
Phipps & Co., Limited, becoming also a 
member and stockholder of these con- 
cerns: elected Secretary of Carnegie Bros. 
& Co., June, 1889; elected member of the 
Boards of Managers of both Associations, 
1891; in 1892, took active part in their 
consolidation, becoming Secretary and 
manager of the Carnegie Steel Co., Ltd., 
July 1, 1892; selected by the Board of 
Managers and by Henry C. Frick to give 
information to newspapers during Home- 
stead strike, 1892; resigned positions, 1900. 
refusing to join in attack by majority 
stockholders upon Mr. Frick, Chairman 
of the Board of Managers. Conducted 
compromise negotiations, and wrote the 
agreement under which new company 
was to be formed; appointed one of com- 
mittee to carry out provisions of agree- 
ment. Now largely interested in Western 
mining enterprises, and local banks and 
insurance companies. Member of various 
clubs. Address, Braddock Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

LOVELAND, Jolin Winthrop: 

Lawyer; born at West Pittston, Pa., on 
Oct. 1, 1866; son of John and Helen M. 
(Strong) Loveland; educated at West 
Pittston and Scranton, Pa., and Pennsyl- 



vania Military College, at Chester, Pa.. , 
from which he was graduated in 1887 as 
Civil Engineer. He was a post-graduate 
of Yale in 1SS8, and afterward attended 
Columbia Law School, in New York City; , 
then studied law with Messrs Root & 
Strong, and Messrs. Betts, Atterbury, 
Hyde & Betts, eminent patent lawyers, 
and was admitted to the bar of New York 
State in 1S91, and to that of the United 
States Local and Supreme Courts in 1892; 
then, forming a partnership with W. E. 
Billings, under the firm name of Loveland 
& Billings, entered upon the practice of 
his profession. He is a stockholder in 
the Union Typewriter Company, the Na- 
tional Lead Company, the American Lo- 
comotive Company, the Allis Chalmers 
Company, the Pressed Steel Car Com- 
pany, the American Car and Foundry 
Company, and the United States Steel 
Corporation. Patent counsel for the 
Linen Thread Company, Charles Sooy- 
smith. the Harrison Safety Boiler Works, 
and other large corporate interests. Was 
married in 1890 to Florence Lee Part- 
ridge, daughter of Hon. Henry M. Part- 
ridge, of Elmira, N. Y. ; they have three 
children, named John W., Jr., Flor- 
ence Lee, and Helen Marian. He is 
a member of the American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers, Yale Club, the 
Spanish War Veterans, Lawyers' Club, 
and Bar Association of New York City; 
President of Eastern Alumni Association 
of Pennsylvania Military College. Served 
during the Spanish War with Troop A, 
United States Volunteers, recruited from 
Squadron A, in New York city, and took 
part in the expedition to Porto Rico. 
Now Battalion Adjutant in Fifth Regi- 
ment, National Guard of New Jersey. 
Address, 135 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

LOVELL, K. Allen: 

President of the Union National Bank 
of Huntingdon. Address, Huntingdon, Pa. 

LOW, E. W. M.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Bloomsburg. Address, Bloomsburg, Pa. 

LOWER, Wiliam ltarnes, D. D.: 

Clergyman; pastor Calvary Presbyte- 
rian Church, Wyncote. Pa.; born in Phil- 
adelphia Nov. 9. 1868. At an early age his 
father engaged in farming and stock- 
raising in Nebraska; he entered the 
University of Omaha, graduating from 
the Academic Department in 1892; 
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School, Bellevue, Neb. In 1895 he en- 
tered the Omaha Theological Seminary, 
graduating in 1S98. During his semi- 
nary course he served the mission at 
Florence, a suburb of Omaha, and was 
successful in building the first Presby- 
terian Church of Florence, Neb., and 
the Poncho Chapel; spent one year 
at Princeton Seminary; was made pas- 
tor of the First Presbyterian Church* of 
Bridgeport in May, 1S99; in 1902 elected 
pastor of Calvary Presbyterian Church, 
Wyncote, his present charge. Married 
Ella Ratcliff Taylor, of Norristown, Pa., 
! daughter of Mr. Isaac Taylor, President 
j|of the Sterling Mills, of Bridgeport, Pa. 
||He received the degree of D. D. from 
'JLenox College. He is a member of the 
i|Presbyterian Evangelical Committee of 
Philadelphia; a member of the Montgom- 
ery County Historical Society; a member 
jof the Montgomery Lodge No. 57, I. O. 
O. F. ; also Ministerial Social Union of 
Philadelphia, and Friendship Lodge No. 
(400, F. and A. M. Address, Wyncote, Pa. 

XOWMAN, John Boiline: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
cry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Capt. 
Webster B. Lowman. Elected Feb. 10, 

J1S97. Address, 142 Park Place, Johns- 

'Itown, Pa. 

LOWMAN, Webster B., III. D.: 

Surgeon; born in Indiana, Pa.. March 
25, 1841; son of Dr. John and Marget A. 
Lowman; received his preliminary edu- 
cation at Burlington College, N. J.; en- 
Itcred the army, War of the Rebellion, 
[April 16, 1861; private. Company K, 
Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers. Discharged on account of dis- 
ability June 1, 1861. Re-enlisted August. 
1862, First Sergeant Company K, 136th 
Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers; 
promoted to Captain January, 1S63; dis- 
charged expiration of term, June, 1863; 
re-enlisted August, 1864; Captain Com- 
pany D, Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artil- 
lery, and remained in service until ter- 
mination of the war. Graduated in medi- 
Icine, from Jefferson Medical College, 
(Philadelphia, 1867, and has since prac- 
ticed his profession in Johnstown, Pa. 
Is surgeon for Cambria Steel Company; 
also for Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
President of Medical Society of the State 
of Pennsylvania. 1S9S. Member of Am- 
erican Medical Association and Cambria 
County Medical Society. Director of 



Citizens' National Bank, Trustee Johns- 
town Saving Bank. Director Johnstown 
Water Company, and Consumers' Gas 
Company; Director Citizens' Light, Heat, 
and Power Company. Member of Park 
Commission, Trustee of Grandview Cem- 
etery. Medical Examiner of many life 
insurance companies, etc. Member of 
Military Crder of Loyal Legion of United 
States. Address, 142 Park Place, Johns- 
town, Pa. 

LOWRIE, Samuel Thompson: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in Pitts- 
burg, Pa., Feb. 8, 1S35; graduated from 
the Miami University, 1852, receiving the 
degree of A. M., 1S54; and of D. D., 
from Washington and Jefferson, 1875; 
studied theology in the Western Theolog- 
ical Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., 1852-1856; 
Heidelberg, Germany, 1856-1857; Berlin, 
1863; married, first, Sarah A. Hague, and 
second. Elizabeth A. Dickson. Pastor in 
Alexandria, Pa., 1S58-1S63; also Bethany 
Church, Philadelphia, 1865-1869; Abing- 
ton, Pa., 1869-1874; Ewing Church, N. J., 
L'79-1SS5; Wylie Memorial Church, Phila- 
delphia, 1891-1895. Professor in Western 
aheological Seminary, 1874-1878; now Di- 
rector Princeton Theological Seminary; 
Corresponding Secretary Presbyterian 
Historical Society. Retired from active 
ministry in 1901. Author of "Explanation 
of the Epistle to the Hebrews," 1884, 
1890; "The Lord's Supper." 18SS. Trans- 
lated "Beyond the Grave," 1S83. Address, 
1827 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOAVRIE, Walter: 

Clergyman, author; born in Philadel- 
phia April 26, 1S6S; was graduated from 
Princeton, with the degree of A. M., 
1S93; student Princeton Theological Sem- 
inary, 1890-1893; University of Griefswald, 
Germany. 1S93-1894; University of Berlin, 

1894, American School of Classical Stud- 
ies, Rome, 1895-1896, and 1899-1900. Or- 
dained deacon Protestant Episcopal Ch. 

1895. Author of "The Doctrine of St. 
John." 1S99; "Monuments of the Early 
Church," 1901; "The Church and Its Or- 
ganization," 1904. Address, 1827 Pine St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOAVRY, David: 

Born in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 2, 1S34; 
author of "Teeth of the Dragon"; 
has contributed to various magazines 
and periodicals since 1S54, over the sig- 
natures of "Paul Laurie," "Sol Slocum," 
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lishing the American Manufacturer; em- 
ployed upon the daily press in Pittsburg 
since 1866; enrolled April 25, 1861, pri- 
vate in Company I, Twelfth Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Infantry and in September in 
Company B, Seventy-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteer Infantry to serve three 
years and immediately commissioned Sec- 
ond Lieutenant; appointed Aide to Col. 
Kirke, commanding' Fifth Brigade, Sec- 
ond Division, Army of the Ohio; and later 
Adjutant General of the brigade same 
year. Resigned post on account of dis- 
ability to enter Signal Corps; assigned to 
Gen. Alex. McDowell McCook's Division 
(Second Div., Army of the Ohio), March 
14; resigned from service Sept. 10, 1862. 
One of the five men who organized the 
Union Veteran Legion. Residence, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

L.OAVRY, Francis Miller: 

Oil producer; relying entirely upon his 
own energies, and his determination to 
succeed in every undertaking, the rise 
of Francis Miller Lowry to the foremost 
ranks of those interested in the oil in- 
dustry of Pennsylvania has been steady 
and rapid. His start was made with 
nothing, and he boasts of the fact that in 
his uphill fight he has had no assistance 
from any one. His fortune is of his own 
making. He was born at Indiana, Pa., on 
Nov. IS, 1S56; his parents, Joseph and 
Eliza Lowry, were of Scotch-Irish de- 
scent. Mr. LowTy's first employment 
was that of an oil well pumper, and from 
the time he started in that capacity he 
has followed the oil producing business in 
various positions. Is President of the 
Chester Oil Co.; the Crawford Oil Co.; 
the Duquesne Oil Co.; the Manufactur- 
ers and Producers' Supply Co.; the United 
States Tube and Iron Co.; Vice President 
and General Manager of the Tri-State 
Gas Co.; and the Royal Gas Co.; and 
Vice President of the Wetzel Gas Co. 
Member of the Duquesne Club, the Pitts- 
burg Country Club and the Pittsburg 
Hunt Club. In 1884 Mr. Lowry was mar- 
ried at Bolivar, N. Y.. to Miss Marcia L. 
Cowles. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

LOXLEY, lienjnmin Ogrden: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Sergeant Fifty-eighth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Sept. 5, 1861; Regimen- 
tal Quartermaster Sergeant March 1, 
1S63; discharged for promotion Aug. 20, 
1863; Second Lieutenant Fifty-eighth 



Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 21, 1S63; First 
Lieutenant Dec. 23, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out Nov. 25, 1864. Elected Jan. 
11, 1SS2. Address, 7314 Boyer St., Ger- 
mantown, Pa. 

LOYD, 'William Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Eleventh New 
Jersey Infantry Aug. 12, 1SG2; First Lieu- 
tenant Nov. 17, 1862; Captain March 16, 
1S63; honorably discharged for disability 
Jan. 13, 1865. Major Seventh New Jersey 
Infantry Oct. 13, 1S64. Elected Nov. 2. 
1881. Address, 606 Real Estate Trust 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LOY1J, William Henry, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Major 
William H. Loyd. Elected Oct. 20. 1892. 
Address, 606 Real Estate Trust Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LUCKENBACH, Andrew Adams: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Pennsylvania In- 
fantry April 20, 1S61; mustered out July 
26, 1861; First Lieutenant 129th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Aug. 15, 1862; Captain 
May 10, 1S63; honorably mustered out 
May 18, 1S63. Elected Oct. 20. 1892. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LUCORE, Uiilus: 

Lawyer; born in Cameron County (for- 
merly McKean County), Pa.; worked dur- 
ing his youth on his father's farm, attend- 
ing the district school; afterward studied 
for a time in the academies at Couders- 
port and Smethport, and became profi- 
cient in Latin and French by private 
study. Making Elk County his home, he 
was engaged there for several years as 
teacher and County Superintendent of 
Schools. In 1S63 he went to Northumber- 
land County, teaching and studying law. 
His admission to the bar was followed by 
an active practice in railroad and real 
estate law and in the settlement of es- 
tates. He formerly gave much time to 
the trial of cases, but later withdrew 
largely from this branch of practice. He 
is a Knight Templar in the Masonic Or- 
der, and is President of the Elk County 
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LIDEX, William H.: 

Manufacturer; born in Reading, Pa., 
March 5, 1859; educated in the public 
jj schools; apprenticed to a confectioner at 
, the age of fifteen years; learned the 
[ business of candy making thoroughly; 
|| commenced business for himself in 1879, 
in a shop, 5x6 feet; at end of a year 
had made and disposed of 30,000 pounds 
of candy. In 1SS0, increased his shop to 
15x20 feet, and employed an assistant; 
the following year erected an additional 
! story to his shop, and employed two more 
hands. Thus the business grew until 
to-day Mr. Luden has one of the largest 
j candy factories in the country, and era- 
1 ploys several hundred hands. Married 
May 15. 1889, Miss Annie Ritter. daught- 
er of William S. Ritter, a well known 
publisher. Republican in politics. Ad- 
1 dress, Reading, Pa. 

LUDLOW 7 , Henry Hunt: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Tennessee. 

)| Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1S72; 
Second Lieutenant Third Artillery June 
15, 1876; First Lieutenant Nov. 3, 1882; 

I Captain Sixth Artillery March 8, 1898; 

I Artillery Corps Feb. 2, 1901; Major April 
14, 1903. Address, Agricultural College, 
Miss. 

LUKENS, George T., M. D.: 

Physician; born June 14, 1875, at Con- 
shohocken, Montgomery County, Pa.; ed- 
ucated at the Episcopal Academy in 
Philadelphia; was graduated from College 
Department of University of Pennsylvania 
in 1896, with degree of A. B. Studied 
medicine at University of Pennsylvania 
and was graduated in 1900; served as 
resident physician at St. Timothy's Hos- 
pital, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa., and 
at the Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia. 
Is now practicing medicine at Consho- 
hocken. Pa. Is assistant physician in 
medical dispensary at University Hos- 
pital. Philadelphia. Member of Mont- 
gomery County Medical Society, Patho- 
logical Society of Philadelphia. Address, 
Fifth Ave. and Fayette St.. Conshohoc- 
ken. Pa. 

LIKENS. H. Reeves: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadedphia; born 
in Port Kennedy, Montgomery County, 
Oct. S, 1855; shortly afterward removed 
to Philadelphia, and was educated in the 
public schools of that city, and at Tre- 



mont Seminary at Norristown, Pa.; his 
first residence in the Twentieth Legis- 
lative district of Philadelphia was in 1864, 
where he remained until 1S6S; then took 
up his residence near Norristown, re- 
maining there until 1S80, when he re- 
turned to Philadelphia, and engaged in 
the flour and feed business in the firm of 
J. F. Bernard & Co., and about a year 
later he engaged in the grocery business 
in the firm of Priest & Lukens; is now 
and has been identified with the real es- 
tate and conveyancing business since 
18S5; has always taken an active inter- 
est in the Republican Party; assisted in 
forming the Twenty-first Ward Republi- 
can Club, and has been its Secretary 
since its formation; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, 4346 Main St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

LUKENS, Herman T.: 

Educator, author; born in Philadelphia, 
Jan. 29, 1865; son of James T. Lukens, 
the founder of the soda water industry 
in Pennsylvania; educated in Friends' 
Central School in Philadelphia; graduat- 
ed from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 18S5; received degree of A. M. in 1888; 
went to Europe in 18SS and remained at 
Halle, Berlin, Leipsic, Paris, and Jena 
for study, taking the doctor's degree in 
Jena in 1891; 1891-1894 taught biology in 
the new Northwest Division High School 
in Chicago; since 1894 under the influence 
and inspiration of President G. Stanley 
Hall, of Clark University, Mass., with 
whom he worked in close touch from 1894 
to 1S96 on problems in child study. He 
was Honorary Fellow and Docent in 
Clark University, and lecturer on edu- 
cation in Bryn Mawr College. In 1897 
he married Eleanor Lee Spencer and 
spent the year 1897-1898 in a study of Eu- 
ropean education, visiting German and 
Swiss Universities. Since 1S9S he has 
been training teacher in the State Normal 
School at California, Pa. Author of "Her- 
bart's Psychological Basis of Teaching," 
1890 (out of print); "The Connection be- 
tween Thought and Memory," 1895 (Heath 
& Co.); also several monographs in the 
Pedagogical Seminary, Educational Re- 
view, American Physical Education Re- 
view, and Elementary School Teacher. 
Address, California, Pa. 

LUKENS, John B.: 

Magistrate; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 
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went to work at nine years of age with a 
butcher, and at fifteen in a brick-yard. 
He became a foreman in this yard and 
carried on a business as butcher in the 
winter, but, dissatisfied with these occu- 
pations, he began business at the age 
of twenty-three as bridge builder and 
sewer and paving constructor. As such 
he built some of the largest sewers in 
the city. Early taking an interest in 
Republican politics, he began his official 
career as School Director; was elected to 
the Common Council in 1879; and in 18S1 
was made Deputy Harbor Master. This 
post he soon resigned to devote himself 
to his business interests, remaining out 
of office until 188S, when he accepted the 
position of Superintendent of Hunting 
Parks. He held this position till 1894, 
and made out of an unsightly unimproved 
plot of ground a handsome addition to 
the park system of the city. In 1S94 he 
was elected a Magistrate, and since that 
time has remained one of the Magistrates 
of Philadelphia. He is a member of the 
orders of Masons and Odd Fellows, and of 
a number of political clubs. Address, 
1235 Butler St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LUMSDEX, George Peebles: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Virginia; 
commissioned Assistant Surgeon Nov. 2, 
1S76; Passed Assistant Surgeon Nov. 2, 
1S79; promoted to Surgeon May, 1894; 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., since January, 
1094. Address, Norfolk, Va. 

LUSK, James Lnrins: 

Major (Engineer), United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet Military Academy Sept. 1, 1874; 
Second Lieutenant Engineers June 14, 
1878; First Lieutenant June 14. 1881; Cap- 
tain June 15, 1S88; Lieutenant Colonel. 
Chief Engineer Officer, Volunteers May 9, 
1S9S; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teers Dec. 7, 1898; Major Engineers July 
5, 1S98. Address, Rock Island, 111. 

LUTHER, ,I..li ii W., M. D.: 

Physician; born in Reading, Berks 
County, on May 21, 1875; attended the 
public schools of Reading, graduating 
from Reading High School in 1S94; en- 
tered medical school of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1S95; graduating in 1899; 
resident physician of Reading Hospital 
1899 to 1900, and of University of Penn- 
sylvania; hospital 1900 to 1901; chief res- 
ident physician of University Hospital 



1901 to 1902. At present instructor in 
Gynaecology in University of Pennsyl- 
vania and surgeon in out-patient depart- 
ment of same institution; married to Al- 
eeta Ashley, of Savannah, Ga., July, 
1903. Address, 412 South Ffifteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LUTZ, Anton: 

President of the D. Lutz and Son Brew- 
ing Company; born in Allegheny; edu- 
cated at St. Mary's parochial school and 
the Allegheny public schools. Later took 
a commercial course and entered the em- 
ploy of Lutz & Walz, brewers. In 1878 
was admitted to partnership. In 1S94 the 
brewery was incorporated, and he was 
chosen as President and General Man- 
ager. Mr. Lutz is Director of the Alle- 
gheny Trust Company. President of the 
Union Milling and Mining Company of 
Virginia; also deeply interested in the 
public schools and is serving a long term 
as one of the Directors. Member of the 
Allegheny Turnverein and the Allegheny 
City Gymnastic Club. Member of many 
fraternal and musical organizations. Ad- 
dress, 1 Spring Garden Ave., Allegheny, 
Pa. 

LUTZ, William Filler: 

Episcopal clergyman; born in Bedford, 
Pa., 1872; family one of the early settlers 
in Western Pennsylvania; educated at 
West Jersey Academy, Bridgeton, N. J.; 
was graduated from Pennsylvania College 
class of 1894; took post-graduate work in 
chemistry University of Pennsylvania; re- 
ceived degree of M. A. from Pennsylvania 
College, 1897; graduated from Philadelphia 
Divinity School, 1900; served as curat© 
St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia, and as 
rector of St. Michael's and All Angels', 
and Chaplain of House of St. Michael and 
All Angels, his present position. Mem- 
ber of Pennsylvania Society of the Sons 
of the Revolution, and various historical 
societies. Address, C12 North 43d St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LYMAN', Benjamin. Smith: 

Geologist and mining engineer; born in 
Northampton, Mass., Dec. 11, 1835; was 
graduated from Harvard in 1855; engaged 
as principal and teacher in various acad- 
emies between 1856 and 1859; studied at 
Ecole des Mines, Paris, 1S59-1S61; 1S81- 
1862, at Mining Academy, Freiberg, Sax- 
ony; was subsequently engaged in pri- 
vate geological work; assistant geologist 
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neer under public works department, sur- 
veying oil fields for the government of 
India, 1S70; chief geologist and mining en- 
gineer for the Japanese government, 1S73- 
1879; Assistant geologist State of Penn- 
sylvania, 1SS7-1S95. Has traveled over 
United States, British America, Europe, 
India, China, Japan, etc., making geologi- 
cal researches; Common Councilman, 
Northampton, Mass., 1S85-1S86. Author of 
many papers and reports on geological 
surveys, Japanese and Chinese grammar, 
geology, surveying and other subjects. 
Member of American Institute of Mining 
Engineers and twenty other societies. Ad- 
dress, 708 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LYNCH, Augustine Timothy: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal Twentieth Pennsylvania 
(Militia) Infantry Sept. 18, 1862; mus- 
tered out Sept. 30, 1S62; First Lieutenant 
Fifty-ninth Pennsylvania (Militia) Infan- 
try July 1, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Sept. 9, 1S63; Second Lieutenant 183d 
Pennsylvania Infantry Oct. 3, 1863; Cap- 
tain Dec. 24, 1863; Major Aug. 9, 1864; 
Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 4, 1864; honorably 
mustered out July 13, 1865. Elected Oct. 
11, 1865. Address, 206 Crozer Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

LYNCH, Bennett Ball: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twentieth Pennsylvania 
(Militia) Infantry June 18, 1863; Corpo- 
ral June 21, 1863; mustered out Aug. 3, 
1863; private 183d Pennsylvania Infantry 
Dec. 19, 1863; Corporal Jan. 11, 1864; 
Sergeant Feb. 13, 1864; discharged for 
promotion Sept. 10, 1864; Second Lieu- 
tenant ISSd Pennsylvania Infantry Sept. 
11, 1864; First Lieutenant Dec. 31, 1864; 
honorably mustered out July 13, 1865. 
Elected May 1, 1901. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LYJNCH, John: 

Jurist; born in Providence, R. I., Nov. 
1, 1843. His father subsequently re- 
moved to Pennsylvania, and here the son 
was educated in Wyalusing and Wyoming 
Seminaries, subsequently studying law 
under G. M. Harding, of Wilkesbarre. 
and being admitted to the bar in 1865. 
For a year he was chief clerk to the 
Sheriff, and in 1S66, received the Demo- 
cratic nomination for Register of Wills 



and won the election over his opponent, 
Capt. H. M. Gordon. He was the last 
lawyer to fill that position. In 1871, 
when Wilkesbarre was organized as a 
city, Mr. Lynch was appointed Council- 
man-at-large, and during 1S73-1874 was 
Attorney for the city. He was the Demo- 
cratic candidate for Judge in 1S77, and 
candidate of the Greenback Labor Party 
for the same position, but was defeated 
in both contests. In later years he built 
up a large and lucrative practice, and 
in 1S91 was appointed one of the Law 
Judges of Luzerne County by Gov. Patti- 
son. In the fall of the same year he 
was elected Judge of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas and in 1901 was re-elected as 
President Judge of this court. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

LiiVt'H, John Wheaton: 

Merchant; was born in Baltimore, Md., 
June 23, 1S39; son of John Hylton Lynch, 
of Jamaica, West Indies. Educated at 
Burlington College, New Jersey; entered 
mercantile life in Philadelphia, Pa., in 
1855. At the opening of the rebellion he 
enlisted as a private May 5, 1861, in the 
three months' service at Ft. Delaware, 
in the Commonwealth Artillery Co., and 
mustered out Aug. 5, 1861. Returning 
to Philadelphia he received from Senator 
E. D. Baker a special order to recruit a 
company; succeeding in this, the com- 
pany was attached as Color Company to 
Col. T. G. Morehead's regiment, he re- 
ceiving commission as First Lieutenant. 
This regiment, the 106th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, formed part of the Second 
Brigade, Second Division, Second Army 
Corps, which participated in various en- 
gagements from Ball's Bluff to Gettys- 
burg; he was promoted Captain of the 
106th Regiment on the field after the bat- 
tle of Fredericksburg, Jan. 12, 1863; hon- 
orably discharged for disability Sept. 5, 
1863. Returning to Philadelphia from 
service, he connected himself with his old 
firm in the importing business in New 
York, remaining with them until 1876, 
when he started in for himself success- 
fully. Now in the storage business in 
Philadelphia; Republican in politics; was 
elected to the order of the Loyal Le- 
gion, Oct. 19, 1S87. He married Elizabeth 
J., daughter of John Mustin, of Philadel- 
phia, June 22, 1865. Present address, 334 
South 42d St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

LYON, George A.: 

Pay Director, United States Navy; born 
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sylvania, June 11, 1S62. Entered the ser- 
vice as Assistant Paymaster; attached to 
the Lexington and Tuscumbia, Missis- 
sippi Flotilla, 1862-1S63; participated in 
the attack on Haines' Bluff, December, 
1S62; in the capture of Arkansas Post, 
Jan. 12, 1863; in several conflicts on the 
Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, dur- 
ing- January, February, and March, 1863; 
running the Vicksburg batteries on the 
night of April 16, 1863; battle of Grand 
Gulf, April 29, 1863, and in all the en- 
gagements of the Mississippi Squadron, 
during the siege of Vicksburg; steam 
sloop Pontoosuc, North Atlantic Blockad- 
ing Squadron, 1864-1865; both attacks on 
Fort Fisher, 1864-1865, and in the sub- 
sequent engagements on Cape Fear River, 
which resulted in the surrender of Wil- 
mington, North Carolina; afterward in 
the James River, Virginia, until the fall 
of Richmond; receiving ship Potomac, 
Gulf Squadron, 1S66-1867. Promoted to 
Paymaster, Jan. 23, 1S66; store ship Idaho 
Asiatic Squadron. 1S67-1S70; Worcester, 
1871; Michigan, 1871-1874; Inspector of 
Provisions, Navy Yard, Washington, 1875- 
187S; Navy Yard, Washington, 18S1-18S3; 
Trenton. Asiatic Station, 1S83; Fleet Pay- 
master, Asiatic Station, 1S83-1886; Navy 
Pay Office and Navy Yard, Portsmouth. 
N. H., 18S7-1S90. Promoted to Pay In- 
spector, Sept. 15, 1888; Navy Pay Office, 
San Francisco, September, 1890, to Sep- 
tember, 1893; special duty, Washington, 
1S94; Navy Pay Office, Boston, 1894; New 
York. March, 1896; Paymaster of the 
fleet. North Atlantic Station, 1S96-1S97; 
settling accounts, July 1897; member of 
Examining Board in Washington, Dec. 
1S97, to March 31, 1898. Promoted to 
Pay Director, March 15, 1S9S; in charge 
of Navy Pay Office, Philadelphia, April 
1. 1S94. to Dec. 1, 1899; transferred to the 
retired list of the navy, Dec. 23, 1899, 
with rank of Rear Admiral. Address, 
The Union League, Philadelphia, Pa. 

LYON, J. Deiiniston: 

Banker; educated in public schools of 
Pittsburg, and later at Princeton's pre- 
paratory school, Lawrenceville, N. J. En- 
tering the First National Bank of Pitts- 
burg as messenger, he soon became col- 
lection clerk, then bookkeeper and soon 
after cashier in the banking house of 
Semple & Thompson. Was admitted to 
the partnership and it became William R. 
Thompson & Co. Three years ago it 
was merged with the old banking house 



of N. Holmes & Sons. Mr. Lyon becom- 
ing an equal partner with J. G. and N. 
Holmes; he is Vice President of the Iron 
City National Bank, also a Director of 
the Safe Deposit & Trust Co., and an 
active man in Pittsburg's Wall Street. 
Address, 901 Ridge Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

LYONS, Thomas F.: 

Captain; United States Marine Corps; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed to the 
United States Marine Corps as First Lieu- 
tenant June 16, 1899. Captain March 2, 
1903, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Pen- 
sacola, Fla. Address, Pensacola, Fla. 

LYTLE, Joseph: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Monongahela City. Address. Monon- 
gahela City, Washington County, Pa. 

LITE, Eliphalet Oram: 

Educator; author; born at Bird-in- 
hand, Pa., June 29, 1842; received early 
education in- public schools. Entered the 
Union Army; leaving school during his 
preparatory course, enlisted as a private 
in infantry regiment; received commis- 
sion in battei-y of light artillery, serving 
until the close of the war; wounded at 
the battle of Chancellorsville. He was 
graduated from the Pennsylvania State 
Normal School in 1868, later completing 
scientific course with the degrees of 
B. S., M. S. Teacher of rhetoric and 
bookkeeping; Professor of Pedagogy and 
English Grammar, Pennsylvania State 
Normal School; Lecturer on educational 
and literary subjects; Principal and Pro- 
fessor of Psychology and Logic, State 
Normal School; received the degree of 
A. M. from Franklin and Marshall Col- 
lege in 1878, and of Ph. D. in 1887; Presi- 
dent of Pennsylvania State Teachers' As- 
sociation. 1891; President of the Na- 
tional Educational Association, 1S99; life 
Director of National Educational Associa- 
tion and member of the National Council 
of Education connected with that body. 
Member of American Academy of Politi- 
cal and Social Science, Pennsylvania His- 
torical Society, Loyal Legion of United 
States, Grand Army of the Republic, Sons 
of the Revolution. Member of the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Church. Married, March 
26, 1872, Mary McJunkin. Author of 
"Practical Bookkeping," 18S3; "Grammar 
and Composition," 1886; "Elementary 
English," 189S; "Elements of Grammar 
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mar and Composition," 1898, and a num- 
ber of books on music. Address, Millers- 
ville, Pa. 

LYON, Walter: 

State Senator; born April 27, 1853, in 
Shaler Township, Allegheny County, Pa.; 
son of Henry Baldwin and Mary Ann 
j (White) Lyon; educated in the public 
! schools, Professor Gourlay's Academy 
and Professor Wakeham's School in Al- 
legheny and by private tutors; was ad- 
i mitted to the Allegheny County bar Jan. 
; 13, 1877; was Lieutenant Governor of 
| the Commonwealth, President of the Sen- 
ate and Board of Pardons from Jan. 15, 
| 1895, to Jan. 71, 1S99; was also in the 
I State Senate from the Allegheny Sena- 
I torial District, by election, to fill the va- 
I cancy caused by the death of Senator J. 
! N. Neeb. Republican in politics and mem- 
I ber of the Union Club, Pittsburg, and the 
Allegheny Country Club. Address, Se- 
wickley, Pa. 



M 

MVCALISTER, James: 

President of Drexel Institute, Philadel- 
phia; born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 
| 26, 1840; he was graduated from Brown 
University and received the degree of 
A. M. ; he studied law in the University 
of New York and received the degree of 
J LL.B. He was Superintendent of Public 
| Schools in Milwaukee from 1874 to 1883; 
Regent of Normal Schools, Wisconsin, 
from 1878 to 18S3; First Superintendent 
I of Public Schools in Philadelphia from 
j 1883 to 1891; he resigned to become Pres- 
I ident of the Drexel Institute, which posi- 
! tion he still holds; he was Trustee of the 
University of Pennsylvania from 1885 to 
1897; he was elected a member of the 
American Philosophical Society in 1S86; 
in 1889 Brown University conferred upon 
him the honorary degree of LL. D. ; in 
1889 the French Government conferred 
upon him the appointment and decoration 
of Officer d'Acadgmie. In 1895 he was 
appointed a member of the Jury of 
Awards in the Atlanta Interstate and 
International Exposition, and in 1903 a 
member of the Advisory Board of Edu- 
cation in the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 
position, St. Louis, 1904. He is a mem- 
ber of the Board of Trustees, Fairmount 
Park Art Association, Philadelphia, and of 
other public bodies. He has been lecturer 
on History and Institutes of Education in 



the Johns Hopkins University and on 
History of Education in New York Uni- 
versity. He was invited to read a paper 
in the International Educational Confer- 
ence, held in London in 1884, and was 
selected to read a paper in the Educa- 
tional Congress in the Exposition Univer- 
sale, Paris, 1900. He has published num- 
erous addresses, reports and papers on 
education. Address, Drexel Institute, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MACBETH, George A.: 

President of the Charleroi Savings and 
Trust Company. Address, Charleroi, 
Washington County, Pa, 

MACCONNELL, Cliarles Curtis: 

Captain United States Army; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Second Lieutenant Fifth Artillery, May 
14, 1861; First Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1863; 
Captain, May 1, 1875; retired, April 18, 
1883; brevetted First Lieutenant, June 
27, 1862, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in the Peninsular campaign in Vir- 
ginia; Captain, July 2, 1S63, for gallant 
and meritorious services in the battle 
of Gettysburg, Pa., and Major, March 25, 
1865, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices during the attack on Ft. Steedman, 
Virginia. Address, Morristown, N. J. 

MACCOJIJIELL, Cliarles J.: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania, Dec. 14, 1837; 
served an apprenticeship as a mechan- 
ical engineer, studied and practiced civil 
engineering; he was a graduate of State 
Normal School at Trenton, N. J.; mem- 
ber of Company A, National Guard of 
that State; in 1861 he volunteered for 
three months; he was detailed for spe- 
cial services at the Arsenal at Tren- 
ton during most of the time. He was 
appointed Third Assistant Engineer in 
regular service on Oct. 29, 1861; ordered 
to gunboat Kineo on Nov. 2, 1861; 
joined the fleet of Admiral Farragut in 
Gulf of Mexico in February, 1862, and 
participated in the fighting which oc- 
curred between the Passes and Fort 
Jackson; he was present during the battle 
at this place and its capture, and the cap- 
ture of New Orleans; he was actively 
engaged in all the various battles in the 
Mississippi at Donaldsonville, Plaquemine, 
Baton Rouge. Port Hudson and Vicks- 
burg, the destruction of the ram Arkan- 
sas and various skirmishes up and down 
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detached from the Kineo at Baltimore, 
Oct. 31, 1863. He was promoted to grade 
of Second Assistant Engineer in Septem- 
ber, 1863; ordered to Pontusuc. March 
31, 1864; was detached from this ship 
and reported for duty on board the 
Mattabesett, on blockade duty and in the 
Sounds of North Carolina; he fought the 
ram Albemarle off Edenton. N. C, and 
did guard duty at Plymouth in the Roa- 
noke River; remained on this ship until 
after the surrender of General Johnson at 
Goldsboro; was then ordered to New 
York and detached on May 31, 1865; after 
a short leave he was ordered to duty at 
League Island and assisted in establish- 
ing the Navy Yard at that place. On 
Nov. 20, 1897, he was ordered to the flag- 
ship New York as Fleet Engineer of the 
North Atlantic Station, and took part in 
all the stirring events and incidents of 
the Spanish War; was in the blockade of 
Havana and participated in the bom- 
bardments of Porto Rico, Matanzas and 
the Moro of Santiago, and in the final 
battle with the Spanish fleet off Santiago 
on July 3, 1898; the next day after this 
battle he was stricken with sciatica, 
owing to arduous duty and the inroads 
of the climate, and. placed on the sick list. 
On Aug. 10, 1898, he attained the rank of 
Captain, and on the same day was pro- 
moted two numbers on the list of Chief 
Engineers by the President for conspicu- 
ous conduct and bravery in battle. He 
came home in the flagship to New York, 
Aug. 20, 1889; was detached and ordered 
to Naval Hospital for treatment; he 
was examined by a medical board and 
placed on sick leave for three months; 
was afterward ordered before a Retiring 
Board at New York Navy Yard on Jan. 
9, 1899. and retired on Jan. 19 following. 
Address. 172 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 

MACFARLiATVE, Alexander: 

Mathematician and physicist; born at 
Blairgowrie, Scotland, April 21, 1851, and 
educated at the public schools; he became 
a student of arts at the University of 
Edinburgh, and was graduated M. A. in 
1875, at the same time gaining a fellow- 
ship; he was appointed an instructor in 
physics and after three years took the 
degree of Doctor of Science in the De- 
partment of Mathematics and Physics. 
With the aid of a grant from the Roy.il 
Society of London he made numerous 
researches on the discharge of electricity. 
In 1878 he was elected a Fellow of the 



Royal Society of Edinburgh; in 1SS1 he 
was appointed examiner in mathematics 
and physics to Edinburgh University; in 
1885 he was professor of physics at the 
University of Texas; he was founder of 
the Texas Academy of Science; in 1887 he 
received the degree of LL. D. from the 
University of Michigan. In 1S95 he was 
married at San Antonio, Tex., to Heien 
Swearingen. From 1S95 to 1897 he had 
charge of the Department of Electrical 
Engineering at Lehigh University, South 
Bethlehem, and is still a lecturer there. 
In 1S96 he succeeded to property in and 
moved to the Province of Ontario. He 
is Secretary of the International Assoca- 
tion for promoting the Study of Vector 
Analysis. He is author of "Principles of 
the Algebra of Logic," 1879; "Analysis 
of Relationship," 18S2; "Physical Arith- 
metic," 1SS5; "Elementary Mathematical 
Tables," 18S9; "Critical Account of Rain- 
making Experiments at San Antonio, 
Texas." 1892. Address. Gowrie Grove, 
Chatham, Ont., Can. 

MACFARIiANE, Charles William: 

Author, real estate operator; he was 
born in Philadelphia in 1850 and received 
his preparatory education in the Philadel- 
phia High School; he was graduated from 
the Lehigh University in 1876 as civil en- 
gineer; he took a post-graduate course 
in chemistry at the Lehigh University 
in 1S77. and in history and economics at 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1891; 
in 1893 he received the degree of Ph. D. 
from the University of Freiburg in Baden. 
He is a member of American Economic 
Association, American Academy of Politi- 
cal and Social Science and St. Andrews 
Societv; also the University and Con- 
temporary Clubs. Author of "Value and 
Distribution," 1899; "Canons of Criti- 
cism," 1S85; also monographs on econom- 
ical subjects and contributions to econom- 
ical journals. Married Kathleen Self- 
ridge. Address, Fifty-second and Market 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MACFARLANE, James R.: 

Jurist: born April 20. 1858. at Towanda, 
Pa.; son of James and Mary (Overton) 
McFarlane: was graduated from Prince- 
ton in 187'5; studied law at Towanda. Pa., 
and admitted to the Bradford County, 
Pa., bar in 1S80. Removed to Pittsburg 
and was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar March 2, 1881. Was elected a 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 
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of ten years from the first Monday of 
January, 1903. Republican in politics. 
Member of the Crucible Club of Pittsburg 
Address, 4724 Wallingford St., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

MACFARLANE, John Muirhead: 

Professor of Botany in the University 
of Pennsylvania since 1893; he was born 
in Kirkaldy, Scotland, Sept. 28, 1855; he 
was graduated from Edinburgh University 
with the degree of B. S. in 1880; D. Sc. 
in 1883; he was instructor in botany at 
Edinburgh University from 1S81 to 1891; 
Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh in 
1885; Secretary of the Botanical Society 
of Edinburgh from 1885 to 1890. He de- 
veloped the Botanical Gardens of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1899, 
and has been director since 1897; he aided 
in the foundation of the Botanical Society 
of Pennsylvania in 1897. Member of the 
Academy of Natural Science and Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society; he was Presi- 
dent of the Society for Plant Morphology 
and Physiology from 1898 to 1899. Mar- 
ried in 1887 Emily Warburton. Author of 
numerous papers on botanical subjects. 
Address, Lansdowne, Pa. 

MacIIVALL,, Kdward: 

Druggist; he was born in Wilmington, 
Del., of Scotch-Irish stock, Dec. 23. 1851; 
educated in Friends' School and in the 
classical and literary departments of St 
Mary's College; then by private tutors 
with a view of entering the priesthood. 
He entered Georgetown University for a 
short period; he was graduated at the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1868 
with high honors. He entered the office 
of Dr. Henry F. Askew, and later the 
office of Dr. John K. Kane, brother of the 
distinguished Arctic Explorer, Dr. Elisha 
Kent Kane. He entered Jefferson Medical 
College. Philadelphia, in 1869, and became 
an office student of the late Prof. S D 
Gross. Prof, of Surgery. He entered com- 
mercial life in 1870; he had a large and 
successful wholesale and retail drug busi- 
ness, as successor to his father in Wil- 
mington, Del. He retired from business 
in 1879. Then resumed a course in medi- 
cine as ^ private office student of the 
late Prof. Wm. H. Pancoast, Prof. Anato- 
my, Jefferson Medical College, for one year 
but never practiced. Afterward he went 
to Europe for a long sojourn, and event- 
ually made two prolonged tours of the 
world, since which time on his return has 
resided in Philadelphia, New York and 
Washington. He is a member of the Zeta 



Phi Society and Alumni of the Phila- 
delphia College of Pharmacy, American 
Pharmaceutical Association. In 1894 he 
was married to Annie, daughter of Paris 
M. and Letitia Lenox Mitchell of Wil- 
mington, Del. Republican in politics 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MacIVER, Joseph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia, he 
was born Aug. 5, 1871, in the city of Phila- 
delphia; educated in the public schools of 
that city; he entered the employ of the 
Western Union Telegraph Company as a 
telegraph operator at the age of sixteen 
years; he has occupied responsible posi- 
tions with that company and the Postal 
Telegraph Cable Company; he was ap- 
pointed detective in office of District At- 
torney, January, 1902: he has been a 
delegate to State and other important 
conventions and is a member of thirty- 
ninth section school board; he was as a 
member of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1899 and 1901, and re-elected 
in November. 1902. Address, 2329 S 13th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MACK, John M.: 

Paving and electric light contractor; 
born in Philadelphia, Aug. 15, 1852; edu- 
cated in the public schools; in 1876 en- 
tered the field of contracting, which he 
developed especially in the fields of pav- 
ing and electric lighting. His enterprise 
and energy have led him to the formation 
and the leadership of many organizations, 
among the most important of which are 
the Mack Paving Company, the Pennsyl- 
vania Asphalt Company, and the Southern 
Electric Light and Power Company, of 
Philadelphia, of all of which he is Presi- 
dent, while he is a prominent Director 
in the Mack Manufacturing Company of 
Pittsburg. Of all of these except the last 
he was the founder and is the largest 
stockholder. He has also extensive in- 
terests in the West, from Pittsburg and 
Allegheny to Cleveland, Ohio. On the de- 
velopment of electric lighting and power 
he took an active interest in it, and the 
Southern Electric Light and Power Com- 
pany, whose plant has been built since 
1895, is one of the most perfect of its 
kind in the country. More recently he 
has organized the various asphalt com- 
panies into the Asphalt Company of Am- 
erica and has taken an actiye part in 
street railway management, arranging the 
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way systems of Philadelphia. He is a 
Director and Chairman of the Executive 
Committee of the consolidated companies 
and a Director of the Philadelphia Rapid 
Transit Company. Address, Oaklands, near 
Torresdale, Pa.; office 11 Broadway, New 
York city. 

MacKAY-SMITH, Alexander, L>. D.: 

Bishop-Coadjutor of Pennsylvania; born 
in New Haven, Conn., and educated at 
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., at 
Trinity College, Hartford, and partly in 
England and Germany; studied theology 
partly at the General Theological Semi- 
nary in New York, and partly in private; 
was ordained deacon in December, 1876, 
by Bishop Williams, of Connecticut, and 
priest in December, 1877, by Bishop Pad- 
dock, of Massachusetts; he received the 
degree of D. D. in 18S9 from Trinity Col- 
lege, and of S. T. D. from Hobart College 
in the same year; he was in charge of 
Grace Church, South Boston, from 1877 to 
lb&O, afternoon preacher at St. Thomas's 
Church, New York, from 1880 to 1887; 
archdeacon of New York from 1887 to 
1893, and rector of St. John's Church, 
'Washington, from 1893 to 1902, as well as 
archdeacon of Washington from 1900 to 
1902, in conjunction with his rectorship. 
He ' was elected Bishop-Coadjutor of 
Pennsylvania, and consecrated in the 
Church of Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on 
May 1, 1902. In 1S86 he was elected Bish- 
op-Coadjutor of Kansas, but declined 
the office. He was also a delegate to 
the General Convention of the Church in 
1898 and 1901. Address, 251 South Twen- 
ty-second St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MACKENZIE, Arthur Stanley: 

Professor at the Bryn Mawr College; 
son of George A. Mackenzie, barrister, of 
Pictou, Nova Scotia; was born there Sept. 
26, 1865; was educated at Dalhousie Uni- 
versity, Halifax, Nova Scotia (B. A., 1885). 
Post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins 
University from 1889 to 1891; scholar and 
Fellow in physics from 1889 to 1891; (Ph. 
' D 1894)- Tutor in mathematics at Dal- 
housie University from 1887 to 1889; as- 
sociate, associate professor, and profess- 
or of physics at Bryn Mawr College from 
1891 to present time. Member of the Am- 
erican Physical Society and of American 
Philosophical Society. Published "The 
Laws of Gravitation," American Book 
Co., 1900. Papers in The Physical Re- 
view, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 



Proceedings of the American Philoso- 
phical Society. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

M AClvEY, Charles W.: 

Lawyer and promotor; born in Frank- 
lin, Pa., Nov. 19, 1842; learned the print- 
ing trade, and as a boy undertook to 
edit and publish a newspaper. At eigh- 
teen he began the study of law, and in 
the following year joined the Fourth 
Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, being 
elected First Lieutenant. He was in every 
battle in Virginia except two, from his 
enlistment to Gettysburg; he was honor- 
ably mustered out in July, 1863, and soon 
after was appointed special agent by the 
United States Treasury for Eastern Vir- 
ginia and North Carolina. In this post he 
did excellent service and disbursed large 
sums; resigning in August, 1865, and re- 
suming the study of law, he was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1S65, and quickly 
came into active practice, being especially 
engaged in corporation law. He soon be- 
came active in railroad and other enter- 
prises, was the projector of various 
roads, and was made President of the 
Pennsylvania, Bradford and Buffalo and 
the Norfolk, Abemarle and Atlantic; Vice 
President of the Olean, Bradford and 
Warren and the Cincinnati and South- 
western, and Director of the Pittsburg 
and Western Railroad.. He also organized 
the American Oxide Company, the Shen- 
ango Coal & Mining Company and a 
considerable number of other industrial 
enterprises, in several of which he served 
as President. He was the Republican 
candidate for Congress in 1884 and 18S6, 
but was defeated on both occasions. AS 
an earnest Republican he took an active 
part in many political campaigns, and was 
a delegate to the National Convention of 
1888 He is a member of several clubs 
and the Geographical Society of New 
York City, the Grosvenor Club of London, 
the Duquesne Club of Pittsburg, and the 
Nursery Club of Franklin. Address, 
Franklin, Pa. 

MACKLAV, David: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Franklin County, 
was born in Greenvillage. Franklin Coun- 
ty, Pa., Jan. IS, 1852; he was educated 
in the public schools, also Tuscarora and 
Chambersburg Academies, and was grad- 
uated from the Medical Department ot 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1875; 
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ceeded to his father's practice in which 
he continued until 1891, when he re- 
moved to Chambersburg, and associated 
himself with Dr. R. W. Ramsey in the 
practice of his profession; is Director of 
the Chambersburg Trust Company, and a 
member of the National, State and Coun- 
ty Medical Societies; he was elected 
County Treasurer of Franklin County in 
1896 for a term of three years; served as 
Chairman of the Republican County Com- 
mittee three years; elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, Chambersburg, Pa. , 

MaeNUTT, Ira: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
apointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet, Mil- 
itary Academy July 1, 1866; Second Lieu- 
tenant Third Artillery June 15, 1870; First 
Lieutenant Ordnance June 13, 1878; Cap- 
tain June 14, 1886; Major Oct. 15, 1901. 
Address, Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, 
Mass. 

MACOMB, Henry Alexander: 

Architect; Fellow American Institute 
of Architects; born at Fort Hamilton, 
Long Island, New York, April 5, 1845; son 
of Commodore William Henry Macomb, 
United States Navy, and grandson of 
Major Gen'l Alexander Macomb (Com- 
mander in Chief of United States Army, 
1828-1841), and Brig. Gen'l Henry Stan- 
ton, United States Army. Educated at 
the Brooklyn College and Polytechnic 
Institute, which he left in 1863 to serve 
in the United States Navy till the close 
of the War of the Rebellion. Entered 
the office of Jas. H. Windrim, architect, 
Philadelphia, as a student in 1868, and 
continued with him as chief draughts- 
man till 1878. when he entered the office 
of Wilson Bros. & Co., civil engineers, 
and architects, Philadelphia, as chief 
draughtsman till 1886, when he was ad- 
mitted to the firm of which he was ar- 
chitectural partner until its dissolution in 
1899. Since that date he has practiced 
architecture in Philadelphia, under his 
own name. Address, 1603-4 Real Estate 
Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MADDISON, Isabel, B. Sc., Ph. D.: 

Secretary to the President and Reader 
in Mathematics at Bryn Mawr College 
Bryn Mawr, Pa., since 1895; born in Eng- 
land and educated at the University 
College of South Wales, and at Girton 
College, University of Cambridge. Eng- 
land; came to America in 1892; studied 



mathematics for two years at Bryn 
Mawr College and for one year at the 
University of Gottingen; has written ar- 
ticles on the "Theory of Singular Solu- 
tions of Differential Equations," and 
edited a "Handbook of British, Conti- 
nental and Canadian Universities." Ad- 
dress, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, 
Pa. 

MADDUX. Daniel Parish: 

Physician and Surgeon; son of Rev. 
John Burton and Mary Parish Maddux; 
born at Columbia, Pa., April 26, 1862; 
educated at public schools, Pennington 
Seminary, Nova Scotia, and Dickinson 
College, Pa. ; was graduated in 1883 from 
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadel- 
phia, and served as interne in the 
Ward's Island Hospital, New York, and 
as a resident surgeon at the Cumberland 
Street Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. Locat- 
ed in Chester, Pa., in 1885. Member of 
Organon Medical Club of Chester, Home- 
opathic Medical Society of Delaware 
County, Homeopathic Medical Society of 
Chester, Delaware and Montgomery 
Counties, Homeopathic Medical Society 
of Pennsylvania, American Institute of 
Homeopathy, Treasurer of the Surgical 
and Gynecological Society of the Ameri- 
can Institute of Homeopathy, Alumni As- 
sociation of Hahnemann Medical College 
of- Philadelphia, of which he has served 
as President; Saturday Night Club of 
Philadelphia, Penn Club of Chester and 
Alpha Boat Club. He is a member of the 
Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Ex- 
aminers, and was a member of the Ches- 
ter Board of Examining Surgeons for 
United States Pensions; Senior Surgeon 
of the J. Lewis Crozer Hospital at Ches- 
ter, Pa. Address, Chester, Pa. 

MADEIRA, I. on is Chillis: 

Civil engineer and insurance agent; was 
born in Philadelphia, June 2, 1853. His 
education was received in the Episcopal 
Academy, of Philadelphia, and in the 
Science Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, which he left to engage in 
business at the end of his sophomore 
year. For the three years following 1871 
he was engaged as civil engineer on the 
Wilmington and Northern and the Berks 
and Lehigh Railroads, and from 1874 to 
1877 was Assistant Engineer in the Dela- 
ware and Bound Brook Railroad. In 1877 
he gave up civil engineering to engage in 
the insurance business as a member of 
the firm of Louis C. Madeira & Sons, of 



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which his father was senior partner. He 
has since been engaged in this business. 
He is a Trustee of the Episcopal Acade- 
my, treasurer of the Philadelphia Fire 
Underwriters' Association, and of the 
gymnasium fund of the University of 
Pennsylvania, and is a member of numer- 
ous clubs. Since 1890 he has been a Di- 
rector of the University Athletic Asso- 
ciation, and Governor of the University 
Club since 1895. Address, 253 South 
Thirteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MAGEE, Christopher: 

Jurist; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 5, 
1829; was graduated from the Western 
University of Pennsylvania in 1848 and 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1849; 
studied law in the Law Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania and under 
preceptors, and was admitted to the bar 
of Philadelphia in 1S52, and to the Alle- 
gheny County and that of the State Su- 
preme Court in 1853. In 1S56 he was 
elected to represent Allegheny County in 
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and in 
1885 was appointed by Governor Pattison 
a Judge of Common Pleas Court No. 2 
of Allegheny County to succeed the Hon. 
John M. Kirkpatrick, resigned. He was 
elected to this office in the following year 
and served a two-year term with general 
satisfaction. A Democrat in political 
faith, he has received many nominations 
for office, though without success in the 
elections. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MAGEE, Christopher L,.: 

City official and railway President; 
born in Pittsburg, April 14, 1848; edu- 
cated in the Western University of Penn- 
sylvania; became a clerk in the Comp- 
troller's office; was made cashier of the 
Pittsburg Treasury in 1869, and in 1871 
was elected City Treasurer; he was re- 
elected in 1874, and was for ten years 
Fire Commissioner, being for part of this 
time President of the commission. Dur- 
his active connection with the financial 
affairs of Pittsburg he reduced the city 
debt from $15,000,000 to $8,000,000. A 
Republican in politics, he has been twice 
Secretary of the State Committee, and 
served in every State convention from 
1872 and every National convention from 
1876. He was one of the supporters of 
Grant in 1880 and of Harrison against 
Blaine in 1892. Mr. Magee has been very- 
active and successful in business affairs, 
his early investments being in natural 
gas, while he afterward became connect- 



ed with many business enterprises. In 
1884 he bought the Times newspaper, then 
with 1,500 circulation, which he built up 
to over 60,000. He organized and be- 
came President of the Duquesne Trac- 
tion Company, is President of the 
Transvere Railway Company, and is a 
Director in several other Railway Com- 
panies, the Freehold Bank, the Western 
Insurance Company, the Pittsburg Trust 
Company, etc. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MAGEE, George AVhitten: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Venango County; 
born at Plain Grove, Lawrence County, 
Pa., in 1S64; at fifteen years of age en- 
tered Grove City College, from which he 
was graduated in the classical course 
when twenty years old, having taught 
in the public schools five winters during 
this time; he then began the study of 
medicine and was graduated from the 
Western Pennsylvania Medical College in 
1889, since which "time he has been en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession, 
being associated with Dr. J. A. Ritchey, 
at Oil City; has been a member of the 
Oil City School Board for the past twelve 
years, and is now serving his third term 
as President of the Board; has always 
been a Republican and taken an active 
part in politics; was elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, Oil City, Pa. 

MAGEE, William Addison, Jr.: 

State Senator from Allegheny County; 
born in Pittsburg, Pa.. May 4, 1S73; edu- 
cated in the common schools and the 
Pittsburg High School; admitted to the 
bar of Allegheny County, June, 1895; in 
1897 was appointed one of the Assistant 
District Attorneys for Allegheny County; 
resigned the following year and was 
elected to represent the Twenty-third 
Ward of Pittsburg in the Common Coun- 
cil; was re-elected in 1900 and was serv- 
ing in that capacity when elected to the 
Senate on April 16, 1901, to fill the 
vacancy caused by the death of his 
uncle, Hon. Christopher Lyman Magee. 
Address, 518 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MAGEE, XV. C.I 

Banker; born in Lawrence County, Pa.; 
educated at Hopedale, Ohio. He was 
formerly Vice President of the H. C. 
Frick Coke Company, now President of 
Pickards-Magee Coke Company, and Vice 
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In politics he is a Republican. Perma- 
nent address, 1210 Frick Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MAGILL, Edward Hiolcs: 

Educator; born in Solebury, Bucks 
County, Pa., Sept. 24, 1825; was graduat- 
ed from Brown University in 1852; re- 
ceived the degree of LL. D. from Haver- 
ford College. Principal of the classical 
department, High School, Providence, 
R. I., 1852-1859; sub-master of Boston 
Public Latin School, 1859-1867; traveled 
abroad from 1867 to 1869; principal of 
the preparatory department of Swarth- 
more College, 1869-1870; President of 
Swarthmore, 1870-1889; engaged in foreign 
study and travel, 18S9-1890; Professor of 
French, 1890-1902; now emeritus Professor 
and Lecturer on French Literature in 
Swarthmore. He is author of "French 
Grammar," "Intermediate French Read- 
er," "French Prose and Poetry," "Reading 
French Grammar," "Modern French 
Series." Married, first, Sarah W. Beans, 
in 1852; second, Sarah Elizabeth Gardi- 
ner, in 1902. Address, Swarthmore, Dela- 
ware Co., Pa. 

MAGILL, Louis J.: 

Major United States Marine Corps; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania 
Second Lieutenant July 1, 1895; First 
Lieutenant June 13, 1898; Captain March 
3, 1S99; Major June 18, 1903. First Lieu- 
tenant and Captain by brevet for good 
judgment and gallantry in battle at 
Guantanamo, Cuba, June 13, 189S; As- 
sistant Adjutant and Inspector. Address. 
Marine Headquarters, Washington, D. C. 

MAGINNISS, Thomas Hobbs: 

Lieutenant Colonel National Guard of 
Pennsylvania, retired; born in Tyrone, 
Ireland, March 26, 1848; son of Rev. Chas. 
Maginniss, A. M. (T. C. D.), and Char- 
lotte A. M. (Hobbs) ; educated at classi- 
cal and military academies, Ireland. 
Married at Philadelphia in 1868 Sarah 
Thompson. His paternal grandfather, 
Sir John Maginniss. M. D., Knt., was 
an eminent surgeon, sometime Mayor of 
Londonderry and physician to George 
IV. in Ireland. His maternal grand- 
father was a Waterloo officer, Capt. 
Thomas Hobbs. 92nd Highlanders, of Bar- 
naboy House, whose five sons and six 
grandsons had served with distinction 
as officers in the British Army. He was 
preparing for a commission in the Brit- 
ish Army when he came to America, and 



at sixteen enlisted in the United States 
Army; served with the Army of the 
Potomac until the close of the Rebel- 
lion, and in 1865 was transferred to the 
Pacific coast, where he served at many 
posts in the new territories and among 
the Indians; later served in the South 
and East. In 1S79 he resigned from the 
army, and for twenty years was connect- 
ed with the U. S. Quartermaster's De- 
partment, Schuylkill Arsenal, at Phila- 
delphia. When the Spanish-American 
War commenced he was ordered to New 
York City to superintend the manufac- 
ture of uniforms and equipment, and in 
four months had turned over equipment 
for over 300,000 men. At the close of the 
war he resigned from the Government 
service, and is at present Secretary of 
the Pocahontas Collieries Company of 
Virginia, with headquarters in Philadel- 
phia. He was in command of the Third 
Regiment, N. G. P., and made a record 
at the time of the Homestead riots by 
mustering his regiment in five hours 
and transporting them to the scene of 
disturbance. He is a member of Post 1, 
G. A. R. ; Past Commander of Post 46, 
and a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. 
and A. M. Address, 3811 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MAGOFFIN, B.: 

President of the Farmers and Me- 
chanics' National Bank of Mercer. Ad- 
dress, Mercer, Mercer County,, Pa. 

MAGRCDER, David Lynn: 

Colonel United States Army; member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; First 
Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Unit- 
ed States Army Feb. 1, 1850; Captain and 
Assistant Surgeon Feb. 1, 1855; Major 
and Surgeon April 16, 1862; Lieutenant 
Colonel and Surgeon June 30, 18S2; Col- 
onel and Surgeon July 26, 1886; retired 
April 23, 1S89. Brevetted Lieutenant 
Colonel U. S. Army March 13, 1S65, "for 
faithful and meritorious services during 
the war." Elected Feb. 4, 18S5; Council 
of the Commandery May 1, 1895-1897. 
Address, 4042 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

MAGRUDER, David Lynn, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; eldest son of Companion 
Col. David L. Magruder. Elected May 
6, 1891. Address, 4042 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia. 



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MAGIIRE, Edward: 

Superintendent of Schools of Beaver 
Falls. Pa.; born at Seward, N. Y., Oct. 
18, 1S59; educated in the district school, 
the Cobleskill (N. T.) Union Free School 
and Cornell University, where he was 
graduated in 1884; was a graduate stu- 
dent at Cornell University from 1893 to 
1895, and one of the assistant librari- 
ans. He taught school at Seward, N. 
Y. ; was principal at Laurens, N. Y., and 
Rushford, N. Y. ; then Superintendent at 
Angelica, N. Y. ; at Beaver Falls, Pa., 
since June. 1902. He was married at 
Lockport, N. Y., July 24, 1SS9, to Melva 
E. Balliett of that place. Republican in 
politics. Address, 909 Eighth Ave., Bea- 
ver Falls, Pa. 

MAHON. Thaddens Maelay: 

Congressman (Republican) of Cham- 
bersburg; born at Greenvillage, Franklin 
County, Pa., in 1S40; received a common 
school and academic education: enlisted 
as a private in Company A, 126th Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, in August, 1S62. 
After term of service in this regiment 
re-enlisted as a veterna in January, 1864, 
in Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry; 
served until September, 1865; participated 
in most of the engagements with Army 
of the Potomac, Fifth Corps; was seri- 
ously wounded at Boydton Plank Road, 
Virginia, on Nov. 4. 1S64; read law and 
was admitted to practice in 1871; has 
been actively engaged in his profession 
in Southern Pennsylvania ever since his 
admission to the bar; was a member of 
the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1870 and 
1 sTl ; served as Chairman of General Ju- 
diciary Committee. He is President of 
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Rail- 
road. President of St. Thomas Bank, a 
member of the commission having charge 
of the soldiers' orphan schools of Penn- 
sylvania. He was a candidate for Con- 
gress in the Eighteenth District in 1S76, 
but was defeated by Hon. W. S. Stenger 
Cwho received the support of the Green- 
backers) by the small majority of 49; 
has always been a Republican and has 
always taken an active part in State and 
National politics; was elected to the Fif- 
ty-third, Fifty-fourth Fifty-fifth, Fifty- 
sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and 
re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. 
Address, Chambersburg, Pa. 

MAIZE. William Reynolds: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; pri- 



vate. Nineteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, 
April IS. to Aug. 9, 1861; Second Lieu- 
tenant, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Oct. 14, 1S61; First Lieutenant 
Sept. 1, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Nov. 4. 1864; Second Lieutenant, Second 
Infantry, April 23, 1866; First Lieuten- 
ant Jan. 22, 1867; assigned to Twentieth 
Infantry, April 2, 1870; Captain May 
6, 18S2; brevetted Captain March 2, 1867, 
for gallant and meritorious services in 
the battle of Stone River, Tenn. ; retired 
Feb. 24, 1S91. Adress, 2468 First St., 
San Diego, Cal. 

MAKIIEN, G. Hudson, M. D.: 

Born July 16, 1855, in Goshen, Orange 
County, N. Y. ; educated at Yale College 
and Jefferson Medical College. Married 
Nancy Baker Dyer Dec. 20, 1900. Re- 
publican in politics. President of the 
American Academy of Medicine, 1900, and 
of the Section on Laryngology and Otol- 
ogy of the American Medical Association, 
1902; Professor of Defects of Speech in 
the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College 
for Graduates in Medicine. Member of 
the American Laryngological Association, 
and American Laryngological, Rhinolog- 
ical and Otological Society, College of 
Physicians, Philadelphia; Philadelphia 
County Medical Society, Delaware Coun- 
ty Medical Society, and the American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Science. 
Author of numerous monographs on 
medical subjects. Present address, 252 
South Sixteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MALLERY. John Conrad: 

Major United States Army: born in 
Philadelphia; graduated from Williams 
College; appointed by President Lincoln 
to fill a vacancy in an Alabama Congres- 
sional district, during the war of the Re- 
bellion; graduated from the United States 
Military Academy in Corps of Engineers, 
U. S. A., Cadet Military Academy Sept. 
16. 1863; Second Lieutenant and First 
Lieutenant Engineers June 17, 1867; Cap- 
tain March 31. 1880: Major Dec. 14, 1891; 
retired Jan. 26, 1895. Address, Newport, 
R. I. 

MALLETT, Frank: James: 

Clergyman, author; Rector St. John's 
Episcopal Church. Sharon, Pa.; born at 
Lynn. England, Jan. 17, 1858; educated 
at Boys' British School in his native city; 
engaged in business for some years, then 
entered the ministry, coming to the 
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Confeufnce, but later became a candidate 
for Holy Orders in Protestant Episcopal 
Church; made deacon in 188S, priest in 
1889; for some time in charge of St. 
Paul's Church. New Albany, Ind. ; St. 
Paul's. Marquette, Mich.; St. Paul's, Be- 
loit, Wis., and at Laramie, Wyo., where 
he was first Dean of the Cathedral in 
that city; is well known as a "missioner" 
and lyceum lecturer. Author of "Wit 
and Humor of the Parson." 1900; he is 
also editorial, feature-article writer and 
literary critic of the Pacific Churchman, 
etc.: writer of short stories for Boys' 
World of Chicago. Received the degree 
of Ph. D. from Northern Illinois College 
in 1901. Elected Associate of Victoria 
Institute, or Philosophical Society of 
Great Britain, in 1902; also member of 
the Anthological Society. Address, Sha- 
ron, Pa. 

MALONEY, Martin: 

Gas company manager; born at Bal- 
langarry, Ireland, Nov. 11, 1848. He be- 
gan work when very young, learning the 
gasfitting, plumbing and stove business. 
Coming to the United States and settling 
at Scranton, Pa., he pushed forward suc- 
cessfully until he became the owner of 
the Hyde Park Gas Company and the 
Maloney Manufacturing and Gas Com- 
pany. He became connected also with 
several other enterprises, including the 
Globe Gas Light Company, the Elkins 
Manufacturing and Gas Company, and 
the United Gas Improvement Company. 
The most important of his company posi- 
tions is that of President of the Pennsyl- 
vania Heat, Light and Power Company, 
whose affairs he manages with a ripe 
business judgment and a thorough knowl- 
edge of its technical requirements. He 
is at present concerned in a number of 
manufacturing, electric light, water and 
gas companies, and has a wide reputation 
as a promoter of industrial enterprises. 
Address, 220 W. Logan Square, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

M ALONE, Robert: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Etna. Address, Etna, Allegheny Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

MALSBERGER, G. N.: 

President of the Security Company. 
Address, Pottstown, Pa. 

MANEELY, John: 

Iron dealer; born in Ireland in 1836, 
where he was educated and became a 



teacher. On his emigration to America 
he engaged in the same vocation, teaching 
a public school in Berks County, Pa. 
In October, 1S59, he entered the estab- 
lishment of Seifert, McManus & Co., 
iron dealers of Philadelphia, with whom 
he remained for the following eighteen 
years. He engaged in business on his 
own account in May, 1S77, establishing 
himself in lower Arch Street, where he 
became concerned in the sale of wrought 
iron pipe, boiler tubes, valves, and mal- 
leable iron fittings. His business grew 
till it became enormous in extent, he be- 
ing compelled to establish a second cen- 
tre of operations in Pittsburg, while his 
sales extended to all parts of the coun- 
try. His business has grown entirely on 
its merits, and he has never employed 
a traveling salesman. Mr. Maneely has 
devoted himself strictly to his business, 
his only office being that of Vice Presi- 
dent o* the Iron and Steel Manufacturers' 
Mutual Insurance Co. Address, 309 Arch 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MANGER, David B.: 

Justice; born in Douglass Township, 
Berks County, Pa., Aug. 12, 1822; edu- 
cated in the township schools; taught 
in the public schools and then conducted 
for seven years the Douglassville Acad- 
emy. Subsequently he followed survey- 
ing and' conveyancing, and in 1850 was 
elected a Justice of the Peace, which 
office he still holds, having been re- 
elected from time to time; he is now 
one of the oldest Justices in Pennsyl- 
vania in point of continuous service. 
He has been an officer of numerous local 
corporations and was a member of the 
School Board of Douglass Township for 
a long period; has been Secretary of the 
Douglassville and Yellow House Turn- 
pike Company since its organization in 
1S67; was Secretary and Treasurer of 
the Douglassville Bridge Company for 
seventeen years, and one of the mana- 
gers of the Perkiomen and Reading 
Turnpike Company; was elected a Direc- 
tor of the Boyertown Mutual Fire In- 
surance Company in January, 1886, and 
still holds that office. He was one of the 
organizers of the Order of Patrons of 
Husbandry (Grangers) in Pennsylvania, 
and in September, 1873, was elected the 
first State Master; in January, 1875, he 
was re-elected at the annual meeting 
of subordinate Granges, held in Wil- 
liamsport, Pa., but upon the expiration 
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while State Master he represented the 
Pennsylvania State Grange at meetings 
of the National Grange held as follows: 
St. Louis, Mo., January, 1874; Charles- 
ton, S. C., January, 1875; Louisville, Ky., 
November, 1875, and Chicago, Novem- 
ber, 1876. Address. Reading, Pa. 

MANN, William Mi ram: 

Major United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, Aug. 1, 1871; Second 
Lieutenant Seventeenth Infantry, June 
16, 1S75; First Lieutenant, May 19, 1881; 
Adjutant, Jan. 30, 1885, to Jan. 30, 1889; 
Captain. Jan. 1, 1S96; Major Fourteenth 
Infantry, July 1, 1901. Address. Manila, 
P. I. 

MANOWN, W. J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Belle Vernon. Address, Belle Vernon, 
Fayette County, Pa. 

MANSFIELD, Ira F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Beaver County; 
born in Poland, Ohio, June 27, 1842; 
learned the iron moulding trade in Pitts- 
burg; in 1862 he enlisted in 105th Ohio 
regiment; promoted Second Lieutenant 
to date from battle of Perryville, Ky., 
First Lieutenant at Chickamauga, Ga., 
and Captain and Acting Quartermaster 
at Lookout Mountain; took part in Sher- 
man's march to the sea, and through 
the Carolinas to Washington. He is 
owner and operator of cannel coal mines; 
has made extensive collection of fossil 
plants and the native flowers and orchids. 
He is President of Greersburg Academy 
and Vice President of Beaver College; 
also President of the Shenango and Bea- 
ver Valley Railway, and Director in Wa- 
bash lines; member of the House of Rep- 
resentatives, sessions of 1881, 1893, 1895, 
1897, and re-elected in November, 1902. 
Address, Beaver, Pa. 

MANTON, Benjamin Dyer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Volunteer Lieutenant 
United States Navy, Oct. 21, 1861; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Sept. 
10. 1863; elected Oct. 20, 1S97. Address, 
Colona, Uruguay. 

MAN WARING, A. H.: 

Electrical engineer of the Philadelphia 
Electric Company; born at Mexico, Os- 
wego County, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1859; moved 



to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1S74; educated in 
the public schools and in Bryant & Strat- 
ton's Business College. First employed 
by the Brush Electric Company of Cleve- 
land, Ohio, August, 1SS0, manufacturing 
carbons for arc lamps; later was trans- 
ferred to the lamp department, assem- 
bling arc lamps; in November, 1S80, was 
assigned to take charge of the construc- 
tion and erection of electrical plants for 
the Eastern agency at Philadelphia, Pa. 
Among the plants installed are the fol- 
lowing: Jackson & Sharp's Car Works, 
Wilmington, Del.; Wm. Sellers Company, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; Delaware & Lacka- 
wanna Iron and Coal Company, Scranton, 
Pa.; Reading Coal and Iron Company, 
Reading, Pa. ; Blain Car Works, Hunting- 
don, Pa. In August, 1SS1, he took charge 
of the installation and remodelling of 
electric light plants for the Thomson- 
Houston Company of Philadelphia. Among 
the plants installed or remodelled are the 
following: Caverns of Luray, Virginia; 
Midvale Steel Works, Steelton, Pa.; 
Pencoju Iron Works, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Girard Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. In 1882 
he accepted a position with the Brush 
Electric Light Company of Philadelphia, 
taking charge of the commercial wiring; 
appointed Assistant Superintendent in 
1S84, General Superintendent of Elec- 
trical Department in 1S90, and engineer 
for the Philadelphia Electric Company, 
1899. Address, Tenth and Sansom Sts., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MARCH, Alden: 

Editor; born in Easton, Pa., Sept. 29, 
1S69; son of Francis Andrew March, 
LL. D., L. H. D., and Mildred Stone (Con- 
way) March; educated in the public 
schools of Easton and Lafayette College, 
1S90; taught Greek at Keswick School, 
Cobham, Va., 1890-1891; since then con- 
nected with the Philadelphia Press in 
various capacities; Sunday editor since 
1S97. Author of "The Conquest of the 
Philippines and Our Other Island Pos- 
sessions" (Winston & Co., 1S99), and 
four college plays produced from 1888 to 
1891. Address, The Press, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MARCH, Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Chester County; 
born at Lawrenceville, Chester County, 
Pa., July 14, 1837; was educated at Wash- 
ington Hall. Freeland Seminary (now Ur- 
sinus College). Pughton Academy and 
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graduated from the latter institution in 
1857. He followedthe profession of teach- 
ing for a short time and in 1S59, after 
having been employed in the office of the 
collector of the Schuylkill Navigation 
Company, began the study of law at the 
State and Normal Law School, at Pough- 
keepsie, N. T., where he remained one 
year; he finished his course of study in 
the office of A. B. Longaker, at Norris- 
town, and in 1860 was admitted to the 
Montgomery County bar, and practiced 
his profession mmany years; was elected 
Burgess of Norristown in 1862. In 1867 
he removed to Lawrenceville; has for a 
number of years practiced law at the bar 
of Chester County; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Parkerford, Pa. 

MARCH, Peyton Conway: 

Captain United States Army; born at 
Easton, Pa., Dec. 27, 1864; was gradu- 
ated from Easton High School, 1880; hon- 
orary graduate Lafayette College, 1884; 
A. M., Lafayette College, 1887; graduate 
of West Point Military Academy, 1888; 
gradute of Artillery School, Fort Monroe, 

1898. Married Josephine Cuningham at 
Hampton, Va., July 4, 1891; Second Lieu- 
tenant Third Artillery, 1888; First Lieu- 
tenant Fifth Artillery, 1894; Captain Ar- 
tillery Corps, 1901. Organized and com- 
manded Astor Battery during Spanish 
War; Major and Lieutenant Colonel 
Thirty-third Infantry, United States Vol- 
unteers, Philippine insurrection; com- 
manded American forces in battle at Tilad 
Pass, Luzon, where insurgent General 
Gregorio del Pilar was killed, Dec. 2, 1S99; 
during same expedition General Venancio 
Conception, Chief of Staff to Aguinaldo, 
surrendered to Major March, and Aguin- 
aldo's wife with her escort were captured. 
Member of the first General Staff of the 
Army since Aug. 15, 1903. Nominated 
by the President March 20, 1903, for the 
following brevets: Captain United States 
Army, action near Manila, Aug. 13. 1898; 
Lieutenant Colonel United States "Volun- 
teers, actions at Porac, Sept. 28, and San 
Jacinto, Luzon, Nov. 11, 1899; and Colonel 
United States Volunteers, for action at 
Tilad Pass, Dec. 2, and Cayan, Dec. 5, 

1899. Military Attache. Address. U. S. 
Legation, Tokyo, Japan. 

MARCUS, A.: 

President of the Union Surety and 
Guaranty Company. Address. 1428 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



MARKELL, F. B.: 

President of the Citizens' National 

Bank of Connellsville. Address, Connells- 

ville, Fayette County, Pa. 

MARKLE, A.: 

President of the Markle Banking and 
Trust Company. Address, Hazleton, Lu- 
zerne County, Pa. 

MARKLE, John: 

Coal operator; born in Hazleton, Pa.. 
Dec. 15, 185S; was graduated from La- 
fayette College, taking the mining en- 
gineering course, 1880. Married in New 
York, April 22, 1884, May E. Robinson. 
Was appointed, November, 1880, General 
Superintendent of the mines of G. B. 
Markle & Co., and upon his father's re- 
tirement succeeded him and has been for 
some years one of the largest of the in- 
dependent companies in the anthracite 
coal field. President and chief engineer 
of the Jeddo Tunnel Company; was one 
of the Committee of One Hundred, known 
as "captains of industry," invited to meet 
Prince Henry of Prussia on the occa- 
sion of his visit to this country; repre- 
sented the independent operators in the 
negotiations with President Roosevelt, 
and in the inquiry by the President's 
commission in connection with the an- 
thracite coal strike of 1902. November, 
1899, elected President of the Sprague 
Electric Company, New York City, sold 
to the General Electric Company in 1901. 
Directtor of the Highland Coal Com- 
pany, East Broad Top Railroad and Coal 
Company, Rockhill Iron and Coal Com- 
pany, Shade Gap Railroad Company, 
Wilkesbarre & Hazleton Railroad Com- 
pany and Hazle Hall Association. Trus- 
tee of J. Hood Wright Memorial Hos- 
pital, New York City; Trustee of State 
Hospital of the Middle Coal Field of 
Pennsylvania, located at Hazleton, and 
Trustee of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 
Address, Jeddo, Pa. 

MARKLE Y, Alfred Collins: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; private 
in Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry 
(State Militia), Sept. 1, to 15, 1862; Cor- 
poral Fifty-second Pennsylvania Infantry 
(State Militia), July 9, to Sept. 1, 1863. 
Both in service of the United States. Ser- 
geant Co. K, 197th Pennsylvania Infantry, 
July 11 to Sept. 5, 1864; Second Lieuten- 
ant 127th United States Colored Infantry, 



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Sept. 9, 1864; First Lieutenant, March 5, 
1865; honorably mustered out, Oct. 20, 
1865; Second Lieutenant Forty-first Infan- 
try. July 28, 1866; Adjutant, Dec. 25, 
1S66, to June 14, 1867; First Lieutenant, 
March 31, 1868; transferred to Twenty- 
fourth Infantry, Nov. 11, 1869; Captain, 
March 20, 1879; Major Eleventh Infantry, 
April 26, 1898; transferred to Twenty- 
fourth Infantry, Aug. 6, 1898; Lieutenant 
Colonel Twenty-second Infantry, June 9, 
1900; transferred to Twenty-fourth Infan- 
try, Aug. 7, 1900; Colonel Thirteenth In- 
fantry, Oct. 5, 1901. Colonel Markley 
served with much distinction in the Span- 
ish-American War; his services in Cuba 
winning the approval of his official su- 
periors and" the admiration of the serv- 
ice at large. Address, Fort McDowell, Cal. 

MARKS, AVilliam F., M. D.: 

Born April 6, 1846, in Leesport, Berks 
County, Pa. ; adopted at the age of four 
years by Jacob Rieser, a farmer, his 
mother and two sisters and a brother 
having been drowned in a freshet in the 
Schuylkill River in the spring of 1S50; 
his father lost his life in the Civil War. 
Dr. Marks was educated in the public 
schools, and attended the Freeland Sem- 
inary at Collegeville and the Keystone 
State Normal School at K,utztown, Pa.; 
he taught school for three years, and 
then commenced the study of medicine; 
was graduated from the Hahnemann 
Medical College, Philadelphia, March 3, 
1869; commenced the practice of his pro- 
fession in Leesport. but removed in Janu- 
ary, 1S71 to Reading. Pa., where he is 
still in active practice. He has been a 
member of the Reading Board of Health 
for a number of years, and is a member 
of the Hahnemann Medical Society of 
Reading. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MAULAND, Ernest Wliit worth : 

President of the Pittsburg Securities 
and Guarantee Company of Pittsburg. 
Pa.; born in Pittsburg, May 8, 1874; was 
graduated from Rugby College and the 
University of Michigan; read law and 
was admitted to the bar in Allegheny 
County in June, 1895. At the age of 
twenty-one years he was elected a Direc- 
tor and made general counsel of the 
Pittsburg Securities and Guarantee Com- 
pany in 1902; in 1903 he was elected Pres- 
ident of that institution; is an organizer 
and financier of corporations. Married 
in November, 1903, Mary Virginia Collins 
of Philadelphia. Republican in politics. 



Address, The Buckingham, Craft Ave.„ 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

MARLIN, Harry, A.J 

Capitalist; was born at Brookville, Pa., 
in 1856, and at an early age moved to 
Oil City with his parents, where they re- 
sided until 1873; after completing his 
education he went to work in a bank 
in Parker until 1S79, when he went to 
Bradford, and was instrumental in form- 
ing the Bradford Bank, of which he was 
teller. For seven years he held the posi- 
tion of Vice President and Director of the 
Bradford Oil Exchange. In 1881 he 
formed a partnership with A. J. Steven- 
son, operating a brokerage business, with 
offices in Bradford, Pittsburg and New 
York, being members of the Pittsburg Oil 
Exchange and the New York Consolidated 
Stock Exchange; in 1889 he severed this 
partnership and went into manufacturing 
business in Pittsburg until 1899, when he 
purchased a seat on the Pittsburg Stock 
Exchange; he has since conducted a bro- 
kerage business, making a specialty of 
local securities; in addition he handles 
the floor trade of Darr, Luke & Moore. 
He served for two years as a Director of 
the Pittsburg Stock Exchange and is 
prominent and respected in financial cir- 
cles. Address, 336 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

MARQUIS, M. S.: 

President of the Home Trust Company 
of Newcastle. Address, Newcastle, Law- 
rence County, Pa. 

MVRR, AVilliam A.: 

Jurist; born in Union County, Pa., July 
8, 1838; he subsequently became a resi- 
dent of Ashland, where he studied law 
and obtained admittance to the bar of 
Schuylkill County, and where for many 
years he conducted a successful practice 
in the county courts, alike in civil and 
criminal law. A man of varied experi- 
ence and recognized ability, he was 
elected a Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas in 1899. a position which he still 
fills with faithfulness and ability. Ad- 
dress, Ashland, Pa. 

MARROX, John: 

Lawyer; born Aug. 28, 1854, in Pitts- 
burg; son of James and Margaret (Mc- 
Cune) Marron; educated in the public and 
select schools of Pittsburg and Allegheny, 
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he was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar Dec. 21, 1875. Address, Frick 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MARSDEN, Mark W.: 

Inventor; born in Bradford, England, 
July 7, 1852; he emigrated to the United 
States in 1865, seeking West Vir- 
ginia, in whose schools his education was 
completed. His first occupations were in 
the charcoal manufacture and iron smelt- 
ing, in which he soon decided that a 
knowledge of chemistry was essential to 
success; he began the study of this sci- 
ence at the age of twenty, and soon be- 
came proficient in it, his chemical studies 
leading him into the manufacture of 
paints and dyes, in which he proved very 
successful; his taste for research led hfm 
to the important discovery of methods 
of utilizing the apparently useless pith of 
the cornstalk, from which he produced a 
cellulose impervious to water, and serving 
as the best material known as a packing 
for the armor of war vessels, its expan- 
sive properties preventing the inflow of 
water if the armor was pierced by a 
shell; this has been used in several of 
the United States warships; he has also 
produced from the cornstalk fibre a food 
for feeding dairy cattle; this enterprise 
has assumed large proportions, and a 
company has been formed capitalized at 
$50,000,000. He is General Manager of the 
Marsden Company, with works at Rock- 
ford, 111., Owensboro, Ky., and Chester, 
Pa. Address, Chester, Pa. 

MARSH, George E.: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of 
Townville. Address, Townville, Crawford 
County, Pa. 

MARSHALL,, John: 

Physician, chemist; born in Reading, 
Pa., Feb. 9, 1S55; was graduated from 
the Ashland High School; took a full 
course at the Pennsylvania College, Get- 
tysburg, and was graduated from the 
mndical department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1878, receiving prize of 
$100 for his thesis on a chemical subject; 
studied at the University of Gottingen, 
1879; Tubingen, 1882, and Christiania, 
Norway; LL. D., Pennsylvania College, 
1899; Assistant Demonstrator of practical 
chemistry, 1878-1879; Demonstrator same, 
1879-1SS9; Assistant Professor Chemistry. 
1889-1897, Professor of Chemistry and 
Toxicology since 1897, medical department 
of the University of Pennsylvania; Dean 



of faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1889- 
1897; Dean of the faculty of medicine, 
18S2-1902, University of Pennsylvania. 
Member of the American Chemical So- 
ciety, American Physiological Society, 
Fellow College Physicians, Philadelphia; 
Sigma Xi. Married, April 24, 1884, Mary 
TV. Wormley. Member of the University 
Club. Author of "A Course for Systemat- 
ic Qualitative Testing" (with G. E. Ab- 
bot), 1879; "Chemical Analysis of the 
Urine" (with Edgar F. Smith), 1881; also 
translated "Medicus" Qualitative Analy- 
sis," 1892. Contributor to numerous Am- 
erican and German chemical journals. 
Address, 171S Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MARSHALL, Rody Patterson: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 7, 1870, at Allegheny 
City, Pa., the son of Thomas M. and 
Mary M. (Patterson) Marshall. He was 
educated at the Pittsburg Academy and 
the University of Michigan, Law De- 
partment. He was admitted to the Al- 
legheny County bar Dec. 17, 1892. Re- 
publican in politics. Address. 508 Dia- 
mond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MARSHALL, Thomas M.: 

Lawyer; born Jan. 23, 1S60, in Pitts- 
burg, Pa.; son of T. M. and Mary M. 
(Patterson) Marshall. Educated at New- 
ell Institute, Pittsburg, and by private 
tutors. Took a special course of one year 
at the Law Department of the University 
of Harvard. Admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar, July 2, 1881. Republican in 
politics. Address, 605 Neville St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MARSHALL, W. A.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania. Appointed to the Naval 
Academy from the Ninth District, rep- 
resented by Thaddeus Stevens, in June, 
1S67; Midshipman, June, 1871; Ensign, 
July, 1872; Master, April, 1875; Lieutenant, 
April, 1S82; Iroquois and Canandaigua, 
N. A. Station, 1871-1872; Hartford, China 
Station. 1872-1874; Tennessee, China Sta- 
tion, 1875-1878; training ship New Hamp- 
shire, 1879-1SS0; Vandalia, N. A. Station, 
1SS0-1883; Branch Hydrographic Office, 
Boston, 18S3-18S6; Dolphin, cruising, 1886- 
1889; Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I.. 
1889-1893; Charleston, South Atlantic Sta- 
tion. 1893-1894; Detroit, China Station. 
1894-1896; Naval Academy, 1896-1897; 
Navy Yard, New York, 1898; Resolute, 
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Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, 
March 3, 1899; Kearsarge, Dec. 15\ 1S98, 
to 1903; promoted Commander Dec. 27, 
1901. Commanding Yicksburg since April 
22, 1903. Address, care Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

MARSHALL., W. H.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wampum. Address, Wampum, Law- 
rence County, Pa. 

MARTIN, Allen K.: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of 
Hummelstown. Address, Hummelstown, 
Dauphin County, Pa. 

MARTIN, Amos H.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet, 
Military Academy, June 15, 1889; Second 
Lieutenant First Infantry, June 12, 1893; 
First Lieutenant April 26, 1898; trans- 
ferred to Nineteenth Infantry Sept. 9. 
1899; Captain Feb. 2, 1901; assigned to 
Quartermaster's Department March 4, 
1903. Address, Manila, P. I. 

MARTIN, Chalmers: 

Clergyman, educator, author; born at 
Ashland, Clay County, Ky., Sept. 7, 
1859; was graduated from Princeton in 
1879; with degree of A. M., 1882, and 
from Princeton Theological Seminary in 
1882 with the degree of D. D., 1901; or- 
dained Presbyterian minister April 17, 
1883; Missionary Loas tribes, Northern 
Siam, 1883-1886; pastor of First Pres- 
byterian Church, Moorestown, N. J., 
1888-1891; First Presbyterian Church, 
Port Henry, N. Y., 1891-1S92; Instruc- 
tor in Hebrew of Princeton Univer- 
sity and Elliott F. Shepard Instructor in 
Old Testament, Princeton Theological 
Seminary. 1892-1900; Students' Lecturer 
on Missions. Princeton Theological Sem- 
inary, 1894-1895, and 1900-1901. Married, 
Sept. 25. 1883, Lillian Allen. Author of 
"Apostolic and Modern Missions," 1898 
Contributor to articles on Siam in the 
Cyclopedia of Missions, 1S91; "Titles of 
the Psalms," in Presbyterian and Re- 
views, 1900; chapter on "Siam" in Chris- 
tendom, 1901 and 1902. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MARTIN, David Hereon: 

Publisher. Prohibitionist; born in Pitts- 
burg. Pa., March 28, 1849; educated in 
the public schools of Allegheny, Pa.; pub- 
lisher of temperance papers for many 
years, now publisher of The Educator; 



was nominated for Congress on Prohibi- 
tion ticket; has been Burgess and a mem- 
ber of the Council of Bellevue, Pa., for 
ten years. Was candidate for Vice Pres- 
ident on the United Christian Party tick- 
et, 1900. Formerly Republican, but more 
recently a Prohibitionist; member Nat. 
Executive Committee, United Christian 
Party. Address, Bellevue, Pa. 

MARTIN, Edward: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia. I860; 
was graduated from Swarthmore College, 
1878; the University of Pennsylvania, 
1883; Professor Clinical Surgery in Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; surgeon in Phil- 
adelphia, St. Agnes, and Howard Hos- 
pitals; Consulting Surgeon Bryn Mawr 
Hospital. Director Public Health and 
Charities. Philadelphia. Address, 1506 Lo- 
cust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MARTIN, Francis P.: 

Lawyer; born of Irish ancestry, in 
Schuylkill County, Pa., March 18, 1856. 
In his early days he worked on a farm 
and picked slate in the coal breakers; 
then learned the trade of machinist; be- 
came a locomotive engineer, and .worked 
at railroading till the strike of 1S77, when 
he abandoned it. While a boy he had 
acquired a fair English education in the 
Tamaqua public schools. After leaving 
his work on the locomotive he began the 
study of law in the office of Major A. 
S. Howell, of Easton, and subsequently 
stud'ed in the Georgetown University 
at Washington, where he was graduated 
in 1SS3, and admitted to the bar. He 
was admitted to practice in the United 
States Supreme Court in 1886, and re- 
turning to Pennsylvania, was admitted to 
the bars of Crawford County and of 
the State Supreme Court in 1887. He 
was assistant corporation clerk under 
Gov. Pattison, 1885-1887. In his legal 
business Mr. Martin has had much suc- 
cess. He is a Democrat in political faith, 
but never sought party honors, though in 
1S96 he was put forward by his friends 
as a candidate for the State Senate. Ad- 
dress, Johnstown, Pa. 

MARTIN, J0I111 R.: 

Pay Director Lnited States Navy; born 
in Strasburg, Pa. Appointed Assistant 
Paymaster, from Ohio, June, 1878; Bureau 
of Provisions and Clothing, 187S; U. S. 
steamer Rio Bravo, on the Rio Grande. 
1S79-18S0; United States practice ship 
Dale. 1S81; United States steamer Alert, 
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New York, 1SS2-1SS3; temporarily in 
charge of inspection of provisions and 
clothing, 1883; in charge of Storehouse at 
Rio de Janeiro, 1884; United States steam- 
er Alliance, North Atlantic and South 
Atlantic Stations, 18S5-1S8S; detailed 
as commissary ashore at Aspinwall, 
in Colombian Revolution in summer 
of 1885; United States Flagship Galena, 
North Atlantic Station, 1888-1890. Pro- 
moted to Passed Assistant Paymaster, 
January, 1882; Yorktown, Pacific Station, 
October, 1891-1894. Promoted to Pay- 
master, February, 1S94; Puget Sound 
Naval Station, April, 1894-1895; settling 
accounts, January. 1895; Naval Station, 
Key West, May, 1895; Boston, November, 
1S95 to 1898; R. S. Richmond, 1899-1902; 
Pay Inspector June 13. 1902. Asiatic Sta- 
tion, Jan. 1, 1902, to January, 1904. Pro- 
moted to Pay Director April 13, 1904. 
General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, League 
Island, Pa., since April, 1904. Address, 
2029 Locust St., Philadelphia. Pa. 
MARTIN, Jonathan Willis: 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia, May 29, 
1856, the descendant of a family of lead- 
ing importance in early New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania history. Adopting the pro- 
fession of the law, he studied in the of- 
fice of J. Sergeant Price and in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 
1879. He associated in business with his 
preceptor and entered into active prac- 
tice, being admitted to the bar of the 
United States Supreme Court in 1S81. 
Before the Spanish-American War he 
was counsel for the Spanish Government, 
and also represented as counsel The Land 
Title and Trust Company, and the Arch, 
Race and Vine Street railways before 
their absorption by the Union Traction 
Company. After the death of his partner 
he became associated with Eli K. Price, 
son of the former, this firm continuing 
until Judge Martin's elevation to the 
bench in 1901, as President Judge of the 
No. 5 Court of Common Pleas. Judge 
Martin has been concerned in numerous 
cases of leading importance. For a num- 
ber of years he has been interested in 
military affairs, and is now Second Lieu- 
tenant of the First Troop Philadelphia 
City Cavalry, with which he served in 
Porto Rico during the Spanish-American 
War. He is a member of various mili- 
tary societies, is interested in several 
charitable associations, being Manager of 
the Blind Asylum, the Preston Retreat, 
and the Gynecean Hospital, and belongs 
to a number of scientific and other socie- 



ties. He is President of the Markham 
Club and a member of the Philadelphia, 
Rittenhouse, Penn, and various other 
clubs. He married Elizabeth C. Price 
in 1886. Address, 2173 North Franklin 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MARTIN, Milton D.: 

President of the Guardian Trust Com- 
pany of York. Address, York, Pa. 

MARTIN, Samuel Albert: 

Educator, author; born Cannonsburg, 
Pa., Nov. 1, 1853. Graduated from La- 
fayette College, 1877. Studied theology 
in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Princeton 
Seminary. Received degree of D. D. from 
Lafayette, 1892. Married Kate K. Por- 
ter, of Easton, February, 1881. Entered 
Presterian Ministry, 1881. Pastor of 
Christ Church, Lebanon, Pa., 1891-1895; 
Professor of Homiletics, Lincoln Univer- 
sity, 1885-1895; President of Wilson Col- 
lege, 1895-1903; Acting Professor of Hom- 
ietics, Princeton Seminary, 1902-1903; 
President of Pennsylvania College since 
1903. Author of "The Man of Uz," and 
numerous magazine and review articles. 
Married May Augusta Ricker, December, 
1900. Address, Chambersburg, Pa. 

MARTIN, Sylvester Hopkins: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
der}' of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twenty-third Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry April 21, 1861; honorably 
discharged July 31, 1861; private Eighty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Sept, 16, 
1861; Sergeant Oct. 5, 1S61; First Sergeant 
July 1, 1861; discharged for promotion 
Nov. 10, 1862; Second Lieutenant Eighty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, Nov. 11, 
1862; First Lieutenant Feb. 2, 1864; Cap- 
tain Jan. 30, 1865; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged June 9, 1865. Awarded 
the medal of honor under resolution of 
Congress "for most distinguished gal- 
lantry in action at the Weldon Railroad, 
Va., Aug. 19, 1864." Elected Oct. 14, 
1896. Address, 1917 South Hicks St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MARTIN, William: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Canonsburg. Address, Canonsburg, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. 

MARVIN, William A.: 

President of the People's National Bank 
of Tarentum. Address, Tarentum, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 



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MARX, J. H.: 

Lawyer; born in Kutztown, Pa., in 1S46. 
After attending the public schools of his 
native town, he studied law in the office 
of Hiram H. Schwartz, and was admitted 
to the bar Aug. 13, 1878. He then opened 
a law office in Kutztown, and was elected 
a Justice of the Peace, and has been re- 
elected successively since. Has served in 
the School Board, and also is Borough So- 
licitor. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MASON, Harriet L.: 

Teacher; born Keene, N. H., Sept. 15, 
1S62; was graduated from the State Nor- 
mal School, Plymouth, N. H., 1SS2; in- 
structor Hampton, Va., 1S83 and at 
Bradford, Pa., 18S5. Professor of English 
Language and Literature in Drexel Insti- 
tute since 1901. Author of "Students' 
Reading and Questions in English Liter- 
ature," 1S98; "Synonyms Discriminated," 
1S98, Drexel Institute.; "American Liter- 
ature; A Laboratory Method," 1901. Ad- 
dress, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia. Pa. 

MASON, John: 

Vice Consul of Portugal, at Philadel- 
phia; born March 6, 1834, at San Juan, 
Porto Rico, American parentage, father 
and mother natives of Gloucester, Mass., 
his father, John, and uncle, Sidney 
Mason, having settled*and established one 
of the first foreign commercial houses in 
the island of Porto Rico, in 1S20. Lineal 
descendant of Capt. Hugh Mason, an 
early settler of Watertown, Mass., 1634. 
Moved to Philadelphia in 1840, where his 
father established a business under the 
firm name of Mason & Kirkiand, after- 
ward John Mason & Co., whose extensive 
business relations with the West Indies, 
South America, Philippines and Java 
ranked them among the leading import- 
ers of their products in the United States. 
Educated and graduated at Thos. P. 
James's Academy and in 1852 entered as 
clerk the commercial house of his father; 
went to Brazil as a representative of the 
firm in 1856, remaining until the latter 
part of 1857, from which period until 1864 
spent most of his time in the West In- 
dies, principally in Cuba and Porto Rico. 
Was admitted to liie firm as junior part- 
ner in 1861. Was a member of the First 
Rejriment, National Guard, during the 
Civil War and with the regiment when 
ordered to the support of the army at 
the battle of Antietam, September, 1S62. 



Married Mary Blight Hazlehurst, daugh- 
ter of John Hazlehurst. Was one of orig- 
inal Board of Directors of Philadelphia 
Commercial Exchange, a Director of the 
First National Bank, 1865. Member of 
the Union League since February, 1S63. 
Appointed Vice Consul of Brazil, at Phil- 
adelphia, by the Emperor, Don Pedro II., 
in 1876 (which position he resigned in 
1S9S.) and was also appointed at same 
time Vice Consul of Portugal by King 
Luis I., of Portugal, still retaining the 
position. He was the delegate of the As- 
sociacao Commercial, of Funchal, Ma- 
deira, to the International Commercial 
Congress in Philadelphia in 1899. Ad- 
dress, Vice Consul of Portugal, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

MASON, Newton I ■'. I i i»Ii:i I. 1 : 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy 
July 24, 1S65; was graduated, 1869; Sa- 
bine, special cruise, 1S69-1870; promoted 
to Ensign, 1870; torpedo instruction, 1871; 
Wabash, European Squadron, 1871-1872; 
promoted to Master, 1872; Manhattan 
(ironclad), North Atlantic Station, 1873; 
Kansas, same station, 1S74-1S75; com- 
missioned as Lieutenant. 1874; Catskill 
(ironclad), North Atlantic Station, 1875- 
1876; Ossipee, same station, 1876-1S77; 
receiving ship St. Louis, 1878-1880; Mon- 
ocacy, Asiatic Station, 1S80-1S83; Pensa- 
cola, Asiatic Station, 1S83-1S84; ordnance 
duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1S84-1S85; 
Bureau of Ordnance. 1S85-1889; Petrel, 
North Atlantic Station, 1889, to October, 
1891; Miantonomah, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, October, 1S91, to November, 1892; 
Bureau of Ordnance, November, 1S92, to 
June, 1S93; Inspector of Ordnance, in 
charge of Naval Ordnance Proving 
Grounds, June, 1S93, to 1S96; commis- 
sioned as Lieutenant Commander. No- 
vember, 1896; Brooklyn, December, 1S96, 
to February, 1899; Inspector of Ordnance, 
League Island Navy Yard, February, 1899, 
to October, 1899; Inspector of Ordnance, 
in charge of Naval Torpedo Station. Oc- 
tober, 1S99, to 1902; promoted Command- 
er, November, 1899; commanding Cin- 
cinnati, 1902, to May, 1904; Bureau of 
Ordnance, Navy Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C, since June, 1904. Address, 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

MASON, Samuel C: 

Lawyer; born in Mercer County, March 
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the public schools and taught school for 
a number of years, after which he en- 
tered Allegheny College. In 1850 he en- 
tered upon the study of law under Hon. 
John Hoge, and was admitted to the bar 
of Mercer County in 1852. In 1867 he 
entered into partnership with Samuel 
Griffith, and continued associated with 
him till 1879, since which date he has 
practiced alone. In political life he be- 
came an earnest advocate of a national 
currency and an opponent of the national 
bank system, sustaining his views with 
such ability and energy that the people 
of Western Pennsylvania knew him as 
the "Father of the Greenback Party." 
His name was quoted for the Supreme 
Judgeship at the Greenback convention 
of 1877, but the demands of his large 
practice caused him to decline a nomina- 
tion. In 187S he was nominated for Gov- 
ernor on the Greenback ticket. He has 
keld several political positions, such as 
District Attorney, etc., but of late has 
not been active politically. He has long 
been a trustee and manager in numerous 
enterprises, and is attorney for the Lake 
Shore and Pennsylvania Railroad. Ad- 
dress, Mercer, Pa. 

MASON, Sidney: 

General Manager "Wellsbach Light Com- 
pany; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 18, 1867; 
son of John and Mary B. Hazlehurst Ma- 
son; on his paternal side lineal descend- 
ant of Capt. Hugh Mason, one of the ear- 
liest .settlers (1634) of Watertown, Mass.; 
on his maternal side, from Isaac Hazle- 
hurst, Abraham Markoe and John Dun- 
lap, well known in the early history of 
Philadelphia, the two latter being respec- 
tively the first and second Captains of the 
First Troop; educated in Philadelphia. 
Early in life he entered the manufactur- 
ing concern of Harrison Brothers & Co., 
where, after a clerkship of five years, he 
advanced to a position of responsibility; 
was with the Cramp Company for two 
years, and then entered in a minor posi- 
tion in the Welsbach Lighting Company, 
rapidly advancing through the various po- 
sitions to General Manager, and was 
elected President of the Company in 1901, 
which position he now holds. Married in 
1897 to Ellen Orton Sherrerd, daughter 
of the late James H. Sherrerd. Vice- 
President of the Markham Club and a 
member of the Union League of Phila- 
delphia, Lawyers' Club of New York, and 
Duquesne Club of Pittsburg. Address, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



MASSE Y, George Bet ton: 

Physician; born in Massey, Kent Coun- 
ty, Md., Nov. 15, 1S56; educated in Ga- 
lena, Md., and by private tutors at Tal- 
lahassee, Fla. ; was graduated from the 
medical department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1876; established a prac- 
tice in 1S76, but since 1880 has made a 
specialty of electro-therapetutic practice; 
has advocated electro-therapeutics in 
gynecology and treatment of cancer in 
various medical conventions; was assist- 
ant physician of the State Hospital for 
Insane, Danville, Pa., 1876-1S79; assistant 
physician Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, 
Philadelphia, 1S79-1S87; electro-therapeu- 
tist, same, 1881-1887; physician in the 
gynecological department of Howard Hos- 
pital, Philadelphia, 1887-1898; judge of 
awards International Electrical Exhibi- 
tion, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 
1S84; former President and Fellow Amer- 
ican Electro-Therapeutic Association. Is 
member of American Medical Associa- 
tion, Philadelphia Neurological Associa- 
tion, Philadelphia County Medical Asso- 
ciation; original member of Philadelphia 
Medical Club. Married, 1885, Harriet 
Louise Stairs. Author of "Electricity in 
the Diseases of Women," 18SS; "Conser- 
vative Gynecology and Electro-therapeu- 
tics," 1898; is also the writer of numerous 
papers in medical transactions and jour- 
nals pertaining to electrotherapy. Ad- 
dress, Haverford, Pa. 

MATHERS, J. H.: 

President of the Bellwood Bank. Ad- 
dress, Bellwood, Blair County, Pa. 

MATHEWS, Alfred: 

Editor; born in Painesville, Ohio, Sept. 
11, 1852; educated in public schools and 
private study; began his career in jour- 
nalism on Cleveland Leader and was at 
various times engaged on many other 
papers. Afterward became connected 
with book publishing houses, and is a 
special writer and book reviewer for 
Eastern journals. Author of "Ohio and 
the Western Reserve," 1902; also many 
historical and other monographs, pamph- 
lets, magazine articles on historical, bio- 
logical, descriptive and critical subjects. 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MATHEWS, Charles Henry: 

Lawyer; son of Charles H. Mathews, 
M. D., and Margaret Rodman Mathews; 
born in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pa., 
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ancestry came to this country from Llan- 
genych. South Wales, England, in 1710, 
and first settled in New Castle County. 
Del.; his ancestry on his mother's side 
■were of the inhabitants of Christ Church 
Parish, Barbadoes, and subsequently re- 
moved to Newport, R. I., about 1682. 
He received his early education at a 
classical school in his native place, at- 
tended the High School at Lawrenceville, 
N. J., and was graduated from the Col- 
lege of New Jersey (now Princeton Uni- 
versity) in 1864. After pursuing his stud- 
ies in the law office of Gilbert Rodman 
Fox, Esq., in Norristown, Pa., he was 
admitted to the bar of the Seventh Ju- 
dicial District of Pennsylvania in June, 
1867, and to the bar of Philadelphia in 
November of the same year; has contin- 
ued the practice of his profession in 
Philadelphia since his admission to the 
bar. His present address is No. 717 Wal- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MATHUES, William L.: 

County official; born in Middleton 
Township, Delaware County, Pa., March 
24, 1862; son of a Civil War soldier and 
former Sheriff of Delaware County. He 
was brought up on his father's farm, at- 
tending school in Media, and in 1880 en- 
tered the law office of John M. Broomal, 
a prominent member of the Delaware 
County bar. He was admitted to prac- 
tice in 1884, but immediately afterward 
was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and in 1887 
was made Deputy Prothonotary, filling 
this office till January, 1892. His record 
in these offices was so excellent that he 
was nominated and elected to the office 
of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Court of 
Quarter Sessions in 1891, to which he has 
been several times re-elected. He has 
been active in the councils of the Repub- 
lican Party, and is a member of various 
secret societies, including the Red Men, 
United American Mechanics, Sons of Vet- 
erans, and Knights of Malta. Address, 
Media, Pa. 

MATTHEWS, James M., M. D.: 

Born in Bucks County, Pa., Feb. 22, 
1817; the son of Benjamin and Letitia 
Matthews. Having received an academic 
education, he began the study of medi- 
cine in Doylestown, Pa.; was graduated 
from the Jefferson Medical College, Phil- 
adelphia, in 1840, and then entered upon 
the practice of his profession at Fleet- 
wood, Pa., where he remained until 1S60. 



He then located in the village of Temple, 
and continued there, in active practice, 
until June, 1873, when he was succeeded 
by his son, Dr. Franklin Matthews. Since 
his retirement he has been a resident of 
Reading, Pa. In 1843 he married Mary 
Ann Stitzel, and eight sons were born 
to them, six of whom (three being phy- 
sicians) are living. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MATTHEWS, Louis Iangerich: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Capt. Ezra W. Matthews. Elected Feb. 
12, 1901. Address, 2205 De Lancey St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MATSON, Myron: 

State Senator from McKean County; 
born Sept. 13, 1850, in Rushford, Alle- 
gheny County, N. Y. ; educated in the 
common schools of that county and Ten- 
brook Academy at Franklinville. In 1870 
he left home and went to Tidioute, War- 
ren County, Pa., where he engaged in the 
oil business, which occupation he has 
followed since, holding interests in va- 
rious oil fields throughout Pennsylvania 
and West Virginia. At the present time 
is President of the Victor Oil Company 
and the Matsqn Oil Company, and is in- 
terested in the Devonian Oil Company. 
Is also engaged in mining, being interest- 
ed in the Inca Mining Company operat- 
ing in Peru. South America, and the 
Bradford Alaska Mining Company of 
Alaska. From his early manhood he has 
been an ardent Republican, and an active 
worker in that party; has been elected 
several times as delegate to county and 
State conventions; served as Chairman 
of the County Committee of McKean 
County in 1898 and again in 1902; elected 
to the Senate November, 1900. Address, 
Bradford, Pa. 



MATTISO\, Richard X.. Ph. G., M. D.» ( 

Born in Solebury Township. Bucks 
County. Pa., Nov. 17, 1851. He attended 
the usual Pennsylvania public schools, 
and was graduated in 1873 at the Phila- 
delphia College of Pharmacy, after which : 
he entered the medical department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, graduating ! 
with honors at both schools. He founded 
the firm of Keasbey & Mattison in 1S73, 
and in 1892 became the President of the 
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est manufacturers in the world of mag- 
nesia and asbestos products. He is Presi- 
dent First National Bank of Ambler, the 
Asbestone Company, the Magnesia Cov- 
ering Company, the Upper Dublin Water 
Company, the Ambler Spring Water Com- 
pany, the Ambler Electric Light, Heat 
and Motor Company and the Philadelphia 
Drug Exchange; Vice President of the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. He 
resides at "Lindenwold," Ambler, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa., from October to 
May, and "Bushy Park," Newport, R. I., 
from May to October of each year. Ad- 
dress, Ambler, Pa. 

MAUL,, F.: 

President of the German Savings and 
Deposit Bank of Pittsburg. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

MAXWELL, Norman Jay: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant 100th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 31, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion Feb. 15, 1862; Second Lieutenant 
100th Pennsylvania Infantry Feb. 16, 
1862; First Lieutenant March 1, 1863; Cap- 
tain April 24, 1863; Major Dec. 12, 1864; 
Colonel April 18, 1865; honorably mus- 
tered out June 24, 1865; brevetted Briga- 
dier General United States Volunteers 
April 18, 1865, "for gallant and meri- 
torious services during the war." Elect- 
ed Oct. 23, 1901. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MAY, Charles W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain 101st Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Dec. 30, 1861; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged Jan. 17, 1863. Elected 
May 6, 1891. Address, 1105 Eighth Ave., 
Beaver Falls, Pa. 

MAY, James: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Forty-eighth Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry Aug. 20, 1861; Corporal Oct. 
1, 1861; Sergeant Sept. 1, 1863; discharged 
for promotion Oct. 30, 1864; Second Lieu- 
tenant Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, Oct. 30, 1864; First Lieutenant June 
29, 1865; honorably mustered out July 17, 
1865. Elected Oct. 19, 1887. Address, 314 
N. Shamokin St., Shamokin, Pa. 



MAYER, Charles A.: 

Jurist; a resident of Clinton County, 
Pa., where he was admitted to the bar 
in the early days of the legal history of 
this county — organized in 1839. Judge 
Mayer's reputation as a skilled and 
learned lawyer led to his election in 1868 
as Judge of the Common Pleas Court for 
the district embracing Clinton and Centre 
Counties. As regards his position be- 
fore the people as a wise and capable 
jurist, it will suffice to say that he has 
been three times re-elected — in 1878, 1888 
and 1898 — and is still efficiently discharg- 
ing the duties of his office, after nearly 
forty years of service upon the bench. 
He is regarded as an upright, able and 
just Judge. Address, Lock Haven, Pa. 

MAYER, Daniel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the LoyaJ 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Fifth West Virginia Infantry 
Sept. 14. 1861; honorably mustered out 
Oct. 5. 1S64. Elected May 6, 1885. Ad- 
dress, Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. 

MAYER, Samnel C.I 

Ex-Mayor; born in Lancaster, Pa., April 
17, 1824; educated in the public schools 
of that city; removed to Reading in his 
eighteenth year to engage in mercantile 
pursuits; was senior member of the firm 
of Mayer & Hart in the dry goods busi- 
ness. With the exception of a few years, 
when he resided in Philadelphia, he has 
lived in Reading continuously since 1841. 
He was elected Mayor of that city in 
February, 1S71. and served one' term. 
Since the end of his official term he has 
led a retired life. His daughter, Mary 
Hunter Mayer, is principal of the Girls' 
High School. Reading Pa., elected in 
1S97. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MAYNE, Joseph W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lehigh County; 
born in Trenton, N. J., Oct. 15, 1858; edu- 
cated in the common schools of Lehigh 
County, Keystone State Normal School 
and Muhlenberg College, graduating from 
the latter institution in 1881, and was 
prize orator of his class, having taken 
both the junior and senior prizes in ora- 
tory; was editor of the New Era of 
Catasauqua from 1898 to 1900; is a stu- 
dent at law in the office of E. J. Lich- 
tenwalner, Allentown, Pa.; took an ac- 



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tive part in the campaigns of 1S99, 1900 
and 1902; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in 1900; re-elected in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

MAYS, Thomas J., M. D.: 

Born near Schaefferstown, Lebanon 
County, Pa., Jan 10, 1846, of German de- 
scent; educated in the public schools and 
academies of his native county; was grad- 
uated at Jefferson Medical College in 1S68; 
received degree of A. M. from Ursinus 
College in 1888. In 1S71 he married Agnes 
J., daughter of Captain William Tice of 
Meyerstown, Pa. Besides his present lo- 
cation he practiced medicine in Williams- 
port and Upper Lehigh, Pa. In 1882 and 
1883 he spent nine months abroad in med- 
ical work under Professors Kronecker, 
Grawitz, Fraukel and Baumann, in Berlin, 
and in the Brompton Hospital for Con- 
sumptives in London. His principal object 
in going to Europe was to familiarize 
himself thoroughly with the science of 
physiology and specially to study diseases 
of the lungs and heart, particularly pul- 
monary consumption. In 1885 he moved 
to Philadelphia, and immediately became 
associated with the Polyclinic of that 
city, being elected Professor of Diseases 
of the Chest in 1888, which position he 
held until 1902. He assisted in organ- 
izing the Rush Hospital for Consumption 
of Philadelphia in 1890, and held the posi- 
tion of one of its visiting physicians until 
1903; is also one of the visiting physicians 
to St. Mark's Home for Aged Women in 
Philadelphia, and one of the consulting 
physicians to the Institution for Feeble 
Minded Children in Vineland, N. J. Mem- 
ber of the American Medical Association, 
the American Climatological Association, 
American Neurological Association, Penn- 
sylvania State Medical Society, College 
of Physicians of Philadelphia, and Phila- 
delphia County Medical Society. He has 
made important discoveries in experimen- 
tal physiology, and in addition to this he 
was the first to demonstrate experimen- 
tally the difference between the breathing 
movements of the civilized and the unciv- 
ilized female. His practice is devoted ex- 
clusively to diseases of the lungs and 
heart, and he has contributed about 180 
articles to medical journals, most of which 
are devoted to chest diseases. Author of 
"Pulmonary Consumption a Nervous Dis- 
ease," "Therapeutic Forces," and "Con- 
sumption, Pneumonia and Their Allies." 
Address, 1829 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



McAFEE, Robert: 

Commissioner of Banking; born Feb. 
28, 1S49, in County Antrim, Ireland; edu- 
cated in Belfast; came to Allegheny in 
1869, entering the employ of Oliver 
Bros. & Phillips, with which firm he re- 
mained twenty-four years; was elected 
to Select Council of Allegheny in 1881. 
and served for ten years. In 1S93 was 
elected Director of Public Works, which 
position he held for nine years. Has 
been a Director of the Allegheny Na- 
tional Bank, Pittsburg, for five years; 
was appointed Commissioner of Banking 
by Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, 
April 13, 1903. Address, Lochiel Hotel, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

McALEEB, "William: 

Merchant, ex-Member of Congress; born 
in County Tyrone, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1838; 
came to this country with his parents 
in 1851 and located in Philadelphia; re- 
ceived his education in the public schools; 
entering into business he became a flour 
merchant, in which business he has been 
engaged since 1861. He was a member of 
Councils, 1871-1873; member Board of 
Guardians for the Poor, 1873-1891; mem- 
ber of several charitable organizations; 
has been Vice President and President of 
the Philadelphia Commercial Exchange 
and Director of the Chamber of Com- 
merce; member of State Senate, 18S7-1890; 
member of Congress, Third Pennsylvania 
District, 1891-1S95, and 1897-1901. Demo- 
crat in politics. Address, 103 W. Upsal 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MCALLISTER, David: 

Clergyman of the Reformed Presby- 
terian Church; he was graduated from 
Union College in I860, and received his 
theological education at the Reformed 
Presbyterian Seminary, Allegheny, and 
at the Union Seminary, N. Y., received 
the degree of D. D. from Muskingum Col- 
lege, and LL. D. from Franklin College 
in 1844; entered the ministry in 1863, and 
was married the same year to Margaret 
A. King. Editor of Christian Statesman. 
1867-1902; proprietor and publisher, 1885- 
1902; General Secretary of National Re- 
form Association, 1871-1876; Treasurer, 
18S4-1900; member of Executive Commit- 
tee since 1871; editor and publisher of 
Christian Reformer and Dissenter, 1892- 
1896; Professor of Political Science, Ge- 
neva College. Pennsylvania, 1S83-1887. 
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ernment," 1S71; "Report of Trial in Re- 
formed Presbyterian Synod of 1S91-1S92;" 
"Quarter Centennial of Pittsburg Coven- 
anter Congregation," 1891; "Poets and Po- 
etry of the Covenant," 1894; "The Or- 
ganic Unity of the Church of Christ," 
1896; "The Constitutionality of Reading 
the Bible in Our Public Schools," 1902. 
Has contributed many monographs and 
polemic articels to church and other pub- 
lications. Address, Allegheny, Pa. 

McAJiDREW, James William? 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Miltary Academy June 15, 1884; Second 
Lieutenant Twenty-first Infantry June 11, 
1S8S; First Lieutenant Third Infantry 
May 1, 1S95; Captain March 2, 1899; as- 
signed to Pay Department July 6, 1901. 
Address, Dumore Station, Scranton, Pa. 

McARTHUR, Emmett AV.: 

Lawyer; born in Crawford County, Pa., 
Jan. 10, 1853; educated at the Jamestown 
Seminary and Edinboro State Normal 
School; engaged in teaching after his 
graduation; then studied law, and was 
admitted to the bar of Crawford County 
in February, 18S4. After a brief period 
of practice he was, in May, 1S86, ap- 
pointed Postmaster of Meadville, serving 
in that position till September, 1890. He 
subsequently returned to practice, also 
served on the City School Board, and in 
1898 was elected Mayor of Meadville, 
serving from April, 189S, to April, 1901. 
Address, Meadville, Pa. 

McBRIER, James: 

President of Ball Engine Company; 
born January, 1834, at Allegheny City, 
Pa., President of Common Council of 
that city for four years; President Se- 
lect Council eight years; removed to 
Erie in 1SS0. Republican in politics; 
Chairman of County Executive Commit- 
tee; manager of Ship Line on Upper 
Lakes, carrying coarse freight, ore and 
coal; President Ball Engine Company, 
Erie; Commissioner to St. Louis Exposi- 
tion from Pennsylvania; Vice President 
of Erie Ship Company. Address, Erie, 
Pa. 

McCAIN, George Noi! 

Editor; author; born in Pittsburg Jan. 
27, 1S56; son of Robert Galbraith and 
Elizabeth G. McCain; educated in public 
schools and Mt. Pleasant Classical Insti- 
tute; received the degree of A. M. from 



Bucknell University in 1897. Publisher of 
Mt. Pleasant (Pa.) Times and Mining 
Journal, 1878-1879; city editor, 18S0-1SS6, 
and New York correspondent, 18S6-1887, 
Pittsburg Dispatch; Washington corre- 
spondent Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, 
1888-18S9; editorial writer and staff cor- 
respondent of Philadelphia Press from 
March 7, 18S9, to Aug. 1, 1903; since then 
President and manager Colorado Springs 
(Colo.) Daily Gazette. For services ren- 
dered Government of Venezuela, while 
special correspondent on the Philadelphia 
Press in the Orinoco Valley during Brit- 
ish boundary excitement in 1896, was 
decorated by President Crespo with Or- 
der of the Liberator. Pennsylvania Com- 
missioner of International Exposition at 
Omaha in 1898; Special Agent United 
States Post Office Department investigat- 
ing mail routes in Alasaka, 1901. Re- 
publican in politics. Lieutenant Colonel 
on Military Staff of Governor Hastings, 
Pennsylvania, 1895-1899; President Pitts- 
burg Press Club. 1894-1S95; President 
Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondent 
Association, 1897-1903. Member of Gen- 
eral Society War of 1812 and Philadelphia 
Geographical Society. Married, Jan. 21, 
1879, Mary V. Overholt. Lecturer on 
"Newspaper of the Twentieth Century," 
"Cuba and Its Revolutions," "Valley of 
the Orinoco," etc. Author of "Through 
the Great Campaign" and "The Crimson 
Dice" (fiction). Address, University Club 
of Philadelphia, or El Paso Club, Colo- 
rado Springs, Colo. 

MeCALEB, William B.: 

Superintendent of Philadelphia Divi- 
sion of Pennsylvania Railroad Company; 
born at Mt. Pleasant. Pa., in 1862; edu- 
cated in the public schools and at Mt. 
Pleasant Institute; entered the service 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company 
as rodman in 1880, and has been con- 
tinuously in the service of the company 
since that time, advancing through va- 
rious positions in the Engineering and 
Maintenance of Way Department, until 
made Division Superintendent, in 1S95, 
at Bedford, Pa. ; in 1896 was transferred 
to Superintendent at Sunbury, Pa; in 
1902 was made Superintendent of main 
line at Harrisburg. He was married on 
Oct. 24, 1900, to Mary B. Reed of Sun- 
bury, Pa. Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

MeCALLi, Matthew Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



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Legion; private 130th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry Aug. 7, 1862; mustered out May 
21 ,1863; First Lieutenant First Battalion 
Pennsylvania Infantry July 28. 1863; hon- 
orably mustered out Oct. 3, 1863; First 
Lieutenant First Battalion Pennsylvania 
Infantry Jan. 17, 1864 (designation 
changed to 187th Pennsylvania Infantry) ; 
First Lieutenant and Regimental Quar- 
termaster March 8, 1864; honorably mus- 
tered out Aug. 8, 1865. Elected Oct. 20, 
1892. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

McCALLiA, Jr., Theodore Hart: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command - 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Brevet Lieut. Col. T. H. McCalla. 
Elected Nov. 12. 1890. Address, 15 N. 
Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McCALMONT, John S.: 

Jurist; born in Franklin, Pa., April 12. 
1822. His education was followed by a 
study of law and admission to the Mercer 
County bar, and in 1849 he was elected to 
-the House of Representatives of Penn- 
sylvania, in which he served as Speaker 
in 1850. He was a Presidential Elector in 
1852, and in the following year was made 
President Judge of the Eighteenth Judi- 
cial District of Pennsylvania. In 1861. 
before the expiration of his term. Judge 
McCalmont resigned, and was made Col- 
onel of the Fourth Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Reserves, with which he saw much 
active service in the war. In 1885 he 
was appointed Commissioner of Customs 
in the United States Treasury Depart- 
ment. Address, Mercer, Pa. 

McCAMAJiT, Thomas: 

Lawyer; born at Antis Forge, Blair 
County, Pa., July 29, 1840; educated at 
Tuscarora Academy and Lafayette Col- 
lege, graduating from the latter in 1861. 
He took part in the Civil War as Lieu- 
tenant in the 125th Pennsylvania Regi- 
ment; subsequently read law at Hollidays- 
burg in the office of Blair & Dean, and 
was admitted to practice in the Blair 
County courts in 1864. During fourteen 
years (1867-1881) he was chief clerk in 
the office of the Secretary of the Com- 
monwealth of Pennsylvania, and at the 
close of Governor Hartranft's second 
term he served as Deputy Secretary of 
the Commonwealth. In 1881 he became 
chief clerk in the Auditor General's of- 
fice, serving till 1888, when he was made 



Auditor General, holding this office till 
May, 1892; immediately afterward he was 
admitted to practice in the Dauphin Coun- 
ty courts, and is at present engaged in 
active practice. Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

McCANDLESS, J. Gay, M. D.: 

Born in Perrysville. Allegheny County, 
Jan. 1, 1839; son of Dr. Alexander G. and 
Margaret A. (Guy) McCandless; is of 
Scotch-Irish descent; educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Pittsburg, attended the 
Cleveland Medical College for a year, and 
was graduated from the Jefferson Medical 
College in 1863. Entered the army as a 
Surgeon of the Fifty-second Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and served two years. At 
the close of the war he settled in Pitts- 
burg. Member of the Allegheny County 
Medical Society, the State Medical Soci- 
ety, National Medical Association, Grand 
Army of the Republic and the Masonic 
fraternity; also a member of the Pres- 
byterian Church, and has served as an 
elder. He is a Republican in politics, 
and has served in the Select Council of 
Pittsburg for several terms as President. 
For ten years he was Registrar of Vital 
Statistics, and for a number of years 
was Director of the Department of Public 
Works of Pittsburg. Address. 1520 Center 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCANDLESS, Stephen Collins: 

Lawyer; banker; born Sept. 22, 1840, 
at Pittsburg, Pa.; son of Wilson and Sa- 
rah N. (Collins) McCandless; received 
his preparatory education at the Western 
University of Pennsylvania. In 1S61 was 
graduated from Jefferson College. Pa.; 
registered Sept. 21, 1861, and admitted to 
the Allegheny County bar Nov. 16, 1863. 
Was appointed clerk of the District Court 
of the United States for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania Nov. 3. 1863. 
and served twenty-eight years; is now 
Secretary of the Dollar Savings Bank, 
Pittsburg. Pa. Address. 332 Winebiddle 
Ave.. Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCABIN, Louis C.I 

Pen artist; born Sept. 22, 1867, in Mt. 
Vernon, Ind., the son of Robert McCann, 
a lawyer. Married Belle Barrett in 1886; 
taught public schools for four years, and 
then entered Zanesville Business College, 
Zanesville, Ohio, and prepared for busi- 
ness life. He was bookkeeper and sten- 
ographer for four years; then entered 
Zanerian Art College, Columbus, Ohio, 
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Evansville Commercial College, Evans- 
ville, Ind.; conducted the McCann Busi- 
ness College, Mahanoy City, Pa., for about 
eight years. He is one of the leading 
pen artists of the country, and a teacher 
of much ability in business. Republican 
in politics. Present address, Mahanoy 
City, Pa. 

McCABRELL, Samoel J. M.: 

Lawyer; born in Buffalo Township, 
Washington County, Pa.; educated at first 
in the public schools; worked in a village 
store while fitting himself for college; en- 
tered Washington College in 1860, and was 
graduated as first honor man in 1864. He 
then engaged in teaching, becoming as- 
sistant principal in the Wheeling Insti- 
tute, W. Va., and at the same time read- 
ing law; his legal studies were completed 
under Hon. David Fleming of Harrisburg; 
admitted to the bar in 1886, and entered 
into partnership with his preceptor, the 
firm name being Fleming & McCarrell. 
After fifteen years' successful practice he 
was elected District Attorney in 1881, and 
served with ability for two terms. He 
was elected to the Senate of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1892 and displayed excellent 
powers as a legislator. When the United 
States Courts for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania were organized Senator Mc- 
Carrell was appointed United States Dis- 
trict Attorney, an office which he still 
holds. He was a delegate to the Repub- 
lican National Convention of 1888, and is 
a member of the Board of Examiners of 
the Dauphin County bar. Address, Har- 
risburg, Pa. 

MoCABTER, R. T.: 

President of the Philadelphia Mortgage 
and Trust Company. Address, 106 South 
Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MCCARTHY, Charles Hull mi: 

Author; born at Franklin, N. J., in 
I860; son of Charles and Mary McCarthy; 
received his preparatory education in the 
public schools of Franklin, N. J., and was 
graduated from the University of Penn- 
sylvania. Married in Philadelphia, 1887, 
Evelyn McKenna. Author of "Lincoln's 
Plan of Reconstruction," 1901. Address, 
2218 Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MCCARTHY, John A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city June 20, 1872; educated in 
the public schools and was graduated 



from the Central High School with the 
degree of A. B.; studied law in the office 
of George W. Biddle, and entered the 
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 
from which he was graduated with the 
degree of LL. B.; was lecturer in the 
University of Pennsylvania Law School 
from 1896 to 1898; was Secretary of the 
Board of Examiners of Philadelphia Coun- 
ty from 1895 to 1898; is now engaged in 
practicing law in the offices of George 
Wharton Pepper and Bayard Henry, and 
is counsel for French Spoliation Claim- 
ants in the United States Court of 
Claims; elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Residence, 
126 N. 16th St.; office, 701 Drexel Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

McCARTNEY, Ernest Leopold: 

Presbyterian minister; born in North- 
wood, Ohio, July 15, 1870; moved to Bea- 
ver Falls, Pa., in 1880, and was gradu- 
ated at the age of eighteen from Geneva 
College at that place. His theological 
course was pursued in the Western Theo- 
logical and Union Seminaries, being grad- 
uated from the former in 1892. He was 
installed pastor of the Edgewood Presby- 
terian Church in the suburbs of Pitts- 
burg in June of the same year, at the 
age of twenty-one. His pastorate lasted 
four and a half years, during which time 
the present edifice of the church in that 
place was erected. Resigning his charge, 
he went abroad for post-graduate work 
in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, and 
traveled extensively. On returning to 
America he assumed charge of the Cen- 
tral Park Presbyterian Church of Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa; from Iowa he removed 
once more to Pennsylvania to West 
Bridgewater, and he is, at present, min- 
ister to the church of his denomination 
at that place. Address, West Bridge- 
water, Pa. 

McCARTNEY, James S.: 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia May 
23, 1851; received his preparatory edu- 
cation in the public schools, and was 
graduated from, the Central High School, 
Philadelphia, with the degrees of A. B., 
A. M. Began business life with Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company; held several 
positions in treasury department; was 
one of the incorporators of the Philadel- 
phia Record, and for some years its 
Treasurer; was the administrator of the 
estate of the late William M. Singerly, 
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through much litigation, involving many 
millions of dollars, placing the Record on 
a sound financial basis, and saving large 
sums to its creditors. Treasurer and 
General Manager of Journalists' Home 
Fund, International League Press Clubs. 
Member of the Clover, Fellowship, and 
Pen and Pencil Clubs. Address, 917 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McCASKEY, Edward William 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 1SS2; Second 
Lieutenant Twenty-first Infantry July 1, 
1886; First Lieutenant Fourth Infantry 
Sept. 17, 1892; transferred to Twenty-first 
Infantry Dec. 27, 1892; Captain March 2, 
1899. Address, Fort Snelling, Minn. 

McCASKEY, "William Spencer: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Lancaster County, Pa., Oct. 2, 
1843; son of William and Margaret Pier- 
sol McCaskey. Married to Eleanor Gar- 
rison, Detroit, Mich., Nov. 20, 1S67; edu- 
cated in public schools. Responded to 
President Lincoln's first call for volun- 
teers April, 1861; private Lancaster Fenc- 
ibles, Company F. First Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, April 20, 1861, to July 26, 
1861; served in General Patterson's Army 
in Western Virginia; First Sergeant, Sec- 
ond and First Lieutenant and Captain. 
Company B, Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania 
Veteran Volunteers, from Sept. 5, 1861, 
to July 12, 1865; engaged in all cam- 
paigns and battles of Army of Ohio, 1862; 
Army of Cumberland from 1863 to the 
surrender of General Johnston's Army in 
North Carolina, 1865; in battles of Chap- 
lain Hills, Ky., 1862; Stone River, Tenn., 
1S63; Tullahoma Dam and Hoover's Gap, 
Tenn.; Chickamauga, Ga., 1863; siege of 
Chattanooga; re-enlisted in Veteran Vol- 
unteers, Sherman's Army, battles up to 
and including capture of Atlanta; march 
to the sea and north through the Caro- 
linas; grand review, Washington, May or 
June, 1865; mustered out at Philadelphia 
July, 1S65. Second and First Lieutenant 
Thirteenth U. S. Infantry, Feb. 23, 1866; 
transferred to Twenty-second Infantry; 
Regimental Adjutant, Regimental Quar- 
termaster; transferred to Twentieth In- 
fantry, July, 1869; Regimental Quarter- 
master, Captain, Sept. 5, 1S71; Major 
Twentieth Infantry, May 31, 1895; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, Aug. 30, 189S; Colonel, 
Jan. 29, 1900; Brigadier General, Jan. 24, 
1904. Served in the Dakotas and Min- 



nesota from 1S66 to 1S77; in Texas and 
Missouri to 1885; in Montana to 1894; 
Department of Missouri to 1898; April 19, 
1S9S, en route to Cuba; in Cuban cam- 
paign and battles of El Caney and San- 
tiago, July 1 to July 17; surrender of 
Spanish Army; commanded regiment; re- 
organized it on return to Fort Leaven- 
worth. En route to Philippine Islands; 
sailed from San Francisco Jan. 26. 1S99; 
returned to San Francisco March 13, 
1902; in action and campaigns of Gauda- 
loupe and Pasig; in Batangas, etc. ; com- 
manding Fort Sheridan, 111, March. 1902, 
to November 20, 1903; embarked for sec- 
ond tour of service in Philippine Islands, 
Dec. 1. 1903. Member of the Pennsylva- 
nia Commandery of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion. Societies: Army of 
Cumberland, Grand Army of Republic, 
Santiago de Cuba, of the Philippine Isl- 
ands, and the Carabao. Commanding 
First Brigade and Post of Manila, P. I., 
March 6, 1904. Address, Manila, P. I. 

MeCAI'LEY, Charles Adam Hoke: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Maryland; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet Military Academy July 1, 1866; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Third Artillery June 15, 
1S70; transferred to Third Cavalry Oct. 
7, 1878; First Lieutenant May 5, 1879; 
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, Feb. 
IS. 1881; Major, Quartermaster, Aug. 8. 
1894; Lieutenant Colonel, Department of 
Quartermaster General. July 13, 1S99; 
Colonel, Assistant Quartermaster Gener- 
al, Feb. 24, 1903. Address, Jeffersonville, 
Ind. 

MeCAULEY, C. H.: 

Lawyer; born in Elk County, Pa., in 
July, 1850. His early life was one of hard 
work on a farm and in the lumber mills; 
he had a common school education and 
afterward entered Bucknell University at 
Lewisburg. Pa. He began his career by 
teaching school at the age of seventeen, 
and entered upon the study of law a year 
later; he was admitted to the bar of Elk 
County in 1872, and later to that of the 
State Supreme Court and the United 
States Circuit Court. In 1875 he was 
elected District Attorney of Elk County 
on the Democratic ticket. When Ridg- 
way, in 1881, was incorporated as a bor- 
ough, he became a member of its Council, 
and for three years was President of that 
body; he was re-elected in 1888 and served 
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then to withdraw from this duty. He is 
solicitor for the Buffalo, Rochester & 
Pittsburg Railroad Company, district sol- 
icitor for the Pennsylvania and the Erie 
Railroads, and is an acknowledged expert 
in railroad and corporation law. In 1893 
he organized the Penn, the Elk and the 
Union Tanning Companies, and was 
prominent in the organization of the 
United States Leather Company; more re- 
cently he organized the Jefferson and 
Clearfield Coal and Iron Company; this 
is one of the largest bituminous compa- 
nies in the State, and the tanning com- 
panies named represent seventy separate 
tanneries. Address, Ridgway, Pa. 

McCAULEY, Levi Gheen: 

State official; born near Whetford, 
Chester County, Pa., Sept. 2, 1837; edu- 
cated in Luzerne County public schools 
and a number of private schools; became 
a mechanical engineer, working at the 
Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkesbarre, Pa., and 
later at Montgomery, Ala. When the 
Civil War broke out he returned home 
and joined a battalion raised in Susque- 
hanna County by his father; he subse- 
quently became a private in a Wilkes- 
barre Company, which joined the Seventh 
Regiment of Pennsylvania Reserves; in 
this he was successively promoted till he 
reached the brevet rank of Major on No- 
vember 7, 1865; he served through the 
war, was for a time a prisoner of war in 
Libby Prison, and lost his right arm in 
the service. In 1869 he was elected by 
the Republican Party Register of Wills 
for Chester County, sei'ving for three 
years. He was Chairman of the County 
Executive Committee of the party in 1886- 
1889, a delegate to the State Convention 
in 1S86, 1890 and 1894, and was elected to 
the important office of Auditor General 
in 1897 by a large majority. He was ap- 
pointed in 1891 Trustee of Westchester 
State Normal School, in 1895 a member 
of the Valley Forge Commission, and in 
1897 of the Soldiers' Orphans' School Com- 
mission. Address, Westchester, Pa. 

MeCAUSLAND, W. CJ.1 

Treasurer of the Carnegie Steel Com- 
pany; born in Pittsburg; educated in 
public schools of Allegheny; was em- 
jj ployed first as messenger boy by Brad- 
street's Mercantile Agency, then cost 
clerk and purchasing agent for Bailey, 
Farrel & Company, remaining there eight 
years. In 1S87 he became assistant book- 
keeper for the H. C. Frick Coke Company, 



and three months later was made cashier, 
a position he held until 1890, when he ac- 
cepted a similar position with Carnegie, 
Phipps & Co., Limited. On the merger 
of the two Carnegie interests Mr. Mc- 
Causland became cashier of the big com- 
pany; in 1900 he became Assistant Treas- 
urer of this company, and when the 
United States Steel Corporation was 
formed he was chosen Treasurer and 
a Director of the concern. He is also 
Treasurer of Union Steel Company and 
Clairton Steel Company, and a Director 
of the Carnegie Land Company and var- 
ious other subsidiary corporations. He is 
also a Director and member of the Exec- 
utive and Finance Committees of the 
Pittsburg Life & Trust Company. For 
two years he was President of the Apollo 
Musical club; member of the Haydn 
Quartet, tenor in one of the large local 
churches, and much interested in music 
generally. Address, the Carnegie Build- 
ing, Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCLELLAN, George: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia; was 
graduated from University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Married Miss Harriet Hare. 
Member of University, Colonial Dames of* 
America. Address, S. E. corner Broad 
and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McCLAIX, Frank; B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lancaster County: 
born in the city of Lancaster, Pa., April 
14, 1S64, and has lived there ever since; 
attended the public schools and was 
graduated from the Lancaster city High 
Schools, June, 1881; engaged in the live 
stock business February, 1SS4, and has 
followed same to this time; was a mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives, 
sessions of 1895, 1897. 1899 and 1901; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, Lan- 
caster, Pa. 

McCLEAN, William: 

Jurist; born in Gettysburg, Pa., in 1833; 
was graduated in Washington and Jef- 
ferson College in 1851; subsequently en- 
tered the law school of Harvard Univer- 
sity and in 1854 was admitted to practice 
before the bar of Adams County, Pa. A 
Democrat in politics, he was a member of 
Constitutional Convention of 1S73, and 
the following year his eminence as a 
lawyer won him the nomination of his 
party for the Judgeship. The Republi- 
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who then held the office by oppointment. 
Mr. McLean was the first Judge elected 
solely by the voters of Adams County, 
which was made a separate judicial dis- 
trict in 1874. Judge McClean won the 
credit of being one of the strong Com- 
mon Pleas Judges of the State, and he 
was re-elected in 1884. He has since re- 
turned to the practice of law, in associ- 
ation with his son, W. A. McClean. Ad- 
dress, Gettysburg, Pa. 

McC'LEARY, James Thompson: 

Educator; born in Ingersoll, Ont., Feb. 
5, 1853; educated at the High School and 
McGill University, Montreal. He taught 
school in Wisconsin, and was School Su- 
perintendent of Pierce County, Wis., un- 
til he resigned in 18S1 to become Profes- 
sor of History and Civics in the State 
Normal School at Mankato; was Presi- 
dent of Minnesota Educational Associa- 
tion, 1S91. Member of Congress from the 
Second Minnesota District, 1893-1905. Re- 
publican in politics. Author of "Studies 
in Civics," 1888; "Manual of Civics," 
1894. Married, 1884, Mary Edith Taylor. 
Address, Mankato, Minn. 

McCLELLAN, William Jefferson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from York County; born 
in Warrenton Township, York County, 
Pa., Sept. 13, 1849; educated in the public 
schools of his native township. When 
twelve years old was compelled to earn 
a livelihood and was employed at vari- 
ous occupations; at seventeen years of 
age he was apprenticed to cabinet and 
carriage making, which he has followed 
for the past thirty-six years; has served 
as Inspector of Election, School Director 
and Township Treasurer a number of 
terms; was elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Rossville, Pa. 

MeCLELLANl), James Henderson: 

Surgeon; born in Pittsburg, May 20, 
1845; was graduated from Hahnemann 
Medical College of Philadelphia, 1867; 
located permanently in Pittsburg, and has 
for many years served on the staff of the 
Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Col- 
lege; organized and was for several years 
President and Demonstrator of the Ana- 
tomical Society of Allegheny County; be- 
came Professor of Surgery in Hahnemann 
College, Philadelphia, 1876; delivered a 
course on operative surgery before the 



Boston University School of Medfcine, 
1S78. Member of State Board of Health 
since 1885; wrote article on "Diseases of 
the Kidneys" in the "System of Medi- 
cine." edited by Dr. Henry Arndt (Phila- 
delphia, 18S6); President of American In- 
stitute of Homeopathy, 1893-1894; Honor- 
ary President of International Homeo- 
pathic Medical Congress, Paris, 1900. 
Address, Fifth and Wilkins Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

McCLENAHAN, David A.: 

Educator; born in Fairview, Ohio, Feb. 
24, 1853; was graduated from Muskin- 
gum College, Ohio (A. M., 1879; D. D., 
1S8S); Xenia Theological Seminary, 1881. 
Married, July 24, 1884. Louella M. Stew- 
art. Ordained to ministry of United Pres- 
byterian Church, 1881; pastor Avondale, 
Ohio, 1881-1882; West Forty-fourth Street 
United Presbyterian Church, New York, 
1882-1884; Professor in Allegheny Theo- 
logical Seminary; lecturer at Chautau- 
qua and other assemblies on Biblical 
and Semi-Biblical topics. Member Evan- 
gelical Alliance, Washington, 1900; Re- 
publican in politics. Address, Allegheny 
City, Pa. 

McCLINTOCK, Andrew H.: 

Lawyyer; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 
Dec. 12, 1852; was graduated from Prince- 
ton University in 1872; admitted to the 
bar in 1876. He is a Director in a num- 
ber of local charities and also in a num- 
ber of financial institutions and corpora- 
tions. Married, Dec. 1, 1880, Eleanor, 
daughter of the late Col. Charles F. 
Welles of Bradford County. Representing 
large corporate interests, his life has 
been spent in active practice of his pro- 
fession. He was of counsel for operators 
before the Anthracite Coal Strike Com- 
mission. Address, 34 South River St., 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

MeCLOSKEY, Prof. Ira N.: 

Superintendent of the public schools of 
Clinton Counnty; born in Colebrook, Clin- 
ton County, Dec. 5, 1852. When six 
years of age his father removed to Beech 
Creek; after passing through the graded 
schools of Beech Creek Borough he at- 
tended select schools and took special 
normal training. After serving thirty 
years in school work (which included 
twenty years of high school supervision) 
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perintendent, which office he now holds. 
Address, Lock Haven, Pa. 

McOLOSKEY, Manns: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, June 15, 1894; Second 
Lieutenant in Fifth Artillery, April 26, 
1898; First Lieutenant Seventh Artillery, 
Aug. 15, 1900; Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 
1901; Captain, Sept. 23, 1901. Address, 
Fort Worden, Wash. 

McCLUJJG, Samuel A.: 

Jurist; born in Plum Township. Alle- 
gheny County, Pa., March 2, 1845; son 
of Rev. Samuel M. McClung; was grad- 
uated in 1863 from "Washington (now 
Washington and Jefferson) College, and 
began the study of law under John M. 
Kirkpatrick and John Mellon, obtaining 
admittance to the Allegheny County bar 
in 1868. His learning and ability as a 
lawyer brought him in May, 1891, the 
Governor's appointment as a Judge of 
the No. 3 Court of Common Pleas of 
Allegheny County, and in November of 
the same year he was elected to this 
position for the ten year term; he was 
again elected to the bench in 1901, and is 
now serving his second term. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCLURE, A. K.: 

Editor; born January 9, 18z8, at Centre, 
Perry County, Pa: educated in common 
schools. Late Superintendent of Public 
Printing; State Representative three 
times; State Senator one term from 
Franklin District and one term from 
Philadelphia; Assistant Adjutant General 
United States Army, rank of Major; 
Prothonotary Supreme Court. Married 
Matilda S. Gray, 1852; Cora M. Gratz, 
1879. Admitted to bar in 1855; editor 
Juniata Sentinel, Chambersburg Reposi- 
tory, and for twenty-six years chief edi- 
tor of the Philadelphia Times. Inde- 
pendent in politics. Address, 1828 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McCLURE, Georgre MoCnlly: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; en- 
tered the Navy Sept. 29, 1859, as Acting 
Midshipman; promoted to Midshipman, 

^ July 16. 1862; Ensign, Oct. 1, 1863; Mas- 
ter, May 10, 1866; Lieutenant, Feb. 21, 
1868; special duty, Erie, Pa., 1865; Juni- 

"ata, 1866; Shamokin. 1868; retired, Nov. 
9, 1868. Address, Poland, Ohio. 



McCLURE, Harold M.: 

Jurist; born in Lewisburg, Pa., Aug. 
8, 1859; most of his youthful life was spent 
in Northumberland, where he attended 
public school, afterward entering Buck- 
nell University, where he was graduated 
in 1877. While at the university he was 
ardent in athletic sports and became 
such an adept as a ball player that after 
his graduation tempting offers were made 
him to join professional base ball teams; 
he joined the Athletic Club of Philadel- 
phia and played with it in all parts of 
the United States, being regarded as one 
of the best catchers and most accurate 
throwers in the country, and possessed of 
a coolness that was not disturbed in the 
most exciting games. His purpose in 
this occupation was to gain the means 
to study law, which he entered upon at 
Sunbury. Pa., being admitted to the bar 
in 1881; he at once began practice, show- 
ing excellence in his profession from the 
first, and winning such recognition for 
ability that he was elected President 
Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Dis- 
trict in 1891; he was re-elected in 1901 
by a large majority. Address, Lewis- 
burg, Pa. 

McCLURG, John: 

President of the Cosmopolitan National 
Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

McCLURG, Walter Andnbon: 

Medical Inspector United States Navy; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
commissioned Assistant Surgeon Feb. 8, 
1874; Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, June 
12 to Nov. 18, 1874 United States flagship 
Pensacola, North Pacific Station, Nov. 
18. 1874, to Feb. 16, 1S75; Tuscarora, 
Feb. 16. 1875, to Sept. 14, 1876; U. S. S. 
Plymouth, North Atlantic Station, Jan. 
26, 1877, to July 7, 1877; store-ship New 
Hampshire, Port Royal, S. C, Dec. 10, 
1S77. to Jan. 6, 1879; Naval Hospital, 
Washington. Jan. 6, 1879, to Dec. 2. 
1879; U. S. S. Tennessee, North Atlantic 
Station. Dec. 2, 1879, to Dec. 2, 1882; Na- 
val Academy, Annapolis, Dec. 7, 1882, to 
May, 1883; practice-ship Dale, May to 
Sept. 1, 1883; Naval Academy, Sept. 1, 
1883, to Oct. 7, 1884; Naval Hospital, 
Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1884, to Jan. 6, 1886; 
Tallapoosa, South Atlantic Station, Jan. 
6, 1886, to March 7, 1889; Bureau of Medi- 
cine and Surgery, June 1, 1889, to June, 
1893. Promoted to Passed Assistant Sur- 
geon, Nov. 2, 1877; to Surgeon, Jan. 25, 



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18S9; Concord, Asiatic Station, June, 
1893, to 1S96; member of Medical Exam- 
ining Board, July, 1S96, to March 22, 
1898; special recruiting duty, March 22, 
1898. to June, 1898; receiving-ship Rich- 
mond. June 1. 1S98, to Sept. 10, 1898; 
Board of Medical Examiners, Washing- 
ton, Sept. 10, 1898, to Nov. 1, 1899; 
U. S. S. Indiana, Nov. 10, 1S99, to Dec. 
28, 1900; U. S. training-ship Constella- 
tion, Jan. 3, 1901, to 1903. Promoted 
Medical Inspector, Nov. 19, 1900; Bureau 
of Medicine and Surgery since Decem- 
ber, 1903. Address, Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

MeCLUSIvEY, Sylvester W.I 

Architect; born August, 1S40, in Cam- 
bria County, Pa.; enlisted July 6, 1861, in 
the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers; transferred Oct. 1, 1861, to Knap's 
Pennsylvania Battery; mustered out June 

14, 1865, as Lieutenant. Married Miss 
McConnell, 1868. Was builder and con- 
tractor fifteen years in Pittsburg; ap- 
pointed by Governor Pattison on the 
Chickamauga and Chattanooga Commis- 
sion, and to the Executive Committee 
of same by Governor Hastings. Address, 
188 Forty-seventh St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MeCOACH, William: 

President of the Tradesmen's Trust 
Company. Address, 2201 South St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

McCOLLUM, A. H.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Montrose. Address, Montrose, 
Susquehanna County, Pa. 

MeCOMB, Augustus C.I ' 

Real estate agent; born in Armstrong 
County, Dec. 6, 1849; in 1851 his parents 
moved to Corsica, Jefferson County, and 
there he attended the public schools; he 
also attended the Gladerun Academy, in 
Armstrong County, and the Haysville 
Academy, Ohio, returning to Corsica 
Academy to complete his education. For 
ten years he taught in the public schools 
and later read law and was admitted to 
practice in Clarion County in 1879; for 
some time he practiced his profession in 
connection with the real estate business. 
In 1893 he moved to Pittsburg and en- 
gaged in the real estate business. Ad- 
dress. 326 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MeCOMB, Bol»ert Briee: 

Lawyer; born in Mercer County, Aug. 

15, iS20, on a farm near Mercer; studied 



law with D. B. Kurtz and admitted to 
the bar in March, 1853; same year was 
elected to the lower house of the Penn- 
sylvania Legislature; he was Chairman 
of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
and re-elected in 1854 and 1S55. In 1862 
he was appointed on a commission to 
revise the revenue laws of the State, and 
in 1S62 appointed Colonel of the Four- 
teenth Regiment. Pennsylvania Militia, 
and in 1863 Colonel of the Fifty-fifth 
Regiment and ordered to Parkersburg, 
W. Va. He was admitted to the bar of 
the Supreme Court of the United States 
in January, 1863. Address. Mercer, Pa. 

McCONAGHY, John G.: 

Lawyer; born in Lawrence County, Pa., 
July 24, 1847; he worked on his father's 
farm during boyhood, going to school in 
the winters, and later attended the Edin- 
burgh State Normal School. After grad- 
uating he taught school about seven 
years, and then became assistant to the 
clerk of the court and Prothonotary of 
the county. This led him to the study of 
the law, and he was admitted to the 
bar at Newcastle in 1872; after spending 
two years in the office of his preceptor, 
he began practice for himself, continuing 
till 1881, when he formed the legal firm 
of McConaghy & Winternitz. He spent 
1885 and 1886 in the West, and on his 
return the firm of Winternitz, McCona- 
ghy & Brown was formed, Mr. Brown be- 
ing subsequently Lieutenant Governor of 
Pennsylvania. Mr. McConaghy has had 
a large general practice, including num- 
erous criminal cases, in which line of 
practice he has been very successful. He 
was elected District Attorney in 1878, 
and for six years was attorney for the 
Board of County Commissioners. He was 
Democratic nominee for Congress in 1S96, 
but failed of election. Address, New- 
castle, Pa. 

McCOKKET, Edwin K.i 

State Senator from York County; born 
in Wrightsville, York County, Pa., Dec. 
11, 1864; educated in the public schools 
and the York Collegiate Institute: later 
he became associated with McConkey 
Brothers at Wrightsville. In 1SK6 he en- 
tered the service of the Pullman Com- 
pany, and by rapid promotion soon be- 
came Assistant Superintendent of the 
Philadelphia district; in 1893 he was 
elected Assistant Secretary of the Far- 
mers' Fire Insurance Company of York, 
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of Secretary and Treasurer; he is a Direc- 
tor of the York National Bank, York Wa- 
ter Company, and President of the La- 
fayette Club. He was elected to the 
Senate in November, 1902, being the first 
Republican ever elected to the Senate 
from York County. Address, York, Pa. f 

McCONNELL, Alexander D.: 

Jurist; born in Westmoreland County, 
Pa., March 10, 1S50; while quite young he 
taught school, was afterward educated 
in Washington and Jefferson College, and 
again taught school, being principal of 
the Greensburg High School, 1875-1876. 
He was very efficient and popular in this 
position, but gave it up to study law, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1877; hav- 
ing little inclination for trials in court, 
he devoted himself largely to office busi- 
ness, preparing papers and working out 
difficult Questions in legal practice, in 
which he won such a reputation for his 
knowledge of the law and ripe judgment, 
that in 1895, when an additional Law 
Judge was needed in the county, he was 
the choice of members of all parties, 
and was appointed by Governor Hastings 
in response to a numerously signed peti- 
tion; he has shown on the bench the 
same industry, knowledge and judgment 
which he displayed as a lawyer. He 
has been a close student of literature and 
science as well as of law, and in 1902 
Westminster College honored his attain- 
ments with the degree of LL.D. Address, 
Greensburg, Pa. 

' McCONNELL, Joseph D.: 

President of the Ashland National 
Bank. Address, Ashland, Schuylkill 
County, Pa. 

MeCONNELL, Malcolm: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lawrence County; 
born in Wilmington Township, Mercer 
County, Pa., Dec. 13, 1850. After com- 

) pleting a course in the New Castle 
schools, he learned the millwright trade, 
which occupation he abandoned to en- 
gage in the study of law; was admitted 
to the several courts of Lawrence Coun- 
ty, Dec. 14, 1874, and at once began thp 
practice of his profession; served as pros- 
ecuting attorney of the county from 1883 
to 1885; for a time he was a member of 
the New Castle Common Council. He 

I was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in 1900; re-elected in November, 
1902. Address, New Castle, Pa. 



McCONNELL, William C.I 

Merchant; born in Halifax, Pa., April 
4, 1860; educated in Franklin and Mar- 
shall College; in 1882 he became a part- 
ner in the firm of Kulp, McWilliams 
& Co., Shamokin, dealers in lumber, brick 
and ice; after the dissolution of the firm 
in 18S6 he continued its lumber business. 
He became concerned also in many other 
business enterprises, becoming President 
of the Roaring Creek, the Anthracite, the 
Bear Gap, and the Shamokin Water Com- 
panies; he also became a Director in the 
electric light companies of Shamokin, 
the Shamokin Banking Company, and the 
Lewisburg and Buffalo Valley Railroad 
Company. He was made aide-de-camp 
with the rank of Lieutenant on the staff 
of Governor Hastings in 1896. Member of 
the Union League of Philadelphia and of 
the Masonic Order. Address, Shamokin, 
Pa. 

McCONWAY, 'William Lytle: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieuten- 
ant William McConway; elected May 6, 
1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

McCOOK, Henry Christopher: 

Clergyman, entomologist; born at New 
Lisbon. Ohio, July 3, 1837; was graduated 
from Jefferson College in 1859, subse- 
quently receiving the degrees of D. D. 
and Sc. D. from Lafayette College. He 
entered the army at the breaking out of 
the Civil War as a Lieutenant in the 
Forty-first Ohio Volunteers, and after- 
ward became Chaplain of the regiment; 
is Chaplain in Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Loyal Legion and pastor Taber- 
nacle Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; 
prominent as an entomologist; President 
American Entomological Society; Vice 
President Academy Natural Sciences, 
Philadelphia; President American Presby- 
terian Historical Society. Author 'Agri- 
cultural Ants of Texas," "Honey and Occi- 
dent Ants," "American Spiders and Their 
Spinning Work," "Tenants of an Old 
Farm," "Old Farm Fairies," "Women 
Friends of Jesus," "The Gospel in Na- 
ture," "Object and Outline Teachings," 
"Ecclesiastical Emblems," "The Latimers. 
a Scotch-Irish Historic Romance of the 
Western Insurrection," "Martial Graves 
of Our Fellow Heroes in Santiago de 
Cuba, a Record of the Spanish Ameri- 



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can War." Married, Sept. 11,1861, Emma 
C. Herber. Address, The Manse, Taber- 
nacle Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. 

MeCOOK, Willis: 

Attorney-at-law; born January, 1851, at 
Lisbon, Ohio; attended the Western Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania and was gradu- 
ated from Yale in 1873. He studied law 
upon his return from college with Hamp- 
ton & Dazell; later attended Columbia 
Law School, and in 1875 he was admitted 
to the Allegheny County bar; he contin- 
ued with Hampton & Dazell as a corpora- 
tion lawyer. He has been attorney for 
H. C. Frick since 1878 and organized the 
H. C. Frick Coke Company in 1882; also 
attorney for the Pittsburg Steel Com- 
pany, Western Pennsylvania Exposition 
Society, United States Glass Company, 
and many banks and corporations. He 
is a trustee for Mercy Hospital and St. 
Joseph's Protectory for boys, a Director 
of the Duquesne National Bank, and a 
Director of the Pittsburg Steel Company 
and its allied interests. Address, Frick 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCORMICK, Artlmr liurd: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in Mer- 
cer, Pa.. Sept. 12, 1872; was graduated 
from Mercer High School, 1888; West- 
minster College in 1893; Western Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1897; was married to 
Mary E. Olsen at North Warren, Pa., 
Sept. 19, 1900; Republican in politics; was 
pastor of churches in North Clarendon 
and Irvine in 1897-1898; since then has 
been pastor of North Warren Presby- 
terian Church, Chaplain of Warren State 
Hospital for the Insane, and President 
of the Warren County Sunday School 
Association. Address, Warren, Pa. 

McCORMICK, J. S.: 

Banker; born in Pittsburg, Pa; educat- 
ed in Pittsburg and Philadelphia. Presi- 
dent of the J. S. McCormick Company; 
Director Central Savings & Trust Com- 
pany. Republican in politics. Residence, 
6205 Howe St., office, 2428-2436 Railroad 
St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCORMICK, Laurence: 

Hotel man and a partner of George C. 
Boldt in the Hotel Bellevue, the Strat- 
ford and the Bullit Building Restaurant; 
born at Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y., 
Oct. 10, 1863; educated in the public 
schools of the place. Moved to Philadel- 
phia in 1881, and has been associated 



with Mr. Boldt ever since. Married, irt 
1895, to Miss Harriet Ames, of Chicago. 
Residence, 305 South Broad St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

McCORMICK, Samuel M.: 

Lawyer; born in Clinton County, Pa., 
July 16, 1846. He was educated in the 
Millerville State Normal School, and' 
after graduation taught school in Lan- 
caster County for about six years, after- 
ward being made principal of the Lock 
Haven High School, where he taught for 
two years. While thus engaged he was 
diligently employed in reading law, and 
was admitted to the bar of Clinton Coun- 
ty in 1874. He is not a trial lawyer, an 
accident in youth disabling him from ap- 
pearing before the court except in rare 
cases, but he has an extensive office prac- 
practice, mainly in Orphans' Court cases. 
Mr. McCormick has been a wide traveler 
and has taken an active part in Repub- 
lican politics. For a number of years he 
has been Chairman of the County Com- 
mittee, was for several years Deputy Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue; is a Director 
of the Lock Haven Trust and Savings 
Deposit Company, and an officer in many 
other enterprises. He is a manager of the 
Lock Haven Hospital, clerk of the Lock 
Haven Council, a Trustee of the State 
Normal School, and is now active in the 
Odd Fellows Order. Address, Lock Ha- 
ven, Pa. 

McCORMICK, William: 

Editor of the Reading Herald; born in 
Harrisburg, Pa., thirty-seven years ago; 
son of James McCormick, a prominent 
manufacturer; educated at Harrisburg 
Academy, and at Yale College, from 
which he was graduated in 1887; was as- 
signed the honor of class poet; entered 
the ranks of journalism, first serving on 
a Boston newspaper, and then in Phila- 
delphia and Bethlehem, Pa.; founded the 
Allentown Leader; then purchased a one- 
half interest in the Reading Herald and 
removed to Reading, Pa. ; later acquired 
sole ownership of the Herald, of which 
he is now the editor and publisher; mem- 
ber of the Reading Press Club and Berk- 
shire Country Club; founder of the Boys' 
Friendly Club and Olivet Boys' Club of 
Reading. Address, Reading, Pa. 

McCORMICK, William Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 






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Legion; Acting Ensign United States 
Navy Oct. 28, 1863; honorably discharged 
Nov. 16, 1865. Elected May 5, 1897. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McCOY, Frank Ross: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet, 
Military Academy June 21, 1893; Addi- 
tional Second Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry 
June 11, 1897; Second Lieutenant Seventh 
II Cavalry March 11, 1898; transferred to 
Tenth Cavalry May 4, 1898; First Lieu- 
tenant Feb. 2, 1901. Captain Aug. 16, 
1903. Address, Manila, P. I. 

J McCRACKIN, Alexander: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvani. Enlisted in the Volun- 
teer Navy in 1863, and served for one 
year in the Mississippi Squadron, on 
board of the Red Rover and General 
Price. Appointed a Midshipman from 
Iowa, July 27, 1866; was graduated from 
j the Naval Academy, June 7, 1870, and 
i was commissioned Ensign, July 13, 1871; 
Shenandoah and Brooklyn, European Sta- 
i tion, 1870-1873. Commissioned Master, 
' Sept. 25, 1873; Franklin, Juniata and Ma- 
hopac, North Atlantic Station, 1873-1874; 
j Coast Survey vessels Silliman, 1874-1875, 
and Baton Rouge, 1875-1877; Hartford, 
South Atlantic Station. 1877-1879. Com- 
missioned Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1879; Naval 
Academy, Department of Applied Mathe- 
matics, 1SS0-1882; practice cruises, Dale, 
1881; Constellation, 1882-1883; Nantucket, 
1884; attended lectures at Harvard Uni- 
versity, 1882-1885; and received degree of 
LL. B., June, 1885; Adams and Shenan- 
doah, Pacific Station, 1S85-1SS6; Pinta, 
in Alaskan waters, 1886-1888; Naval 
Academy, Department of Applied Mathe- 
matics, 1888-1889; practice cruise, Con- 
stellation, 1889; Bureau of Ordnance, 1889- 
1891; Miantonomah. North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1891-1892; Navigator of Marion, Asi- 
atic Station, 1892-1894; Naval Academy, 
Head of Department of Ordnance, 1894- 
1897; commanded practice ship steamer 
Standish, with Engineer Cadets on board 
1897; executive officer of the Marietta, 
1897-1898; executive officer of the Ore- 
gon, Philippine Islands, 1899-1900. Ex- 
tract from the report on fitness by 
Capt. George F. F. Wilde. United States 
Navy: "Lieut. Comdr. McCrackin com- 
( manded battalion from ship (Oregon) 
that captured and occupied Vigan; duty 
performed in most successful and grati- 



fying manner." Receiving ship Indepen- 
dence, July to December, 1900. Com- 
missioned Commander, April 14, 1901; 
Ordnance Officer, Navy Yard, Mare Island, 
Cal., December, 1900, to 1903. Command- 
ing United States steamer Des Moines, 
since March 5, 1904. Address, care of 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

McCRADY, James H.: 

President of the Union National Bank 
of Braddock. Address, Braddock, Alle- 
ghany County, Pa. 

McCREA, James: 

Railroad engineer and Manager; born 
in Philadelphia, May 1, 1848; entered rail- 
road service, June, 1865, as rodman and 
assistant engineer at Connellsville and 
Southern Pennsylvania Railroad until 
1S67; rodman on construction, Wilming- 
ton and Reading Railroad, 1867-1868; as- 
sistant engineer Allegheny "Valley Rail- 
road, 1S68-1871; with Pennsylvania Rail- 
road, 1871-1882; assistant engineer and di- 
vision Superintendent; Manager, General 
Manager and Fourth Vice President of 
the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts- 
burg, 1882-1890; Second Vice President, 
1880-1881; since then First Vice President. 
Also since Sept. 8, 1S93, President Cin- 
cinnati and Muskegon Valley Railroad; 
since Jan. 15, 1896. President Terre Haute 
and Indianapolis Railroad Company; since 
Aug. 1, 1896, President Grand Rapids 
and Indiana Railway Company. Address, 
Union Station, Pittsburg, Pa. 

McCREARY, David B.: 

Lawyer; born in Millcreek Township, 
Erie County, Pa., on the 27th of Febru- 
ary, 1826; educated at common schools, 
Erie Academy and Washington College, 
Pennsylvania. Taught school in Erie 
and in Kentucky. Studied law and was 
admitted to practice at drie. Pa., Aug. 8, 
1851; practiced law in the courts of Erie 
County, in the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania, and in the United States Courts. 
Was Second and First Lieutenant in Com- 
pany B, in the Erie Regiment of three 
months volunteers at the breaking out 
of the Civil War in 1861. Was commis- 
sioned and mustered into service in 
September, 1862, during the war as Lieu- 
tenant Colonel of the 145th Regiment of 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served un- 
til the regiment was mustered <. >;t of 
service at the close of the war on May 
31, 1865. Was commissioned as Colonel 
of same regiment in Jamnry, 1S65, and 



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brevetted as Colonel and Brigadier Gen- 
eral of Volunteers March 13, 1S65, by the 
United States Government for "faithful 
and meritorious services" daring the war. 
Was a prisoner of war at Libby Prison, 
at Macon, Georgia, Charleston and Co- 
lumbia, S. C, for nine months. Served 
in the First and Fourth Brigades First 
Division, Second Army Corps, Army of 
the Potomac, under Generals McClellan, 
Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant. Was 
elected a member of the House of Rep- 
resentatives of Pennsylvania for the ses- 
sions of 1S66 and 1867. Was appointed 
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania in 1867 
by Gov. Geary with the rank of Briga- 
dier General. Was again elected a mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives of 
Pennsylvania for the session of 1870; 
elected a member of the Senate of Penn- 
sylvania in 1888, and re-elected in 1892. 
Was Chairman of the Committee on Ju- 
diciary General in the sessions of 1891 
and 1893 and Judiciary Special in the ses- 
sion of 1895. Was a member of the Penn- 
sylvania Commission to the Cotton States 
Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., in 1895. Was 
a State Trustee of Dixmont Hospital; of 
the State Normal School, Edinboro, Pa., 
for six years. Past Commander of Strong 
Vincent Post No. 67, Department of 
Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic and a member of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion, Commandery of Penn- 
sylvania. Is a member of Park Pres- 
byterian Church, Erie, Pa. Married, 
Sept. 17, 1S51, Annette Gunnison, at Erie, 
Pa. Has two children, a daughter, Sophy, 
married to Henry A. Clark, attorney at 
law, Erie, Pa., and a son, Wirt McCreary, 
who is a graduate of the United States 
Naval Academy at Annapolis, who served 
in the Spanish War at Cuba, and in the 
Philippines. Served with the Allies in 
China from the capture of Tien Tsin to 
Peking, and is now a Captain in the 
United States Marine Corps, on duty 
on the Isthmus between Colon and Pana- 
ma. Address, Erie, Pa. 

McCREARY, George Deardorft: 

Member of Congress (Republican), of 
Philadelphia; born in York Springs Vil- 
lage, Adams County, Pa., Sept. 28, 1S46; 
his infancy and early youth were spent 
in the anthracite coal regions at Tre- 
mont, Tamaqua, and Mauch Chunk, where 
his father, the late John B. McCreary, one 
of the pioneer coal operators, was en- 
gaged in coal mining. In 1864, with his 
parents, he removed to Philadelphia; 



was educated in the common and private 
schools, and in the same year, 1864, en- 
tered the University of Pennsylvania, re- 
maining until his junior year, 1867, when 
h« left to take a position in the Honey 
Brook Coal Company, of which his fath- 
er was President. He began his inde- 
pendent business career in 1870, when he 
became a member of the newly organized 
coal firm of Whitney, McCreary & Kem- 
merer, retiring from the firm in 1879 to 
take charge of his father's estate. In 
1882 he became interested in municipal 
affairs of the city of Philadelphia, and 
was an original member of the Commit- 
tee of One Hundred, serving on the im- 
portant committees; was elected Treas- 
urer of the city and county of Phila- 
delphia in November, 1S91; and during 
his term of office, from 1892 to 1895, re- 
organized the finances of the city, in- 
troducing and carrying out many needed 
measures, watch have resulted in large 
financial gains to the city and safety in 
the transaction of its finances. He is an 
officer in and Director of a number of 
successful financial, mining, and business 
companies, and is also associated in 
church and philanthropic institutions. 
He was married June 18, 1878, to Kate R. 
Howell; has traveled extensively in this 
and foreign countries; was elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

McCREATH, Andrew S.: 

Analytical chemist, author; born at 
Ayr, Scotland, March 8, 1849; studied at . 
Ayr Academy, Glasgow University, Uni- 
versity of Gottingen; Chemist with Penn- s 
sylvania Steel Co., 1S70-1S75; Chemist of 
the Geological Survey of Pennsylvania for 
ten years. Member of the American 
Philosophical Society, American Insti- 
tute of Mining Engineers, British Iron 
and Steel Institute; published three vol- 
umes of geological survey reports. Au- 
thor of "The Mineral Wealth of Virginia," 
"The New River-Cripple Creek Mineral 
Region" (S. W. Va.); "Resources of the 
Upper Cumberland Valley, Southeastern 
Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia." He 
married, 1875, Eliza Berghaus. Address, 
223 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

McCURDY, Elmer Ellsworth: 

Attorney at law; a native of Lebanon 
County, having been born at Fontana, 
July 3, 1S61, a son of Henry S. and 
Mary Jane (McCullough) McCurdy. The 
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scent, great-grandfather McCurdy hav- 
ing removed from Chester County, Pa., 
to Lebanon County, about the year 1821. 
Educated in the common schools, and in 
1875, at a private school at Manheim, 
Lancaster County; 1S76-1877, at Palatin- 
ate College, at Myerstown; then attend- 
ed High School at Annville; 187S, taught 
school in South Annville Township; 1882 
and 1SS3, pursued studies at Lebanon Val- 
ley College; attended Lock Haven Normal 
School, 1883; 1884 he was graduated at 
the latter institution and same year was 
elected principal of the Hummelstown 
public schools, Dauphin County, until 
1887, when he entered the Millersville 
State Normal School, graduating in 
Scientific Course 1SS8; was elected 
Supervising Principal of Schools at Ever- 
ett, Bedford County, until 1S93; studied 
law under Judge Ehrgood until March 

! 22, 1895, when he was admitted to prac- 
tice; formed a partnership with Gen. J. 
P. S. Gobin, and continues in this pro- 
fessional relation. Served as District At- 
torney of Lebanon County from 1899 to 

li 1902. Member of Washington Camp No. 
254, P. O. S. of A., Lebanon Valley Com- 
mandery, No. 5, S. of A., and of the 
Mohegan Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 288. 
In August, 1884, married Alice S. Tittle, 

j daughter of Amos C. Tittle. Address, 

,; First National Bank Building, Lebanon, 

' Pa. 

McCURDY, Stewart LeRoy: 

Physician; born in Bowenston, Ohio, 
. July 15, 1S59; received his primary edu- 
cation in the common schools of Denni- 
I son, Ohio, which was followed by a special 
(course; he was graduated from the Co- 
jlumbus Medical College, 1881, and from 
j' the Ohio Medical University, 1890, with 
■ a full course; New York Post-Graduate 
Medical School and Hospital, 1S85 (A. M., 
Scio College, 1894); is now Professor of 
Anatomy and Surgery, and Trustee and 
Secretary of the Pittsburg Dental De- 
partment of the Western Universiy of 
Pennsylvania; surgeon of the Pittsburg, 
-Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, and 
^Pennsylvania Railways; Orthopaedic Sur- 
geon Presbyterian Hospital; Professor 
Orthopaedic and Clinical Surgery, West 
Pennsylvania Medical College. Member 
of the American Medical Association, 
American Orthopaedic Association, Ohio 
and Pennsylvania State Medical Societies, 
International Medical Congress. Repub- 
lican in politics. Author of "Manual of 
Orthopaedic Surgery," 1S9S; "Oral Sur- 
16 



gery, a Text Book on General Medicine 
and Surgery as Applied to Dentistry," 
1901; "The Wiring of Bone for Recent 
Ununited Fracture, with Report of 
Cases," and has written many articles 
on orthopaedic surgery in numerous med- 
ical journals. Address, Empire Building. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

MeCBTCHBN, Jolin Pox: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dry of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Third Assistant Engi- 
neer United States Navy May 13, 1861; 
Acting Second Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) Oct. 30, 1861; appointment re- 
voked Dec. 12, 1S61; Acting First Assis- 
tant Engineer (Ensign) May 22, 1S62; 
Acting Chief Engineer (Lieut. -Comman- 
der) Jan. 19, 1863; honorably discharged 
April 15, 1866; elected Oct. 19, 1887. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MoCUTCHEON, John L,.: 

Lawyer; born May 28, 1857, in Alle- 
gheny City, Pa.; son of James and Re- 
becca (Lindsay) McCutcheon. Educated 
at Newell Institute, Pittsburg; Bonn, 
Prussia, and Dresden, Saxony. Was in 
the class of 1881 at the Columbia Law 
School, New York, and admitted with it 
to the bar of the Supreme Court of New 
York. Admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar Nov. 15, 1881. Republican in poli- 
tics. Member of the Union Club, Pitts- 
burg. Address, 450 Fourth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

McDALE, James: 

President of the Kane Trust and Sav- 
ings Company. Address, Kane, McKean 
County, Pa. 

MeDEYITT, Henry C.s 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 
1856; educated at La Salle College, and 
engaged in mercantile pursuits. Though 
he had excellent prospects in this direc- 
tion, an inclination for the law led him 
to give them up, and he entered the Law 
Department of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, where he was graduated in 1888; 
he began practice at the Philadelphia bar 
in partnership with Eugene S. Daly, but 
the latter died within a year and Mr. 
McDevitt continued in practice alone; he 
became in 1895 counsel for the Guaran- 
tors' Company, an organization which 
issued insurance policies against losses 
arising from suits for damages on ac- 



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count of negligence toward employees or 
the general public; this gave him abun- 
dance of labor in the courts, and he be- 
came a skilled authority on the law of 
negligence; for two years he was one of 
the counsel for the Union Traction Com- 
pany; aside from his negligence cases, 
he has a large general practice, covering 
building association, Orphans' Court and 
contract suits. He is counsel for the 
National Bank and Trust Company and a 
Director of the Continental Title and 
Trust Company. Address, Ardmore, Pa. 

McDONALD, Michael G.: 

Legislator and lawyer; born in Howley, 
Wayne County, Pa., Sept. 26, 1858; his 
parents moved to Dunmore, Luzerne 
(now Lackawanna) County, in 1864, 
where he resided till 1893, when he made 
Scranton his place of residence. His law 
studies began in 1881 in the office of Hon. 
Lemuel Ammerman, and he was admitted 
to practice in Lackawanna County in 
18S3; he secured admission to the Penn- 
sylvania Supreme and the United States 
Circuit Courts in 1886. An active advo- 
cate of the principles of the Democratic 
Party, he served under that party as 
School Director in 1884-1886, being Presi- 
dent of the board in the last two years; 
he was nominated and elected to the 
State Legislature in 1886, and was three 
times re-elected, serving eight years in 
all; during this period he was on several 
of the most important committees and 
succeeded in carrying through a number 
of bills of local and general importance. 
He has served on the County and State 
Committees of his party, was Auditor of 
the Scranton Poor District, 1S83-1885, and 
for six years was Solicitor for the Borough 
of Dunmore. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

Mcdonald, Mitciieii c.i 

Pay Inspector United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania. Appointed from 
Pennsylvania, March 3, 1879; Ranger, 
North Pacific, 1883-1885; Assistant Navy 
Pay Office, San Francisco, 1886-1887; As- 
sistant to Government Storekeeper, Naval 
Academy, 1887-1888; Naval Hospital. Yo- 
kohoma. 1888-1891. Promoted to Passed 
Assistant Paymaster, May 29, 1882; 
Adams, Pacific Station, March, 1892-1S94. 
Promoted to Paymaster, April, 1894, Navy 
Yard, Washington, December, 1894; U. S. 
- S Monongahela. May, 1S95; Navy Yard, 
Washington, September, 1895-1896; Texas 
July, 1896; General Storekeeper, Cavite, 



P. L, November, 1899; since July, 1896, 
Naval Hospital, Yokahoma; Pay In- 
spector Sept. 9, 1902. Address, Yoko- 
hama, Japan. 

I 
McDOTJGALL, Walter Hngh: 

Artist, author; born in Newark, N. J.. 
Feb. 10, 1858. Attended a military acad- 
emy for a time, but is largely self-edu- 
cated. Began his career in 1876 as an 
artist by the introduction of the system 
of illustrating news articles in the daily 
papers, and the drawing of cartoons. 
Author of "The Hidden City," 1886; i 
"Number 11," 1S90; "History of Christo- 
pher Columbus," 1892; "The Rambilicus 
and His Friends," 1892. Wrote "A Marvel- 
lous Journey," New York World, 1889. 
Address, The North American Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MeDOWJELL, Willis: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in ; 
and appointed from Pennsylvania Naval 
Cadet May 19, 1893. Ensign July 1, 1899. 
Lieutenant Jan. 1, 1904. Address, Wash- I 
ington, D. C. 

Mcdowell,, w. l., d. d.: 

Clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church; born in Glen Riddle, Pa., Nov. 
22, 1843; was graduated from Dickinson 
College, 1863; admitted to the Philadel- 
phia Conference in 1S65; pastor, 1865-1897; 
Presiding Elder of Northwest District, 
1897-1903. He was Statistical Secretary 
of the Philadelphia Conference, 18S2-1897; 
was delegate to the General Conferences 
of 1S92 and 1900, and first reserve dele- 
gate to those of 1888-1896. At the Gen- 
eral Conference of 1900 he was elected the 
member of the Book Committee of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church from the 
Fourth General Conference District, of : 
which committee he is Secretary. He is 
a member of the Board of Church Ex- : 
tension, and a number of other church 
boards; received the degree of Doctor of 
Divinity from his Alma Mater in 1S90. 
Was married, in 1869, to Anna R. Sewell, 
of Dorchester County, Maryland. Now 
pastor of Columbia Avenue Methodist 
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, to which 
he was appointed in 1903. Address, Co- 
lumbia Ave. Methodist Episcopal Church, > 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

i 
McELDOWNEY, H. C.I 

President of the Union Trust Company 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

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MeELMELL, Jackson: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 4, 1834. 
Appointed a Third Assistant Engineer in 
the Navy, from Pennsylvania, Aug. 2, 
1855; attached to Coast Survey steamer 
Hetzel, 1856; Niagara, Atlantic Cable 
Expedition, in 1857-1858. Promoted to 
Second Assistant Engineer, 1858; steamer 
Memphis, Brazil Squadron, and Paraguay 
Expedition, 1858-1859. Promoted to First 
Assistant Engineer, in 1SG0; attached to 
steam sloop Powhatan, West Gulf Squad- 
ron, 1860-1861; steam gunboat Octoraro, 
mortar flotilla, Wilmington, North Caro- 
lina, blockade; engagement at Vicksburg, 
June 28, 1862. Promoted to Chief En- 
gineer, Feb. 2, 1S62; United States steam- 
er Richmond, West Gulf Squadron, 1863- 
1865; battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1S64; 
special duty, League Island, 1S65-1S6S; 
United States steamer Plymouth, Euro- 
pean Station, 1869-1871; special duty, at 
Chester. Pa., 1872-1875; Powhatan, North 
Atlantic Squadron, from 1875 to 1878; 
special duty at League Island Navy Yard, 
1879-1882; detached from League Island 
Navy Yard, 1879-18S2; detached from 
League Island Navy Yard, and ordered to 
Tennessee, as Fleet Engineer of North 
Atlantic Squadron, Aug. 7, 1882; detached 
from Tennessee, Dec. 7, 1882; ordered to 
Tennessee again as Fleet Engineer, North 
Atlantic Squadron, Dec. 3, 1884; after 
which was transferred from the Tennes- 
see to the United States flagship Rich- 
mond, North Atlantic Station; detached 
from the Richmond, Dec. 5, 1887; ordered 
to present duty as President of the Naval 
Examining Board in session at Philadel- 
phia, March 6, 1888, to date of retire- 
ment, June, 1896. Member of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 4956 
Walton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McELROY, Joseph M.: 

I Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from McKean County; 

1 born in Allegheny County, Pa., Feb. 23, 
1S42; attended common schools and the 

' academy at Turtle Creek, Pa. ; in No- 
vember, 1861. he enlisted in Company A, 

I One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania 

I Volunteers; served three years and was 
taken prisoner at the battle of Chancell- 

'orsville; went to Venango County in De- 
cember, 1864, and engaged in the coal and 
oil business; was elected Mayor of Oil 
City, in 1877; removed to Bradford in 
1S79, where he now resides; was elected 
Prothonotary of McKean County in 1884 



and served three terms; was elected to 
the House of Representatives in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Bradford, Pa. 

JleFARLAN, Alexanders 

President of the First National Bank 
of Oakdale. Address, Oakdale, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

McFARLAND, 1 ,1 bridge : 

President of the First National Bank 
of Conshohocken. Address, Conshohocken, 
Montgomery County, Pa. 

McFARLAND, Joseph: 

Physician; Professor of Pathology and 
Bacteriology, Medico-Chirurgical College, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; born at Philadelphia, 
February, 1868; educated at the Phila- 
delphia grammar schools and in the Lau- 
derbach Academy, Philadelphia; graduat- 
ed from the Medical Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1S89; and 
from the Medico-Chirurgical College, 1S98; 
pursued his studies at Heidelberg, Ger- 
many, and Vienna, Austria, in 1890; spent 
a portion of 1895 at Berlin and Halle for 
the same purpose, and the summer of 
1903 at Paris. Married in Philadelphia, 
Sept. 14, 1892, Virginia E. Kinsey. Fel- 
low of the College of Physicians of Phil- 
adelphia. Member of the American Med- 
ical Association, Medical Society of the 
State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Coun- 
ty Medical Society, Philadelphia Patho- 
logical Society, American Public Health 
Association, Society of American Bacter- 
iologists, American Association of Pathol- 
ogists and Bacteriologists. Author of 
"Pathogenic Bacteria," "A Text-Book of 
Pathology," etc. Has written a large 
number of contributions to medical litera- 
ture in English and German. Address, 
442 West Stafford St., Germantown, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

McFARLAND, Walter Martin: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Washing- 
ton, D. C, Aug. 5, 1859; was educated 
primarily in the public schools of Wash- 
ington, 1865-1875; entered the United 
States Naval Academy in 1875, and was 
graduated as a Cadet Engineer in 1879; 
served on naval vessels in various parts 
of the world; detailed Assistant Professor 
of Mechanical Engineering, Cornell. 1883- 
1885; secretary division of marine engi- 
neering. International Engineering Con- 
gress, 1893; delegate from United States 
Navy Department to International Con- 
gress of Naval Architects and Marine En- 



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gineers, 1897; twice assistant (once princi- 
pal assistant) to Admiral Melville, Engi- 
neer in Chief, United States Navy; mem- 
ber of board to reorganize personnel, 
United States Navy, 1897; promoted to 
grade of Chief Engineer, 1898; became 
Lieutenant in United States Navy March 
3 1S99, bv passage of Personnel bill; re- 
signed from Navy 1899. Is Acting Vice 
President Westinghouse Electrical and 
Manufacturing Company. Member of 
Council of Society of Naval Architects 
and Marine Engineers, American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers, American So- 
ciety of Naval Engineers. Frequent con- 
tributor to technical journals on engineer- 
ing subjects. Lecturer at Cornell Univer- 
sity on engineering subjects. Address, 
154 S. Homewood Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McFETRIDGB, John R.: 

Printer; born in Philadelphia; educated 
in Gregory's English and Classical Acad- 
emy; obtained a position in the Internal 
Revenue Department; subsequently be- 
came Superintendent of the Inquirer Pa- 
per Mills. In 1877 he became a partner 
of William M. Burk in the Arm of Burk 
& McFetridge, which acquired the busi- 
ness and plant of the Inquirer Printing 
House. This establishment has from time 
to time been enlarged, until it is among 
the most extensive printing offices of the 
country. The Burk & McFetridge Com- 
pany was incorporated in 1893, with a 
capital of $150,000, at which time Mr. 
Burk retired and Mr. McFetridge became 
President of the Company. In 1890 Mr. 
McFetridge was chosen President of the 
Philadelphia Typothetre, holding this posi- 
tion until 1897, when he insisted on being 
retired. In 1S94, at the annual conven- 
tion of the United Typothetas of America, 
he was unanimously chosen its President. 
He was active in the origination of the 
Philadelphia Bourse, and is a member of 
the Manufacturers' Club, the Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, etc. 
Address, 927 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McGARY, William Henry: 

Lawyer; born in Allegheny City, Pa., 
Feb. 16, 184S; son of Eugene and Sarah 
(Ferguson) McGary; attended the public 
schools of that city, Findlay's Classical 
School, Shaffer's Writing Academy, and 
Western University of Pennsylvania, and 
was graduated from the Cleveland Law 
College with the class of 1870. Read law 
with R. M. Gibson; was admitted by the 
Supreme Courts of Ohio to practice law 



in that State in June, 1S70; admitted to 
the Allegheny County bar Sept. 30, 1871. 
Address, 435 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McGETTIGAX, Hush J.: 

Clergyman; born in a mining village in 
Blythe Township in I860. He worked in 
the mines in summer and attended the 
public schools in winter. At the age of 
fifteen he taught school; he was very 
successful as a teacher, but preferred a 
different calling; prepared for the Catho- 
lic priesthood by entering as a student 
at Charles Seminary at Overbrook, Pa. 
Completing the seminary course, he was 
ordained as a priest in 1SS9. Immediately 
after his ordination as a priest he be- 
came assistant pastor of St. Patrick's 
Roman Catholic Church of Pottsville, in 
which capacity he served for three years. 
In 1S92 he became Rector of St. Mary's 
Church at St. Clair, retaining this posi- 
tion for two years, when, on July 25, 
1894, he went to Ashland and took charge 
as rector of the St. Joseph's Church, 
which position, as pastor, he is filling 
at the present time, much beloved and 
very popular among his parishioners; in 
fact, by all with whom he comes in con- 
tact'. Father McGettigan is a man of ex- 
cellent parts, has the spiritual welfare of 
his parishioners thoroughly at heart, and 
is a man of pleasing presence. He is an 
enthusiastic worker, being greatly re- 
spected and admired by all who know 
him. Address, Ashland, Pa. 

JIcGILiL., David Frazier: 

Clergyman; born in West Alexander, 
Pa., March 22, 1857; was graduated from'; 
Washington and Jefferson College in 1SS1, \ 
from which he received the degree of A. 
M. ; was graduated from the Allegheny 
Theological Seminary in 1S84; received de- . 
gree of D. D. from Muskingum College. 
Married June 12, 1884, Hattie J. Weddle. 
Associate editor of United Presbyterian 
since 1891; General Secretary of Young' 
People's Christian Union, 1S97-1900; elect- 
ed to Pi-esidency of Monmouth College in 
1897, but declined. At present pastor of 
the Sixth United Presbyterian Church 
of Allegheny City. Author of "The Young 
christian in Prayer," "Suggestions for 
Committees." Frequent contributor to 
the United Presbyterian. Address, 1508 
Chartiers St., Allegheny City, Pa. 

JIcGINLEY, John R.: 

President of the Duff Machinery Com-. 
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Sept. 14. 1S56; son of John and Mary 
Logan McGinley, the latter a daughter 
of Robert Rainey, a man of considerable 
prominenece as a lawyer in Westmore- 
land County, Pa. Mr. McGinley's father 
was Superintendent of the old Portage 
Railroad, between Cresson Springs and 
Holidaysburg, Pa., then the only railroad 
crossing the Allegheny Mountains. Until 
he was thirteen years old young McGinley 
attended the village school in New Alex- 
andria, Pa., where his mother resided, his 
father having died three weeks before 
the birth of the son. When Mr. Mc- 
Ginley reached the age of manhood he re- 
moved to Pittsburg, where he took a 
course in business training in Duff's Com- 
mercial College, and, after completing his 
course, was elected Secretary and Busi- 
ness Manager of the institution, and held 
the position for four years. Then he or- 
ganized the Carbon Bronze Company, for 
the manufacture of special grades of 
anti-frictioh metals, in which enterprise 
he was remarkably successful, and accu- 
mulated considerable capital, which 
served as a nucleus for larger operations. 
It was in 1S84 that Mr. George Westing- 
house became interested in natural gas, 
and, disposing of his business, Mr. Mc- 
Ginley joined him in organizing the Phil- 
adelphia Natural Gas Company, and he 
served as Vice President until 1900; and 
such was its success that within two 
years sixteen companies were formed, with 
an aggregate capital of $20,000,000, but 
the Philadelphia company is the most 
prominent gas fuel company in existence, 
and it delivers more fuel gas daily than 
any other gas company in the world. As 
one of the organizers, promoters and ac- 
tive officers of the East Pittsburg Im- 
provement Company, Mr. McGinley took a 
prominent part in the founding and build- 
ing of the progressive industrial towns 
of Wilmerding, where the Westinghouse 
Air-Brake Company's works are situated, 
and East Pittsburg, where the extensive 
works of the Westinghouse Electric and 
Manufacturing Company, Westinghouse 
Machine Company and East Pittsburg Im- 
provement Company are located. These 
plants are evidences of the enterprise and 
business genius of the man who made 
their establishment possible. In company 
with Mr. George Westinghouse, Mr. Mc- 
Ginley organized the Westinghouse Elec- 
tric and Manufacturing Company, serv- 
ing as a Director for several years. He 
assisted in the organization and promo- 
tion of the Central Traction Company, 



operating cable and electric lines in 
Pittsburg, which was subsequently ab- 
sorbed by the Pittsburg Railways Com- 
pany of that city. At present Mr. Mc- 
Ginley is President of the Duff Manufac- 
turing Company, and the East Pittsburg 
Traction Company; he is also President 
of the Duquesne Club; is Vice President 
and Director of the R. D. Nuttall Com- 
pany and of the Hidalgo Milling Com- 
pany of Parral, Mexico, and Director in 
the following institutions in Pittsburg: 
Fidelity Title and Trust Company, Pitts- 
burg National Bank of Commerce, Sec- 
ond National Bank, Union-Fidelity Title 
and Trust Company, East Pittsburg Na- 
tional Bank, East Pittsburg Trust Com- 
pany, Monongahela Water Company, Chi- 
cago Pneumatic Tool Company, of Chi- 
cago; Parral & Durango Railroad Com- 
pany, Mexico; Southern Investment Com- 
pany, of Texas, together with a number 
of others. He is a member of the fol- 
lowing clubs: The Duquesne and the 
Union of Pittsburg, and the Lawyers' 
Club of New York. Mr. McGinley, in 
1S79, was married to Miss Jennie M. At- 
terbury, the only daughter of the late 
Thomas B. Atterbury, a glass manufac- 
turer of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

McGINNES, L,. E.: 

Superintendent of public schools. Steel- 
ton, Pa.; born in Greenwood Township, 
Perry County, Pa., May 15, 1S53; edu- 
cated in the public schools, the Juniata 
Valley Normal School, Lebanon Valley 
College and the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. For three years he was principal 
of the public schools of Duncannon, Pa. 
Principal of the Steelton (Pa.) High 
school. 1881-18S8; when he was promoted 
to the Superintendency of these schools. 
Republican in politics. He is a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian Church in which 
denomination he has served as a ruling 
elder since 1885. Address, Steelton, Pa. 

McGINNIS, Michael W. M.: 

. Builder; born in Indiana County, Pa., 
1S68; educated in country school in same 
county; moved to Pittsburg in 1888; 
learned carpenter trade and became en- 
gaged in the business at which he is em- 
ployed at the present time. Address, 202 
Millvale Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McGUNNEGLE, W. S: 

President of the Merchants' National 
Bank. Address, Meadville, Crawford 
County, Pa. 



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McHENRY, John G.: 

President of the Columbia County Na- 
tional Bank. Address, Benton, Colum- 
bia County, Pa. 

McHOSE, Isaac: 

Manufacturer; born in Hanover Town- 
ship, Lehigh County, Pa., Dec. 6, 1S22, 
of Scotch descent; educated in the pub- 
lic schools, and became interested in the 
construction of anthracite furnaces; re- 
moved to Reading in 1S52, and commenced 
the manufacture of fire brick, establish- 
ing the firm of McHose & Co., which is 
still in existence, although Mr. McHose 
has retired. He was also in the iron 
business for some years; was the first 
President of the Keystone National Bank 
of Reading; has served in Select Coun- 
cil, in the Reading School Board, and in 
the Board of Water Commissioners; was 
President for one term of the Reading 
Water Board, and of the Reading Public 
Library; was also Chairman of the Board 
of Trustees of the Young Men's Christian 
Association. Elected a Presidential Elector 
on the Republican ticket in 1SS4. He was 
married on March 5, 1846, to Miss Le- 
titia Weider, of Lehigh County. Their 
children are: Susan E., wife of Jerome 
L. Boyer; Ambrose A., Wilson V., and 
Isaac, Jr. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MelLVAINE, James Addison: 

Jurist; born in Washington County, Pa., 
April 13, 1843; educated in the common 
schools and in Jefferson College, he grad- 
uated from the latter in 1865, and en- 
gaged in the study of law under Boyd 
Crumrine at Washington, being admitted 
to practice at the county bar in 1S67. 
After a successful period of private prac- 
tice, he was elected District Attorney of 
Washington County in 1874, and again in 
1867. Returning to private practice after 
the expiration of his second term he was 
nominated in 1SS6 for President Judge 
of his county and elected to that office. 
In 1S96 he was elected to a second term, 
which expires in 1906. Address, Wash- 
ington, Pa. 

McJUNKIN, Ebenezer: 

Jurist; born in Butler County, March 
28, 1S19. He graduated at Jefferson Col- 
lege, Cannonsburg, Pa., in 1S41; studied 
law under C. C. Sullivan, and formed a 
partnership with his preceptor on his ad- 
mission to the bar in 1S43. In 1S49 he 
was appointed Deputy Attorney General 



of Pennsylvania, and began practice on 
his own account. During 1857-1858 he 
was in partnership with James Bredin. 
In I860 he was a delegate to the Republi- 
can National Convention which nominat- 
ed Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, 
and in 1S64 again took part in the nomi- 
nation of Lincoln. Pie became a member 
of Congress in 1870, and was re-elected in 
1S72, resigning his seat in 1S74 to ac- 
cept the office of Judge, to which he had 
been elected. He drew lots with James 
Bredin for the office of President Judge, 
which he won. Judge McJunkin has held 
a high position in every field of duty; he 
occupies a commanding position as a law- 
yer, and showed himself studious, patient 
and discriminating as a Judge. As an 
orator he possesses unusual powers, and 
has marked influence with juries. Ad- 
dress, Butler, Pa. 

McKEAJf, A. B.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Troy. Address, Troy, Bradford County, Pa. 

MeKEAN, A. J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Mercer. Address, Mercer, Pa. 

MeKEAN, Thomas: 

Sugar refiner and financier; born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 2S, 1842; edu- 
cated in the Germantown Academy and 
the University of Pennsylvania, gradu- 
ating in 1862. He then entered the busi- 
ness of sugar refining, in which he was 
largely engaged for a number of years 
as a member of the firms of Davis, Mc- 
Kean & Co. and McKean, Borie & Co.; 
while thus engaged he became connected 
with several financial and railroad cor- 
porations, and as President of the North 
Penn Railroad Company has been active 
in the development of passenger traffic. 
For a number of years he was a Director 
in the Philadelphia Saving Fund and in 
the Insurance Company of North Amer- 
ica, and also in the Philadelphia & Read- 
ing Railroad Company, the Chesapeake & 
Delaware Canal Company and other or- 
ganizations of this character. He married 
Elizabeth Wharton in 1863. Address, 1923 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MclvEE, H. Sellers: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Birmingham and of the Guarantee Title 
and Trust Company. Address, Pitts- 
burg. Pa. 






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McKEE, James Wilson: 

State Senator from Perry County; born 
in New Bloomfield, Pa., Feb. 26, 1858, 
where he has always resided; educated 
in public schools and Bloomfield Acade- 
my; read law with Hon. Wm. Henry 
Sponsler, and was admitted to the Perry 
County bar in August, 1884, and later to 
practice in the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania, but has never engaged actively 
in the practice of his profession; served 
as Deputy Prothonotary under A. B. 
Grosh, and was clerk to the County Com- 
missioners from 1885 to 1891; was Chair- 
man of the Republican County Commit- 
tee for the years 1891-1892; in 1893 was 
elected Register and Recorder and clerk 
of the Orphans' Court, and was re-elected 
in 1896 to the same office; elected to the 
Senate in November, 1900. Address, New 
Bloomfield, Pa. 

McKEtiNA, Charles F.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 
1, 1845; educated in the public and private 
schools of his native city. When sixteen 
years of age he enlisted as a private in 
the 155th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, and served in Army of Potomac 
three years during War of the Rebellion. 
In 1868 he was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar. He was appointed United 
States District Judge of Porto Rico by 
President Roosevelt, April 15, 1904. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, San Juan, 
Porto Rico. 

MeKENNA, Edward J.i 

Lawyer; son of Edward M. and Marga- 
ret (Manning) McKenna; born Sept. 16, 
1868, in Allegheny City, Pa., and was 
educated in the public schools of the 
Fourth Ward, Pittsburg, Pa,, and at the 
University of Ottawa, Canada. He was 
graduated from the Law Department of 
the University of Michigan with class of 
1890 and was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar Sept. 13. 1890. Address, 6325 
Marchand St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McKEJiNA, Rev. Francis: 

Rector of St. Monica's Roman Catholic 
Church, Cambria County; born in Trough, 
County Monaghan, Ireland, coming to 
this country at an early age. After a 
brief visit in Pittsburg he proceeded to 
Laval University, Quebec, where he pros- 
ecuted his studies and was ordained to 
the priesthood Dec. IS, 1889, Address, 
Chest Springs, Cambria County, Pa. 



MeKENNA, Joseph: 

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the United States; born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1843; attended St. 
Joseph's College of his native city until 
1855, when he removed with his parents 
to Benicia, Cal., where he continued his 
education at the public schools and the 
Collegiate Institute, at which he studied 
law; was admitted to the bar in 1865. 
He was twice elected District Attorney 
for Solano County, beginning in March, 
1S66; served in the lower house of the 
Legislature in the sessions of 1875 and 
1876; he was elected to the Forty-ninth, 
Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Fifty-second Con- 
gresses; resigned from the last named 
Congress to accept the position of United 
States Circuit Judge, to which he was 
appointed by President Harrison in 1893; 
resigned that office to accept the place of 
Attorney General of the United States in 
the Cabinet of President McKinley; was 
appointed, Dec. 16, 1897, an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
United States to succeed Justice Field, 
retired, and took his seat Jan. 26, 1898. 
Address, 1705 Rhode Island Ave., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

MeKENNA, Thomas M. T.: 

Physician; born in Washington, Pa., 
July 13, 1859; son of Thomas and Mar- 
garet McKenna; he was graduated from 
the Washington and Jefferson College 
in 1879, and from the Medical Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 
18S2; has been Professor of Nervous and 
Mental Diseases, Anatomy, Medical De- 
partment Western University of Pennsyl- 
vania for several years; Neurologist to 
West Pennsylvania and St. Francis Hos- 
pitals. Pittsburg; Professor of Anatomy, 
Medical Department Western University 
Pennsylvania, 1886-1900. Member of the 
American Medical Association. Married. 
1SS9, Sallie Louise Ruff, of Pittsburg. Ad- 
dress, 524 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McKIBBIN, Chambers: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania and appointed from 
army private Sept. 22 to 24, 1862; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Fourteenth Infantry, Sept. 
22, 1862; First Lieutenant June 10, 1864; 
transferred to Thirty-second Infantry 
Sept. 21, 1866; Captain Thirty-fifth In- 
fantry July 28, 1866; transferred to Fif- 
teenth Infantry Aug. 12, 1869; Major 
Twenty-fifth Infantry April 25, 1892; Lieu- 



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tenant Colonel Twenty-first Infantry, 
May 1, 1S96; Brigadier General Volunteers 
July 8, 1898; honorably discharged from 
Volunteers May 12, 1899; Colonel Twelfth 
Infantry April 1, 1S99; transferred to 
Twenty-fourth Infantry, Aug. 12, 1901; 
Brigadier General Oct. 2, 1902; retired 
Oct. 3, 1902; brevetted Captain Aug. 18, 
1864 for gallant and meritorious service 
in the battle of North Anna River, Va., 
and during the operations on the Weldon 
Railroad. Member of the Military Order 
of the Loyal Legion. Address, Room 54, 
City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MeKINLEY, William C.I 

Former Sheriff of Allegheny County; 
born in Pittsburg, March 29, 1S59, and 
educated in the city public schools; for 
eleven years he represented his ward in 
Select Council and for twelve years served 
as Deputy Sheriff. In 1899, he became 
Sheriff of Allegheny County. Member of 
the Young Men's Republican, Tariff, John 
Dalzell and Americus Clubs. Address, 
corner 44th and Calvin Sts., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McKINNEY, James P.: 

President of the Manchester Savings 
Bank and Trust Company. Address, Al- 
legheny, Pa. 

McKINNEY, J. Harris: 

President of the National Bank of Jer- 
sey Shore. Address, Jersey Shore, Ly- 
coming County, Pa. 

McKINNEY, John L,.: 

President of the Commercial Bank of 
Titusville. Address, Titusville, Crawford 
County, Pa. 

McKNIGHT, Alexander: 

Vice President Fidelity Mutual Life In- 
surance Co. of Philadelphia; born Aug. 25, 
1856; educated in the city public schools. 
He took up the study of shorthand and 
associated himself with J. M. Lingle, 
under the firm name of Lingle & Mc- 
Knight, in the establishment of the first 
school of shorthand writing in Pennsyl- 
vania; the firm was successful, but Mr. 
McKnight, becoming interested in life 
insurance, gave up school work in 1884, 
and accepted the position of Superinten- 
dent of Agents for the above named com- 
pany. In 1894 he was elected Vice Pres- 
ident, and has since held that position. 
He is a member of the Board of Public 
Education of Philadelphia and is an ac- 
tive Mason. Address, 400 North Fortieth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



McKNIGHT, Charles: 

President of the National Bank of 
Western Pennsylvania. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

McKNIGHT, Harvey Washington: 

Educator; born in McKnightstown, Pa.; 
April 3. 1S43; son of Capt. Thos. and Mar- 
garet Flemming McKnight; was gradu- 
ated from the Pennsylvania College, Get- 
tysburg, 1865; Theological Seminary, Get- 
tysburg, 1S67 (D. D., Monmouth College, 
111., 1883; LL. D., Lafayette College, 
Easton, Pa., 18S9) ; served in Union Army 
from Sergeant to Captain, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, 1862-1865. Was pastor of the 
Zion Lutheran Church, Newville, Pa., 
1867-1870; disabled by sickness, 1870-1S72; 
pastor of St. Paul's Church, Easton, Pa., 
1872-1880; First English Lutheran Church, 
Cincinnati, 1SS0-1S84; a few months, 1S84, 
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, 
Md.; President, 1889-1891, Gen. Synod Lu- 
theran Church of United States; a found- 
er of Pennsylvania Chautauqua. Mem- 
ber of Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial 
Association, 1S8S-1S95; Vice President of 
Evangelical Alliance of United States; has 
been President of the Pennsylvania Col- 
lege since 1884. Member Scotch-Irish So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania and St. Andrews' 
Society of Philadelphia. Phi Beta Kappa 
Society; member Grand Army of the Re- 
public, Loyal Legion; Director of the 
Western Maryland Railroad. Member of 
State College and University Council. 
Married, Nov. 12, 1867, Mary C. Welty, 
of Gettysburg, Pa. Address, Gettysburg, 
Pa. 

McKNIGHT, M. Brighton: 

Manufacturer; born in Reading. Pa., in 
1855; son of the late David McKnight, 
who was a prominent banker; educated 
in the public schools, graduating from the 
Reading High School in 1872 as valedic- 
torian; then entered Amherst College, 
Mass., and graduated therefrom in 1876; 
read law in the office of his brother-in- 
law, Charles H. Schaeffer. and was ad- 
mitted to the bar Nov. 12, 1S78; became 
interested in manufactures and now de- 
votes his attention to the management of 
the Mt. Penn Stove Works, of Reading, 
Pa., of which he is Secretary and Treas- 
urer: prominently identified with the 
Reading Board of Trade; Republican in 
politics. Address, Reading, Pa. 

McI.ANAHAN, A. G.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Greencastle. Address, Green- 
castle, Franklin County, Pa. 



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McLAIVE, Charles Herbert: 

Episcopal clergyman; born in Provi- 
dence, R. I.; educated in public schools; 
was graduated from Brown University 
j with the degree of A. B., in the class of 
1S93. Pursued his theological course at 
the General Seminary in New York, and 
was ordained to the Diaconate by the 
I Rt. Rev. Thos. M. Clark, D. D., LL. D. 
! Bishop of Rhode Island in 1896; advanced 
to the priesthood in 1S97. His first rect- 
I orship was that of St. Mary's East Prov- 
I idence, 1896-1898; St. James's Church, 
1 Downingtown, 189S-1903. He then re- 
ceived a call to All Saints' Church, Phila- 
delphia. Address, 419 South Broad St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

McLANE, Labazure O.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Crawford County, 
was born in Brady's Bend, Armstrong 
County, Pa., in 1854; educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Oil City; learned the trade 
of tinner; was engaged for a time in the 
hardware business in Richburg, N. Y., 
and also in Garfield, Pa.; in 18S4, located 
in Linesville, and engaged in the hard- 
ware business and manufacture of maple 
evaporators, in which he is still engaged; 
elected Burgess of Linesville twice; was 
I a member of the National Guard of Penn- 
V sylvania from 1875 to 1880; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Linesville, Pa. 

McLARREN, John: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Osceola Mills. Address, Osceola Mills, 
Clearfield County, Pa. 

MeLEAN, Charles B.: 

President of the Lincoln National Bank, 
of Pittsburg; also President of the Al- 
legheny Plate Glass Company. When 
seventeen years old he moved to Alle- 
gheny and was employed in the old Ma- 
sonic Deposit Savings Bank, now Lincoln 
National Bank, as messenger and gener- 
1 al utility man. He rose rapidly through 
the various positions. In 1SS0 he became 
cashier and in 1888 President. Mr. Mc- 
Lean is interested in outside industries. 
Was Treasurer of the Art Society and 
the Pittsburg Orchestra guarantor's fund, 
and is now a Director of the West Penn 
Hospital. In financial and manufacturing 
affairs in the Consolidated Ice Company, 
and is now a Director of the Glassmere 
Land Company and the Ambridge Trust 
Co. Address, Lincoln National Bank, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 



MeLEAN, William S.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wilkesbarre. Address, Wilkesbarre, 
Luzerne County, Pa. 

MeLEOD, Alonzo P.: 

Lawyer; born in Clearfield, Pa., May 19, 
1861; his father was a Chaplain in the 
regular army, and he was educated at 
army post schools in several localities, 
studying also in Allegheny College and 
the Lehigh University. In 1879-1880 he 
taught school at Clearfield, began the 
study of law in 1882, and was admitted 
to the bar of Clearfield County in 1884, 
and subsequently to the bars of Cambria 
and Blair Counties and the State Su- 
preme Court. He developed a large prac- 
tice and is a recognized authority on 
commercial law. He has offices in Al- 
toona and at Coalport, was solicitor for 
the Coalport Building and Loan Associa- 
tion, 1887-1896, and was elected Burgess 
of Coalport in 1895; in 1S97 he became 
solicitor for the Pennsylvania Loan and 
Building Association and was appointed 
a United States Commissioner for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania. For 
seven years he was solicitor for Coal- 
port, and is President of the Common- 
wealth Savings Fund and Loan Associa- 
tion. Address, Coalport, Pa. 

McMANUS, Patricius: 

Contracting engineer; born at Potts- 
ville, Pa., Nov. 22, 1847; began his busi- 
ness career under the direction of his 
grandfather and an uncle, who were 
prominent contractors in Pennsylvania, 
and in 1866, when only nineteen years old, 
he took a contract to build eleven miles 
of the Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad. 
This was followed by many important op- 
erations including the building of the 
track system of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road in connection with the Centennial 
Exposition. He has performed many ex- 
tensive and difficult road building opera- 
tions, one of the most striking of which 
was the construction of the system of 
tracks leading into the Broad Street Sta- 
tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Phil- 
adelphia, this needing to be built so as 
to meet the requirements of hundreds of 
trains daily. These are but examples of 
the very numerous track-laying feats of 
Mr. McManus. From 18S4 to 1894 he 
was in partnership with James B. Reilly, 
and in 1S97 he organized the McManus • 
Construction Company, of which he is 
President and Manager. He is also 



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President of the Glen Mills Stone Quar- 
rying and Crushing Company, and is a 
member of various social and other so- 
cieties. Address, 3512 Baring St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

McMANUS, Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieut, and Adjt. Twenty- 
fifth Connecticut Inf. Aug. 29, 1S62; dis- 
charged for promotion Jan. 20, 1863; Major 
Twenty-second Connecticut Infantry Jan. 
20, 1863; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged Aug. 13, 1863. Elected Oct. 20, 
18S6. Address, 1227 South Carlisle St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

McMASTER, John Hach: 

Educator, author; born Brooklyn, June 
29, 1S52; was graduated from the College 
of the City of New York 1S72. Has re- 
ceived degrees of A. M., Ph. D., Litt. D., 
LL. D. ; Fellow in English, College of the 
City of New York, 1872-1873; Civil En- 
gineer, 1873-1877; instructor in Civil En- 
gineering, Princeton, 1877-1883. Professor 
of American History in the University 
of Pennsylvania since 1883. Author of "A 
History of the People of the United 
States." 1883-1904; "Benjamin Franklin 
as a Man of Letters," 1SS7; "With the 
Fathers, Studies in American History," 
1896; "Origin, Meaning and Application 
of the Monroe Doctrine;" "A School His- 
tory of the United States," 1897; "A Pri- 
mary School History of the United 
States," 1901; "Daniel Webster," 1902; 
Chapters IX., XL, XII., "Cambridge 
Modern History," Vol. 7, 1903; member 
of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. 
New England Historic Genealogical So- 
ciety; honorary member Massachusetts 
Historical Society, Minnesota Historical 
Society, American Antiquarian Society. 
Vice President American Historical As- 
sociation. Address, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

McMASTER, W. A.: 

President of the Jamestown Banking 
Company. Address, Jamestown, Mercer 
County, Pa. 

McMICHAEL, Charles B.: 

Judge of Common Pleas, Philadelphia; 
born in Philadelphia, Pa.; educated in 
Philadelphia and at Harvard College. As- 
sistant City Solicitor, Judge of Common 
Pleas, Philadelphia. Married Anna Mal- 
let Prevost June 7, 1877; she died Janu- 



ary 2S, 1904. Mr. McMichael began the 
practice of law in September, 1872; was 
assistant to the City Solicitor from 1881 
to 1893; was appointed to the bench in 
1895; afterwards elected, having been 
nominated by both Republicans and Dem- 
ocrats. He wrote a history of the muni- 
cipal law of Philadelphia. Republican in 
politics. Address, Court of Common Pleas 
No. 3, Philadelphia, Pa. 

McMICHAEL, Clayton: 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia, June 
30, 1844; son of Morton McMichael, dis- 
tinguished as the editor of the North 
American and of other newspapers, as 
Mayor of Philadelphia, and as President 
of the Park Commission, Philadelphia 
owes to him more than to any one man 
its magnificent Fairmount Park. Mr. 
McMichael was educated in the best pri- 
vate schools of his native city, and in the 
spring of 1S61, though less than seventeen 
years old, was among the first to offer 
his services to the country for the com- 
ing war; he was made Second Lieutenant 
in the regular army, and on Aug. 5, 1861, 
was promoted to First Lieutenant in the 
Ninth United States Infantry; this re- 
markably rapid promotion for one so 
young was warranted by his excellent 
service throughout the war, for the first 
two years on the frontier and the Pacific 
coast, and for the last two years with 
the Army of the Potomac. He resigned 
with the rank of Colonel at the end of 
the war at the age of twenty-one, and 
entered the office of the North American, 
joining his father in the editorship, suc- 
ceeding him as editor a few years be- 
fore his death, which took place Jan. 6, 
1879, and became sole proprietor of the 
paper in 1891; under his editorial control 
it maintained its standing as an ably 
edited and highly influential exponent of 
Republican principles, worthy of a jour- 
nal claiming to be the oldest daily paper 
in America; it was originally issued as a 
daily paper, under its first title of the 
General Advertiser, Sept. 21, 1784; in 
1S9S the paper was sold to its present 
proprietors, and Mr. McMichael retired 
from his connection with it. In 1873 he 
was appointed by President Grant one of 
the Commissioners to the International 
Exposition at Vienna, and in 1SS2 by Presi- 
dent Arthur to the post of United States 
Marshal of the District of Columbia. It is 
complimentary to his efficiency in the on- 
erous duties of this office that Presi- 
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resignation on March 4, 1885, and kept 
- m in office till the following December. 
In January, 1898, he was elected City 
Treasurer of Philadelphia for a term of 
three years, and on Jan. 10, 1902, was 
appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia. 
Address, 2041 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McMILLAN, William H.t 

Clergyman, United Presbyterian Church; 
was graduated from Washington College, 
Iowa, and studied divinity at the United 
Presbyterian Seminaries at Monmouth, 
111., and Xenia, Ohio; received the degrees 
of D. D. from Monmouth College, Ph. D. 
from the Wooster University, and LL. D. 
from Muskingum College; was ordained 
to ministry April 8, 1863. Married, June 
30, 1S64, Mary M. Conden. President of 
Board of Missions to the Freedmen; Trus- 
tee of United Society of Christian En- 
deavor; Moderator of General Assembly 
of United Presbyterian Church, 1883; dele- 
gate to Pan-Presbyterian Council, Bel- 
fast, 1885; Director of Allegheny Theo- 
logical Seminary; Controller of Allegheny 
City public schools for fifteen years; pas- 
tor of Second United Presbyterian Church 
of Allegheny City since 1872. Published 
"History of the Second United Presbyte- 
rian Church of Allegheny," "The Verbal 
Inspiration of the Seriptures," "The 
Value of the Catechetical Instruction of 
Children," "The Effect of Mechanical In- 
vention on the Interests of Labor." Ad- 
dress, 939 Beech Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

McMORRAN, George D.: 

Manager of the Mercantile Trust Com- 
pany of Pittsburg; born near Pittsburg, 
Jan. 9, 1S54. He was reared on his 
father's farm, and, after receiving his 
education at the Sharpsburg Academy, he 
learned the trade of carpentering. An 
injury received through falling made him 
an invalid for one yeai\ On his recovery 
he taught school for several years, and 
then entered the Merchants and Manu- 
facturers' Bank as a messenger. From 
that position he rose to assistant teller, 
and after ten years' service was made 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Mercantile 
Trust Company, and now is the General 
Manager. Married on Oct. 3, 18S2, Sadie 
Brickell. Republican in politics and a 
member of the United Presbyterian 
Church; is also interested in the work 
of the Royal Arcanum. He has been a 
Councilman and School Director for some 
years in Sharpsburg. Address, Sharps- 
burg, Pa. 



McNALLY, James Clifford: 

United States Consul; born May 12. 
1865; educated in the public schools of 
Allegheny, Pa. ; was graduated from St. 
Vincent's College at Latrobe, Pa., with 
the degree of M. A., and from the Uni- 
versity of Michigan, law department, in 
the class of 1S91, with degree of LL. B. ; 
was admitted to the bar of Michigan and 
Utah, practicing at Salt Lake City; ap- 
pointed United States Commissioner, and 
later Probate Judge at Salt Lake City by 
President Cleveland, holding the same 
until the admission of Utah as a State; 
appointed Secretary of Legation and Con- 
sul General of the United States at Bo- 
gota, Colombia, Feb. 14, 1898; appointed 
Secretary of Legation and Consul General 
of the United States at Guatemala City 
Oct. 27, 1899; appointed Consul General 
May 17, 1900, to take effect July 1, 1900; 
appointed Consul at Liege, Belgium, Nov. 
5, 1902. While Secretary of Legation and 
Consul General at Bogota, Colombia, was 
selected by the diplomatic representa- 
tives of Great Britain, Germany, France 
and Italy, on the one hand, and Colombia, 
on the other, to act as umpire on the 
Arbitration Board selected to pass upon 
the claims of Cerruti and his creditors 
aganist the Republic of Colombia; both 
representatives failing to agree, the bur- 
den of the decision rested upon the um- 
pire, who decided the same. Address, 
United States Consul, Liege, Belgium. 

McNAMARA, Robert C.I 

Lawyer and ex-Representative; born in 
Newry, Blair County, Pa., Feb. 16, 1853; 
after a preliminary education in the pub- 
lic schools he entered the University of 
Michigan, from which institution he was 
graduated with honor. He subsequently 
studied law in Bedford, Pa., and was 
admitted to the Bedford County bar in 
1879; after a short period of practice he 
was nominated and elected to the Penn- 
sylvania Legislature by the Democratic 
Party, and served in the House as 
Chairman of the Legislative Apportion- 
ment Committee and member of the Ju- 
diciary Committee. Since the close of his 
term he has been in active practice of 
the law. Address, Bedford, Pa. 

McNAJiGHTOX, John O.: 

Lumber dealer; born in Juniata Coun- 
ty, Pa., in 1841; obtained a common 
school education, became a store clerk, 
and left this to accept a position in the 



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Pennsylvania Railroad service. In 1S6S 
he engaged in the lumber business, in as- 
sociation with Major Postelthwaite, who, 
after a period of connection with the 
Northern Pacific Railroad, is now Vice- 
President of Mr. McNaughton's company. 
The McNaughton Lumber Company, 
which has its Philadelphia office in the 
Bourse Building, and of which Mr. Mc- 
Naughton is President and the largest 
stockholder, has developed an immense 
business, alike in the North and South. 
He is also interested in steam and elec- 
tric railway building, and is a Director 
in several companies. Address, 2034 Race 
St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

MclVEEL/V, James Knigrlit: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Greene County; was 
born in Aleppo, Greene County, Pa., Oct. 
18, 1S72; educated in the public schools 
and in Waynesburg College; taught pub- 
lic school seven years; is now engaged in 
the study of law at Waynesburg; at the 
beginning of the Spanish-American War 
he enlisted as a private in the Tenth 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and 
served during the war in the Philippine 
Islands; was discharged as a Corporal; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Waynes- 
burg, Pa. 

McMC'HOL. James P.: 

Street-paving contractor; born, of Irish 
ancestry, in Philadelphia in 1864; edu- 
cated in the public schools and in 
Pierce's Business College, and began 
business as a member of the firm of 
W. J. McNichol & Brothers, with which 
he is still connected; this firm was en- 
gaged in the street paving business, and 
Mr. McNichol made himself its leading 
member by his energy and activity, and 
has long been at its head; numbers of 
the city streets were paved by them, and 
in 1S97 they obtained the contract for all 
the repairing work of the city and also 
that needed on suburban roads. The suc- 
cess of this firm has been largely due to 
its affiliation with the Republican lead- 
ers, Mr. McNichol being a member of 
the Republican City Committee and a 
prominent factor in the Leaders' League. 
To-day he is, after Israel Durham, the 
leading figure in the party councils in 
Philadelphia. Address, 222 North Nine- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

McPHERSON, Donald Paxton: 

State Senator from Adams County; was 
born in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., 



Aug. 10, 1S70; was graduated from Penn- 
sylvania College, at Gettysburg, in 1SS9, 
and from the Harvard Law School in 
1S95; was admitted to practice at the 
Adams County bar in 1S96, and has since 
continued in the practice of law; never 
held any political office until elected to 
the House of Representatives in Novem- 
ber, 1900; elected to the Senate in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Gettysburg. Pa. 

McQUAIDE, .Joseph R.: 

President of Delmont National Bank 
of New Salem. Address, Delmont, West- 
moreland County, Pa. 

McQUISTIOlV, Livingston: 

Lawyer; born in Butler, Pa., May 16, 
1S49; educated in the public schools and 
Witherspoon Institute; subsequently read 
law in the office of L. Z. Mitchell, sup- 
porting himself by teaching school; he 
was admitted to the Butler County bar 
in 1870, since which time he has been 
actively engaged in practice in that coun- 
ty, and for some years past has also had 
an office at Pittsburg. He was elected 
District Attorney for Butler County in 
1S74; in 1882 was the Democratic candi- 
date for Congress in his county, and in 
1S92 was the candidate of his party for 
Judge, but was defeated by Judge Gal- 
breath. He has been School Director of 
Butler for several years, has been a dele- 
gate to State conventions, and in 1880- 
was a delegate to the National Demo- 
cratic Convention. Address, Butler, Pa. 

McSAVEEiVEY, Edward: 

Attorney at law; born Feb. 24. 1S53, at 
Pittsburg, Pa.; son of John McSweeney; 
educated in the public schools of Oil City,. 
Pa., and in Notre Dame University, Ind., 
graduating with the degree of LL. B.; 
studied law in the office of Kennedy Mar- 
shall. Esq., at Butler, Pa.; admitted to 
practice there in 1875; practiced law for 
a short time at Kansas City, Butler Coun- 
ty. Pa. He was District Attorney of Mc- 
Kean County from 1SS1 to 18S5, and 
elected Mayor of Bradford, Pa., in 1SS9. 
Connected with the South Penn. Oil Com- 
pany of West Virginia from 1S90 to 1895; 
admitted to bar of Allegheny County, Pa.. 
in 1895; removed to Parkersburg, W. Va., 
remaining until 1901. and has since been- 
practicing law in Pittsburg, Pa. Address, 
331 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

McVAY. Charles Hntler: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born- 
in Pennsylvania: appointed from Colo- 
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■sign, July 1, 1S92; Lieutenant (junior 
grade), March 3, 1S99; Lieutenant, July 
1. 1S99; Bennington, 1S92-1S95; Inspector 
of Steel, Munhall, 1S95-1897; Amphitrite, 
1897-1901; inspection duty. Bureau of 
Ordnance. 1901; Hartford since Sept. 29, 
1902. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

McWADE, Robert M.: 

United States Consul General; born in 
Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1S55; had a col- 
legiate education in Ireland and Scotland. 
In 1872 and until 1S76 was correspondent 
of the Boston trade journals in Philadel- 
phia, and of Chicago Times and Chicago 
Tribune. Was city editor of the Phila- 
delphia Press in 1875 and 1876, when he 
joined the local staff of the Public Led- 
ger, becoming its night city editor and 
shortly afterward its city editor, a posi- 
tion which he retained for twenty-two 
years, when he engaged in manufactur- 
ing, becoming the President of the Uni- 
versal Automatic Fire Extinguisher Com- 
pany, and conducting its business until 
shortly before his consular appointment. 
During his newspaper career he studied 
medicine and published a translation of 
Demosthenes's "De Corona," and other 
works. Also founded the Delaware Coun- 
ty Citizen; is a member of the Manufac- 
turers' Club of Philadelphia (elected a 
Director in 1900 for a term of two years), 
a member and Director of the Trades 
League of Philadelphia, member of the 
National Association of Manufacturers, of 
the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Scoial Science, and of the 
American Statistical Association; Presi- 
dent for fifteen years of the Philadelphia 
City Editors' Association. Appointed 
Consul to Canton, China, Jan. IS, 1900; 
Consul General, Dec. 9, 1902. Address, 
Canton, China. 

MeWHINNEY, Robert: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Hazlewood, Pittsburg, Pa., May 
15, 1S62; moved with his parents to Mif- 
flin Township, and was engaged in farm- 
ing until 1881; removed to Homestead 
Borough; educated in the public schools; 
learned the painting trade and carried 
on contracting until 1S90; elected Assist- 
ant Assessor of Homestead in 1884; 
served three years as Councilman; ap- 
pointed Postmaster of Homestead by 
President Harrison, Feb. 19. 1S90; resigned 
in 1894; elected Burgess of Homestead in 



1894 for three-year term; resigned Jan. 2, 
1S97; held clerkship in Recorder's office, 
Allegheny County, from 1S94 to 1897; 
served three years in Company I, Four- 
teenth Regiment, N. G. P.; has attended 
numerous county and State conventions 
as delegate; has been Secretary of the 
Homestead Republican Executive Com- 
mittee since its organization in 1892; was 
a member of the House of Representa- 
tives, sessions of 1S97, 1S99 and 1901; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address. 
Homestead, Pa. 

McWILLIAMS, Samuel: 

Born in Jennersville, Chester County, 
Pa., March 19, 1869; educated in common 
schools of Chester County, Wilmington 
Conference Academy, and Dickinson Col- 
lege. Married Miss M. Y. Stevenson, of 
Columbia, March 5, 1902. Address, 37 S. 
Fourth St., Reading, Pa. 

MEAD, Morris W.: 

Superintendent of the Bureau of Elec- 
tricity in Pittsburg; born in Underhill, 
Vt., Oct. 28, 1854; son of the late Daniel 
C. and Naomi O. (Terrell) Mead. He 
attended the public schools of Pittsburg, 
and afterward the University of Under- 
hill, Vt., graduating from the Pittsburg 
High School in 1873. Read law for two 
years, and then engaged in the oil busi- 
ness. In 1878 he entered the employ of 
the city of Pittsburg, was an operator in 
the city fire alarm office, and within a 
year was promoted to the post of Chief 
Operator. Two years later he was ap- 
pointed Superintendent of the Fire Alarm 
Telegraph, which position, coupled with 
that of Secretary of the Fire Commission, 
he held until 1SS7, when he was appointed 
to his presnt position. The scheme of 
rubber covering, made in a special man- 
ner for underground wires, is an original 
idea with Mr. Mead, which he introduced 
into Pittsburg. He was honorary assist- 
ant to the Chief of the Department of 
Electricity at the World's Columbian Ex- 
position, at Chicago, in 1S93; was also 
one of the three chief electricians who 
made a special investigation upon the 
destructive nature of electrolysis. Mem- 
ber of the Young Men's Republican 
Tariff Club and the Americus Club, and 
is a Mason of the Pittsburg Lodge No. 
4S4. a member of the consistory, thirty- 
second degree, and of the Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine, and a member of the 
Presbyterian Church. Republican in pol- 
itics. Address. 431 Sixth Ave., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 



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MEADE, Edward Sherwood: 

Educator; author; was born in Medina, 
Ohio. Jan. 25, 1S74; was a student in 
Oberlin Academy, 1891-1S92; Oberlin Col- 
lege, 1892-1S93, and graduated from De 
Pauw University, 1896; Fellow in Eco- 
nomics, University of Chicago, 1896-1898; 
University of Pennsylvania, 1898-1900 (Ph. 
D.. 1900) Instructor in Commerce and In- 
dustry, Wharton School of Finance, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, for several years 
past. Married Emily Fogg in 1900. Mem- 
ber of Phi Beta Kappa Society. Author 
of "Trust Finance," 1903. Contributor to 
economic journals and to reviews on 
gold and silver production, railroads, coal 
supply, the organization of trusts, and 
kindred topics in finance, commerce and 
industry. Address, 205 St. Mark's Sq., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MEADE, Richard Kidder: 

Chemical engineer; born in Charlottes- 
ville, Va„ Nov. 28, 1874; son of Rev. Frank 
A. and Mattie (Mosby) Meade. Pre- 
pared for college at the University 
School, Charlottesville, Va. ; studied me- 
chanical engineering at the University of 
Virginia during the sessions of 1892-1893. 
Chief draughtsman with Hinton (W. Va.) 
Electric Light Company, 1S93; city editor 
Independent Herald, Hinton, W. Va., 1894; 
chemist Longdale Iron Company, Alle- 
gheny County, Va., 1895-1896; Assistant 
Professor of Chemistry, Lafayette Col- 
lege, 1S97-1901; chief chemist Edison 
Portland Cement Company, 1902; North- 
ampton Portland Cement Company, 1903; 
Dexter Portland Cement Company, 1904. 
He is an expert of national reputation on 
the manufacture and testing of Portland 
cement. Member of the American Chem- 
ical Society, the Society of Chemical In- 
dustry, the American Society for Testing 
Materials, and Sons of the Revolution. 
Was Secretary of Lehigh Valley Section 
of the American Chemical Society, 1S90 
to 1903; now member of council of Ameri- 
can Chemical Society. Has degree of B. 
S. from Lafayette College. Author of 
"Chemists' Pocket Manual," 1900; "The 
Chemical and Physical Examination of 
Portland Cement," 1901; also of many 
papers appearing in various chemical and 
engineering journals in this country. Ad- 
dress, Easton, Pa. 

MEADE, Spencer: 

Superintendent Pennsylvania Railroad 
Voluntary Relief Department; born Jan. 
19, 1S50, at Philadelphia, Pa.; son of the 



late Major Gen. George G. Meade, United 
States Army, and Margaretta Sergeant, 
eldest daughter of the Hon. John Ser- 
geant, of Philadelphia; was graduated as 
civil engineer from Polytechnic College, 
State of Pennsylvania, class of 1S69. In 
railway service from Aug. 6, 1869, to 
March, 1870, rodman engineer corps sur- 
veys Allegheny Valley Railroad; April, 
1870, to July, 1S70, sub-assistant engineer 
on surveys Morrison's Cove extension, 
Pennsylvania Railroad; July, 1870. to 
April, 1871, assistant engineer surveys 
Allegheny Valley Railroad; April, 1871, to 
September, 1873, assistant engineer con- 
struction same road; September, 1S73, to 
March, 1874, resident engineer construc- 
tion Summit Tunnel same road; Septem- 
ber, 1874, to March, 1878, assistant en- 
gineer motive power department Penn- 
sylvania Railroad; March, 1S7S, to May, 
3 8SO, assistant engineer Middle Division 
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division, 
and May, 1880, to September, 1881, as- 
sistant engineer same division, Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad; September, 1881, to July, 
1900, Superintendent of Elmira and Can- 
andaigua divisions Northern Central 
Railway; July 1, 1900, to date, Superin- 
tendent Pennsylvania Railroad Volun- 
tary Relief Department. He married, in 
1882, Fanny Florance, daughter of the 
late Washington Z. Florance, of Phila- 
delphia. Office. 233 South Fourth Street 
Annex, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MEAKER, Arthur E.: 

Assistant Professor Mathematics, Le- 
high University; born Feb. S, 1S4S, in 
Hawleyton, Broome County, N. T. ; en- 
listed as a private in Company B, 137th 
Regiment, New York Volunteers, Dec. 
21, 1863, and served to the close of the 
War of the Rebellion, being mustered out 
at Alexandria, Va., July 21, 1865. Pre- 
pared for college at private school of S. 
S. Thomas, Springville, Pa.; was graduat- 
ed from Lehigh University as civil en- 
gineer in 1875. Engaged with Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad as draughtsman until Au- 
gust, 1S77; since then Instructor and As- 
sistant Professor of Mathematics at Le- 
high University. On Dec. 23, 1874, mar- 
ried Annie E. Jones, of Bethlehem; Dec. 
21, 1SSS, married Martha J. Simpson, of 
Philadelphia. Prohibitionist in politics. 
Address, Lehigh University, South Beth- 
lehem, Pa. 

MEANS, George W.: 

Lawyer; born in Jefferson County, Pa.; 
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graduating in 1S75; studied law and was 
admitted to the Jefferson County bar in 
1876. After practicing alone till 1890 he 
entered into partnership with his half 
brother. Hon. E. H. Clark; the son of the 
latter was afterward taken into the firm. 
When E. H. Clark was raised to the 
bench, as President Judge, in 1891, the 
firm became known as Means & Clark; 
it is still in active practice. Mr. Means 
is a lawyer of ability and judgment and 
commands a large and lucrative practice. 
Address, Brookville, Pa. 

MEEHAN. William Edward: 

Commissioner of Fisheries of Pennsyl- 
vania; eldest son of the late Thomas 
Meehan, eminent vegetable biologist; was 
born in Philadelphia County Aug. 31. 1853, 
' for nearly fifteen years an associate edi- 
j tor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, 
also special article writer for high class 
| American and European magazines. In 
1892 was appointed botanist and scientific 
collector on Peary Relief Expedition to 
I North Greenland. Author of "In Arctic 
■ Seas," part II.; "Flora of Greenland," 
"History of Fish, Fishing and Fisheries 
of Pennsylvania," and "Mountain Lakes 
I of Pennsylvania." In 1895 was appointed 
State Statistician of Fisheries by Penn- 
. sylvania Fish Commission; appointed 
i Fish Commissioner by Governor William 
A. Stone in February, 1901; elected Cor- 
i responding Secretary by the board, June, 
( same year; reappointed Commissioner by 
Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, Feb- 
ruary, 1903. On the abolition of the Fish 
Commission by the Legislature and the 
establishment of the Department of Fish- 
eries, was appointed Commissioner of 
Fisheries. Address, Harisburg, Pa. 

MEARtfS, Robert "Walter: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy June 16, 1SS7; Second 
Lieutenant. Twentieth Infantry, June 11, 
j 1892; First Lieutenant April 26, 1898; 
Captain Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, 
P. I. 

MEGARGEE. Louis TV.: 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia Nov. 
7, 1855; was graduated from the Central 
High School; engaged in commercial pur- 
suits, but displayed such talent as a 
writer that he was solicited to become 
a member of the staff of the Philadelphia 
Times on the establishment of that paper. 



He wrote the leading local article for the 
first issue of the paper, March 13, 1875, 
and upon this article Colonel McClure 
based his first editorial. Mr. Megargee's 
ability soon made him a marked figure 
among newspaper workers, and he was 
especially active and successful in ex- 
posing frauds, some of his exploits in 
this field being of a daring character. He 
was made city editor of the Daily News 
in 1S79, and accepted a like position on 
the Press in 1880. One of his notable 
performances in this position was the ex- 
posure of the detective force of the city, 
then deeply corrupt. Another of his tri- 
umphs was the investigation of the prac- 
tice of stealing dead bodies for medical 
colleges. In 1884 Mr. Megargee became 
a proprietor of the Daily News, and sub- 
sequently a New York correspondent of 
the Times, and editor of the New York 
Illustrated Graphic. He returned to Phil- 
adelphia in 1S91, was made city editor of 
the Times, giving this up in 1895 to con- 
tribute signed articles to that paper, 
whose spiciness and brilliancy won him 
a host of readers. He continued con- 
nected with the Times until that paper 
went out of existence. Mr. Megargee has 
served as President of the Journalistic 
Club, of the Pen and Pencil Club, and of 
the International League of Press Clubs. 
Address, 804 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MEHARD, Samuel S.: 

Jurist; born in Butler County, Pa., but 
passed his early life in Mercer County, 
whither his parents moved in his child- 
hood. He enjoyed excellent educational 
opportunities, completing his education in 
Westminster College, where he was grad- 
uated with high honors. He followed with 
the study of law under Judge Trunkey at 
Mercer, but after admission to the bar 
he went abroad, and spent a year at 
Heidelberg University, in the study of 
jurisprudence. On engaging in practice 
he entered into partnership with James 
A. Stranahan, at Mercer, but in 1883, a 
vacancy occurring in the office of Presi- 
dent Judge of the district, he was ap- 
pointed to this position by Governor 
Pattison. His eminent fitness for the 
office won him the election to it in No- 
vember, »1S84, for a term of ten years, 
during which he gave general satisfaction. 
In 1895 he resumed practice, locating at 
Pittsburg, where he ranks high in the 
profession. He has also for a number of 
years been a lecturer in the law depart- 



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ment of the Western University, a duty 
to which his high attainments eminently 
adapt him. Address, Frick Building", 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

MEIGS, Arthur Vincent: 

Physician; born at Philadelphia in 1S50; 
educated in Classical Academy of Phila- 
delphia, and was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania, with the de- 
gree of M. D., 1871; engaged in practice 
immediately upon his graduation. Mar- 
ried in Philadelphia Oct. 16, 1S7S, Mary 
R. Browning. Author of "Milk Analysis 
and Infant Feeding," 1SS5; "The Origin 
of Disease," 1899; is also a contributor on 
a variety of subjects to medical journals. 
Address, 1322 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

MEIGS, John: 

Educator; born in Pottstown, Pa., Aug. 
31, 1852; son of Matthew and Mary Meigs; 
received his preliminary education at the 
Hill School, Pottstown, and was gradu- 
ated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 
with the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. 
Married in Berlin, Germany, June 1, 18S2, 
Marion Burke, of New York. Was in- 
structor and assistant professor, Lafayette 
College, 1S72-1876; head master Hill 
School, Pottstown, Pa., since 1876. Di- 
rector Union Theological Seminary, New 
York. Member University Club. Address, 
Pottstown, Pa. 

MEIGS, Saninel Emlen: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Volunteers Nov. 14, 
1861; resigned and honorably discharged 
March 31, 1S63. Elected April 1, 1868. 
Address, 1720 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

MEIGS, William Montgomery: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Aug. 12, 
1852; son of John Forsyth Meigs, M. D.. 
and Ann Wilcocks (Ingersoll) Meigs; edu- 
cated at John W. Faires's Classical In- 
stitute in Philadelphia. Received the de- 
grees of A. B., University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 1S72; A. M., 1S75; M. D., 1875; ad- 
mitted to Philadelphia bar, 1879. Author 
of "The Life of Josiah Meigs." "The Life 
of Charles Jared Ingersoll," "The Growth 
of the Constitution." Address, 821 Drexel 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MEILY, Francis E.: 

Jurist; born in Lebanon, Pa., Oct. 21 
lsr>5, his father being a lumber mer- 



chant of that town. He was educated 
at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.. . 
graduating in 1S76; then studied law and 
was admitted to the Lebanon County bar 
in 1S79. His ability and thorough knowl- , 
edge of the law won him an excellent 
practice, and in 1892 brought him the City 
Solicitorship. Two years later Governor 
Pattison appointed him Judge of the | 
Lebanon County Court, then just created 
by the Legislature, which position he has 
ably filled, his judicial mind and im- 
partial discrimination winning him the f 
confidence and respect of all parties. Ad- k 
dress, Lebanon, Pa. 

o 
MELLON, Andrew W.: . 

Banker; born in Pittsburg, Pa., March \ 
24, 1855; educated at Western University f 
of Pennsylvania, from which he received J 
the degree of M. A. Married Nora M. 
McMullen, Sept. 12, 1900, at Hertford. 
England. President of Mellon National ! 
Bank, formerly T. Mellon & Sons, bank- 
ers. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MELLON, James R.: 

Banker; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 
14, 1846; educated at Jefferson College. 
President Ligonier Valley Railroad; City 
Deposit Bank, Pittsburg; Liberty Market 
Company. Pittsburg; Western Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital. Pittsburg. Married 
Rachel Hughey Larimer, June 3, 1867, at 
Leavenworth, Kan. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address Mellon National Bank, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 



MELLOR, Edward: 

President of the Germantown Trust 
Company. Address, 5633 Main St., Ger- 
mantown, Pa. 






MELOY, Robert H.: 

Attorney at law; born July 1, 1868, in 
Washington County, Pa.; son of Robert , 
Y. Meloy and Jane Brownlee Meloy; at- 
tended public school; was graduated at 
Washington and Jefferson ' College in 
class of 1892; taught in Academy at , 
Canonsburg, Pa., four years; studied law 
and admitted to practice in 1898. Mar- 
ried, 1902, Sara Albright, of Steubenville. 
Ohio. Director in Real Estate Trust Com- 
pany and interested in other local corpo- 
rations. Address, Washington, Pa. 



MEL VI N, J. A. B.: 

President of the Altoona Trust Com 
pany. Address, Altoona, Blair County, 
Pa. 



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MELVIjV, John P.: 

Lawyer; born in Limestone, N. T., July 
17, 1870; his grandafther, J. F. Melvin, 
was one of the early settlers of McKean 
County, Pa., where he was engaged in 
the lumber business, and his father, 
Thomas J. Melvin, was largely interested 
in oil production. Mr. Melvin was edu- 
cated in the public schools and in Phil- 
lips' Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, 
graduating in 1SSS. He afterward took a 
course at Harvard and gave three years 
to the study of law, being at the same 
time engaged in the merchandise busi- 
ness. He was admitted to the McKean 
County bar in 1895, and practiced alone 
till 1899, when his brother entered into 
partnership with him as Melvin & Melvin. 
Mr. Melvin was Chairman of the Republi- 
can County Committee in 1898, and was 
elected District Attorney in 1899 and again 
in 1902. Member of the Masonic, Odd 
Fellows and other organizations. Address, 
Smethport, Pa. 

MENDENHALL, Harlan George: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan- 
ion Brevet Lieut. Col. W. B. Menden- 
hall. Elected Feb. 6, 18S9. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MEXGEL, Levi \V.: 

Instructor of Natural Sciences in the 
Boys' High School, Reading; born in 
Reading, Pa., the youngest son of Mat- 
thias Mengel, the oldest lawyer at the 
Berks County bar; educated in the public 
schools; was graduated from the Reading 
High School in the class of 1886; took up 
the study of chemistry, and was gradu- 
ated from the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy in 1891. For some years had 
pursued scientific investigations, particu- 
larly entomology: appointed entomologist 
of the Peary Expedition to North Green- 
land sent out by the Philadelphia Acad- 
emy of Natural Sciences in 1891, and ac- 
companied the expedition to Greenland; 
continued his scientific researches upon 
his return from that expedition; mean- 
while engaged in business, becoming Sec- 
retary and Treasurer of the Reading 
Suburban Real Estate Company, which 
laid out the town of Wyomissing, Read- 
ing's most beautiful suburb. Elected In- 
structor of Natural Sciences in the Boys' 
High School, Reading. Pa., in 1896, which 
position he still holds. Has one of the 



largest collections of Lepidoptera in the 
world. Is a lineal descendant on the ma- 
ternal side of Capt. John Soder, who 
served seven enlistments in the War of 
the American Revolution. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

MENGEL, Matthias: 

Lawyer; born in Caernarvon Township, 
near Morgantown, Pa., on Jan. 13, 1814. 
His boyhood days were spent on his 
father's farm, and he received his early 
education in the local schools. In 1831 
he went to Reading and became a student 
at law in the office of Elijah Dechert. 
He was admitted to the bar on April 9, 
1S40. In 1845 he was elected a Magistrate, 
and when Reading became a city in 1S47 
he was elected one of the first Alder- 
men. He served as Alderman continu- 
ously until I860. He was a member of 
the Reading School Board for some years, 
and School Treasurer from 1S66 to 186S; 
he was also Treasurer of the Berks Coun- 
ty Agricultural Society a number of 
years. In 186S he was again elected Al- 
derman, and served until 1S73; was re- 
elected in 1875, and filled two consecutive 
terms ending in 18S5. Subsequently he 
was appointed by the Governor a Notary 
Public. He was a Director of the Mutual 
Life Insurance Company of Reading for 
some years, and connected with local 
enterprises. He is still in the active prac- 
tice of his profession. Married Miss 
Amelia Soder, Jan. 7, 1862; their children 
are Dr. Matthias S. Mengel, Elverson, 
Pa., and Prof. Levi W. Mengel of the 
Faculty of the Boys' High School, Read- 
ing. Was previously married to a Miss 
Phipps, of Chester County, Pa. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

MEJiOHER, Charles Thomas: 

Captain General Staff United States 
Army; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Cadet Military Academy July 
1, 1882; Second Lieutenant, First Artil- 
lery, July 1. 1886; First Lieutenant. Third 
Artillery, Dec. 23, 1892; transferred to 
Sixth Artillery March 8, 1898; Captain, 
Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901. Selected 
for detail to the General Staff on its or- 
ganization, Aug. 15. 1903. Address, Lem- 
on Building, Washington, D. C. 

MERCER, John Carson: 

President of the Board of Commission- 
ers of Allegheny County; born in South 
Pittsburg Jan. 2, 1S4S; attended the pub- 
lic schools until fifteen years old, leaving 



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to work in Jones & Laughlin's mills. He 
was afterward appointed Superintendent 
of the Allegheny County Court House, and 
served as a member of Select Council 
from 1S80 until 1888. After the death of 
his brother, R. E. Mercer, in 1894, he was 
appointed to fill the vacancy on the Com- 
missioners' Board; in June, 1S96, he was 
re-elected. Address, 825 Heath St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MERCHANT, Clarice: 

Manufacturer; born in Savannah, Ga., 
Sept. 20, 1836; son of Gen. Charles Spen- 
cer and Sarah Lovekin Merchant, and 
grandson of George Merchant, who served 
in the War of 1812, and was Treasurer of 
the State of New York and Mayor of 
Albany. His father was one of the first 
cadets admitted to West Point, being 
graduated in 1814, serving with marked 
gallantry in the army until August, 1863, 
when he retired with the rank of Briga- 
dier General. The son entered the United 
Stattes Naval Academy as a cadet, and 
was graduated as a Midshipman in 1857. 
His first cruise in that capacity was on 
the sloop of war Germantown, to the 
East Indies, China and Japan. He was 
executive officer on the steamer Toey- 
Wan, chartered by the Government to 
carry United States Minister John E. 
Ward to Pekin. When the Civil War 
broke out he was promoted Lieutenant 
and ordered to the Pensacola, and was 
afterward Flag Lieutenant and ordnance 
officer under Admiral Montgomery of the 
Pacific Squadron. In August, 1866, he 
resigned from the Navy to go into busi- 
ness, and founded the house of Merchant 
& Co., one of the largest importers and 
manufacturers of tin plate, copper and 
architectural metals in the United States. 
He was Senior Vice Commander of the 
Pennsylvania branch of the Order of Loy- 
al Legion, a member of the Union League, 
Philadelphia Club and University Club of 
Philadelphia, and also the Army and 
Navy Club of New York, besides filling 
many civic honorary positions. He was 
married in 1863 to Sarah S., daughter of 
Henry M. Watts, Minister to Austria dur- 
ing the administration of General Grant. 
Address, 1615 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

MERCl'R, Rodney Augustus: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 29, 1851, at Tow- 
anda, Pa., where he has always resided; 
eldest son of Chief Justice Ulysses and 
Sarah Simpson (Davis) Mercur; educated 
at Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Hop- 



kins's Grammar School, New Haven, 
Conn.; Philips's Academy, Exeter, N. H., 
and Harvard University; studied law and 
was admitted to the Bradford County bar. 
1S75; United States Circuit and District 
Courts, 1876, and to the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania. 1878, and has since been 
engaged in active practice. From 1877 to 
1S79 was a Register in Bankruptcy for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania. 
Married June 12, 1879, to Mary, daughter 
of James M. and Louise (Overton) Ward. 
Senior Warden of Christ's Church. 
Was a lay deputy to the General Con- 
ventions of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church for the years 1886, 18S9, 1892, 1895 
and 1898. He is a Director of the James 
H. Hawes Manufacturing Company, the 
Towanda Gas Company, and the Towanda 
Cemetery Association; Trustee of Robert 
Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa.; member of 
the Union League, Phila., the Society of 
Colonial Wars, Colonial Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Pennsylvania Society of the 
Sons of the Revolution, the Society of the 
War of 1812. American Historical So- 
ciety, Bradford County Historical Society, 
Tioga Point Historical Society, and the 
American Bar Association, the Pennsyl- 
vania State Bar Association, of which he 
was a charter member, and the Bradford 
County Bar Association, of which he is 
the President. Republican in politics. 
Address, 326 Main St., Towanda, Pa. 

MEREDITH, W. H.: 

President of the Safe Deposit and Title 
Guaranty Company of Kittanning. Ad- 
dress, Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pa. 

MERRELL, Roland: 

President of the Jeannette National 
Bank. Address, Jeannette, Westmoreland 
County, Pa. 

MERRICK, C. M.: 

President of the Union National Bank 
of New Brighton. Address, New Brigh- 
ton, Beaver County, Pa. 

MERRICK, George AVnshington: 

Lawyer; born in Wellsboro, Pa., March 
27, 1838; he became a soldier early in the 
Civil War, enlisting as a private in Com- 
pany H, Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers; 
ill health necessitated his discharge in 
1862, but he soon returned as Captain of 
a company of "six months men," and af- 
terward recruited a company for the three 
years' service, which became Company A, 
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promoted to Major at Cold Harbor, but 
on July IS, 1864, received a wound at 
Petersburg which necessitated the ampu- 
tation of his leg-. After his return home 
he studied the law, and was admitted to 
the bar of Tioga County in 1869. Just 
before this he was appointed Postmaster 
at Wellsboro, which he held till 1882, re- 
signing then to accept the Independent 
Republican Nomination for Secretary of 
Internal Affairs. In his practice he has 
had much success, and is regarded as 
one of the leading lights of the Tioga 
County bar. Address, Wellsboro, Pa. 

MERRICK. John Viinghan: 

Mechanical engineer; born Philadelphia, 
Aug. 30, 182S; graduated from Central High 
School of Philadelphia in 1843, and re- 
ceived his practical knowledge of en- 
gineering in the works of Merrick & Tow- 
en; he was married in 1855 to Mary So- 
phia Wagner; was senior partner of the 
firm of Merrick & Sons, builders of gas 
and sugar machinery and marine engines 
1849-1870. Manager from 1872 and Vice 
President from 1886, Zoological Society 
of Philadelphia; member Board of Ex- 
perts Philadelphia Water Supply, 1883; 
member Board of Experts United Statos 
Navy Department, 1867; President since 
1873 Free and Open Church Association; 
founder St. Timothy's Memorial Hospital. 
Roxborough. Philadelphia: Trustee Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania since 1870; mem- 
ber Franklin Institute American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers, and American 
Philosophical Society; member of the 
Union League, Philadelphia, and Penn 
Clubs. Address, Roxborough, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

MERRICK, Walter S.: 

Lawyer; born in Charleston Township, 
Tioga County, June 2, 1859; he received a 
liberal education, studied dentistry, and 
for a time practiced it, and in 1881 began 
the study of law at Tioga with Charles 
H. Seymour, and afterward at Wellsboro 
with Merrick & Young; he was admitted 
in 1886, and opened an office at Blossburg. 
His legal practice was diversified with 
active work in the interest of the Repub- 
lican Party, and in 1892 he was nom- 
inated and elected to the Pennsylvania 
House of Representatives; he was re- 
elected in 1894, and during that year was 
a member of the Republican State Con- 
vention, in which he supported Mr. Has- 
tings for the Governorship. In 1896 he 
was elected to the State Senate by a 



large majority and served one term very 
creditably in that body. Since then he 
has returned to the practice of law. 
Address, Blossburg, Pa. 

MERRILL,, J oli ii Houston: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Com- 
mandry of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; eldest son of deceased 
Companion Brevet Brigadier - General 
Lewis Merrill; elected Nov. 2, 1881. Ad- 
dress, 318 Stephen Girard Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

MERRILL,, William A.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Garrett. Address, Garrett, Somerset 
County, Pa. 

MERRIMAJV, George Coe: 

Physician and Surgeon, graduate of the 
Albany Medical College, Union University, 
1897. He served in the Spanish-American 
War as Hospital Steward, and as First 
Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon, United 
States Volunteers. 1898-1899; member 
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity; member of 
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania State 
Societies, (Medical) and American Med- 
ical Association; Captain in Thirteenth 
Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania. 
Born in Dunmore, Pa., Feb. 28, 1875; son 
of Friend F. and Helen Messenger Merri- 
man. Married, June 21, 1899. to Susan 
Rodman Bacon, daughter of Major and 
Mrs. Walter K. Wright, United States 
Army. Enlisted Feb. 6, 1892, Company 
D, Thirteenth Infantry. National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, and served until April 
30, 1898, when he was promoted to Hos- 
pital Steward of the Regiment; mustered 
into United States service May 13, 1898; 
discharged as Hospital Steward, and 
mustered in as First Lieutenant and As- 
sistant Surgeon, July 29, 1898, with rank 
from July 15, 1S98. He served as First 
Sergeant First Division, Second Army 
Corps Hospital Company, June 1 to July 
29, 1S98; commanding company from Aug. 
1 to Oct. 28. 1S98. He served with Thir- 
teenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 
from Oct. 28, 1898, to March 11, 1899; 
honorably mustered out March 11, 1899. 
He was appointed First Lieutenant and 
Inspector of Rifle Practice, Thirteenth In- 
fantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 
April 2. 1900; elected First Lieutenant 
Company F, Thirteenth Infantry, Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, Oct. 17, 
1900; Captain, March 2, 1901. Address, 
547 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pa. 



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MERRIMAN, Mansfield: 

Civil engineer; born in Southington, 
Conn., March 27, 1S48; he was graduated 
from the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 
1S71 (Ph. D., 1S76). Was Assistant En- 
gineer United States Corps Engineers, 
1872-73; Instructor Civil Engineering 
Sheffield Scientific School, 1875-78; since 
1878 has been Professor of Civil Engineer- 
ing Lehigh University; also Assistant on 
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
1880-85; member American Society of 
Civil Engineers, American Philosophical 
Society, New York Academy of Sciences; 
Past President of Society for Promotion 
of Engineering Education; past Presi- 
dent of American Section of the Inter- 
national Association for Testing Ma- 
terials; associate editor Johnson's Cyclo- 
paedia; author of Theory of Continuous 
Bridges, 1876; Elements of Least Squares, 
1877; Method of Least Squares, 1884; Me- 
chanics and Materials, 1885; Treatise on 
Hydraulics, 1889; Roofs and Bridges 
(with H. S. Jacoby), 1890; Walls and 
Dams, 1892; Higher Mathematics (with 
R. S. Woodward), 1896; Strength of Ma- 
terials, 1897; Elements of Sanitary En- 
gineering, 1S9S; Precise Surveying and 
Geodesy, 1S99. Address, S. Bethlehem, Pa. 

MERRITT, Tlios. P.: 

Manufacturer; born in Mount Holly, 
N. J., Sept. 29, 1844; educated in private 
schools in New Jersey, and at Bucknell 
University, Lewisburg, Pa.; Mayor of the 
City of Reading from 1890 to 1893; mem- 
ber of the Board of Health for a number 
of years and of the Board of Park Com- 
missioners; member on the part of Penn- 
sylvania of the World's Fair Columbian 
Exposition; Trustee of the State Asylum 
for Chronic Insane at Wernersville, Pa.; 
President of the Reading Board of Trade 
for several years and of the Reading 
Benevolent Society; engaged in manu- 
facturing lumber at Williamsport; was 
formerly in the wholesale lumber busi- 
ness in Norristown, and is at present in 
the same business in Reading, Pa.; 
married Emma P. Rambo. Nov. 30, 1871. 
In politics he is a Cleveland Democrat. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

MERRYMATi, H. S.: 

President of the People's National Bank 
of Delta. Address, Delta, York County, Pa. 

MESTREZAT, Stephen Leslie: 

Jurist; born in Mapletown, Greene 
County, Pa., Feb. 19, 1S4S; son of Jean 



Louis Guillaume and Mary Ann Mestre- 
zat; graduated from Waynesburg College. 
1S69, and from the Washington and Lee 
University (Virginia) law department, 1871 
(LL. D., Waynesburg College); married 
on Aug. 1, 1SSS, to Eliza Willson Ewing; 
District Attorney Fayette County, Pa., 
1S7S to 1881; Judge Courts of Fourteenth 
Judicial District of Pennsylvania, from 
Jan. 1, 1894, until Aug. 5, 1899; elected 
Justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania for a term of twenty-one years, 
commencing Jan. 1, 1900; Democrat in 
politics. Address, Uniontown, Pa. 

MEYERS, James A.: 

President of the Columbia National 
Bank. Address, Columbia, Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

MEYERS, Robert C. V.: 

Author; born in Philadelphia in 1S58. 
His ancestors were old Philadelphians, 
and several of them engaged in the Revo- 
lutionary War; began contributing to 
magazines in his eighteenth year, since 
which time many of his stories have been 
translated into the Russian, German and 
French languages. Author: "The Colo- 
nel's Christmas Morning," 1900; "Story 
of South Africa," 1900; "Victoria," 1901; 
"Theodore Roosevelt," 1902; "Battles and 
Heroes of the American Navy," 1903; also 
author of various plays and poems. Ad- 
dress, 40 South 44th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MICHAEL,, Oscar Stevrart: 

Rector Old St. John's Church. Philadel- 
phia; was born in Albany, N. Y. ; gradu- 
ated as salutatorian from Dartmouth 
College in 1SS5, and Philadelphia Divinity 
School in 1S89; was Headmaster of Milnor 
Hall, Kenyon College, 1886 to 1SS8; was 
Rector of the American Chapel at Lu- 
cerne, Switzerland, in 18S9. Served as 
vicar of St. Mark's, Toledo, Ohio. 1S90; 
Rector St. Barnabas' Church, Philadel- 
phia, from 1891 to 1895; Vicar Epiphany 
Chapel, Philadelphia, from 1S95 to 1S99. 
Was chairman of the Committee on Or- 
ganization under the Citizens' Permanent 
Relief Committee in 1893. Author of a 
sacred cantata "Star of the East," and 
an "Algebra for Beginners." Address, 3247 
North 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MICIIEXER, John H.: 

President of the Bank of North Araer- 
Ica. Address, 307 Chestnut Street, Phil- 
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MIFFLIX, Lloyd. Litt. D.: 

Author; born in Columbia, Pa., Sept. 15, 
1S46; son of J. Houston Mifflin (who was 
a portrait painter and author of a volume 
of lyrics, 1S35) and Elizabeth A. Bethel 
Heise. The Mifflins were originally Qua- 
kers who came from England in 1670, 
prior to William Penn, and took up lands 
now included in Fairmount Park. Phila- 
delphia; Maj. Gen. Thos. Mifflin, who was 
Governor of Pennsylvania for three suc- 
cessive terms, being of the same stock. 
Educated at the Washington Classical 
Institute, and private tutors; studied art 
with his father, and under Thomas 
Moran, M. A., in 186S-69; in Germany, 
with Prof. H. Herzog, and in Italy in 
1S72-73. Exhibited paintings in United 
States; delicate health compelled aban- 
donment of art and he applied himself 
to the study of poetry. He is author of 
"The Hills," 1S96; "At the Gates of 
Song," 1S97 (third edition, London, 1901); 
"Year-Book with Quotations," 1897; "Me- 
morial Day Ode," 1897; "The Slopes of 
Helicon, and Other Poems," 1898; "Ech- 
oes of Greek Idyls," 1899; "The Fields of 
Dawn and Later Sonnets," 1900; "Ode on 
the Semi-Centennial of Franklin and 
Marshall College," 1903 ; "Castalian Days," 
1903; "Collected Sonnets"; received the 
honorary degree of Doctor of Letters 
from Franklin and Marshall College, 1903; 
member of the Society of American Au- 
thors and Colonial Society of Pennsyl- 
vania. Address, Columbia, Pa. 

MIKELL, William E.: 

Professor in Law; was born in Sum- 
ter, S. C, Jan. 29, 1868; educated in 
the University of South Carolina, gradu- 
ating in the Military Department in 1890. 
From 1S90 to 1S95 he was principal of 
schools in Blackstock, S. C, and Lin- 
colnton, N. C, studying law while teach- 
ing, and following up with a law course 
in the University of Virginia; he was 
admitted to the bar in South Carolina in 
1S94; practiced for one year in Sumter, 
then went to Philadelphia, Pa., where 
for a year he was engaged in legal 
literary work. In 1897 he was appointed 
Instructor in Law at the University of 
Pennsylvania, was made assistant profes- 
sor in 1S99, and elected professor in 1902. 
He is a member of the Kappa Alpha 
Fraternity and an honorary member of 
the legal fraternity of the Phi Delta Phi. 
He is the author of a work on criminal 
law and is a contributor to several legal 



and other periodicals. Address, 366 
Church Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia. 

MILDREX, W. J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of East Brady. Address, East Brady, 
Clarion County, Pa. 
MILES, Evan: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Philadelphia, 
Pa.; First Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, 
Aug. 5, 1861; Regimental Quartermaster, 
Nov. 19, 1863, to Jan. 20, 1865; Captain, 
Jan. 20, 1S65; transferred to Twenty-first 
Infantry Sept. 21, 1S66; Major Twenty- 
fifth Infantry, April 24, 1888; Lieutenant 
Colonel Twentieth Infantry April 25, 1892; 
transferred to Twenty-second Infantry, 
Sept. 11, 1895; transferred to First In- 
fantry, Nov. 4, 1895; Colonel May 4, 1897; 
Brigadier General of Volunteers, Oct. 6, 
1898; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teers, Jan. 10, 1899; brevetted Captain, 
Aug. IS, 1864, for gallant services during 
the operations on the Weldon Railroad. 
Va., and Major, Feb. 27. 1S90, for gallant 
service in actions against Indians at the 
Clearwater. Idaho, July 11 and 12, 1877, 
and against Indians at the Umatilla 
Agency, Oreg., July 13, 1878; retired July 
19, 1899; commissioned Brigadier General 
April 23, 1904. Address, Hotel Savoy, San 
Francisco. Cal. 
MILLER, Adolpli William: 

Pharmacist and Physician; born in 
Berge, Hanover. Oct. 8, 1841; came early 
to the United States; studied in Illinois 
and Minnesota schools, and was engaged 
in drug stores at St. Louis and St. Paul 
from 1853 until 1860; then went to Phila- 
delphia and took a similar position, at 
the same time entering the college phar- 
macy, where he graduated in 1862. He 
afterward studied medicine at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, receiving the 
degree of M. D. in 1872 and that of 
Ph. D. in 1873. In 1878 he was appointed 
demonstrator of pharmacy in the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and in 1890 lec- 
turer in Materia Medica, which position 
he still holds; he has held the office of 
President in the Philadelphia Drug Ex- 
change and in several other societies, 
and is at present Corresponding Secre- 
tary of the Philadelphia College of Phar- 
macy. Address, 860 North Fifth St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 
MILLER, A. H.S 

Banker; born in North Annville Town- 
ship, Lebanon County, Pa., Feb. 6, 1845; 
educated in the common schools; Treas- 



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urer and General Manager of Miller Or- 
gan and Piano Company; President Peo- 
ple's National Bank, Lebanon, Pa.; Su- 
perintendent of St. Mark's Sunday School 
for nineteen years; Second Vice Presi- 
dent of the local Young Men's Christian 
Association. Married Anna S. Kreider in 
1866. He was raised on a farm; teacher 
in common school for nine years; com- 
menced the manufacture of reed organs 
in 1873; became practically sole owner of 
Miller Organ and Piano Company in No- 
vember, 1903. President People's Bank 
1903. Republican in politics. Member of 
German Reformed Church. Address, 502 
North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa. 

MILLER, Benjamin LeRoy: 

Geologist; born near Sabetha, Kansas. 
April 13, 1874; graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Kansas in 1S97, receiving the 
degree of A. B.; 1897 to 1900 held the 
chair of Biology and Chemistry in Penn 
College, Oskaloosa, Iowa; in 1900 entered 
Johns Hopkins University for graduate 
work in geology and received the degree 
•of Ph. D. from that institution in 1903. 
Same year elected to the position of 
Associate in Geology in Bryn Mawr Col- 
lege, which position he now holds; con- 
nected with the Kansas University Geo- 
logical Survey 1896; the Iowa Geological 
Survey 1899, and the Maryland Geological 
Survey from 1900 to date. Address, Bryn 
Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

MILLER, C. E.: 

Member of the engineering firm of 
Trimble & Miller, Pittsburg; he is a na- 
tive of Allegheny county. While engaged 
in teaching school at the age of twenty- 
he studied engineering and was employed 
by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a civil 
engineer; after the Johnstown flood 
he had charge of the reconstruction of 
the road, including the South Fork bridge 
and the enlarging of the Portage tunnel. 
He was engaged in railroad work until 
1892, when he formed his present part- 
nership. Address, 435 Fourth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MILLER, Charles: 

Capitalist; born in Alsace, France, in 
1843, of Huguenot ancestry; the family 
came to this country in 1854, settling on 
a farm near Boston, Erie County, N. Y. 
In 1864 he began business for himself, 
and in 1866 removed to Franklin, where 
he formed a partnership with John Coon 
of Buffalo; the firm carried on a large dry 



goods business, when a patent for lubri- 
cating oil and a refinery were purchased, 
and the store was closed out at a heavy 
loss; the refinery burned down the next 
year, new partners were taken in, and 
in 1878 the business was organized in its 
present form as The Galena Oil Works, 
Limited. The entire management was 
given to Mr. Miller, who had built up a 
large trade and retained his interest in 
the works. In addition to the oil busi- 
ness, which engrosses much of his time 
and attention, he is President or Direc- 
tor of numerous commercial and indus- 
trial companies, the works, factories and 
mines of which are located in more than 
half a dozen different States. He served 
several times as President of the North- 
western Association of Pennsylvania of 
the Grand Army of the Republic, Ord- 
nance Officer and Assistant Adjutant 
General of the Second Brigade of Penn- 
sylvania, and Commander of Mays Post. 
In 1889 he established a free night school 
for his employes and the young men or 
Franklin, furnishing spacious rooms with 
desks and apparatus and engaging four 
capable teachers; the school has trained 
hundreds of young men for positions as 
accountants, bookkeepers, stenographers 
and clerks. He has served twice as 
Mayor of Franklin, but has repeatedly 
declined other high offices. Address, 
Franklin, Pa. 

MILLER, Daniel: 

Publisher; born in Lebanon County, Pa., 
Sept. 19, 1S43. After working on a farm 
until sixteen years old, and attending the 
public schools, he learned the printing 
trade in a newspaper office, the Pennsyl- 
vanian. published in Lebanon. Pa.; he be- 
came foreman of the office and held that 
position ten years. On Jan. 1, 1S69, he 
removed to Reading, Pa., to commence 
the publication of the Repulikaner von 
Berks, a German weekly newspaper; this 
he continued until several years ago, 
when the paper was merged with the 
Kutztown Journal; he also publishes sev- 
eral organs of the Reformed denomina- 
tion, and has published a number or 
books, some of which have commanded 
a wide sale. For several years he has 
been President of the Law and Order 
Society of Berks County. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

MILLER, D. Brig-lit: 

President of the Lewisburg National 
Bank. Address, Lewisburg, Union Coun- 
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MILLER, D. J. M., M. D.: 

Physician of Philadelphia; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., Jan. 4, 1856; educated at the 
Episcopal Academy and University of 
Pennsylvania; was graduated in medicine 
at same institution in 1878; interne at 
Episcopal Hospital, 1879-1880; studied in 
Vienna, 1SS0-1S81. Engaged in general 
practice since 1881; devotes his attention 
especially to the diseases of children; he 
is senior physician to Episcopal Hospital 
and Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. 
He is a Fellow of the College of Physi- 
cians; member and late President of the 
Philadelphia Pediatric Society; member 
of the Philadelphia County Medical So- 
ciety, of the Medical Society of the State 
of Pennsylvania; member and now Pres- 
ident of the Philadelphia Wiener Verein; 
member of the American Pediatric So- 
ciety and of the Congress of American 
Physicians and Surgeons. He is a fre- 
quent contributor to medical journals on 
subjects relating to clinical medicine and 
the diseases and hygiene of children. 
Married in 1899 Amelia, daughter of 
Henry S. Welles, Esq., of New York city 
and Athens, Pa., a lineal descendant of 
the first Governor of Connecticut. Ad- 
dress, 1S01 Pine St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

MILLER, Edgar E.: 

Superintendent of Schools, Bradford, 
Pa.; born in Ohio in 1860; educated in 
public schools and high school; was grad- 
uated from college at the age of eigh- 
teen; pursued post-graduate work in var- 
ious institutions. He served ten years as 
Superintendent of Schools and County 
School Examiner in Ohio; was granted a 
high school life certificate in that State 
at the age of twenty-five; served one 
year as City Superintendent of Schools 
in Wyoming; was elected as head teacher 
of mathematics in the Allegheny City 
High School; served two years in that 
capacity, and resigned to accept the 
principalship of one of the largest schools 
in the city. In 1S94 he was elected to 
present position. Address, Bradford, Pa. 

MILLER, Edgar Thomson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Fifteenth 
Iowa Infantry, April 7, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant, July 4, 1862; Captain, Nov. 28, 
1862; honorably mustered out, May 31, 
1865; brevetted Maor United States Vol- 
unteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious services during the war; 



elected Feb. 1, 1SS8. Address, care bf 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MILLER, F. Dean: 

Presbyterian minister, Wilkinsburg, 
Pa.; born April 8. 1874, at Mamont, Pa., 
of Scotch-Irish parentage; was graduated 
from Central State Normal School in 
1895; entered Grove City College and was 
graduated in 1900; studied theology at 
Western Theological Seminary, graduat- 
ing in 1903. Was called to assistant pas- 
torate of the Presbyterian Church of 
Wilkinsburg in October, 1902. Married 
Marie Ewing McKown in 1903. At pres- 
ent is pastor of Calvary Presbyterian 
Church of Wilkinsburg. Address, Wil- 
kinsburg, Pa. 

MILLER, G. "IV.: 

Court official; born in New Haven, 
Fayette County, Pa., Dec. 8, 1850; in his 
infancy his parents removed to Pittsburg, 
where he was educated in the public 
schools; went to work in spike and 
rivet shop; became a brakeman on the 
Pennsylvania Railroad in 1869, and even- 
tually a passenger conductor. Here he 
was so attentive to his duties that he was 
appointed assistant station master, and 
later on night station master. During 
this period the 1877 riots took place, he 
attending strictly to his duties amid the 
dangers that surrounded him; he was 
the only person whom the strikers, who 
highly esteemed him, would permit to 
run a train; he subsequently resumed the 
duties of a conductor, and in 1888 was 
appointed Superintendent of the Bureau 
of Water Assessments of Pittsburg. His 
services to his party were recognized by 
his being made Secretary of the Repub- 
lican County Committee, and in 1892 
President Harrison appointed him Rev- 
enue Collector of the Twenty-third Penn- 
sylvania District. In 1893 he was elected 
clerk of courts of Pittsburg, and was 
re-elected in 1896. He is a Director of 
the Pittsburg and West Virginia Clay 
Company, the Crystal Water Company, 
and several other corporations. Address, 
Penn and East End Aves., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MILLER, Isaac: 

President of the Millersburg Bank. 
Address, Millersburg, Pa. 

MILLER, Jacob D.: 

Cashier of the City Deposit Bank, 
Pittsburg, Pa. ; he began his banking ca- 



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reer in 1S90 with the banking house of 
T. Mellon & Sons; here he remained serv- 
ing in various capacities until 1S96, when 
he accepted the position of teller and 
acting assistant cashier in the City De- 
posit Bank. In 1901 he was made as- 
sistant cashier, and upon the resignation 
of J. R. Paull in March, 1903, he was 
elected cashier. Address, 83S Sheridan 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MILLER, Jacob J.: 

Jurist; born near Somerset, Pa., Aug. 
22, 1857; educated in Somerset Academy 
and the State Normal School at Indiana, 
Pa., graduating in 1879. He subsequent- 
ly studied law in the office of William J. 
Baer of Somerset, and was admitted to 
the bar of Somerset County in August, 
1883, and to that of Allegheny County 
in July, 1884. After eighteen years' suc- 
cessful practice in the Allegheny County 
courts he was in 1902 elected a Judge of 
the Orphans' Court for that county for 
a ten years term beginning January, 1903. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MILLER, James Russell: 

Clergyman; editor Presbyterian Board 
of Publication; born in Harshaville, Pa., 
March 20, 1840; son of James A. ' and 
Eleanor C. Miller; was graduated from 
Westminster College, North Wilmington, 
Pa., 1862; D. D., 1880. Married, June 22, 
1870, Louise E. King of Argyle, N. Y. 
Pastor of the following Presbyterian 
churches: Bethany, Philadelphia, Pa., 
1869-1878; Broadway, Rock Island, 111., 
1878-1880; Hollond Memorial, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., 1880-1898; St. Paul's, Philadel- 
phia. Pa., 1900; since 1SS0 Editorial Su- 
perintendent Presbyterian Board of Pub- 
lication and Sabbath School Work. Au- 
thor of "Week Day Religion," 1880; 
"Home Making," 1882; "In His Steps," 
1885; "Wedded Life," 1886; "Silent 
Times," 1886; "Come Ye Apart," 1887; 
"The Marriage Altar," 1888; "Practical 
Religion," 1888; "Bits of Pasture," 1S90; 
"Making the Most of Life," 1891; "The 
Everyday of Life," ls92; "Girls: Faults 
and Ideals," 1892; "Young Men: Faults 
and Ideals," 1S93; "Glimpses Through 
Life's Windows," 1893; "Building of Char- 
acter," 1894; "Secrets of Happy Home 
Life," 1894; "Life's Byways and Way- 
sides." 1895; "For a Busy Day," 1S95; 
"Year Book," 1895; "Family Prayers," 
1895; "Hidden Life," 1895; "Blessings of 
Cheerfulness," 1895; "Things to Live 
Tor," 1S96; "Story of a Busy Life," 1896; 



"A Gentle Heart," 1S96; "Personal Friend- 
ships of Jesus," 1S97; "By the Still Wa- 
ters," 1897; "Secret of Gladness," 1S98; 
"Joy of Service," 1S9S; "The Master's 
Blesseds," 1S98; "Young People's Prob- 
lems," 1898; "Unto the Hills," 1S99; 
"Strength and Beauty," 1899; "Golden 
Gate of Prayer," 1900; "Loving My 
Neighbor," 1900; "The Ministry of Com- 
fort," 1901; "Summer Gathering," 1901; 
"How? When? Where?" 1901; "The Up- 
per Currents." 1902; "To-day and To- 
morrow," 1902; "In Perfect Peace," 1902; 
"The Lesson of Love," 1903; "The Face 
of the Master," 1903; "The New Edens," 
1903. Address, 4224 Spruce St.; office, 
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MILLER, J. Edward: 

Lawyer; born in Hamburg, Pa., June 
6, 1860; youngest son of Edward Miller; 
educated in the borough schools and at 
the Keystone State Normal School, from 
which he was graduated in 1879; read 
law in Reading, and was admitted to 
the bar Nov. 12, 1883; located in his na- 
tive town, where he is practicing his 
profession; at present Deputy County 
Controller. Married Margaret Romich 
in February, 1897. He is an active mem- 
ber of the Hamburg Board of Trade; he 
served as clerk of Town Council, and has 
held the office of notary public. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

MILLER, J. Edwin. M. D.: 

Born in East Deer Township, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa., Nov. 8, 1846; son of 
John A. and Margaret (Penny) Miller, 
being of Scotch-Irish descent. He was 
educated in the public schools of Mc- 
Keesport, Pa., and when fifteen years 
old enlisted in the Hampton Battery, 
and, going to the front in the Civil War, 
took an active part in the battles of the 
Army of the Potomac; was wounded at 
Chancellorsville when but sixteen and 
spent some months in the hospital, but 
rejoined the battery immediately on his 
recovery; he served until the close of the 
war and was one of the youngest soldiers 
in the war. After the war he took up 
the study of medicine and was gradu- 
ated from Jefferson Medical College, Phil- 
adelphia, in 1870; he then settled in Pitts- 
burg and practiced there two years, when 
he was placed on the medical staff of 
the United States Navy. During the 
yellow fever epidemic of 1874 he was in 
charge of the Pensacola Navy Yard; he 
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practiced in Pittsburg. He married Lor- 
11a Monck of McKeesport. Member of 
the Allegheny County Medical Society, 
A. F. and M., Post No. 13 Grand Army of 
I the Republic, and Encampment No. 1 
i of the Union Veteran Legion. Republi- 
can in politics. Address, 139 Steuben St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

MILLER, John A.: 

.President of the Rochester Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Rochester, Beaver Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

MILLER, John D.: 

President of the Merchants and Far- 
mers' National Bank. Address, Greens- 
I burg, Westmoreland County, Pa. 

MILLER, John P.: 

President of the East Pittsburg Na- 
tional Bank. Address, Wilmerding, Alle- 
,| gheny County, Pa. 

MILLER, John I.: 

President of the Portland National 
Bank. Address, Portland, Northampton 
County, Pa. 

MILLER. J. Jerome: 

Banker; born in Hamburg, Pa., fifty- 
'| seven years ago; son of Edward Miller; 
1 educated in the public schools. He en- 
tered into business at an early age; 
served an enlisement in the Civil War; 
upon his return was elected cashier of 
the Hamburg Savings Bank, the only 
banking institution in the borough, and 
has held the office ever since. Served in 
the Hamburg School Board twenty-three 
years and was Treasurer of the School 
District for twenty years; was clerk of 
the Borough Council, and is now Presi- 
dent of the Hamburg Board of Trade. 
Married Amanda Bean Oct. 12, 1S74. Ad- 
dress, Hamburg, Pa. 

MILLER, John Kramer: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, June 16, 1888; Second 
Lieutenant Eighth Infantry, June 11, 
1S92; First Lieutenant, April 26, 1898; 
Captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Ni- 
agara, N. T. 

MILLER, John R.: 

Manufacturer; born in Adamstown, 
Lancaster County, Pa. ; educated in the 
public schools; removed to Pine Grove, 
Pa., when a young man. He went to 



Reading, Pa., in 1S70, and commenced 
the manufacture of hats with John Hen- 
del and William L. Reed; the destruction 
of the establishment by Are the following 
year caused a dissolution of the partner- 
ship; he became again engaged in the 
same business, and in 1874 formed with 
Levi Miller of Pine Grove the firm of 
John R. Miller & Co.; has continued' the 
business under this firm name, but as 
sole proprietor, since 1878. He served a 
number of years in the City Councils of 
Reading. Member of the Board of Trade, 
and has been both a Director and Trus- 
tee of this organization; Director of the 
Second National Bank of Reading. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

MILLER, Joseph T.: 

Secretary of the Pennsylvania Water 
Company; born Aug. 21, 1871, at Port 
Perry, Allegheny County, Pa.; grandson 
of Colonel William M. Miller and Jane 
Torrence Miller; son of George T. Miller 
and Mary Jane Craig Miller. In prepar- 
atory department of Western University 
of Pennsylvania, 1SS5 and 1886; in pre- 
partory department of Columbian Uni- 
versity of Washington, D. C, 18SS and 
1889; in the class of 1S93 of the Univer- 
sity of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, in 1SS9- 
1891. Member of the Sigma Chi Frater- 
nity; in the Law Department of the Co- 
lumbian University of Washington, D. C, 
during parts of the years of 1892 and 
1893; with the treasury department of 
the Allegheny County Heating Company 
of Allegheny City, Pa., in 1893 and 1894; 
with the treasury department of the 
Philadelphia Company of Pittsburg in 
1894 and 1895; Assistant Purchasing 
Agent of the Philadelphia Company in 
1895-1S96 and Purchasing Agent in 1897- 
1S98; Assistant Secretary and General 
Sales Agent Easi Pittsburg Improvement 
Company during the years of 1899 and 
1902; Secretary and Treasurer of the 
Pennsylvania Water Company, Wilkins- 
burg. Pa., from 1902 to the present time. 
Married, Sept. 22, 1898, Mary M. Stewart 
of Stewart, Westmoreland County, Pa. 
He is a Director in the East Pittsburg 
Savings and Trust Company and in the 
Ross Mountain Park Association of Pitts- 
burg. Member of the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution. Address, Wilkinsburg, Pa. 

MILLER, Joseph Warren, Jr.: 

Teacher of mathematics; born Oct. 30, 
1875, at Washington Borough, Lancaster 
County, Pa.; moved to Harrisburg in 



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1889; entered the Pennsylvania State Col- 
lege, 1893; graduated, 1897; assistant in 
the Department of Physics the following 
year; University Fellow in Mechanics at 
Columbia College two years; fellow by 
courtesy one year; has degrees of B. S., 
M. A. and Ph. D. Magnetic observer- 
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 
one year; at present teaching maflie- 
matics and mechanics at Lehigh Univer- 
sity. Author of "The Elastic Properties 
of Helical Springs." Address, Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

MILLER, J. S.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Bangor. Address, Bangor, Northamp- 
ton County, Pa. 

MILLER, Leslie William: 

Artist; educator; born in Brattleboro, 
Vt., Aug. 5, 1848; son of N. and Hannah 
Miller; he was educated in the public 
schools, and studied art for three years 
in the School of Drawing and Painting 
of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; he 
was graduated from the Massachusetts 
Normal Art School, Boston, 1875. Since 
1880 has been principal of the School of 
Industrial Art, Philadelphia; Secretary 
Fairmount Park Art Association. Mem- 
ber American Philosophical Society, His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania, American 
Pennsylvania; honorary member Colum- 
bia Photographic Society, Pennsylvania 
Association of Master Painters and Dec- 
Academy of Political and Social Science, 
Department of Archaeology, University of 
orators. Member of the Art, Unitarian, 
and Contemporary Clubs. Philadelphia, 
and Boston Art Club; honorary member 
T-Square Club, Philadelphia. Author of 
"The Essentials of Perspective," 1887; 
also numerous articles on art and indus- 
trial education in magazines. Address, 
320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MILLER, ft. Oubois: 

Lawyer; born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 
27, 1852; educated in Baltimore private 
school of George G. Carey, A, M. Man- 
ager of House of Refuge; Trustee Drexel 
Institute; President and Trustee of Theo- 
dore Starr Savings Bank. Married, April 
20, 1887, to Sarah J. Wictar McMurtrie. 
Studied law with the late Richard C. 
McMurtrie; admitted to the bar of Phila- 
delphia County, September, 1873; member 
of the firm of Biddle & Ward. Address, 
505 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



MILLER, Reuben: 

President of the Union Trust Company 
of Clairton. Address, Clairton, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

MILLER, Samuel H.: 

Jurist; born in Mercer County, Pa.; 
spent his early life on a farm; studied 
in the common schools and finished his 
education in Westminster College. On 
leaving college he entered upon the busi- 
ness of journalism, editing the Mercer 
Dispatch, a weekly newspaper, for a 
number of years; while thus engaged he 
was also occupied in the study of law, 
and was admitted to the bar of Mercer 
County in 1871; here he rapidly attained 
prominence, showing himself a persistent 
student and a skillful advocate, and gain- 
ing reputation especially as a trial law- 
yer. For many years he was actively in- 
terested in the county politics and was 
elected to the Forty-seventh and Forty- 
eighth Congresses, where he did efficient 
service as a legislator; in 1S94 he was 
elected President Judge of his district 
for a ten years' term, ending in 1904. 
Address, Mercer, Pa. 

MILLER, Samuel Warren: 

Major United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, July 1, 1875; Second 
Lieutenant Fifth Infantry, June 13, 1879; 
First Lieutenant, March 7, 1885; Regi- 
mental Quartermaster, Sept. 30, 1889, to 
Sept. 21, 1893; Captain, Jan. 26, 1898; 
Major Forty-sixth United States Volun- 
teer Infantry, Aug. 17, 1S99; honorably 
discharged from Volunteers May 31, 1901; 
Major Nineteenth Infantry, July 30, 1902. 
Address. 73 Hanover St., Boston, Mass. 

MILLER. WILLIAM C.J 

State Senator from Bedford County; 
born Jan. 3, 1868, at Neosho, Newton 
County, Mo. ; when two years old he 
moved with his parents to Arizona; his 
father being killed two years later by the 
Indians, he returned with his mother to 
her former home at Schellburg, Bedford 
County, Pa. He was educated in the 
public schools of that town and Wood- 
bury; spent two years at Lafayette Col- 
lege; studied medicine at the University 
of Virginia and the University Medical 
College of New York city, from which 
latter institution he was graduated 
March 8. 1888, since which time he has 
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■cine in Bedford County; was School Di- 
rector two terms; is surgeon for the 

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 

and United States Pension Examiner. 
I Served as a member of the House of 
[Representatives, sessions of 1S99 and 1901; 

elected to the Senate in November, 1903. 
! Address, Bedford, Pa. 

MILLER, William E.: 

Former State Senator from the Thirty- 
second District; born at "West Hill, Cum- 
berland County, Pa., Feb. 5, 1836; son 6t 
A. G. and Eleanor Miller. In 1856 he 
married Elizabeth Ann Hocker, who died 

I in 1859. He enlisted as a private in Com- 
pany H, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
Aug. 8, 1861; before being mustered he 
was elected by the men of the company 
a Second Lieutenant and was commis- 
sioned as such; served continuously until 

i Aug. 27, 1864; was in thirty-seven en- 
gagements. At the battle of Antietam 
he was made Captain, and was awarded 

I a medal at Gettysburg. He moved to* 

I Carlisle, Pa., in 1865, and was engaged 
in mercantile pursuits until 1898, when 
elected to the Pennsylvania Senate, and 

I served during the sessions of lSyO and 
1901. Member of Loyal Legion; was the 
original commander of Post 201, Grand 

[ Army of the Republic, Department of 
Pennsylvania, and served as Quartermas- 
ter since 1887. In 1868 he married Annah 
De Pui Bush, daughter of J. S. Bush, 

: Tioga County, Pa. Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

MILLER, W. Oscar: 

Lawyer; born Aug. 28, 1857, in Maxa- 
tawny Township, Berks County, Pa.; ed- 
ucated in the public schools, at the Key- 
stone State Normal School, Kutztown, 
from which he was graduated in 1875; at 
the Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., 
and at the University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, Mich.; was graduated from the 
Law Department of the University of 
Michigan in 1879; was admitted to the 
. bar in Michigan, and then removed to 
Reading, Pa., where he was admitted to 
1 the bar on April 12, 1880. Elected Dis- 
| trict Attorney of Berks County and 
served from 1890 to 1893; County Solici- 
tor, 1S94-1897; Delegate to National Dem- 
ocratic Convention, 1896; member State 
Senate of Pennsylvania, 1897-1901; promi- 
nent in Democratic politics in Berks 
County for a number of years; Chairman 
Democratic County Committee for sev- 
eral terms. Married Emma L. Reider. 
March 23, 1889. Address, Reading, Pa. 



MILLIGAN, Robert W.i 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed Third Assistant 
Engineer, 1863; Mackinaw, North Atlan- 
tic Station, 1863-1865; Powhatan, Pacific 
Fleet, 1S66-1869. > Promoted to Second As- 
sistant Engineer, 1864; Wyoming, North 
Atlantic Station, 1871-1872; Navy Yard, 
Norfolk, 1874. Promoted to First As- 
sistant Engineer, 1874; Brooklyn, South 
Atlantic Station, 1875-1876; Coast Sur- 
vey steamer Bache, 1877-1879; Naval 
Academy, 1879-1882; Tennessee, North 
Atlantic Station, 18S2-18S5; Naval Acad- 
emy, 1885-1889; Ranger, North Pacific 
Station, 1889-1891; receiving-ship Inde- 
pendence, 1891-1892; Adams, Pacific Sta- 
tion, 1892, to October, 1893; member 
Board of Inspection and Survey, October, 
1893 to 1S96; promoted to Chief Engineer 
May 1892; Monterey, April, 1896; Oregon. 
January, 1S97, to May, 1899. Promoted 
Commander. March 3, 1899; Navy Yard, 
Norfolk, since July 1, 1899; Captain, Nov. 
9, 1902. Address, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. 

MILNE, Caleb J.: 

Inspector of Eastern State Peniten- 
tiary; born Jan. 4, 1839; educated in Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. Married Margaretta Shea, 
Nov. 2, 1858; Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MILNE, David: 

Manufacturer of fine textile fabrics; 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 24, 1859; 
was graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania, Department of Arts, with 
honors, in 1881, and has since deceived 
the degrees of M. A. and Ph. B. from the 
same institution. In 1883 he became a 
member of the firm of C. J. Milne & 
Sons, one of the largest manufacturers 
of textiles in Philadelphia, and one of the 
oldest in date of establishment in the 
United States. In 1896 he married Mar- 
garet Love, daughter of the late Rear 
Admiral Joseph <j. Skerret, United States 
Navy. Is a Director in various corpora- 
tions, a Trustee of several charitable in- 
stitutions, and is a member of numerous 
clubs, scientific societies and patriotic 
organizations. Address, 2030 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MILLS, Charles Karsner: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 
4. 1845; educated at the Central High 
School of Philadelphia and was gradu- 
ated from the Medical Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1S69; Ph. D„ 



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1871; began practice of medicine in 1869. 
After a few years he became a special- 
ist in nervous diseases. He has held a 
number of important hospital and teach- 
ing positions; has appeared as expert in 
numerous medico-legal cases; clinical 
professor nervous diseases University of 
Pennsylvania. Author of "A Treatise on 
the Nervous System and Its Diseases." 
Address, 1909 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

MILLS, Job Smith: 

Clergyman; Bishop of the United 
Brethren Church; born near Plymouth, 
Ohio, Feb. 28, 184S; received his prepar- 
atory education at the Bartlett Academy, 
Plymouth, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1848, and was 
graduated from Illinois Wesleyan Uni- 
versity with the degree of Ph. B.; edu- 
cated for ministry under private teachers; 
A. M., Otterbein University, 1884; D. D., 
Westfield College and Lebanon Valley 
College. 1S90; Ph. D., Illinois Wesleyan 
University, 1S93; LL.D, Lane University, 
1897. Pastor of Otterbein University, 
1874-1880, 1885-1887; Professor of English 
Literature and Rhetoric three years, of 
Philosophy one year; President and Pro- 
fessor of Philosophy two years; Western 
College, Toledo, Iowa, 1S87-1S93. Corres- 
ponding member of Iowa Academy of 
Science; member of the American Acad- 
emy of Political and Social Science; 
he made a visit to the Universities of 
Berlin, Leipzig, Halle, Jena, Oxford and 
Cambridge in 1S97. Twice married; first, 
in 1870. to Sarah Ann Metzger; second, 
in 1876, to Mary Kiester. Author of 
"Mission Work in West Africa," 1S98; 
••Manual of Family Worship," 1900; 
"Holiness," 1902; contributor to United 
Brethren Quarterly. Address, Annville, Pa. 

MILLS, Paul D.: 

Banker; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 28, 
1876; entered Yale University Scientific 
School, graduating in 189'/. Commis- 
sioned Second Lieutenant Company K, 
Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, 189S; 
assigned to staff of Brigadier General 
Ernst, A. D. C, Porto Rico; resigned 
from the army in 1899; elected a member 
of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in 
1903; of the New York Stock Exchange 
in 1904. Head of the firm of Mills & Co., 
bankers and brokers, 123 South Fourth 
street, Philadelphia; 36 Wall street, New 
York city. Married, in May. 1903, Ellen 
Drexel. daughter of James W. Paul, Jr. 
Address, Radnor, Pa. 



MILLS, Samuel Myers: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, July 1, 1861; Second I 
Lieutenant and First Lieutenant Nine- 
teenth Infantry, June 23, 1S65; trans- 
ferred to Twenty-eighth Infantry, Sept. !i 
21, 1866; Regimental Adjutant, Nov. 30, I 
1866. to March 31, 1869; transferred to - 
Nineteenth Infantry, March 31, 1S69; " 
Regimental Adjutant, April 12, 1869, to » 
May 10, 1S70; transferred to Fifth Ar- 
tillery, May 10, 1870; Captain, April IS, | 
1883; (Commandant of Cadets with rank 
of Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 1, 1892, to • 
June 15, 1897); Major Sixth Artillery, ' 
March 8, 1898; in China Expedition, 1900; i 
Philippines, 1901-1902; Lieutenant Colonel ■' 
Artillery Corps. Feb. 2. 1901; Colonel. ; 
Sept. 11, 1902; in Command Artillery ' 
District of Pensacola, Fla., 1903; Artillery 
District of Portland. Me., 1903; Artillery 
District of Boston, Mass., 1904. Address, ■ 
Fort Banks, Mass. 

M1LROY, William McCracken: 

Educator; born in Northwood, Logan 
County, Ohio, Aug. 25. 1855; entered Ge- 
neva College, from which institution he 
was graduated in 1877, and was graduated 
with the degree of D. B. from the Yale 
Divinity School in 1882; received the de- 
grees of A. M. from Westminster College 
in 1886, and Ph. D. from Johns Hdpkins 
in 1891; Professor of Latin Geneva Col- 
lege for some years past; ordained to Re- ; 
formed Presbyterian ministry. Elected 
Professor of Latin. Geneva College, 1877, i 
to succeed his father (deceased); taught 
two years, and spent four years in Di- 
vinity School work; Professor of Greek, 
Westminster College, Pa., 1883-1S84. Pas- i 
tor in charge Ridgeley Street Presbyter- 
ian Church, Baltimore. Md., lS86-iS89. ; 
Married, 1893, Ella A. M. Florian. Wrote • 
Thesis for Ph. D. degree: "The Participle < 
in the Vulgate New Testament." Ad- 
dress, 3112 Fifth Ave., Beaver Falls, Pa. 

MTXNICH, J. W.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Dallastown. Address, Dallastown, York 
County, Pa. 

MINTZER, William M.: 

Machinest; born in Chester County, 
Pennsylvania, June 7, 1837; son of Henry 
and Rebecca (Bechtel) Mintzer: educated 
in the public schools, and at the age of ' 
twenty entered the shops of the Reading 
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1 enlisted in Pottstown, Pa., April 15, 1S61. 
I and elected Third Lieutenant. On the 
20th day of April the company went to 
Harrisburg, where it was assigned to the 
J Fourth Regiment commanded by Col. 
John F. Hartranft; he was appointed 
Quartermaster Sergeant of the regiment; 
Sept. 18, 1861, served as First Lieutenant. 
On Dec. 15, 1862, was detached from the 
the regiment and assigned as Provost 
Marshall of the First Division Second 
Artillery Corps, commanded by Gen. Han- 
cock, and remained with him until march 
1S64; promoted to Captain June 2, 1862; 
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 29, 1864; Colonel 
Oct. 30. 1864; Brevet Brigadier General 
I March 13, 1865, and participated In the 
I following battles: Yorktown, Fair Oaks, 
;! Gaines' Mills, Peach Orchard, Savage Sta- 
i, tion. White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, 
' Antietam. Fredericksburg, Chancellors- 
ville, Gettysburg, Bristo Station. Mine 
Run, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, 
North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, 
l] Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bot- 
[' torn, Hatcher's Run, Farmville, and Ap- 
pomattox. Was wounded at Fair Oaks 
and Fredericksburg. Mustered out of 
service June 30, 1865. On the 5th of Feb- 
ruary, 1863, married Amelia Weand, 
daughter of David and Matilda Weand, of 
Pottstown. In 1869 appointed Postmaster 
of Pottstown and served during adminis- 
trations of President Grant. Is connected 
with the Masonic fraternity, Grand Army, 
Union Veteran' Legion, and Military Order 
of the Loyal Legion. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Pottstown, Pa. 

MISH, George Frederick: 

Physician; born in Harrisburg, Pa., 
July 5, 1827, of Pennsylvania German de- 
scent. He attended the public schools 
and the Harrisburg Academy till 1S42, 
when he entered the Military Institute at 
Norwich, Vt. He returned home in 1844 
and studied the printer's trade, subse- 
quently conducting the Weekly Journal of 
Mercersburg, Pa., and publishing the 
Mercersburg Review and Dr. Schaff's 
Kirchenfreund. He gave up the newspa- 
per business in 1849 to study medicine, 
and in 1853 was graduated as M. D. from 
the University of Pennsylvania; since that 
time he has for half a century been bus- 
ily engaged in medical practice. He 
served as Army Surgeon during the war, 
being engaged in this duty from 1862 to 
1865 with the Fifteenth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry; he now resides and practices in 



Middleton, Dauphin County, Pa. Mem- 
ber of the Dauphin County, the State, 
and the American Medical Associations. 
Address, Middleton, Pa. 

MISHLER, John D.: 

Theatrical manager; born in Newmans- 
town, Lebanon County, Pa., April 28, 
1847; moved with his parents to Reading 
in 1S4S, and has been a resident of the 
city ever since. Educated in a private 
school, and at seventeen years of age 
entered a drygoods store as clerk at 
$75.00 a year; learned the business, and 
in 1S68 opened the Globe Drygoods Store, 
which he conducted until the latter part 
of 1S73. Meanwhile he had become 
manager of the Academy of Music, the 
first modern theatre in Reading, erected 
by his father, Joseph Mishler, and 
opened Oct. 1, 1S72. This he managed 
until 1S86, when the present Academy 
of Music, of which he is the Manager, 
was erected by a stock company with 
himself as a member. In 1873 he estab- 
lished the Mishler Theatre Circuit of 
Eastern Pennsylvania, having theatres in 
nine cities, which he controlled for years. 
He now controls theatres in Reading, 
Allentown, Altoona, and Johnstown. Pa., 
and Trenton, N. J. In 1877-1878 he toured 
the country as Manager of the Swedish 
Ladies' Vocal -Quartette, and was 
Manager of Bartholomew's celebrated 
"Equine Paradox" for five years. Mr. 
Mishler has been a contributor to vari- 
ous newspapers and has run special de- 
partments. He is a member of the 
Reading Press Club. He was one of 
the first Directors of the Penn Street 
Passenger Railway Company, organized 
in 1S74; was one of the organizers of 
the Reading Board of Health, and in 
1S91 organized the Berks County Socie- 
ty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- 
mals, of which he was the President for 
five years. He has been engaged in 
public movements, many charities, and is 
at present Secretary of the Associated 
Charities of Reading, giving attention 
to systematic benevolence. On Dec. 18, 
1S94, he organized the Pennsylvania Bill 
Posters' Association and has been its 
President ever since. Address, Reading, 
Pa. 

MISSION. H. H.: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Slatington. Address, Slatington, 
Lehigh County, Pa. 



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MITCHELL, James E.: 

President of the Ninth National Bank of 
Philadelphia. Address, Front and Norris 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MITCHELL, James Tymlale: 

Jurist; born in Belleville, 111., Nov. 9, 
1S34; preliminary education received in 
public schools of Philadelphia; was gradu- 
ated from Harvard, 1855 (A. M., 1S57, 
LL. D., 1901); graduated in law from the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1S58 (LL. D., 
Jefferson Medical College, 1S72); admitted 
to Philadelphia bar, 1857; Assistant City 
Solicitor, Philadelphia, 1S60-1S63; Judge 
District Court, 1871-1875; Judge of Com- 
mon Pleas. 1875-1888. Editor-in-chief of 
American Law Register, 1S62-18S7. Chair- 
man of Commissioners appointed to re- 
port on the acts of the Colonial Assembly 
not printed, and to edit and publish the 
statutes at large from 1681 to 1800; Justice 
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 
since 1889. Author of "History of the 
District Court," 1875; "Mitchell on Mo- 
tions and Rules," 1879. Address, 1722 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MITCHELL, J. M., Jr.: 

United States Consular Agent; born in 
New Jersey, and has been in the whole- 
sale and retail drug business in San Pedro 
Sula for the last seventeen years; ap- 
pointed Consular Agent at San Pedro 
Sula, Honduras, Jan. 26, 1S91. Address, 
San Pedro Sula, Honduras. 

MITCHELL, John Inseho: 

Jurist; born in Tioga, Pa.. July 2S, 1838; 
preparatory education in the public 
schools and attended the Lewisburg Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1857-1S59, but 
was not graduated; admitted to bar in 
September, 1864; District Attorney of Ti- 
oga Couny, 1S69-1S72. Member of the 
Pennsylvania Legislature, 1872-1S76; mem- 
ber of Congress. 1S77-18S1; United States 
Senator, 1S81-1S87. President Judge of 
Court of Common Pleas, 4th District of 
Pennsylvania, 1888-1899. Elected Judge 
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 
for the term of 1900-1910. Twice mar- 
ried; first, I860, Jeanette Baldwin; sec- 
ond. 1871, Mary Alice Archer. Address, 
Wellsboro, Pa. 

MITCHELL, John Kearsley: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, July 
13, 1859; son of S. Weir Mitchell; edu- 
cated in Philadelphia, at St. Paul's School, 
Concord, N. H., and Harvard College; 



was graduated in medicine at the Medi- 
cal Department of the University of Penn- ' 
sylvania, 1883; practiced medicine in J 
Philadelphia since his graduation. Mar- 
ried in February, 1890, Anne K. Williams, 
daughter of John W. Williams of Phila- 
delphia. Fellow of the College of Phy- ' 
sicians of Philadelphia, Association of I 
American Physicians, American Neuro- 
logical Association and other medical so- 
cieties, and physician to several hos- 
pitals; has contributed many articles to 
professional journals and is the author of 
"Remote Consequences of Injuries of 
Nerves" and "Mechano-Therapy and Phy- 
sical Education." Present address, 1730 
Spruce St:, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MITCHELL. John Nicholas: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, April 
10, 1847; educated at the University of 
Pennsylvania, and was graduated from 
Hahnemann Medical College. 1S73. Be- 
gan his practice immediately upon his 
graduation, and was Assistant Demon- 
strator in 1873, Adjunct Professor in 
1886, and Professor of Obstetrics in 
Hanhnemann Medical College; Commis- 
sioner State Board of Charities since 1903. 
Was twice married, first, in 18S7, to Flor- 
ence Thomas; second, in 1895, to A. Ro- 
salie Leonard. Address, 1503 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MITCHELL, Max L.: 

Jurist; born in Williamsport, Pa., Jan. 
23, 1866; educated in Dickinson Seminary, 
Williamsport, and graduated from Dick- 
inson College in 1887. He read law with 
Judge Samuel Linn and was admitted to 
the Lycoming County bar in 1889. In 
1890 he was appointed clerk of the United 
States Court of the district, and on No- 
vember 19 of the same year was ap- 
pointed Judge of Lycoming County by 
Governor Stone to fill a vacancy caused 
by the death of Judge J. J. Metzgar; he 
served till January, 1902, when the regu- 
larly elected Judge took his seat, and he 
returned to the practice of his profession. 
Address, Williamsport, Pa. 

MITCHELL, Snmnel Phillips: 

Mechanical engineer; born Richmond, 
Va.. June 10, 1864; educated at private 
school, Richmond, and at the University 
of Pennsylvania; married. Feb. 4, 1888, 
Miss Miriam Bond. Was Engineer of 
Richmond & Danville Railway, 1S83, Balti- 
more & Ohio Railway, 1884-1887, Edgmoor 
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1900; Chief Engineer of the American 
Bridge Company of New York since 1901. 
Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MITCHELL,, Silar Weir: 

Physician and author; born in Phila- 
delphia. Feb. 15, 1830; his father, John K. 
Mitchell, being a prominent physician of 
J Philadelphia, and for many years a pro- 
! fessor in Jefferson Medical College. He 
was educated in the University of Penn- 
] sylvania, leaving in his senior year on 
! account of illness. In 1S50 he graduated 
as M. D. from Jefferson Medical College, 
receiving the same degree as an honor 
j from the University of Bologna in 1888. 
I Dr. Mitchell has had an extensive hospital 
; practice, being physician to various hos- 
pitals at different periods, and during 
the Civil War serving as Sanitary In- 
spector and Acting Assistant Surgeon, 
and treating injuries and diseases of the 
| nervous system in Turner's Lane Hos- 
pital. In his practice he has made a spe- 
cialty of nervous complaints, and is the 
J originator of the system of rest treat- 
ment, or the Weir Mitchell treatment, as 
it is called in Europe. He has written 
l t many medical treatises, especially on ner- 
vous diseases, and has twice been Presi- 
1 dent of the Philadelphia College of Phy- 
! sicians, and an officer of numerous other 
|! medical associations both at home and 
abroad, while he is also a member of 
various social clubs. Aside from his repu- 
ji tation as a physician, Dr. Mitchell is 
I widely known as an author, he being a 
poet of fine powers, a skilled novelist and 
an able essayist. His first literary pro- 
ductions were stories for children. "The 
Children's Hour," written for the bene- 
fit of the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, 
] and short stories written for the Chil- 
dren's Hospital. His other literary works, 
beginning in 18S0, include "Hephzibah 
Grinness," "Thee and You," "The Hell 
of Stoves and other Poems," "In War 
Time," "Roland Beake," "A Masque and 
other Poems," "Prince Littleboy and 
other Tales," "Characteristics," "When 
all the Woods are Green," "Far in the 
Forest," "The Adventures of Francois," 
and "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker," the 
last named being especially popular and 
widely read. Dr. Mitchell is a member of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
and of various medical and other socie- 
ties. President of the Franklin Club, and 
member of the Contemporary and other 
clubs. Address, 1524 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 



MITCHELL,, W. J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Indiana. Address, Indiana, Indiana 
County, Pa. 

MITCHEXER, F. M.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Carmichaels. Address, Carmichaels, 
Greene County, Pa. 

MOFFAT, James David: 

President of Washington and Jefferson 
College, Washington, since 1882; born in 
New Lisbon, Columbiana County, March 
15, 1S46; graduated from Washington and 
Jefferson College in 1869; studied theology 
in Princeton Theological Seminary, and 
licensed to preach in April, 1S71. In 1881 
he was elected President of his Alma 
Mater and began his duties Jan. 1, 1882, 
which position he still fills. Editor of the 
Presbyterian Banner since 1S93. Address, 
Washington, Pa. 

MOFFETT, Louis B.: 

Manager Peirce School of Philadelphia ; 
born in Swedesboro, N. J., March 22, 
1874. After completing the course of 
study in the public schools of Swedes- 
boro, he entered Peirce School and was 
graduated in 1892. He then entered the 
employ of a manufacturing house, and a 
few months later was appointed to a sub- 
ordinate post in Peirce School. In 1894 
he married Mary Lewis Quinn, of Pauls- 
boro, N. J. In 1895 he was made Secre- 
tary of Peirce School, and in 1897, Busi- 
ness Manager, and during his adminis- 
tration the school has become the fore- 
most commercial school in the United 
States, the yearly attendance numbering 
1,800 students. Residence, 2502 Diamond 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOHJi, George C.s 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Union County; born 
in Centreville, Snyder County, Pa., May 
24, 1858; worked on a farm and in the 
lumber woods, to secure means for his 
education; educated in the public and 
normal schools of said county and at 
Valparaiso, Ind. ; taught school three win- 
ters, and after reading medicine for a 
time entered the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, at Baltimore, Md., gradu- 
ating in the class of 1882; then began 
the practice of his profession at Laurel- 
ton, Pa., and continued until the lumber- 
ing interest took his whole time and at- 



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tention; in 1S92 he helped to form and 
became a member of the Laurelton Lum- 
ber Company, and later a Director and 
stockholder of the Linden Hall Lumber 
Company, of which companies he was 
elected Vice President and Manager, 
which offices he held until November, 
1S98, when he sold out his lumber in- 
terests; has since given his attention to 
farming; was Postmaster at Laurelton 
from 1889 to 1S93; was elected delegate to 
the Republican State Convention in 1S9S; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Laurelton, 
Pa. 

MOHN, Jeremiah G.: 

President Reading Board of Trade; 
born in Spring Township, Berks County, 
Pa., Nov. 1, 1S39, the fifth son of Will- 
iam and Mary Mohn. His education was 
acquired in the district schools and in 
Adamstown and Churchtown, Pa. At the 
age of eighteen years he secured a clerk- 
ship in the general store of S. K. Mohn, 
in Mohnsville, where he served three 
years. He was subsequently a clerk in 
stores in Gouglersville, Reinholdsville. 
Adamstown and Reemstown. For four 
years he was general manager of a store 
in the last mentioned place. He then re- 
moved to Reading, and in 1871 formed 
a partnership with his brothers in the 
hat manufacturing business. The firm 
of J. G. Mohn & Bro. is still in this busi- 
ness. For five years Mr. Mohn was also 
interested in the Mohn Hat Company, of 
Mohnsville. and for ten years in a hat 
commission house in New York. He has 
been a Director of the Penn National 
Bank since its incorporation in 1883; is a 
Director of the Reading Fire Insurance 
Company; and a stockholder and officer 
in a number of other companies. He was 
elected President of the Reading Board 
of Trade in January, 1903. He also served 
a term of four years in Select Council, 
being elected as a Republican. He was a 
delegate to the First General Conference 
of the United Evangelical Church in 
1894, and delegate to the first East Penn- 
sylvania Conference of the same denomin- 
ation. He is now Treasurer of the Mis- 
sionary Society and also Treasurer of the 
Albright College of that denomination. 
For some years he has been a member of 
the Board of Managers of the Pennsyl- 
vania Chautauqua at Mt. Gretna, Pa. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 



MOHN, Samuel Iv.: 

Postmaster; born Nov. 21, 1824, on Mohn 
Hill, Berks County, Pa; educated in com- 
mon schools in Berks County, Pa. Post- 
master at Mohnville, Pa. Wool hat manu- 
facturer and Interested in lumber and plan- 
ing mill and now retired; married to Su- 
sanna Spatz, Aug. 24, 1S47. He was one 
of the first settlers in the village of 
Mohnville, Berks County, in 1846. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, Mohnville, 
Berks County, Pa. 

MOHR, Charles: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, May 
2, 1 S 4 4 ; graduated from Hahnemann 
Medical College, 1875; Chief of staff of 
Hahnemann College dispensary, 1S77-18S2; 
senior visiting physician, Hahnemann 
Hospital, 1882-1901; lecturer on pharmacy, 
Hahnemann Medical College, 1879-1S81; 
lecturer on hygiene for New Century 
Club of Philadelphia, 1882; Professor of 
Clinical Medicine and Physical Diagnosis, 
Hahnemann Medical College, 1882-18&*, 
and Professor Materia Medica and Thera- 
peutics since 1885; Sec'y Homeopathic 
Medical Society, 1878-1884, and President 
1894-1896; President Pharmacological So- 
ciety of the Hahnemann Medical College 
and General Director of Hahnemann Hos- 
pital. Married, Aug. 1, 1866, Eliza J. 
Hulfish. Member Academy of Natural 
Sciences, Academy of Fine Arts, Depart- 
ment of Archaeology at University of 
Pennsylvania, American Public Health 
Association, American Academy of Po- 
litical and Social Science, American In- 
stitute of Homeopathy. He has written 
many papers on medical subjects. Ad- 
dress, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOHR. W. Frank: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Berks County; born 
at Tuscarora, Pa., Jan. 21, 1861; learned 
tne printing trade in the office of the Ma- 
hanoy City Tribune; entered newspaper 
work, and for the past twelve years has 
been engaged as reporter for the Read- 
ing Eagle; served in two wars, having 
been a private in the Governor's Troop, 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, of Har- 
risburg, during the Spanish-American 
war, and afterward a Second Lieutenant 
in the Thirty-ninth Infantry, United 
States Volunteers, this being one of the 
twenty regiments raised by special act of 
Congress to suppress the insurrection in ,, 
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of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

MONRO, George N.: 

Lawyer; born Nov. IS, 1S33, at Buck- 
1 inghamshire, England. In 1851 he was 
graduated from St. David's College, Car- 
| nathen, South Wales; in August, 1S54, 
I he came to America and soon after en- 
tered the General Theological Seminary 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New 
! Tork, where he was graduated in 1858. 
taking Greek prize. He was ordained to 
be deaconate and served in the Louisiana 
Diocese until 1860. He then moved to 
1 Pittsburg, taught school for a time, and 
in 1866 was admitted to the Allegheny 
!i County bar. Member of St. Peter's Epis- 
|| copal Church; also w r ell known in Masonic 
I circles, and member of the Church Club. 
1 Address, 422 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Edward Emmet: 

Physician; born in Newark, Ohio, May 
jl 15, 1S49; received early education in the 
| public schools, and was graduated from 
Denison University in 1871, with the de- 
gree of LL. D., 1901; also from Jefferson 
Medical College in 1874. Was the Interne 
at Philadelphia Hospital, 1S74-1875, and 
Professor of Obstetrics at the same in- 
stitution in 1878-1894; Professor of Gyne- 
cology, Medico-Chirurgical College, 1886- 
1891; Professor of Obstecrics and Gyne- 
cology, same, 1891-1892; Professor of Clin- 
ical Gynecology, Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege, 1892-1898; Professor of Gynecology, 
same, 1S98; Gynecologist of St. Joseph's 
Hospital since 1890; President of Phila- 
delphia Medical Club; ex-President of 
Philadelphia Clinical Society, Philadel- 
phia Obstetric Society, American Asso- 
ciation of Obstetrical Gynecologists, Penn- 
sylvania State Medical Society, Alumni 
Association of Jefferson College; is a 
member of the College of Physicians, Am- 
erican Gynecological Society, American 
Medical Association. Assistant editor of 
Universal Medical Annual and Sajous's 
Annual and Analytical Cyclopfedia of 
Practical Medicine. Contributor to Keat- 
ing & Coe's Practical Gynecology, Ameri- 
can Text Book of Gynecology, and vari- 
ous medical journals. Married, 1876, Hel- 
en M. Buckley. Is the author of "Prac- 
tical Gynecology," 1900. Address, 1703 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Morton L,.: 

Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., Nov. 10, 
1846; son of John Leonard Montgomery; 
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educated in the public schools, and then 
took up civil engineering as a professsion. 
After several years of practical work in 
the field in Berks and Schuylkill Coun- 
ties, he entered the office of Jacob S. 
Livingood, one of the oldest lawyers at 
the Reading bar, as a student at law. 
He also attended the law department of 
Harvard University for two terms. On 
Aug. 28, 1871, he was admitted to the 
Reading bar, where he has been in active 
practice ever since. Mr. Montgomery has 
given much attention to literary pur- 
suits, and is the author of a "Political 
Hand Book of Berks County, Pa," "His- 
tory of Berks County," "Berks County in 
the Revolution," "Sesqui-Centennial His- 
tory of Reading and Berks County," "His- 
tory of Conrad Weiser," and various 
pamphlets and newspaper articles. He 
was married in 1874 to Miss Florence 
Bush, a daughter of Dr. Andrew Bush, 
of East Coventry Township, Chester 
County, Pa. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Robert H.: 

Accountant; born in Mahanoy City, Pa., 
1872; educated in public schools; moved 
to Philadelphia in 1887; studied law and 
was admitted to the bar of Philadelphia 
County in 1900; served with Battery A, 
Philadelphia Light Artillery, in Porto 
Rico, during the Spanish-American War. 
Politically he is a Republican, and is a 
certified public accountant, member of 
the firm of Lybrand, Ross Brothers & 
Montgomery, and was active in securing 
the passage by the Pennsylvania Legis- 
lature of the present law recognizing that 
profession. Was one of the organizers 
and is Treasurer of the Federation of 
Societies of Public Accountants in the 
United States. Address, Germantown 
Cricket Club, Germantown, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Robert Hugrh: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from army pri- 
vate. Corporal, Sergeant and First Ser- 
geant, Fifth Cavalry, Aug. 6, 1860. to 
Dec. 17, 1862; Second Lieutenant, Fifth 
Cavalry, Nov. 29, 1862; dismissed Nov. 19. 
1863; reinstated Feb. 16, 1865; First Lieu- 
tenant April 25, 1865; Regimental Quar- 
termaster Aug. 3, 1865, to Dec. 31, 1866; 
Regimental Adjutant Dec. 31, 1866, to 
July 12, 1S69; Captain Jan. 3, 1870; Major, 
Tenth Cavalry, March 8, 1891; brevetted 
First Lieutenant June 9, 1863, for gal- 
lant and meritorious services in the bat- 
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1S63, for gallant and meritorious services 
in the battle of Brandy Station, Va., and 
Major Feb. 27, 1890, for gallant services in 
action against Indians at Muchos Can- 
yons, Ariz., Sept. 25, 1872, and in a scout 
made by him through Tonto Basin, Arzi., 
during the months of November and De- 
cember, 1874; retired April S, 1892. Ad- 
dress, 2021 Q St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 

MONTGOMERY, Thomas H.: 

President of The American Fire Insur- 
ance Company; born in Philadelphia Feb. 
23, 1830, a younger son of the Rev. James 
Montgomery, D. D., graduate of Prince- 
ton College, 1805. His mother was Mary 
Harrison, daughter of Thomas H. White 
(University, 1795). Educated at Gram- 
mar School under Rev. Dr. Crawford, and 
school of Rev. Dr. Faires, ol C. At the 
age of seventeen he entered the drug 
house of Charles Ellis & Co., took a 
course at the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy, and was graduated in 1851; 
after a few years entered the fire insur- 
ance business. In 1859, upon the organiz- 
ation of the Enterprise Insurance Com- 
pany, he became Assistant Secretary, 
Secretary and Vice President. From 1872 
to 1879 resided in New York as General 
Agent of the National Board of Fire 
Underwriters; in 1S80 he was elected Vice 
President of the American Fire Insur- 
ance Company, and President in April, 
1882, in which duty he still continues. 
While with the Insurance Company of 
North America he was asked by the 
President, Mr. Charles Piatt, *46 C, to 
write the history of this venerable in- 
stitution, and this was issued in 1885. 
He is a member of the New York His- 
torical Society, the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, Chester County Historical 
Society, the Pennsylvania Societies of the 
Sons of the Revolution and of Colonial 
Wars, the Colonial Society of Pennslvania, 
etc. He married Anna, daughter of Sam- 
uel George Morton, M. D. (Pennsylvania 
and Edinburgh), the distinguished ethno- 
logist, and President of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences. Address, SOS Walnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Thomas Lynch: 

Librarian; born in Germantown, Pa., 
March 4, 1S62; son of Oswald Crathorne 
and Catherine Gertrude (Lynch); educat- 
ed in High School of Pottstown, Pa, and 
Episcopal Academy, receiving the degree 
of A. B. from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1884. Married, in Philadelphia, 



Oct. 16, 1889, Brinca Gilpin. Actuary and 
Librarian of Wagner Free Institute of 
Science, 1886; founder of Pennsylvania 
Library Club, 1890; established first 
branch of Philadelphia Free Library, 1892; 
Trustee of Free Library of Philadelphia 
and Chairman of Library Committee 
since 1894; appointed by Governor Pen- 
nypacker, February, 1903, State Librarian 
of Pennsylvania. Republican in politics. 
Charter member of Keystone Library As- 
sociation; member of Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania, Academy of Natural 
Sciences, American Historical Association, 
Philobiblion Club, American Library As- 
sociation, life member of Spring Garden 
Institute Club; honorary member of Wyo- 
ming Historical and Geological Society, 
and Dauphin County Historical Society; 
organized Department of Public Records 
in connection with the State Library, 
1903; Secretary of Pennsylvania Free Li- 
brary Commission, Harrisburg. Resi- 
dence, 904 Clinton St., Philadelphia; office, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Thomas McBnrney: 

Conveyancer and real estate broker; born 
Nov. 26, 1831, in Philadelphia, Pa.; edu- 
cated until twelve years of age in pri- 
vate schools and in the public schools, 
and was graduated in 1S49 from the Cen- 
tral High School, Philadelphia. Devoted 
exclusively to profession of conveyancer 
and real estate law in the firm of Lukens 
& Montgomery, of fifty years standing. 
Married Anne Lloyd Borden on Jan. 23, 
1867, daughter of Joseph L. Borden of 
Rumson, Monmouth County, N. J. He 
was an Old Line Whig and is now a Re- 
publican. Address, 1135 Shackamaxon St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MONTGOMERY, Thomas AV.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Huntingdon County; 
born in West Township, Huntingdon 
County, Pa., on the farm bought in 1795 
by his grandfather, and now owned by 
him; educated in the common schools of 
his native township; was elected Treasur- 
er of Huntingdon County in 1873, and in 
1874 removed to Huntingdon, where he ■ 
has since resided; served as Chairman of 
the Republican County Committee in 1S82, 
and was a delegate to the Republican 
State Convention in 1S95; has filled the 
office of Councilman and Burgess of the 
borough of Huntingdon; elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1900; re- 
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MOODY, Colonel Samuel: 

General Passenger Agent of the Penn- 
sylvania lines west of Pittsburg; born 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1853. He was en- 
gaged for a time as a merchant at Beav- 
er, Pa., and entered the railway service 
in 1885, as traveling passenger agent of 
the Pennsylvania lines west, in Pittsburg. 
Two years later he was appointed Dis- 
trict Passenger Agent for the Pittsburg 
division. In March, 1893, he was appoint- 
er Assistant General Passenger Agent at 
Cincinnati for the same company, and 
was given this position at Pittsburg, on 
Jan. 1, 1895. April, 1904, his promotion 
to his present position was announced. 
Col. Moody is a man of military dis- 
tinction, being Quartermaster General 
of the Pennsylvania National Guard with 
the ranking title of Colonel. Address, 
Beaver, Pa. 

MOON, Reuben O: 

Member of Congress (Republican), of 
Philadelphia, is descended from one of the 
original company of the ship Welcome 
that sailed up the Delaware river in 
1682 and settled on Penn's Manor, in 
Bucks County, Pa.; one of the family was 
a member of the first council called by 
the proprietor after his arrival, and John 
Moon, the paternal ancestor of Reuben 
O. Moon was one of the first Judges 
of the State of Pennsylvania, being 
appointed by king's commission. Mr. 
Moon studied at home with his father, 
Aaron L. Moon, one of the most suc- 
cessful teachers of New Jersey, and 
supplemented that with a collegiate 
course, graduating in 1874; taught school, 
and later was a professor in and then 
President of the National School of Ora- 
tory, Philadelphia; engaged in lecturing, 
and studied law, being admitted to prac- 
tice in 1SS4; has participated in political 
campaigns since leaving college; was one 
of the founders and President of the 
Columbia Club. Is a member also of the 
Lawyers' Club and of the Historical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Married Mary A. 
Preedmore, of Barnegat, N. J., in 1876, 
and has two children; was elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress Nov. 2, 1903, to fill 
the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. 
Robert H. Foerderer. Address, 1530 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORE, Alonzo Ross: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Potter County; born 
in Belfast, Allegheny County, N. Y., April 



20, 1858; removed with his parents to 
Ulysses, Potter County, Pa., in 1867, and 
has since resided in Potter County; reared 
on a farm; educated in the public schools; 
was elected Sheriff in 1892; was a member 
of the Republican State Central Commit- 
tee in 1896-1897; was admitted to the bar 
of Potter County in March, 1897, and 
has since been engaged in the practice 
of law at Coudersport; was appointed ref- 
eree in bankruptcy for Potter County, 
Western district of Pennsylvania, in May, 

1899, and was appointed referee for Pot- 
ter and Cameron Counties in the Middle 
district of Pennsylvania in May, 1901; has 
always been a stanch Republican; elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
November, 1902. Address, Coudersport, Pa. 

MOORE, diaries Leonard: 

Author; born in Philadelphia, March 
16, 1854; son of Joseph and Marry E. 
Moore; educated in the public schools of 
that city; was appointed United States 
Consular Agent at San Antonio, Brazil. 
Author of "Atlas," 1881; "Poems, An- 
tique and Modern," 1883; "Book of Day 
Dreams," 1883; "Banquet of Palacios," 
1889; "Odes," 1896; "Ghost of Rosalys," 

1900. Address, 1501 Pine St., Philadelphia. 

MOORE, Clarence Rloomfield: 

Archreologist; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 
14, 1852; received his preparatory educa- 
tion in the public schools and was gradu- 
ated from Harvard in 1873. Early be- 
came interested in the subject of ar- 
cheology, and in pursuit of his investiga- 
tions traveled in nearly every part of 
Europe, in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, 
Greece, Turkey; made journeys across the 
Andes and down the Amazon in 1876, 
and in 1S7S-1879 made a trip around the 
world; on his return made an extensive 
tour of the United States and Canada; 
for the past twelve years has been ex- 
tensively engaged in exploring Indian 
mounds in South Carolina, Georgia, Flor- 
ida, and Alabama; Fellow of the Ameri- 
can Association for the Advancement of 
Science and is a member of many learned 
societies. Author of "Certain Sand 
Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida," 
1894; "Certain Sand Mounds of Duval 
County. Florida," 1895; "Certain Aborig- 
inal Mounds of the Georgia Coast," 1897; 
"Certain Aboriginal Mounds of the Coast 
of South Carolina (including mounds of 
Savannah and Altamaha rivers), 1898; 
"Certain Aboriginal Remains of the Ala- 
bama River," 1899; "Certain Antiquities 



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of the Florida West Coast," 1900; "Cer- 
tain Aboriginal Remains of the North- 
west Florida Coast," 1902; and many 
minor papers published by Academy ol 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Address, 
1321 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORE, David TV.: 

Editor; born in Oil City, Pa., Sept. S, 
1903; educated in Grove City, Pa., Col- 
lege. Married Miss Josephine Phillips of 
South Oil City, Pa. Is in the newspaper 
business and editor of the Grove City 
Herald, Grove City, Pa. Republican in 
politics. Address, Grove City, Pa. 

MOORE, Dnnlop: 

Clergyman; born in Lurgan, County Ar- 
magh, Ireland, July 25, 1830, pursued a 
course of studies at Edinburgh and Bel- 
fast; was graduated in 1854, with degree of 
D. D.; he was a missionary of Irish Pres- 
byterian Church to Gujurat, India, 1855- 
1867 and to the Jews in Vienna, 1S69- 
1S74; in 1875 became pastor of the Pres- 
byterian Church, New Brighton, Pa., but 
for some years has been engaged in 
evangelical work and in contributing to 
religious weekly journals and quarterly 
reviews. Assisted in translating the 
Bible into the Gujurati tongue and in the 
same language wrote treatises on Jain- 
ism and Mohammedanism. Edited The 
Guyandipaka in same language, while in 
India He contributed to Schaff-Lange 
Commentary and to Schaff-Herzog Ency- 
clopaedia. Married, 1870, Miss R. A. Luis, 
of Hamburg, Germany. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MOORE, Edward Hlaclcfan: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion- First Lieutenant and Regimental 
Quartermaster 13Sth Pennsylvania Infan- 
try Aug 26, 1862; discharged to accept 
promotion July 4, 1864. Captain and 
Commissary of Subsistence United States 
Volunteers May 28, 1864; honorably mus- 
tered out July 31, 1S65. Brevetted Major 
United States Volunteers July 18, 1865, 
"for efficient and meritorious services. ' 
Elected May 2, 1S8S. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, lo35 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORE, Franklin J.: 

Secretary of the General Accident In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia, and As- 
sistant United States Manager of the 
General Accident Assurance Corporation 



of Perth, Scotland; was born at Morrow, 
Ohio, Dec. 11, 1861. He obtained his edu- 
cation in the public schools, after leaving 
which he was for three years a stenog- 
rapher. Since 1SS5 he has been in the 
personal accident insurance business, be- 
coming in that year New York Agent 
for the New England Mutual Accident 
Association of Boston. In 1SS9 he became 
Superintendent of agencies, with head- 
quarters in Boston, and in 1S96 Secretary 
and General Manager of the Company, 
until its business was reinsured with the 
General Accident Assurance Corporation 
in April, 1899, when he accepted his pres- 
ent position. He is also President of the 
International Association of Accident Un- 
derwriters, and President of the Moore 
Manufacturing Company. Address, 834 
South 39th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORE, Harry: 

President of the Hill Top German Sav- 
ings Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MOORE, James Miles: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Private Company G, Nineteenth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, April 18 to Aug. 8, 1861; 
Second Lieutenant Ninetieth Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry Feb. 21, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant March 10, 1S62; resigned April .. 
1S63; Captain Assistant Quartermaster 
Volunteers March 11, 1863 to July 2, 
1S64; Captain Assistant Quartermaster 
United States Army July 2, 1S64; Major 
Quartermaster June 13, 1S67; Lieutenant 
Colonel Depot Quartermaster July 2, 18S3; 
Colonel Assistant Quartermaster General 
Jan 14 1S95; retired Oct. 26, 1901; com- 
missioned Brigadier General. 1904; brevet 
Major March 13, 1S65 for faithful and 
meritorious service during the war and 
Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 24, 1865, for 
faithful and meritorious service. Address, 
care Depot Quartermaster. Army Build- 
ing, New York, Is. Y. 

MOORE, James W.a 

Physicist, Educator, Dean of the Par- 
dee School of Science; born in Easton. 
Pa June 14, 1844; was a graduate of the : 
Easton High School, I860; Lafayette Col- 
lege 1864; A. M., 1S67; M. D., University 1 
of Pennsylvania, 1869. Member of the I 
faculty of Lafayette College since Jan. 8, 
1866- tutor. 1866-1868; Adjunct Profess- 
or 1868-1872; Professor of Mechanics and 
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Engineering- were organized under his di- 
rection. He was a member of the Amer- 
ican Philosophical Society, Fellow of the 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, American Academy of 
Medicine. Pennsylvania State Medical So- 
ciety and on its Legislative Committee. 
Member of the Sons of the Revolution. 
Historian General of the Founders and 
Patriots of America, 1607-1657; member 
Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon, 
etc. Author of Electric-dynamic Phenom- 
ena, 1S88; "Notes on a Course of Lectures 
on Light." 1889; "The Elements of Natu- 
ral Philosophy for the Use of Engineering 
Students," 1891; "The Elements of Natu- 
ral Philosophy for the Use of Junior stu- 
dents in College," 1891; "Methods of In- 
vestigation and Record Book of Experi- 
ments in Physics," 1892; "Instruments and 
Methods of Physical Measurements," 
1S92; "Some Thoughts on the Necessary 
Preliminary Training for the Medical 
Profession," 1893, Number 17 Bulletin 
of the American Academy of Medicine; 
"Simple Harmonic Motion," 1S94; "An 
Attempt to Analyze the Statistics of 
Diphtheria in Easton from 188S to 1894 
inclusive," 1894, Lehigh Valley Medical 
Magazine; "Some Sanitary Questions"; 
Transactions of the Northampton County 
Medical Society, 1S95; "Syllabus of a 
Course of Lectures on Heat; Syllabus of 
a Course of Lectures on Electricity," 
1895; "Address on Hygiene," 1896; Tran- 
sactions of Pennsylvania State Medical 
Society; "American Ancestral Chart of a 
Branch of the Family of Rev. John 
Moore, of Newtown, L. I., which settled 
in Pennsylvania," 1897; "Records of the 
Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends, 
Hunterdon County, New Jersey," 1900,' 
"Rev. John Moore, of Newtown', L. I.', 
and Some of His Descendants," etc. Ad- 
dress, Easton, Pa. 

MOORE, John Percys 

Instructor; born at Williamsport, Pa., 
May 17, 1869, educated in public schools 
of Philadelphia; was graduated from the 
Central High School in 1886; learned elec- 
tric lighting business 1886-1888; was 
graduated from University of Pennsylva- 
nia 1S90; married Kathleen Carter, 1892; 
Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania, 1896; 
Assistant Instructor Zoology University 
of Pennsylvania 1890-1892; Instructor 
same 1892-1904; Scientific Assistant to 
United States Fish Commission. 1S90-1904; 
instructor of Zoology at Hahnemann 
Medical College 1S96-189S; Instructor of 



Marine Biological Laboratory, 1901-1904. 
Member and corresponding secretary of 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 
delphia. Member of the Society of Am- 
erican Zoologists, Societe Zoologique de 
France, Psi Upsilon and Sigma Xi fra- 
ternities, etc. Author of numerous zoo- 
logical papers in scientific journals, chiefly 
upon annelids and vertebrates and bio- 
logico-economic questions relating to fish- 
eries. Address, University of Pennsylva- 
nia, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORE, John Philips: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Pittsburg, Allegheny County, 
Pa., April 12, 1856; was educated in the 
public schools and is a graduate of Duff's 
Business College of Pittsburg; for the 
past twenty years has been Assistant 
Manager of the Knoxville Land Improve- 
ment Company; is Treasurer of the Knox- 
ville Incline Plane Company and Presi- 
dent of the Knoxville Light and Ice Com- 
pany; is Borough Treasurer, and was Jus- 
tice of the Peace of Knoxville for six- 
teen years; has held various other posi- 
tions of trust; in 1888 was a delegate to 
the Republican National Convention, and 
was a delegate to the Republican State 
Convention in 1893; elected to the House 
of Representatives in 1900; re-elected in 
November, 1902. Address, Knoxville, 
Tenn. 

MOORE, R. H.s 

President of the Deposit National Bank 
of Dubois. Address, Dubois, Clearfield 
County Pa. 

MOORE, Ziba T.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
Aug. 11, 1S65; educated at the Rugby 
Academy, West Chester State Normal 
School, and was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania Daw School; was 
admitted to the Philadelphia bar in June 
1SS7, and then entered upon the active 
practice of law; was elected School Di- 
rector of the Fifteenth section school 
board, serving from 1891 to 1895; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1S96, and served until the end 
of the session, when he resigned to ac- 
cept the position of Assistant District 
Attorney of Philadelphia under George S. 
Graham, which position he held until the 
end of Mr. Graham's term, when he re- 
tired from the office, and has since de- 



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voted his entire time and attention to 
the practice of his profession; is a mem- 
ber of the Union League of Philadelphia; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Residence, 412 West 
Price St., Germantown; office 507 Crozer 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOORHEAD, John, Jr.: 

President of the Moorhead Bros. & 
Co., iron mills, Sharpsburg, Pa.; is one 
of Pittsburg's most prominent manufac- 
turers and club men and Director Ex- 
change Bank, Monongahela "Water Co., 
Standard Underground Cable Co., Etna 
& Vesuvius Coal Co., etc. He was born 
in Pittsburg and prepared for college at 
the Western University, and Phillips 
Academy, Andover, Mass. In 18S0 he 
graduated from Yale University and was 
admitted into the partnership of Moor- 
head Bros. & Co. His energy and ability 
at once placed him in complete charge 
of the management of the company. Mr. 
Moorhead was married April 7, 1881, to 
Annie D, Alston of Chicago. They have 
two sons and two daughters. Mr. Moor- 
head has been active and is connected in 
various capacities with many of the city's 
large business concerns. He has been for 
years a guarantor of the Pittsburg Or- 
chestra and a member of the Union, 
Pittsburg. Duquesne, Allegheny Country, 
and Duquesne Kennel Clubs of Pittsburg; 
the University, Tale and Brook Clubs, 
New York, and of the Essex Country 
Club, Manchester, Mass. And a member 
of the Academy of Science and Art and 
Art Society. Address, 928 Ridge Ave., Al- 
legheny, Pa. 

MOORHEAD, William Jefferson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Seventeenth 
United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; Cap- 
tain June 27, 1S62; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged July 21, 1S65; brevetted 
Major United States Army July 6, 1864, 
"for gallant services during the war, es- 
pecially at the battles of Fredericksburg, 
Va„ and Gettysburg, Pa." Elected Oct. 
20, 1SS6. Address care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

MORAJi, Peter: 

Painter, etcher, illustrator; born in Bol- 
ton, Lancashire, Englajid, March 4, 1842; 
he was graduated from the Harrison 
Grammar School, Philadelphia, in 1857. 



Married, July 7, 1867, Emily Kelley, Dub- 
lin, Ireland. Mrs. Moran is also a paint- 
er and etcher of some repute. Mr. Moran 
studied with his brothers, Thomas and 
Edward Moran, in England, 1863. He is 
a member of the Art Club of Philadelphia 
and President of Society of Etchers. His 
paintings are principally of landscapes 
and animal subjects. Address, 1322 Jef- 
ferson St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORDECAI, Alfred: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
retired; born in Pennsylvania; appointed 
from District of Columbia; Cadet Mili- 
tary Academy July 1, 1857; brevet Second 
Lieutenant June 24, 1861; Second Lieuten- 
ant Aug. 3, 1861; transferred to ordnance 
Oct. 23, 1861; First Lieutenant March 3, 
1863; Captain June 1, 1863; Major June 
23, 1874; Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 4, 1882; 
Colonel Jan. 31, 1S91; brevetted Major 
Sept. 7, 1863, for gallant and meritorious 
services in the siege of Fort Wagner, 
S. C, and Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 
1865, for distinguished services in the 
field and faithful and meritorious services 
in the Ordnance Department during the 
war. Address, The Westover, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

MORE, Wilson P.: 

Pastor Reformed Church; born near 
Bethlehem, Pa., March 2, 1858; educated 
in the public schools and Lehigh Univer- 
sity, graduating in 1883; received the de- 
gree of A. M. from his Alma Mater; 
studied theology in the Seminary of the 
Reformed Church at Lancaster, Pa., grad- 
uting in 1SS6; ordained and installed as 
pastor of Salem Reformed Church, Cata- 
sauqua, Pa., in 1886, which position he 
resigned June 12, 1904, to become Super- 
intendent of Bethany Orphans' Home, 
Womelsdorf, Pa. Editor of the consis- 
tory department of the Reformed Church 
Messenger since 1893, and Professor of 
German in the Allentown College for 
Women since November, 1899. Trans- 
lated a number of hymns into German, 
among them being "Lead. Kindly Light" 
and "Abide with Me, Fast Falls the 
Eventide." Married Matilda Applegate 
June 26. 1S83. Democrat in politics. Ad- 
dress, Womelsdorf, Pa. 

MOREHOUSE, George Rend: 

Physician; born in Mt. Holly, N. J., 
March 25, 1829; received his preparatory 
education in private schools, and was 
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1892); Jefferson Medical College, 1851, 
and from the University of Pennsylvania, 
medical department, 1875; acting assist- 
ant surgeon in charge of special hospital 
for nervous diseases in Philadelphia, 1862- 
1865. Married, in 1887, Mary Ogden. 
Wrote "Researches on the Anatomy and 
Physiology of Respiration in Chelonia," 
and papers on surgical subjects in collabo- 
ration with Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. Is a 
member of the principal medical, phil- 
osophical and scientific societies of Phila- 
delphia. Address, 2033 Walnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

MORELAND, A. M.: 

President of the Moreland Trust Com- 
pany of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

MORGAN, A. S. M.: 

President of the Pennsylvania National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MORGAN, George: 

Journalist; born in Concord, Del., Oct. 
10, 1854; educated in the Concord, Del., 
schools, 1860-1870, and Laurel Academy, 
Laurel, Del., 1871; was graduated from 
the Delaware College, Newark, Del., in 
1875, with the degree of A. M. Has been 
engaged in journalism since 1875, having 
been on editorial staffs of the Philadelphia 
Times, Philadelphia Press and Philadel- 
phia Record. Author of "John Littlejohn, 
of J," 1S95 (first in point of time of the 
latter-day Revolutionary novels). Wrote 
"Battlefield Letters" (newspaper letters), 
in D. Parish, Jr., collection, New York 
Historical Society; "Bronze Button 
Heroes," Lippincott's Magazine, 1899. 
Address, 917 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

MORGAN, Joseph: 

Mechanical Engineer; member of the 
Pennsylvania Commandery of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legion; Third 
Assistant Engineer (Midshipman), United 
States Navy, Nov. 16, 1861; received de- 
gree of A. M., class of 1862, from Central 
High School, of Philadelphia. Second 
Assistant Enginer (Ensign) Aug. 25, 
1863; resigned Jan. 5, 1866. Elected May 
4, 1892. Address. 408 Franklin St., Johns- 
town, Pa. 

MORGAN, Randal: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Oct. 18, 
1853; studied at the Germantown Acad- 
emy, and was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1873. He then 



took up the study of law in the office of 
Morgan & Lewis, and was admitted to 
the bar of Philadelphia in 1877. In his 
practice he has attended specially to cor- 
poration law, and in 1882 was appointed 
general counsel for the United Gas Im- 
provement Company. This position he 
still holds, and has been Third Vice Pres- 
ident of that company since 1892. He 
was elected a Trustee of the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1897, and is a mem- 
ber of the Rittenhouse, Manufacturers' 
and University Clubs of Philadelphia, 
and of the Lotus and University Clubs of 
New York. Address, Chestnut Hill, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

MORGAN, Thomas Hunt: 

Scientist; born at Lexington, Ky., Sept. 
25, 1866; son of Charles H. Morgan; was 
graduated from the State College of Ken- 
tucky with the degree of B. S. (Ph. D., 
Johns Hopkins) ; Professor of Biology at 
Bryn Mawr College. Author of "The 
Development of the Frog's Egg," 1897; 
"Regeneration," 1901; also monographs 
and papers on biological and embryolog- 
ical subjects. A.ddress, Bryn Mawr. Pa. 

MORRELL, Edward De Veaux: 

Lawyer; born in Newport, R. I., Aug. 
7, 1862; was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, receiving the de- 
grees of B. A. in 1885, and A. M. and 
LL. B. in 1897. Admitted to bar, 1887; 
was member of Select Council of Philadel- 
phia, 1891-1894; entered National Guard 
of Pennsylvania as Colonel of the Third 
Regiment; became Inspector General and 
later Brigadier General, commanding the 
First Brigade. Elected to Fifty-sixth 
Congress from the Fifth Congressional 
District in 1900, to fill vacancy. Member 
of the present Congress. Republican in 
politics. Married, 1S89, Louise Bouvier 
Drexel. Address, 329 S. Broad St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

MORRIS, Alexander G.: 

Miner and manufacturer; born at Free- 
port, Pa., Nov. 5, 1834; studied the car- 
penters' trade, and in his eighteenth 
year began business for himself as a con- 
tractor and builder. In this he was very 
successful, and from carpentry he 
branched out into the oil, coal and lime- 
stone trade, being one of the pioneers in 
this field in Venango County. His in- 
terest in coal led him to West Virginia, 
in which State he became largely inter- 
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is more closely concerned, however, with 
limestone interests, and is also propri- 
etor of a large machine shop and foundry 
at Tyrone, Pa. In addition he is Presi- 
dent of the Blair County Banking Com- 
pany. For several years he was a mem- 
ber of the Council of Tyrone, and in 1896 
was appointed manager of the Pennsyl- 
vania Industrial Reformatory at Hunt- 
ingdon. Address, Tyrone, Pa. 

MORRIS, Charles: 

Author and literary editor; born in 
Chester, Pa., Oct. 1, 1833; educated in 
public and private schools; taught one 
term in public schools and about two 
years in a school of language in Philadel- 
phia, 1858-1860. He was engaged as Su- 
perintendent in a carriage-bolt manu- 
factory. 1860-1878; since then has been de- 
voted to literary productions. His works 
include: "A Manual of Classical Litera- 
ture"; "The Aryan Race"; "Civilization, 
an Historical Review of its Elements" 
(Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago); "King 
Arthur and the Knights of the Round 
Table" (modernized from Malory's 
"Morte D' Arthur"); "Tales from the 
Dramatists" (4 vols.); "Historical Tales" 
(11 vols.); "The War With Spain"; "Our 
Nation's Navy"; "Our Island Empire"; 
"Primary, Elementary and Advanced 
School Histories of the United States"; 
"Students' History of the World" (J. B. 
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia); "Man 
and His Ancestor" (The Macmillan Com- 
pany, New York); "Famous Men and 
Great Events of the Nineteenth Cen- 
tury"; "Life of Queen Victoria"; "Life of 
William McKinley"; "The Volcano's 
Deadly Work"; "New Century History 
of the United States"; "Our Naval He- 
roes"; "The World's Famous Orators"; 
"Lives of the Presidents," etc., (John O. 
Winston Company, Philadelphia); "The 
Handy Dictionary of Biography" (Henry 
C. Coates & Co., Philadelphia). He is the 
editor of "Half Hours with the Best 
American Authors" and other works in 
the same series (18 vols., J. B. Lippin- 
cott Company); "Makers of Philadel- 
phia"; "Makers of New York" (L. R. 
Hamersly & Co.); "The Encyclopedic Dic- 
tionary" (Philadelphia edition); "The 
Imperial Reference Library" (Syndicate 
Publishing Company); "The Twentieth 
Century Cyclopedia of Useful Informa- 
tion" (I. C. Winston Company). In ad- 
dition Mr. Morris has written much in 
prose and verse for magazines and news- 
papers, works of juvenile fiction, papers 



on scientific subjects, etc. For two years 
he edited the New Science Review. He 
has been a member of the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia since 
1869 and of its council since 1883, and has 
contributed frequently to its "Proceed- 
ings." He is a member of the Contem- 
porary Club and the Geographical So- 
ciety of Philadelphia, the London Society 
for Psychical Research and Vice President 
of its Philadelphia section. Address, 
2223 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



MORRIS, Effingham B.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Aug. 23, 
1856; he is a son of Israel W. Morris, 
and a descendant of Samuel Morris, Cap- 
tain of the First City Troop, Philadelphia 
Cavalry, in the Revolution, and of An- 
thony Morris, second Mayor of Philadel- 
phia, and a Justice of the First Supreme 
Court of the colony. Mr. Morris was 
graduated from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1875. He was admitted to 
the bar in 1878, and engaged in estate 
and corporation practice. For a number 
of years he was general attorney for the 
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and 
counsel for the Girard Trust Company. 
He served one term in the Common Coun- 
cil of Philadelphia, as the candidate of 
the "Committee of One Hundred." a re- 
form organization. He declined a re- 
nomination, but in 1883 was elected a 
Trustee of the Gas Works, then a nest of 
political jobbery. He did much toward 
reforming its methods. Mr. Morris was 
one of the receivers of the Schuylkill 
Navigation Company, and is a Direc- 
tor of the Fourth Street National Bank, 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and 
many of its allied lines, of the Mutual 
Life Insurance Company of New York, 
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, the 
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, 
and other corporations. In 1S87 he was 
elected President of the Girard Trust Com- 
pany. He was chairman of both the 
Pennsylvania and Cambria Steel Com- 
panies. He is personal Trustee of several 
large estates; member of the Philadelphia 
Union League, Rittenhouse, the Univer- 
sity, and several other clubs. He married, 
in 1S79. Ellen Douglas Burroughs. Ad- 
dress, Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa., 
and Ardmore, Pa. 

MORRIS, Galloway C: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia in 
1^37: son of Caspar Morris, M. D. ; edu- 
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copal Church; entered the employ of Chas. 
E. Smith & Co. at the Fairmount Iron 
Works, leaving there in 1855 to go to the 
Cambria Iron Works, at Johnstown, un- 
der the firm of Wood, Morrell & Co. En- 
gaged in coal business in 1857, in Phila- 
delphia, and continued until 1872. In the 
employ of the Philadelphia & Reading 
Coal and Iron Company until 1875, when 
he became a member of the firm of Mar- 
tin Nixon & Co., paper manufacturers, 
at Manyunk. In 1877 went to Europe, 
and has since then led a retired life, with 
the exception of eight years, when he was 
Commissioner of the Seaboard Steam Coal 
Association. During the war served with 
the regiment known as Gray Reserves. 
After the war took active part in the 
reorganization of the National Guard of 
Pennsylvania and in connection with the 
First Regiment. National Guard of Penn- 
sylvania; on staff of Brigadier Generals 
Hofmann, Wagner and Thayer, and Aide 
on staff of Governor H. M. Hoyt. Held 
at different times office under city govern- 
ment as a member of Board of Port War- 
dens. Trustee of City Ice Boats, and in 
Board of Charities and Correction; mem- 
ber of Board of Managers of Pennsyl- 
vania Institution for Instruction of Blind; 
Preston Retreat; Germantown Hospital, 
and other philanthropic work. Spends 
most of the time at his summer cottage, 
Lake George, N. Y. Residence, 128 So. 
Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORRIS, Harrison Smith: 

Managing Director Pennsylvania Acad- 
emy of the Fine Arts; editor Lippincott's 
Magazine since January, 1899; born in 
Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1856; son of George 
W. and Catharine (Harris) Morris; edu- 
cated in the public schools. Married, June 
2, 1S96, Anna Wharton. Author of "A 
Duet in Lyrics," poems (with J. A. Hen- 
ry), 1SS3; "Tales from Ten Poets," 1893; 
"Madonna and Other Poems," 1894; edit- 
ed "In the Yule Log Glow," 1892; "Where 
Meadows Meet the Sea," 1892; also wrote 
a continuation and completion of Lamb's 
Tales from Shakespeare, 1893, etc. Resi- 
dence, Milestown; office, Broad and 
Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORRIS, James Cheston: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia May 28, 
1831; was graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1S51, receiving the de- 
grees of A. M. and M. D. in 1854. Has 
made a specialty of uterine and nervous 



diseases, and his practice in Philadelphia 
is very extensive; holds important hos- 
pital appointments; Contract Surgeon, 
United States Army, October, 1862, to Au- 
gust, 1863; examiner and lecturer in Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1855-1863. Has 
invented and patented several devices. 
Curator of Philosophical Society, 18S9- 
1901 ; Director of Biological and Micro- 
scopical section of Academy of Natural 
Sciences, 1897-1904; Translated Lehmann's 
"Chemical Physiology," 1856. Author of 
"Milk Supply of Large Cities; Water 
Supply of Philadelphia," and many 
articles in medical magazine on sanitary, 
biological, medical and literary subjects. 
Twice married, first, 1854, Hannah A. 
Tyson; second, Mary E. Johnson. Ad- 
dress, 1514 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORRIS, John Rogers; 

Soldier; employee United . States Sub- 
Treasury, Philadelphia, Pa.; born in New 
London, Conn., April 20, 1843; son of 
Capt. Wm. H. Morris and Emma Rogers 
Morris. Private, Company E, Second 
Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, from 
May 7, 1861, to Aug. 7, 1861; ordinary 
seaman on U. S. Revenue Cutter James 
Campbell from Sept. 18, 1861, to Feb. 3, 
1S62; enlisted in the Fourteenth United 
States Infantry May 7, 1862; promoted 
Quartermaster Sergeant, Second Battal- 
ion, Fourteenth United States Infantry, 
from date of enlistment; honorably dis- 
charged for promotion Sept. 5, 1864; Cap- 
tain, Company I, Thirty-first United 
States Colored Infantry, Sept. 27, 1864; 
honorably discharged and musterd out 
Nov. 7, 1865. Served continuously with 
Army of the Potomac and Army of the 
James; was present at battle of first 
Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861; also at 
surrender at Appomattox, April 9, 1865. 
After the surrender went to Texas with 
General Sheridan's army of observation, 
serving on the frontier until finally mus- 
tered out; was voted a medal of honor 
by the Legislature of Connecticut for 
enlisting under the first call of Presi- 
dent Lincoln for troops for the de- 
fense of Washington. Married June 17, 
1868, Elizabeth M. Miner at Lyme, Conn. 
After close of Civil War settled in Phil- 
adelphia, engaging in wholesale drug 
business until 1S9S. In 1902 was appointed 
to a position in United States Sub-Treas- 
ury at Philadelphia. Member of Pennsyl- 
vania Commandery of the Military Order 
of the Loyal Legion, Pennsylvania Soci- 



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ety Sons of the Revolution, and the Ma- 
sonic fraternity. Address, 1928 Judson 
Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORRIS, Lawrence Jolinson: 

Cashier of Lawrence Johnson & Co., 
foreign merchants and bankers, Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; born September 27, 1870, at 
"Fernbank," in Birmingham Township, 
Chester Co., Pa.; son of J. Cheston 
Morris, M. D., of Philadelphia; graduate 
of Wm. Penn Charter School, Phila- 
delphia, 1885; received degree of A. B. 
from Haverford College, 18S9; formerly 
president of Wade-Gilpin Co., (now 
Charles Gilpin) builders and contractors, 
Philadelphia. Address, 1514 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORRIS, Meredith D.: 

Principal of the Bradford High School; 
was born at Kennon, Belmont Co., Ohio. 
June 15, 1871; in 18S6-1888 attended Flush- 
ing, Ohio, High School, began teaching 
at Egypt, Ohio, in 1889, transferred to 
Flushing, Ohio, District No. 1, until 1891, 
when he entered Mt. Union College, 
Alliance, Ohio; graduated from the Nor- 
mal department in 1893; continued class- 
ical course, and graduated in 1895 with 
the degree of A. B. ; he took military 
work in Infantry, Artillery and Military 
Signaling; was Sergeant, Second Lieuten- 
ant, First Lieutenant of Infantry and 
Captain of the Artillery; entered Harvard 
University in 1S95, graduated with the 
degree of A. B., 1896, with special men- 
tion in history; principal of high school, 
South Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Mass., 
September, 1896-1898; principal Martin's 
Ferry, Ohio, High School, September, 
1899-1903. In 1901 received degree cl 
Master of Arts pro merito from Mt. 
Union College; member Union Lodge 
334 F. and A. M. and Tuna Lodge 441 
I. O. O. F. Address, Bradford, Pa. 

MORRIS, Thomas Gilhert: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives, from Philadelphia; was 
born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 
Canada, September 11, 1867; moved to 
Philadelphia in May, 1S76, and was edu- 
cated in the public schools of that city; 
entered the employ of the George W. 
Blabon Oil Cloth Works, where he be- 
came proficient in the art of printing and 
decorating; resigned his position with 
them to enter the bureau of wat^r as in- 
spector; has been actively engaged in 
politics since attaining his majority; 



elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, 1614 N. 27th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORRISON, D. W.: 

Principal of Tionesta High School; son 
of Robert C. and Esther Hill Morrison; 
was born at Belleview, Pennsylvania, 
August 25, 1S65; at the age of five re- 
moved with his parents to Clarion 
County; was educated in the public 
schools, Clark's Commercial College and 
the Clarion State Normal School, gradu- 
ating in 1894. Since graduating has been 
principal of the Strattonville, Glen Hazel 
public schools and of the Westport, North 
Clarendon, and Tionesta High Schools; 
was married April 15, 1891, to Miss Kate 
E. Ion, of Clarion County. Address, Tio- 
nesta, Pa. 

MORRISON, Thomas: 

General Superintendent of the Edgar 
Thomas steel plant of the Carnegie Steel 
Company; was born in Scotland, Decem- 
ber 5, 1861, and received a common 
school education; his spare time he de- 
voted to drawing and on leaving school 
was apprenticed to learn the trade of a 
machinest and engineer; in 1SS6 he came 
to America; his first position he obtained 
in the Homestead works of Andrew Car- 
negie; he was soon advanced to a fore- 
manship and later became assistant mas- 
ter mechanic. His next promotion found 
him in charge of the armor plate depart- 
ment; in 1S91 he was made superintendent 
of the Duquesne steel works, and in 1895 
assumed his present position; he has been 
one of the loyal young partners of An- 
drew Carnegie. Address, North High- 
land Ave., Pittsburg. Pa. 

MORRISON, Thomas A.: 

Judge of the Superior Court of Penn- 
sylvania; was born in Pleasantville, 
Venango County, Pennsylvania, May 4, 
1S40: his paternal grandparents came 
from the north of Ireland, and his father, 
William Morrison, was born in Centre 
Co., Pa., in 1804; his mother was Eliza- 
beth McMaster, of Scottish descent; re- 
ceived common school and Academic edu- 
cation at Pleasantville; courses at Penn- 
sylvania State Normal School of Edin- 
boro, Pa., and Poughkeepsie, New York; 
at one time he taught school. In July, 1862, 
he enlisted as a private in Company A. 
121st Pennsylvania Volunteers, and lost 
his left arm and received a severe wound 
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December 13, 1862; he spent the winter 
of 1862-63 in Armory Square Hospital, at 
Washington, D. C. : was discharged in 
April, 1863, and in 1864-65 filled the office 
of Justice of the Peace at Pleasant- 
ville, Venango County, Pa. ; Treasurer 
of Venango County in 1S68 and 1869; 
1870 was Deputy Internal Revenue Col- 
lector at Oil City, Pa.; On March 31, 
1870, married Helen S. Gardner, at War- 
saw, New York. Read law and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in Venango County; 
practiced his profession at Pleasantville, 
Pa., until 1S79, when he removed to 
Smethport, and in active practice there 
until September, 1887, when he was ap- 
pointed by Governor Beaver Judge of the 
48th Judicial District; in November of 
the same year elected to the same judicial 
office for a term of ten years from Jan- 
uary, 1888; in 1897 was re-elected for 
another term of ten years; during his 
second term McKean County was made 
a separate judicial district, and on Sep- 
tember 10, 1901, he was commissioned 
President Judge of the 48th District; 
served on the bench until December, 1902, 
when he was appointed a Judge of the 
Superior Court of Pennsylvania by Gov- 
ernor Stone, to fill vacancy caused by the 
retirement of Judge John I. Mitchell; on 
December 30, 1902, he was commissioned 
a Judge of the Superior Court until the 
first Monday of January, 1904; was nomi- 
nated by the Republican party of Penn- 
sylvania for a ten-year term on the bench 
of the Superior Court, and in November, 
1903, was elected and commissioned by 
the Governor to serve term of ten years 
from January, 1904; he has now been on 
the bench of the two courts nearly seven- 
teen years. Address, Smethport, McKean 
Co.. Pa. 

MORRISON, Thomas Maxwell, A. M.i 

Presbyterian minister; was born Nov. 
21, 1S67, Fredericksburg, Va.; graduated 
at Lafayette College 1SSS, and Princeton 
Theological Seminary 1S92; was ordained 
by Presbytery of Chester 1S92; was assist- 
ant pastor of Mutchmore Memorial 
Church, Philadelphia, Pa., 1892-93; Pastor 
First Presbyterian Church Shenandoah, 
Pa., 1893-98; First Presbyterian Church 
of Mahanoy City, Pa., 1898-1904; member 
of Pennsylvania Synod in 1898, and Pres- 
byterian General Assembly in 1900; was 
President of Schuylkill County Sabbath 
School Association, 189S-1902; has been 
Secretary of Trustees of Mahanoy City 
Public Library since 1S9S; permanent 



clerk of Lehigh Presbytery __since 1898; 
secured a patent for practical filler for 
individual communion cups in 1901; 
author, "The Royal Visitor" and "The 
Freeman's Hymn." Address, Mahanoy 
City, Pa. 

MORRISON, William P.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House 
of Representatives, from Westmoreland 
County; was born at Weaver's Old Stand, 
Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland 
County, Pa., Dec. 8, 1863; educated 
in the common schools of the county, 
and was graduated from Duff's Business 
College, at Pittsburg, in 1882; was 
bookkeeper for the United Coal & Coke 
Company two years; in the spring of 
1SS5 removed to Uniontown, Fayette 
County, and was employed as chief clerk 
and manager of the J. D. Boyd Coal Com- 
pany, in which capacity he served six 
years; was Secretary and Treasurer of 
the Thompson Glass Company three 
years; elected a memmber of the town 
council in 1886, and re-elected in 1888; 
moved to Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland 
County, in 1894, and has since been en- 
gaged in the life insurance business; 
elected school director of Mount Pleasant 
in 1902, and elected President of Board 
and re-elected President in 1904; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Mount Pleasant, 
Pa. 

MORRISON, William Sturgeon: 

Attorney at law; born September 7, 
1866, Frankfort Springs, Beaver Co., Pa., 
of Philadelphia Quaker and Scotch-Irish 
descent; educated in public schools of 
Beaver Falls; graduated from Geneva 
College (Beaver Falls), 1886; teller in 
Economy Savings Institution for 3 years, 
then studied law at University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1891-1892, and afterward with 
Hon. Henry Hice, of Beaver, Pa. Admit- 
ted, to bar August, 1893. In 1896 married 
Alice Brown, daughter of the Rev. Walter 
Brown. Republican in politics. Address, 
Beaver, Pa. 

MORROW, Albert Payson: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Illinois; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Sergeant Company K Seventeenth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, April 18 to Aug. 1, 
1861; Sergeant Company C, First Sergeant 
Company I. and Sergeant Major Sixth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sept. 9, 1861, to 
March 27, 1862; Second Lieutenant Sixth 



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Pennsylvania Cavalry, March 27, 1S62; 
First Lieutenant. Nov. 20, 1S62; Captain, 
Feb. 8, 1864; Major, Feb. 10, 1S65; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, March 29, 1865; brevetted 
Colonel Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for 
conspicuous gallantry in action; honor- 
ably mustered out, Aug. 7, 1865; Captain. 
Seventh Cavalry, July 28, 1866; Major 
Ninth Cavalry. March 6, 1867; Lieutenant 
Colonel Sixth Cavalry, Dec. 17, 1882; Colo- 
nel Third Cavalry, Feb. 18, 1891; retired, 
Aug. 16, 1S92. Address, Gainsville, Fla. 

MORROW, Jay Johnson: 

Captain United States Army; born In 
West Virginia; appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Cadet Military Academy, June 
16, 1887; Additional Second Lieutenant 
Engineers, June 12, 1S91; Second Lieuten- 
ant, Feb. 3, 1895; First Lieutenant, May 
26, 1896; Major Third United States Vol- 
unteer Engineers, Sept. 15. 1898; honor- 
ably discharged from Volunteers, Oct. 6, 
1898; Captain Engineers, Feb. 2, 1901. 
Address, care Engineer Commissioner's 
Office, Washington, D. C. 

MORROW, John R.: 

President of the Continental Trust 
Company of Pittsburg. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MORROW. John Wilson: 

Physician; son of William and Martha 
Hutchinson Morrow; born near Rural 
Valley, Pa., June 2. 1837; educated at 
public and private schools near his home, 
and at the Dayton Union Academy. He 
taught school with marked success for 
many years in the public schools of In- 
diana and Armstrong Counties, and as 
principal of the Freedman's Mission 
School, Vick^burg, Miss. ; served one year 
in the Civil War as a member of the 
Fifth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery; his 
brother. James Hutchison Morrow, was 
in active service from 1861 to 1865 in the 
Second Pennsylvania Cavalry; was grad- 
uated from the Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, in 1873; practiced his pro- 
fession at Atwood, Pa., till 1881, when 
he removed to Tionesta. On Feb. 3, 
1863, was married to Miss Rebecca M. 
McFarland of Rural Valley, who died 
Nov. 14, 1885. In 18S7 he married Miss 
Martha J. Uncapher of Indiana County, 
who is a well known worker in the 
Women's Relief Corps. He is serving 
his sixth term as Coroner of Forest Coun- 
ty his thirteenth year as Medical Ex- 
aminer for Pensions, and his ninth year 



as County Medical Inspector for the State 
Board of Health. Member of the Venango 
Medical Society, the State Medical Socie- 
ty and the American Medical Association. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

MORROW, \ancy C.I 

School teacher; daughter of Dr. J. W. 
and Rebecca McFarland Morrow; born at 
Dayton, Pa., Dec. 23, 1866; removed with 
her parents to Tionesta, Pa., in 1SS1; 
educated at Westminster College and at 
the Indiana State Normal School, being 
a graduate of the latter institution; has 
taught in the public schools of Forest 
County and Tionesta public school. For 
five years has been corresponding secre- 
tary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary 
Society of Clarion Presbytery (Presbyter- 
ian), and has been connected with the 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 
Is a writer of historical, biographical and 
religious articles. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

MORROW, William Gillespie: 

Physician; son of Dr. J. W. and Rebecca 
M. Morrow; born at the old Morrow 
homestead, Armstrong County, Dec. 20, 
1868; removed with his parents to Tion- 
esta in 1S81; was a member of the first 
class to receive high grade diplomas from 
the Tionesta public school; taught a num- 
her of terms in the public schools of 
Forest County; was a student of phar- 
macy two years in Pittsburg; later took 
a course of study in the Baltimore Medi- 
cal College, graduating with honors in 
the class of 1896. After passing a credit- 
able examination before the State Board 
in June. 1896, he began his work as a phy- 
sician at West Hickory, Pa., where he 
has resided ever since. In December. 
1896, he married Miss Gertrude McEhoes 
of Indiana County, a young woman of 
literary tastes and accomplishments; to 
them have been born two children, Mar- 
garet and John Kay McElhoes, who, 
through both parents, are descended from 
soldiers of the Revolution, the War of 
1S12. and the Civil War. He takes an 
interest in politics and served two years 
as Chairman of the Republican Commit- 
tee of Forest County. Member of the 
Pension Examining Board of Forest Coun- 
ty, the Venango County Medical Society, 
and the Medical Society of Pennsylvania. 
Address, West Hickory, Pa. 

MORSE. Edwin F.: 

Elevator builder; born in Boston, Mass., 
March 5, 1852; his father, Stephen A. 
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especially of the Morse twist drill, which 
has revolutionized ship practice; his 
mother, Prescott by name, was a connec- 
tion of the famous Colonel Prescott, who 
led the Colonists at Bunker Hill. Mr. 
Morse was educated in the schools of 
New Bedford, Mass., graduating from the 
High School of that place in 1S69. He en- 
tered the hardware house of Humer, Bish- 
op & Co., where he remained ten years, 
rising from an humble to a high position 
in the business; for two years afterward 
he was in the employ of the Dana Hard- 
ware Company. He then sought Philadel- 
phia, and, with his father, began the 
manufacture of elevators; this business 
grew until it became large and profitable, 
extending from freight elevators to the 
manufacture of electric and hydraulic 
passenger elevators on a large scale. The 
elder Mr. Morse retired in 1891, and in 
1893 the business was incorporated and 
now stands in the front rank of elevator- 
building concerns in the United States. 
Member of the Union League, the Manu- 
facturers' Club and other organizations. 
He married Cornelia S. F. Smith of Phil- 
adelphia, who in 1896 was killed while 
bicycling on Girard avenue. Address, 
1613 Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORTIMER, Alfred Garnett: 

Clergyman, author; born in London, 
England, Oct. 7, 1S48; educated at Brigh- 
ton College and at the University of Lon- 
don and Trinity College, Toronto; re- 
ceived degrees of B. D. in 1SS3 and D. D., 
1S87. Ordained priest in Church of Eng- 
land, 1S72. Fellow American Geological 
Society. Author of "Helps to Meditation," 
1882; "Laws of Penitance," 1S84; "Laws 
of Happiness," 1885; "Notes on the Peni- 
tential Psalms," 1887; "Sermons in Min- 
iature," 1890; "Learn of Jesus Christ to 
Die," 1891; "Stories from Genesis," 1894; 
"The Seven Last Words of Our Holy Re- 
deemer," 1895; "Jesus and the Resurrec- 
tion," 1S96; "Catholic Faith and Practice." 
1S99; "The Eucharistic Sacrifice," 1901; 
"The Creeds," 1902; "Studies in Holy 
Scripture," 1902; "The Spiritual Life." 
1901; "Lenten Preaching," 1902; "Medi- 
tations on the Passion," 1903; "The 
Church's Lessons for the Christian Year," 
1904. Address, St. Mark's Clergy House, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MORTON, George O.: 

Physician; born in Jersey City, N. J., 
May 25, 1871; educated in private acad- 
emy in Philadelphia; was graduated from 



the Biological Department (1SS9), Medi- 
cal Department (1S92), of University of 
Pennsylvania; was resident physician at 
University Hospital, Philadelphia, 1892- 
1893; assistant railroad surgeon in Cen- 
tral Mexico, 1S93-1S94; physician in an- 
thracite coal regions of Pennsylvania, 
1S94-1896; surgeon to Out Patient De- 
partment, University Hospital, Philadel- 
phia, 1896-1S98. He is Assistant Instruc- 
tor in Surgery, University of Pennsyl- 
vania; surgical registrar to the University 
hospital; chief medical examiner for 
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New 
Jersey for the New England Mutual Life 
Insurance Company. Member of First 
Board United States Pension Examining 
Surgeons at Philadelphia, and member of 
numerous medical, social and university 
alumni organizations. Married June 30, 
1904. Office, 133 South Fourth St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; residence, Moore, Delaware 
County, Pa. 

MOSER, Jefferson F.: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Allentown, Pa., May 3, 1848; entered Na- 
val Academy at Newport, R. I., Sept. 29, 
1864; was graduated at Annapolis, Md., 
June 2, 1868; promoted to Ensign, April, 
1S69; Master, July, 1870; lieutenant, Au- 
gust, 1872; Lieutenant Commander, June, 
1893; Commander, March, 1899; Captain. 
August, 1903. European Squadron, Swa- 
tara and Kenosha, October, 1S68, to Oc- 
tober, 1S69; Darien Inter-Oceanic Canal 
Expedition, November, 1869, to July, 1870; 
frigate Guerriere, European Squadron, 
August, 1870, to February, 1872; Nica- 
ragua Inter-Oceanic Canal Expedition, 
February, 1872, to November, 1873; Dis- 
patch, on special service, November, 1873, 
to October, 1873; Panama Inter-Oceanic 
Canal Expedition, December, 1S74, to 
September, 1875; Coast Survey, in com- 
mand schooner G. M. Bache and steamers 
Fathomer and Endeavor, September, 1S75. 
to March, 18S0; Galena, European and 
South Atlantic Squadrons, August, 1S80, to 
September, 1883; Coast Survey Office and 
in command of steamer A. D. Bache, Jan- 
uary, 1S84 to July, 1S90; cruiser San Fran- 
cisco. Pacifie Squadron, July, 1890, to 
March, 1893; Hydrographic Inspector 
Coast Survey, March, 1893, to April, 1896. 
In the command of the Fish Commission 
steamer Albatross, May, 1896, to October, 
1901, except July and August, 1898, when 
in command of gunboat Bennington; in 
command of the Pensacola, January. 1902, 
to date; leveled the preliminary canal 
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Appointed by Mr. Cleveland a member 
of the Fur Seal Commission, 1S96-1S97, 
and in that capacity visited the Pribilof 
and Komandorski Islands, Kamchatka 
and Kuriles and Eastern Siberia. Com- 
manded the Albatross on an expedition of 
exploration to the tropical Pacific under 
Mr. Alexander Agassiz, 1S99-1900; explored 
the principal salmon streams of Alaska, 
the results of which have been published 
in two large illustrated volumes; made the 
deepest ocean trawl haul to date, 4,270 
fathoms. Considered an authority on hy- 
drography, deep-sea sounding and dredg- 
ing, and Alaska salmon. Address, Naval 
Training Station, San Francisco, Cal. 

MOSSEL.li, Nathan F., M. D.: 

Surgeon; born July 27, 1856, in Hamil- 
ton, Canada, of Afro-American parent- 
age. Came to Pennsylvania in 1873; was 
graduated from Lincoln University, Ches- 
ter County, Pa., 1879; was graduated 
from the Medical Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1882; through 
the late Dr. D. Hayes Agnew was as- 
sociated with the out-patient surgical de- 
partment of the Universiy of Pennsyl- 
vania; continued his studies in surgery by 
a post-graduate course at the Philadel- 
phia Polyclinic and subsequently went to 
Europe, where he took post-graduate 
studies at Guy's, Queen's College and St. 
Thomas Hospitals, London. England. In 
1S95 he organized the Frederick Douglass 
Memorial Hospital and Training School 
at 1512 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, 
where he has since been engaged as Med- 
ical Director and Attending Surgeon. Ad- 
dress, 1432 Lombard St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MOYEH, Henry G.: 

Banker; born Aug. 28, 1848; graduate 
of Quaker City Business College. He was 
Justice of the Peace twenty-five years; 
State Senator, 1895-1S99; President of 
First National Bank of Perkasie, Pa., 
since organization, March, 1901; also 
Treasurer of Perkasie Borough. Mar- 
ried Emma Seiple of Allentown, April 16, 
1S69. Editor and proprietor of The Cen- 
tral News of Perkasie, Pa., for two years, 
until last June, when he sold out the 
business. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Perkasie, Bucks County, Pa. 

MOVER, Jonas Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lehigh County; 
born at Macungie. Lehigh County, Pa.. 
June 2, 1850; attended public schools and 



graduated at the State Normal School, 
Kutztown, Pa., in 1877; commenced 
teaching in the public schools at the age 
of eighteen and followed that profession 
for eighteen years; for several years was 
bookkeeper for the Catasauqua Flour 
Mills; is engaged in the life insurance 
business; was Postmaster of Catasauqua 
from 1S94 to 1898, also Acting Postmaster 
from July, 1899 to March, 1900; was elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
189S and 1900; re-elected in November, 
1902. Address, Catasauqua, Pa. 

MOVER, J. F.s 

Clergyman; born on Aug. 12, 1S61, at 
Hummelstown, Pa.; educated in public 
schools and Franklin & Marshall College, 
Lancaster, Pa. Common school teacher, 
also teacher of Select School, normal and 
academic; minister of Gospel and Chap- 
lain of the House of Representatives of 
Pennsylvania during 1S91 and 1892; mar- 
ried Annie Lefevre Nissley, Jan. 21, 1892. 
Pastor of Reformed Church at Hummels- 
town, Pa., from 1888 to 1892; at Altoona, 
from 1S92 to 1904; at Reading, from 1904. 
Built new church at Altoona, costing 
$35,000. Is at present pastor of a con- 
gregation of about 1.200 members. In- 
dependent in politics. Address, 611 Wash- 
ington St., Reading, Pa. 

MICKLE, Alexander: 

Chemist; born in Philadelphia, March 
26, 1830; educated in the public schools, 
and in 1S48 became a student in the 
chemical laboratary of Dr. J. C. Booth, 
formerly melter and refiner at the mint. 
He was assistant in 1S49-1S50 to John F. 
Frazer, Professor of Physics and Chem- 
istry in the University of Pennsylvania, 
and studied medicine in that institution, 
graduating in 1853. He then returned to 
Dr. Booth's laboratory, and in 1S57 he 
went to Europe, where he continued the 
study of chemistry in the Universities of 
Gottingen and Heidelberg. Soon after 
his return to the United States he was 
offered the Chair of Natural Science in 
Washington College, Washington, Pa., 
and filled it for two years. He returned 
to Europe in 1869, travelling for two 
years with an invalid friend. He did 
expert chemical work for the Govern- 
ment during the Civil War, was for a 
time chemist to the Fairmount Park 
Commission, aided in analysing the wa- 
ters and minerals collected by the United 
States Expedition to the Jordan and the 
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eral large manufacturing establishments. 
For a considerable number of years he 
was assistant to the melter and refiner at 
the mint. Address, 1323 North Nineteenth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MUCKLE, Mark Rieliards: 

Newspaper manager; born in Philadel- 
phia, Sept. 10, 1825, the son of a notable 
wood-carver, of German birth. Educated 
in the public schools, he learned some- 
thing of bookkeeping, and in 1842 was en- 
gaged in the office of the Public Ledger 
as errand boy and Assistant Cashier. 
With this paper he remained connected 
for more than half a century, his dili- 
gence and ability raising him to the po- 
sitions of business manager and cashier 
in the early days of the enterprise, which 
positions he retained in the subsequent 
great prosperity of the paper in the hands 
of George W. Childs. Mr. Muckle had 
fine powers of oratory, which early 
brought him into prominence in public 
life. He was offered a commission of 
Second Lieutenant in the Mexican War, 
and in 1853 was appointed on the staff 
of Gov. Bigler, with the rank of Colo- 
nel. He joined the German Society in 
1S53, and for thirteen years was its Vice 
President, and in 1860 was one of the 
founders of the German Hospital, whose 
Vice President he has been for many 
years. He was made Treasurer of the 
Relief Society during the Franco-German 
War, forwarding to Germany nearly $50,- 
000 for the relief of widows and orphans 
of soldiers; and subsequently was act- 
ive in collecting contributions of books for 
the Imperial University at Strassburg, 
ruined during the war. He forwarded 
in all over 13,000 volumes in reward for 
which the Emperor of Germany conferred 
on him in 1S74 the Order of the Crown, 
and in 1883 the Military Order of the 
Red Eagle. As Cashier of the Public 
Ledger he has been Treasurer of various 
relief funds and has distributed large 
sums of money to the suffering. He was 
one of the organizers of the American 
District Telegraph Company and was 
made Secretary and Treasurer, and has 
been President of the German-American 
Title and Trust Company since its origin. 
Colonel Muckle has long since risen to 
the highest posts in the Orders of Odd 
Fellows and Masons and is a member of 
the Art Association of the Masonic Temple. 
He organized the Society for the Pre- 
vention of Cruelty to Animals, and has 



served in it as Vice President. He was 
married in 1850 and has two sons and 
one daughter living. Address, 1722 Pine 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MIEHLBROMVER, Charles A.l 

Merchant; fifteen years ago founded the 
Iron City Produce Company, of which he 
is head. Mr. Muehlbronner is Secretary 
of the Pittsburg branch of the National 
League of Commission Merchants and is 
largely interested in the Standard Ico 
Company, of Allegheny. He is also a 
member of the Masonic Order, the Odd 
Fellows, the Elks, the Teutonic and the 
Turners, as well as other fraternal and 
social orders. A Director in the Western 
Savings and Deposit Bank, the German 
National Bank of Pittsburg, the Central 
Savings and Trust Company, and stock- 
holder in the German-American Savings 
and Trust Company. Address, 623 Lib- 
erty Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

MUELLER, Frank; L.: 

Captain National Guard of Pennsylva- 
nia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in May, 
1861. Enlisted in Company D, June 10, 
1879, Battalion State Fencibles National 
Guard of Pennsylvania; camped with that 
Battalion that summer near Belmont, 
Fairmount Park, first encampment of the 
re-organization of the National Guard of 
Pennsylavnia; discharged from Company 
D, State Fencibles, 1881. Enlisted in Com- 
pany E, First Regiment National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, 1882; appointed Corpo- 
ral, 1886; served with regiment during 
the Homestead (Pa.) strike July, 1892; 
on the Colonel's staff as Regimental Com- 
missary Sergeant, 1893. Appointed Regi- 
mental Quartermaster Sergeant, 1898; ap- 
pointed by Gov. Hastings as First Lieu- 
tenant and Quartermaster of the First 
Regiment Infantry, Pennsylvania, United 
States Volunteers, 1898. Served with the 
regiment during the entire campaign of 
the Spanish- American War; mustered out 
of the United States service with the 
regiment, 1898. Returned to First Regi- 
ment Infantry National Guard of Penn- 
sylvania as Regimental Quartermaster 
Sergeant. Appointed First Lieutenant and 
Commissary, 1899; served with the regi- 
ment during the coal strike (Pa.); served 
from Oct. S. to Nov. 11, 1902; appointed 
Captain and Commissary of the First 
Regiment Infantry National Guard of 
Pennsylvania, March 27, 1903. At present 
in service with regiment. Address, 4043 
Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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MUHLENBERG, John Cameron: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Major Paymaster March 20. 1882. Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, 1904. Address. Omaha. 
Neb. 

MUHLENBERG. William F.: 

Physician; born at Gettysburg-, Pa., 
Nov. IS, 1852; educated in Pennsylvania 
College and Muhlenberg College, where 
he graduated in 1S6S; subsequently stud- 
ied medicine in the University of Penn- 
sylvania, graduating in 1872. Dr. Muhl- 
enberg is descended from a family of 
much honor in Pennsylvania, which began 
in America with Rev. Dr. H. M. Muhl- 
enberg, pastor of one of the earliest Lu- 
theran Churches in this country. One 
of his great-grandfathers was a General 
in the Revolution, his statue being in 
the Rotunda, of the Capitol at Washing- 
ton. Opening an office in Reading, Dr. 
Muhlenberg soon gained a large practice 
and won a flattering reputation as phy- 
sician and surgeon; at one time he served 
on the Board of Health of Reading. He 
is a member and w T as at one time Presi- 
dent of the Bucks County Medical Socie- 
ty, and is Surgeon to the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company. Address, Reading, Pa. 

MUIR, Edw. Stanton, Pli. G., V. M. D.: 

Born at Danville, Pa., May 1, 1S63; ed- 
ucated at the Misses Bradfords' select 
school and later in high school at Lock 
Haven, Pa. He learned the drug busi- 
ness with J. Zeller & Son in Bellefonte, 
Pa., in September, 1875; continued until 
1889; was graduated at Philadelphia Col- 
lege of Pharmacy in 1881; was graduated 
in veterinary medicine at the University 
of Pennsylvania, class of 1890. He was 
appointed to the Chair of Comparative 
Pharmacy in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1890, and to Chair of Compara- 
tive Materia Medica and Pharmacy at 
same institution in 1891, which position 
he still holds. Married, Sept. 5, 1883, to 
Annie Taite in Philadelphia. Republican 
in politics. Edited "Muir's Notes on Ma- 
teria Medica and Pharmacy (two edi- 
tions), 1895-1898; revised (third edition), 
1904, and name changed to "Manual of 
Materia Medica and Pharmacy." Address, 
2145 North Second St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MUIR, John A.: 

Presbyterian minister; born at Balti- 
more, Md., March 10, 1856; at eighteen 
years of age he taught public school; 



1S79 graduated at York Collegiate Insti- 
tute; 1SS1 at Lafayette College with de- 
gree of A. B. During the years 1881- 
1882 he was a post grdauate at Princeton 
College in Comparative Philosophy; was 
graduated from Princeton Theological 
Seminary in 1SS4; was licensed to preach 
the Gospel by Westminster Presbytery at 
Lebanon, 1SS3, and ordained by Lacka- 
wanna Presbytery at Wyalusing, 1884. 
Since 1SS4 in the Gospel ministry, in 
Lackawanna Presbytery; pastor, Newton, 
Pa., 1884-1886; S. S. Abington, Pa., 1S84- 
1SS6; in Lehigh Presbytery, S. S. Pen 
Argyl, Pa., 1SS6-18S8; pastor, Bangor, 
Pa., 1SS6. For many years he has been 
Secretary of State Council No. 726, R. A., 
of Bangor. Address, Bangor, Pa. 

MUIR. John Walling ford: 

Treasurer of the General Accident In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia, and 
Treasurer of the United States office of 
the General Accident Assurance Corpo- 
ration, Limited, of Perth, Scotland; born 
at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., March 3, 
1871; was graduated from Haverford Col- 
lege in 1892. His initial business ex- 
perience for five years was with the 
Fourth Street National Bank and the 
Quaker City National Bank, of Philadel- 
phia. In 1S97 he formed a partnership 
with J. Paul Haughton under firm name 
of Haughton & Muir for fire and gener- 
al insurance brokerage in Philadelphia, 
representing for Eastern Pennsylvania 
the New England Burglary Insurance 
Company of Boston, which liquidated in 
1S99. On the entrance of the General 
Accident to this country in March, 1899, 
he was appointed Treasurer for the Unit- 
ed States office, and on the incorporation 
of the General Accident of Philadelphia 
in June, 1899, elected Treasurer also of 
that company. He is a son of William 
Muir, Vice President of the Fire Asso- 
ciation of Philadelphia, and grandson of 
John Muir. who had one of the first fire 
and general insurance agencies in Louis- 
ville, Ky. Member of the Markham Club, 
Philadelphia. Merion Cricket Club, Haver- 
ford, Philadelphia Pilgrims Society, and 
Philadelphia Barge Club. Address, 400 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MUIR, William: 

Second Vice resident of the Fire Asso- 
ciation of Philadelphia; entered the insur- 
ance business in the office of his father. 
John Muir, in Louisville, Ky. ; later was 
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surance Company, of Louisville, and upon 
the liquidation of that company went to 
Chicago, and entered the western general 
agency office of the Security Insurance 
Company of New York. In 1S70 he was 
special agent of the Enterprise of Phila- 
delphia for the western States. In 1872 
moved to Harrisburg. Pa., as general 
agent for the Germania Fire of New 
York; 1S75 he became General Agent of 
the National Board of Fire Underwriters; 
Special Agent of the Franklin Fire of 
Philadelphia, National Fire of New York, 
and Queen of England, for the Middle 
States and New York State, and in 18S3 
entered the service of the Fire Associa- 
tion of Philadelphia as Special Agent for 
the middle department, being appointed 
in 1892 as General Agency Manager in 
the home office of the Fire Association, 
and later elected to the Second Vice 
Presidency. He was three successive 
years President of the Middle Depart- 
ment Association of special agents. Mem- 
ber of the Union League Club, Phila- 
delphia; and St. Andrew's Society. 

311 IR, William Sawtell: 

President of the General Accident In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia, and 
United States Manager of the General 
Accident Assurance Corporation, of Perth, 
Scotland; born in Chicago, 111., May 6, 
lf-64. He is a son of William Muir, Vice 
President of the Fire Association of Phil- 
adelphia, and grandson of John Muir, who 
had one of the first fire and general insur- 
ance agencies in Louisville, Ky. His edu- 
cation was obtained under private tutors. 
He entered the insurance business in 
1S80, serving in the office of the Queen 
Insurance Company, and in 1S84 he en- 
tered the office of the American Fire 
Insurance Company; was appointed Spe- 
cial Agent of the Delaware Insurance 
Company of Philadelphia in 1S90, and in 
1S93, Special Agent of the Manchester. 
On the entrance of the General Accident 
to this country in 1S99 he was appointed 
one of the United States Managers. Mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati and 
of the Markham Club, Philadelphia, and 
of the Philadelphia Barge Club. Address, 
S. W. corner Fourth and Walnut Sts., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MULHOLLAND, St. Clair Angnstin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Lieutenant Colonel 116th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry June 26, 1862; honorably 



mustered out Feb. 24, 1863. Major 116th 



Pennsylvania Infantrv Feb. 27, 



1863; 



Colonel May 3, 1864; honorably mustered 
out June 3, 1S65. Brevetted Brigadier 
General United States Volunteers March 
13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious 
services"; Major General March 13, 1865; 
"for gallant and meritorious services in 
the battle of Boydton Plank Road, Va„ 
Oct. 27, 1864." Awarded the medal of 
honor under resolution of Congress "for 
having held the enemy in check all night 
to cover the retreat of the Army, at the 
battle of Chancellorsville, Va„ May 4 and 
5, 1S63." Elected Oct. 20, 1S86. Address, 
Post Office Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

MULLEN, John: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Shamokin. Address. Shamokin, North- 
umberland County, Pa. 

MILLER, Gtistavus A.: 

Brewer; born in Philadelphia, May 18, 
1S60; educated in the public schools and 
in a business college, and became a 
member of the brewing firm of Harry 
Muller & Sons, of which his father was 
the senior member. Here his activity and 
ability soon made him prominent, and he 
became recognized as a highly successful 
brewer; he subsequently accepted the 
position of General Manager and Director 
of the Bergner & Engel Brewing Com- 
pany, one of the largest concerns in the 
United States; he is also secretary of the 
Kraus Merkel Malting Company of Mil- 
waukee, Wis.; he has not confined him- 
self to brewing, but has become promi- 
nent in other directions. He is President 
of the Gloucester Ferry Company and 
the Delaware River Rapid Transit Com- 
pany, and a Director of the Camden, 
Gloucester and Woodbury Railway, the 
Gloucester City Electric Light Company, 
and the West End Electric Company of 
Philadelphia. In financial circles he is a 
Director in the Quaker City National 
Bank and the Citizens' Trust Company. 
He has been a candidate for the Legisla- 
ture, for Congress, and for City Treasurer, 
but, belonging to the minority party, the 
Democratic, was defeated for all these 
positions. Address, 2014 Girard Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MlHFftRU, E. C.I 

Lawyer; born at Starrucca, Pa., Aug. 
S, 1851; attended school at Starrucca and 
Millersville State Normal School. He as- 
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and lumbering business; studied law 
with M. J. Larrabee, Susquehanna, Pa., 
and with Waller & Bentley, Honesdale, 
Pa.; admitted to the bar, Sept. 6, 1876. 
Elected District Attorney in 1878; a Di- 
rector of the "Wayne County Savings 
Bank; Trustee of the Presbyterian 
Church; member of the Town Council. 
Address, Honesdale, Pa. 

MUMMA, Martin: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Mechanicsburg. Address, Mechanicsburg, 
Cumberland County, Pa. 

MIX YON, James M.i 

Medical proprietor; born in Thompson, 
Conn., Aug. 3, 1848. While still quite 
young he began the manufacture of med- 
icines from roots and herbs, disposing of 
them to neighboring families. When 
twenty years of age he engaged in jour- 
nalism, publishing the Christian Voices. 
Becoming interested in the prohibition of 
child labor, he issued the Labor World, 
which became a highly efficient agent in 
the reform which it advocated. He af- 
terward went back to his boyhood pro- 
fession, and began the manufacture and 
sale of "Homeopathic Home Remedies," 
in which he has built up a very large 
business, his remedies being sold in every 
part of the United States, also in Canada 
and Great Britain. The main office is in 
Philadelphia, but there is a large branch 
office in New York. Mr. Munyon is a 
singer of fine powers, having an excellent 
tenor voice, and is the outhor of numer- 
ous songs, among which may be named 
the "Nation's Song." "Liberty," "Keep 
the Light Burning," and "A Nation's 
Danger." Office address, 1505 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MURDOCH, Jolin H.: 

President of the Union Trust Company 
of Washington. Address, Washington, Pa. 

MIRPHY, James: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Renovo. Address, Renovo, Clinton Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

MURRAY. Samuel: 

Artist: born in Philadelphia, June. 1870: 
studied under Thomas Bakins. Awarded 
gold medal and honorable mention, Art 
Club of Philadelphia. Exhibited at Paris 
Exposition; honorable mention Pan-Am- 
erican Exposition, 1901. Address, 2210 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



MURRAY, Thomas Holt: 

Lawyer; born in Clearfield County, Pa., 
April 5, 1845; worked on a farm till sev- 
enteen, when he entered Dickinson Sem- 
inary at Williamsport. Ill health obliged 
him soon to leave this institution, and the 
following two years he spent in teaching 
and lumbering, becoming a law student in 
1865, and paying his way by teaching and 
selling books; he also completed his 
course at Dickinson, and in 1869 was 
admitted to the Clearfield County bar. 
For five years he practiced alone, then 
in 1S74 formed a partnership with Cyrus 
Gordon, and when Mr. Gordon was elected 
Judge in 1894, entered into partnership 
with A. O. Smith; this firm still exists. 
Mr. Murray has frequently been a dele- 
gate to the State conventions of the Re- 
publican Party, and in 1876 was a dele- 
gate to the National Convention at Cin- 
cinnati, where he was an active sup- 
porter of Blaine for the Presidency. In 
1880 he was a candidate for Congress 
against ex-Governor Curtin. He has 
been an active worker in the cause of 
temperance and an influential member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, having 
been a member of every General Confer- 
ence of this church since 1884, and a 
member of the Ecumenical Council, held 
in London in 1901. Address, Clearfield, Pa. 

MURRY, Alexander: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 1847, to Jan. 
10, 1848; Second Lieutenant Tenth In- 
fantry March 3, 1S55; First Lieutenant 
Jan. 19, 1861; transferred to Thirteenth 
Infantry May 14, 1861; Captain Oct. 24, 
1861; retired March 30, 1864. Address. 
Foster, Ohio. 

MUSE, James H.: 

Editor Democratic Vindicator; son of 
John S. and Sarah Walters Muse; born 
at Franklin, Pa., May 4, 1860; educated 
in the public and high schools of his 
native city. At the age of eighteen he, 
with James B. Borland of the Evening 
News of Franklin, established that paper 
in February, 1878. In November. 1882, 
moved to Tionesta, taking a position on 
the Commonwealth. On Aug. 1, 1885. be- 
came part owner of the Commonwealth 
office and established the Democratic 
Vindicator. In 1S88 became sole owner 
of the Vindicator, which he still success- 
fully continues. In December, 1899. was 
married to Miss Anna George of Frank- 
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MUSSER, Andrew J.: 

President of the Central National Bank 
of Columbia. Address, Columbia, Lan- 
caster County, Pa. 

MUSSER, John Herr: 

Professor of Clinical Medicine; born in 
Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa., June 
22, 1S56; descended from three genera- 
tions of physicians, he forming the fourth. 
After attending public and normal schools 
he studied medicine in the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1S77. From 
1S79 to 18S2 he was Medical Registrar of 
the University Hospital and chief of the 
Medical Dispensary from 1SS1 to 1887. 
He was pathologist to the Presbyterian 
Hospital, 1883-1SS7, since when he has 
been physician to that institution. In 
18S1 he was elected instructor in clinical 
medicine at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, in 1889 was made assistant profes- 
sor, and since 1899 has been professor 
of that branch. For the past fifteen 
years he has been physician to the Phil- 
adelphia Hospital. Dr. Musser was Pres- 
ident of the Philadelphia Pathological 
Society, 1893-1897; of the County Medical 
Society, 1S99-1900; of the Philadelphia 
Medical Club, 1897, and is a member of 
many other medical associations. He has 
delivered many notable addresses before 
these societies and has written numerous 
treatises on medical subjects. Address, 
1927 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

MUSTARD, Wilfred P.: 

Professor of Latin in Haverford College 
since 1893; born at Uxbridge, Ont., Cana- 
da, Feb. 18, 1864; a graduate of the Uni- 
versity of Toronto (B. A., 1886; M. A., 
1890; Fellow, 1886-1889;), and of the Johns 
Hopkins University (Scholar, 1889-1890; 
Fellow, 1890-1S91; Ph. D., 1891;); Pro- 
fessor of Latin in Colorado College, 1891- 
1S93. Member of the American Philolog- 
ical Association and of the Archaeological 
Institute of America. Author of "Classic- 
al Echoes in Tennyson," 1904, and of va- 
rious articles and reviews in philological 
journals. Address, Haverford, Pa. 

MISTIN, William Irwin: 

Ex-President of Pittsburg Stock Ex- 
change; boi-n in Pittsburg June 8, 1860; 
his father, James G. Mustin. was of 
French-Huguenot ancestry, the first mem- 
bers of the family settling in this country 
about the year 1664. His mother was a 
Miss Frances M. Irwin, descended from 
a long line of Irish ancestry, settled in 



Pittsburg about the year 1772. The Ir- 
win family contributed liberally their 
share toward laying the foundations of 
the Iron City that was yet to come; they 
were sturdy farmers and noted traders. 
Mr. Mustin's maternal grandfather, the 
Hon. W. W. Irwin, was Mayor of Pitts- 
burg, serving his constituents faithfully 
in that capacity in the year 1840. He 
was a member of Congress and United 
States Minister to Denmark. Mr. Mus- 
tin is a nephew of the distinguished na- 
val officer, Rear Admiral John Irwin, who 
secured to the United States the original 
concession in the Hawaiian Islands in 
1893. Mr. Mustin'js early education was 
obtained at home, his mother superintend- 
ing his instruction up to his tenth year. 
He then made his first start as an errand 
boy in the printing house of W. G. John- 
ston & Co., where he remained a year, at 
the expiration of which time he entered 
the employ of George B. Hill, in a sim- 
ilar capacity, and became a partner in 
the concern of George B. Hill & Co., in 
1881, and has remained with that house 
up to the present day. Mr. Mustin has 
many other interests, notable among 
which are the Pittsburg Coal Company, 
the Pittsburg Brewing Company and the 
Pittsburg Stove and Range Company, 
all of which organizations have been pro- 
moted by the firm of George B. Hill & 
Co. In 1S9S Mr. Mustin was elected to 
the Presidency of the Pittsburg Stock 
Exchange, and served five years. Is a 
member of Crescent Lodge, F. and A. M. ; 
Shiloh Chapter, R. A. M. ; Tancred Com- 
mandery, K. T.; Syria Temple, Nobles 
of the Mystic Shrine, Monongahela, Du- 
quesne, Americus, Country and Masonic 
Country Clubs, and Eminent Commander, 
1902, Tancred Commandery, K. T. Ad- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

MYERS, Benjamin F.: 

Lawyer and publisher; born near New 
Centreville, Somerset County, Pa., July 
6. 1833. He was educated in Somerset 
Academy and Jefferson College; read law 
in the office of Hon. William H. Koontz, 
and was admitted to the Somerset County 
bar in 1855. Previous to his admission 
he spent about a year in Illinois, where 
he was engaged in journalism, and came 
into contact with the leading men of that 
State, including Abraham Lincoln and 
Stephen A. Douglas. He had practiced 
law but a short time when he again took 
up the journalistic profession, removing 
to Bedford, Pa., where he edited the Bed- 



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ford Gazette from 1857 to 1S74. He added 
to this in 1868 the labor of editing the 
Harrisburg Daily and Weekly Patriot, a 
journal of wide circulation and much in- 
fluence, which, under his editorship, has 
become one of the leading Democratic or- 
gans of the State. He was elected to 
represent Bedford County in the State 
Legislature in 1863, and was elected to 
Congress in 1870. From 1874 to 1S77 he 
was State Printer, and was a delegate 
to the Democratic State National Con- 
ventions of 1S64 and 18S0. In addition to 
his editorial work he has written much 
for periodicals. Address, The DaHy and 
Weekly Patriot, Harrisburg, Pa. 

MYERS, E. H.: 

President of the German National Bank 
of Pittsburg, and for forty-four years one 
of the active men of that city; born in 
Hanover, Germany, and fifty-eight years 
ago came to this country, opening a 
grocery store at Cumberland, Md. Three 
years later he moved to Pittsburg and 
embarked in the retail grocery business. 
After seven years he opened a wholesale 
house in the city. Is connected in va- 
rious capacities with several prominent 
financial institutions of the city, and is a 
member of the German Lutheran Church. 
Address, 525 South Negley Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

MYERS, George Francis: 

Mechanical and mining engineer; born 
Feb 22 1865, at Rochester. N. Y.; was 
graduated from the Worcester Polytech- 
nic in 1888; was a Fellow in Engineering 
at Cornell; also studied three years in 
Germany. He was a member of the Am- 
erican Institute of Electrical Engineeers, 
American Institute of Mining Engineers, 
and a junior member of the American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers; mem- 
ber of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion, the Sons of Veterans, and the 
Service Men of the Spanish-American 
War. having seen service in Porto Rico. 
Is the inventor of the Meyers mining 
machine, the Myers mine car loader, the 
Myers coke machine, and numerous other 
inventions used both above and below 
the ground. Address. Penn Building, 
Piltsburg, Pa. 

MYERS, Jolin G.: 

President of the Millerstown Deposit 
Bank of Chicora. Address. Chicora. But- 
jer County, Pa. 



MYERS, Levi M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from York County; born 
in Monaghan Township, York County, 
Pa Jan. 22, 1S73; educated in the com- 
mon schools of his home, also Millersville 
State Normal School; studied music under 
private tutors eight years; began teach- 
ing ■ public school and music in 1S91, 
which profession he has continuously fol- 
lowed; elected to the House of Represen- 
tatives in November, 1902. Address, Sid- 
donsburg, Pa. 

MYERS, Robert L,.: 

Democratic member House of Repre- 
sentatives of Pennsylvania, sessions of 
1899, 1901 and 1903; born Nov. 16, 1S62, 
at Round Hill, Adams County, Pa., where 
his great-great-grandfather, Philip Nich- 
olas Myers, settled in 1736; learned the 
trade of carpentry; taught and supervised 
schools in Adams, Cumberland and Dau- 
phin Counties; founder and manager of 
the National Educational Bureau; senior 
member of the firm of Myers, Fishel & 
Co., educational publishers, of Harris- 
burg. Pa.; Director in the Farmers' Trust 
Company, Carlisle, Pa.; life member of 
the Pensylvania State School Diectors' 
Association, and Chairman of the Legis- 
lative Committee for the years 1901, 1902 
and 1903. Member of the Board of Trade 
of the city of Harrisburg, Pa.; Board of 
Directors of the Hamilton Library Asso- 
ciation, Carlisle, Pa. Address, Camphill, 
Cumberland County, Pa. 

MYERS, Leonard: 

Lawyer and legislator; born near Attle- 
borough (now Langhorne), Bucks Coun- 
ty, Pa., Nov. 13, 1827. Tens years later 
his parents removed to Philadelphia, 
where he studied for four years in Craw- 
ford's Classical School, and in 1842 en- 
tered the University of Pennsylvania; 
his course here was not completed, he 
leaving before graduation to study law 
under Philadelphia preceptors. At this 
period of his life he was devoted to lit- 
erary work, contributing frequently to 
the 'magazines and translating several 
works from the French. A few years af- 
ter his admission to the bar he was 
elected solicitor of two of the municipal 
districts of Philadelphia County, and af- 
ter the consolidation of the city and its 
districts in 1854 he and William Duane 
were appointed to digest the laws and 
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In October, 1S62, he was elected by the 
Republican Party to Congress from the 
Third Pennsylvania District, and he was 
re-elected to the five succeeding Con- 
gresses, serving in the House during the 
Civil War and Reconstruction periods. 
For eight years he was on the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs and ten years on that 
of Patents; he also served on the Com- 
mittee on Naval Affairs, and the bill cre- 
ating the Centennial Board of Finance 
was drafted by him, and contributed 
greatly to the success of the exposition 
of 1S76. He was chosen a Presidential 
Elector in 1S96, and was made Chairman 
of the Pennsylvania Electoral College. 
He served his party in many political 
campaigns, delivering numerous addresses 
on political and other subjects. He re- 
turned to his law practice after the close 
of his Congressional service, and has 
been concerned in many important cases. 
He was married in 1S53 to Hettie de 
Benneville Keim, who died in 1889. Ad- 
dress, 125 South Seventh St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

JIYERS, Talleyrand Desaix: 

Pennsylvania Artillery Surgeon, United 
States Navy, retired; born in Frederick 
County, near Frederick City in the State 
of Maryland, on Aug. 17, 1S46. His an- 
cestors were among the earliest settlers 
in that county. During the Revolution, 
Lieutenant Lawrence Myers, a paternal 
grand-uncle, was sent to Wilkesbarre, 
Pa., at the time of the massacre in "Wyo- 
ming. After the war he settled there, 
thus establishing the Pennsylvania branch 
of the family. Miner's History of Penn- 
sylvania and Peck's History of Wyoming 
give details. Dr. Talleyrand Desaix My- 
ers and his son, Mr. Desaix Brown My- 
ers, class of 1904, University of Pennsyl- 
vania, are the only members of the Mary- 
land branch of the family who bear the 
name. Dr. T. D. Myers was graduated 
from the Jefferson Medical College in 1868. 
He entered the Medical Corps of the 
United States Navy in 1870, and served on 
the U. S. S. Terror at Key West and Ha- 
vana, 1878 and 1872; Monocacy, China Sta- 
tion, 1S72-1873; flagship Hartford, China 
Station, 1S73 and 1874; Washington Navy 
Yard, 1S74 and 1S75; Portsmouth, Pacific, 
1S75 and 1S76; Washington Navy Yard, 
1S76-1S7S. With the Marine Battalion in 
the Railroad riots of 1S77; flagship Tren- 
ton, European Station, 1878-1881; on leave 
in Europe, 1SS1-1882; attached to United 



States Marine Headquarters, Washington, 
in 1882. Placed on the retired list as 
Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1SS2, on ac- 
count of an injury received in the line 
of duty. Previous to his retirement, 
Dr. Myers had made a special study of 
ophthalmology and after his retirement 
he continued the work. He was made a 
Fellow of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia in 1896, and is now the lec- 
turer on ophthalmology in the United 
States Naval Medical School at Washing- 
ton, D. C. Address, 1722 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MYERS, Tobias T.: 

Pastor of First Brethren Church, Phil- 
adelphia; born March 29, 1865, in Somer- 
set County, Pa. When eleven years old 
his parents moved to Illinois. He taught 
public school in Illinois, and received his 
academic education at Mt. Morris College 
of Illinois. Ordained to the ministry of 
his church (German Baptist Brethren), 
Jan. 1, 1SS6; was called to the pastorate 
of the First Brethren Church, Philadel- 
phia in 1891; received his degree of B. A. 
from Temple College, Philadelphia, in 
1894. He took an extensive trip through 
Europe and Palestine during 1895; re- 
signed his pastorate in Philadelphia in 
1901; was graduated from Crozer Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1902, when he ac- 
cepted a call to return to the pastorate 
of his church in Philadelphia, where he 
is now serving. Address, 2260 Park Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MYERS, William Hey warn: 

General Superintendent of Pennsylvania 
Railroad at Williamsport, Pa.; born in 
San Antonio, Tex., April 9, 1856; educat- 
ed at private schools and at School of 
Mines at Freiberg, in Saxony, Germany; 
entered the service of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as a civil engineer in 
1876. Married, in October, 1884, Eliza 
Sergeant, of Harrisburg, Pa. Address, 
Williamsport, Pa. 

MYERS, William Wortnington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Assistant Surgeon (Mas- 
ter), United States Navy, Sept. 27, 1862; 
appointment expired Aug. 7, 1865; Acting 
Assistant Surgeon (Master), United States 
Navy, Dec. 12, 1873; appointment expired 
Dec. 31, 1874. Elected Oct. 20, 1892. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 



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N 

JVAILiK, Frederick Irvin: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania Oct. 11, 1S41; 
appointed from Pennsylvania Oct. 27, 1S59. 
Naval Academy, 1S59-1861; attached to 
frigate St. Lawrence blockading on Atlan- 
tic Coast 1861; sinking confederate pri- 
vateer Petrel 1861; steam sloop-of-war 
Oneida, West Gulf Blockading Squad- 
ron; attack on and passage of Forts St. 
Philip and Jackson and Chalmette bat- 
teries; capture of New Orleans; bombard- 
ment and passage of Vicksburg batter- 
ies twice; performed Lieutenant's duty 
and was twice slightly wounded on the 
Oneida 1862. Promoted to Ensign Feb. 
24, 1863; frigate Sabine during cruise after 
confederate cruiser Alabama, 1863; Mis- 
sissippi Squadron, 1863-1S65; Signal Of- 
ficer flagship Black Hawk, 1863-1864; Red 
River Expedition, co-operation of the 
squadron on the Cumberland and Tenne- 
see rivers; with the army in the defeat 
of Gen. Hood, 1864; commanding flagships 
Black Hawk and Tempest, also at same 
time Fleet Signal Officer, Fleet Detail 
Officer and for some months senior of- 
ficer on Admiral Lee's staff, 1864-1865. 
Recruiting duty in Pittsburg summer of 
1864. Promoted Lieutenant Feb. 22, 1864; 
steamer Chattanooga, 1866; promoted to 
Lieutenant Commander July 25, 1S66; 
steamer Lenapee, Atlantic Squadron, 1866- 
1867; steamer Penobscot, North Atlantic 
Squadron, 186S-1S69; Assistant Signal Of- 
ficer, Washington, D. C, 1869-1870; re- 
tired on account of physical disability 
caused by exposure on duty, January,1871. 
Member of Military Order of Loyal Le- 
gion of the United States, Grand Army 
of the Republic; Associated Veterans of 
Farragut's Fleet, and Historical Society 
of Montgomery County. Received with 
brother officers the eongratulatiens of the 
Navy Department, the Government and 
the country for courage and daring in 
letter from Washington, May 10, 1862. 
Participated in some thirty-seven ac- 
tions. Married Emma J., daughter of 
George and Lydia Patterson of Norris- 
town, Pa., Jan. 1, 1867. Address, Nor- 
ristown, Pa. 

.■\ \ 1 1 , !■;. F. Raymond: 

Ensign, U. S. Navy; son of Lieut. 
Comdr. Fredrick I. Naele, United States 
Navy; born July 15, 1880, Norristown, Pa.; 
entered Naval Academy Sept. 5, 1896; his 
class not being ordered on duty during 



the Spanish War, he volunteered and 
served on the cruiser Columbia, summer 
of 1898; returned to Annapolis that fall 
and graduated in June, 1900; was im- 
mediately ordered to battleship Kentucky, 
North Atlantic Station; she sailed from 
New York, October, 1900, and became 
flagship of the Asiatic Squadron; Com- 
missioned Ensign July 1, 1902. Since his 
arrival in Asiatic waters he has served 
on the monitor Monterey, gunboat Isla de 
Cuba, flagship Wisconsin, and gunboats 
Vicksburg and Annapolis, and sloop of 
war Albany and has been doing the duty 
of a Lieutenant. On the maternal side 
he is a descendant of Capt. James Pat- 
terson of the French and Indian War, and 
of Col. James Burd of the Colonial and 
Revolutionary Wars, and a descendant of 
Edward Shippen, first Mayor of Philadel- 
phia, Pa., under the new charter, 1701. 
Address, Norristown, Pa. 

NASON, C. P. H.: 

United States Consul at Grenoble, 
France; born in Newburyport, Mass., 
Sept. 7, 1S42; was graduated from Will- 
iams College, 1862; with Army of the Po- 
tomac (as volunteer Aide, Artillery Bri- 
gade, Fifth Army Corps) and in Govern- 
ment service, Washington (private Sec- 
retary at capitol), 1863-1865; resumed 
studies and finished course at Theological 
Seminary, Andover, Mass., 1872; acting 
pastor of Lafayette Street Presbyterian 
Church, Buffalo, N. Y., 1872-1874; pastor 
Central Congregational Church, Chelsea, 
Mass., 1874-1887; pastor Second Presby- 
terian Church, Germantown, Philadelphia. 
1SS7 to 1901; appointed by President Mc- 
Kinley as Consul at Grenoble, France, 
July 5, 1901, where he now represents the 
Departments of Isere, Savoy and Upper 
Savoy. In 1899 served as acting pastor 
of the American Church in Paris; received 
the degree of D. D. from Williams Col- 
lege the same year; until 1901 was Presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Alumni Asso- 
ciation of that college; one of the first 
promotors of the Site and Relic Society 
of Germantown; member of the Penn- 
sylvania Historical Society, New England 
Historic-Geneaological Society, New Eng- 
land Society of Pennsylvania. Has been 
a public lecturer on "Joan of Arc, the 
Heroine of France." He is a son of Elias 
Nason, of Massachusetts, clergyman and 
author. Married, Nov. 20, 1870, Helen 
Phipps, daughter of Hon. Thos. Newton 
Bond, of Chicago. Address, Greenoble, 
France. 



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KAl'JIAN, William H.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania as Second Assistant Engineer, 
April 24, 1S72; Passed Assistant Engineer, 
Feb. 24, 1S7S; Narragansett, Pacific Sta- 
tion, 1S73-1876; receiving ship Colorado, 
1877-1879; McArthur, 1879-18S2; Navy 
Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., 1SS2-18S4; Bu- 
reau of Steam Engineering, 1884-1887; 
Philadelphia, North Atlantic Station, No- 
vember, 1S89, to September, 1892; Navy 
Yard, Portsmouth, N. H., September, 
1892-1895. Commissioned Chief Engineer, 
August, 1894; training ship Alliance, Feb- 
ruary, 1895; Marion, July, 1S96; Monad- 
nock, January, 1S98; April, 1S9S, United 
States training ship Constellation, to 
May, 1898; receiving ship "Wabash, Nov. 
26, 189S. Promoted to Lieutenant Com- 
mander, March 3, 1899; Inspector Machin- 
ery, Bath, Me., Feb. 28, 1899 to 1903. 
Commander Sept. 28, 1901. Navy Yard, 
Puget Sound, December, 1903, to January, 
1904. Address, 43 Lincoln St., Woodford, 
Me. 

NEAD, Benjamin M.: 

Lawyer; born in Antium Township, 
Franklin County, Pa.. July 14, 1847. In 
the following year his parents removed 
to Chambersburg, where he obtained his 
early education, subsequently studying in 
the Hopkins Grammar School, New Ha- 
ven, and in Yale University, graduating 
in 1S70. He studied law under ex-Judge 
F. M. Kimmil in Chambersburg and was 
admitted to practice in Franklin County 
in 1872. From 1875 to 1SS1 he was in 
charge of the State tax desk in the Audi- 
tor General's office, when he resumed 
practice, opening an office in Harrisburg. 
He has made a specialty in his practice 
of State tax and corporation matters, in 
which he has had much success. He 
was in 1883 member of the commission 
to revise the revenue laws and devise 
a new system of taxation for Pennsylva- 
nia, and to inaugurate a new method 
of keeping the accounts of the State. 
For a time he was financial agent for 
Pennsylvania at "Washington. He was 
appointed in 1894 receiver for the Na- 
tional Bank of Middletown, Pa., and later 
was one of the receivers for the Ray- 
mond & Campbell Manufacturing Com- 
pany. In 1888-1889 he and his brother 
owned and edited the Morning Call, and 
at an earlier date he edited the Daily 
Patriot. Address, Harrisburg. Pa. 



1XEALE, James Drown: 

Jurist; born in Kittanning, Armstrong 
County, Pa.; educated mainly at home, 
and at an early age began his business 
career in the store of Brown, Floyd & 
Co., iron dealers and manufacturers. 
Trained there in keeping accounts and 
in business management, he was put in 
charge of the wholesale business of the 
firm in Pittsburg, where he continued as 
Manager till 1S58. Then an inclination 
to study law came upon him, and he en- 
tered the office of Golden & Fulton, a 
firm of able lawyers in his native town. 
At the outbreak of the Civil War he en- 
listed in the three months' service and 
was Third Lieutenant in an infantry 
company. As it was decided to discon- 
tinue the office of Third Lieutenant, Mr. 
Neale resigned, and later was enrolled in 
the Twenty-second Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, of which regiment he became Quar- 
termaster. His connection with the army 
continued till late in 1S62, when he left 
the service, completed his studies, and 
was admitted to the bar. Forming a 
partnership with Edward S. Golden, he 
engaged in practice, the firm in time 
building up a very large law business. 
It was dissolved in 1871, when Mr. Neale 
went abroad and spent a year in study 
at the University of Leipsic. Returning 
to Kittanning in 1873, he practiced alone 
and very successfully until 1879, when he 
was appointed President Judge of the 
county courts to fill a vacancy. He was 
elected in November of that year to 
this office for the full term of ten years. 
In 1890 he returned to practice in associa- 
tion with his nephew, John H. Painter, 
under the title of Neale & Painter. Aside 
from his large and profitable practice 
Judge Neale is interested in manufactur- - 
ing and other enterprises and in oil pro- 
duction, and is President of the Mer- 
chants' National Bank of Kittanning. 
Governor Randall appointed him Commis- 
sioner in Pennsylvania for the State of 
"Wisconsin. For a number of years he 
owned and edited the Free Press, to 
which he contributed some creditable 
work in prose and verse. Address, Kit- 
tanning, Pa. 

NEALE, Henry M.: 

Physician; born in New Haven, Conn., 
July 27, 1856; educated in Lewis Academy, 
Southington, Conn., then took up the 
study of medicine, and graduated in 1880 
at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. 



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After a year's practice as resident physi- 
cian at Blockley Hospital, Dr. Neale 
opened an office in Upper Lehigh, Pa., 
where he soon built up a profitable prac- 
tice. Aside from his medical labors he 
took an active part in business interests, 
and he is a Director in the White Hall 
Land and Improvement Company and the 
Chapman Standard Slate Company, and a 
stockholder in the Mount Jessup and the 
Moosic Mount Coal Companies. He is also 
a Director in the Welch Clock Company, 
Forestville, Conn. He is active in muni- 
cipal affairs, and his social connections 
include membership in the Clover Club 
and the Pen and Pencil Club of Philadel- 
phia, and the Westmoreland Club of 
Wilkesbarre. Address, Upper Lehigh, Pa. 

NEEL.D, A. D.: 

Chief Engineer and Superintendent of 
constiruction of the Flinn system; born 
in West Liberty, Pa., in 1S58; son of 
Capt. G. Neeld. Attended the public 
schools and was graduated at the Western 
University of Pennsylvania as a Civil 
Engineer. At present engaged in the 
construction of the Mt. Washington tun- 
nel. Was engaged as Assistant Engineer 
of construction on the Pittsburg and 
Western and Pittsburg Junction Rail- 
roads between 1880 and 1S85. In 1886 
built the Pittsburg-Whitehall Railroad 
for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and for 
two years was Assistant Engineer of 
construction and maintenance of way on 
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad. For 
ten years afterwards devoted himself to 
private practice. In 1899 formed a part- 
nership with J. W. Patterson, now Pres- 
ident of the Pittsburg, Carnegie & West- 
ern Railroad, and during that time had 
charge of the preliminary surveys and 
location of the Wabash extension into 
Pittsburg. Assumed charge of the trac- 
tion lines in 1901 proposed by Senator 
Flinn and has since been active in their 
construction. Member of the Engineers- 
Society of Western Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, 336 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

XEEPER, Alex. M.: 

Lawyer; born Dec. 15, 1857, in Pitts- 
burg; son of Wm. W. and Ellen (McGrath) 
Neeper. Graduated from the Pittsburg 
Central High School in 1S76. Read law 
with Bayne & Magee and F. M. Magee; 
was admitted to the Allegheny County 
bar May 5, 1880. Republican in politics. 
Member of the Union and Monongahela 
Clubs. Pittsburg. Pa. Address, Frick 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 



\EELY, John Howard: 

Attorney at law; born in Tuscarora 
Township, Juniata County, Pa., Sept. 7, 
1858; educated in the public schools, at 
Millersville State Normal School, and the 
Princeton University, graduating from 
the latter institution, classical depart- 
ment, in 18S4, and receiving the Masters' 
Degree from the same in 18S7. He taught 
in the public schools and academies a 
number of years; read law at Mifflintown, 
Pa.; was admitted to the bar in 188G, 
and has since been actively engaged in the 
practice of law at that place. Married, 
1S91, Ella K. Banks; was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney for Juniata County as a 
Democrat in 1890, serving three years. 
Address, Mifflintown, Pa. 

NEFF, Daniel J.: 

Lawyer; born in Huntingdon County, 
Pa., Jan. 3, 1831; prepared for college in 
Huntingdon Academy, and completed his 
education in Marshall College, graduating 
in 1851. He began his law studies in 1854 
under Hon. S. S. Blair, of Hollidaysburg, 
and completed them in the Law School 
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., being admitted 
to the bar in 1856. His first office was 
opened at Hollidaysburg, whence he soon 
removed to Tyrone, and in 1S60 he went 
to Altoona, where he built up a large and 
lucrative practice in association with Mr. 
L. H. Hull. He became solicitor for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1S6S, 
and is very favorably known as an au- 
thority in corporation matters. His prac- 
tice has been very extensive alike in the 
County, State, and Federal Courts. Ad- 
dress, Altoona, Pa. 

NEFF, George W., M. D.: 

Physician; born in Masontown, Fayette 
County, Pa., Dec. 19, 1845; educated in 
common schools, Waysburg College and 
Jefferson Medical College; was graduated 
in class of 1S70. Served two terms in 
Pennsylvania Legislature, sessions of 1887 
and 1889; Major Surgeon Tenth Pennsyl- 
vania National Guard; was Major Surgeon 
of Tenth Pennsylvania Infantry, United 
States Army Volunteers during Spanish- 
American War and Filipino outbreak, P. I. 
State Trustee Connellsville College Hos- 
pital. Married Miss Loretta P. Parshall, 
of McClellandtown, Pa., November, 1S72. 
President First National Bank, Mason- 
town. Country Republican in politics. 
Address, Masontown, Fayette County, Pa. 

NEFF, John C: 

Treasurer and General Manager of 
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town, Fayette County, Pa., 1S54; edu- 
cated in Masontown common schools; 
President First National Bank, New Sa- 
lem, Pa. Engaged in buying, selling, and 
operating coal lands and building railroad 
in the Klondike in Fayette County, Pa., 
and constructing coke plants; he is a Re- 
publican. Residence, Masontown, Fay- 
ette County, Pa.; office, 610 Empire 

Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

i 

SEFF, Robert Penicli King: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command - 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Harmanus Neff. Elected Nov. 1, 1882. 
Address, 1108 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

.\EGLEY, John Henry; 

Lawyer and legislator; born in Butler, 
Pa., Feb. 7, 1S23; educated in the But- 
ler Academy and Washington College; 
studied law under Judge John Bredin 
and was admitted to the Butler County 
bar in 1S45. In 1845 he was appointed 
Deputy Attorney-General for his county, 
holding the office for about a year. In 
1850 this office, now known as District 
Attorney, became elective, and he was 
the first to fill it. He became editor and 
proprietor of the Democratic Herald in 
1S55, publishing it for three years. In 
1861 he was appointed to enroll names for 
the draft from Butler County, and in 1863 
was elected as a Republican to the Penn- 
sylvania Legislature. He was twice re- 
elected, and in 1869 returned to editorial 
duties, purchasing the Butler Citizen, 
which he edited and published till 1888. 
Address, Butler, Pa. 

SEGl'S, Rev. Milton F.: 

Pastor of the Temple Baptist Church 
of Philadelphia, Pa.; is a native of New 
York State; son of a Baptist clergyman, 
Rev. Cyrus R. Negus; educated at Col- 
gate University and Rochester Theologi- 
cal Seminary. He entered upon his pas- 
torate of the Fourth Baptist Church of 
Minneapolis, Minn., upon his graduation 
from Rochester, where he remained for 
seven years; preached at Owego, New 
York, and there became pastor of the 
First Baptist Church of Brooklyn, E. D., 
New York. After six years was called 
to his present pastorate, the Temple Bap- 
tist Church of Philadelphia, Pa. Au- 
thor of "Why Immerse?" published in 
New York State. He has traveled ex- 
tensively in the Orient, Africa and Eu- 
rope. Address, 2101 Tioga St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 



NEIDE, Horace: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Second Pennsylvania Re- 
serves May 27, 1861; First Lieuten- 
ant Dec. 12, 1861; Captain April 2, 
1862; Major Aug. 1, 1S62; resigned Nov. 
24, 1862; Captain June S, 1S63; Major 
Dec. 4, 1S63; Lieutenant Colonel June 
20, 1SG4; brevetted Colonel Volunteers 
March 13, 1S65, for gallant service in the 
battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill and 
Charles City Cross Roads, Va., and Brig- 
adier General of Volunteers March 13, 
1S65, for galant service in the battles of 
Mechanicsburg, Gaines Mill and Charles 
City Cross Roads, Va., and for faithful 
and meritorious services during the war; 
honoi'ably mustered out Jan. 10, 1867; 
First Lieutenant Forty-fourth Infantry 
July 28, 1866; assigned to Fourth Infantry 
Dec. 15, 1S70; Captain April 27, 1S80; 
brevetted Captain exarch 2, 1867, for gal- 
lant and meritorious services in the bat- 
tle of Gaines Mill, Va., and Major March 
2, 1S67, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in action at Glendale, Va.; retired 
April 4, 1893. Member of Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion. Address, Union 
League, Philadelphia, Pa. 

NE1LL,, Riennrd Kenslinw: 

United States Secretary of Legation; 
son of Major James P. W. and Alice 
ohnston Renshaw; born in Philadelphia, 
Oct. 20, 1845; received an academic edu- 
cation. Served for nine months in Key- 
stone Light Artillery of Philadelphia as 
Corporal in Civil War; entered United 
States Marine Corps, Second Lieutenant, 
1865; served on coast of Brazil; mamde 
First Lieutenant, 1871, and resigned, 1873. 
Secretary of the United States Legation 
at Lima, Peru, since 1884, and has had 
charge of the legation as ChargS d' Af- 
faires during the absence of the Minister. 
Member Sons of Albion, Sons of the Rev- 
olution. Geographical Society of Lima, 
Peru, Grand Army of the Republic (Penn- 
sylvania Society), and Order of the Cin- 
cinnati (Delaware branch). Address, 
United States Legation, Lima, Peru. 

NEILSON Lewis: 

Secretary of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company; born at Florence, N. J., on 
Sept. 30, 1860; son of Thomas Neilson, 
President of the Elmira and Williamsport 
Railroad Company, and Sarah Claypoole 
Lewis, and is the grandson of Robert 
Neilson, who was at one time Judge Ad- 
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of the Crown, and of William Clay Lewis, 
a prominent Philadelphia merchant, bank 
officer, private secretary to Henry Clay 
and Collector of Customs at the Port of 
Philadelphia 1849-1S53, a railroad officer in 
one of the first railroads of the country, 
and was interested in the importation of 
the first locomotive brought to this coun- 
try; entered the Academy of the Protes- 
tant Episcopal Church in 1870 and Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in June, 1S77; was 
graduated from the College Departmet in 
June, 18S1. Entered the service of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, filling 
various positions until promoted to chief 
clerk to the First Vice President. On Feb. 
8 1893, married Clara A. Rosengarten, 
daughter of Mr. Harry B. Rosengarten, of 
the firm of Rosengarten & Sons, of Phila- 
delphia; in 1897, apointed chief clerk to 
the Secretary; 1898, was appointed Assist- 
ant Secretary of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road Company, and of the Philadelphia, 
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com- 
pany; appointed to fill the same position 
with the Philadelphia & Baltimore Cen- 
tral Railroad Company, and was elected 
Secretary of the Manor Real Estate and 
Trust Company; 1901 was elected Secre- 
tary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany, and of the Philadelphia, Wilming- 
ton and Baltimore Railroad Company, now 
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 
Railroad Company, to fill the vacancy 
caused by the death of Mr. John C. Sims; 
also succeeded as Secretary of the Phila- 
delphia and Baltimore Central and the 
Junction Railroad Companies. Director, 
Treasurer and Secretary successively of 
the Athletic Association of the University 
of Pennsylvania, for several years prior to 
1894, and member of the Board of .Di- 
rectors and Executive Committee of the 
General Alumni Society, as well as its 
Secretary and Treasurer. Member of the 
Orpheus Club, and now its Treasurer and 
member of its Executive Committee. Ad- 
dress, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

NEILSON, Wiliam Delaware: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest nephew of decased Com- 
panion Brevet Brig. Gen. Wm. D. Lewis. 
Jr. Elected Feb. 1, 1888. Address, 325 
S. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NEILSON, William tieorge: 

Mining engineer; born in Philadelphia 
Aug. 12, 1842; took a full course at the 
Polytechnic College, graduating in 1862; he 



was connected with Elizabethtown forces, 
1S69-1S70; Pennsylvania Steel Company, 
1870-1871; General Manager Logan Iron and 
Steel Company, 1871-1875; manager Stand- 
ard Steel Works, 1S77-1S90; Vice Presi- 
dent Wellnian Iron and Steel Company. 
1S90-1S92; manager Taylor Iron and Steel 
Company, 1S93-1895; President Adirondack 
Mountain Reserve, 1SS7-1904; Treasurer 
Keystone Drop Forge Works, 1S99-1904. 
Member since 1872 of the American Insti- 
tute of Mining Engineers; has published 
several reports for the American Iron and 
Steel Association, and a chart showing 
the material progress of the United States 
and the cost of certain staple products 
during a series of years. Address, Har- 
rison Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

XELAN, Charles: 

Cartoonist; born in Akron, Ohio, April 
10, 1859; educated in the public schools 
and graduated from Buchtel College. He 
took a course in art at the National 
Academy of Design in New York, and in 
18SS began work on the Cleveland Press 
as a cartoonist, and has been a success- 
ful contributor to many Western and 
Eastern newspapers. His most preten- 
tious work was his "Cartoons of Our 
War with Spain." He married, in 1897, 
Maragaret A. Kennedy, an artist. Ad- 
dress, North American, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SELLER, Augustus: 

President of the People's National 
Bank of Stewartstown. Address, Stew- 
artstown, York County, Pa. 

NELSOX, Elmer: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Gallitgin; born in Blair, Blair county, 
Pa.; educated in public schools of Johns- 
town. Republican in Politics. Address, 
Gallitgin, Cambria County, Pa. 

NELSON, AVilliani M.: 

Former State Senator of Pennsylvania; 
born in Newburg, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1S26; 
educated in the common schools, and by 
strenuous personal application has become 
a scholar, orator and politician; was or- 
dained as a local preacher in 1S50, and 
afterward ordained a deacon. After mar- 
riage, in 1854, he moved to Equinunk, Pa., 
where he engaged in the mercantile busi- 
ness for twenty years. Mr. Nelson served 
as Postmaster under Pierce and Buchan- 
an and was elected to the lower house of 
the State Legislature in 1862, serving for 
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j the Wayne-Susquehanna district in 1878 
I and 1S82, thus serving the northeastern 
; part of the State for fifteen years in the 
Legislature. Secured valuable legislation 
I in river and railroad matters. Address, 
1 Equinunk, Pa. 

NESBITT, Abram: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Wilkesbarre. Address, Wilkesbarre, 
Luzerne County, Pa. 

KEVIN, Arthur Finley: 

Composer; born at Vine-Acre, Edge- 
worth, Pa., April 27, 1871; son of Robert 
P. and Elizabeth (Oliphant) Nevin; edu- 
cated at Sewickley Academy, Pennsyl- 
vania, and Park University, Allegheny, 
Pa.; received musical education at the' 
New England Conservatory, Boston, 
Mass., and under Klindworth and Boise, 
Berlin, Germany. Composer of songs, 
piano and orchestral works, etc. Ad- 
dress, Vine-Acre, Edgeworth, Pa. 

NEVIN, Charles XV.: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in Bos- 
ton, Feb. 27, 1S57. His father, Rev. G. 
H. Nevin, was a poet of considerable 

J fame, many of his hymns being pub- 
lished throughout America and Europe, 
and as far as India. Educated in the 

j Fewsmith School, Philadelphia, he gradu- 
ated in 1875 as valedictorian of his class, 
and in 1879 graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania. On leaving college he 
engaged in newspaper work, continuing in 
this labor for five years in Philadelphia 
and New York. He subsequently entered 
tne Princeton Theological Seminary, and 
studied philosophy under Dr. McCosh and 
Hebrew under Professor Green, and was 
graduated in 1S87. From that date till 
1890 he was examiner in Hebrew and the 
classics in the Presbytery of Monmouth, 
N. J., and pastor of the Cavalry Presby- 
terian Church at Riverton, N. J. During 
1890-1891 he was associate editor of the 
Sunday School Times at Philadelphia. He 
declined an offer of the Chair of Old 
Testament Theology and Hebrew in Ur- 
sinus Theological Seminary, and accepted 
in 1891 the pastorship of the First Pres- 
byterian Church, Clifton Heights, Pa. In 
1&93 he became pastor of the South Broad 
Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 
of which pulpit he is still in charge. Ad- 
dress, 307 South Fortieth St., Philadel- 
phia. 

NEVIN, Franklin Taylor: 

Lawyer; born April 2, 1867, at Sewick- 
ley, Allegheny County, Pa.; son of Theo- 



dore H. and Hannah (Irin) Nevin; was 
graduated from the public schools at 
Sewickley in 1SS3; spent one year in the 
University of Western Pennsylvania; was 
graduated from Williams College in 1890, 
and from the Law Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1897 after a 
three years' course; admitted to the Al- 
lepheny County bar Dec. 18, 1897. Ad- 
dress, 440 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

NE\ IN, James M.: 

President of the State Bank of Eliza- 
beth. Address, Elizabeth, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

NEVIN, Joseph Travelli: 

Secretary and Treasurer of the Leader 
Publishing Company of Pittsburg; born 
in Sewickley Feb. 7, 1S47; son of the late 
Rev. Daniel E. Nevin; educated in the 
Sewickley Academy and the Western 
University of Pennsylvania, graduating 
from same in 1864. Entered the employ 
of the T. H. Nevin Company as a book- 
keeper and manager, which position he 
held for several years. He entered the 
office of the Pittsburg Leader, first as 
advancing to the head of that department 
and later as assistant business manager, 
advancing to the head of that department 
in 1884; subsequently he was chosen Sec- 
retary and Treasurer of the company. 
Member of the American Publishers' As- 
sociation, and is one of. its Directors; is 
a Past Master of Ionic Lodge No. 525, F. 
and A. M., of Allegheny, and a member 
of Chapter No. 27, and Past Eminent 
Commander of Allegheny Commandery 
No. 35. He has taken a deep interest in 
the school affairs of Sewickley, and 
served for some time as a Director. In 
1874 married Sarah Lawson, daughter of 
Capt. William Cunningham. Address, 
431 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

NEVIN, Robert Peebles: 

Journalist, author; born in Shippens- 
burg, Pa., 1S20; son of John and Martha 
Nevin; graduate of Jefferson College in 
1842, and received the degree of A. M. 
Married Elizabeth Duncan Oliphant. He 
established the Pittsburg Daily Leader 
in 1870 and the Pittsburg Times in 1880. 
Author of "Black Robes," "Sketches of 
Mission and Ministers on the Border and 
in the Wilderness," "Les Trois Rois," 
"Beautiful River and Other Poems," 
"Tracks of a Traveler," 1887-1888, and 
"About a Dog," 1902, the two latter be- 
ing serials in Pittsburg Leader. Address, 
Edgeworth, Pa. 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



WEVIN, Theodore Williamson: 

Editor Pittsburg Leader; born in Se- 
wickley, Pa., July 24, 1S54; son of Daniel 
E. and Margaret I. Nevin. He was edu- 
cated, primarily, in the public schools, 
and is a graduate of the Western Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Married, Nov. 
12, 1S90, Mary Elizabeth Appel, Lancas- 
ter, Pa.; studied law and took up special 
courses at Dresden and Leipzig. Upon 
his return from abroad he entered the 
field of journalism, and was consecutively 
reporter, proofreader, telegraph editor and 
editor in chief of the Pittsburg Leader. 
Has been President of the Leader Pub- 
lishing Company since 18S7. Residence, 
232 Broad St., Sewickley, Pa. Address, 
431 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

NEWBOLD, Arthnr E.. 

Banker and broker; born in Jenkintown, 
Montgomery County, Pa., Aug. 5, 1859. 
His preliminary education was obtained 
in the West Penn Square and the Epis- 
copal Academies, of Philadelphia, and in 
1S79 he entered the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, from which he withdrew early in 
the sophomore year. He engaged in the 
stock brokerage business in 187S and is 
now a banker and broker in Philadelphia. 
Mr. Newbold is a member of the Phila- 
delphia, Rittenhouse, Racquet, Country, 
Philadelphia Cricket and Huntingdon Val- 
ley Clubs. While in college he became 
a member of the Philomathean Society 
and the Zeta Psi fraternity. Address, 
Laverock, Philadelphia, Pa. 

NEWBOLD, Charles: 

Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Second 
Lieutenant Third Cavalry, Nov. 16, 1861; 
transferred to Fifth Infantry, Aug. 20, 
1S62; First Lieutenant Aug. 26, 1863; Cap- 
tain Nineteenth Infantry, July 28, 1S66; 
brevet Captain, Jan. 30. 1863, for gallant 
and meritorious service in action with 
Navajo Indians; resigned Nov. 18, 1S67; 
Major Additional Paymaster Volunteers, 
March 11, 1S99; Major Paymaster United 
States Army, July 22, 1809; retired June 
25, 1903. Address, 1744 P St., N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 

XEWBOLD, Win. Romaine. I'll. 11.: 

Teacher; born in Wilmington, Del., Nov. 
20, 1S65; son of William A. and Martha 
(Baily) Newbold; entered University of 
Pennsylvania (sophomore) in 1S84; re- 
ceived the degrees of A. B. in 1SS7 and 
Ph. D. in 1891. Teacher of Latin, Chel- 



tenham Military Academy, Ogontz, Pa., 
18S7-1SS9; Instructor in Latin, University 
of Pennsylvania, 1SS9-1891; Lectured on 
Philosophy, ibid., 1890-1894; absent on 
leave in Europe for travel and study, 
1891-1892; Assistant Professor of Phil- 
osophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1894- 
1903; Professor of Philosophy, ibid., 1003 
to present time; Dean of the Graduate 
School, ibid., 1S96-1904. Author of numer- 
ous papers and reviews on psychological 
and philosophical subjects. Married in Bos- 
ton, Mass., April 9, 1806, Ethel Sprague 
Kent, only daughter of Rev. George T. 
and Anna (Sprague) Packard of Boston. 
Address, University of Pennsylvania, Pa. 

NEWCOM.M, Edward C.I 

Judge of Court of Common Pleas. Ad- 
dress, Scranton, Pa. 

NEWELL, David L.: 

President of the Frist National Bank 
of Youngwood. Address, Youngwood, 
Westmoreland County, Pa. 

NEWELL, T. L.: 

Banker; born in 1S57, a native of Penn- 
sylvania; received his early training in 
Virginia; educated in the common schools 
and at Dickinson Seminary. For the last 
twenty-five years General Manager of 
the large interests of Edwards & Co.. 
anthracite coal miners and merchants: 
organized Deposit and Savings Bank, of 
which he is President; a Trustee of Wy- 
oming Seminary; connected with various 
commercial, financial, social and religious 
organizations. Married, in 1SS2, daughter | 
of the late Hon. Daniel Edwards, of 
Kingston. Address, Kingston, Pa. 

NEWGAKDEN. George J.: 

Captain (Assistant Surgeon) United 
States Army; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
June 25. 1S64; educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia; was graduated 
from the Boys' Central High School in. 
June. 1880, with degree of A. B., and 
degree of A. M., June, 1S85; was graduat- 
ed from Jefferson Medical College, Phila- 
delphia, April 1SS9, with degree of M. 
D. Interne to Philadelphia Hospital 
(Blockley) in 1890; Medical Examiner in' 
Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C, 1890- 
1891. Married, in 1S91, Margaret Wool- 
ever, daughter of the late Hon. Adam 
Woolever, of Allentown, Pa. Assistant ( 
demonstrator of operative surgery in Jef- 
ferson Medical College, and medical clin- 
ical assistant at Jefferson Medical College 



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54i 



Hospital, 1S91. Commissioned First Lieu- 
tenant (Assistant Surgeon), United States 
Army, November, 1S92; promoted to Cap- 
tain (Assistant Surgeon), November, 1S97. 

I Served during the Spanish-American 
War as Surgeon to the Third United 
States Cavalry throughout the entire 
campaign in Cuba; established the "Bloody 

I Ford" dressing station on San Juan River, 
Cuba, near Santiago, on July 1, 1S98. 
Military service at Fort Sheridan, 111.; 

j Fort Wayne, Mich. ; Fort Yates. N. D. ; 

! the Cuban campaign, Fort Adams, R. I.; 

I Fort McHenry, Md. ; Fort Mason, Cal., 

I and Fort Harrison, Mont., successively. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

I SEAVTOX, Richard Heber: 

Presbyter of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; son of Richard Newton, D. D., 
and Lydia (Gretorex) Newton, of Phila- 
delphia; born Oct. 31, 1840; educated in 
the Gregory School, Protestant Episco- 
pal School, Philadelphia; University of 
jj Pennsylvania. 1861; Protestant Episcopal 
5 Divinity hScool, 1863; received degree of 
D. D. from Union University, N. Y. ; as- 
' sistant minister of St. Paul's and Church 
\ of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, 1S62-1S64; 
; minister in charge of Trinity Church, 
I Sharon Springs, New York, 1S64-1866; 
rector of St. Paul's, Philadelphia, 1866- 
' 1S69; All Soul's Church, New York, 1869- 
1902; select preacher to Leland Stanford, 
. Jr., University, California, 1902-1903. Au- 
I thor of "The Children's Church," "The 
\ Morals of Trade," "Womanhood," "Stud- 
! ies of Jesus," "The Right and Wrong 
j Uses of the Bible," "The Book of the 
Beginnings." "Philistinism," "Church and 
I Creed," "Social Studies and Christian 
Science." Contributor to the American 
Supplement to the "Encyclopaedia Brit- 
tanica," Princeton Review, North Ameri- 
can Review, The Forum, The Arena, 
Mind, etc. President of the Internation- 
al Metaphysical League, Vice President of 
the Congress of Religion, Director of the 
New York State Conference of Religion; 
member of the General Committee of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church Congress, 
etc. Address, The Kirkwood, Camden. 
S. C. 

NICELY, "William H.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Watsontown. Address. Watson- 
town, Northumberland County, Pa. 

NICHOLS, Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 

Representatives from Allegheny County; 



born in Pittsburg, Pa., where he has 
always resided, Aug. 31, 1S53; educated 
in the public schools; served as a mem- 
ber of Common Councils in 1S94 and 
1S95; elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
354 Cedar St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

NICHOLS, H. M.: 

President of the Citizens' Banking 
Company. Address, Oil City, Venango 
County, Pa. 

NICHOLS, Henry Sargent Prentiss: 

Lawyer; son of Joseph Darwin Nichols 
and Emily Darrah; born in Columbia, 
Lancaster County, Pa.; educated at the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1879, from 
which he received the degree of A. B. 
Member of Phi Beta Kappa, University 
Club, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
Presbyterian Historical Society, Presby- 
terian Board of Relief for Disabled Min- 
isters, etc., Law Association of Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania State Bar Associa- 
tion and American Bar Association, and 
is a Trustee of the Presbyterian Hos- 
pital. Address, the Real Estate Trust 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

NICHOLS, R. L.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Coudersport. Address, Coudersport, 
Potter County, Pa. 

NICHOLSON, John Page: 

Soldier, editor; born in Philadelphia 
July 4, 1842; son of James B. and Ade- 
laide B. Nicholson; received the degree 
of A. M. from Marietta College in 18S2. 
Private Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, July 3, 1S61; Sergeant, July 20, 
1S61; Regimental Commissai-y Sergeant, 
Aug. 2, 1861; discharged for promotion. 
July 21, 1S62; First Lieutenant Twenty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, July 21. 
1S62; First Lieutenant and Quartermas- 
ter, Sept. 19, 1862; honorably mustered out, 
Sept. 1, 1865; b revetted Captain United 
States Volunteers, March 13, 1S65, "for 
faithful and meritorious services"; Cap- 
tain, March 13, 1865, "for faithful and 
meritorious services during the war"; 
Major, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services in the Savannah and 
Carolina campaigns"; Lieutenant Col- 
onel, March 13, 1865, "for gallant and 
meritorious services during the war." 
Served in and with Army of West Vir- 
ginia, Banks's Corps; Armies of Vir- 
ginia, the Potomac, the Cumberland and 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Georgia from Bolivar, Va., 1S61. to Sher- 
man's march to the sea and through the 
Carolinas, to the final surrender of the 
Confederate forces. Member of Histor- 
ical Societies of Pennsylvania, Maine, 
Virginia, Maryland and Tennessee and 
the Ohio Historical and Archfeological So- 
ciety. Recorder in Chief of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion since 1S79; 
Recorder of the Commandery of the State 
of Pennsylvania since 1879; Chairman of 
United States Gettysburg National Park 
Commission; Secretary of Pennsylvania 
Gettysburg Commission; Valley Forge 
Commission, Hanover Pennsylvania Mon- 
ument Commission; Trustee of Soldiers 
and Sailors' Home, Erie, Pa., and Penn- 
sylvania Military Academy, Chester, Pa.; 
member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public, Military Service Institution of the 
United States, and United Service Club. 
Translator and editor of "The History of 
the Civil War in America" (by the Comte 
de Paris), 4 vols; editor and compiler of 
"Pennsylvania at Gettysburg," 2 vols. 
(State publication). Address, 1124 N. 
Forty-first St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NICHOLSON, Samuel T.: 

Reformer, and candidate of the Union 
Reform Party for the Vice Presidency; 
born in Halifax County, N. C, Feb. 2, 
1852. He was graduated from Horner 
School in North Carolina, and took a 
classical and literary course at the Uni- 
versity of Virginia; studied law at the 
University, but never engaged in prac- 
tice. Engaged for a time in agricultural 
pursuits, and afterward in the insurance 
business; became interested in reform 
work; published the Eclectic, a journal 
devoted to good government and good 
citizenship; removed tt> Washington; or- 
ganized the National Good Government 
League, of which he became Secretary. 
Address, 320 Meyran St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

NICHOLSON. William R.: 

President of the Land Title and Trust 
Company of Philadelphia. Address. Broad 
and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NICKERSON. C. AV.: 

President of the Sunbury Trust and 
Safe Deposit Company. Address, Sun- 
bury, Northumberland County, Pa. 

NICODEMUS, Edwin Arthur: 

Physician and surgeon; born at Mar- 
tinsburg, Pa., May 9, 1870; son of Fred- 



erick L. and Rebecca Nicodemus; educat- 
ed in the public schools until sixteen 
years old, when he entered the Millers- 
ville State Normal School. Taught in 
the public schools of Lancaster County 
for several years, then entered the drug 
business, receiving theoretical training 
at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 
1892-1893; was graduated in medicine 
from Jefferson Medical College in 189S. 
He was in charge of the drug department 
of the University of Pennsylvania Hos- 
pital at the outbreak of the Spanish- 
American War. Entered the United 
States service as private in Governor's 
Troop, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, 
April 2S, 1S9S; unanimously elected Sec- 
ond Lieutenant May 3, 189S. In July was 
appointed Adjutant of Squadron, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and served 
as such under Major C. S. W. Jones in 
Porto Rico and until the muster-out of 
Pennsylvania troops. On the return voy- 
age from Porto Rico, during the tem- 
porary sickness of Major Jones, he had 
command of the troops on board the 
transport Mississippi. Has been actively 
connected with the National Guard of 
Pennsylvania since 1891. Commissioned 
Assistant Surgeon, with rank of First 
Lieutenant, August, 1901, and assigned 
for duty with his old command. Married, 
1903, to Helen A. Seibert. Has been ac- 
tive in quelling industrial disturbances 
in the State since 1892 in coal and iron 
fields, and a worker in local Republican 
politics. Address, 1605 Derry St., Har- 
risburg, Pa. 

NICOLLS, William Jasper: 

Civil and mining engineer; born in 
Philadelphia April 23, 1854; son of Jas- 
per William and Ellen Nicolls; received 
his education at the Hill School in Potts- 
town. He is a member of the American 
Society of Civil Engineers. Member of 
the Art, Authors' (Philadelphia), Engi- 
neers' (New York) Clubs. Author of 
"Nicolls' Railway Builder," "Stlory of 
American Coal," 1898; "Coal Catechism," 
1900; "Greystone" (novel), 1901; "A 
Dreamer in Paris," 1904. Married Clara 
V. Lyon, of Bellefonte. Residence, 1018 
S. Forty-ninth St. Address, Pennsylvania 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

NIELDS, Benjamin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order' of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant First Delaware 
Infantry, May 6, 1861; honorably mus- 



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543 



tered out, Aug. 7, 1SG1; First Lieutenant, 
First Battery, Delaware Light Artillery, 
July 27, 1S62; Captain, Aug. 15, 1862; 
honorably mustered out, June 23, 1865; 
brevetted Major and Lieutenant Colonel, 
United States Volunteers, March 13, 1S65, 
"for conspicuous gallantry at Cane River 
Crossing, La., April 23, 1864." Elected 
May 6, 1S91. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

NIEMANN, H. H.: 

President of the Fifth Avenue Bank. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

NIEMEYER, Adolpli: 

President of the Saving Institution of 
Williamsport. Address, Williamsport, Ly- 
coming County, Pa. 

NILES, Jerome B.: 

Lawyer; born in Niles Valley, Tioga 
County, Pa., Sept. 25, 1834. He worked 
on his father's farm as a boy, received 
an academic education, and taught dis- 
trict school at Wellsboro for several 
terms. He then studied law in the office 
of Hon. H. W. Sherwood, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1S61. During the 
following year he acted as message clerk 
in the Pennsylvania House of Representa- 
ti\ es and Mercantile Appraiser for Tioga 
County, and in the same year was elect- 
ed District Attorney. He was re-elected 
in 1865, and also served again as mes- 
sage clerk in the House. His private 
practice began as a partner with Hon. S. 
F. Wilson, of Wellsboro, and in 1868 he 
was elected to the State Legislature. He 
was a member of the Constitutional Con- 
vention of 1872, and was author of the 
provision for the formation of new coun- 
ties. He was returned to the Legislature 
in 1SS0 and 1882, and in 1883 was elected 
Auditor General of Pennsylvania. In 1890 
he was a prominent candidate for Con- 
gress, and in 1S90 and 1892 was re-elect- 
ed to the Legislature. During this fre- 
quent periods of public service Mr. Niles 
conducted a large law business in Tioga 
County. Address, Wellsboro, Pa. 

NILES, Nathan Eric: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Acad- 
emy, July 28, 1864; was graduated in 
1868; Nipsic, North Atlantic Fleet, 1S69- 
1870; promoted to Ensign, 1869; to Mas- 
ter, 1870; Pacific Station in Saranac, Re- 
saca and St. Mary's, from December, 1870, 



to May, 1S73; St. Mary's went out of 
commission in May or June, 1873, at 
Norfolk, Va., after a passage around 
Cape Horn from San Francisco; Manhat- 
tan, 1873; Ossipee, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1S74-1875; commissioned as Lieu- 
tenant, 1874; Torpedo Station, 1875; Ma- 
rion, European Station, 1S75-1S78; ord- 
nance duty, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 
1879-1882; Iroquois, Pacific Station, 1SS2- 
1885; Hydrographic Office, 1885-1888; At- 
lanta, European Station, about four 
months; ship was attached to Admiral 
Walker's Squadron of Evolution; electric 
light duty, Norfolk, 1891-1895; detached 
from Norfolk Navy Yard, Aug. 31, 1S95 
executive of Lancaster, ordnance, Sept. 
3, 1S95, to Dec. 31, 1897; duty in Bureau 
of Equipment, Jan. 3, 1S9S; commanded 
the Piscataqua in June, 1898; joined 
Havana blockade in July, 1898; detached 
from Piscataqua, Sept. 28, 189S; Equip- 
ment Officer, Norfolk Navy Yard, Oct. 1, 
1898 to 1900; promoted to Commander, 
March 25, 1899; commanded Nashville, 
July 9. 1900, to 1903; Naval Home, Phila- 
delphia, since 1903. Address, Naval 
Home, Philadelphia, Pa. 

NILL, Thomas Jefferson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant 126th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, Aug. 10, 1862; First 
Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Aug. 15, 
1862; honorably mustered out, May 20, 
1863. Elected Jan. 5, 1881. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NISBET, Verner: 

Physician; born in Waxhaw, S. C, 
1S76; son of Dr. John Newton Nisb.et; 
educated at Davis High School and South 
Carolina College; Ph. G., Maryland Col- 
lege of Pharmacy, 1895; M. D., Medical 
Department University of Pennsylvania, 
1901. Resident physician University Hos- 
pital, 1901-1903. Passed Pennsylvania 
Board of Medical Examiners June, 1903. 
Member Philadelphia Pathological Socie- 
ty. Address, 317 South 18th Street, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

NISSLEY, Jacob W.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Mt. Joy. Address, Mt. Joy, Lancas- 
ter County, Pa. 

NISSLEY, John J.: 

President of the Hummelstown Na- 
tional Bank. Address, Hummelstown, Pa. 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



NISSL.Y, Samuel: 

President of the Lincoln National Bank. 
Address, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Pa. 

MTZSCHE, George E.: 

Lawyer; born at Nazareth, Pa., June 
3, 1874; descendant of early Moravian 
stock; educated at public and private 
schools of Nazareth and Philadelphia; 
was graduated from the Law Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1S9S, receiving" the degree of LL. B.; 
admitted to the bar in 1S98. Bursar and 
Registrar of the Law Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, 18981-190?.; 
incorporator of the Philadelphia Rescue 
Home, 1899; Director and counsel of 
Philadelphia Rescue Home, 1S98— ; founder 
and editor of "Old Penn" and "University 
Chronicle," official graduate weeklies of 
the University of Pennsylvania; editor 
of "Law School Memorial Volume," "Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania Guide." Author 
of numerous articles, reports and educa- 
tional statistics. Address, Houston Hall, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

NOBLE, Charles P.: 

Physician; born in Federalsburg, Md., 
Nov. 15, 1S63; studied at Iowa Agricul- 
tural College; was graduated from the 
University of Maryland, M. D.. in 18S4. 
Began practice in Philadelphia, 18S4; con- 
nected with Philadelphia Lying-in Char- 
ity, 1884-1889; since 1889 surgeon-in-chief 
of the Kensington Hospital for Women; 
specialist in diseases of women. Address, 
1509 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NOBL.IT, George W.: 

Sheriff of Forest County; born at Port- 
land, Elk County, May 8, 1S60; when a 
child he removed with his parents to 
Brock way ville, Jefferson County; attend- 
ed the public schools till seventeen years 
of age; at that time entered his father's 
shop, taking a four years' apprenticeship 
as a blacksmith; at the end of this time 
he went West, but soon returned to 
Pennsylvania. In 1SS3 he was married to 
Miss Delia Gilson of Barnes, Pa. Short- 
ly after he removed to Pigeon, Forest 
County, where he established himself 
in business. Was elected repeatedly to 
nearly all important offices of trust in 
his township, and served as Postmaster 
for some time. In 1902 he was elected 
Sheriff of Forest County, after which he 
removed to Tionesta. Address. Tionesta, 
Pa. 



NOEL, York: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy 
from Cumberland County, Pa., Sept. 20, 
1S70; was graduated May 30, 1874; served 
on North Atlantic Station on board flag- 
ships Colorado, Worcester and Hartford, 
from 1S74 to 1S76. Commissioned En- 
sign. July 17, 1876; Alliance, European 
Station, 1S77; Minnesota and Fortune, 
1878-1879; Norfolk Navy Yard, June to 
Oct. 1, 1S79; on flagship Shenandoah, 
South Atlantic Station, from 1S79 to 1SS2. 
Commissioned Master, Oct. 28, 1S81; 
served on Miantonomah, special cruise, 
from 1882 to 18S3; title changed from 
Master to Lieutenant (junior grade), 
March 3, 1S83; Colorado, New York. 1883; 
North Atlantic Station, on board Galena 
and Swatara, 1883-1886; during which 
time was on duty ashore with Naval Bri- 
gade when it occupied the Isthmus of 
Panama during the revolution of 1885; 
Vermont, New York, from 1SS6 to 18S9. 
Commissioned Lieutenant, Jan. 2. 1888; 
on board Despatch, 1889 to 1891; League 
Island Navy Yard, 1891 to 1892; Monon- 
gahela. 1892-1S94; Newark, 1894-1S95; 
Chicago, 1895; Navy Yard, New York, 
1S96; Naval Academy, August, 1S96, to 
March. 1S9S; Marblehead, 1S9S to 1S99. 
Commissioned Lieutenant Commander, 
March 3, 1899; Iowa, 1S99 to 1903; Asiatic 
Station since November, 1903. Address, 
Naval Station, Cavite, P. I. 

NONES, Henry Beauclianii»: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; Third Assistant 
Engineer, Sept. 23, 1853; resigned and 
honorably discharged, Aug. 19.1S56; Sec- 
ond Assistant Engineer (Master), May 
28, 1S61; First Assistant Engineer (En- 
sign), July 1, 1861; Chief Engineer (Lieu- 
tenant Commander), Dec. 14, 1S61; Chief 
Engineer (Commander), Dec. 1, 1SS5; re- 
tired (Commander), May 15, 1S92. Mem- 
ber of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; elected Jan. 2, 1867. Council of 
the Commandery, May 6, 1SS5-1SS6. Ad- 
dress, 1107 Franklin St., Wilmington, Del. 

NONES, Robert Hodgson: 

Dentist; born Wilmington, Del., Jan. 
28, 1864; son of Dr. S. S. and Harriet A. 
Nones; educated at Northwest Grammar 
School, Philadelphia; graduated from 
Philadelphia Dental School, 1SS5. Mem- 
ber Academy Stomatology, the Pennsyl- 
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Dental Association, and is dean of the 
Dental Department and Professor of 
Prosthetic Dentistry, Crown and Bridge 
Work, Dental Metallurgy and Clinical 
Dentistry of the Medico-Chirurgical Col- 
lege; dental surgeon to Philadelphia Hos- 
pital. President State Dental Society; 
member American Medical Society. Mem- 
ber of Board of Education, Past Master 
of Melita Lodge 295, F. and A. M. ; Psi 
Omega dental fraternity. Address, 1708 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NORRIS, George W.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, 1875; 
was graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania, 1S95; medicine, 1899. Res- 
ident physician at the Pennsylvania Hos- 
pital, 1900-1902; medical examiner for the 
Free Hospital for Consumptives at 
White Haven, Pa., for the Mutual Life In- 
surance Company of New York; the Secur- 
ity Life and Annuity Company of Ameri- 
ca; dispensary physician at the Episcopal 
Hospital, Philadelphia, and at the Henry 
Phipps Institute for the Study, Treat- 
ment and Prevention of Tuberculosis. 
Member of the Paediatric Society of Phil- 
adelphia, the Pathological Society of Phil- 
adelphia and the American Medical As- 
sociation. Author of "Contribution to 
the Study of Human Blood Pressure," 
"Pneumonia," "Tetanus," and other medi- 
cal articles. Address, 1530 Locust St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

NORRIS, Isaac: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, June 
12, 1834; son of Isaac Norris; was gradu- 
ated from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1852, receiving the degrees of A. M. 
and M. D. 1S55. Acting Assistant Surgeon 
United States Army, 1862-1865; Profes- 
sor of Chemistry. Central High School, 
Philadelphia, 1866-1876; physician Phila- 
delphia Dispensary, 1S65-1S67; Secretary 
Franklin Institute, 1878-1881. Fellow of 
College of Physicians, Philadelphia; Sec- 
retary of same, May 6, 1885; member 
Academy of Natural Sciences, American 
Philosophical Society, and Franklin Insti- 
tute Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 
Address, Fair Hill, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

NORRIS, Jolin: 

Newspaper manager; born Sept. 2, 
1856, in Philadelphia. His father's death 
at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 quali- 
fied him for admission to Girard Col- 
lege (April, 1864), from which he was 
graduated in 1872. He became a re- 

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porter on Philadelphia Press, Sept. 16, 
1872; Philadelphia Times, 1875; city ed- 
itor of Philadelphia Record, May 1, 1877; 
business manager New York World, Feb. 
S, 1892; business manager New York 
Times, Sept. 17, 1900. Address, Times 
Building, New York, N. Y. 

NORRIS, John A.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
near Meadville, Crawford County, Pa.. 
Dec. 2, 1847; entered the Naval Acad- 
emy in September, 1865; was graduated 
in June, 1869; served on various ships and 
stations until 1875;, when he became 
connected with an expedition sent out 
by the Navy Department for the as- 
tronomical determination of latitudes and 
longitudes in the West Indies; he was 
employed upon this work in various 
parts of the world until 1885, when he 
was ordered to the South Pacific Station. 
Upon returning to the United States in 
18SS he was again ordered upon as- 
tronomical work, after which he made a 
cruise of three years on the Asiatic Sta- 
tion; this was followed by a tour of duty 
at the Naval Academy as instructor in 
the Navigation Department. He was 
promoted to Ensign in 1870; to Master in 
1873; to Lieutenant in 1876. In 1897 he 
was made Lieutenant Commander and 
was ordered as executive officer to the 
U. S. S. Boston on the Asiatic Station; 
in this capacity he served in all the oper- 
ations in Manila Bay during the war with 
Spain in 1898; shortly after the outbreak 
of hostilities with the insurgent Filipinos 
he was transferred to the U. S. S. 
Charleston, which vessel was wrecked 
upon an uncharted reef in November, 

1899. Returning to the United States in 

1900, he was promoted to Commander, 
and ordered to the Naval Academy; in 
1901 he was advance'd by Congress five 
numbers in grade for services in the 
battle of Manila Bay. Shortly after he 
was placed in charge of an expedition to 
determine the astronomical position of 
points in the Philippines. Upon the com- 
pletion of the field work of this expedi- 
tion he was ordered to the Bureau of 
Equipment, Navy Department. Address, 
Bureau of Equipment, Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

NORTH, Calvin H.: 

Bank officer; born in McAlisterville, 
Juniata County, Pa., March 28, 1824; edu- 
cated in public and private schools; spent 
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year in a wholesale drygoods store in 
Philadelphia; then, till 1885, was engaged 
in mercantile business with his father in 
his native place. In 1857, after a year's 
travel in the West, Mr. North was ap- 
pointed clerk in the Department of the 
Interior at Washington, remaining till 
1861. February, 1862, he was made teller 
in the Mifflin County Bank, Lewistown, 
Pa., and in March, 1864, became cashier of 
the First National Bank of Selingsgrove, 
Pa. In this position he has won wide rep- 
utation as an efficient financier, and the 
bank has prospered abundantly under 
his careful supervision. Address, Sellings- 
grove, Pa. 

NORTH, H. M.I 

Lawyer; born in Juniata County, Pa., 
July 7, 1826; read law under G. S. Doty, 
of Mifflintown, and Joseph Casey, of New 
Berlin, Pa., and was admitted to the Dan- 
caster' County bar in 1849. He opened an 
office in Columbia, where he has since 
been actively engaged in the practice of 
the law, doing an excellent business. A 
Democrat in political opinion, he was 
earnest in party service, and was elected 
to the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1854. 
In 1860 he was a delegate to both the 
Democratic National Conventions of that 
year at Baltimore and at Charleston, and 
in 1864 made a strong but unsuccessful 
run against Hon. Thaddeus Stephens for 
Congress. In 1872 he ran against A. H. 
Smith for the same post of honor. Mr. 
North has been solicitor for the Reading 
Railroad Company since 1863 and for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company since 
1869, and is President of the First Na- 
tional Bank of Columbia. He received a 
large vote for the party nomination for 
Lieutenant Governor in 1874 and for Gov- 
ernor in 1875, and was nominated for 
President Judge of Lancaster County in 
1891. This place was offered him by the 
Governor in 1892. but was declined. He is 
President of the Lancaster Bar Associa- 
tion, and in 1887 was honored with the 
degree of LL. D. from Franklin and Mar- 
shall College. Address, Columbia, Pa. 

NORTH, William F.: 

Treasurer of The Real Estate Trust 
Company of Philadelphia; born in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., in 1844; received an academ- 
ic education; entered Treasurer's office of 
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, 
1865; entered the Philadelphia Stock Ex- 
change. 1870; elected Treasurer of The 
Real Estate Trust Company of Philadel- 



phia in 1885. Member of the Pennsylvania 
Society Sons of the Revolution. Address, 
5912 Wayne Ave., Germantown, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

XORTHROP, Henry Davenport: 

Clergyman, author; born in Poultney, 
N. T., March 10, 1836; son of Daniel and 
Sophia Northrop. He was graduated from 
Amherst in 1857, and studied divinity in 
New York. Married Josephine L. Mer- 
rick, New York, 1862. Ordained to Pres- 
byterian ministry in 1861. Author of 
"Crown Jewels," 1887; "History of the 
United States," 1890; "Peerless Reciter," 
1892; "Grandfather's Bible Stories," 1893; 
"Grandest Century in the World's His- 
tory," 1900; "John Winslow," 1901; 
"World Renowned Authors," 1902. Ad- 
dress, 1729 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

NORTON, Thomas Howell: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from West Vir- 
ginia; Second Lieutenant First West Vir- 
ginia Infantry, May 11, 1861; honorably 
mustered out, Aug. 27, 1861; Captain Fif- 
teenth Infantry, Aug. 5, 1861; transferred 
to Eleventh Infantry, April 25, 1869; re- 
tired, Dec. 15. 1870; commissioned Major 
1904;' brevetted Major, Sept. 1, 1864, for 
gallant and meritorious services in the 
battle of Missionary Ridge. Tenn., and in 
the Atlanta campaign and battle of Jones- 
boro, Ga. Address, Wheeling, W. Va. 

NORTON, William C.I 

Member of the Pennsylvania House 
of Representatives from Wayne County; 
born at Clinton, that county, Oct. 10. 1852; 
educated in the common schools and at 
the Delaware Literary Institute, Frank- 
lin, N. Y. Has been engaged in farming 
and breeding Jersey cattle and trotting 
horses; is President of the Pennsylvania 
Live Stock Breeders' Association; was 
one of the live stock judges at the 
"World's Fair, Chicago, in 1893; was a 
member of the State Board of Agricul- 
ture; is a Director of the Wayne County 
Agricultural Society, and is a member of 
the Clinton and Pomona Granges. He 
was Town Clerk, Township Overseer of 
the Poor and Supervisor; also County 
Treasurer for three years; was a member 
of the House of Representatives, session 
of 1899; re-elected in November, 1902. 
Address, Aldenville, Pa. 

NORWOOD. William: 

Lawyer; third son of Robert and Eliza- 
beth (Dock) Norwood; born April 15, 1843, 



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near Lisbon, County Down, Ireland. His 
parents with their family went to Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, in 1847; he was educated at 
Eaton and Cincinnati, Ohio; was a soldier 
in the rebellion of 1861-1865. Member of 
the Union Veteran Legion; admitted to 
the bar at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1877, and 
practiced law there till 1890. He then 
moved with his family to Pittsburg, Pa., 
where he is now in the practice of law. 
Married Marie Louise Mills of Cincinnati, 
Ohio, in 1880; she died in 1884. In 1887 
he married Marie Catherine Barnett of 
Pittsburg, Pa. Address, 411 Grant St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

NOSS, Theodore Bland: 

Educator; born in Waterloo, Juniata 
County, Pa., May 10, 1852; son of Rev. 
George and Isabella (Coulter) Noss; re- 
moved to Nossville, Pa., in 1853; attended 
public schools several short terms; boy- 
hood experiences connected with farm, 
store and tannery of his father. Re- 
moved in 1868 to Strasburg, Va.; began 
teaching in a district school in 1872 near 
Hagerstown, Md. ; entered State Normal 
School, Shippensburg, Pa., in 1873; was 
graduated from the same in 1874; princi- 
pal of Shippensburg public schools, 1874- 
1S75; principal of Preparatory Department 
of Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., 
1875-1877; entered Syracuse. N. T., Uni- 
versity in 1877; was graduated from same 
in 1880; Ph. D. in 1883; vice principal of 
State Normal School, California, Pa., 
1880-1883; principal of same since 1883. 
Married, May 17, 1883, Mary B. Graham, 
Monongahela, Pa. Republican in politics; 
lay delegate to General Conference Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, 1896; 
active member National Educational As- 
sociation; President of Normal Depart- 
ment of same, 1899. Author of "Out- 
lines in Psychology and Pedagogy," 1890; 
"The Child Study Record," 1900; "The 
Chapel Hymnal." 1900; general editor of 
"The School Tear Books;" publisher State 
Normal School, California, Pa. Address, 
California, Pa. 

BTUI/Ii, Joseph A.: 

President and Treasurer of the Ameri- 
can Furnace and Machine Company of 
Pittsburg; born at Tarr, "Westmoreland 
County, Pa., June 19, 1874; educated in 
the public schools, and private school in 
Allegheny; was graduated in the business 
course at Curry University, Pittsburg. He 
was connected with the Lockhart Iron and 
Steel Company of Pittsburg for eight 



years; organized the American Furnace 
and Machine Company and was elected 
President and Treasurer, which position 
he holds at present. Address, 1820 Irwin 
Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

NYE, Levi B.: 

Principal Middletown High School; born 
in East Hanover Township, Dauphin 
County, Pa., in 1869; educated in public 
schools of Dauphin County, Millersville 
State Normal School, Pennsylvania Chau- 
tauqua, Palatinate College, Lebanon Val- 
ley College, and Cornell University; was 
graduated from Millersville State Normal 
School, June, 1S97; and from Lebanon Val- 
ley College, June, 1903. Married Amanda 
M. Erb in June, 1898. Since 1S99 principal 
of Middletown High School. Address, 
Box 374, Middletown, Pa. 



OAKES, James: 

Brevet Brigadier General United States 
Army (retired); born near Limestoneville, 
Montour County, Pa., April 4, 1826; Cadet 
United States Military Academy, July 1, 
1842; graduated, July 1, 1846. Served in 
the war with Mexico down to operations 
before the capture of the City of Mexico; 
received the brevet of First Lieutenant, 
March 25, 1847, for gallant and meritor- 
ious conduct at Medelin, and during sev- 
eral years successively Acting Adjutant 
Second Regiment United States Dra- 
goons, Second Lieutenant and Captain 
by brevet for gallant and meritorious con- 
duct in the battle of Molino del Rey; on 
staff of General Harney at battle of Cerro 
Gordo; Regimental Quartermaster, 1847- 
1849. After the Mexican War he was or- 
dered to Austin and Forts Graham, Lin- 
coln and Mason, Texas, participating in 
combats' with the Comanche Indians; twice 
severely wounded in 1850. Promoted 
First Lieutenant, 1851; in cavalry recruit- 
ing service, 1850; on Coast Survey, 1853- 
1854. November 14, 1854, married Anna 
Maria de Beelen, daughter of the late 
Antoine de Beelen Bertholff of Pittsburg, 
Pa. Captain Second United States Cav- 
alry, 1855, and marched with the regi- 
ment to Fort Mason, Texas. He was 
commended for success and gallantry in 
Indian troubles on Aug. 30, 1856; stationed 
at Fort Clark. Texas, 1856-1858; at Fort 
Inge. Texas, February, 1860, until surren- 
der in 1861 to the State secession author- 
ities; marched his company to Green 
Lake en route to the coast, and re- 



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turned to San Antonio, when he was 
intrusted with dispatches and made his 
way out of the State by way of Austin, 
Brenham and Galveston, escaping cap- 
ture, to Washington, D. C. Promoted 
Major Fifth Cavalry, 1S61; stationed at 
Wheeling, W. Va., and at Washington, 
D. C, 1861-1862; promoted Lieutenant 
Colonel Fourth Cavalry, serving with the 
Army of the Ohio, 1862, and commanded 
it during the Tennessee and Mississippi 
campaign. From 1863 to 1S66 was Assist- 
ant Provost Marshal General for State of 
Illinois, also Chief Mustering and Dis- 
bursing Officer and Superintendent Vol- 
unteer Recruiting Service for the State; 
was brevetted Colonel and Brigadier Gen- 
eral, 1S65; promoted Colonel Sixth Cav- 
alry, 1866; in charge of Freedman's Bu- 
reau and commanded District of Austin, 
Tex., 1S67-1869; afterward on northern 
frontier of Texas, Kansas and Arizona. 
Member Military Order of Foreign Wars, 
Aztec Club of 1S47, Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Repub- 
lic, Order of Indian Wars of the United 
States, United States Cavalry Associa- 
tion, Military Service Institution, and 
National Geographic Society. Address, 
care N. Holmes & Sons, bankers, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

OAKLEY, Violet: 

Artist, illustrator and cover designer; 
born in New York. She was a pupil 
at the Art Students' League, Pennsylva- 
nia Academy of Fine Arts, and also stud- 
ied under J. Howard Pyle, Aman Jean, 
Collin and Lazar, Paris, France. She is 
a designer of stained glass windows and 
mural decorations, some of her best works 
being in the Church of All Souls', New 
York, and mural decorations in Govern- 
or's reception room at new State Capi- 
tol to be built at Harrisburg, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Villa Nova, Pa. 

OBDYKE, Benjamin P.: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, 
June 3, 1S38; at twelve years of age 
entered a saddlery hardware house; on 
the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted as 
a soldier and served for three years and 
three months in the body of troops 
known as Gosline's Zouaves. His term of 
service expiring in November, 1S64, he 
became bookkeeper and cashier in a mer- 
cantile house, and in 186S entered the 
business house of Austin & Opdyke, sheet 
metal workers; becoming a partner of 



Mr. Austin in 1872. In 1SO0 the old firm 
went into liquidation, Mr. Opdyke pur- 
chasing the corrugated water conduct- 
or branch of the business, which he con- 
tinued to manufacture, and which grew 
to a large business in his hands. He 
served on the Executive Committee of 
the Bi-Centennial Celebration, and held 
an official position in the Constitutional 
Centennial Celebration of 1887. He is 
President of the Central Transportation 
Company, and a Director in the Penn- 
sylvania Nautical School. Address, 5939 
Woodbine Ave?, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ODER, Benjamin Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Dauphin County; 
born in West Donegal Township, Lan- 
caster County, Pa., Feb. 17, 1859; in ear- 
ly boyhood removed with his parents to 
Dauphin County; reared on a farm; edu- 
cated in public schools, Harrisburg Acad- 
emy and Indiana State Normal School; 
when eighteen years old began teaching 
school and taught for eight terms; in 
1S79 moved to Berrien County, Michi- 
gan, where he was engaged in farming 
and teaching school; in 1885 removed to 
Dauphin County; served two years as 
School Director in Susquehanna Town- 
ship, and seven years as Secretary of 
Penbrook School Board; has been en- 
gaged in the livery business in Harris- 
burg since 1889; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Penbrook, Pa. 

OBERHOLTZER, Ellis Pnxson: 

Journalist and author; born in Ches- 
ter County, Pa., Oct. 5, 1868; son of Sara 
Louisa Oberholtzer; he was graduated 
from the University of Pennsylvania in 
18S9, B. S., and in 1S93, Ph. D. After- 
ward studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, Paris 
and Vienna; connected for several years 
with newspapers in Philadelphia and is 
the author of "The Referendum in Am- 
erica," "The Relation Between Govern- 
ment and Press in the German Empire," 
"The New Man," "Robert Morris, Patriot 
and Financier"; now editing the "Ameri- 
can Crisis Biographies." Member of the 
Franklin Inn Club of Philadelphia, of 
which he is Secretary. Address, 1905 
Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

OBERHOLTZER, Sara Louisa 

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Vickers; born in Uwchlan, Chester Coun- 
ty, May 20, 1841, on the Vickers pot- 
tery estate, which was one of the 
principal underground railroad stations 
in the State during the rebellion; her un- 
cle was one of the signers of the original 
declaration of anti-slavery sentiments in 
1S33; educated at the Friends' Boarding 
School and the Millersville State Normal 
School; began writing verses, articles and 
dialogues at a very early age. Married 
John Oberholtzer, January, 1862. She con- 
tributed to magazines and newspapers for 
years, and wrote Bayard Taylor's Burial 
Ode and had it set to music and sung at 
his Longwood burial; bi-centennial poem 
read at Chester at the Celebration of the 
Landing of Wm. Penn, Oct. 22, 1882; 
The Valley Forge Memorial Poem, read 
to twenty thousand assembled at Valley 
Forge, June 18, 1887; "The Storming of 
Antietam Bridge," read at the unveiling 
of the monument for the dead of the 
Fifty-first Volunteers, Oct. S, 1887 at 
Antietam, Md., and composed many 
hymns which have been set to music; 
organized the Longport Miscroscopical 
Society at Longport, N. J., in 1SS4. Pres- 
ident of the Pennsylvania "Woman's 
Press Association, and of the Montgom- 
ery County Woman's Christian Temper- 
ance Union. Author of "Violet Lee and 
Other Poems" (1873), "Come for Arbutus 
and Other Wild Bloom" (1S83), "Hopes 
Heart Bells, a Quaker Story" (1884), 
"Daisies of Verse" (1886), and "Souve- 
nirs of Occasion" (1892) (Lippincott). Is 
author of School Savings Banks literature 
and has established the system in 250 
public schools in Pennsylvania and hun- 
dreds of schools in the United States and 
Canada. Her collections as the result of 
natural history study and travel are in- 
teresting, the birds and their eggs from 
Tasmania being especially unique. Ad- 
dress, 1905 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

OBERLY, Aaron S.: 

Medical Inspector in the United States 
Navy; born in Northampton County, Pa., 
in 1S37; was graduated in medicine at 
Yale, 1S60. Commissioned as Assistant 
Surgeon at the beginning of the Civil 
War. Served with Admiral Faragut in 
the different attacks in the Mississippi 
river and with Admiral Porter in both 
attacks on Fort Fisher. Retired in 1SS9 
for disability incurred during a long stay 
in Asiatic Waters, while serving as Fleet 
Surgeon. Address, Easton, Pa. 



O'BRIEN, Charles Anthony: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 27, 1S53, in Baldwin 
Township, Allegheny County, Pa., son of 
Dr. John H. and Jane (Neel) O'Brien; 
was graduated from St. Vincent's College, 
Wheeling, W. Va., with the class of 1872. 
The following three and a half years he 
studied with his father and practiced 
medicine at the West Pennsylvania Med- 
ical Hospital. Studied law in 1S74 and in 
September. 1876, was admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar; he was Counsel 
in the celebrated case of Moreland and 
House and the Pittsburg stamp case in 
1891; was married on June 26, 1879, to 
Lucy Bingey; member of the Roman 
Catholic Church and the Royal Arcanum. 
Democrat in politics. Address, 355 South 
Negley Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

OCHS, George Washington: 

Journalist, publisher; born in Cincin- 
nati, Oct. 27, 1861; son of Julius Ochs; 
he was educated at the University of 
Tennessee, Knoxville; he was twice elect- 
ed Mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., refus- 
ing a nomination 'for third term; he was 
President of the Board of Education of 
Chattanooga; President of the Chattanoo- 
ga Chamber of Commerce; member of the 
executive Committee of National Muni- 
cipal League; delegate to National Demo- 
cratic Convention, Chicago, 1892; publish- 
er Paris edition of the New York Times 
at Paris Exposition, 1900, receiving from 
the President of France the decora- 
tion of a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor 
in recognition of this service. Became Gen- 
eral Manager of the Philadelphia Times 
May 7, 1901, and, in 1902, when the Times 
became consolidated with the Public 
Ledger, he became General Manager and 
Vice President of the new organization. 
Address, The Public Ledger, Philadelphia. 

OCHSEXFORD, Solomon E., D. D.: 

Born in Muhlenberg, 1896; Professor of 
English Language and Literature, and 
Mental and Social Science, Muhlenberg 
College, Allentown, Pa.; was born in 
Montgomery County, near Falkner Swamp, 
Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 1S55, of Pennsyl- 
vania German descent; was educated at 
Mount Pleasant Seminary, Boyertown, 
Pa., 1871-1873; Muhlenberg College, 1873- 
1876; Philadelphia Theological Seminary, 
1S76-1S79; ordained a Lutheran clergyman 
by the Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium 
of Pennsylvania and adjacent States, 
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1899, and in the latter year elected to the 
professorship he now holds; Secretary of 
the Danville Conference of the Lutheran 
Ministerium, 1883-1884; President of the 
same, 1889-1898; English Secretary of the 
Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1895-1902, of 
its Executive Board, 1S97-1902, and of its 
Board of Presidents, 1897-1898; English 
Secretary of the General Council of the 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in North 
America since 1901; news editor of The 
Lutheran, Philadelphia, Pa., prior to 1896; 
since that year one of the editorial cor- 
respondents; a frequent contributor to 
the periodicals of the church; contribu- 
tor to the "Lutheran Cyclopaedia" (Scrib- 
ners, 1899), to "Appleton's Annual Cy- 
clopaedia," 1884-1902; to "Appleton's Cy- 
clopaedia of American Biography," Six 
volumes; editor of the "Lutheran Church 
Almanac," Philadelphia, since 18S3, and 
a member of the editorial staff of Sunday 
School Lesson Series. He has published 
"My First Book in the Sunday School." 
Reading, Pa., 1883; 4th edition, 1898; "Lu- 
theran Church in Selinsgrove, 1884"; 
"Passion Story," Philadelphia, 1889; Muhl- 
enberg College Quarter Centennial Me- 
morial Volume, Allen town, Pa., 1892; Ju- 
bilee Memorial Volume of the Danville 
Conference, Lebanon, Pa., 1898; "Lu- 
ther's First Hymn Book," Reading, Pa., 
1898. Address, Reading, Pa. 

O'COXXOR, Francis J.: 

Jurist; born in Somerset County, Pa., 
Aug. 11, 1860, he passed his boyhood on 
a farm, obtaining an education in com- 
mon and private schools. He began 
teaching while quite young, filling seven 
terms in the public and five in the nor- 
mal school of his county, after which he 
entered the law department of Michigan 
University. He graduated in 1884 and 
was admitted to the Circuit and Supreme 
Courts of Michigan. On his return to 
Somerset County, he spent one more year 
teaching, and was there admitted to the 
bar. and soon after to that of Cambria 
County. He removed to Johnstown in 
1886, where he practiced for several years 
in association with his brother, J. D. 
O'Connor. In 1889 he was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney for Cambria County, and 
in 1894 became City Solicitor for Johns- 
town for a two years' term. In 1901 he 
was elected President Judge of his dis- 
trict for a term of two years, after a 
memorable judicial campaign. Address. 
Johnstown, Pa. 



ODAY, Harry A.: 

Teacher; born in Messengerville, N. Y., 
1S73; was graduated from the State Nor- 
mal School at Cortland, N. Y., took three 
years* work in Syracuse University, after 
which he served in the army during the 
Spanish-American War; was graduated 
from Taylor University in 1901. Principal 
of High" School, Athens, Pa., for four 
years; Supervising Principal of Honesdale, 
Pa., schools at the present time. Ad- 
dress, Honesdale, Pa. 

OUELL, Joseph Henry: 

Presbyterian clergyman and pastor of 
the Second Presbyterian Church, Scran- 
ton, Pa.; born May 20, 1871, in London. 
England; son of several generations of 
preachers. Educated in England at the 
YVyggeston School, Leicester; the King 
Edward VI. Grammar School, Birming- 
ham; Mason College (affiliated with the 
London University) and at the East Kes- 
wick Theological Seminary. Came to 
America in 1893. and was for eight years 
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Ful- 
ton, N. Y. Married in 1895 to Sarah 
Winifred, daughter of Rev. Holliday 
Bickerstaffe Kendall, theologian and au- 
thor, of London, England. Address, 
Scranton. Pa. 

ODIORXE, Walter J.: 

Insurance official; born in Maryland, 
June 16, 1869; was educated at Friends' 
High School, Baltimore; when he was 
seventeen years of age his family re- 
moved to Philadelphia, where they have 
since resided. He was employed in Phil- 
adelphia as clerk with a mercantile house 
for two years, and with a fire insur- 
ance company for eight years; then en- 
tered the insurance business for him- 
self, establishing the firm of Odiorne & 
Longstreth, which has since been succeed- 
ed by Shubert, Swan & Odiorne. In 
October, 1902, married Marion Town, 
whose father is Medical Examiner for 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 
Is a member of the Second Troop. Phila- 
delphia Cavalry, also of the Military Or- 
der of the Loyal Legion, Union Repub- 
lican Club and Union Fire Association. 
Address, Cynwyd, Pa. 

O'DONNELL, John C.t 

Ex-Postmaster of Pittsburg; born in 
Butler County, Pa., Jan. 30, 1835. His 
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in the iron mills at Brady's Bend, Pa. In 
1854 he went to Pittsburg, where he 
worked as a roller and puddler, and aided 
in organizing the labor union named Sons 
of Vulcan. He was its President from 
1858 to 1860 and for several terms after- 
ward; leaving the rolling mill in 1866, he 
opened a grocery store at 3340 Penn Ave- 
nue, Pittsburg, where he still continues 
engaged in this business. In 1888 he was 
largely instrumental in organizing the 
Grocers' Protective Association, and was 
its first President and several times re- 
elected. He is a Director in the Pennsyl- 
vania National Bank and a member of 
the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburg. 
As a Democratic politician he has been 
a delegate to many conventions and 
served for several terms in the Common 
and Select Councils. In 1894 President 
Cleveland appointed him Postmaster of 
Pittsburg. Address, 3440 Penn Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

OELLERS, Richard G.: 

Newspaper manager; born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Aug. 5, 1S43; educated in pri- 
vate schools, he early entered on a busi- 
ness career, being engaged in a drygoods 
house until the founding of the Public 
Record newspaper, when he was en- 
gaged as business manager of the enter- 
prise. He was identified with that paper 
until 1S77, when Mr. Singerly purchased 
it and changed its title to the Philadelphia 
Record, Mr. Oellers continuing as man- 
ager of the new concern. In addition to 
his newspaper work he has been active 
in public affairs. In 1877 he was elected 
on the Board of Management by the 
House of Correction, and continued on it 
until the Board was abolished in 1887. 
He has also served as a Director of the 
Pennsylvania Nautical School. In the 
year 1891, on the resignation of Mr. 
Bardsley, City Treasurer, Mr. Oellers was 
chosen by the City Commissioners to fill 
the vacancy, an action which was con- 
firmed by the City Councils. Gov. Pat- 
tison did not sustain this action, appoint- 
ing a Democrat to the place, but in the 
election of 1894 Mr. Oellers was made 
City Treasurer by a very large majority. 
He is a member of the Union League, the 
Columbia Club and the Five o'Clock 
Club. Address, 2006 North 13th St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

OGDEN, Robert Curtis: 

Merchant, member of the firm of John 
Wanamaker since 1885; born in Philadel- 



phia, June 20, 1836; son of Jonathan Og- 
den. Is President Board of Trustees of 
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; Direc- 
tor Union Theological Seminary, New 
York; Trustee Tuskegee Institute, Tuske- 
gee, Ala. ; President Conference for Educa- 
tion in the South; President Southern Ed- 
ucation Board; member General Educa- 
tion Board; President Pennsylvania So- 
ciety, New York; Republican. Honorary 
member Clio Society, Princeton. Re- 
ceived following honorary degrees: Yale, 
1902, A. M.; Tulane, 1903, LL. D. Author 
of the booklets "Samuel Chapman Arm- 
strong" (Founder's Day Address, Hamp- 
ton, Va.), 1S94; "Pew Rents and the 
New Testament, Can They be Recon- 
ciled?" 1892; "Sunday School Teaching." 
1S94; also of the articles "Getting and 
Keeping a Business Position," Saturday 
Evening Post, November, 1899; "The 
Ethics of Modern Retailing," same, Octo- 
ber, 1900. Married Ellen Elizabeth Lewis, 
of Brooklyn, March 1, 1860. Residence, 
771 Madison Ave.; office, 784 Broadway, 
New York. 

OGLE, .loh i! G.: 

Lawyer; born in Somerset, Pa., March 
25, 1851; educated in the Millersville State 
Normal School and Bethany College, West 
Virginia. While a boy he was for three 
sessions a page in the United States 
House of Representatives and for about 
ten years clerk in the post office at Som- 
erset. His legal studies were conducted 
in the office of Judge F. J. Kooser, his 
brother-in-law, and he was admitted to 
the Somerset County bar in 1873. Since 
that time he has been in successful prac- 
tice. In 1875 he married Cora, daughter 
of Judge W. J. Baer. From 1886 to 1S89 
he had a law office at Latrobe, Pa., from 
1889 to 1894 was in partnership at Somer- 
set with John R. Scott, and since has 
been in partnership with Gen. Koontz, the 
firm name being Koontz & Ogle. This 
firm has a very large practice in railroad 
and corporation law. Mr. Ogle has been 
several times Chairman of the Republican 
County Committee, and is looked upon 
as one of the best speakers in its ranks. 
Address, Somerset, Pa. 

O'LEARY, Charles R.: 

Paymaster United States *Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania As- 
sistant Paymaster, July 9, 1S9S, during 
Spanish-American War. Honorably dis- 
charged March 4, 1899, Assistant Pay- 
master in United States Navy Sept. 18, 
1899; Paymaster March 3, 1903; Assist- 



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ant General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, 
League Island, Pa., since Oct. 31, 1903. 
Address, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa. 

OLIVER, Charles Angustns: 

Physician, scientist, teacher, author; 
born in Cincinnati. Dec. 14, 1856; was 
graduated from University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1876 (A. M., M. D.); M. A., Honor- 
ary Degree, Lafayette College, 1900; Sur- 
geon to Wills' and Philadelphia Hospitals; 
honorary and corresponding member of nu- 
merous medical and scientific foreign so- 
cieties. Member of the American Medical 
Association, American Philosophical So- 
ciety, etc. Author of "Correlation Theory 
of Color Perception"; "Ophthalmic Meth- 
ods in Recognition of Nerve Disease," 
co-author "Text Book of Ophthalmology." 
Co-editor of "System of Diseases of the 
Eye," 1897-1900; "Ocular Therapeutics," 
1900; "Summary of Errors of Refraction," 
1900; "Injuries to the Eye," 1900; "An- 
nals of Ophthalmology"; "Annales de Of- 
talmologia"; "The Ophthalmoscope." Col- 
laborator of "Annales d'Oculistique," "Ar- 
chives de Oftamologia," etc. Address, 
1507 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

OLIVER, George Tener: 

President and principal owner of The 
Pittsburg Gazette and owner of the con- 
trolling interest of the Pittsburg Chroni- 
cle-Telegraph; born in Ireland, Jan. 26, 
1S4S; son of Henry W. Oliver and Marga- 
ret Brown. His parents, who were of 
Scotch ancestry, moved from Ireland to 
Pittsburg in 1842, six years before Mr. 
Oliver's birth. He was educated in the 
public schools of Allegheny, Pa., and at 
the Bethany College. West Virginia, 
where he was graduated in 1868. His 
first occupation was that of a lawyer, 
having been admitted to the bar of Al- 
legheny County in 1871. He practiced his 
profession with success for ten years, but 
retired in 1881 to engage in the wire busi- 
ness. He was first the Vice President 
and afterward President of the Oliver 
Wire Company until 1S99, when that Com- 
pany sold its plants and wound up its 
business. He was President of the 
Hainsworth Steel Company from 1889 
until its merger in 1 NOT with the Oliver 
&. Snyder Steel Company, of which he 
was also President until he disposed of 
his manufacturing interests in 1901. In 
June, 1900, he purchased the Pittsburg 
Gazette, the oldest paper west of the Al- 
leghenies. He has since been in active 
control of that journal as well as of the 



Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph, the oldest 
evening paper in Allegheny County. He 
served as Presidential Elector in 1884; 
was President of the Central Board of 
Education of Pittsburg from 1881 to 1884. 
Member of all the leading clubs in Pitts- 
burg and Union League and University 
Clubs of New York City. Married, in 
1871, to Miss Mary Kountze, of Omaha, 
Neb. Address, 337 Fourth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

OLIVER, Henry W.: 

Manufacturer; son of Mr. Henry W. 
Oliver and Margaret Brown, of Donagh- 
more, County Tyrone, Ireland; born in 
the town of Dungannon, in February, 1840. 
His parents settled in Pittsburg in 1S42, 
and made that place their home. He 
was educated in the public schools and 
Newell's Academy, and started to work 
when about thirteen years old as mes- 
senger boy in the office of the National 
Telegraph Company in Pittsburg. About 
two years later he entered the employ- 
ment of Clarke & Thaw, General For- 
warding Agents, where he remained for 
some years. In 1859 he became Shipping 
Clerk for the iron manufacturing firm of 
Graff, Bennett & Company. In 1861, at 
President Lincoln's first call, he enlisted 
in the Twelfth Regiment of Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, serving until the end of his 
term of enlistment of three months. He 
also volunteered at the time of Lee's in- 
vasion in 1863 as an emergency volunteer. 
The first of January, 1863, in partnership 
with William J. Lewis and John Phillips, 
he organized the firm of Lewis, Oliver & 
Phillips, and began to manufacture bolts 
and nuts on a small scale. In 1S66 Mr. 
Oliver's two brothers were admitted to 
the firm, which continued in business un- 
til 1S80, when the partners organized the 
firm of Oliver Brothers & Phillips. In 
the meantime the business of the firm 
had been enlarged to an enormous extent, 
until they were among the largest manu- 
facturers of bar iron and iron specialties 
in i he I'nited States. In lSSS the works 
were incorporated under the name of the 
Oliver Iron & Steel Company, which is 
still carried on, Mr. Oliver being Chair- 
man of the Board of Directors. In the 
meantime he had become identified with 
other industrial and railroad affairs in 
Pittsburg, notably a heavy stockholder 
In the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad 
Company, which was the first railroad to 
actively compete with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company for Pittsburg business 
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original projectors of this road, and one 
of the largest stockholders, and after 
it was started he added very largely to his 
holdings. He afterward became largely 
interested in the Pittsburg & Western 
Railway, and from 1889 to 1804 he was its 
President. He is still Chairman of the 
Board of Directors; also Chairman of the 
Oliver & Snyder Steel Company, and 
President of the Oliver Iron Mining Com- 
pany, which is jointly owned by the Car- 
negie and Oliver interests, and is the 
largest producer of iron ore in the world. 
On the formation of the Republican Party 
in Pittsburg in 1856, he enthusiastically 
adopted its principles, and has ever con- 
tinued an able, consistent and successful 
advocate of its measures. From 1879 
to 1882 Mr. Oliver was President of com- 
mon Councils of Pittsburg. He was dele- 
gate from Pennsylvania to the Republican 
National Conventions in 1872, 1876, 1888 
and 1892, and was a Presidential Elector 
from the State at large in 1880. In 1882 
he was selected by President Arthur to 
represent the iron and steel interests of 
the country on the commission which 
was appointed to draw up and submit a 
new tariff to Congress, and it was largely 
through his work on this commission that 
the metal schedule of the tariff of 18S3 
was so shaped as to be mainly satisfac- 
tory to the manufacturing and industrial 
interests of the country. Beyond this 
he has never held political office. Mr. 
Oliver was married, in 1S62, to Miss 
Edith A. Cassidy, of Pittsburg. They 
have one daughter, the wife of Henry R. 
Rea, President of the Baker Chain and 
Wagon Iron Company. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

OLIVER, James B.: 

President of the Oliver Iron & Steel 
Company, Pittsburg, Pa; born in Alle- 
gheny City, in 1844. Mr. Oliver in 1865 
became associated in the iron and steel 
business and has been a prominent figure 
in the development of the iron and steel 
industry of the country. The Oliver Iron 
& Steel Company was originally started 
in 1863 as Lewis, Oliver & Phillips, and 
afterward as Oliver Bros. & Phillips, and 
in 1SS7 incorporated as. the Oliver Iron 
& Steel Company. For thirty-five years 
J. B. Oliver has devoted his time and 
energy to the development and increase 
of the business and is rocognized as an 
expert authority in all its branches. Ad- 
dress, Oliver Iron & Steel Company, 10th 
and Muriel Sts., S. S. Pittsburg, Pa. 



OLIVEll, Paul A.: 

Manufacturer; born at sea on the 18th 
of July, 1831, on the ship Louisiana, 
owned and commanded by his father, 
Capt. Paul A. Oliver, who was a native 
of Philadelphia, and served as sailing- 
master in the United States Navy in the 
War of 1812. General Oliver was engaged 
as shipping merchant, and resided at Fort 
Hamilton at the time the yellow fever 
epidemic prevailed in that village in 1856. 
He established a hospital, and was made 
President of the Fort Hamilton Relief 
Society, which he organized, and by its 
efforts the disease was prevented from 
spreading to the city of Brooklyn. In 
January, 1S62, he enlisted as Second Lieu- 
tenant in the Twelfth New York Infantry, 
which was assigned to the Third Brigade, 
First Division, Fifth Corps, stationed at 
Hall's Hill, Virginia. He participated in 
the siege of Yorktown and battle of Han- 
over Court House; commanded his com- 
pany at the battle of Gaines Mills 
(where he was wounded), Second Bull 
Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. In 
December, 1862, his company was de- 
tailed as headquarters guard of the Fifth 
Corps, where it remained to the close of 
the war. When Gen. Butterfield was 
appointed Chief of Staff of the Army of 
the Potomac, under Hooker, Lieut. Oliver 
was appointed on his staff as his aide, 
and as such served in the campaign of 
Chancellorsville. In the Gettysburg cam- 
paign he was appointed personal aide to 
Gen. Meade, and remained on his staff 
until Gen. Hooker got command of the 
Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, when he 
went with him, and served on his staff in 
the battles of Lookout Valley, Lookout 
Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Ring- 
gold. In the Atlanta campaign, in the 
spring of 1S64, he served with Gen. But- 
terfield, who had command of a division 
of the Twentieth Corps, as his Chief of 
Staff, in the battles of Resaca, Carsville, 
Dallas, New Hope Church, and Marietta. 
In July, 1S64. he returned to the Army of 
the Potomac at his own request, and 
served on the staff of General Warren, 
part of the time as Acting Provost Mar- 
shal of the Fifth Corps. At this time he 
received the commission of Major, and 
afterward Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifth 
New York Veteran Volunteers, but de- 
clined. He participated in the siege of 
Petersburg and the various battles: Yel- 
low Tavern, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's 
Run, raid to Bellfield, and Hicksford. In 
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orders of Grant, to City Point on special 
duty, under Gen. M. R. Patrick. On the 
Sthof March, 1S65, he was brevetted brig- 
adier General. At the surrender of Lee 
he was, as Assistant Provost Marshal, en- 
gaged in paroling the Army of Northern 
Virginia, at Appomattox, under the di- 
rection of Gen. George H. Sharpe, As- 
sistant Provost Marshal, who took the 
original paroles of the Army of Northern 
Virginia to the War Department, Wash- 
ington, and the duplicate paroles were 
taken by Gen. Oliver to Richmond, and 
handed by him to Col. Taylor, Gen. Lee's 
Adjutant General. The war being closed, 
Gen. Oliver tendered his resignation, and 
was honorably discharged May 5, 1865. 
Since that time he has been engaged in 
the manufacture of powder at Laurel 
Run, Oliver's Mills, Pa. Gen. Oliver re- 
ceived the medal of honor for distin- 
guished services at the battle of Resaca, 
May 15, 1864. Address, Laurel Run, Oliv- 
er's Mills. Pa. 
OLLER, Joseph J.: 

President of the Bank of Waynesboro. 
Address, Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa. 

OLMSTEAD, A. G.: 

Jurist; born at Masonville, N. Y., Sept. 
3, 1S27; removed with his parents to Ulys- 
ses, Pa., at nine years of age; worked on 
his father's farm and attended school till 
twenty years old, when he began the 
study of law. He was admitted to the 
bar in 1850 and was at once made Dis- 
trict Attorney. In 1862 he was elected to 
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in which 
he served three terms, being Speaker of 
the House in the last. His service here 
was followed in 1868 by an election to the 
Senate, in which he took an active part. 
His Legislative career was succeeded by 
one upon the bench, as President Judge 
of the Montgomery and Bucks County 
District, in which he filled a vacancy. In 
1S74 he was the Republican candidate for 
Lieutenant Governor, and in 1882 was 
elected Judge of the Fourth District. In 
1892 he was appointed and afterward 
elected President Judge of the Forty- 
eighth district, comprising Potter and 
McKean Counties. Address, Coudersport, 
Pa. 
OLMSTED, Mnrlin Ertunr: 

Congressman (Republican), of Harris- 
burg, was born in Ulysses Township, Pot- 
ter County, Pa.; educated in common 
schools and Coudersport Academy; at an 
.early age was appointed Assistant Corpo- 
ration Clerk by Auditor General (after- 



ward Governor) Hartranft; one year later 
was promoted to Corporation Clerk, in 
charge of collection of taxes from cor- 
porations under Pennsylvania's peculiar 
revenue system; was continued in same 
position by Harrison Allen, Auditor Gen- 
eral; read law with Hon. John W. Simon- 
ton (now President Judge of Twelfth Ju- 
dicial District) at Harrisburg; was admit- 
ted to the bar of Dauphin County Nov. 25, 
1S78, to the bar of the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania May 16, 1881, and to the 
bar of the Supreme Court of the United 
States Nov. 12, 1S84; was elected to rep- 
resent Dauphin County in the proposed 
Constitutional Convention in 1S91; was 
elected to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and 
Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected 
to the Fifty-eighth Congress from the new 
Eighteenth District of Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, Harrisburg, Pa. 
OMAN, Joseph Wallace: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- 
val Cadet, June 17, 1882; Ensign, July 1. 
1888; Lieutenant (junior grade), Oct. 11, 
1896; Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Galena, 
1888-1901; Coast Survey steamer Bache. 
1S91-1S94; Naval Academy, 1894-1S97; 
Helena, 1S97-1901; Indiana, 1901; Naval 
Academy, 1901-1902; Monadnock, since 
May, 1902. Address, care Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 

O'NEILL, Eugene M.: 

Editor, publisher; born at Wexford, 
Ireland, in 1856; educated at the univer- 
sities of Ireland; coming to the United 
States he studied law and was admitted 
to the Pittsburg bar. Upon the death of 
his brother, Daniel, he assumed the con- 
trol and management of the Pittsburg 
Dispatch, subsequently marrying the wid- 
ow of his deceased brother. He con- 
tinued as editor and publisher from 1877 
to 1902, when he retired from newspaper 
management. He still retains an interest 
in the Dispatch as a stockholder, and is 
Vice President of the Dispatch Publish- 
ing Company. Is also concerned largely 
with other interests, in real estate and 
industrial undertakings. Address. Penn 
and Linden Aves., Pittsburg, Pa. 

O'XEILL,, Florence: 

Writer and musical composer; born in 
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 22, 1868; son of Dan- 
iel O'Neill; after attending public schools, 
completed education at Phillips Academy, 
Andover, Mass. Married, in Pittsburg. 
1888, Elizabeth McKay; has written con- 
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Dasher"; is one of the proprietors of the 
Pittsburg Dispatch; composer of songs 
and instrumental music. Address, corner 
Penn and Linden Aves., Pittsburg, Pa. 

O'REILLY, Robert Mnitlaud: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Medical Cadet, Jan. 7, 1864, to Jan. 8, 
1865, and Feb. 6 to Sept. 23, 1865; As- 
sistant Surgeon, May 14, 1867; Major 
(Surgeon), Nov. 1, 1886; Lieutenant Col- 
onel (Chief Surgeon Volunteers), May 9, 
189S; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teers, May 12, 1S99; Lieutenant Colonel 
(Deputy Surgeon General), Feb. 21, 1900; 
Colonel (Assistant Suregon General)-, Feb. 
14, 1902; Brigadier General (Surgeon 
General), Sept. 7, 1902. Address, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

ORLADY, Geore II.: 

Jurist; born in Petersburg, Hunting- 
don County, Pa., Feb. 22, 1850. Gradu- 
ating from Washington and Jefferson 
College in 1869, he entered the Jefferson 
Medical College, at Philadelphia, where 
he was graduated M. D. in March. 1871. 
He opened an office in Petersburg and 
practiced medicine there for some time, 
but the profession of law appealing more 
strongly to him, he entered upon a course 
of legal study in the office of Steele Blair 
at Hollidaysburg, and in 1875 was admit- 
ted to the Blair County bar and to that 
of Huntingdon County later in the same 
year. In 1878 he was elected District 
Attorney for the latter county, and was 
twice re-elected to the same office. His 
practice before the courts of Huntingdon 
County continued till 1895, when he was 
appointed one of the first Judges of the 
newly created Superior Court of Penn- 
sylvania, to which elevated position he 
was duly elected in 1S96 for a full term. 
Address. Huntingdon, Pa. 

ORMEROD, John: 

Jurist; born in Brantford, Ontario, Can- 
ada, March 25, 1S4S. Obtaining a fair 
education in the public schools and by 
home study. He migrated to Potter Coun- 
ty, Pa., in 1869, where he became a mil- 
ler. His studies in law began in 1874, 
while engaged in this occupation, his 
reading for his new profession being in 
the office of Hon. John S. Mann. He 
was admitted to the bar in 1877, and 
opened an office in Knoxville, Tioga Coun- 
ty, Pa., where he did a good business. 
He afterward entered into partnership 



with Arthur B. Mann, the firm of Mann 
& Ormeod, continuing for a number of 
years. He was elected District Attorney 
in 1SS3, a position in which he displayed 
superior ability. Subesquently the firm 
of Dorman & Ormerod was formed, and 
became very successful, its practice be- 
ing extensive and lucrative. Mr. Ormerod 
was its active trial lawyer, and for years 
was interested in every important law 
suits in the county, he being a fluent 
speaker and having much influence with 
juries. He was elected President Judge 
of the Fifty-fifth Judicial District, com- 
prising Potter County, in November, 1902, 
and has shown excellent ability as a ju- 
rist. Address, Coudersport, Pa. 

ORMROD, George: 

Manufacturer; born in 1839 at Preston, 
Lancashire, England; educated at private 
schools and School of Design, Manches- 
ter, England; came to the United States 
in 1850 on a visit to his uncle, William 
Donaldson, proprietor of a large anthra- 
cite colliery at Tamaqua, Pa. Married 
Permilla Johnson in 1861, daughter of 
John Johnson, of Tamaqua, Pa. Since 
18S3 Manager, Treasurer and Director in 
the Donaldson Iron Company, manufac- 
turers of cast iron pipes at Emaus, Pa.; 
also Vice President of the Lehigh Port- 
land Cement Company since 1897, at Al- 
lentown, P^.. Republican in politics. 
Member of Pomfret Club, Easton, Pa.; 
American Institute of Mining Engineers; 
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia; Penn- 
sylvania Society of New York, and Presi- 
dent of the Livingston Club, Allentown, 
Pa. Address, 1227 Hamilton St., Allen- 
town, Lehigh County, Pa. 

ORR, Lyle W.s 

Banker; born at Fredonia, Pa., June 
15, 1S67; educated in the Union Schools 
of Mercer, and with private tutors; was 
graduated from the Washington and Jef- 
ferson College in the class of 1SSS. In 
September, 1S88, appointed Deputy Pro- 
thonotary by Benjamin J. Haywood, and 
held this position until 1892, when he was 
appointed clerk to the County Commis- 
sioners, and served until he was appointed 
Assistant Corporation Clerk in the Treas- 
ury Department of the State; later was 
promoted to the assistant cashiership of 
the same department. After serving un- 
der two administrations in this capacity, 
he resigned in 1901 to accept the cashier- 
ship of the Mercer County National Bank 
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Treasurer of the Mercer County Trust 
Company, Treasurer of the Mercer Coun- 
ty Street Railway Company, the Mercer 
Electric Company and the Mercer Water 
Company. In 1893 married Marian Mil- 
ler, daughter of Samuel H. Miller, of Mer- 
cer. Address, Mercer, Pa. 

OSBORNE, Bryan Hill l 

Lawyer; born Aug. 10, 185S, at Frank- 
lin, Pa.; educated in public schools; was 
graduated from the Cleveland High 
School in 1876; class of 1SS0, Ohio Wes- 
leyan University, Delaware, Ohio; read 
law with Hon. S. P. McCalmont and 
Hon. J. W. Osborn, Franklin, Pa.; ad- 
mitted to bar in 1881. On Dec. 11, 1889, 
married Stella Mitchell, daughter of F. 
W. Mitchell. Politically he is a Republi- 
can, and member of the City Council for 
several terms; Mayor of Franklin, 1896; 
House of Representatives, 1903. Address, 
Franklin, Pa. 

OSBORNE, Edwin S.: 

Lawyer and Legislator; born in Beth- 
any, Wayne County, Pa., Aug. 7, 1839; 
educated in the University of Northern 
Pennsylvania and the Poughkeepsie Law 
School, graduating in 1860. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Luzerne County in 
1861, and has long been active in the prac- 
tice of his profession. On the outbreak 
of the Civil War he became a Captain in 
Company F, 149th (Bucktail) Regiment, 
and participated in all the battles of his 
corps throughout the war. He was then 
assigned to duty in the Bureau of Military 
Justice, and drew up the charge against 
Captain Wirtz, of Andersonville Prison. 
In 1870 he was appointed Major General 
of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, 
serving till 1S7S, and commanding the 
troops in the coal region labor troubles 
of 1871, 1874 and 1875. In 1872 he was 
Republican nominee for President Judge 
of Luzerne County. He served as a dele- 
gate to the Republican National Conven- 
tion at Chicago in 1SS4. He is a member 
of the Loyal Legion, the Society of the 
Army of the Potomac, the Grand Army of 
the Republic, etc. Address, Wilkesbarre, 
Pa. 

OSBORNE. John Ball: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Cornmand- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion: eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Major Edwin S. Osborne; elected 
Oct. 10. 1S04. Address, '-are of State De- 
partment, Washington, D. C. 



OSMER, James II.: 

Lawyer; born in England Jan. 22, 1833, 
his parents bringing him to Pennsylvania 
while in infancy, settling in Harrisburg, 
and then removing to a farm in Centre 
County. Being obliged to work steadily 
on the farm to help in the family sup- 
port, his early education was little more 
than he could gain at home, he entering 
Bellefonte and other academies after 
reaching the age of eighteen and teach- 
ing to pay his school expenses. Select- 
ing the law for his profession, he read 
law in an office at Elmira, N. Y., where 
he was at the same time principal of one 
of the city schools. He was admitted to 
the bar of New York State in 1S5S, prac- 
ticing at Blmira till 1865, when he re- 
moved to Franklin, Pa., where he has 
since resided, and where he has gained 
a large and profitable practice. Few im- 
portant cases have been tried in Venango 
for many years past in which he has 
not been concerned. He has been a mem- 
ber of sevral firms, and is now associated 
With his two sons — J. H. Osmer & Sons. 
Politically he is a Republican, and was 
chosen a delegate to the Republican Na- 
tional Convention of 1876, but illness pre- 
vented his serving. He was elected to 
Congress in 1878, and served in that body 
on the Committees of Education and 
Labor. He has been for many years an 
active member of the Masonic Order. Ad- 
dress, Franklin, Pa. 

OSMOND, I. Thornton: 

Educator; born near Philadelphia; he 
was graduated from Mt. Union College, ' 
receiving the degrees of A. B., 1871, and 
of A. M., 1874; received M. S. from Cornell 
University, 1886; Assistant Professor of ' 
Mt Union College for three years; Poly- 
technic College, Philadelphia, two years; ! 
prinicpal of Clinton (N. Y.) Liberal In- i 
stitute, two years. Member of Board of ; 
Examiners of International Electrical 
Exhibition, Philadelphia. 1SS4; Meteorolo- i 
gist of State Board of Agriculture, Penn- ' 
sylvania, for several years; Physicist for 
Construction of Respiration Calorimeter 
for United States Bureau of Animal In- 
dustry and Pennsylvania Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station; Professor of Physics of I 
Pennsylvania State College since 1S79. 
Fellow of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science. Address, 
State College, Pa. 

OSTER STOCK. Joseph Swift: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
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Legion; private 129th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Aug. 1, 1862; mustered out May 
18, 1S63; private Twenty-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania (Militia) Infantry, June 19, 1863; 
First Sergeant, 1S63; mustered out July 
31, 1S63; Second Lieutenant 214th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, March 31, 1S65; hon- 
orably discharged March 21, 1866. Elected 
Nov. 12, 1S90. Address, 212 Northampton 
St., Easton, Pa. 

OSTHAUS, Herman: 

Attorney at law; born in Overton, Pa., 
Dec. 24, 1852; educated at Allegheny Col- 
lege, Heidelberg in Germany, and Law 
Department, University of Michigan. Has 
practiced law at Scranton, Pa., since 1879. 
Served fifteen years in Pennsylvania Na- 
tional Guard, and was General Inspector 
of Rifle Practice from 1S91 to 1S95, with 
rank of Colonel. Address, 505 Board of 
Trade Building, Scranton, Pa. 

OSTROM, Knrre Willielm: 

Masseur; born in Stockholm, Sweden, 
July 6, 1S65; was graduated from the 
North Latin College of Stockholm in 1885; 
attended four terms at Royal University 
of Upsala. Sweden. Married, in Phila- 
delphia, Oct. 24. 1891, Annie Bayard Kib- 
lera. Has been engaged in his profession 
since 1887, and for six years was connect- 
ed with the Philadelphia Polyclinic as 
Masseur in Clinics; also as teacher of and 
lecturer on massage connected with six 
other Philadelphia hospitals. Author of 
"Massage and the Original Swedish Move- 
ments." Address, 112 N. Sixteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

OSWALD, Amandns: 

Merchant and bank president; born on 
Feb. 3, 1857, at Lynnport, Pa.; educated 
in Palatinato College at Myerstown, Leb- 
anon County, Pa. Councilman; at present 
President of the Board of Trade; taught 
school in Lehigh County in 1873 and 1874. 
Married to Miss Lucy A. Kerschner, June 
21, 1S74. Was a clerk in a store at Lynn- 
port from 1874 to 1S84. Been proprietor 
of general store at Freeland since 1884. 
President of First National Bank since or- 
ganization. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, corner of Centre and Front Sts., 
Freeland, Pa. 

OSWALD, Gus. B.: 

Principal of schools; born Dec. 29, 1877, 
near New Tripoli, Pa.; son of P. B. Os- 
wald, one of the veteran school teachers 



of Lehigh County; educated in the com- 
mon schools; received a teacher's pro- 
visional certificate at the age of fifteen 
years; entered the Keystone State Normal 
School, at Kutztown, from which he was 
graduated in 1895; after teaching for a 
year, he entered Ursinus College, from 
which he was graduated in 1900; took 
special honors in the Department of Phil- 
osophy, at Ursinus; had charge of the 
Steinsville, Lehigh county, Secondary 
School for a year, from whence he went 
to Lancaster County as the principal of 
the Denver Borough Schools, and con- 
tinued to serve for two years. In 1903 
was elected principal of the Hokendauqua, 
Lehigh County, schools. Address, Hoken- 
dauqua, Pa. 

OUTERBRIOGE, Albert Albouy: 

Lawyer; born in Bermuda April 20, 
1S41; he was educated primarily in St. 
Mark's School, Philadelphia, and after- 
ward entered the University of Pennsylva- 
nia, graduating from the Law Department 
in 1862, being admitted to the bar in the 
same year. In 1S74 he became editor in 
chief of Weekly Notes of Cases. Was Re- 
porter of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- 
vania from 1SS1 to 18S5, and edited sev- 
eral volumes of Reports. For a number of 
years has been Trust Officer of the Land 
Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia. 
Address, S. W. corner Broad and Chest- 
nut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

OVER, James Watson: 

Jurist; born in Clarion County, Pa., 
April 11, 1843; educated in the public 
schools and Kittanning Academy, and en- 
tered as law student under C. Heydrick, 
of Franklin. Pa., in 1861. He gave up his 
studies to serve in the Civil War, being 
a member of the Fifteenth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Infantry, and serving 
throughout the war. In 1S65 he resumed 
his studies at Franklin, and in 1867 at 
Pittsburg, being admitted to the Alle- 
gheny County bar in 186S. After a pe- 
riod of successful private practice he 
was appointed Associate Judge in the 
Allegheny County Orphans' Court in 1881, 
and elected to this position in the same 
year. He was re-elected in 1891, and 
again in 1901, his present term to con- 
tinue till 1910. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

OVERHOLT, Karl Prick;: 

Lawyer; born on April 19. 1877, at 
Wooster. Ohio: son of John S. R. and 
Maria O. (Frick) Overholt; was gradu- 



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ated from Wooster High School in June, 
1S93, and from Wooster University in 
June, 1S07; received the degrees of LL. B. 
from Harvard in June, 1900, and LL. B. 
from the University of Pennsylvania in 
June. 1901. Admitted to practice in the 
courts of Ohio, December, 1900, and to the 
courts in Philadelphia, Supreme Court, 
etc., September, 1901, and to the Alle- 
gheny County courts, Dec. 21. 1901. Mem- 
ber and President of the Pittsburg Law 
Academy, an association among young 
lawyers for formal discussions. Ad- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

OVENSHINE, Saninel: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
Maryland; Second Lieutenant Fifth In- 
fantry, Aug. 5, 1861; First Lieutenant, 
Sept. 25, 1S61; Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 
1, 1863. to March 30, 1864; Captain. March 
30, 1864; Major Twenty-third Infantry, 
July 10, 1S85; Lieutenant Colonel Fifteenth 
Infantry, Jan. 31, 1891; Colonel Twenty- 
third Infantry, April 26, 1895; Brigadier 
General of Volunteers, Aug. 13, 1898; 
honorably discharged April, 1899; Briga- 
dier General of Volunteers, April 17, 
1899; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teers. Oct. 20, 1809; Brigadier General of 
United States Army, Oct. 19, 1899; re- 
tired Oct. 20, 1899. Address, 1616 Twenty- 
first St., N. W., Washington, D. C. 

OVERTON, E.: 

Lawyer; born in Towanda, Pa., Feb. 4, 
1836. He was educated in Princeton Col- 
lege, graduating in 1856; then studied law 
under Judge Mercur, and was admitted to 
the Bradford County bar in 1858. In 1861 
he was appointed District Attorney to fill 
a vacancy, and in 1S67 was made referee 
in bankruptcy, which position he held for 
ten years without one of his decisions be- 
ing reversed by the Supreme Court. He 
was elected to Congress in 1876, and 
served four years in the National House. 
During the Civil War he served in the 
Army as Major of the Fiftieth Pennsylva- 
nia, a wound obliging him to retire in 
September, 1862. Address, Towanda, Pa. 

OVIATT, Fitznlnn C.t 

Insurance journalist; born in Salem. 
N. Y.. in 1856. and was educated in the 
common schools and academies of his 
native county. He read law and was 
admitted to the bar in 1883. The follow- 
ing year he removed to Delevan, 111., 
where he practiced his profession for 



several years, being a part of the time 
City Attorney. In 1888 he removed to 
Chicago and took a position on the In- 
vestigator. Two years later he accepted 
an offer to enter the service of the Argus, 
of which he became the editor in 1892. 
On Jan. 1, 1896, he resigned that posi- 
tion and removed to New York City to 
take editorial charge of the Chronicle. 
At the close of 1896 he resigned from 
the Chronicle, and purchased the Phila- 
delphia Intelligencer, of which he and 
Frank L. Miner were for several years 
editors and publishers. On Jan. 1, 1903. 
Mr. Oviatt purchased the interest of his 
partner, and since then has been sole 
editor and manger. Address, 421 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

OWEN, Charles Hunter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant First Connec- 
ticut Heavy Artillery, April 16, 1864; re- 
signed and honorably discharged for dis- 
ability, Dec. 15, 1864; brevetted Captain 
United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, 
"for gallant conduct at the battle of 
Spottsylvania." Elected Oct. 21, 1885. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

OAVENS, Charles Trnesuale: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in Ohio; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Naval Cadet, Sept. 6, 1893; Ensign, July 1„ 
1899; Lieutenant (junior grade), July 1. 
1902; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1904; command- 
ing Hist, June. 1807, to January, 1004: 
Marietta since January, 1904. Address, 
'ire of Navy Department, Washington, 
D. C. 

OXTOBY, Rev. William Henry: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born at North 
East, Erie County, Pa., Jan. 1, 1871, 
His father, Rev. John T. Oxtoby, D. D., 
is a Presbyterian minister; his mother a 
daughter of the late James Veech, LL. D., 
of Pittsburg; educated by private tutors 
and in the public schools of Saginaw, 
Mich., and at the University of Michigan; 
was graduated at McCormick Theological 
Seminary, Chicago, in 1S95; was awarded 
the Seminary Fellowship, and studied at 
the Universities of Jena and Berlin, Ger- 
many. Married Ida J. Corning of Sagi- 
naw. Mich., 1S98. Pastor of First Pres- 
byterian Church, Muncie, Ind., 1897-1903 r 
pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian- 
Church, Philadelphia, since 1903. Ad- 
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PACHALI, Theodore, M. D.: 

Born in Lissa, Province of Posen, Prus- 
sia, April 10, 1846; educated in the schools 
of his native place; was graduated in 
medicine from the University of Kiel, 
Prussia in 1865; served as Surgeon in the 
North German Navy of Prussia for three 
years; then as Surgeon for one year on 
the North German Lloyd Steamship line; 
came to the United States and located 
in the city of Reading, Pa., in 1869, where 
he has since practiced medicine. Member 
of the Homeopathic Medical Society of 
Reading, and was President of the same. 
Has devoted considerable attention to 
scientific research and invented different 
mechanical devices. Address, Reading, Pa. 

PACKARD, C. S. W.j 

President insurance company; born in 
Philadelphia, June 21, 1860; studied at 
Rugby Academy and in the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1880. From 
1883 to 1887 he was Secretary and Treas- 
urer of the Philadelphia Warehouse Com- 
pany; for the five succeeding years Treas- 
urer of the Washington Manufacturing 
Company and in 1892 was appointed audi- 
tor of the Pennsylvania Company for In- 
surances on Lives and Granting Annuities. 
The following year he was made Treasu- 
rer of this company, and since 1899 has 
been its President. Mr. Packard is a 
member of the Delta Psi fraternity and a 
Director and the Treasurer of the Uni- 
versity Athletic Association. Address, 
Twenty-first St. and De Lancey Place, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PACKARD, John Hooker: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia August 
15, 1832; was graduated from University 
of Pennsylvania in 1850, receiving the de- 
grees of A. M. and M. D. in 1S53. Mar- 
ried, June 3, 1858* Elisabeth Wood. De- 
monstrator of anatomy, University of 
Pennsylvania, 1862-1863; Acting Assistant 
Surgeon, United States Army, 1861-1865; 
surgeon to Episcopal Hospital, 1863; 
1884; Philadelphia Hospital, 1884-1896; 
Women's Hospital, 1876-1877. Author of 
"Minor Surgery," "Lectures on Inflam- 
mation," "Operative Surgery." Trans- 
lator of "Malgaigne on Fractures"; edi- 
tor of Medical Directory of Philadelphia, 
1S6S-1S71, etc.; has retired from prac- 
tice. Address, 517 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 



PACKARD, John Hooker, Jr.: 

Vice President and Secretary of the 
American Fire Insurance Company of 
Philadelphia; born in Philadelphia May 9, 
1865. He received his education in the 
Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia and 
the University of Pennsylvania. His 
business career was begun as an errand 
boy and clerk in the insurance agency 
of Thomas C. Foster in Philadelphia, in 
1884, and later in the same year" he en- 
tered the employ of the American Fire 
as a general clerk. He was appointed 
City Inspector in 1886, and did special 
work for the company in Delaware. In 
1895 he was appointed Metropolitan Dis- 
trict Surveyor, with headquarters in New 
York, for the London Assurance Corpora- 
tion, and was appointed manager for 
Philadelphia and the suburban district of 
the Sun Insurance Office and London As- 
surance in 1896. He was Assistant Sec- 
retary of the Philadelphia Fire Under- 
writers' Association for 1S97 to 1902, when 
he was elected to his present position. 
Address, 308 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. Residence, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

PACKER, Gibson D.: 

Lawyer; born in Center County, Oct. 
20, 1859, and attended the public schools 
near his home, later moving to Pittsburg 
and graduating from the Pittsburg High 
School in 1881. He then took a three 
years' law course at the University of 
Michigan, at Ann Arbor, graduating in 
1893. Toward the close of the same year 
he was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar and entered the office of Dalzell, 
Scott & Gordon. After a general law 
practice of six years he became solicitor 
for the Carnegie Company in 1899. Ad- 
dress, 5030 Castleman St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

PACKER, Horace H.: 

Attorney at law; born in Wellsboro, 
Tioga County, Pa.; educated at Wells- 
boro Academy and Alfred University, New 
York; studied law with Messrs. Wilson 
& Niles; admitted to practice in all the 
courts of the State. In politics he is a 
Republican, and was appointed District 
Attorney to serve a year and then elected 
District Attorney for a term of three 
years. He was elected to the State House 
of Representatives in 1884, and in 1886 re- 
elected; elected to the State Senate in the 
year 1888, and represented the Twenty- 
fifth Senatorial District, comprising the 
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the following four years. Author of "Cot- 
tage Hospital Law," "The Abolition of 
the Old Fence Law" "The Practice Act 
of 1887." Was elected to represent the 
then Sixteenth Congressional District, 
comprising the counties of Lycoming, 
Clinton, Potter and Tioga, in the United 
States House of Representatives at Wash- 
ington, in the Fifty-fifth Congress, and 
was re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Con- 
gress. Since his services in Congress has 
been engaged in practice of law; also in 
buying and selling timber and coal lands. 
Address, Wellsboro, Pa. 

PAFF, Alfred M.j 

President of the First National Bank 
of Bangor, Pa; born Dec. 14, 1849; edu- 
cated in Millersville State Normal School; 
was Chief Burgess of Bangor, Pa. Or- 
ganized the First National Bank of Ban- 
gor in 1S82, and acted as its cashier for 
twenty years, and was then elected its 
President. Married to Ariella B. Beck, 
May 6, 1S76. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Bangor, Pa. 

PAGE, Benjamin: 

President of the South Side Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PAGE, George Bigpham: 

Architect; born in Philadelphia Sept. 
24, 1870; educated at the Episcopal Acad- 
emy. Philadelphia; studied architecture 
in the office of Cope & Stewardson; won 
the Traveling Scholarship in Architecture 
of the University of Pennsylvania in 1894. 
Devoted about two years to architectural 
studies in Paris, and in European travel. 
Architect for the United States Post Of- 
fice Building at Allentown, Pa. Mem- 
ber of the American Institute of Archi- 
tects; at one time President of the T- 
Square Club of Philadelphia. Address, 
1117 Harrison Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAGE, Glenn Charles: 

Banker; born in New Mil'ord, Pa., July 
15. 1871; son of Charles S. and Ella 
Hough Page; descendant of Capt. Levi 
Page, a native of Vermont and one of 
the earliest settler; of Susquehanna 
County. Is a graduate of Wyoming Sem- 
inary, Kingston, and non-graduate stu- 
dent of Wesleyan University, class of 
1S96. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon 
Fraternity. From 1S94 to 1899 teller of 
Wyoming Valley Trust Company, Wilkes- 
barre, Pa. ; then elected Treasurer and 
executive officer of the company; in 1902 



! became cashier and Director of Marine 
National Bank of Erie, Pa. In 1894 mar- 
ried Mabel L. Severson, daughter of Rev. 
O. L. Severson, D. D., of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, now located at West 
Pittston, Pa. Address, Erie, Pa. 

PAGE, Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Eleventh Massachusetts 
Infantry, May 8, 1861; Quartermaster Ser- 
geant June 13, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion, Sept. 10, 1861; Second Lieutenant 
Eleventh Massachusetts Infantry, Sept. 
10, 1861; discharged for promotion, Feb. 
25, 1S63; Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Volunteers, Nov. 26, 
1S62; honorably mustered out, July 17,1867; 
Major and Commissary of Subsistence 
United States Volunteers, July 16. 1898; 
honorably mustered out, May 31, 1S99: 
brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colonel and 
Colonel United States Volunteers, March 
13, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious 
services during the war." Elected May 
6, 1S68. Transferred to Commandery of 
Arkansas, May 6, 1868 (charter member) : 
transferred to Commandery of Pennsyl- 
vania, Jan. 11, 1SS2. Address, care of Re- 
corder of the Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAGE, S. Davis: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia Sept. 22, 
1S40; son of William B. Page, an eminent 
physician. In 1859 he was graduated from 
Yale College; then read law in the office 
of Peter McCall, and at the Harvard Law 
School and was admitted to the bar in 
1S64. Since that time he has been active- 
ly engaged in the practice of law. Twenty 
years after his admission he formed the 
law firm of Page & Allinson, to which 
Boies Penrose, now United States Senator, 
was afterward admitted. The firm of 
Page, Allinson & Penrose was dissolved on 
death of Mr. Allinson in 1901, and is suc- 
ceeded by Page & Page in which Howard 
W. Page only is associated with his 
father. In 1883 Mr. Page was made 
City Controller, serving a short term, in 
which he very ably managed the city's 
affairs. He was appointed Assistant 
Treasurer of the United States at Phil- 
adelphia in 1886, and administered the 
office with very general satisfaction till 
1890. He also served in the Philadelphia 
Common Council, 1877-1881 and 1882-1883. 
when he resigned. In 1879 he was the 
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and again in 1882, and for City Controller 
in 1883. In 1891 he was one of the com- 
mission appointed by the Governor to in- 
vestigate the accounts of John Bardsley, 
derelict City Treasurer, with the Key- 
stone National Bank. In 1893, under com- 
mission by the Governor he delivered an 
address on Pennsylvania before the Bank- 
ers' Convention at Columbian Exposition. 
Mr. Page is a Director of the Quaker City 
National Bank, and was its President in 
1890 and 1891. He has been a Director of 
the Merchants' Trust Company since its 
incorporation. He is a member of the 
Historical Societies of Pennsylvania and 
Virginia, of the Sons of the Revolution, 
of the Colonial Wars and Colonial Socie- 
ty. Address, 281 S. Fourth St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

PAIMER, Herbert Brown: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Elected Nov. 2, 1S9S. Eligibility 
of membership derived from William 
Painter, Captain and Assistant Quarter- 
master United States Volunteers, Oct. 31, 
1861; resigned and honorably discharged, 
Sept. 14, 1S64. Address, S004 Frankford 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAINTER, Howard I.: 

County Superintendent of schools; born 
Feb. 6, 1869, near West Sunbury, Butler 
County, Pa.; was graduated from West 
Sunbury Academy in 1S90; taught school 
for thirteen consecutive years; Superin- 
tendent of the Butler County Schools 
since 1899; read law in the office of Judges 
McJunkin and Galbreath; admitted to the 
Butler County bar in 1894. Married Ella R. 
Robb, of Sonora, in 1S94. Republican in 
politics. Address, Butler, Pa. 

PAINTER, John W.: 

President of the McKeesport Title and 
Trust Company. Address, McKeesport, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

PALEN, Gilbert E.: 

Physician and manufacturer; born in 
Palenville, N. Y., May 3, 1832, of Quaker 
ancestry; educated in Brown University 
and the Albany Medical College, from 
which he was graduated in 1885. His 
father, Rufus Palen, was a tanner and 
leather dealer, and the son in 1856 en- 
gaged in the same business in partnership 
with his uncle, G. W. Northrop, building 
an oak tannery at Canadenses, Pa., and 



afterward, with his two brothers, another 
one at Tunkhannock, Pa. After some 
years' successful effort in the tanning 
business Dr. Palen withdrew from it. In 
1860 he married Elizabeth Gould of Rox- 
bury, N. Y., and soon after became active- 
ly engaged in the advancement of the 
temperance cause. In 1876 he took up the 
practice of his profession, engaging with 
Dr. Starkey in the compound oxygen 
method of cure, he supplying the capital 
and business ability, and Dr. Starkey the 
method. The firm of Starkey & Palen has 
since then been prominent in Philadelphia 
and other cities. Dr. Palen's business en- 
terprise has led him into various indus- 
trial concerns. He is President of the Ni- 
agara Mining and Smelting Company of 
Utah, President of the Fowden Printing 
Telegraph Company, and Treasurer of an 
electric railway, a water, an electric light, 
and a sewer company; he is Treasurer of 
the Ocean City Association (N. J.), which 
city by the sea he has done much to de- 
velop and in which he has large real es- 
tate interests. Address, 127 Harvey St., 
Germantown, Pa. 

PALMER, diaries: 

Attorney at law, Chester, Delaware 
County, Pa.; born in Concord Township, 
Delaware County, Pa., July 9, 1863; was 
graduated from Swarthmore College with 
class of 1882, and received second degree, 
A. M. from the same college in 1885; 
taught school for five years; removed to 
Chester in 1887; studied law with Edmund 
Jones, and was admitted to the bar in 
1800, and to the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania in 1899. Has been a Notary Pub- 
lic since 1890. Was candidate on the 
Prohibition State ticket in 1894 for Au- 
ditor General, and is a member of the 
Executive Committee of the Prohibition 
Party in Delaware County. From July, 
1896. to June. 1S9S, published the Issue, 
Prohibition organ of Delaware County. 
Has been Secretary of the Pennsylvania 
Savings Loan and Building Association 
of Chester from its organization in 1SS9, 
and a Director of the Farmers' Market 
Company of Chester since 1893. Is a 
member of the Religious Society of 
Friends (Hicksite), and has been clerk of 
Chester Monthly Meeting since 1834; is 
also a member of the Philanthropic Com- 
mittee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 
and of the Central Committee of Friends 
General Conference, representing the sev- 
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charter member of the Delaware County 
Historical Society, organized in 1S95. 
Married, June 24, 1897, Arietta Cutler, of 
Ontario, descended from Pennsylvania 
ancestors. Address, 12 East Fifth St., 
Chester, Pa. 

PALMER, Charles G.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Schuylkill County; 
born in Somersetshire, England, June 22, 
1839; when nine years of age began work 
in the mines in Beaufort. Wales, and has 
been engaged in mining in this and other 
States for the past forty-three years; 
located in Shenandoah in 1870; served on 
the Borough Council; was elected Justice 
of the Peace in 1879, and later Borough 
Tax Collector; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Shenandoah, Pa. 

PALMER, Henry Wilher: 

Congressman (Republican) of Wilkes- 
barre; educated at Wyoming Seminary, 
Kingston, Pa.; Fort Edward Institute, 
Fort Edward. N. Y., and the National 
Law School of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., grad- 
uating from the latter institution in 1860; 
admitted to the bar at Peekskill, N. Y., 
in 1860, and at Wilkesbarre in 1861; served 
in the pay department of the Union Army 
in the Civil War at New Orleans in 1S62- 
1863; was a member of the Constitutional 
Convention of Pennsylvania in 1S72-1873, 
and Attorney General of the State from 
1879 to 1883. Married Ellen M. Webster 
at Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1861; elect- 
ed to the Fifty-seventh Congress and re- 
elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Ad- 
dress, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

PALMER, John Moore: 

Minister of the African Methodist Epis- 
copal Church; born in Lewistown, Mifflin 
County, Pa., April 15, 1854; educated in 
the public schools of his native town, the 
Bellefonte Academy, Allegheny College, 
Meadville, Pa., and the Philadelphia Di- 
vinity School of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church. Pastor of St. John's Church, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., for two years. He has 
served as presiding elder over most of the 
State of Pennsylvania, and as a member 
of two sucessive General Conferences. At 
present he holds a pastorate in German- 
town, Philadelphia. Address. Eighty- 
eighth St., Elmwood, Philadelphia, or 
office. Bethel Church, Germantown, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 



PALMER, Walter S.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Mercer County; born 
in Orangeville, Ohio, in 1859; entered the 
public school of his native town while 
very young; spent two years in Hiram 
College; took a business and electrical 
course at Hillsdale College, Michigan; was 
telegraph operator for the Erie Railroad 
for some time; in 18S0 he moved to 
Sharon, Pa., and entered the music and 
jewelry store of Mr. Hannah as book- 
keeper; was elected Supreme Accountant 
of the Protected Home Circle in 1887; 
in 1S95 was elected Supreme Secretary 
and Accountant by the same organization, 
which position he still holds; has distin- 
guished himself as an expert accountant 
among the fraternalists of the country; 
is interested in general public enterprises, 
fraternal insurance societies and in the 
education of young people preparing for 
the ministry; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1002. Ad- 
dress, Sharon, Pa. 

PATTEN, Simon X.: 

Political economist; born in Sandwich, 
111., May 1, 1852; educated in Jennings's 
Seminary, Aurora, 111., the Northwestern 
University, and at uie University of Halle, 
Germany, where he was graduated with 
the degrees of A. M. and Ph. D. in 1878. 
He engaged in teaching political economy 
on his return to the United States, and in 
1888 was called to the University of Penn- 
sylvania as Professor of Political Econ- 
omy, which position he still ably holds. 
Professor Patten is at the head of a 
school of economic thought, which has 
many followers both in America and in 
Europe. His system has been expounded 
in a number of thoughtful works, em- 
bracing "Premises of Political Economy," 
"The Economic Basis of Protection;" 
"Theory of Dynamic Economics." "The- 
ory of Social Forces," and the "Develop- 
ment of English Thought." He was one 
of the founders of the Academy of Polit- 
ical and Social Science, and is an active 
member of the American Economic As- 
sociation. Address, 202 S. Forty-first St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PANCOAST, Henry Spaekman: 

Author, teacher; born in Germantown, 
Philadelphia. Aug. 24. 1858; son of Chas. 
Stacey Pancoast, a lawyer of Philadel- 
phia, and Mary A. Pancoast; educated at 
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tutors; admitted to the bar in 1882, but 
retired from practice in 1887 to engage 
in teaching and literary work. One of 
the founders of Indian Rights Association, 
and a member of its Executive Commit- 
tee from its organization in 18S2. Mar- 
ried, in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 2, 1897, 
Dorothea Napier. Author of "Represen- 
tative English Literature," 1892; "In- 
troduction to English Literature," 1S95; 
"Introduction to American Literature," 
1898. Editor of "Standard English 
Poems," 1900; "Standard English Prose," 
190ii; also monographs on Indian ques- 
tion, contributions to magazines, etc. 
Member of American Philosophical So- 
ciety. Modern Language Association, etc. 
Independent Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PASGBURN, Noa.li H.: 

Insurance agent; born in Allegheny 
County, Pa., Feb. 12, 1840; son of Isaac 
and Susan (Hill) Pangburn. His pater- 
nal grandfather was Stephen Pangburn, 
a pioi'eer of Allegheny County; his ma- 
ternal grandfather was Samuel Hill,- of 
Lycoming County; educated in his na- 
tive county. In 1862 he enlisted in Com- 
pany E. 155th Pennsylvania Volunteer 
Infantry, and participated in twenty-two 
engagements, among which were Chancel- 
lorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spott- 
sylvania, Bethesda Church, North Anna, 
Cold Harbor. Petersburg, Five Forks, 
and Appomattox; was hoonorably dis- 
charged June 2, 1865, by reason of the 
close of the war. and, returning home, 
engaged in the milling business. In 1868 
he located in Beaver Falls, Pa., and 
engaged in the insurance business; has 
served five years as Justice of the Peace; 
elected Burgess of Beaver Falls, Pa., 
1881-1883, and from 1897 to 1900. He is 
a member of the G. A. R., Union Veteran 
Legion and is a F. and A. M. Republican 
in politics. Address, Beaver Falls, Pa. 

PARDEE, Calvin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant First Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 21, 1861; mustered out, July 
29, 1861; Second Lieutenant Twenty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 12, 
1861; First Lieutenant, Dec. 20, 1861; 
transferred to 147th Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, Oct. 1, 1862; resigned and honorably 
discharged, Oct. 30, 1862. Elected May 
5, 1886. Address, 425 Drexel Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



PARDEE, Israel P.: 

President of the Hazleton National 
Bank. Address, Hazleton, Luzerne Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

PARET, Thomas Dnnkin: 

Inventor; born in New York, Dec. 20, 
1837; was educated in the public schools 
of New York, and took a full course at 
University of Edinburgh, Scotland. In- 
vented process for treating waste leath- 
er so as to fit it for lining petroleum 
barrels, fire-proof safes, etc., and, under 
the name of "tanite," for use as substi- 
tute for jet and ebonite for various pur- 
poses, and as a base for solid emery 
wheels. Is President of the Tanite Com- 
pany, manufaucturers of emery wheels. 
Address, Stroudsburg, Pa. 

PARKE, Wm. E., M. D.: 

Born near Parkesburg, Chester County, 
Pa., Feb. 17, 1862; educated in private 
schools and was graduated at Princeton 
College in 1SS3. Received the degree of 
M. D. at the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1SS6; thereafter became resident phy- 
sician at the Philadelphia Hospital, and 
later at Girard College. Since 1890 has 
been in private practice in the city of 
Philadelphia; has been attached to the 
Presbyterian Hospital, the Polyclinic 
Hospital, and the Kensington Hospital 
for Women. Fellow of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia, and a mem- 
ber of the County and State Medical 
Societies, and of the American Medical 
Association. Address, 1739 North Seven- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PARKER, Joseph Benson: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
native of Pennsylvania; entered Volunteer 
service as Acting Assistant Surgeon, 
March, 1863, and served continuously in 
the Mississippi Squadron until October, 
1S65, date of honorable discharge; pre- 
vious duty during the war, at army hos- 
pitals, Camden and University (Balti- 
more), Campbell (Washington), Lawson 
(St. Louis, Mo.). Appointed Assistant 
Surgeon, Nov. 24, 1866; Passed Assistant 
Surgeon, Dec. 31, 1867; Surgeon, Aug. 13, 
1876; miscellaneous service in the follow- 
ing order: Naval Academy, De Sota, 
North Atlantic Squadron; Rendezvous, 
New York; Tallapoosa, Nantasket. North 
Atlantic Squadron; receiving ship Poto- 
mac; hospital, Chelsea; hospital, Brook- 
lyn; Asiatic Squadron; special duty. Bu- 
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Chief of Bureau of Medicine and Sur- 
gery Wachusett, Pacific Squadron, Tor- 
pedo' Station; Swatara and Ossipee, North 
Atlantic Squadron; Navy Yard, Boston, 
August. 1SS8, to October, 1891; Charles- 
ton special service, squadron, January, 
1892, to October, 1S94; Medical Inspector, 
November, 1S94; special duty with Senate 
Committee investigating Ford's Theatre 
disaster, March, 1895; in charge of hos- 
pital and Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H.; 
January, 1S9S, member and President of 
Medical and Examining Boards, Wash- 
ing, D. C, to 1903. Promoted to Medical 
Director, June, 1S9S; April 1, 1901, in 
charge Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Retired June 20, 1903. Address, 442o 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

1'ARMLEE, G. X.: 

President of the Warren National Bank. 
Address, Warren, Warren County, Pa. 

PARRY, Henry C.i 

President of the People's National 
Bank of Langhorne. Address, Lang- 
horne, Bucks County. Pa. 

PARRY, Richard Randolph: 

President New Hope Delaware Bridge 
Company; born Dec. 5, 1835, at Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; son of Oliver Parry and Rachel 
Randolph Parry. Banker at Mankato, 
Minn., 1S56-1862; drygoods commission 
merchant, New York City and Philadel- 
phia 1S66-1S73. Life member of Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania since 1855; mem- 
ber of Bucks County, Pa., Historical So- 
ciety and Pennsylvania Society of Sons of 
the Revolution; Companion of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legion of the 
United States, Pennsylvania Commandery. 
President of New Hope Delaware Bridge 
Company. Has contributed articles to the 
Press and published works. Married, Oct. 
11, 1S66, Miss Ellen L. Read, of Port- 
land, Me.; they have three children, Ger- 
trude, Adelaide and Oliver Randolph Par- 
ry; born March 29, 1873. He resides at 
The Old Parry Mansion, New Hope Bor- 
ough, Bucks County, Pa., erected for his 
grandfather, Benjamine Parry, in A. D. 
17S4, which has never been out of the 
Parry family. Address, New Hope Post 
Office, Bucks County, Pa. 

PARSONS, John B.: 

Railway official; born in Sussex Coun- 
ty. Del., May 17. 1850; educated in the 
Academy at Salisbury, Md., and entered 
his father's mercantile establishment at 



the age of sixteen; his father, James A. 
Parsons, was wrecked financially through * 
endorsing notes for friends, and the son, 
feeling the weight of the family thrown 
on his shoulders, went to Philadelphia in 
1870 in search of work; he found employ- 
ment as clerk in the office of William W. 
Colket, then Secretary and Treasurer of ( 
the Chestnut and Walnut Streets Rail- 
way; his energy and ability brought him 
rapid promotion, and in two years he was 
made division Superintendent of the road. 
In 18S1 he was elected President and Gen- 
eral Manager of the Lombard and South 
Streets Railway, and displayed an execu- 
tive ability in the management of its 
affairs that attracted the attention of the 1 
railway magnates of the country. He 
went to Chicago in 1887 as Vice President 
and General Manager of the West Chicago 
Street Railway, and became there an of- 
ficial of several other railway companies; 
he was also a Trustee of the Presbyterian 
Hospital of Chicago. Ten years later he 
returned to Philadelphia to become Vice 
President and General Manager of the 
Union Traction Company; he proved so 
efficient in this duty that in September, 
1897, he was elected a Director of this 
company. Since the formation of the 
Rapid Transit Company, which has ab- 
sorbed all the former railway organiza- 
tions of Philadelphia, he has been made 
President of this Company, which position 
he now holds. Address, 2013 Spring Gar- 
den St., Philadelphia. 

PASSMORE, John A.: 

Philanthropist; born in Chester County, 
Pa., in 1841; was graduated from the 
State Normal School, Millersville, Pa., in 
class of 1860; is a member of the Histori- 
cal Society of Pennsylvania, and the 
Union League Club. Address, Lnion 
League Club, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATCH, Alexander MeCnrrell: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cadet 
Military Academy Sept. 1. 1S73; additional 
Second Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry June 
15. 1S77; Second Lieutenant Fourth Cav- 
alry Dec. 7, 1S77; First Lieutenant May 
5, 1SS0; Regimental Quartermaster Oct. 1, 
1880 to May 1, 1887; retired with rank of 
Captain, March 9, 1S91. Engaged in 
general merchandise business at Corn- 
wall. Pa., to 1897; was elected Treasurer 
of the Cornwall Railroad Company, April 
30. 1897; elected Superintendent and Treas- 
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Jan. 25, 189S filling said positions up to 
March 30, 1904; elected President Cornwall 
Railroad Company, March 30, 1904. Ad- 
dress, Lebanon, Pa. 

PATTEE, Fred Lewis: 

Educator; Professor of English litera- 
ture of the Pennsylvania State College; 
born at Bristol, N. H., March 22, 1863; 
was graduated from Dartmouth College, 
1888 (A. M.); married, March 9, . 1889, 
Anna L. Plumer. Contributor to maga- 
zines. Author of "The Wine of May and 
Other Lyrics," 1893; "Pasquaney, a 
Study," 1894; "A History of American 
Literature," 1896; "Reading Courses in 
American Literature," 1897; "The Foun- 
dations of English Literature," 1900. He 
edited Shakespeare's "Macbeth," 1897; 
"Mary Garvin," 1902. Editor of "The 
Poetical Works of Philip Freneau," 1903. 
Address, State College, Center County, Pa. 

PATTERSON, A. C.« 

President of the Excelsior Trust and 
Savings Fund Company. Address, Lehigh 
and Germantown Aves., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATTERSON, C. Stuart: 

Lawyer, author; born in Philadelphia, 
June 24, 1842; educated in the University 
of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated 
in 1S60. He decided on the legal profes- 
sion and entered upon a course of study 
of the law, gaining admission to the bar 
of Philadelphia in 1S65. Meanwhile he had 
some experience in the Civil War, joining 
in 1863 Landis's Artillery Company and be- 
ing wounded in the Gettysburg campaign. 
His legal practice grew large and impor- 
tant and he became an authority in real 
estate and constitutional law. From 1887 
to 1S92 he was Professor of the Law of 
Real Estate and Conveyancing and of 
Constitutional Law in the University of 
Pennsylvania, and till 1896 was dean of 
the Law Department in that institution. 
He was Inspector of the State Peniten- 
tiary at Philadelphia, 1S84-1891; he retired 
from practice in 1895 and since then has 
been devoted to banking and railroad in- 
terests, becoming in that year a Director 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; 
he is also President of the Western Sav- 
ing Fund Society and of the Commercial 
Trust Company. In 1897 he presided over 
the Indianapolis Monetary Convention and 
was a member of the Monetary Commis- 
sion appointed by it. He is the author of 
treatises on "Constitutional Limitations," 



"Railway Accident Law," "Federal Re- 
straints on State Action," "The United 
States and the State Under the Constitu- 
tion," and many historical and political 
pamphlets. Member of the Philosophical 
Society, the Sons of the Revolution, the 
Phi Beta Cappa Fraternity, the Union 
League of Philadelphia (President, 1897- 
189S), the Century Association of New 
York, the American Academy of Political 
and Social Science, the Contemporary and 
other clubs. Address, Chestnut Hill; of- 
fice, 1000 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



PATTERSON, Francis Engle: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Patterson. Elected 
Nov. 5, 1884. Address, 1715 Francis St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATTERSON, George Robert: 

Member of Congress; born Lewistown, 
Pa., Nov. 9, 1863; son of Joseph Alexan- 
der and Anna G. Patterson; was educated 
in the public schools and at the Lewis- 
town Academy. Was salesman in the 
hardware business; for ten years was in 
the flour and feed business; now agent of 
the Minneapolis mills in Central Pennsyl- 
vania. Active in politics. Has frequent- 
ly been a delegate to local and State con- 
ventions; represents the Twelfth Congres- 
sional District. Republican in politics. 
Address, Ashland, Pa. 

PATTERSON, George Stuart: 

Professor of Law; born in Philadelphia, 
Oct. 10, 1868; son of Christopher S. Pat- 
terson, at one time Professor and Dean of 
the Law Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania. Mr. Patterson studied 
law in that institution, after preparatory 
study at Haverford College, and received 
the degrees of Bachelor of Philosophy in 
1890, and of Bachelor of Laws in 1891. 
On graduation he was elected a Fellow 
of the Law Department, and in 1893 was 
appointed to his present position of Pro- 
fessor of Law. In his legal work he is 
Assistant Solicitor of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company. He is a member of 
the Delta Psi fraternity. Address, Chest- 
nut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATTERSON, I. N.: 

President of the Franklin Savings Bank. 
Address, Franklin, Venango County, Pa. 



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PATTERSON, James L..: 

President of the Burgettstown National 
Bank. Address, Burgettstown, Washing- 
ton County, Pa. 

PATTERSON, James W.: 

President of the Pittsburg, Carnegie & 
Western Railroad Company; was born in 
Pittsburg, Pa., in May, 1847. His an- 
cestors on the paternal side were from 
the North of Ireland. His grandfather, 
Nathaniel Patterson, born in Kentucky, a 
surveyor by profession, was a participant 
in the War of 1S12, and his father, J. W. 
Patterson, was a Major of the Sixty-sec- 
ond Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers 
in the Civil War. Graduating from the 
public schools of Pittsburg, young Pat- 
terson studied his profession in the em- 
ploy of his father, in which he attained 
such proficiency in general engineering 
and municipal improvements, that, before 
he reached his twenty-eighth year, he 
was offered and accepted the position of 
Principal Assistant Engineer in charge of 
the construction of Pittsburg's Water 
Works. In 188S Mr. Patterson was Super- 
intendent of the U. S. Government build- 
ings, and has since been engaged in the 
development of and making preliminary 
surveys for proposed railways in Western 
Pennsylvania, and has located many of 
the railroads now in existence in that 
growing section of the country. Mr. Pat- 
terson is now President of the Pittsburg, 
Carnegie & Western Railroad, a Wabash 
affiliation, of which he is making a suc- 
cess, though he makes no pretensions to 
other claims than that of being a com- 
mon, everyday civil engineer, still a stu- 
dent, and aiming to become a "top- 
notcher" in his profession. He held a po- 
sition in the Select Councils of Pittsburg 
from 1877 to 1S79, and is a member of the 
Monongahela Club of that city. He was 
married at Pittsburg on Feb. 3, 1870, to 
Miss Margaret Campbell, to whom thir- 
teen children were born, eight of whom 
are living, including J. W. Patterson, Jr., 
a civil engineer in charge of construc- 
tion work in Green County, Pa., and F. 
P. Patterson, dramatic editor of the Pitts- 
burg, Dispatch. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PATTERSON, Peter: 

Consulting Engineer of the National 
Tube Company; born in Jedburgh, Scot- 
land, May 12, 1842. His father was a 
blacksmith and engineer, and his ances- 
tors had lived in Scotland for centuries. 
Mr. Patterson attended the public schools 



of Jedburgh and afterward was appren- 
ticed in his father's shop. Upon complet- 
ing his apprenticeship, he went to Edin- 
burgh, Scotland, where he worked in sev- 
eral engineering establishments. Then 
he went to Glasgow, where he was em- 
ployed in some of the marine engine 
works. He secured for himself a thor- 
ough practical training, which has stood 
him well in hand in his later life. In 
1S66 Mr. Patterson moved to America, 
working for a short time in Connecticut, 
and then in New York City for four years 
as a machinist. In 1871 he secured a po- 
sition with the National Tube Works at 
Boston, Mass., as a machinist, and after 
six months there he was sent to Mc- 
Keesport, Pa., to erect the machinery in 
the mill then building. He was later made 
foreman machinist, and held that posi- 
tion a number of years. After assisting 
in the construction of the National Roll- 
ing Mills Department of the National Tube 
Works Company, he became Superintend- 
ent of the National Tube Works. He 
satisfactorily filled this position until 1S97, 
when he became Consulting Engineer of 
the National Tube Works Company and 
Manager of the United States Seamless 
Tube Works. These latter works he de- 
signed and constructed. Mr. Patterson 
continued in these positions until he be- 
came Consulting Engineer of the Nation- 
al Tube Company. Address, Pittsburg. Pa. 

PATTERSOX, P. C: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Brooklyn, 
N. Y., in 1S69. At an early age moved 
with his parents to McKeesport and ob- 
tained the first rudiments of his educa- 
tion there. While attending school he 
worked during his spare time in the ma- 
chine shop of the National Tube Com- 
pany, and also during the summer vaca- 
tion. After quitting school remained at 
work a year, in the meantime having 
taken a course in the engineering de- 
partment of the Western University of 
Pennsylvania. Later was transferred to 
the draughting department and became 
foreman of the machine shop, from which 
place he was called to the post of Con- 
structing Engineer, and later made Su- 
perintendent of the lap mill. A number 
of his patents are now used at the 
works. Mr. Patterson is a member of the 
American Society of Mechanical Engi- 
neers, Engineers' Society of Western 
Pennsylvania, and the Iron and Steel In- 
stitute of Great Britain. Address. Frick 
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PATTERSON, Robt. M., U. U., L.L,. U.: 

Clergyman, author; born in Philadel- 
phia, July 17, 1832; son of John and Mar- 
garet Mayne Patterson. In 1861 married 
Margaret Baxter McClay Nourse, daught- 
er of Rev. James Nourse of Washington, 
D. C, and after her decease, in 1867, Re- 
becca Thomas Malin, daughter of Joseph 
and Amy Malin, of Chester Valley, Pa. 
Was graduated at the Philadelphia High 
School in 1849. Official reporter in the 
United States Senate; studied law; en- 
tered Princeton Theological Seminary, 
and graduated in 1S59. In 1859 ordained 
to the ministry and settled as pastor of 
the Great Valley Presbyterian Church, 
Chester County, Pa. In 1867 called to the 
South Presbyterian Church Philadelphia. 
18S8-1893 editor of the Presbyterian Jour- 
nal. Returned to pastorate at Great Val- 
ley. The Philadelphia High School gave 
him the degree of A. M.; the College of 
New Jersey, D. D., and Lafayette Col- 
lege, LL. D. He has been prominent in 
the Councils of the Presbyterian Church 
and as counsel in important judicial 
cases. Author of "Paradise," "Visions of 
Heaven for the Life on Earth," "Elijah 
the Favored Man," "American Presbyte- 
rianism in its Devolpment and Growth," 
"The Angels and Their Ministrations." 
"Presbyterianism in Philadelphia," "The 
Synod of Philadelphia," "The Synod of 
Pennsylvania." Edited Second General 
Council of the Presbyterian Alliance, 
Witherow's "Which is the Apostolic 
Church?" Many review and magazine ar- 
ticles, sermons and tracts. Address, 
Malvern, Chester County, Pa. 



PATTERSON, S. H.: 

President of the Dunbar Bank, 
dress, Dunbar, Fayette County, Pa. 



Ad- 



PATTERSON, Theodore B\i 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; private Washington Artillery (Com- 
pany H, Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infan- 
try) April 18, 1861; mustered out Aug. 1, 
1S61; private Forty-eighth Pennsylvania 
Infantry Sept. 9, 1861; Sergeant Oct. 30, 
1861; discharged for promotion March 30, 
1S62; First Lieutenant Sixty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Infantry March 31, 1862; dis- 
charged to accept appointment in United 
States Signal Corps June 6, 1864. First 
Lieutenant United States Signal Corps 
March 3, 1863; appointment expired July 
4, 1864; Second Lieutenant United States 
Signal Corps March 3, 1863; declined Aug. 



31, 1S64; appointment cancelled Sept. 10, 
1864. Elected April 6, 1870. Address, 
care of Recorder of the Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATTERSON, William: 

President of the National Bank of Law- 
rence County. Address, Newcastle, Law- 
rence County, Pa. 

PATTERSON, William J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Sixty-Second 
Pennsylvania Infantry July 14, 1861; re- 
signed and honorably discharged Oct. 8, 
1863, for wounds received in action. Was 
elected Oct. 16, 1889. Address care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATTISON. O.: 

Banker; born May 12, 1838, at Chester, 
Warren County, N. Y. ; educated in the 
public schools of Lawrenceville, Tioga 
County, Pa. He was Burgess of Elkland 
Borough, Tioga County, Pa. Married Su- 
san Bloore at Watkins, Schuyler County, 
N. Y., Nov. 7, 1867. He was cashier for 
C. L. Pattison & Co., bankers, Elkland, 
Pa., until June 10, 1896, when, on the 
death of his brother, C. L. Pattison, the 
Pattison National Bank was organized, of 
which he is President. Democrat in poli- 
tics. Address, Elkland, Tioga County, Pa. 

PATTISON, Robert E,.: 

Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania; born in 
Quantico, Md., Dec. 8, 1850; son of Rev. 
Robert H. Pattison, a prominent divine in 
the Methodist Church. His parents re- 
moved to Philadelphia when he was six 
years old, and he was educated in the 
public schools of that city, delivering the 
valedictory address of his class on his 
graduation from the Central High School. 
Selecting the law for his profession, he 
entered the office of Lewis C. Cassidy, 
then one of the most brilliant advocates 
of the Pennsylvania bar; he was admitted 
to practice in 1872, and had excellent 
promise of success, but his fluency as a 
public speaker led him into the political 
field as one of the leaders of the Demo- 
cratic Party in Philadelphia. His grow- 
ing prominence in the party councils 
brought him forward as a candidate for 
Auditor General of the State in 1877, but 
he was defeated in the convention by 
William P. Schell. A few months after- 
ward he was nominated for City Control- 



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ler; reform in this department was badly 
needed, the people were in a mood to re- 
volt against the dominant party, and Mr. 
Pattison was elected by 2,000 majority; 
he was put there to reform the adminis- 
tration of the office, and he did this so 
decidedly as to meet the warm approval 
of the people. At the next election he 
was again triumphant, this time with 
13,593 majority, though opposed by a 
strong candidate. His probity in office 
Won him the confidence of the people irre- 
spective of party, and at the election for 
Governor in 1882 he was nominated and 
received at the election a majority of 
40,202 votes over his opponent, he being 
the first Democratic Governor of Pennsyl- 
vania for thirty years; in the Guberna- 
torial chair he succeeded in reducing uie 
State debt, in holding corporations strictly 
to the law, repressing extravagant appro- 
priations, and in managing the State 
finances with unusual economy. He re- 
tired in 1886, since no Governor can hold 
office for two consecutive terms. During 
the next four years he was engaged in 
legal practice and was made President of 
the Chestnut Street National Bank, while 
as President of the Pacific Railroad Com- 
mission, to which President Cleveland ap- 
pointed him, he gave a most valuable re- 
port of the financial state of that corpor- 
ation. In 1890 he was again nominated 
for Governor on a reform platform, and 
was elected with a majority of 16,554, run- 
ning 37,000 ahead of his party ticket; this 
term of office was distinguished by the 
same qualities which made the former one 
memorable, and Governor Pattison retired 
with a national reputation for probity and 
public spirit. Since then he has practiced 
law. In 1902 he w>as the Democratic can- 
didate for Governor, but was defeated. 
Address, 5930 Drexel Road, Overbrook, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PATTOX, Alexander Enniii 

State Senator from Clearfield County; 
born in Curwensville, Clearfield County, 
Pa., Oct. 20, 1852; educated in the com- 
mon schools of his native town, Dick- 
inson Seminary, Chester Military Acade- 
my and at Phillips Academy, Andover, 
Mass., started out for himself at nineteen 
years of age; went to Iowa and engaged 
in farming and the nursery business; re- 
turned to his native town in 1877, and ac- 
cepted a position in the Curwensville 
Bank; has been identified with the de- 
velopment of coal railways and the indus- 
trial world; takes an active interest in 



the common schools; was twice President 
of the Directors' Convention of Clearfield 
County; is a Trustee of Dickinson College 
and a Director of Dickinson Seminary; 
served as delegate to county, State and 
national conventions; was one of the 
electors at large from Pennsylvania at 
the Presidential election in 1896; elected 
to the Senate in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Curwensville, Pa. 

PATTON, EdTvnrd W.: 

Conveyancer; born in Philadelphia, June 
6, 1846; his grandfather, Abraham Patton, 
was for many years engaged in the jew- 
elry business in that city, and his father, 
P. I. Patton, was actively connected with 
the Philadelphia Passenger Railway. Mr. 
Patton was educated in the public schools, 
and in 1S63, on Lee's invasion of Pennsyl- 
vania, he enlisted at seventeen as a pri- 
vate in Landis's Battery; a year later he 
was made an officer in the Navy and 
served till the close of the war. He was 
then appointed Paymaster's clerk of the 
District of Pennsylvania; he resigned in 
1867 and engaged with his father in ex- 
tensive building operations in Philadel- 
phia, the firm erecting over four hundred 
houses in the next four years. Since that 
date he has been actively engaged in the 
real estate and conveyancing business as 
head of the firm of Edward W. Patton & 
Co. An active Republican in politics, he 
was elected to the Select Council from the 
Twenty-seventh Ward of Philadelphia in 
1877, and has since served in that position. 
He is President of the Bayard Smelting 
and Milling Company, New Mexico, and of 
the Powellton Real Estate Association, 
and is Treasurer of the Electric Milling 
and Mining Company, South Dakota. He 
has long been prominent in the Masonic 
Order. Address, 403 Betz Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

PATTOX, Jolin W.: 

Professor of Daw; born in Philadelphia 
in 1S43; entered the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1859, but after a year's study 
went to the College of New Jersey, where 
he graduated in 1863. He subsequently 
studied law and entered upon practice 
in Philadelphia. For five years he was a 
member of the Common Council of that 
city, and was for a period President of 
the Mortgage Trust Company of Penn- 
sylvania. In 1897 he was appointed Pro- 
fessor of Law in the University of Penn- 
sylvania, which position he now holds. 
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PATTON, Willis Ualzell: 

Jurist; born in Allegheny City, Pa., Jan. 
13, 1S53. His father dying, his mother 
moved to the family homestead at Kit- 
tanning, Pa. He early entered business 
life and served as bookkeeper for several 
firms. He afterwards was clerk and 
Deputy for Sheriff Montgomery; his serv- 
ice for whom led him into a desire to 
study the law. Entering the office of 
Hon. E. S. Golden as a clerk, he studied 
diligently in his leisure hours, and ob- 
tained admittance to the bar in 1876. 
From 1877 to 1879 he practiced in asso- 
ciation with his preceptor and subse- 
quently alone, building up a profitable 
business, and gaining a reputation as a 
learned and skillful attorney. In 1899 he 
was nominated by the Republican Party 
for President Judge of Armstrong Coun- 
ty, and was elected in November, taking 
his seat on the first Monday of January, 
1900. In the business world he is Presi- 
dent of the Armstrong County Trust 
Company. Address, Kittanning, Pa. 

PAIL,, Frank William t 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Commonwealth (Pennsyl- 
vania) Artillery May 13, 1861; mustered 
out Aug. 5, 1861; First Lieutenant of Bat- 
tery attached to Fifty-eighth Pa. Infantry 
Nov. 12, 1861; transferred to Second Penn- 
sylavnia Heavy Artillery Nov. 12, 1862; 
honorably mustered out Nov. 17, 1864. 
First Lieutenant Twenty-fourth United 
States Infantry July 28, 1866; resigned and 
honorably discharged April 21, 1868. Bre- 
vetted Captain United States Volunteers 
March 13, 1865, "for gallant and merito- 
rious services during the war." Captain 
United States Army March 2, 1867, lor 
gallant and meritorious services at Peters- 
burg Mine, Va. Elected March 4, 186S. 
Address. 220 South Fourth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

PAIL, John Rodman: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 6, 
1S52; son of John Rodman Paul, M. D. 
Graduated from University of Pennsyl- 
vania 1872 (A. M.); Law School of the 
University of Pennsylvania. 1875. Ad- 
mitted to bar of Philadelphia, 1875; to 
United States Supreme Court, 1887. As- 
sociated (1878) with George W. Biddle, 
since his death, senior member of law 
firm of Biddle & Ward. Philadelphia; Di- 
rector of Philadelphia Savings Fund; 
Philadelphia Contributionship (Fire In- 



surance); President City Parks Associa- 
tion, President Philadelphia College Set- 
tlement; Member of the American Philo- 
sophical Society, Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, Pennsyl- 
vania Bar Association, Law Association of 
Philadelphia, etc.; actively engaged in 
practice of the law. Republican in poli- 
tics. Author of Digest of Acts and De- 
cisions Relating to Passenger Railways, 
1884. Residence, 903 Pine St.; office, 505 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAUL, Oglesby: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Capt. Frank W. Paul. Elected Feb. 8, 
1899. Address, 220 South Fourth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAULDING, Tattnall: 

President of the Delaware Insurance 
Co., of Philadelphia; born July 5, 1840, in 
Huntington, N. Y. ; educated at Hunting- 
ton, N. Y., Montclair, N. J. Married Han- 
nah S. Huddell, Nov. 20, 1872. Member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- 
dress, 152 West Penn St., Philadelphia. 

PAULL, Joseph R.: 

First Vice President of the Bank of 
Pittsburg, National Association, one of the 
oldest and largest banking houses in the 
country; born Dec. 14, 1871, near Dunbar, 
Fayette County, on a farm, where he 
lived for several years; the family then 
moved to Connellsville, Pa., where he at- 
tended the schools and was graduated 
from the High School; he. then took a 
three years' course at the Chicago Train- 
ing School and was graduated in 1888. 
After he left the training school he was 
employed by the H. C. Frick Coke Com- 
pany at Connellsville, and, in 1890, he en- 
tered the Youghiogheny Bank of Connells- 
ville, which later became the Yough Na- 
tional Bank, and while there was book- 
keeper. In 1891 he was employed at the 
Second National Bank of Connellsville as 
teller; he remained with that institution 
four years and went to Pittsburg in 1895 
as assistant cashier of the City Deposit 
Bank, and in 1895 became cashier of the 
same bank. He remained with the City 
Deposit Bank till 1903, when he became 
President of the Iron City National Bank; 
he was actively engaged in the negotia- 
tions which led to the consolidation of the 
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Manufacturers' National Banks with the 
Bank of Pittsburg, National Association, 
in January of this year. He was the active 
head of the syndicate which acquired the 
controlling interest in the Iron City Na- 
tional Bank and thus made it possible for 
the combination which followed; when the 
consolidation was effected and the three 
banks became merged he was made the 
First Vice President of the combined in- 
stitutions under the name of the Bank 
of Pittsburg. He married Annie Rogers 
Johnston, Sept. 13. 1894. Address, 409 
Deniston Av., Pittsburg Pa. 

PAXSO.V Edward M.: 

Jurist; born in Buckingham, Pa., Sept. 
3. 1S24; educated in the Quaker schools; 
he early entered journalism and edited 
the Newtown Journal, 1S43, and later was 
engaged in the same capacity on the Daily 
News, Philadelphia. He studied law, and 
was admitted to the bar, Bucks County, 
1850, later removing to Philadelphia. He 
served as Judge Court of Common Pleas, 
Philadelphia, 1S69-1874; Judge Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, 1874-1S95; Chief 
Justice, 1SS9-1S95; now retired. Address, 
2106 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAXSOIV, Frederic Logan: 

Assistant Professor of History in the 
University of Colorado; born in Philadel- 
phia, 1S77; educated in the Friends' school 
of that city; was graduated with degree 
of B. S. from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1898. Instructor in History, at 
Michigan Military Academy, Orchard 
Lake, Mich., 1899-1900, and at Bliss 
Military Academy, Macon, Mo., 1900-1901. 
Received degree of M. A. at Harvard, 
1002; Fellow in American History at Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1902-1903, and re- 
ceived the degree of Ph. D. there In 1903. 
Author of "The Independence of the 
South American Republics," Philadelphia, 
1903. Permanent address, Boulder, Colo. 

P WSOX, Oliver II.: 

Physician; born in Lahaska. Pa., 1859; 
is one of the Bucks County Paxsons and 
of the Ely family on his mother's side. 
After a few years of mercantile life he 
entered the Hahnemann Medical College 
in 1887, and was graduated in 1S90, after 
which he located in Philadelphia, and has 
been practicing there ever since. He is 
one of the visiting staff to the Hahne- 
mann Hospital, and Clinical Chief of the 
Department of General Medicine of the 
Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 



Pa.; was appointed Assistant Medical 
Inspector to the Health Office of the city 
of Philadelphia in 1894, byMayor Stuart, 
and has served for ten years. He was 
married to Evalyn Mattson, of Chester 
County, in 1S94. Address, 1733 Arch St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAXSOIV, Win. B.: 

Banker and broker; born in Philadel- 
phia, Sept. 24. 1849. His ancestors came 
to Bucks County from England with Will- 
iam Penn; educated at Friends' Central 
High School, Fifteenth and Race streets, 
Philadelphia, and was graduated in 1S66; 
engaged in the wholesale drygoods busi- 
ness until 1876, then entered the banking 
and brokerage business and is still active 
in that line. Member of the New York 
Stock Exchange, the Philadelphia Stock 
Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, 
New York Coffee Exchange and the New 
York Produce Exchange, and a Director 
of the Development Company of America, 
New York. Married, in 1873, Lydia M. 
Shoemaker, daughter of the late Owen 
Shoemaker, of Gynedd, Pa. Republican 
in politics. Address, 308 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PAXTON, Alexis Rupert: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania. Second 
Lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry, March 3, 
1S77; First Lieutenant Oct. 31, 1884; Cap- 
tain Nov. 7, 1896; Major Thirteenth In- 
fantry, Oct. 16, 1901. Address, Alcatraz 
Island, Cai. 

PAYNE, Charles B.: 

President of the Duquesne Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Duquesne, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

PAYNE, E. D.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania: appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania. Assistant Surgeon, Sept. 20, 1861; 
Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1861; fri- 
gate Congress, North Atlantic Squadron, 
1861 to 1862, and participated in the 
Hampton Roads fight with the Merrimac; 
Powhatan, South Atlantic Blockading 
Squadron, July 8, 1862, to May 4, 1863; at- 
tack on Fort Sumter, April, 1863; Naval 
Rendezvous, Chicago, 111., June 23. to Sept. 
2, 1863; Metacomet, West Gulf Blockad- 
ing Squadron, from 1863, to 1865; parti- 
cipated in battle of Mobile Bay and nu- 
merous small engagements; special men- 
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et in his report of the battle of Mobile 
Bay; Naval Rendezvous, Philadelphia, 
March 6, to July 9, 1S65. Passed Assist- 
ant Surgeon, June 26, 1S65; Pacific Squad- 
ron, Farrallones, 1865, to 1866; St. Mary's 
May 3, to Sept. 26, 1866; Naval Hospital, 
Washington, Dec. 6, 1866, to Jan. 24, 1868; 
Paci..c Squadron, Saranac, 1S6S to 1S69; 
Jamestown, 1S68, to 1871; Naval Hospital, 
New York, 1871; Naval Hospital, Boston, 
Sept. 23, 1871, to June 9, 1S73. Promoted 
to Surgeon, Nov. 14, 1871; placed on list 
of retired officers on account of sick- 
ness due to causes incident to the service. 
April 13, 1876. Address, Pinehurst, N. C. 

PEACOCK, Alexander It.: 

Formerly First Vice President of Carne- 
gie Steel Company; born in Dunfermline, 
Scotland, and educated in the public 
schools of that place. At fourteen he quit 
his studies and was apprenticed to a firm 
of linen manufacturers, where he spent 
four years. He familiarized himself with 
every detail of this business so thorougly 
that, on his arrival in New York City, in 
1S79, he secured a position as linen sales- 
man with the well known importing house 
of E. S. Jaffray & Company. Although 
his sucess in this line was marked, a wider 
vista of possibility extended before him, 
and in 1889 he became connected with the 
Carnegie interests, his first position be- 
ing in the purchasing department of 
Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited. About 
a year later he went to the sales de- 
partment, where he established a credit 
system, which is still in use in the Car- 
negie business. In 1891 he was chosen a 
partner and stockholder in Carnegie Bros. 
& Company, and Carnegie, Phipps & Com- 
pany, Limited. After the organization of 
the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, Mr. 
Peacock was made General Sales Agent 
and was elected to membership on the 
Board of Managers, and, later, elected 
First Vice President. In 1901 he retired 
from the Carnegie Company, built a man- 
sion on Highland Avenue, Pittsburg, and 
is now retired from any very active par- 
ticipation in his varied interests. Ad- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PEARCE, Frank S a vary: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet. 
Lieut. Col. Enoch Pearce. Elected Feb. 
5, 1902. Address, 1407 Locust St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 



PEARCE, Jo si a 1 1 S.: 

President of Merion Title & Trust Com- 
pany; born Nov. 10, 1841, in Lower Merion 
Township, Montgomery County, Pa.; edu- 
cated in Lower Merion public schools. 
He was a member of the Pennsylvania 
Legislature, 1881-1882; Justice of the 
Peace; Deputy Coroner; First Lieutenant 
Battery G, Second Pennsylvania Artil- 
lery; President Merion Title & Trust 
Company; Director in Bryn Mawr Na- 
tional Bank and Montgomery Insurance 
Company; President of the Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania and National Funeral Di- 
rectors' Associations for two years each. 
Married Alice A. Rambo in October, 1868. 
Republican in politics. Address, Ard- 
more, Montgomery County, Pa. 

PEARSON, Alfred L,.: 

Soldier and lawyer; born in Pittsburg, 
Dec. 28, 1838; son of Joseph Pearson, who 
served under Wellington in the battle of 
Waterloo; his great grandfather on his 
mother's side served as a soldier under 
Washington, he thus coming on both sides 
from fighting stock; educated in the public 
schools at Jefferson College and the Al- 
legheny College; studied law and was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Allegheny County in 
1S61. The war had then begun and he 
immediately recruited a company, arming 
and equipping it at his own expense, but 
it was not until August, 1862, that he 
succeeded in having his company regu- 
larly enlisted, he being made Captain of 
Company A, 155th Pennsylvania Regi- 
ment; his courage and attention to duty 
brought him quick promotion, he being 
made successively Major, Lieutenant 
Colonel and Colonel of the Regiment, 
while his excellent conduct at the battle 
of Peeble's Farm, Va., in 1864, brought 
him the brevet rank of Brigadier General. 
On March 29, 1865, at a critical moment in 
the fighting of that day, General Pearson 
dashed up to his old regiment, the 155th 
Pennsylvania, seized its colors, shouted 
"Follow your ag or lose it!" and rode 
toward the enemy; the men, who had 
been shrinking before a hot fire, followed 
him with a wild shout, drove back the 
enemy, and captured and held the plank 
road, the central point of the action. He 
did other excellent work on that day, his 
gallantry bringing him the brevet rank 
of Major General, and in 1867 a medal 
of honor from the War Department for 
most distinguished gallantry in action. 
Taking up the practice of law after the 



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war, his ability soon brought him the 
position of District Attorney of Allegheny 
County; he also served in the Select Coun- 
cil and on the Board of Health of Pitts- 
burg. He subsequently entered the Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, in which 
he was made Major General, and was in 
personal command of the troops at Pitts- 
burg, Scranton. Carbondale and Ply- 
mouth during the railroad strike riots 
of 1877; he was accused of murder by 
some of the rioters, but the Grand Jury 
ignore* the bill. He succeeded General 
Hartranft as a member of the Board of 
Managers of the Home for Volunteer Dis- 
abled Soldiers; was one of the founders 
of the Union Veterans' Legion and was 
twice elected its National Commander, 
and was Second Department Commander 
of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Re- 
public. He resides at "Harwood," on 
the Ohio, about fourteen miles from Pitts- 
burg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PEARSON, Edward Pennington: 

Colonel United States Army; born at 
Lebanon, Pa., 1837; his father was Ed- 
ward P. Pearson, attorney-at-law; his 
mother was a daughter of Judge Fred- 
erick Smith of the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania. Mr. Pearson was a civil 
engineer at Reading. Pa., and enlisted in 
the Ringgold Artillery' of the Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, who were the first 
troops to reach Washington, April 18, 
1861; Adjutant Twenty-fifth Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, May 1, 1861; First 
Lieutenant Seventeenth Regular Infantry, 
June 24, 1S61. He served in the Division 
of Regular Infantry, Fifth Army Corps, 
at the siege of Yorktown, battles of 
Gaines Mill. Malvern Hill, Second Bull 
Run, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He 
was on the staff of Major General How- 
ard, commanding Eleventh Army Corps, 
at the battles of Chancellorsville and 
Gettysburg; transferred with Howard's 
Army Corps to the Army of the Cumber- 
land, and was present at the battles of 
Wnnhatchie, Chattanooga, and the various 
actions and skirmishes of the Atlanta 
campaign, having his horse shot under 
him at the battle of Jonesboro when At- 
lanta was captured. When General How- 
ard was promoted to command the Army 
of the Tennessee, he asked for the trans- 
fer of Pearson, who, as his staff officer, 
accompanied the right wing on General 
Sherman's march to the sea, and partici- 
pated in the battle of Bentonsville. N. C. 
Captain Pearson was made a Major by 



brevet for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices at the battle of Chancellorsville, 
Va., and a Lieutenant Colonel by brevet 
for gallant and meritorious services dur- 
ing the Atlanta campaign. As Captain of 
the Seventeenth Infantry he served in 
Texas, Dakota and Montana; as Major of 
the Twenty-first Infantry he served in 
Idaho, Oregon. Nebraska and Wyoming; as 
Lieutenant Colonel of the Twenty-fourth 
Infantry he served in Indian Territory and 
Arizona; on his promotion to Colonel 
Tenth Infantry, October, 1891, he served 
in New Mexico and Oklahoma. In 1898, 
when General Shafter was organizing his 
expedition for the invasion of Cuba, Colo- 
nel Pearson was placed in command of 
the Second Brigade in Kent's Division. 
For his services at Santiago de Cuba, on 
General Kent's recommendation, he was 
promoted to the grade of Brigadier Gen- 
eral of Volunteers; he was mustered out 
as Brigadier General, Nov. 30, 1898, and 
eight days afterward was on his way with 
his regiment to Cuba again. General 
Ludlow, the military Governor of the City 
of Havanna organized all the troops in 
Havana as a Provisional Brigade under 
the command of Colonel Pearson. While 
in Cuba he had frequent returns of the 

j Sanitago malaria, when the surgeons told 
him he must leave Cuba to save his life. 
He was retired after thirty-eight years: 
of service in May, 1S99, being over sixty- 

j two years of age. Address, Hotel Not- 
tingham, Boston, Mass. 

PEARSOX, Johnson: 

Lawyer; born in Mercer County, Pa., 
Jan. 10, 1819, a descendant of the Pear- 
son family who came to Pennsylvania 
with William Penn and settled in Dela- 
ware County of that State. Mr. Pearson 
spent his youthful days in hard work on 
his fathers farm, attending the district 
school, and entering in 1837 Allegheny 
College, where he graduated in 1840. He 
studied law in Mercer under his cousin 
Hon. John J. Pearson, was admitted to> 
the bar in 1842, and has practiced before 
the Mercer County Courts for more than 
sixty years. He was appointed Deputy 
Attorney General for the county in 1848, 
and this office being abolished in 1850, he 
was elected District Attorney in 1851. 
Originally a member of the Whig Party, 
and casting his first Presidential uallot for 
Wiliam Henry Harrison, in 1840, he joined 
the Republican Party on its organization 
in 1856, and since then has been an earn- 
est member of this party, though holding 
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PEARSON, Leonard: 

Editor and writer on veterinary sub- 
jects; born Evansville, Ind., Aug. 17, 
186S; graduated from Cornell with the de- 
gree of B. S., 1888; graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania as Veterinary 
Surgeon in 1890, and has been Professor 
of Veterinary Medicine at the same insti- 
tution since 1891, dean since 1S97; State 
Veterinarian of Pennsylvania since 1895; 
Secretary State Live Stock Sanitary 
Board since 1896; member of the American 
Public Health Association; President Am- 
erican Veterinary Medical Association, 
1S99-1900; President Pennsylvania State 
Veterinary Association, 1895-1896; Repub- 
lican in politics. Has contributed many 
papers on the veterinary sciences and on 
zootechnics, to veterinary, medical and 
agricultural journals, and in Johnson's 
Encyclopedia. Address, 36th and Spruce 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

rEARSOX, Thomas Warner: 

Clergyman; born at Slippery Rock, But- 
ler County, Pa., Feb. 28, 1S66. Father is 
Benjamin Pearson, M. D., and mother, 
Elizabeth A. Wise. Studied Latin and 
Greek under Rev. James Wright, and 
spent two years at Grove City College, 
Pa., and four years at Lafayette College, 
Easton, Pa., and graduated in the classi- 
cal department in 1890. Entered the 
Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, 
Pa., 1890, and graduated 1893; spent one 
year in Princeton Theological Seminary. 
Married Elizabeth S. Larimer, of Easton, 
Pa., Feb. 1, 1894. Pastor of the Dilworth- 
town Presbyterian Church, Chester Coun- 
ty, Pa., 1894-1901. Became pastor of Lees- 
burg and Center Presbyterian Churches of 
Mercer County, Pa., October, 1901. Ad- 
dress, Volant, Pa. 

PEASE, Henry: 

Superintendent of Schools. Titusville, 
Pa. : born at West Leyden, Lewis County, 
N. Y., May 30. 1856; prepared for college 
at the State Normal School at Brockport, 
N. Y., and was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Rochester in 1887 with the de- 
gree of A. B. He was married, in 1888, 
to Flora J. Owen, of Randolph, N. Y. ; 
has been engaged in school work all his 
life, and has had charge of the public 
schools at Holly, N. Y. ; Tonawanda, N. 
Y.. and Medina, N. Y. ; he was elected to 
his present position in 1S97. Address, Ti- 
tusville, Pa. 

PECK, E. M.i 

President of the Pioneer Dime Bank. 



Address, Carbondale, Lacakawanna Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

PECK, John Sedgwick;: 

Electrical engineer; born in New Haven, 
Conn., Nov. 20, 1871; educated at the 
Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, 
Va. ; was graduated from Cornell Univer- 
sity in 1892 with degree of M. E. ; en- 
tered employ of the Westinghouse Elec- 
tric and Manufacturing Company, Febru- 
ary, 1S93; worked in shop and testing 
room till transferred to the electric en- 
gineering laboratory. In 1896 was put 
in charge of transformer division of 
electrical engineering department, and 
occupies that position at the present time. 
Many of the largest transformers in the 
world have been designed by him or un- 
der his direct supervision. Member of 
the American Instiute of Electrical En- 
gineers and Secretary of the Pittsburg 
branch. Associate editor of the Electric 
Club Journal, and a contributor to the 
technical press and to the proceedings of 
the American Institute of Electrical En- 
gineers. Address, Box 911, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PEIRCE, Charles Sanders: 

Lecturer and engineer; born in Cam- 
bridge. Mass.. Sept. 10, 1839; was gradu- 
ated from Harvard in 1859; Sc. B., 1S63. 
Member of the National Academy of Sci- 
ences and other learned bodies. Married 
Juliette Froissy. He was a lecturer at 
Harvard University in 1903, and at the 
Lowell Institute in the winter of 1903- 
1904. Is the author of "Photometric Re- 
searches," 1S7S; also memoirs and ar- 
ticles upon logic, history of science, psy- 
chology, metaphysics, mathematics, gravi- 
tation, astronomy, color-sense, map-pro- 
jections, engineering, early English pro- 
nunciation. Edited "Studies in Logic," by 
members of the Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, 1S83; "Linear Associative Algebra," 
by Benjamin Peirce, 1SS2. Contributed 
largely to the Century Dictionary and to 
the logical department of Balwin's Dic- 
tionary of Psychology and Philosophy, 
1901, and to other encyclopaedias. Ad- 
dress, Milford, Pa. 

PEIRCE, Wilmot Grant: 

Lawyer; born in Chester County, Pa., 
Nov. 7, 1863. Prepared for college in the 
West Chester State Normal School, and 
the R. M. Chase Collegiate School; was 
graduated from Harvard University in 
1886. Entered the office of E. Coppee 
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1886. and a few months later, at the death 
of Mr. Mitchell, the office of Riddle' & Ward. 
Received the degree of LL. B. from the 
University of Pennsylvania, and admitted 
to the Philadelphia bar in 1SSS. Moved 
to St. Paul, Minn., in November, 1888, 
where he practiced law until January, 
1898. On April IS, 1S94, married Jean- 
nette Newton Trevor, daughter of John 
B. Trevor, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Returned 
to Philadelphia in 1898. He is seventh in 
direct descent from George Peirce, the 
well-known Quaker immigrant, who set- 
tled in Chester County, Pa., soon after 
his arrival in Philadelphia in 16S4. The 
early homestead of the Peirce family 
was "Peirce's Park," near Kennett 
Square, Pa. Address, 505 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PELTZ, Samuel: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 
1S60; prepared for college in the Has- 
tings School; entered the College De- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1876, graduating B. A. in 18S0. 
He then began the study of law in the 
offices of W. N. West and H. J. McCar- 
thy, and was admitted to the Philadel- 
phia bar in 1883; since then he has prac- 
ticed law in Philadelphia, and in 1SS3- 
18S4 was Assistant City Solictor. He was 
elected to the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives in 1893 by the Republi- 
can Party, and while there served on 
the Ways and Means and the Judiciary 
Committees; the elevated railroad bill 
and other important matters of legisla- 
tion were advocated by him. Member of 
the Union League, the Lawyers' Club, 
and the Philadelphia Yacht Club. Ad- 
dress, 4211 Pine St., Philadelphia. Pa. 

PEMBEBTON, Henry: 

Author, chemist; born in Philadelphia, 
Feb. 11, 1826; educated in Philadelphia 
and under Daniel Murray, near Balti- 
more. For seventeen years he was Chief 
Chemist, Managing Director and Vice 
President of the Pennsylvania Salt Manu- 
facturing Company (chemicals); retired 
from business. In 1865 he contracted in 
Denmark for the monopoly of kyrolite for 
North and South America. Member of 
the American Philosophical Society, the 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 
phia; Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
and many others. Author of "The Path 
of Evolution Through Ancient Thought 
and Modern Science," 1903. Formerly a 
contributor to scientific journals. Ad- 
dress, 1947 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



PEXDLETON, Garnett: 

Lawyer; born May 24, 1855, at Bowling 
Green, Ky. He was educated at home 
until reaching the age of fifteen; received 
the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the 
University of Rochester, N. Y., June 30, 
1S75, and the degree of Master of Arts- 
from the same institution in June, 1878. 
In the same month he was graduated as 
Bachelor of Laws by the University of 
Pennsylvania; was admitted to the Phila- 
delphia bar, June 15, 1878, and to the 
Delaware County bar, July 7, 1879. He 
was married Dec. 30, 1879 to Miss Helena 
Ward, of Philadelphia. On Sept. 12. 1001, 
was elected President of the Cambridge 
Trust Company of Chester. Is a manager 
of the Chester Hospital; a Director and 
Chairman of the House Committee of the 
Penn Club; member of the Delaware 
County Historical Society, and of the 
Springhaven Country Club. Author of 
"Debtor's Exemption in Pennsylvania," 
and of a thesis on "Christianity and the 
Law of the Land." He has appeared in 
the lecture field speaking upon "Unappre- 
ciated Benefactors," "Three Wise Men of 
Gotham," "Means— Golden and Other- 
wise." His principal recent orations are: 
"The Present, the Child of the Past," de- 
livered at the unveiling of Benjamin West 
tablet, Swarthmore, June, 1898, before the 
Historical Society of Delaware County; 
"War of 1812," at St. David's, Trainer, 
June 10, 1901; "William McKinley Me- 
morial," at Upland Baptist Church, Sept. 
19, 1901; "Landing of William Penn," be- 
fore Colonial Dames, Library Hall, Ches- 
ter, Oct. 29, 1901; address at unveiling of 
Town Hall tablet, Chester, April 20. 1903, 
delivered before the Delaware County 
Chapter, Daughters of the Revolution. 
Address, Chester, Pa. 

PENDLETON, Joseph H.: 

Major United States Marine Corps; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Second Lieutenant July 1, 1SS4; First 
Lieutenant June 28, 1891; Captain March 
3, 1899; Marine Barracks, Sitka, Alaska, 
Nov. 3, 1899. to January, 1004; Major 
March 3, 1903; Marine Barracks, Navy 
Yard, Mare Island, Cal., since January, 
1904. Address, Navy Yard, Mare Island, 
Cal. 

PENDLETON, Louis (Bennreprard): 

Author; editorial writer; born in Te- 
beauville (now Waycross). Ga., April 21, 
1S61: son of Philip C. Pendleton; educated 
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lege of the New Jerusalem Church, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. (now Bryn Athyn, Pa.); 
studied modern languages in the Berlitz 
School of Languages, Philadelphia. Mem- 
ber of the Franklin Inn Club (composed 
of authors and publishers), Philadelphia. 
Contributor of serials and short stories to 
periodicals. Author of "Bewitched" (Cas- 
sell & Co.), 1888; "In the Wire-Grass" 
(Appleton), 1889; "King Tom and the 
Runaways" (Appleton), 1890; "The Wed- 
ding Garment" (Roberts Bros.), 1894; "In 
the Okefinokee" (Roberts Bros.), 1895; 
"Corona of the Nantahalas" (Sampson 
Low, Marston & Company), 1895; "The 
Sons of Ham" (Roberts Bros.), 1895; 
"Carita, a Cuban Romance" (Lamson 
Wolff e & Co.), 1898; "Lost Prince Almon," 
1898; "In the Camp of the Creeks" (Penn 
Publishing Company), 1903; "A Forest 
Drama" (Henry T. Coates & Co.), 1904. 
Address, Bryn Athyn, Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

PENIVELL,, G-eorgte: 

President of the Duncannon National 
Bank. Address, Duncannon, Perry Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

PEXSIMAN, Josiah Harmar: 

Dean of Faculty, Professor of English 
Literature, University of Pennsylvania; 
born in Concord, Mass., July 20, 1868; son 
of James Lanman and Maria Davis (Hos- 
mer) Penniman; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1890, re- 
ceiving the degree of Ph. D. in 1894. 
Member of the American Philosophical 
Society, the Modern Language Association 
of America, the American Dialect Society, 
the University of Pennsylvania Club of 
New York City, and the University Club 
of Philadelphia. Author of "The War of 
the Theatres," 1897, and numerous ar- 
ticles on literary and educational topics. 
Address, 4326 Sansom St., Philadelphia. 

PENNINGTON, Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Second Maryland Infan- 
try Oct. 16, 1861; discharged for promo- 
tion June 7, 1862; Second Lieutenant Sec- 
ond Maryland Infantry June 7, 1862; First 
Lieutenant March 1, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out Feb. 18, 1865; First Lieutenant 
and Adjutant Second United States Vol- 
unteer Infantry Feb. 18, 1865; honorably 
mustered out Nov. 7, 1865. Elected May 
5, 1886. Address, 652 Philadelphia Bourse, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



PESNYPACKEH, Charles H.: 

Lawyer; born April 16, 1845, at West 
Chester, Pa.; educated at West Chester 
Academy and Philips Exeter Academy, 
Exeter, N. H. ; studied law with his 
father, Uriah V. Pennypacker, who had 
been a lawyer at West Chester since 1831; 
admitted to practice in 1870. and has since 
continued in active practice; same year 
was admitted to the bar of the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, and to the Su- 
preme Court of the United States in 1888. 
Is interested in natural and local history, 
and is now writing three books of a his- 
torical character. In 1863 was married 
to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Passmore. He was 
elected Chief Burgess of West Chester in 
February, 1903, for a term of three years. 
Address, West Chester, Pa. 

PENNYPACKER, Galnshn: 

Brigadier General and Brevet Major 
General United States Army; is a native 
of Pennsylvania, belonging to one of its 
oldest families, whose names are written 
in the annals of the State and nation. 
The appointment to West Point from the 
Sixth Congressional District having been 
tendered him, he would, but for the war, 
have probably entered the Military Acad- 
emy in 1S61 or 1862. General Pennypack- 
er entered the service in April, 1861. De- 
clining, on account of his youth, the ap- 
pointment of First Lieutenant in his com- 
pany, A, of the Ninth Regiment Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, he was made a non- 
commissioned staff officer of that regi- 
ment, and served with it, during its three 
months of service in Major General Pat- 
terson's column, in the Shenandoah Val- 
ley, Va. He entered "for the war" as 
Captain of Company A, Ninety-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Aug. 22, 1861, 
and was promoted Major Oct. 7 following. 
The Ninety-seventh Regiment joined the 
Tenth Corps in the Department of the 
South, and during the years 1862 and 
1863 participated in all the various move- 
ments, engagements and sieges in which 
that corps took part, on the coasts of 
South Carolina (Forts Wagner and Gregg, 
James Island and siege of Charleston), 
Georgia (capture of Fort Pulaski), and 
Florida (taking of Fernandina and Jack- 
sonville). He commanded his regiment 
and the post of Fernandina, Florida, in 
April, 1864, when the regiment was or- 
dered with the Tenth Corps to Virginia, 
and became part of the Army of the 
James. Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 
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lowing. In action in command of his 
regiment at Swift Creek, May 9, Drewry's 
Bluff, May 16, and Chester Station, May 
IS. On May 20 he led his regiment in an 
assault upon the enemy's lines at Green 
Plains, Bermuda Hunderd, receiving three 
severe wounds, losing 175 men killed and 
wounded out of 295 taken into the charge. 
Assigned to command the Second Brigade, 
Second Division, Tenth Corps, in Septem- 
ber, and on the 29th led his brigade in 
the successful assault upon Fort Harrison, 
where he was again wounded, and his 
horse shot under him. In action Oct. 7 
at Chaffin's Farm, and on the 29th at 
Darbytown Road. With the first Fort 
Fisher expedition under General Butler, 
Dec. 1 to 31. General Pennypacker's 
brigade (composed of New York and 
Pennsylvania regiments) formed a por- 
tion of the expeditionary corps which, un- 
der command of Major General Terry, 
made the successful (and perhaps most 
brilliant of the war) assault upon Fort 
Fisher. North Carolina, Jan. 15, 1S65. For 
his distinguished personal gallantry in 
this assault, when he was most severely 
(and it was thought for a time mortally) 
wounded, and "for gallant and meritori- 
ous services during the war," Pennypack- 
er received six brevets or promotions as 
follows: Brevet Brigadier General United 
States Volunteers, Jan. 15, 1865; Brigadier 
General United States Volunteers, Feb. 
IS, 1S65; Brevet Major General United 
States Volunteers, March 13, 1S65; Col- 
onel Thirty-fourth (designation changed 
to Sixteenth) Infantry United States Ar- 
my, July 28, 1S66; Brevet Brigadier Gen- 
eral United States Army, March 2. 1S67, 
and Brevet Major General United States 
Army, March 2, 1867. Commissioned Briga- 
dier General United States Army in May, 
1904. The Congressional medal of honor 
was awarded General Pennypacker for 
"bravery at the battle of Fort Fisher." 
He was one of the youngest (if not the 
youngest) general officers of the war, and 
was the youngest man in the history of 
the regular army to be commissioned a 
Colonel and Brevet Major General. His 
commanding general emphasized the dec- 
laration that Pennypacker and not himself 
was the real hero of Fort Fisher, and that 
his "great gallantry was only equalled 
by his modesty." Since the war (with 
the exception of two years on leave in 
Europe), General Pennypacker has served 
in the Southern. Southwestern and West- 
ern States, performing the duties inci- 
dental to a regimental and post com- 



mander. He was temporarily in com- 
mand of the District of Mississippi in 
1S67, the Fourth Military District in 1868, 
the Department of Mississippi in 1S70, 
the U. S. troops in New Orleans in 1874, 
and the Department of the South in 1876. 
Placed on the retired list of the army in 
1S83, on account of wounds received, he 
has since resided in Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, 300 South Tenth St., Philadelphia. 

PE.WVPACKER, Samnel AVUitaker: 

Governor of Pennsylvania; born in 
Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., April 
9, 1S43. His father having been appointed 
to a professorship in the Philadelphia 
Medical College, the family moved to that 
city, and young Pennypacker was sent 
to the Northwest Grammar School, from 
which he was given a scholarship in 
Saunders Institute, West Philadelphia. 
On the death of his father, after several 
years' residence in Philadelphia, he re- 
turned to Phoenixville, where he attend- 
ed the Grovemont Seminary. He pre- 
pared for Yale University, but through 
circumstances beyond his control was pre- 
vented from attending that institution of 
learning. In 1862 he took an examina- 
tion for teachers' certificate in Montgom- 
ery County, and that winter taught school 
in Mont Clare. In 1863 he enlisted and 
was sworn in as a United States Volun- 
teer, joining Company F, of Pottstown, 
Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Emergency 
Regiment, which was the first force to 
meet the rebels at Gettysburg. On his re- 
turn from military service he began the 
study of law, entering the Law Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
and at the same time registering as a 
law student in the office of Hon. Peter 
McCall. In 1SS6 he was graduated with 
the degree of Bachelor of Laws and imme- 
diately engaged in the practice of the 
legal profession. In the same year he was 
elected President of the Bancroft Liter- 
ary Union, and in 1S68 was chosen Presi- 
dent of the Law Academy. In 1886 he 
was appointed a member of the Philadel- 
phia Board of Education. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar of the Supreme Court 
of the United States in 1887, and in 1S89 
was appointed Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas of Philadelphia by Gov- 
ernor Beaver. In the same year he was 
elected to the same position for a term 
of ten years, and in 1899 was re-elected 
for a similar term. At the time of his 
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was President Judge of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas No. 2 of Philadelphia; declined 
the nomination to the Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania. He is President of the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania and of 
the Philobiblon Club; Vice President of 
the Sons of the Revolution and of the Co- 
lonial Society; Past Commander of Fred- 
erick Taylor Post No. 19, Grand Army of 
the Republic; member of the Society of 
Colonial Wars and of the Society of the 
War of 1812. He is also a Trustee of the 
University of Pennsylvania. For a num- 
ber of years he was a member of the Val- 
ley Forge Commission. He is the author 
of "Pennsylvania Colonial Cases," "Pen- 
nypacker's Supreme Court Reports," "A 
Digest of the Common Law Reports," the 
"Settlement of Germantown," "Historical 
and Biographical Sketches," and over fifty 
books and papers. The University of 
Pennsylvania has conferred upon him the 
degree of Doctor of Laws. His library of 
early Pennsylvania publications contains 
over 8,000 books and manuscripts. He 
was married Oct. 20, 1870, to Virginia 
Earl, daughter of Nathan B. Broomall, of 
Chester County, and their family consists 
of three daughters and a son. Address, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

PENROSE, Boies: 

U. S. Senator (Republican), of Philadel- 
phia, was born in Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 
1S60; was prepared for college by private 
tutors and in the schools of Philadelphia; 
was graduated from Harvard College in 
1SS1; read law with Wayne MacVeagh and 
George Tucker Bispham, and admitted to 
the bar in 18S3; practiced his profession in 
partnership with S. Davis Page and Ed- 
ward P. Allinson under the firm name 
of Page, Allinson & Penrose; was elected 
to the Pennsylvania House of Represent- 
atives from the Eighth Philadelphia Dis- 
trict in 1884; in connection with Edward 
P. Allinson, wrote, at the request of Johns 
Hopkins University, for the university 
studies in historical and political science, 
a History of the City Government of 
Philadelphia; was elected to the Pennsyl- 
vania State Senate from the Sixth Phila- 
delphia District in 18S6, re-elected in 1890, 
and again in 1894; was elected President 
pro tempore of the Senate in 1889, and 
re-elected in 1S91; was elected to the 
United States Senate to succeed J. Don- 
ald Cameron, and took his seat March 4, 
1897. Was unanimously re-elected in 1903. 
His term of service will expire March 3, 
1909. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 
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PE.NKOSE, Charles Bingham: 

Retired physician; born in Philadelphia, 
Feb. 1, 1862; son of Richard A. F., and 
Sarah H. (Boies) Penrose; educated at 
Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and 
private tutors until 1877; was graduated 
at Harvard, 1SS1 (A. M., Ph. D., 1884); 
University of Pennsylvania, M. D., 1884. 
Married, New York, Nov. 17, 1892, Katha- 
rine Drexel. Resident physician Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital 1885-1886; out-patient sur- 
geon to same; surgeon to Gynecean Hos- 
pital from its foundation, 1887; surgeon 
German Hospital, 1800. Professor of Gy- 
necology, University of Pennsylvania, 
1893; resigned position, 1899, and at the 
same time retired from practice of medi- 
cine. Member of the College of Physi- 
cians of Philadelphia, American Gyneco- 
logical Society; Academy Natural Scien-i 
ces, American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science. Director Zoological 
Society of Philadelphia. Member of the 
Board of Game Commissioners of Penn- 
sylvania. Member of the Board of Health 
of Philadelphia. Author of "Text Book of 
Diseases of Women" (five editions), W. 
B. Saunders, publisher. Contributor to 
medical publications and to scientific jour- 
nals on mathematics and physical sub- 
jects. Address, 1720 Spruce St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

PENROSE, Clement Biddle: 

Jurist; born in Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 27, 
1832. He attended several schools in 
Washington, D. C. ; then studied in 
Franklin College, Lancaster, Pa., and in 
1850 graduated A. B. at the University of 
Pennsylvania. He subsequently read law 
in the office of his father, then a leading 
Philadelphia attorney, and was admitted 
to practice in 1853. He followed his pro- 
fession with much success till 1S7S, when 
he was appointed by Governor Hartranft 
a Judge of the Philadelphia Orphans' 
Court to fill a vacancy. He was regularly 
elected in November of that year, was re- 
elected in 1S8S, and again in 1898, receiv- 
ing the votes of both political parties. He 
was granted the honorary degree of LL. 
D. by the University of Pennsylvania in 
1901. Judge Penrose married Mary Lin- 
nard in 1857, and has had eight children. 
He is one of the Vice Presidents of the 
Law Academy of Philadelphia, a member 
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
the American Academy of Political and 
Social Science and the St. Elmo Club. 
Address, 182 West Chelton Ave., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 



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PENROSE, Richard A. V.l 

Physician; born in Carlisle, Pa., March 
24, 1S27; was graduated from Dickinson 
College, 1846 (LL. D., 1872); medical de- 
partment of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1S49. Was appointed consulting 
surgeon of the Philadelphia Hospital, and 
gave clinical lectures on diseases of wo- 
men and children there; Professor of Ob- 
stetrics and Diseases of "Women and Chil- 
dren, University of Pennsylvania, 1S63. 
A founder of The Children's Hospital and 
the University of Pennsylvania, the Gy- 
necean Hospital and American Gynecolog- 
ical Society. Member of many learned 
societies. Married, 185S, Sarah Hannah 
Boies. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PENROSE, Rieliard A. F., Jr.: 

Geologist, mining engineer; born in 
Philadelphia, Dec. 17, 1S63; son of Rich- 
ard Alexander Fullerton and Sarah H. B. 
Penrose; was graduated from Harvard, 
with honors, in 1884, and received the de- 
grees of A. M., Ph. D., 1886. Geologist in 
charge survey of Eastern Texas, for the 
Texas Geological Survey, 1888; appointed, 
1SS9, by Geological Survey of Arkansas to 
make detailed reports on the manganese 
and iron ore regions of Ark.; Professor 
Economic Geology, University of Chicago, 
1S92; gave course lectures on economics, 
geology, at Leland Stanford, Jr., Univer- 
sity, 1893; special geologist United States 
Geological Survey, 1894, to examine and 
report on gold districts of Cripple Creek, 
Colo. ; member of Executive Committee 
Hanover Bessemer Iron Ore Association; 
member Board Managers Philadelphia, 
Germantown & Norristown Railway Com- 
pany. Fellow of the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science, and 
Geological Society of America; member 
of the American Institute of Mining 
Engineers National Geological Society, 
Colorado Science Society, Geological 
Society of "Washington. Academy of 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Author of 
"The Nature and Origin of Deposits of 
Phosphate of Lime," 1888; "Geology of the 
Gulf Tertiary of Texas," 1889; "Manga- 
nese, Its Uses. Ores, Deposits," 1890; 
"The Iron Deposits of Arkansas," and 
other reports, papers, and articles, in eco- 
nomic geology. Address, 460 Bullitt St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PERI JOY, Allen P.: 

President of the West Branch National 
Bank. Address, Williamsport, Lycoming 
-County, Pa. 



PEROT, T. Morris, Jr.: 

Manufacturer; President of the Francis 
Perot's Sons Malting Company, which 
business is now carried on by two direct 
descendants of its founder, T. Morris 
Perot, Jr., and Elliston Perot, who rep- 
resent the eighth succeeding generation. 
Born in Philadelphia, May 6, 1872; son of 
T. Morris Perot and Rebecca C. Perot 
(nee Siter); educated at the De Lancey 
School, and later graduated from a busi- 
ness college in 1892; Treasurer of the 
Citizens' Municipal Association (which 
office he has held for seven years), and 
a manager of the Northern Soup Socie- 
ty and the Friends' Charity Fuel Asso- 
ciation. Address, 314 Vine St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

PERRINE, Enoch; 

Educator; born Hightstown, N. J., Nov. 
IS, 1S53; educated in public schools and 
Peddie Institute; he received the degree of 
A. B. from Brown University in 1874 and 
that of A. M. in 1881, and of Litt. D. from . 
the Pennsylvania College in 1892; married, 
Hightstown, N. J., Dec. 25, 1879, Maria A. 
McMurran, of St John, N. B. Editor Tren- 
ton (N. J.) True American, 1874-1875; Man- 
asquan (N. J.) Seaside, 1876; teacher of 
Latin Peddie Institute, Hightstown, N. J., 
1S78-1S86; John P. Crozer Professor of 
Rhetoric, 1S86-1902, Professor of English 
Language and Literature since 1902, Buck- 
nell University. University extension and 
Chautauquan lecturer; preacher licentiate 
of the Baptist Church; contributor to the 
Baltimore Sun since 1901. Member of 
the Delta Phi. Contributes to various re- 
ligious and literary periodicals. Address, 
Lewisburg, Pa. 

PERRV, J. DeWolf, A. HI., D. D.: 

Rector of Calvary Church; born in 1S38 
at Bristol, R. I., the home of his ances- 
tors, who were distinguished in the War 
of the Revolution, in the early United 
States Congresses, and in the naval bat- 
tles of 1812; was graduated with high 
honors at Brown University in 1S60; 1861, 
ordained deacon in St. Michael's Church, 
Bristol, by Bishop Clark, and became his 
assistant in Grace Church, Providence, 
R. I. In the following year he became as- 
sistant to Rev. M. A. D'W. Howe, D. D., 
in St. Luke's Church, Philadelphia, and 
a student of the Philadelphia Divinity 
School, from (Divinity) which he gradu- 
ated in 1S63. He then returned to Rhode 
Island to be associate rector of St. Paul's 
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dained to the priesthood by Bishop Clark, 
in 1864. In 1865 he married Elizabeth 
Russell Tyson, born in Baltimore. He re- 
turned to Philadelphia in 1S66 to become 
rector of Calvary Church, Germantown, 
and still fills that position. He was 
President of the Convocation of German- 
town from 1SS6 to 1902. He is and has 
been for many years President of the 
Standing Committee of the Diocese, and 
the Warden of "The Church Training and 
Deaconess House of Philadelphia." He 
has represented the Diocese in two Gen- 
eral Conventions, and is an active mem- 
ber of many charitable and church or- 
ganizations of the city and of the Dio- 
cese. Address, 318 Manheim St., Ger- 
mantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PETERS, Benjamin S: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of Mid- 
dletown. Address, Middletown, Dauphin 
County, Pa. 

PETERS, E. D.: 

President of the National Bank of Slat- 
mgton. Address, Slatington, Lehigh 
County, Pa. 

PETERS, George Henry: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, Sept. 22 
18o4; entered Naval Academy, June 23,' 
1S.0, on nomination of Hon. Geo W 
Woodward; graduated at head of class 
June 1, 1874; promoted Ensign, July 17 
187d; Master. Jan. 10, 1SS1; Lieutenant 
(junior grade), March 3, 1883; Lieutenant 
Dec. 14. 18S6; Lieutenant Commander 
March 3, 1899; Richmond, South Pacific 
Station, 1874-1876; Coast Survey, 1877- 
1880; training ship Constitution.' 1SS1- 
1SS2; Despatch, special surveying service 
1882; special duty, Bureau of Navigation, 
1SS2-18S4; Powhatan, special duty 1884- 
1SS5; Coast Survey Office, and command- 
ing different Coast Survey vessels, in im- 
mediate charge of the coast pilot work 

?c n c- t ^o Atlantic Coast of United States. 
i*s:j-isS8; Squadron of Evolution, 1888- 
1891; Office of Naval Intelligence^ 1S91- 
1894. Minneapolis, European Station 1894- 
1S97; gunnery-ship Amphitrite, 1897- Of- 
fice of Naval Intelligence, January 'lS98- 
conmmanding Sylvia, blockade dutv' north 
coast of Cuba, 1898; office of Naval In- 
telligence. 1S98-1900; Iowa, Pacific and 
South Atlantic Stations, 1900 to 1903 in- 
cluding command of the United States 
Naval Force landed at Panama in Nov 
1901, to maintain free transit across 



Isthmus in conjunction with force landed 
at Colon, during period of active fighting 
by local troops directly along line of 
railroad; especially commended in dis- 
patches by the senior officer present in 
connection with this service. Promoted 
Commander Feb. 10, 1903; in charge of 
compass office, Bureau of Equipment, 
Navy Department, since March 30, 1903.' 
Address. 1354 Columbia Road, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

PETERS. James: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Latrobe. Address, Latrobe, West- 
moreland County, Pa. 

PETERS, Madison C: 

Baptist clergyman; born in Lehigh 
County, Pa., Nov. 26, 1859; obtained an 
education in the public schools, Muhlen- 
burg College, and Franklin and Marshall 
College, and studied theology in the Heid- 
elberg Theological Seminary, Tiffin, O. He 
worked his way through these institu- 
tions by aid of farm labor, book can- 
vassing, and occasional lecturing and 
preaching, his talent for oratory being 
marked. Mr. Peters was ordained a min- 
ister of the Reformed Church in June, 
1SS0, and began his career as a preacher 
in Indiana, where he temporarily supplied 
a pulpit at Terre Haute in 1883, and then 
became pastor of a church at Ottawa 
He received a call to Philadelphia in 
1S84, and for five years preached in the 
old First Presbyterian Church of that city 
to a very large congregation. He was 
married in that city in 1890 to Sarah H 
Hart. In 1S89 he accepted a call to the 
Bloomingdale Church, New York City 
where for eleven years he was a highly 
popular preacher. During this interval 
there came a change in his theological 
views, and on Feb. 1, 1900, he resigned 
his pastorate in the Presbyterian Church 
to become a Baptist, and was installed as 
pastor of the Sumner Avenue Baptist 
Church of Brooklyn. He subsequently 
accepted a call to the Immanuel Baptist 
Church of Baltimore, and in 1903 was 
called to Philadelphia, his new pastorate 
being the Broad Street Baptist Church 
of that city, where he preaches to very 
large congregations. In addition to his 
two Sunday sermons, Mr. Peters is a 
popular lecturer, being frequently seen on 
the lecture platform in many sections of 
the country. He is also a prolific author 
on theological and moral subjects, his 
books numbering twenty-four and includ- 



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ing "Justice to the Jew," "The Jew as a 
Patriot," "Wit and Wisdom of the Tal- 
mud," "The Birds of the Bible," "Why 
I Became a Baptist," "The Great Here- 
after," "The Panacea for Poverty," "Sanc- 
tified Spice," "Wrongs to Be Righted," 
and "Does Death End All?" Address, 
Broad Street Church, corner Broad and 
Brown Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PETERSON, K. Walters 

Paving contractor; born in Lewes, Del., 
Feb. 5, 1842; his parents removed to Bal- 
timore while he was young, and there he 
obtained his education and began his 
business life in a wholesale fruit house. 
He went to Philadelphia in 1856 and en- 
tered the fruit importing house of Slitz 
& Boyer, in which he remained for sev- 
eral years; not liking this business, he 
obtained a position in the passenger rail- 
waj' in 1S60, and in 1S62 opened a clothing 
store; soon after, in company with Henry 
E. Beckley, he engaged in the street con- 
tracting business; later on he became as- 
sociated with E. S. McGlue. In 1870 he 
began taking contracts on his own ac- 
count and was so successful and gave 
such good service that he secured paving 
contracts in New York, Philadelphia and 
Washington; later on he undertook to 
dispose of city garbage and organized 
companies for this business in Philadel- 
phia, New York and Boston. He is Pres- 
ident of the latter company; he is also 
connected with the Union Metallic Pack- 
ing Company, and is a Director in 
Woolf's Electrozone and Meditrina, the 
Gas Consumers' Company, the Union Me- 
talic Rod Company of Boston, and the 
Sanitary Product Companies of Philadel- 
phia and New York; he is also interested 
in other corporations. He is a prominent 
member of the Masonic Order, and be- 
longs to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of 
Sparta, and several other fraternal socie- 
ties. Address, 1420 Spring Garden St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PETTIT, Silas Wrlsht: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Sixteenth Unit- 
ed States Infantry May 14, 1861; appoint- 
ment expired Aug. 5, 1S61; Second Lieu- 
tenant Fifteenth United States Infantry 
Feb. 20, 1862; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged June 14, 1862. Captain 213th 
Pennsylvania Infantry March 5, 1865; hon- 
orably mustered out Nov. 18, 1865. Elect- 
ed May 6. 1891. Address, 1012 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



PETTIT, William Campbell: 

Jurist; born at Titusville, Pa., May 
7, 1867; educated in the public schools of 
Titusville and Greenville, Pa., and at 
Thiel College, from which he was gradu- 
ated, with first honor, in 1877; taught one 
year in public schools of Greenville, Pa.; 
admitted to the bar in 1889, and for a 
number of years has been counsel in 
many cases tried in Mercer and adjoin- 
ing counties; nominated Judge of Mercer 
County by the Democratic party June 6, 
1904. Address, Pettit Block, cor. Main and 
Water Sts., Greenville, Pa. 

PETTY, John Ormsby: 

Lawyer; born in Pine Township, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa., Jan. 1, 1849; in 1867 
he was graduated from the Western 
University of Pennsylvania; subsequently 
read law under David T, Watson, and 
was admitted to the Allegheny County 
bar in 1876. In 1881 he was appointed by 
the Governor District Attorney of that 
county, and was elected to the same 
office in November of that year; in 1884 
he was re-elected. He has been engaged 
in private practice since January, 1888. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PEW, Joseph N.: 

President of the People's Natural Gas 
Company of Pittsburg; is of Dutch and 
English ancestry; introduced the use of 
natural gas into the various manufactur- 
ing enterprises in 18S5. He is President 
of the Tradesmen's National Bank and is 
also President of the Board of Trustees 
of Grove City College. Address, 248 
Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

PFAHLER, William Harnly: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; was a private in the Forty- 
fifth Infantry Aug. 10, 1862; discharged 
for promotion Nov. 24, 1864. First Lieu- 
tenant and Regimental Quartermaster 
Forty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 22, 
1864; honorably mustered out July 17, 
1865. Elected Nov. 12, 1S90. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PHELAN, Richard: 

Clergyman; Bishop of Roman Catholic 
Church; born at Ballyraggatt, County 
Kilkenny, Ireland. Jan. 1, 1828; son of 
Michael and Mary Phelan; educated by 
private tutors and at the College of St. 
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in 1850; studied at St. Mary's Theological 
Seminary, Baltimore; ordained priest, 
May 4, 1854; stationed in Indiana County, 
Pa., for a short time; for three years as- 
sistant in Cathedral, Pittsburg-; pastor of 
Freeport, Pa., for ten years; St. Peter's 
Church, Allegheny, Pa., 1868; was admin- 
istrator and later Vicar General and con- 
secrated Coadjutor Bishop of Pittsburg, 
Aug. 2, 1885, succeeding to vacant see on 
death of Bishop Tuigg, Dec. 7, 1889. Ad- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PHILIPS, George Morris: 

Educator; principal of Pennsylvania 
State Normal School, West Chester, since 
1881; born at Atglen, Pa., Oct. 28, 1851; 
was graduated from Bucknell University 
in 1871, receiving the degrees of A. M. 
and Ph. D. ; Professor of Mathematics, 
Monongahela College; Professor of Higher 
Mathematics, State Normal School; Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics and Astronomy, 
Bucknell University; President of Ches- 
ter County Historical Society. Member 
of the Sons of the Revolution; President 
of Pennsylvania State Teachers' Asso- 
ciation, 1891; Vice President of National 
Educational Association, 1894; Director of 
National Bank of Chester County; Vice 
President of Dime Savings Bank of West 
Chester; Trustee of Bucknell Univer- 
sity, member of Board of Managers of 
Chester County Hospital; member of Col- 
lege and University Council of Pennsyl- 
vania; member of Board of Managers of 
Pennsylvania Baptist Educational Soci- 
ety. Frequent lecturer and instructor at 
teachers' institutes. Contributor to edu- 
cational publications. Author (in collabo- 
ration with President Isaac Sharpless, of 
Haverford College): "Astronomy," 1882; 
and "Natural Philosophy," 1883; "Key to 
Philosophy" (with C. C. Balderston), 1884; 
"Civil Government of Pennsylvania," 
1893; "Geography of Pennsylvania," 1895. 
Married, 1877, Elizabeth M. Pyle. Ad- 
dress, 700 S. High St., West Chester, Pa. 

PHILLER, George: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Philadelphia. Address, 315 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

rHILLIPPI, Edwin T.: 

Passed Assistant 
States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania Third 
May 20, 1862; Second 
Feb. 15, 1864; First 
Jan. 1, 1868; Passed 
Feb. 24. 1874; retired 
dress, Dauphin, Pa. 



Engineer United 
and appointed from 
Assistant Engineer 
Assistant Engineer 
Assistant Engineer 
Assistant Engineer 
June 21, 18S4. Ad- 



PHILLIPS, Francis Clifford: 

Educator; born in Philadelphia, 1850; 
son of William S. and Frederica Phillips; 
•Was graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1S78, receiving the degree 
of Ph. D. in 1S94; took post-graduate 
studies in chemistry at Fresenlus's Labor- 
atory, Wiesbaden, Germany. Married, 
1SS1, Sarah O. Phillips, Allegheny, Pa. 
Professor of Chemistry in the Western 
University of Allegheny since 1875. Mem- 
ber of American Chemical Society and 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. Contributor of papers 
to chemical journals. Address, Ben Avon, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

PHILLIPS, Frank L.: 

Vice President and Treasurer of the 
Guarantee Title and Trust Company of 
Pittsburg; born in Scranton, Pa., in 1S61; 
attended the public schools at that place, 
and when twenty years old entered the 
employ of the Lackawanna Valley Bank 
as messenger. When this bank was 
merged into the Lackawanna Trust and 
Safe Deposit Company in 18S7, he was 
cashier and became Treasurer of the 
larger institution, but soon afterward he 
resigned to attend La'fayette College. In 
1S00 he became teller in the Trades Na- 
tional Bank of Scranton, rising gradually 
until 1896, when he became cashier. In 
1901 was elected Vice President and 
Treasurer of Title Guaranty and Trust 
Company, resigning this position a short 
time ago to accept his present position in 
Pittsburg. Mr. Phillips has been promi- 
nent in the Pennsylvania Bankers' Asso- 
ciation, and was a State Vice President 
of the American Bankers' Association. 
Address, 210 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

PHILLIPS, Frederick: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- 
ty; born Aug. 26, 1863, in Scranton, Pa.; 
educated in the public schools and was 
graduated at St. Mary's College; his early 
life was spent working in the mines; be- 
came a stationary engineer for the Lack- 
awanna Iron and Steel Company in 1S83; 
later he went into the trucking business; 
served as Fire Commissioner of Scranton 
for two terms, and is a member of the 
Firemen's Relief Association; is the in- 
ventor of a pole raiser for erecting tele- 
graph and telephone poles; served two 
terms in the City Councils; has followed 
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Railroad Company since 1901; was elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
November, 1902. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

PHILLIPS. John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in Montgomery County, Pa., March 17, 
1855; removed to Philadelphia and located 
in the district of Southwark; educated in 
the public schools; was employed by Dr. 
D. Jayne & Son for fifteen years, and 
left that firm to take a position as In- 
spector in the Bureau of Highways; was 
elected School Director in 1899, and re- 
elected in 1901; is at present Secretary of 
the School Board; has always taken an 
active interest in educational affairs; is a 
stanch and loyal Republican, and has 
been a member of the Second "Ward Re- 
publican Committee for sixteen years; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, 1234 South 
Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PHILLIPS, Richard Jones: 

Physician; born in Chester County, Pa., 
May 30, 1861; he received his education at 
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and at the 
academy at West Chester, Pa.; was grad- 
uated from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, in 1883. Married, 1888, 
Lydia Meredith, of Philadelphia. Late 
Adjunct Professor of Diseases of Eye at 
Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for 
Graduates in Medicine; ophthalmic sur- 
geon to Presbyterian Orphanage and the 
Friends' Home for Children. Member of 
American Ophthalmological Society and 
of Pennsylvania State Medical Society. 
Author of "Spectacles and Eyeglasses, 
Their Forms. Mounting and Proper Ad- 
justment," 1892. He wrote the chapter on 
"Spectacles and Their Adjustment" in 
"American Text Book on Diseases of the 
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat," 1899; also 
many contributions to medical journals. 
Address. 123 S. Thirty-ninth St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

PHILLIPS, Thomas W.I 

Banker; producer of petroleum and nat- 
ural gas; born at Mt. Jackson, Lawrence 
County. Pa., Feb. 23, 1S35. Engaged in 
petroleum industry since 1861; one of the 
largest individual producers in the United 
States; President of Citizens' National 
Bank. New Castle, Pa.; interested in phi- 
lanthropic work; has taken an interest in 
both State and National politics; origin- 
ator of "Campaign Text Book," used dur- 



ing the Garfield campaign of 1880. Mem- 
ber of Congress from 1893 to 1897; intro- 
duced bill creating Indutsrial Commission, 
which became a law, and was appointed a 
member of the commission and elected its 
Vice President; presided at most of its 
meetings; at conclusion of its work, Feb- 
ruary, 1902, made supplementary report 
which attracted wide attention. Repub- 
lican in politics. Address, New Castle, Pa. 

PHILSOX. Robert: 

President of the Philson National Bank 
of Berlin. Address, Berlin, Somerset 
County, Pa. 

PHILSOX, S. R.: 

President of the Citizens' National Bank 
of Meyersdale. Address. Myersdale, Som- 
erset County, Pa. 

PHIPPS. Henry: 

Manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, 
Sept. 27, 1839; at an early age he removed 
with his family to Pittsburg, where he 
attended the public schools. He secured 
employment, first as office boy and after- 
ward as bookkeeper, with the manufac- 
turing firm of Dilworth & Bidwell. In 
1861 he formed the copartnership of Bid- 
well & Phipps, who were the agents in 
Pittsburg of the Dupont Powder Com- 
pany. Mr. Phipps was eminently success- 
ful in his business ventures, and at an 
early period in his career he became in- 
terested in the manufacture of iron as the 
junior member of the firm of Kloman & 
Phipps; subsequently becoming associated 
with Thomas M. and Andrew Carnegie in 
the manufacture of iron and steel, he suc- 
ceeded in building up a large fortune, and 
he is at present one of the largest holders 
in the United States Steel Corporation. 
He has traveled much during the past 
few years, and has devoted a considerable 
portion of his means to charitable and 
public institutions. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PIATT, James "Wilson: 

Lawyer; born at Tunkhannock, Wy- 
oming County, Pa., Feb. 9, 1S50; is a son 
of William M. Piatt, who was Speaker of 
the Pennsylvania Senate in 1856; edu- 
cated in the public schools at Tunkhan- 
nock: was a student at Susquehanna Col- 
legiate Institute, Towanda, Pa.; entered 
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., at the 
age of sixteen years, and was graduated 
in 1S70, receiving the degree of B. S. 
and three years later the degree of A. M. 
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office of his father, and was admitted to 
the Wyoming County bar Nov. 28, 1871; 
Mas elected and served as District At- 
torney for Wyoming County, 1875-1878; 
was member of the Borough Council, 
Borough Auditor, School Director and 
Burgess in 1S90; has been admitted and 
practiced in all the surrounding counties; 
also admitted and argued cases in the 
Superior Court and Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania; also in the Circuit and 
District Courts of the United States. 
Has been prominent in Masonry in his 
State, and is at present District Deputy 
Grand Master of the Sixteenth Masonic 
District of Pennsylvania. Address, Tunk- 
hannock, Pa. 

PICKERING, Samuel A.: 

Merchant; born in Allegheny, June 1, 
1874, of English parentage; attend public 
schools in Allegheny; took a course in a 
commercial college, and when seventeen 
years old entered his father's store as a 
clerk. In one year was admitted to the 
partnership. Upon his father's death he 
assumed active management. Address, 
Tenth St. and Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

PICKETT, Benjamin Birchard, Jr.: 

Attorney at law; born Jan. 15, 1865, at 
Meadville, Pa.; son of B. B. and Mary A. 
(Clendenin) Pickett; was graduated from 
Meadville High School in 1882 and from 
Allegheny College in 1S87. Republican in 
politics; elected City Clerk of Meadville. 
Pa., 1888-1891; studied law with his father 
and admitted to Crawford County bar in 
1891; admitted to Pennsylvania Supreme 
and Superior Courts; District Attorney 
of Crawford County, 1894-1896; elected 
attorney to County Commissioners, 1903, 
for term of three years; at present is 
President of Columbia Republican Club; 
Director of Meadville Public Library and 
Meadville City Hospital, and President 
of Meadville School Board. Address, 
Meadville, Pa. 

PICKETT, William Clendenin: 

Physician; born at Meadville, Pa., 1870; 
educated in the public schools and grad- 
uated from Allegheny College, with the 
degrees of A. B., 1892; A. M., 1895; M. D., 
Jefferson Medcial College, Philadelphia, 
1895. Instructor of Neuropathology and 
Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College; 
examiner of insane, Philadelphia Hos- 
pital. Contributor to medical journals. 
Address, 1131 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 



PICKOP. Mm. H.: 

Methodist Episcopal minister; born in 
Philadelphia Nov. 8, 1S54; educated in 
the public schools of Philadelphia and 
Boys' Central High School; entered the 
ministry of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in June, 1878, and was admitted 
to the Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal 
Conference in March, 1879, and into full 
membership and ordained deacon in 
March, 1881, and elder in March, 1S83. 
On Oct. 19, 1882, married Charlotte Tull. 
He has served acceptably the following 
Methodist Episcopal churches: Packer- 
ton. Boyertown, Jenkintown, Doylestown, 
Tremont, Glen Moore, Port Carbon, Mt. 
Carmel, Philadelphia, Darby, Downing- 
town, Middletown, Fitzwater St., Phila- 
delphia; Delaware St., Easton; was one of 
the early advocates of the Epworth 
League in the Philadelphia Conference, 
and served in various capacities, being for 
several years Secretary of the Fourth 
General Conference District, Epworth 
League. Address, 106 Delaware St., 
Easton, Pa. 

PIDGE, .lull 11 Bartholomew Gonsli: 

Baptist clergyman; born in Providence, 
R. I., Feb. 4, 1844; educated in public and 
private schools; was graduated from 
Brown, 1866; Newton Theological Institu- 
tion, 1869; received degree of D. D. from 
Bucknell University in 1890; pastor of 
First Baptist Church, Lawrence, Mass., 
1869-1879; since then pastor of Fourth 
Baptist Church, Philadelphia; has de- 
clined two theological chairs; writer on 
biblical subjects. Address, 2027 Wallace 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PIERCE, A. M.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of West Elizabeth. Address, West Eliza- 
beth, Allegheny County, Pa. 

PIERRE, Joseph C.I 

Chief of the Bureau of City Property; 
born at Philadelphia in 1838; educated in 
the public schools of that city; served in 
the Union Army during the Civil War, 
and in 1866 became commercial editor of 
the North American; in the same year 
was elected to the position of Secretary 
of the Commercial Exchange; in 1884 was 
elected to the post of Recorder of Deeds 
of Philadelphia, and in 18S7 re-elected 
for a second term of three years. In 
September, 1S63, married Miss "Virginia J. 
Hearst. He is a member of Meade Post 



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No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic; of 
the Union League. Union Republican and 
Clover Clubs. Address, City Hall, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

PIUKIK, George G.: 

Journalist; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 
8, 1838; educated in the public schools, and 
engaged in business at sixteen in the 
H. J. R. Campbell wholesale dry goods 
house; he remained here four years, but 
during this interval displayed fine powers 
as a writer, and on the establishment of 
the Philadelphia Press in 1857 he secured 
a position on its editorial staff; he was 
given the position of commercial editor, 
and soon won reputation as a well in- 
formed and discriminative writer upon 
mercantile and financial topics. With an 
inclination toward militarism, he became 
a Lieutenant in the Curtin Guards in 
1860, and in 1861 joined the Seventeenth 
Pennsylvania Regiment, serving with it 
till the end of its term. He then re- 
turned to his duty on the Press, and in 
1866. on the death of his father, he suc- 
ceeded him as commercial editor of the 
North American; in the same year he 
was appointed Secretary of the Commer- 
cial Exchange of Philadelphia. In 1884 
he was elected Recorder of Deeds of Phil- 
adelphia for a three years' term; he was 
re-elected for a second term, retiring 
from the office in 1891; he is now Chief 
of the Bureau of City Property. Mem- 
ber of the Union League, Meade Post, 
Grand Army of the Republic, and a num- 
ber of clubs. Address, 1337 Thompson St.. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PIERSOL, George Arthur: 

Physician; educator; born in Philadel- 
phia May 17, 1S56; was graduated from 
the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania, 
with degree of C. E. in 1874; University of 
Pennsylvania, with degree of M. D., in 
1S77. Married, 1898, Florence Lukens 
Reeder. Since 1891 Professor of Anatomy, 
Medical Department, University of Penn- 
sylvania. Fellow of the College of Physi- 
cians of Philadelphia. Member of Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 
Academy of Natural Sciences, American 
Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence, and American Association of Anato- 
mists. Member of Union League. Ad- 
dress, 4724 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PILCHER, Major J. E., M. D., L.. H. D.: 

Military Surgeon; was born in Adrian. 
Mich., March IS. 1S57: son of Eliiah 



Holmes Pilcher; was graduated A. B. 
from Michigan University in 1879, and M. 
D. from the Long Island College Hospital 
in 1SS0; received the degrees of A. M. and 
Ph. D. from Illinois Wesleyan University 
in 18S7, and L. H. D. from Allegheny Col- 
lege in 1902. Immediately upon his grad- 
uation in medicine he became managing 
editor of the Annals of Anatomy and 
Surgery of Brooklyn. N. T., which posi- 
tion he retained until 1SS3, when he en- 
tered the Medical Department of the 
United States Army as an Assistant 
Surgeon, and passing through the grades 
of Lieutenant and Captain in the regular 
service, and Major and Brigade Surgeon 
in the Volunteer service, was retired for 
disability incurred in the line of duty in 
1900. During this period he experienced 
considerable active service in the field 
against the Sioux, Crow and Cheyenne 
Indians and against Mexican insurrectos; 
was the author of the first system of drill 
for the United States Army Hospital 
Corps published in the United States, and 
his work on "First Aid in Illness and 
Injury," the first edition of which was 
issued in 1892, has maintained its position 
as the principal text-book for instruction 
nf the hospital corps from its publication 
to the present time. In 1896 he was ap- 
pointed Assistant Secretary of the Asso- 
ciation of Military Surgeons of the United 
States, becoming Secretary and editor in 
1S97, a position which, with an interval of 
two years, he has held to the present 
time; established the Journal of the Asso- 
ciation of Military Surgeons of the United 
States as a quarterly in 1901, and as a 
monthly in 1902. He was Surgeon of one 
of the first regiments of the army to be 
ordered South at the opening of the 
Spanish-American "War, and served in 
that capacity at Mobile and at Tampa, 
going thence to Jacksonville as Chief 
Surgeon of the forces under Major Gen- 
eral Lawton. When these forces were 
formed into the Seventh Army Corps, un- 
der the command of Major General Fitz- 
hugh Lee, he remained with them in the 
capacity of executive and medical supply 
officer until the fall of 1S99, when he was 
detached and placed in command of the 
Army Medical Supply Depot established at 
Savannah. Ga., a duty which occupied 
his attention until failing health required 
him to relinquish active service. In addi- 
tion to this service as military surgeon, 
he from time to time occupied the Chairs 
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Creighton Medical College; he also for a 
time acted as Professor of Sociology and 
Political Economy in Dickinson College, 
and also as Professor of Medical Juris- 
prudence in Dickinson School of Law. 
In 1900 reclassified and catalogued the 
Pennsylvania State Library; associate 
editor of the fourth series of "Pennsyl- 
vania Archives" (twelve volumes). Be- 
sides his book on "First Aid in Illness and 
Injury," which has passed through num- 
erous editions, he is the author of the 
"Life and Labors of Elijah H. Pilcher," 
the "Columbus Book of Military Sur- 
geons," the "Seal and Arms of Pennsyl- 
vania." and "The Surgeon Generals of 
the United States Army," in addition to 
many articles in the medical and general 
press, among which may be noted an 
illustrated article in Scribner's Magazine 
entitled "A New Field of Honor," articles 
on the "Transportation of the Disabled," 
published by the Military Service Insti- 
tution and in the Reference Handbook 
of Medical Science, the "Building of the 
Soldier" and "The Place of Physical 
Training in the Military Service"; valu- 
able articles relating to the history of sur- 
gery — the "Annals and Achievements of j 
American Surgery," "Chauliac and 
Mondeville," "Mundinus and the Anat- 
omy of the Middle Ages," and a number 
of popular articles, among which may be 
mentioned "Outlawry on the Mexican 
Border," "One Sioux Dance," etc. Ad- 
dress, Carlisle, Pa. 

PILSBRY, Henry AugTistine: 

Zoologist; born in Iowa City, Iowa, Dec. 
8, 1S62; educated in the State University 
of Iowa. Made a specialty of the study 
of mollusks, and is a professor in the 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 
phia. Author of "The Manual of Con- 
chology." 1SSS-1903; "Marine Mollusks of 
Japan," 1895; "Guide to the Study of 
Helices," and is the author of many ar- 
ticles on conchology, geology and zoolo- 
gy, published in scientific journals and 
publications of American and foreign 
learned societies since 1SS6. Address, 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

PIXKERTON, John J.: 

Lawyer; born in Chester County, Pa., 
in 1836. of ancestors who were active in 
the Revolutionary War. His father, 
Samuel Pinkerton. was the first Protho- 
notary of Chester County, being elected 
5n 1SS9. Educated in the public schools 



of the county and at Union College, N. 
Y., where he was graduated in 1S3S; he 
took up the study of law at West Ches- 
ter. Pa., and was admitted to the bar in 
1S60. After a period of practice he be- 
came a partner of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, 
this continuing till 1870, when Mr. Mac- 
Veagh was made United States Minister 
to Turkey. He subsequently practiced 
alone, making a specialty of corporation 
law, in which he has had much success. 
He is the attorney for the thiladel- 
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore and the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Companies. In 
politics he is an active Republican, and 
strongly supported John Stewart" as in- 
dependent candidate for Governor. For 
five years he was President of the Board 
of Trustees of the West Chester State 
Normal School, and for several years act- 
ed as solicitor for the First National Bank 
of West Chester. Address, West Ches- 
ter, Pa. 



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PIMiERTOX, William M\: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Philadel- 
phia, June 21, 1S70; educated in public 
and private schools. He had practical 
training in the Altoona motive power 
shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad; then 
studied mechanical engineering in the 
Science Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1S91. " He 
was employed for a short time as an 
expert accountant, then for seven years 
served as engineer for Armstrong & 
Printzenhoff, making plans for most of 
the improvements along the Delaware 
and Schuylkill Rivers for large coal-hand- 
ling plants, warehouses, factories, etc. 
Since 1899 he has been President of the 
Pinkerton Construction Company of Phila- 
delphia. Member of the Sons of the Rev- 
olution, the Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish 
Society, and the Athletic and Alumni 
Associations of the University of Penn- 
sylvania. Address, St. Davids, Delaware 
County, Pa. 



PIPER, William H.: 

Mining operator; born at Williamsburg. 
Pa., Dec. 27, 1842; on leaving school he 
engaged in the coal mining and shipping 
business, of which he quickly attained a 
practical knowledge. Beginning in a min- 
ing office as a boy he was rapidly pro- 
moted and for a time was a member of 
the firm of Dysart & Co.; subsequently 
he rose to be senior member of the firm 
of W. H. Piper & Co., a position which he 
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knowledge of this business. He is also 
interested in gold and silver mining opera- 
tions, principally in Mexico, and is active- 
ly connected with the Hercules Mining 
Company. He is President and principal 
owner of the Philadelphia Gold Mining 
Company of Telluride, Col. Address, 234 
Real Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

PITCAIRN, Edward: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Ford City, Armstrong County, 
Pa. 

PITCAIRN, Hufsb: 

United States Consul General; born in 
Scotland Aug. 16, 1845; emigrated to the 
United States in 1S46; educated in the 
common and high schools of Allegheny 
City and Altoona, Pa.; was connected 
with various railroads from 1860 to 1875; 
studied medicine and was graduated in 
1880, and commenced practice at Harris- 
burg, Pa., the same year; spent two years 
in study at the Universities of Berlin and 
Vienna; is part owner of the Altoona 
Daily and Weekly Tribune. Appointed 
Consul at Hamburg July 28, 1897, and 
Consul General at the same place Feb. 
12, 1903. Address, Hamburg, Germany. 

PITCAIRN, Robert: 

Railroad manager; born in Scotland. 
May 6, 1836; son of John and Agnes Pit- 
cairn; removed to Pittsburg in 1846; was 
an intimate friend of Andrew Carnegie 
when the latter was a telegraph mes- 
senger boy, and through him secured a 
similar position. From that time he rose 
to operator in the Pittsburg office of the 
Atlantic and Ohio Telegraph Company; 
became, in 1853, telegraph operator In 
service of Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany; was promoted from time to time, 
finally becoming, in 1865, Superintendent 
of Pittsburg division, and in 1875 gen- 
eral agent of Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany; Superintendent of Pittsburg divi- 
sion. 1865; general agent of Pennsylva- 
nia Railroad Company. 1875, and Jan. 1, 
1002, resident assistant to President lo- 
cated at Pittsburg. Is also Vice President 
of Westinerhouse Air Brake Company, and 
has other large interests. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

PLACE, James X.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Monroe County; 
born in Middle Smithfield Township, Mon- 



roe County, Pa., March 28, 1857; reared I 
on a farm; educated in the public schools; 
was elected School Director a number of 
years; served as Assessor and delegate 
from Monroe County to State Convention 
in 1885; in March. 1884, was appointed 
Postmaster at Coolbaughs, Monroe Coun- 
ty, and served until April, 1890, when he Jj 
resigned and removed to Chicago, 111., 
where he was interested in real estate; 
in May, 1891, he returned to Monroe 
County and engaged in the hotel business 
at Canadensis, in which he continued un- 
til 1S94, when he removed to East yl 
Stroudsburg and entered into the hotel 
business there, in which he is still en- 
gaged; is a member of a number of secret 1 
societies; elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

PLANK, IJ. Heber, M. E>.: 

Born in Caernarvon Township, Berks 
County, Pa., Nov. 12, 1842. After re- 
ceiving a thorough common school edu- 
cation he entered the Pennsylvania State 
College and the Millersville State Normal 
Schools; then studied medicine and was 
graduated from the University of Penn- 
sylvania on March 14, 1867. After a year 
of travel he located in Morgantown, Pa., 
where he has since been in the active 
practice of his profession. He is a mem- 
ber of the Pathological Society of Berks 
County, and connected with various lo- 
cal enterprises. He was married in 1877 
to Ida, eldest daughter of Horace Ber- 
tolet, deceased. He is a great-great- 
grandson of Dr. Jacob Plank, who, so far 
as is known, was the pioneer physician of 
Berks County, and whose medical educa- 
tion was acquired at the University of 
Basle, Switzerland, from 1696 to 1700. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

PLATT, Cbnrles: 

President insurance company; born in 
Philadelphia Feb. 26, 1829; entered the 
University of Pennsylvania at the age of 
thirteen and was graduated in 1846. He 
then went to China and was engaged as 
a merchant in the city of Canton till 
1850. In 1860 was made Secretary of the 
Insurance Company of North America, in 
1S72 was advanced to the position of 
Vice President, and was elected its Pres- 
ident in 1878, a position he still holds. 
He is also President of the National Board 
of Marine Underwriters, and of the Zoo- 
logical Society of Philadelphia, and Vice 
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dren's Hospitals. Mr. Piatt is a member 
of the International Law Association, the 
American Philosophical Society, the His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania, and the 
Philadelphia Library Company, and is 
Vice President of the Rittenhouse Club. 
He married Laura Newbold in 1851, and 
has four children — three sons and one 
daughter. Address, 237 S. Eighteenth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PLATT, Charles, M. D., Ph.D., F. C. S.: 

Physician; born in Montclair, N. J., 
March 16, 1869, of an old American family 
of founders and patriots, dating from 
1638; was graduated from Lehigh Univer- 
sity in 1890, and has pursued post-gradu- 
ate course at Ohio University, Johns Hop- 
kins University, University of Edinburgh 
("medallist in anatomy). Homeopathic Hos- 
pital, London, Ecole de Medicine, Paris, 
and Hahnemann College of Philadelphia. 
Assistant chemist of Cambria Iron Com- 
pany, Johnstown, Pa.; chief chemist for 
Thomas A. Edison at Llewellyn Park lab- 
oratory. Since 1894 Professor of Chemis- 
try and Toxicology at Hahnemann Medical 
College and Hospital, Philadelphia; some- 
time lecturer at the Children's Homeo- 
pathic Hospital, Philadelphia. For some 
time associate editor of Science, New 
York. Author of text book of "Qualita- 
tive Analysis and Medical Chemistry," 
fourth edition, 1903. Contributor to the 
engineering, chemical and medical jour- 
nals. Fellow of the Chemical Society of 
London; honorary Fellow of the Society 
of Biological Chemistry, London; member 
of the American Chemical Society, the 
Soci6te Chimique de Paris, the Medical 
Jurisprudence Society, the Medical and 
Surgical Society of Philadelphia, and of 
numerous other medical and social or- 
ganizations. Address, 3612 Baring St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

PLAYFORD, William H.: 

Lawyer; born in Brown ville, Fayette 
County, Pa., Aug. 31, 1833; was graduated 
in 1854 from Jefferson College at Canons- 
burg; taught for a year as principal of 
Waterproof Academy, in Texas Parish, 
La.; afterward studied law under Judge 
N. Ewing, Uniontown, Pa., and was ad- 
mitted to the Fayette County bar in 1857. 
In 1859 he was elected District Attorney, 
and after the expiration of his term aided 
I the Commonwealth in the prosecution of 
many important cases. He is learned in 
corporation law, and has long been at- 
torney for the Pennsylvania Railroad 



Company at Uniontown. In 1867 Mr. 
Playford was elected by the Democratic 
party to the Pennsylvania House of Rep- 
resentatives, and in 1872 was elected to 
the State Senate. In 1874 he was chosen, 
with Chief Justice Agnew and others, to 
prepare amendments to the State Con- 
stitution. He served as a delegate to the 
Democratic National Convention of 1872, 
was Chairman of the Democratic State 
Convention of 1876, has frequently served 
as a delegate to State conventions, and in 
1SS0 was a candidate for Presidential 
elector-at-large for Pennsylvania. Died in 
Uniontown Sept. 23, 1903. 

PLUMB, Fayette K... Jr.: 

Manufacturer of edge tools, hammers, 
railroad tools, etc.; works located at 
Frankford on New York division of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad; born at Philadel- 
phia on June 18, 1877; prepared for col- 
lege in Philadelphia, and was graduated 
from Harvard in 1899 with degree of A. 
B. In 1899 Secretary-Treasurer of Fay- 
ette R. Plumb, Incorporated, which he 
still holds; following year elected a Di- 
rector; in 1902 appointed Superintendent. 
Republican in politics. Address, Bryn 
Mawr, Pa. 

PLUMMER, Everett H.: 

Philadelphia general agent of the Berk- 
shire Life Insurance Company; born in 
that city June 2, 1855. After graduating 
from the Philadelphia Central High 
School in 1873, he entered the office of the 
Berkshire Life in Philadelphia as an of- 
fice boy. In 1880 he became general agent 
for Eastern Pennsylvania, a position 
which he now holds. Mr. Plummer was 
the first Secretary of the National Asso- 
ciation of Life Underwriters, and after 
serving four consecutive years was elect- 
ed President in June, 1894. He was also 
the first Secretary of the Philadelphia 
Association of Life Underwriters, serving 
four consecutive years, when he was 
chosen President for two years, 1894 and 
1895. Address, 512 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

PLUMMER, J. Uee: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Blair County; born 
at Upper Tyrone Forge, Snyder Township, 
Blair County, Pa., Sept. 20, 1859; edu- 
cated in the public schools of Snyder 
Township and Tyrone Borough; after 
leaving school was engaged for a short 
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business; was afterward employed as 
clerk and passenger brakeman for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Ty- 
rone; elected Register of Wills and Re- 
corder of Deeds of Blair County in No- 
vember, 18S9, and re-elected in November, 
1S92; was admitted to the Blair County 
bar in May, 1896, and subsequently to 
practice in the Supreme and Superior 
Courts of Pennsylvania; since his admis- 
sion to the bar has continuously prac- 
ticed law in Hollidaysburg; was Secre- 
tary of the Republican County Commit- 
tee in 1SS4 and 18S6, and was Chairman 
of said committee in 1887 and 1S88; elect- 
ed to the House of Representatives in 
1902. Address, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 

PUSH, Samuel Millard, H. D.: 

Born at Gwynedd, Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Pa., about the middle of the last 
century; educated at public schools and 
the seminaries in the county, and taught 
in its public schools. During the War of 
the Rebellion he served with the 175tn 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, hold- 
ing a Lieutenant's commission, after 
which he became a student in medicine, 
and later received his degree. During 
his college life he acquired an especial 
fondness for chemistry and physics, and 
became well known as a physicist in Eu- 
rope and America. Among his inventions 
may be quoted: "A new method of in- 
sulating electrical cables whereby their 
electro-static capacity is greatly dimin- 
ished;*' "a thermo-electrical apparatus 
for preventing fires in theatres and other 
public buildings;" "improvements in 
electro-magnetic printing instruments and 
their appurtenances, for promptly trans- 
mitting and recording the transactions of 
exchanges and the sales of stocks, bonds 
and other securities;" "an electro-mag- 
netic device for guarding buildings and 
those using electrical machinery from in- 
jury by lightning and other dangerous 
electrical currents," etc. Was for many 
years a Director and the General Manager 
of the Bell Telephone Company of Phila- 
delphia. Member of the Board of Exami- 
ners of the International Electrical Ex- 
hibition in 1884, the National Conference 
of the United States Electrical Commis- 
sion, created by Congress in 1S84, and a 
life member of the American Geographical 
Society, the Masonic fraternity and the 
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, being 
a Past Eminent and Division Commander. 
Address. 319 South Tenth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 



POELLOT, George W.: 

President of the First National Bank of ► 
Bridgeville. Address, Bridgeville, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 

POLEX, James L.: 

President of the People's Savings Bank 
of Pittston. Address, Pittston, Luzerne 
County, Pa. 

POLLOCK, A. W\: 

President of the Dollar Savings Bank 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

POLLOCK, .lames: 

Carpet manufacturer; born in County 
Derry, Ireland, of a Scotch-Irish family, 
Aug. 28, 1846; his parents came to Amer- 
ica in 1851 and settled in Kensington, 
Philadelphia. He was educated in the 
public schools; entered the dry goods 
house of Riegle & Brother, remaining 
with them till 1S77, when he and his 
father, James Pollock, Sr., began busi- 
ness as manufacturers of Venetian car- 
pets, under the firm name of James Pol- 
lock & Son; the father died four years 
later and the son continued the business, 
which has grown to be one of the largest 
in the country for its special grade of 
goods. He early developed literary tastes 
and became a member of several debating 
societies, while for ten years he was the 
Philadelphia correspondent of The Carpet 
Trade, the first journal to represent the 
carpet and upholstery interests of the 
country. Politically he is a Republican, 
was a candidate for Select Council from 
the Thirty-first Ward, and represented 
this ward for nine years (1S78-1S87) on 
the Board of Public Education. The 
board had no more useful and progres- 
sive member. Earnest as an advocate of 
municipal reform, he became a member of 
the Committee of One Hundred, upon 
which he actively served; he attended 
several National Republicann Conventions, 
and in the Chicago convetion of 1S88 
ur.ared the Platform Committee to speak 
strongly in favor of the policy of protec- 
tion. In 18S2 he organized the great 
trades display during the bi-centennial 
celebration of the landing of William 
Penn. He was one of the organizers of 
the Ninth National Bank, the Industrial 
Trust. Title & Savings Company, and the 
Manufacturers' Club, of which he has 
been a Director from the start; he has 
also been a Director of the Union League, 
and is a member of the Historical Society, 
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Columbian Club, etc. Address, 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



140S 



POLLOCK, Otis "Wheeler: 

Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army; born in 
Erie, Pa., Aug. 7, 1S33; son of Charles Pol- 
lock, of Erie; grandson of Adam Pollock, 
of Erie County; great-grandson of Chas. 
Pollock, of "White Deer Township, North- 
umberland County, Pa., who emigrated 
from Coleraine, Ireland, about 1750; edu- 
cated at the Erie Academy; appointed in 
the Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry 
as Lieutenant in October, 1861; was Ad- 
jutant of the regiment until promoted to 
a Captaincy in June, 1862; participated in 
the battles and engagements in which the 
regiment was involved, among which were 
Island No. 10, New Madrid, Iuka, Corinth, 
Resaca, Atlanta, and engagements during 
the Atlanta campaign, Savannah, etc.; 
was with Sherman on the march to the 
sea; in command of the regiment during 
the campaign from Pocotaligo, S. C, to 
Goldsborough, N. C. Thence to Washing- 
ton as a member of the staff of Gen. 
Frank P. Blair, who was in command of 
the Seventeenth Army Corps, and partici- 
pated in the Grand Review. Accompanied 
the Army of the Tennessee to Louisville, 
Ky. ; was mustered out at Camp Dennison, 
Ohio, July 8, 1865. Commissioned a Sec- 
ond Lieutenant in the Fourteenth Infan- 
try, United States Army, on Feb. 23, 1866; 
promoted to First Lieutenant same day; 
Captain in the Twenty-third Infantry 
Jan. 22, 1873, and Major of the Twenty- 
fourth Infantry Aug. 27, 1896, and placed 
upon the retired list by operation of law, 
Aug. 7, 1897. He is a companion of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of 
the United States, a member of the His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania, and of 
the Scotch-Irish Society of America.. Ad- 
dress, 1827 Kalorama Ave., "Washington 
D. C. 

POMEROY, A. Nevin: 

Superintendent of Public Printing and 
Binding of the State of Pennsylvania, and 
editor of the Franklin Repository, Cham- 
bersburg, Pa.; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 
on May 27. 1859; educated at Pomeroy, 
Pa. In 1874 he removed with his parents 
to Chambersburg and pursued his studies. 
In 1876 entered the office of the Franklin 
Repository as local editor; in 1883 became 
one of the owners with his brother, John 
H. Pomeroy; in 1890 became the sole 
editor and proprietor, in which position 
he has ever since continued. He was 



Chairman of the Republican Party in 
Franklin County for four years, and was 
Assistant Chief Clerk in the office of the 
Secretary of State of Pennsylvania from 
1886 to 1890. He served as a member of 
the State Legislature in the sessions of 
1895-1896, and again in 1901-1902; was ap- 
pointed Superintendent of Public Print- 
ing and Binding for Pennsylvania by 
Governor Pennypacker in March, 1903, for 
a term of four years; is Vice President 
of the Pennsylvania Editorial Association. 
Home address, Chambersburg, Pa. 

POMEROY. Robert P.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lawrence County; 
born in Neshannock Township, Mercer 
County, Pa., Dec. 27, 1843; raised on the 
farm; educated in the public schools; en- 
listed in Company D, 134th Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and served for the time of 
enlistment; after returning from the war 
he entered Westminster College, but after 
one year, his father being ill, he returned 
to the farm; has always taken an interest 
in agricultural pursuits and stock rais- 
ing; served three years as County Com- 
missioner; was Assistant Sergeant-at- 
Arms in the House of Representatives, at 
Harrisburg, session of 1891, and was Post- 
master of the House in 1897; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, New Castle, Pa. 

POMEROY, AV. C: 

President of the First National Bank of 
New Bloomfield. Address, Port Royal, Pa. 

POND, George Gilbert: 

Chemist; Professor of Chemistry, Penn- 
sylvania State College; born in Holliston, 
Mass.. March 29, 1861; was graduated 
from Amherst College in 1881, receiving 
the degrees of A. M., 1884, and Ph. D., 
1SS0; took a special course in chemistry, 
Universities of Gottingen, Berlin and Mu- 
nich. Married in Amherst, Mass., 18S8, 
Helen Palmer. Member of American 
Chemical Society, German Chemical So- 
ciety. Society of Chemical Industry, etc. 
Contributor to scientific publications on 
chemical subjects. Address, State Col- 
lege, Pa. 

POOLE, Eugene Alonzo: 

Artist; portrait and landscape painter; 
born in Poolesville, Md., Feb. 16, 1841; 
educated at the Rockville Academy, Md.[ 
and took a course in art at the Academy 
of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and studied in 



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Paris France, with Leon Bonnat. Mar» 
ried, Jan. 7, 1S80, Ella Towles. For years 
had studio in Washington; was member 
of Art Society of that city; now member 
of Art Association of Pittsburg, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Bellevue, Pa. 

PUPHAH, Richard Morris: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Tenth New Jersey Infan- 
try, May 7, 1S62; Corporal, June 12, 1862; 
Sergeant, 1.863; Regimental Commissary 
Sergeant, Jan. 7, 1865; discharged for 
promotion, March 16, 1865. First Lieuten- 
ant Tenth New Jersey Infantry, March 
16, 1S65; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 
July 1, 1865; honorably mustered out 
July 1, 1S65. Elected April 5, 1S71. Ad- 
dress, 221 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PORTER, Augustus Drum: 

Special Agent General Freight Depart- 
ment Long Island Railroad Company; born 
in Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pa., Sept. 

20, 1865; son of Richard Wilson and 
Agnes Drum Porter. Enlisted as private 
in First Regiment Infantry, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, Nov. 19, 1890; 
commissioned Second Lieutenant and Bat- 
talion Adjutant, March 12. 1896; promoted 
to Captain and Aide-de-Camp, First Bri- 
gade Staff, National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania, May 22, 1899; reappointed May 

21, 1904; volunteered with First Regiment 
Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania, 
in war with Spain, and on May 11. 1S98, 
was mustered in as Second Lieutenant 
and Battalion Adjutant First Regiment 
Infantry, Pennsylvania Volunteers, serv- 
ing with regiment until it was mustered 
out at Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1898; during 
this time he also served as Acting Com- 
missary of Subsistence of this regiment. 
Member of Society of Colonial Wars in 
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Society of 
Sons of the Revolution, Society of the 
War of 1812 and Society of Foreign Wars. 
Address, 263 Fifth Ave., New York City. 

PORTER, Charles: 

President of the Eighth National Bank 
of Philadelphia. Address, Girard Ave. 
and Second St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PORTER, Henry Kirke: 

Congressman (Republican') of Pitts- 
burg; born in Concord, N. H., Nov. 24, 
1840; educated in public and private 
schools, and fitted for college at the New 
London Academy, New London, N. H. ; 



entered Brown University, Providence, ' 
R. I., in 1856, and was graduated in t 
1S60; purused professional studies at New- 
ton Theological Seminary, Newton Center, 
Mass., and at Rochester Theological Sem- 
inary, Rochester, N. Y., between the 
years 1S61 and 1866; enlisted in the Forty- 
fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in 
1862, and was mustered out of service in ' 
July, 1S63. Began business in Pittsburg 
in May, 1S66, and has remained contin- 
uously in the same business from that 
time, with some change of firm name; on 
Jan. 1, 1899, incorporated the business as \ 
H. K. Porter Company, and became its 
President. The exclusive specialty of 
this company is the manufacture of light 
locomotives, and its product is known 
throughout the United States, and has 
been scattered very largely during the 
last twenty-five years throughout the 
world; President of Y. M. C. A., Pittsburg, 
1868-1887; member of International Com- 
mittee of Y. M. C. A. since 1875; Presi- 
dent of American Baptist Home Mission 
Society, 1895, 1896, 1897; President of 
American Baptist Missionary Union, 1901- 
1904. Trustee of Carnegie Institute, Pitts- 
burg, since 1S90; member of Board of 
Trustees of Crozer Theological Seminary 
since 1S71; member of Board of Fellows, 
Brown University, since 1899; member 
Board of Trustees of George Washington 
University, 1904; Vice President of Pitts- 
burg Chamber of Commerce since 1892: 
member of Board of Trustees of Western 
Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind since 
18S7. Married, Nov. 23, 1875, Mrs. Annie 
DeCamp Hegeman, at Trinity Chapel, 
New York City; he was elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress as a Republican, on 
the Citizens' ticket, which nomination 
was also indorsed by the Democratic 
Party. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PORTER, James Madison. III.: 

Educator and consulting engineer; born 
in Easton, Pa., May 10, 1S64; educated 
in Easton public schools and Hacketts- 
town and Blairstown Academies; was 
graduated from Lafayette College, 1886; 
married, 1888, Mary V. Drake. Professor 
of Civil Engineering, Lafayette College 
and member of the International Asso- 
ciation Testing Materials, American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Science, 
American Institute Mining Engineers, 
American Society of Civil Engineers, 
Member of the University, Pomfret, 
Markham, Automobile, and Engineers' 
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I'ORTER, Jasper W.: 

President of the United States National 
Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

PORTER, John Riddle: 

Major United States Army; born in 
France; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Colonel Second Pennsylvania Infantry 
April 28, 1S9S; honorably mustered out 
Nov. 15, 1898; Major United States Vol- 
unteer Infantry, July 5, 1899, to June 19, 
1901; Major Judge Advocate, United States 
Army May 27, 1901. Address, Judge Ad- 
vocate General's Office, Washington, D. C. 

PORTER, J. H.: 

President of the New Wilmington Bank. 
Address, New Wilmington, Lawrence 
County, Pa. 

PORTER, John Richard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain of Forty-eighth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Oct. 1, 1861; resigned 
and honorably discharged Dec. 30, 1862. 
Captain Thirty-ninth Pennsylvania (Mili- 
tia) Infantry July 3, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out Aug. 2, 1863. Elected Oct. 23, 
1901. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

PORTER, John T.: 

Merchant; born in the South about 
fifty years ago; he moved to Scranton in 
1S75 and has built up the largest whole- 
sale grocery business in Northern Penn- 
sylvania, with a trade extending into 
New York, New Jersey and Maryland. 
He is President of the Scranton Board of 
Trade, President of the Traders' National 
Bank, and Director in many of Scran- 
ton's large enterprises. Address, 26 
Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa. 

PORTER. William David: 

Judge of the Superior Court of Penn- 
sylvania; born at Porter's Landing, Han- 
cock County, West Virginia. Jan. 3, 1850. 
He read law with Collier, Miller & Mc- 
Bride. at Pittsburg, Pa., where he was 
admitted to the bar in 1872. Was elected 
District Attorney of Allegheny County in 
1SS3, and re-elected in 1886; was appoint- 
ed a Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas, No. 3, of Allegheny County in May, 
1891. and elected to that office for the 
full term in the following November. 
While serving in that position he was 
on July 4, 1898, appointed a Judge of the 



Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and his 
election for the full term followed in 
November. This term expires in Janu- 
ary, 1909. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

PORTER, William Wagener: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, May 5, 
1S56; son of William A. Porter, Judge of 
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and 
Court of Alabama Claims, Washington. 
His grandfather was David Rittenhouse 
Porter, twice Governor of Pennsylvania; 
his great-grandfather was Gen. Andrew 
Porter, Chief of Engineers on the staff 
of Washington during the Revolution; 
was educated in private schools in Phila- 
delphia; was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1875, with A. B. 
degree; 1878 took degree M. A. from the 
same university; read law with his 
father, Hon. William A. Porter, and ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1877; practiced his 
profession in Philadelphia until 1897, when 
he was appointed Judge of the Superior 
Court of Pennsylvania, and subsequently 
elected to a full term, but resigned in 
order to return to the practice of the law 
in 1903. He is the author of a legal text 
book on "Bills of Lading" and several 
brochures. He is a member of the Socie- 
ty of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolu- 
tion, the Union League of Philadelphia, 
and other social and charitable institu- 
tions. He was the orator at the un- 
veiling of the great Washington Monu- 
ment in Philadelphia, an occasion in 
which President McKinley also participat- 
ed. Address, 2025 Walnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

POSEY, Win. Campbell: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, 1866; 
was graduated from College Department, 
University of Pennsylvania, 1886; Medicai 
Department of the same institution, 1889; 
resident physician Presbyterian Hospital, 
1SS9-1890; studied diseases of the eye in 
foreign hospitals, 1890-1892; engaged in 
the practice of diseases of the eye in Phil- 
adelphia since 1S92. Surgeon to the Wills 
Eye and Howard Hospitals; Professor of 
Ophthalmology in the Pennsylvania Poly- 
clinic. Author of numerous treatises 
upon diseases of the eye, and co-editor 
with Jonathan Wright, M. D., of Brook- 
lyn, of a "System of Diseases of the 
Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat"; editor of 
the last American edition of Nettleship's 
Ophthalmological Society and of the Am- 
erican Medical Association. Address 1835 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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POST, William M.t 

Lawyer; born in Montrose, Pa., Feb. 
10, 1S25. He worked on his father's farm, 
at the same time attending the Montrose 
Academy, and at twenty years of age 
took up the study of law; this for a time 
was interrupted by business interests, but 
was resumed several years later, and he 
was admitted to the Susquehanna County 
bar in 1856. After a period of practice 
in Montrose, in the firm of Little & Post, 
he opened an office in Susquehanna, re- 
maining there till 1880, when he returned 
to Montrose, where he now dwells in the 
old family homestead. Under President 
Johnson Mr. Post was United States 
Assessor for the Twelfth District, and in 
1886 was the Democratic nominee for the 
State Senate; he was defeated, though he 
ran much ahead of his ticket. As a law- 
yer he is highly esteemed for ability and 
fine powers of oratory. He is the oldest 
living member of the Susquehanna Coun- 
ty bar. Address, Montrose, Pa. 

POSTLES, James Porkei 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Delaware Infantry 

April IS, 1861; First Sergeant , 1861; 

discharged Aug. 6, 1861. First Lieutenant 
Delaware Infantry Sept. 10, 1861; Captain 
Oct. 15, 1S62; resigned and honorably 
discharged June 10, 1864. Awarded the 
"Medal of Honor" under resolution of 
Congress, "for voluntarily delivering an 
order, in the face of heavy fire of the 
enemy, at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., 
July 2, 1863." Elected Nov. 12, 1890. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

POTTEIGER, Charles W.s 

Merchant; born in Reading. Pa., in 1S5S; 
educated in the public schools and at the 
Muhlenberg College, Allentown; followed 
the business of buying and selling cattle 
for twenty years; appointed Deputy Col- 
lector of Internal Revenue In 18S9, and 
served in that capacity four years; has 
since been engaged in the wholesale and 
retail cigar business. Member of the 
Board of Public Works of Reading, Pa., 
for the past eight years. Has been an 
active participant in politics as a Repub- 
lican, serving as a member of the Repub- 
lican County Committee, Republican City 
Executive Committee and delegate to the 
Republican State Conventions. Prominent 
in Masonry, and as a member of a num- 



ber of fraternal organizations. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

POTTEIGER, J. B,, M. D.: 

Born in Strausstown, Pa.; educated in 
schools in Reading, Pa., and at the Free- 
land Seminary, Montgomery County; was 
graduated from the Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege in the class of 1S59; commenced prac- 
ticing his profession in Lenhartsville, Pa., 
and entered the army in 1862, as Assist- 
ant Surgeon of the 128th Regiment of 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the nine 
months' service; re-entered the army in 
1S64 as Surgeon at the Lincoln Hospital 
and was then sent to Point Lookout Hos- 
pital, where he remained until the close 
of the war in 1S65; resumed practice of 
medicine in Berks County, and located in 
1867 in Hamburg, Pa., where he is still 
in active practice. "Was Assistant Sur- 
geon of the Fourth Regiment, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, for several years, 
and then, in 1884, was chosen Surgeon of 
the regiment with the rank of Major. 
Was a notary public for many years. In 
politics is a Republican. Address, Read- 



ins 



Pa. 



POTTER. Samuel H.: 

Clergyman; born at Hightstown, N. J.; 
educated at the Allentown Academy, and 
at Van Rensselaer Institute; studied the- 
ology under a special committee, and was 
regularly ordained in 1887. He has since 
been in the pastorate, spending four years 
in New York, ten in New Jersey, and is on 
his third year in Pennsylvania, at Brandt. 
In 1001 he was a commissioner from the 
New Brunswick Presbytery to the General 
Assembly. Prohibitionist in politics. In 
1883 he married Mary C, daughter of the 
late Capt. E. H. Chambers; was a teacher 
in Brainerd Institute, ana later entered 
the ministry. His ancestors came to this 
country in the early part of the seven- 
teenth century. Address, Brandt, Pa. 

POTTER. William: 

President Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia; lawyer; born in Philadel- 
phia, April 17, 1852; educated in private 
schools and at the University of Penn- 
sylvania, class of 1S74; solicitor and Di- 
rector Thomas Potter Sons & Co., Inc. I 
He was appointed by President Harrison '] 
in 1S90 Special Commissioner to visit 
London, Paris and Berlin on behalf of 
the United States Post Office Depart- 
ment to negotiate the present system 
of sea post offices. He was a delegate to 
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the Fourth Congress of the Universal 
Postal Union at Vienna, 1891; United 
States Minister to Italy, 1892-1894; mem- 
ber of the Board of Directors of City 
Trusts of Philadelphia; counsellor of the 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania; honor- 
ary member of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati in the State of New Jersey; 
member of the Permanent Relief Com- 
mittee of Philadelphia, and a manager of 
the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf 
and Dumb. Married, April 25, 1878, Jane 
Kennedy Vanuxem, who died January 
17, 1S97; married, May 16, 1899, Hetty 
Vanuxem, who died Aug. 12, 1901. Ad- 
dress, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 

POTTER, William Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Third Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, Nov. 9, 1S62; First Lieu- 
tenant, May 1, 1863; Captain, Oct. 4, 1864; 
honorably discharged May S, 1895. Elect- 
ed Nov. 10, 1880. Address, 121 W. Chel- 
ten Ave., Germantown, Pa. 

POTTER, William Plnmer: 

Jurist; born in Jackson County, Iowa, 
' April 27, 1857; educated in Wisconsin and 
Iowa public and High Schools; entered 
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., class of 
11 1879, but did not complete course; en- 
tered banking business in Iowa; studied 
law and admitted to Iowa bar. Removed 
1 to Pittsburg, 1881; admitted to the Pitts- 
! burg bar in 18S3; practiced until appoint- 
ed, Sept. 25, 1900. Justice of the Supreme 
Court, Pennsylvania, and elected Nov. 5, 
1901, to same position for term of twenty- 
one years, beginning Jan. 1, 1902; en- 
gaged largely in corporation practice. 
Member of American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, Historical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania, Duquesne and 
Americus Clubs. Director in a number of 
banks and trust companies in Pittsburg; 
Director in "Western Theological Seminary; 
prominent Presbyterian layman. Repub- 
lican in politics. Married, 1S84, Jessie L. 
Bacon. Address. 304 S. St. Clair St., 
i Pittsburg, and The Bartrum, Philadelphia. 

POTTER. William Woodlinrn: 

Practicing architect, Philadelphia; born 
1875, in Philadelphia. Early education ac- 
quired abroad and in Philadelphia. Five 
years of this period were spent at schools 
i in Paris, Dresden and England. He was 
graduated from Princeton College in 1S96, 
with a B. S. degree, winning the Bayard- 



White Prize in architecture at graduation. 
Then, after a short period of study abroad, 
entered the office of Cope & Stewardson, 
architects, Philadelphia. In 1898 he se- 
cured the prize in architecture offered by 
the School of Industrial Art of that city. 
He enlisted, in April, 1S9S, in Battery A, 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and saw active 
service in Porto Rico. After being dis- 
charged from volunteer service he served 
two enlistments in National Guard as 
Corporal and Sergeant. After experience 
in two or three of the best offices in 
Philadelphia and New York, he started 
the practice of his profession in 1902, 
and has since become a factor in the 
architectural world. Address, 1913 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

POTTS, Barton H., M. JO.: 

Born in Pottstown, February, 1869; ed- 
ucated at public schools and the Hill 
School of that place; was graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania, Depart- 
ment of Medicine, in 1891. Was a resident 
physician in the Presbyterian Hospital of 
Philadelphia. He is Laryngologist and 
Aurist to the German Hospital and St. 
Mary's Hospital, and Aural Surgeon to 
the dispensary of the Children's Hospital 
of Philadelphia; is a member of the Phil- 
adelphia County Medical Society, the 
Pennsylvania State Medical Society, the 
American Medical Association, and a Fel- 
low of the College of Physicians of Phila- 
delphia. Address, 109 S. Twentieth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

POTTS. Charles S.: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 
30, 1864; educated in the public schools 
of Philadelphia; was graduated from the 
Central High School in June, 1882; was 
graduated from the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania in May, 
1SS5. Republican in politics. Served as 
resident physician in the Philadelphia 
Hospital from 18S5 to 1886, and in the 
University Hospital and State Hospital 
for the Insane at Morristown, Pa. In 
1888 was appointed assistant physician 
in the Dispensary for Nervous Diseases 
of the University Hospital; in 1892 was 
made Chief Physician, which he still is. 
In 1890 was elected Instructor in Electro- 
Therapeutics in the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania; in 1892 
was re-elected Instructor in Nervous Dis- 
eases in the same institution; in 1903 was 
promoted to be Associate in Neurology; 
also Assistant Neurologist to the Uni- 



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versity Hospital, Neurologist to the Phil- 
adelphia Hospital and consulting physi- 
cian to the Hospital for the Insane of 
Atlantic County, N. J. From 1897 to 1901 
was consulting alienist to the Eastern 
State Penitentiary. Member of the Coun- 
ty Medical, the Pathological, Pediatric, 
Neurological (of which he is now Presi- 
dent), and a Fellow of the College of 
Physicians of Philadelphia; member of 
the American Medical Association, of the 
University, Medical and Phi Delta Theta 
Clubs, of the Nu Sigma, the Medical 
Fraternity, and of the Undine Boat Club. 
Has written a "Manual of Nervous and 
Mental Diseases" (Lea Bros. & Co., 1900); 
also various papers and reviews. Ad- 
dress, 1733 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

POTTS, Franklin M.: 

President Philadelphia Warehouse Com- 
pany; born at Paoli, Pa., April 12, 1S55; 
educated at Friends' Boarding School at 
Westtown, Pa. Married Clara Louisa, 
daughter of the late William Webb, of 
Philadelphia, on April 14, 1880. Republi- 
can in politics. Member of the Union 
League Club of Philadelphia. In 1882 be- 
came a bookkeeper for the Philadelphia 
Warehouse Company, and after serving 
several years as its Secretary and Treas- 
urer, was elected President in 1896, which 
position he still occupies. Address, Me- 
dia, Delaware County, Pa. 

POTTS, Horace T.: 

President of the Consolidation National 
Bank of Philadelphia. Address, 331 N. 
Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

POTTS, John Templin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fourth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 20, 1S61; mustered out July 
26, 1S61; Second Lieutenant Fifty-third 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 18, 1861; 
First Lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1862; resigned 
and honorably discharged for disability, 
July 31, 1863; First Lieutenant Veteran 
Reserve Corps, Oct. 15, 1863; Captain, 
June 6, 1864; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, July 15, 1865. Elected May 3, 
1SS2. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

potts, Robert: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Ireland; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; appointed Third Assistant Engi- 



neer Feb. 17, 1860; on frigate Niagara, to 
Japan in the same year, and on the | 
blockade off Charleston and in two or 
three engagements with rebel forts off 
Pensacola in the same vessel in 1861; 
special duty at New York and promoted 
to Second Assistant in 1862; Acting Chief 
Engineer of the ironclad Montauk in the 
engagements with Fort McAllister on the 1 
Ogeeche River, in the first attack on 
Fort Sumter, and many other engage- 
ments with Fort Wagner on Morris Isl- 
and in 1863; the Montauk had a large 
hole blown in her bottom by a torpedo 
in the Ogeeche River, and it was difficult 
to keep her afloat; Acting Chief of the 
Kansas on the blockade off the Cape Fear 
River, 1S63-1865; during this time was in 
both attacks on Fort Fisher firing day 
and night, and afterward in James River 
engaged with batteries there; after the 
fall of Fort Fisher operated a sawmill for 
building a dock and also a mill for grind- 
ing corn for the inhabitants in and 
around Smithville. Promoted to First 
Assistant in 1864; Acting Chief of Chico- 
pee on the North Atlantic Station, 1S65- 
1867; Senior Assistant on the Guerriere, 
South Atlantic Station, from 1867 to 1S70; 
Acting Chief of Nipsic in the Gulf of 
Mexico, Havana and surveying the Dari- 
en route, 1S70-1S72. Promoted to Chief 
Engineer in 1873; Alaska, European Sta- 
tion, 1S73-1875; inspector of coal and on 
special duty in Philadelphia, Pa., 1S76- 
1879; Michigan, Northwestern Lakes, 
1879-1881; Adams, North Pacific Station, 
1882-18S4; cut and sawed the wood and 
built a house over the Adams in Alaska; 
Inspector of Machinery at Cramps', 1SS5- 
1S90; Baltimore, South Pacific Station, 
during the Chilean war, 1891-1S93; In- 
spector of Boiler Tubes, New Castle, Del., 
1S93-1S95; Boston Navy Yard, 1895-1S97; 
retired May 8, 1897. Address, 1748 M St., 
N. W., Washington, D. C. 

POTTS. Stacy: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Philadelphia, Pa.; entered the United 
States Naval Academy, Oct. 1, 1871; was 
graduated as Cadet Engineer, May 30, 
1874; Worcester, 1874-1S75, North Atlan- 
tic Station; promoted to Assistant Engi- 
neer, Feb. 26, 1S75; Colorado, 1875, North 
Atlantic Station; torpedo boat Intrepid, 
1875-1S77; Adams, Pacific Station, 1878- 
1881; promoted to grade of Passed As- 
sistant Engineer, Oct. 12, 1881; training 
ship Minnesota, 1SS1-1882; monitor Mian- 
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of Steam Engineering, 1883-18S5; Pensa- 
cola, European Station, 18S5-1888; Bu- 
reau of Steam Engineering, 1839-1891; 
Newark, special service, 1891-1893; sick 
leave. July, 1S93; Bureau of Steam En- 
gineering, January, 1894; training ship 
Essex, February, 1896; Detroit, July, 1897 
to 1899. Promoted to Lieutenant Com- 
mander, March 3, 1899; Naval Academy, 
Sept. 5, 1899; Inspection duty (Bureau of 
Steam Engineering), Sept. 24, 1900, to 
1903; Commander, Oct. 11, 1903; Bureau 
of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, 
since November, 1903. Address, 2017 Hill- 
yer Place, Washington, D. C. 

POWELL, Alexander R. : 

President of the Clearfield National 
Bank. Address, Clearfield, Pa. 

POWELL, George K.: 

President of the Luzerne County Trust 
Company. Address, Wilkesbarre, Lu- 
zerne County, Pa. 

POWELL, George May: 

President of the National Forest Coun- 
cil; born in Fowlerville, Livingston Coun- 
ty, N. Y. ; son of Rev. Oliver Stanley 
Powell, of Chittenden County, Vt., and 
Judith Shaler May, of Washington Coun- 
ty, N. T. In 1855-1861 Mr. Powell suc- 
cessfully pioneered in the upper Missis- 
sippi region, opening mail and railway 
lines, and establishing religious and ed- 
ucational interests. At the Wisconsin 
State Fair in 1859 he inaugurated "Col- 
lective Exhibits," that have since been 
the great' feature of international exhibi- 
tions. When Secretary of the Y. M. C. 
A. at Washington, D. C, in 1864, he 
initiated the ownership by the associations 
of their buildings, now grown to millions 
in value. He devised the flotilla scheme, 
by which thousands of sick and wounded 
during the battle of the Wilderness were 
moved from Fredericksburg to Washing- 
ton, whereby many lives were saved. In 
1S6S founded the Evangelical Press Asso- 
ciation; organized the Oriental Topo- 
graphical Corps, and led its pioneer re- 
connoissance in Egypt, Syria and Central 
North Africa in 1873. He got up the 
Congresses on Forests and on Beet Sugar 
at the Centennial in Philadelphia in 1876, 
and is now President of the National 
Forest Council. Also Chairman of the In- 
tensive Agricultural Society. In 1889 he 
brought out the plan of the Chief Justices 
of Supreme Courts of nations being the 



"panel," as seen by the files of the United 
States Senate Committee on Foreign Re- 
lations, for basis of the Permanent In- 
ternational Peace Court, adopted at The 
Hague. Address, 910 Walnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

POWELL, John E.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in West Middlesex, Mercer County, 
Pa., Sept. 18, 1868; attended the public 
schools there and was graduated from 
the High School in 1886; entered the em- 
ploy of the Wheeler Furnace Company 
during the same year; later was chief 
clerk in the Chief Engineer's office of 
the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad 
Company, and left that position to man- 
age the estate of his father-in-law, in 
which business he is still engaged; is 
also President of the Pittsburg Light and 
Manufacturing Company, and Treasurer 
of the National Cable and Wire Com- 
pany; was elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
516 North Ave., West Allegheny, Pa. 

PRATT, Henry Slierring: 

Educator; born in Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 
18, 1859; son of Charles and Catherine 
Pratt; he was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Michigan in 18S2; also studied 
at Universities of Leipzig (Ph. D., 1892), 
Freiburg (Baden), Geneva, Innsbruck and 
Harvard. Is now Professor of Biology 
at Haverford College. Author of "Inver- 
tebrate Zoology," and also various zoo- 
logical papers. Address, Haverford, Pa, 

PRATT, Richard Henry: 

Colonel United States Army and mem- 
ber Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; Cor- 
poral Ninth Indiana Infantry, April 20, 
1861; discharged July 29, 1861; Sergeant 
Second Indiana Cavalry, Sept. 18, 1861; 
discharged for promotion, April 19, 1864; 
First Lieutenant Eleventh Indiana Cav- 
alry, April 20, 1864; Captain, Sept. 1, 
1864; honopably mustered out May 29, 
1865; Second Lieutenant Tenth United 
States Cavalry, March 7, 1867; First Lieu- 
tenant. July 31, 1867; Captain, Feb. 17, 
1SS3; Major First Cavalry, July 1, 1898; 
transferred to Tenth Cavalry, Aug. 2, 
1899; Lieutenant Colonel Fifteenth Cav- 
alry, Feb. 2, 1901; Colonel Thirteenth Cav- 
alry. Jan. 24, 1903; retired Feb. 17, 1903; 
brevetted First Lieutenant and Captain 



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United States Army, March 7, 1S67, "for 
gallant and meritorious services during 
the war." Elected Oct. 21, 1885. Address, 
Carlisle, Pa. 

PRATT. William Fennell: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Third Assistant Engineer (Mid- 
shipman) United States Navy, Aug. 25, 
1862; Second Assistant Engineer (En- 
sign), Feb. 20. 1864; resigned July 29, 
1865. Elected Oct. 14, 1891. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PREXDERGAST, Edinond Francis: 

Bishop (Catholic) of Philadelphia; born 
in Clonmel, Ireland, May 3, 1843; came to 
United States in 1859; studied at Ecclesi- 
astical Seminary of St. Charles Borro- 
meo. Philadelphia; ordained priest, 1865. 
Was assistant at St. Paul's, Philadelphia, 
and afterward at Susquehanna Depot; 
rector at St. Mark's, Bristol, Pa., four 
years; at Allentown, Pa., until 18S4; rector 
at St. Malachi's, Philadelphia, 1S84-1S97; 
Vicar General of Archdiocese, 1895-1897; 
consecrated Bishop. 1897. Address, 1426 
Warnock St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PRESTOX, Edward H.: 

President of the Manayunk National 
Bank of Philadelphia. Address, Main and 
Levering Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PREVOST, Sutherland M.t 

Railway manager; born in Philadelphia, 
Oct. 4, 1845; after receiving his education 
in private schools of Philadelphia, he en- 
tered the railroad service and was em- 
ployed as rodman, assistant engineer, 
and engineer in various railway construc- 
tion corps from 1863 to 1871; since the 
latter period he has been employed on the 
Pennsylvania Railroad as assistant en- 
gineer and division superintendent. Gen- 
eral Superintendent of Pennsylvania 
Railroad Division, General Superintendent 
of Transportation of Pennsylvania Rail- 
road Lines east of Pittsburg (1885-1893). 
General Manager of Pennsylvania Rail- 
road (1893-1897); Third Vice President 
Pennsylvania Railroad since 1897; Presi- 
dent of the Baltimore, Chesapeake & 
Atlantic Railway Company since 1889; 
Director of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 
Company, Norfolk & Western Railroad 
Company. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 
Company, Long Island Railroad Com- 



pany and other railroad companies in 
which the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany is interested. Address, 107 Broad 
Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PRICE. Aliel F.: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed Assist- 
ant Surgeon. Nov. 10, 186S; Naval Hos- 
pital, Washington, 1869-1870; Juniata, 
European Fleet. 1871-1873. Promoted to 
Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1872; Powhat- 
an, North Atlantic Fleet, 1873-1S74; re- 
ceiving ship Potomac, 1875; Monocacy, 
Asiatic Station, 1877-1881. Promoted to 
Surgeon, August, 1S7S; Naval Hospital, 
Chelsea, 1881; St. Louis, 1881-1884; Os- 
sipee, Asiatic Station, 1884-1887; Naval 
Dispensary. Washington, 18S7-1S90; special 
duty, December. 1890, to March, 1891; 
Monongahela (apprentice ship), March, 
1891, to 1S94; Torpedo Station, March, 
1894. Promoted to Medical Inspector, 
March, 1S95; Navy Yard, New York, Sep- 
tember. 1895; Fleet Surgeon, Olympia, 
September, 1897, to 1898; Naval Hospital, 
Washington, Dec. 1, 1899, to 1903. Pro- 
moted to Medical Director, April 9. 1S99; 
stationed at Navy Yard, New York, since 
March 7, 1903. Address, Navy Yard, New 
York. 

PRICE, Bntler Delaplaine: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Philadelphia May 27, 1845; son of Richard 
Butler and Elizabeth (Senter) Price; his 
paternal grandfather was Chandler Price. 
Entered Volunteer service as Second Lieu- 
tenant Second Pennsylvania Cavalry, Dec. 
6. 1861; promoted to First Lieutenant, 
1863, and Captain, 1864; honorably mus- 
tered out Jan. 5, 1S65; served in the 
Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. 
A]. pointed Second Lieutenant in the 
Fourth United States Infantry, 1S66; pro- 
moted First Lieutenant, 1873, and Cap- 
tain. 1SS6; Regimental Adjutant, from 1S81 
to 1886; Major, 1S99; Lieutenant Colonel 
First Infantry, 1901; transferred to Fourth 
Infantry, 1901; Colonel Sixteenth Infantry, 
1902; served on the plains for twenty- 
three years in all; served in the campaign 
linst Santiago de Cuba, participating 
In battles of El Caney, San Juan and 
capture of Santiago. Sailed on transport 
Grant for the Philippines in January, 1S99 
(by Suez Canal); reached Manila March 
7; took part in various campaigns on 
islands until Dec. 25, 1901. Address, Fort 
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PRICE, James, D. D.: 

Pastor of the Twelfth United Presby- 
terian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.; born 
in County Down, Ireland; emigrated 
with his father's family to Pitts- 
burg, Pa., in 1843; began as a clerk 
in a dry goods store; then entered Du- 
quesne College, Pittsburg, Pa., then un- 
der the Presidency of that noted scholar 
and philosopher, Rev. Robert Bruce, 
D. D. This institution having suspended, 
he repaired to Franklin College, Harrison 
County, Ohio, where he was recognized as 
a student of the junior year, and from 
which he was graduated in 1851. Was a 
student of the Associate Presbyterian 
Theological Seminary at Canonsburg, 
Pa. ; received his diploma and was 
licensed 1854 to preach the Gospel. Pas- 
tor of the Associate Presbyterian Church 
of Frankford, Philadelphia (now the Sev- 
enth United Presbyterian Church) eigh- 
teen years; also a pastor in Hoboken, N. 
J., 1S74-1S77; Harlem, New York City, 
1S7S-1SS0; organized the congregation of 
which he is pastor. His title of Doctor 
of Divinity was in 1S99 received from 
Franklin College. His writings consist 
of numerous magazine and newspaper ar- 
ticles, together with a "Biographical 
Sketch of Rev. H. H. Blair of New York," 
1S77; "Revivals of Religion," 1880; "Ori- 
gin and Distinctive Characteristics of the 
United Presbyterian Church of North 
America," delivered by appointment be- 
fore the Presbyterian Historical Society; 
"Theological Education in the U. P. Sy- 
nod of New York for 150 Years," read 
by appointment before Synod, 1901; "His- 
tory of the Seventh U. P. Congregation 
of Philadelphia" in preparation. Stated 
clerk of the U. P. Presbytery of Phila- 
delphia since 1860, and he has been Re- 
cording Secretary of the Presbyterian 
Historical Society for some fifteen years. 
Address, 107 East Lehigh Ave., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

PRICE, John B.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa. 

PRICE, Joseph: 

Physician; born in Rockingham County, 
Va., Jan. 1, 1S53; educated in a school 
at Fort Edward, N. Y., and in Union Col- 
lege at Schenectady. He subsequently 
entered the Medical Departmennt of the 
University of Pennsylvania, and after 
graduation became in 1877 resident physi- 
cian of the Philadelphia Dispensary; here 



he won such reputation for medical and 
surgical skill that he was placed at the 
head of the Woman's Department of that 
institution; he also filled for a number 
of years the post of resident physician 
at the Preston Retreat. His conspicuous 
success in dealing with diseases peculiar 
to women attracted him a large private 
practice, the pressing demands of which 
upon his time led him to found the Gyne- 
cean Hospital and also a private hospital 
for work of this character. His success 
in this field brought him many positions 
of honor, such as the Presidency of the 
American Medical Association, the Associ- 
ation of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 
the Tri-State Medical Society, and the 
American section of the Gynecological 
Association. Address, 241 North Eigh- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PRICE, Samuel B.: 

Lawyer; born in Branchville, Sussex 
County, N. J., April 29, 1847; educated in 
Princeton College and the University of 
Michigan, graduating from the latter in 
1S70; subsequently studied in its Law 
Department, and obtained admittance to 
the bar of Detroit in 1872. Shortly after- 
ward he removed to Scranton, Pa., where 
he obtained admittance to the Luzerne 
County bar in April, 1873, and entered 
actively into practice. An able lawyer, 
he has long had an extensive practice 
in the county courts and before the Su- 
preme Court of Pennsylvania. He is 
President of the Scranton Savings Bank. 
Address, Scranton, Pa. 

PRICHARD, Frank Perley: 

Lawyer; born in Charlestown, Mass., 
May 30, 1S53; son of Abraham P. and 
Frances A. Prichard; was graduated from 
Central High School in 1870; Law De- 
partment, University of Pennsylvania, 
in 1S74. Married in Cambridge, Mass., 
April 14, 1S98, Florence Newell Tilton. 
Admitted to bar, 1874. Republican in 
politics. Member of American Bar Asso- 
ciation, Civil Service Reform Association, 
Municipal League, Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, American Academy of Po- 
litical and Social Science. An associate 
editor of the "Weekly Notes of Cases," 
Philadelphia. 1S75-1878; "American Law 
Register," 18S2-1887. Member of the Rit- 
tenhouse and University Clubs. Address, 
1001 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PRIESOX, Gustav Adolph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



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Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
Aug. 2, 1862; honorably discharged Oct. 
24, 1862; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania (Mil- 
itia) Infantry, July 3, 1863; honorably dis- 
charged Aug. 7, 1863. Elected Feb. 7, 
1894. Address, 100 Main St., Lock Ha- 
ven, Pa. 

PRINCE, Leon C.I 

Lawyer and teacher; born in Concord. 
N. H., May 15, 1S75; son of Morris W. and 
Katherine (Buck) Prince; educated at 
New York University, Dickinson College 
and Dickinson School of Law; received 
degrees of A. M. and LL. B. Member of 
Cumberland County bar. Professor of 
History and International Law in Dickin- 
son College since 1901. Active in the pop- 
ular lecture held, and is a contributor to 
the periodical press on topics of the day. 
Author of "The Passing of the Declara- 
tion," "An Argument for the Repeal of the 
Fifteenth Amendment," "The Monroe 
Doctrine." Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

PRINCE, Morris Watson, A.M., S.T.D.: 

Clergyman; born in East Boothbay, Me.; 
educated at Bucksport Seminary, Bucks- 
port, Me., and Wesleyan University, Mid- 
dletown, Conn.; entered ministry of Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church and filled pas- 
torates at Plymouth. N. H.; Concord, N. 
H.; Dover, N. H., and Haverhill, Mass. 
President of Bucksport Seminary, Maine. 
Transferred to New York, East Confer- 
ence, Methodist Episcopal Church, in 
1884, and filled pastorates at Stamford, 
Conn.; Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. 
Y. ; Meriden, Conn.; Stamford, Conn, 
(second term); Bristol, Conn., and Trin- 
ity Church, New Haven, Conn. In 1896 
accepted Chair of History and Political 
Science in Dickinson College; has trav- 
eled extensivly in Europe. Published 
many articles upon religious and social 
questions of the day. Address, Carlisle, 
Pa. 

PRIME, Fredericks 

Educator; Professor of Natural His- 
tory in Girard College since 1895; born 
in Philadelphia March 1. 1846; was grad- 
uated from Columbia College in 1865 (A. 
M. and Ph. D., Lafayette). Served with 
United States Volunteers in Civil War, 
1862-1863. Studied four years at the Roy- 
al School of Mines, Freiberg, Saxony; 
Assistant Professor, Columbia School of 
Mines, 1869-1870; Professor of Geology 



and Metallurgy, Lafayette College, 1870- 
1879; Assistant State Geologist of Penn- 
sylvania, 1874-1879; manager and Presi- 
dent of several iron companies in Penn- 
sylvania and Alabama, 1SS0-1892; Presi- 
dent of Edison Electric Light Company 
of Philadelphia, 1891; Secretary of Amer- 
ican Philosophical Society, 1897-1900. 
Edited Von Cotta's "Treatise on Ore De- 
posits," 1870; also wrote various reports 
published by geological survey of Penn- 
sylvania, and reports on iron, coal and 
gold properties. Member of Pennsylvania 
Society of Colonial Wars. Address, Gi- 
rard College, Philadelphia, Pa. 

PRINTZ, John H.: 

Manufacturer; born in Reading, Pa., 
March 31, 1S33, his ancestors having been 
among the founders of the town; was 
educated in the public schools of his 
native city; learned the brick-laying busi- 
ness, and in 1S55; commenced as a manu- 
facturer, continuing in this line to this 
date; was one of the pioneers in Penn- 
sylvania in the manufacture of orna- 
mental brick, and for a number of years 
was one of the largest manufacturers of 
brick in eastern Pennsylvania, giving 
employment to over 500 hands in Read- 
ing and vicinity and at Birdsboro, Pa. 
Was a member of the Common Council 
of the city of Reading, elected as a Re- 
publican, representing the Third Ward, 
1869-1871, Fourth Ward, 1880-1882, and 
again the Third Ward, 1884-1886. Was 
also Constable of Reading (Southern Dis- 
trict) 1865-1866, when the city had but 
two Constables. Is prominent in Masonry 
and accompanied the first pilgrimage to 
the Pacific Coast in 18S3. Was one of the 
projectors of the Reading and South- 
western Street Railway Company in 
1890 and a Director for a number of 
years; is a Director in the Reading Cold 
Storage and Ice Company, a Director of 
the Reading National Bank, and inter- 
ested in a number of local business and 
manufacturing enterprises. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

PROPER, John Floyil: 

Oil producer; son of Hon. John A. Prop- 
er and Sarah A. Grove Proper; was born 
in Forest County, March 11, 1858; educat- 
ed at the Randolph Seminary, New 
York, and Dickinson Seminary, Pennsyl- 
vania. Began the study of law with 
Hon. S. D. Irwin, but drifted off to sur- 
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of the well known Proper Oil Company. 
In 1893, went to Colorado, where he be- 
came largely interested in the gold mines 
at Cripple Creek. After a few years resi- 
dence in Denver, returned to Pennsyl- 
vania in 1S97. Was married to Miss An- 
na Jackson of Warren, Pa., in 18S7. Has 
one son, Curtis. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

PROPER, Oliver W.: 

Senior member of the Proper Oil Com- 
pany; son of Hon. John A. Proper and 
Sarah Grove Proper; was born at Prop- 
er's Mills, Forest County, Aug. 6, 1853. 
Educated at an Academy at McKeesport, 
Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, and at 
Iron City College. In 1867, removed with 
his parents to Tionesta, where he has 
since resided. When quite young became 
interested in the lumber business with 
his father, Judge Proper, also in the pro- 
duction of oil. Has successfully conduct- 
ed his interests as an oil producer, and 
has now extensive interests in Forest, 
Warren and Venango Counties. Is a 
member of the Proper Oil Company, 
which is one of the largest in western 
Pennsylvania. Has interests in the gold 
mines at Cripple Creek, Dawson City and 
the headwaters of the Amazon river. 
Was instrumental in getting the Tion- 
esta Mantle Manufacture established in 
Tionesta, in 1897, which has greatly ad- 
vanced the interests of Forest County. 
Was Superintendent of the establishment 
for fourteen months. Address, Tionesta, 
Pa. 

PRO WELL,, George R.: 

Educator, journalist; born in York, Pa., 
Dec. 12, 1849; received his primary edu- 
cation at the public schools, and was 
graduated from the University of Woos- 
ter, Ohio; married, Stamford. Conn., 1875, 
Virginia Dean. Has occupied the posi- 
tions of principal at several high schools, 
Superintendent of public schools at Han- 
over, Pa., and has been editor and cor- 
respondent to several journals. Member 
of Pennsylvania Historical Society, Co- 
lumbia Historical Society, Washington; 
National Geographic Society. Author of 
"History of York County, Pa." 1885; 
"History of West Jersey," 1887; "His- 
tory of Wilmington, Del.," 1S89; "History 
of the Eighty-seventh Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers." 1900; "George 
Washington and Continental Congress," 
1901; "History of the Seventy-first Penn- 
sylvania Regiment," 1902; "F. V. Mel- 



sheimer, First American Entomologist," 
1903. Associate editor National Cyclo- 
paedia of American Biography, and Lamb's 
Biographical Dictionary of the United 
States. Address, York, Pa. 

PRLD'HOMME, Lucien Franklin: 

Commander, United States Navy; mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
Second Lieutenant Eleventh Pennsylva- 
nia Cavalry Oct. 12, 1861; First Lieuten- 
ant June 26, 1864; honorably discharged 
Sept. 2, 1864. Assistant Professor (Civil) 
United States Naval Academy Sept. 15, 
1866; Professor July 1, 1872; head of De- 
partment of Modern Languages, July 1, 
1876; Professor (Lieutenant) United States 
Navy May 20, 1881; retired (Commander) 
Sept. 1, 1896. Elected Jan. 4, 1871. Ad- 
dress, 4 Maryland Ave., Annapolis, Md. 

PRUNER, E. J.: 

President of the Farmers' and Mer- 
chants' National Bank. Address, Tyrone, 
Blair County, Pa. 

I'lGH, Charles E.: 

Railroad manager, Second Vice Presi- 
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad since 
1S97; born in Unionville, Chester County, 
Pa., Feb. 25, 1841; his entire railway 
service has been with the Pennsylvania 
Railroad; beginning Oct. 1, 1859, he was 
station agent, Newport; passenger con- 
ductor, 1862; train dispatcher, Philadel- 
phia division, 1862-1870; general agent, 
Philadelphia, 1870-1879; General Superin- 
tendent at Altoona, 1879-1882; General 
Manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
system east of Erie and Pittsburg, 1882- 
1893; Third Vice President, 1893-1897. Ad- 
dress, 109 Broad St. Station, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

PLGH, Edward Fox: 

Lawyer; born Doylestown, Pa., May 
30, 1847; was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, B. A., 1867; M. 
A., 1870; admitted to the bar of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1870, and to the United States Su- 
preme Court 1877; has practiced chiefly in 
Philadelphia; married, April 27, 1882, 
Alice Hannum Cresson. Editor of fifth 
edition (1886) and sixth edition (1896) 
Dunlap's Book of Forms. Author of "Me- 
moir of Edward Fox" (1888), "Forms of 
Procedure in Admiralty" (1890 and 1903), 
etc. Resides in Philadelphia, and in 
Wayne, Delaware County, Pa. 



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PUCH, James L.: 

Lawyer; born in Somerset County, Pa., 
Aug. 14, 1S44. Living on a farm he at- 
tended school in the intervals of farm 
labor, and began teaching in the public 
schools when only fourteen years of 
age. In 1S62 he enlisted as a private 
in the 133d Regiment of Pennsylvania 
Volunteers, and was engaged in some of 
the hardest battles of the Virginia cam- 
paigns. At Fredericksburg he received 
three wounds. When his term of en- 
listment ended, he enlisted again in the 
204th Regiment and served till the end of 
the war. Not yet twenty-one when the 
war ended, he resumed his old work as a 
teacher, attended the State Normal 
School at Millersville, and in 1870 was ap- 
pointed School Superintendent for the 
county of Somerset. After two years in 
this position he began the study of law 
in the University of Michigan, where he 
was graduated in 1874. Admitted to the 
Somerset bar May 4, 1874, he began to 
practice, and in 1875, was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney. In 1887 and again in 1S89 
he was elected to the State Legislature, 
where he made an excellent record as 
a law-maker. Since the expiration of 
his term he has been actively engaged in 
practice, having a large Orphans' Court 
and commercial law business. Address, 
Somerset, Pa. 

PUHL,, John E.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives; born in Brooklyn, New- 
York, March 13, 1870; moved to Philadel- 
phia when he was four years old; educat- 
ed in the public schools of that city; at 
present is head of a wholesale drug 
firm. Republican in politics. He was 
elected a member of the House of Rep- 
resentatives of Pennsylvania in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Member of the committees on 
Corporation Accounts. Geological Survey, 
Iron and Coal, and Public Health and 
Sanitation. He is Vice President of the 
Garfield Republican Club; member of the 
Stuart Republican Club, Mutual Repub- 
lican Club of Thirteenth Ward. Eigh- 
teenth Ward Republican Club. Progress 
Lodge 609 F. A. M., Jerusalem Chapter 
No. 3 R. A. M., Philadelphia Command- 
ery No. 2, K. T., Lu Lu Temple, A. A. O. 
N. M. S., Knights of the Golden Eagle, 
Philadelphia Aerie No. 24, F. O. E. ; Am- 
erican Mechanics, Foresters of America, 
Philadelphia Rifle Club, and Philadelphia 
Lodge No. 2, B. P. O. Elks. Address, 
1039 North Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



PURDY, George S.: 

Jurist; born in Paupack Township, 
Wayne County, Jan. 24, 1839, being a de- 
scendant on both sides of Baptist minis- 
ters residing in that county. He was 
educated in the public schools, and taught 
for four years, part of this time as 
principal of the Providence graded school. 
He was afterward bookkeeper in tanner- 
ies at Ledgedale and Middle Valley; was 
Commissioner's Clerk from 1866 to 1S76, 
meanwhile reading law and obtaining ad- 
mission to the bar in 1873. He began 
practice in 1S76, showing an ability that 
soon gave him a leading position at the 
county bar. In his first contest for the 
Judgeship he was defeated, but in 1893 
the Democrats of Pike and Wayne 
Counties united in again nominating him, 
and he was then elected without oppo- 
sition, his opponent withdrawing from the 
contest. And was re-elected, without 
opposition, to succeed himself in 1903. In 
addition to his judicial duties, Judge 
Purdy is concerned in several extensive 
business enterprises. Address, Honesdale, 
Pa. 

PUR YES, G. C.J 

President of the Philadelphia Saving 
Fund Society. Address, Seventh and 
Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PIRVIANCE, George: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant 134th Pennsylvania in- 
fantry Aug. 7, 1S62; Sergeant Major Aug. 
20, 1S62; discharged for promotion Dec. 
31, 1S62. First Lieutenant and Adjutant 
134th Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 1, 1863; 
honorably mustered out May 26, 1S63. 
Elected May 6, 1891. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

PUSEY, Fred Taylor: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Delaware County, 
born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 3, 1872; 
attended public school in Chester County, 
and completed his education at the 
Friends' Central School,' Philadelphia; 
moved to Delaware County in 18SS, and 
lived on a farm; studied law and was 
admitted to Philadelphia bar in Febru- 
ary, 1S94; is also a member of the Dela- 
ware County bar; is engaged in active 
practice of the law in both counties, and 
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licitor for the borough of Lansdowne, 
1899-1900; has been active in the National 
Guard of Pennsylvania for many years, 
and has been adjutant of the First 
Regiment since 1S96; is a member of the 
Union League and other organizations; 
was President of the Law Academy of 
Philadelphia in 1S97; elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, Lansdowne, Pa. 

PYLE, Walter Lytle: 

Physician, medical editor, and author; 
born Philadelphia Dec. 20, 1S71; son of 
William J. and Sarah Lane (Thomas) 
Pyle; educated Central High School, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; A. B., 18S8; A 
M.. 1893; M. D., 1893; married, April 11, 
1S9S, Adelaide Besson. Resident Physi- 
cian Emergency Hospital, Washington, 
1S93-1S94; post-graduate study in Europe, 
1S95-1896; now practicing as an oculist in 
Philadelphia. Member of the American 
Ophthalmological Society, American Med- 
ical Association, Pennsylvania State Med- 
ical Society, Philadelphia County Medical 
Society, Fellow of the American Acade- 
my of Medicine, College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia, Assistant Surgeon to Wills 
Eye Hospital. Clubs are Union League 
Art Club, Medical Club, Theta Delta Chi 
fraternity. Author of "A Manual of Per- 
sonal Hygiene," 1900, (second edition, 
1904); also with Dr. George M. Gould, 
"Diseases of the Eye," 1S99; "Cyclope- 
dia of Practical Medicine and Surgery," 
1900; "Anomalies and Curiosities of Med- 
icine," 1S98; editor of International Med- 
ical Magazine, 1898. Has written numer- 
ous monographs and special articles on 
ophthalmology, general medicine, medical 
sociology and medical bibliography Ad- 
dress. 1806 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 



QUAIL, Chas. E.: 

Senator; was born in Baltimore, Md 
in October, 1841. He served as a soldier 
during the Civil War for two years and 
ten months, until the surrender of Gen 
Lee at Appomattox. After the close of 
the war he entered the Maryland Uni- 
versity Medical College, from which in- 
stitution he graduated in 1867. He com- 
menced his practice in the medical pro- 
fession. In 1868 he removed to Auburn 
Schuylkill County. He also entered into 
the drug business in Auburn in 1892. He 
has been a member of both County and 



State Medical Associations. He is favor- 
ably known as a physician of skill and 
learning; served one term as Coroner of 
Schuylkill County. He owns an excellent 
farm in West Brunswick Township, and 
valuable real estate in Auburn. Mar- 
ried, in 1867, to Emma C. Weishapuple, of 
Baltimore. To them have been born five 
children: Charles E., Foster K., E. Lulu, 
Flora J., and Charles. His sons are all 
deceased, and his two daughters are 
married. He is at present serving a term 
as State Senator of Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, 275 Briggs St., Auburn, Pa. 

QUAY, Matthew Stanley: 

United States Senator; born at Dills- 
burg, York County, Pa., Sept. 30, 1S33. 
He was the son of a Presbyterian clergy- 
man, who left York County when his 
son was six years of age, going to Pitts- 
burg and thence to Beaver County, 
which has since been Senator Quay's 
headquarters. He received his educa- 
tion in Jefferson College, graduating at 
seventeen, and at once beginning the 
study of law in the office of Judge Ster- 
rett at Pittsburg. During his interval of 
legal study he spent nearly a year in the 
South, where he lectured and taught 
school in Texas. Returning home and 
resuming his law studies, he was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1S54, and 1855 was 
appointed Prothonotary of Beaver County, 
an office to which he was elected in 1855* 
and again in 1S59. When the Civil War be- 
gan he resigned from this office and en- 
listed in the Tenth Pennsylvania Re- 
serves, in which he was soon made First 
Lieutenant, and shortly after was ap- 
pointed by Governor Curtin Commissary 
General, with the rank of Lieutenant 
Colonel. In this position he showed such 
high efficiency that the Governor made 
him his private secretary. After serv- 
ing a year in this capacity, in August, 
1882, he went to the front as Colonel of 
the 134th Pennsylvania Infantry, spending 
some months in active service; he was 
then attacked by typhoid fever, and so 
reduced in health that his friends in- 
sisted on his resigning his commission- 
yet after his discharge from the service 
he took part as a volunteer in the bat- 
tle of Fredericksburg and displayed such 
gallantry that he was awarded the Con- 
gressional medal of honor. His next 
employments were as Military State 
Agent at Washington, and as Military 
Secretary to the Governor, and in 1864 
he was elected to the Legislature for 



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Washington and Beaver Counties, serv- 
ing in that body for several terms. In 
1S68 he began his special political career 
as Secretary of the Republican State 
Central Committee. Possessed of a na- 
tive taste for journalism, he had proposed 
during his boyhood trip to the South to 
start a Union newspaper in Louisiana, 
and in 1869 he established the Beaver 
Radical, which under his skillful and able 
control soon gained a leading place among 
the political papers of the State. He 
took a prominent part in the contest, 
which led to the election as Governor of 
John F. Hartranft, and was in conse- 
quence appointed Secretary of State for 
Pennsylvania, holding this position from 
1872 to 1878, and subsequently from 1879 
to 1882. In the interval between these 
two terms he held the position of Re- 
corder of Philadelphia. By this time Mr. 
Quay had become very prominent in the 
councils of the Republican Party, and 
w r hen, in 1887, he was nominated for 
State Treasurer, he was elected by near- 
ly 50,000 majority. The highest honor 
the State could confer on him came in 
18S7, when he was elected to the United 
States Senate, an exalted position which 
he has since retained. As Senator his 
influence and power in the councils of 
his party became assured and he has 
since then held an absolute control over 
the political actions of the Republicans 
of Pennsylvania, despite all efforts to de- 
prive him of this power. After his elec- 
tion to the Senate he was made Chair- 
man of the Republican National Commit- 
tee and of the Executive Committee of 
that body, and had charge of the party 
canvass which led to the election of Gen. 
Harrison to the Presidency. In the Na- 
tional Convention of 1S96 he received the 
solid vote of the Pennsylvania delegation, 
and a number of votes from other States 
for the Presidential nomination. As 
a member of the Senate he, while not 
much given to speech making, has made 
himself one of the most prominent and 
best known of our national legislators, 
and no man in the United States has a 
wider reputation than Senator Quay. In 
1899 he failed to be re-elected and was 
tried for misappropriation of public funds 
while Recorder of Philadelphia, but was 
acquitted, and was subsequently appoint- 
ed United States Senator by Governor 
Stone. This appointment was rejected 
in the Senate in 1900, but he was subse- 
quently elected, and still occupies his 
seat in the Senate, though affirming his 



intention to retire at the close of his 
present term. What is called the "politi- 
cal machine" has reached its highest de- 
velopment in Senator Quay's able hands, 
and he is still the autocrat of the party 
in Pennsylvania. Address, Beaver, Pa. 

QIAY, Kit-hard R.: 

Capitalist; born in Pennsylvania; son 
of Senator M. S. Quay. Address, Beaver, 
Pa. 

tiUEEN', Emmet: 

President of the Great Lakes Coal Com- 
pany; born in 1854 in Queenstown, Pa., 
and in the early seventies became active- 
ly interested in oil. He was a success- 
ful operator and in 1883 associated him- 
self with J. M. and W. S. Guffey, and is 
still active in the oil business, the firm 
being now Guffey & Queen. In 1902 as- 
sociated himself with a number of the 
prominent partners of the Carnegie Steel 
Company in the formation of the company 
of which he is now President. Prepara- 
tions were made for the opening of the 
mines and the accommodation of the 
workman, and to-day it is one of the 
most important independent coal enter- 
prises of western Pennsylvania. Address, 
Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

<il IX\\ Arthur Hobson: 

Author, educator; born in Philadelphia, 
Feb. 0, 1875; was graduated from the 
University of Pennsylvania, B. S., 1894; 
studied modern philology at University 
of Munich, 1897-1898; also in graduate 
school. University of Pennsylvania, Ph. 
D., 1899; Instructor of Mathematics, 1894- 
1895. English since 1895, University of 
Pennsylvania. Member of (Secretary 
Pennsylvania Delta Chapter) Phi Beta 
Kappa, Beta Theta Pi. Member of Fac- 
ulty and Writeabout Clubs; Secretary 
Association of Colleges and Preparatory 
Schools of Middle States and Maryland. 
Author of "Pennsylvania Stories." Editor 
(with introductions and notes), George 
Eliot's Silas Marner, "The Faire Maide of 
Bristow" (reprint from quarto of 1605). 
Address, College Hall, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



KAHAVSER, Joseph P.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Franklin County; 
was born in Antrim Township, that 
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lie schools of his native township, in F. G. 
Ziegler's select school, Greencastle, and in 
the Millersville State Normal School; 
taught in the public schools for five years; 
later on entered the hardware and im- 
I plement business with his brother, under 
t the firm name of J. P. Rahauser & Broth- 
er, at Greencastle, in which they were 
; engaged about twelve years; subsequently 
\ followed the occupation of growing apples 
and peaches. Is now and has always 
been Republican, but never held any po- 
j litical position until he was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Greencastle, Pa. 

RAKER, J. H.: 

Pastor Lutheran Church; born Raker, 
Pa., Jan. 1, 1863; educated at Neff College 
of Oratory, Philadelphia, Pa., and Muhl- 
enberg College, Allentown, Pa.; also pub- 
lic schools, Lutheran Theological Semi- 
nary, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. Taught 
public school; pastor of St. John's Lu- 
theran Church, Pen Argyl, Pa., 1892 to 
1897; Trinity Lutheran Church, Lebanon, 
Pa., 1897 to 1900; Superintendent Luther- 
an Orphans' Home, Topton, Pa., since 
1900. Married D. Estella Weiser, of 
Lebanon, Pa., June 5, 1899. Was one 
of the State Speakers in 1889, when the 
amendment of the Constitution was be- 
fore the people of the State. Raised over 
$13,000 in less than one month's time for 
the debt on Orphans' Home. (Bryan) 
Prohibitionist. Address, Lutheran Or- 
phans' Home, Topton, Pa. 



RALSTON, Robert: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, March 11, 
1S63; educated in the Episcopal Academy 
of Philadelphia, and after graduation in 
1878 entered the service of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company. A year later 
he accepted a position in the Reading 
Iron "Works, and in 1882 began the study 
of law. He entered the University of 
Pennsylvania Law School in 1883. gradu- 
ating and obtaining admission to the Phil- 
adelphia bar in 1885; since then he has 
been an active and successful practitioner. 
In 192 he was appointed Assistant United 
States District Attorney, holding this po- 
sition with much credit for four years. 
He was elected a First Lieutenant in the 
Third Regiment National Guards in 1893, 
and in 1895 succeeded Edward Morrell as 
Colonel of the regiment. In his legal 
career Colonel Ralston has conducted 
many cases of leading importance and 
has been an author on legal subjects, his 



essays including "Sales of Individual In- 
terest in Personal Property" and "Dis- 
charge of Contract," while he has edited 
"Mitchell's Lectures on Real Estate," 
"Adams' Equity," and "Field's General 
Practice." Among his public duties is 
that of Secretary of the Gynecean Hos- 
pital. Address, 5900 Woodbine Ave., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

RAMBO, Ormond: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 1, 1859, in Phila- 
delphia. He received his early education 
at Chester, Pa., in private schools. When 
he was nine years of age his family re- 
moved to Philadelphia, and here he was 
graduated from the High School in 1878. 
Upon graduating he entered the office 
of J. A. Bowman, and began the study 
of law, and was admitted to the bar of 
Philadelphia Oct. 9, 1881, and two years 
later to practice in the Supreme and 
United States Courts. He was at one 
time Captain of Company B, Third Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania National Guard, but 
professional duties compelled him to re- 
sign. He has always taken an active 
interest in educational matters, and is 
a Dircetor of the public schools of Phila- 
delphia. On Oct. 4, 1887, he married 
Miss Ida L. Kennedy, daughter of Amos 
D. Kennedy, a retired builder and real 
estate dealer of Philadelphia. Address, 
608 Penn Mutual Building, Philadelphia. 

RAMSAY, Francis M.: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; born 
in the District of Columbia. Appointed 
Midshipman from Pennsylvania, Oct. 5, 
1S50; Naval Academy, 1850-1851; practice- 
ship Preble, 1851; frigate St. Lawrence, 
Pacific Squadron, 1851-1855; Naval Acad- 
emy, 1855-1856. Promoted to Passed Mid- 
shipman, June, 1856; sloop Falmouth, 
Brazil Squadron, 1857. Appointed Act- 
ing Master, June 24, 1857; steam frigate 
Merrimac, Pacific Squadron, 1857-1860. 
Promoted to Master, Jan. 22, 1858; pro- 
moted to Lieutenant, Jan. 23, 1858; ord- 
nance duty, Navy Yard, Washington. D. 
C, I860; sloop Saratoga, African Squad- 
ron, 1860-1862. Promoted to Lieutenant 
Commander, July 16, 1862; commanding 
ironclad Choctaw, and Third Division of 
Mississippi Squadron, 1863-1864; com- 
manding Unadilla, North Atlantic Squad- 
ron, 1864-1865; engagements with Fort 
Fisher, N. C, and in 1865 several en- 
gagements with Fort Anderson, Va. ; 
Naval Academy, in charge of Depart- 
ment of Gunnery, 1S65-1866. Promoted 



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to Commander, July 25, 1866; naviga- 
tion duty, Navy Yard, "Washington, D. C, 
1866-1S67; Fleet Captain and Chief of 
Staff, South Atlantic Squadron, flagship, 
Guerriere, 1867-1869; ordnance duty, Navy 
Yard, Washington, 1869-1S72; Bureau of 
Ordnance, 1872; Naval Attache, London, 
1872-73; commanding Ossipee (third rate), 
North Atlantic Station, 1S74-1875; Naval 
Asylum, Philadelphia, 1S75-1S76; Inspect- 
or of Ordnance, New York, 1S76-1878; 
promoted to Captain, December, 1S77; in 
charge of Torpedo Station, 1S7S-1S81; 
commanding Trenton, flagship, European 
Station, 1881; Superintendent of Naval 
Academy, 18S1-1S86; Board for Examina- 
tion of Officers for Promotion, 1SS6-1S87; 
commanding Boston, 1SS7-1SS9; Com- 
mandant Navy Yard, New York, Feb. 
to Nov., 1889. Promoted to Commodore, 
March, 1889; Chief of Bureau of Naviga- 
tion, from Nov. 1, 1S99, to April 5, 1897. 
Promoted to Rear Admiral, April, 1S94. 
Transferred to retired list, April 5, 
1S97. Address, 1923 N St. N. W., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
RAMSEY, John Everton: 

Banker; born near Oxford, Pa., July 
10, 1853; son of James Reid and Mary 
(Dickey) Ramsey; Scotch-Irish origin; at- 
tended the public school of his district 
and was fitted for college at the Ox- 
ford Academy; entered Princton in 1871. 
Left at the close of Sophomore year to 
engage in business. Cashier of the Na- 
tional Bank of Oxford for some twenty 
years and is now Vice President; Treas- 
urer and member of Board of Trustees of 
Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pa.; a 
Director of Chester County Trust Com- 
pany, West Chester, Pa. Member of the 
Princeton Club of Philadelphia, Presby- 
terian Social Union of Philadelphia, etc. 
Married June 7, 1SSS, to Emma Eugenie 
Alexander of New Wilmington, Pa., a 
daughter of Rev. Josiah Alexander. Ad- 
dress. Swarthmore, Pa. 

RAMSEY, W. W.l 

Cashier of the German National Bank, 
Pittsburg, Pa., with which institution he 
remained for fifteen years, reaching the 
position of assistant cashier. In 1899 he 
resigned to accept the position of cashier. 
In 1902 was honored with Chairmanship 
of Group 8 of the Pennsylvania Bankers' 
Association. Address, 5800 Walnut St., 
E. Pittsburg, Pa. 

RAND, Theodore Dehon: 

Scientist; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 
16, 1836; son of Benjamin H., and Eleanor 



S. Rand; educated at Episcopal Academy; 
attended Polytechnic College; admitted 
to the bar, 1S58; practiced law; married, 
March 10, 1S64, M. Elizabeth Belrose. 
Engaged as amateur in scientific work, 
chiefly in mineralogy and geology; has 
published a number of papers on these 
branches, and has lectured before scien- 
tific bodies. Fellow American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science; 
Director Mineralogical and Geological 
Secretary Academy of Natural Sciences; 
Vice President Franklin Institute. Mem- 
ber of the American Philosophical Socie- 
ty; Treasurer of the American Institute of 
Mining Engineers for many years. Ad- 
dress, Radnor, Delaware County, Pa. 

RAXDALL, Burton Alexander: 

Physician; born in Annapolis, Md.. 
Sept. 21, 185S; son of Alexander and 
Elizabeth Randall. Graduated (saluta- 
torian) from St. John's College, Annapo- 
lis, in the class of 1877, with the degree 
of A. M. after a post-graduate course, 
1SS0; was graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, in 
1880. Ph. D., same in course auxiliary to 
medicine; married, May 30, 1S93, Emma 
F. Leavitt, Assistant Demonstrator of 
Histology, Medical Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1880-1882; eye 
and ear surgeon to Episcopal Hospital, 
1882-1S91; same to Children's Hospital, 
1885; Professor of Ear Diseases, Philadel- 
phia Polyclinic, 1SSS-1902; Clinical Pro- 
fessor Ear Diseases, University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1S91; eye and ear surgeon, 
Methodist Hospital, 1896-1901; member of 
American Ophthalmological Society. Am- 
erican Otological Society; College of Phy- 
sicians of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia 
County Medical Society, Pennsylvania 
State Medical Society, American Medical 
Association, Philadelphia Pathological So- 
ciety. Joint author of "Photographic Il- 
lustration of the Anatomy of the Ear," 
1887; "American Text-book of Diseases of 
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat," 1899: 
wrote "Refraction of the Eye," Ameri- 
can Journal of Medical Sciences, July, 
1S85, etc. Address, 1717 Locust St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

RANDALL, Charles A.: 

Born near Toronto, Can., Dec. 27, 1846; 
son of Edward B. and Mary A. King 
Randall, natives of Pennsylvania and of 
Quaker parentage. When quite young he 
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State and the Iowa State University. In 
1865 he went to the oil regions of Penn- 
sylvania, and in 1867 to Tionesta. In 
1S75 he was elected Justice of the Peace; 
in 1879 Sheriff of Forest County. Was a 
member of the Electoral College from 
the Twenty-fifth Congressional District in 
1884; was elected to the Assembly in 
1SS6 and re-elected in 1S88; has conducted 
the Rural House in Tionesta since 1S74. 
Was married in February, 1871, to Miss 
Mary A. Hansor; he is a member of the 
F. and A. M. and of the I. O. O. F. Dur- 
ing the war was employed in the Post 
Quartermaster's Department, Nashville, 
Tenn. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

KAMI ALL, Edmnnd: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant 116th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, July 8, 1S62; honorably 
discharged, Jan. 27, 1S63; elected Nov. 
12, 1S90. Address, 607 Hale Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

RANDALL, Howard E.: 

Physician and school principal; born 
Sept. 27, 1859, at Brownsburg. Bucks 
County, Pa.; educated in the public 
schools in that district; was graduated 
from First Pennsylvania State Normal 
School at Millersville. Pa., scientific 
course, in 1887; taught five years in the 
above named institution. Was gradu- 
ated from Hahnemann Medical College 
in 1S89; practiced his profession for sev- 
eral years; later served as assistant 
principal of Palmer's College, Philadel- 
phia. Pa., and as assistant manager 
of the Central Educational Bureau, Phil- 
adelphia; established the Randall School, 
Betz Building. Philadelphia, of which 
institution he is still principal. Mem- 
ber of St. Johns Lodge No. 115 F. and 
A. M. ; Lancaster Lodge No. 67 I. O. 
O. F., Citizens' Corps. Naval Post No. 
400 G. A. R., and Homeopathic Medical 
Society, County of Philadelphia. Office, 
920 Betz Building, Philadelphia, Pa.; res- 
idence, Southampton, Pa. 

RANDOLPH. AVallace F.: 

Major General United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
private Company F, Seventeenth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, April 18 to June, 1S61; 
Second Lieutenant Fifth Artillery, May 
14, 1861; First Lieutenant, March, 1862; 
Captain. July 28, 1866; Major Third Ar- 
tillery, April 25, 1SS8; Lieutenant Colonel, 



March S, 1898; Brigadier General Volun- 
teers, May 27, 1898; was honorably dis- 
charged from Volunteers, Nov. 30, 1898; 
Colonel First Artillery, Oct. 17, 1899; Ar- 
tillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901. Assigned a3 
Chief of Artillery, April 9, 1901; Briga- 
dier General Chief of Artillery, Feb. 27, 
1903; Major General, Jan. 22, 1904; bre- 
vetted Captain, June 14, 1863, for gallant 
and meritorious services in the defence of 
Winchester, Va., and Major, March 13, 
1865, for good conduct and gallant ser- 
vices during the war. Address, 1317 New 
Hampshire Ave., N. W., Washington, 
D. C. 

RANEY, James A.: 

President of the Mahoningtown Bank. 
Address, Mahoningtown, Lawrence Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

RAMv, Daniel W.: 

Lawyer and soldier; born in Union 
County, Pa., Feb. 16, 1835. He read law 
in the office of Robert Hawley, Muncey, 
Pa., and was admitted to the bar of Ly- 
coming County in 1S59; he practiced at 
Millersburg till the outbreak of the war 
in 1861, when he entered the army as 
First Lieutenant of Company M, Seventh 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry. He 
served throughout the war, being pro- 
moted Aug. 31, 1S64, Assistant Adjutant 
General in the First Brigade of the Sec- 
ond Division of Cavalry; he afterward 
commanded the detachment which guard- 
ed Sherman's transportation line. After 
the war he returned to his legal practice, 
and in 1872 removed to Scranton, where 
he was appointed District Attorney of 
the Mayor's Court. He married in 1872 
Mary C. McKune, daughter of the Mayor 
of Scranton, and has since continued to 
practice in Lackawanna Couty. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 

RANKIN, George H.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg in 1869; his 
parents were members of old Allegheny 
County families on both sides. He was 
educated in the public schools of the 
city and is a graduate of the Pittsburg 
High School; after graduation he entered 
the employ of the H. C. Frick Coke Com- 
pany, but later left that company to finish 
his education at the University of Vir- 
ginia; he studied law under the late John 
B. Minor, LL. D., and in 1S94' finished 
his law course at the University of Penn- 
sylvania. In the fall of that year he was 
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County bar, since which time he has de- 
voted all his time to the practice of the 
law on the civil side in the County, Su- 
preme and Superior and United States 
Courts. Address, Frick Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

RAPP, Eli M.: 

Superintendent of the Public Schools of 
Berks County, Pa.; born in Oley Town- 
ship, March 20, 1865; was educated in 
the public schools, Oley Academy. Key- 
stone State Normal School, and Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania; taught in the pub- 
lic schools for fourteen years; teacher of 
the Fleetwood High School in 1S90; in 
1S91 supervising principal of the Ham- 
burg schools; County Superintendent, 
1S96-1902. Active member of the Penn- 
sylvania Educational Association and the 
National Educational Association. Ad- 
dress, Hamburg, Pa. 

RAUDENBUSH, Abraham S., M, L».; 

Born July 24, 1841, in Salfordville, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa. ; educated in the 
public schools and entered Freeland Sem- 
inary, Collegeville, in 1859. Studied medi- 
cine with Drs. Keeler and Groff in Har- 
leysville, Pa., and was graduated from 
the Jefferson Medical College. Philadel- 
phia, with the class of 1S64; practiced 
medicine in Adamstown, Pa., eighteen 
years; removed to the city of Reading 
in 1882, where he has since practiced 
his profession. Address, Reading, Pa. 

RAVEXEL, Mazyck Poreher: 

Bacteriologist; born in Pendleton, S. C. ; 
son of Henry Edmund and Selina E. 
Ravenel; was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of the South, and soon after took 
a course in medicine. Married, October, 
1898, to Jennie Carlisle Boyd of Phila- 
delphia; appointed bacteriologist State 
Live Stock Sanitary Board of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1896. Member American Philo- 
sophical Society, American Public Health 
Association, American Society Patholo- 
gists and Bacteriologists, Philadelphia 
Pathological Society, South Carolina Hu- 
guenot Society. Has published numerous 
papers on medical and bacteriological 
subjects, especially on tuberculosis and 
rabies. Address, Swarthmore, Pa. 

RAWLE, J nines: 

Car manufacturer; born in Lancaster, 
Pa., Nov. 15, 1842; descendant of James 
Rawle, who emigrated to Philadelphia in 
16S6, while his grandfather, William 



Rawle, was a friend and counsellor of 
Washington. He graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1861, and be- 
came an engineer in the Pennsylvania 
Railroad service, aiding in the construc- 
tion of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad; 
he was then engineer of construction at 
the Sunbury shops till 1865, and at Wil- 
liamsport till 1S72. In 1S72 he became 
one-third owner of the J. G. Brill Car 
Works, which, as the J. G. Brill Company, 
now does a very large business in the 
building of street railway cars and has 
an extensive plant in West Philadelphia. 
He has been a member of the First City 
Troop since 1SS1, and has served as First 
Lieutenant; also member of the Histori- 
cal Society and various clubs. Address, 
"Castlefinn," Radnor, Delaware County, 
Pa. 

RAWLE, Willinm Brooke: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 
29, 1S43, being the eldest son of Charles 
Wallace Brooke, deceased, by his first 
wife, Elizabeth Tilghman. daughter of 
the well known lawyer, William Rawle 
(the younger), granddaughter of the cel- 
ebrated jurist, Edward Tilghman, who is 
remembered as one of the "Leaders of 
the Old Bar of Philadelphia," and great 
granddaughter of Benjamin Chew, Chief 
Justice of Pennsylvania before the Revo- 
lution. Mr. Brooke was a member of the 
Philadelphia bar, who attained a high 
place thereat for his ability and bril- 
liancy, but died in 1849 at the early age 
of thirty-six years. His father, Robert 
Brooke, son of Captain John Brooke of 
the Revolutionary Army, was well known 
as a surveyor and civil engineer in Phil- 
adelphia, and his mother was a daughter 
of Colonel (afterward General) Andrew 
Porter of the Revolutionary Army. The 
subject of this sketch was educated in 
the best schools of his native city, en- 
tered the University of Pennsylvania in 
the fall of 1859, and was graduated there- 
from as Bachelor of Arts, July 3, 1S63, 
having received during his senior year 
leave of absence from the college authori- 
ties to enter the army, and taking his 
degree while actually engaged in the 
battle of Gettysburg. He received his 
degree as Master of Arts, July 3, 1S66. 
He entered the army during the War of 
the Rebellion as Second Lieutenant in the 
Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, 
and served continuously with the Army 
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attaining the lineal rank of Captain, and 
being- brevetted Major and Lieutenant 
Colonel for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices at the battle of Hatcher's Run, and 
in the campaign terminating with Lee's 
surrender at Appomattox Court House, 
respectively. Upon his discharge from 
the army, declining a commission in the 
Seventh United States Cavalry, he began 
the study of law with his uncle, the late 
William Henry Rawle, and was admitted 
to practice at the Philadelphia bar May 
IS, 1S67, shortly before which, by legal 
authority, he assumed the name of Wil- 
liam Brooke Rawle in lieu of William 
Rawle Brooke. He was associated in 
practice with Mr. Rawle until the death 
of the latter in 1889, when he succeeded 
him at the head of the law office which 
had been established in 1783 by his great 
grandfather, William Rawle (the elder), 
one of the greatest lawyers of his time. 
Colonel Brooke Rawle was one of the 
earliest members of the Pennsylvania 
Commandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion of the United States, and 
one of the organizers of the Pennsylvania 
Society of Sons of the Revolution. Ad- 
dress, 211 South Sixth St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

RAY, Frank P.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Crawford County; 
born near Quincy. 111., July 30, 1838; re- 
moved to Clarion County, Pa., in 1848; 
began teaching school when seventeen 
years of age. In 1858 he entered Alle- 
gheny College, Meadville, and was grad- 
uated in the class of 1862; in April, 1861, 
he enlisted in Jefferson County, where 
he was teaching, in Company K, Eighth 
Pennsylvania Regiment, and served under 
General Patterson in the Valley campaign 
of 1861. He was admitted to the Craw- 
ford County bar in July, 1862; he went 
West and was admitted to practice in the 
■courts of Illinois in February, 1863; he 
returned to Pennsylvania in the latter 
part of 1864, and in 1865 began the prac- 
tice of law at ivieadville, where he has 
since remained. He served as District 
Attorney in 1869 by appointment; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Meadville, Pa. 

RAY, John A.: 

President of the Washington National 
Bank of Burgettstown, Pa.; born at 
Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., 
June 2, 1S65; educated at the public 



schools at above place. He entered the 
employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company at the age of fifteen as tele- 
graph operator and was promoted rapidly 
to train dispatcher, chief train dispatcher, 
and division operator. After nineteen 
years service he entered the employ of 
Mr. John H. Jones, coal operator, of 
Pittsburg, Pa., as real estate and special 
agent. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

RAY, J. Milton: 

Manager of Manufacturing Indutsries 
of the Western Penitentiary of Pennsyl- 
vania; son of John Ray and Mary Ann 
Hall Ray; born in West Alexander, Pa., 
June 27, 1837; educated in the schools 
and academy of his native town. He 
was a private in Company C, 140th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 22, 
1S62; Sergeant, Sept. 4, 1S62; First Ser- 
geant, Sept. 23. 1863; Second Lieutenant 
to date Aug. 22, 1863, by an order from 
the War Department; First Lieutenant, 
Jan. 29, 1864; First Lieutenant and Ad- 
jutant, Dec. 10, 1S64; Captain, Dec. 13, 
1864; honorably mustered out to date 
May 31, 1865. He participated in all the 
important operations of the Second Corps, 
Army of the Potomac, at Chancellors- 
ville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine 
Run, Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Poe 
River, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, 
Totopotomy Creek, Cold Harbor, in front 
of Petersburg, Reame's Station, Deep 
Bottom Nos. 1 and 2, Hatcher's Run, 
Southerland Station, Sailor's Creek, and 
Farmville, Va., and was on the skirmish 
line when Lee surrendered to Grant, 
April 9, 1865. Member of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion since 1891; 
Colonel Encampment No. 1, U. V. L., 
1S91; Post Commander Duquesne Post 
259, G. A. R., 1896; Second Vice President 
Society of the Army of the Potomac, 
1899; President of the Second Corps Club 
in 1S9S. He removed to Pittsburg in 
1884 and was variously engaged until 
1890. when he became clerk of the West- 
ern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, and 
since 1897 Manager of Manufacturing In- 
dustries in the same institution. Mar- 
ried in 1869 Catherine Lucretia (McClain) 
Coen of Wheeling, W. Va. Address, Al- 
legheny, Pa. 

RAYMOND, Henry Warren: 

Born in New York City, Sept. 10, 1S47; 
son of Henry J. Raymond, editor and 
founder of the New York Times; edu- 
cated partly abroad; prepared for Yale 
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graduated from Tale in 1S69 with degree 
of A. B. ; won eight literary prizes and 
took first prize in broadsword contest; 
editor Tale Lit; member Skull and Bones; 
received degree of A. M. from Tale in 
1871, and LL. B. from Columbia in 1S71. 
He was in the law office of Scudder & 
Carter, New Tork, one year, and prac- 
ticed two years in Chicago. He began 
newspaper life as correspondent New Tork 
Times in 1S69, remaining three years as 
reporter and editor; on Evening Post as 
exchange editor and editorial writer, and 
on Brooklyn Union as law reporter and 
editorial writer; on Chicago Tribune four 
years as literary and musical editor; 
also as dramatic critic; proprietor and ed- 
itor Germantown Telegraph, 1SS3-1901; 
Board of Education lecturer in Xew Tork 
on naval topics. Member Blaine Exec- 
utive Committee in Chicago; Deputy 
Marshal United States twice; private sec- 
retary to Secretary of the Navy B. P. 
Tracy four years; appointed Solicitor State 
Department by President Harrison, but 
Senate adjourned without action; de- 
feated for Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy by Theodore Roosevelt. Member of 
Union League Club of Philadelphia. Chi- 
cago Literary Club, Science and Art Club 
of Germantown, Psi Upsilon Association 
of Philadelphia, Tale Alumni Association, 
Sons of the Revolution. Military Order 
of Foreign Wars of the United States. 
Married in 1S75. Address, Germantown, 
Pa. 

RAYMOND, John Carringrton: 

Captain United States Army: born in 
New Tork; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
cadet Military Academy, June 21, 1893; 
Additional Second Lieutenant Third Cav- 
alry. June 11, 1897; Second Lieutenant 
Sixth Cavalry. May 31. 1898; First Lieu- 
tenant, Feb. 2, 1901; Captain, March 21, 
1904. Address. Manila, P. I. 

REA. .Tames: 

Teacher; born at Gap, Lancaster County, 
Pa., Jan. 31, 1863; educated in the public 
schools, Coatesville Institute, Parkersburg 
Academy. Millersville Normal School, and 
Bryant and Stratton Business College of 
Philadelphia. For eight years a teacher 
in the College of Commerce, Philadel- 
phia: in 1893 accepted a position in Pack- 
ard Commercial School. New Tork City. 
President of New Tork Commercial 
Teachers' Association, 1S99-1900; associate 
author of "Packard's Bookkeeping." 
Member of Pennsylvania Society of New 



Tork, Presbyterian Union of New Tork, 
Patria Club, and Madison Square Repub- 
lican Club. Vice Principal, Director and 
Secretary-Treasurer of Packard Commer- 
cial School Company, and a Trustee of 
the Packard estate. Address, 101 East 
Twenty-third St., New Tork, N. T. 

REA, Samuel: 

Civil engineer; born in Hollidaysburg, 
Pa., Sept. 21, 1855; son of James D. and 
Ruth Rea; educated in common schools 
and academies; left school at an early 
age and entered engineering department 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad; locating 
and constructing engineer on various 
branches of the Pennsylvania Railroad; 
assistant engineer during construction 
chain suspension bridge, Pittsburg, and 
also on Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad; 
chief engineer construction belt line tun- 
nel under Baltimore for Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroad; again with Pennsylvania 
Railroad, 1892-1899. as assistant to Presi- 
dent. Married, Sept. 11, 1S79. Mary M. 
Black of Pittsburg. Was for a number 
of years a member of the New Tork Stock 
Exchange; member of Institution of Civil 
Engineers. London; American Society of 
Civil Engineers. Author of "The Rail- 
ways Terminating in London." Address, 
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. Pa. 

REACH, Alfred J.: 

Manufacturer; born in London, Eng- 
land, in 1840. His parents coming to 
America and settling on Long Island, he 
attended the public schools there; he be- 
came a newsboy in his early years, after- 
ward learning the foundry business. In 
his spare time he became a baseball 
player, and developed into one of the 
mose expert players in his section. In 
1S62, after the close of his apprentice- 
ship, he went to Philadelphia with the 
Eckford Baseball Club to play a series of 
games with the Quaker City teams, and 
was persuaded to remain in that city; 
he continued to play till 1S66, when he 
opened a sporting goods store on Chest- 
nut above Fourth Street, being the pioneer 
in this line of business in the country; 
his business grew large, and in 1SS0 he 
took Mr. B. F. Slube as a partner, engag- 
ing now in both manufacturing and sell- 
ing. In 1889 A. J. Reach & Co. sold their 
retail business to A. G. Spalding & Bros., 
since when they have been chiefly en- 
gaged in the manufacture of sporting 
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Club, and has since been connected with 
it as its President. During his earlier 
years he was one of the most proficient 
baseball players in the United States. 
Address, The Normandie, Philadelphia, Pa. 

READ, George H.: 

Paymaster United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania; clerk to Captain Per- 
cival Drayton and served on the Pocahon- 
tas and Pawnee from October, 1S61, to 
August, 1862. Appointed Acting Paymas- 
ter, Jan. 14, 1865; commissioned as Assist- 
ant Paymaster, Feb. 27. 1867; Nipsic, 
1867; Saginaw, Pacific Fleet, 1868-1871; 
promoted to Passed Assistant Paymaster, 
March 12, 1869; Torpedo Station, 1871- 
1874; Intrepid (torpedo-boat), 1874-1875; 
Swatara, North Atlantic Station, 1875- 
1877; Bureau of Provisions, 1877. Com- 
missioned Paymaster, Aug. 31, 1881; Bu- 
reau of Provisions and Clothing, 1877- 
1879; Fish Commission steamers Fish- 
hawk and Albatross, 1SS0-1883; Naval 
Clothing Factory, 1883-1887; Ossipee, 
North Atlantic Station, 1887-1889; Assist- 
ant to General Store Keeper, New York, 
1887-1888; Paymaster of Navy Yard, New 
York, 1S8S-1890; charge of Naval Clothing 
Factory, New York, November, 1890, to 
December, 1892; Marion, Asiatic Station, 
December, 1S92, to 1894; U. S. S. Colum- 
bia, December, 1894; Navy Yard, New 
York, June. 1896; retired, March, 1898. 
Served during the Spanish-American War 
from start to finish at the Navy Yard, 
Portsmouth, N. H.. as Paymaster of 
Yard and Purchhasing Officer, and on 
special duty at Navy Yard, New York. 
Address, Sheffield, Mass. 

READ, John R.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, July 15, 
1843; studied law under St. George Tucker 
Campbell, being admitted to the bar in 
1864. In 1872 he formed a law partner- 
ship with Silas W. Pettit, under the 
name of Read & Pettit, which has long 
enjoyed a successful and profitable prac- 
tice, largely in the interests of railroad 
and other corporations. Among the large 
)i concerns for which Mr. Read is counsel 
, may be mentioned the Western Union 
( Telegraph Company, the General Electric 
I Company, and the Philadelphia Commer- 
cial Exchange. He was First Assistant 
District Attorney of Philadelphia from 
1878 to 1880, and was appointed United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District 
1 of Pennsylvania by President Cleveland 
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in 1SSS; he was a member of the Consti- 
tutional Convention of Pennsylvania in 
1873, and served on the committee which 
secured the adoption of the Constitution 
by the People. In 1894 President Cleve- 
land appointed Mr. Read to the respon- 
sible post of Collector of Customs for 
Philadelphia, in which he gave general 
satisfaction to the commercial interests of 
that city. His political record has been 
confined principally to his serving as a 
delegate to Democratic national conven- 
tions. He was a delegate to those held in 
1876, 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1892. Address, 
3917 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

READER, Francis Smith: 

Editor; born at Coal Centre, Pa., Nov. 
17, 1S42; son of Francis and Eleanor 
Smith Reader; educated in common 
schools and Mount Union College, Ohio; 
his maternal ancestors, the Scotch Elder- 
slie Wallaces, emigrated to Maryland as 
early as 1675; his great grandfather, Wil- 
liam Wallace, was a Revolutionary soldier; 
minister Methodist Episcopal Church, 
1868. retiring on account of voice failure; 
Sunday School Superintendent twenty- 
seven years and member of official board 
thirty-five years. Private Fifth West 
Virginia Cavalry, Federal, July 10, 1S61; 
captured June 20, 1864,; escaped by jump- 
ing from train with three comrades near 
Burkesville Junction, Va., July 19; passed 
through Lee's army, traveling at night, 
and reached General Meade's headquar- 
ters at Petersburg. July 30, 1864; dis- 
charged, Aug. 8, 1864; United States Civil 
Service. 1865-1875. Established the Bea- 
ver Valley News, a weekly newspaper, at 
New Brighton, Pa., May 22, 1874, and 
started daily edition Feb. 4, 1883; Secre- 
tary Republican County Committee, Bea- 
ver County, Pa., for several years. In 
1S81 he prepared and presented to the 
Legislature of Pennsylvania the first law 
enacted in the State governing primary 
elections; President American Porcelain 
Company, New Brighton. Author of 
"Some Pioneers of Washington County, 
Pa.," "Life of Moody and Sankey," "His- 
tory Fifth West Virginia Cavalry," "His- 
tory New Brighton, Pa.," and "Histori- 
cal Sketches of the Harmony Society, 
Economy, Pa., and of Journalism, Beaver 
County, Pa." Member Pennsylvania So- 
ciety Sons American Revolution, Grand 
Army Republic, and Historical Society, 
Washington County. Pa. Married Mer- 
ran F. Darling of New England Revo- 



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lutionary families, Dec. 24, 1867. Two 
sons. Frank E. Reader, attorney; Mil- 
lard S. Reader, journalist. Address, New 
Brighton, Pa. 

BEADING, John G.: 

President of the Susquehanna Trust 
and Safe Deposit Company. Address, 
Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa. 

REAMEY, Lazarus Lowrey: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Feb. 15, 1849; en- 
tered the United States Naval Academy 
as a Midshipman, July 25, 1866; was grad- 
uated June 7, 1S70; promoted to Ensign 
July 13, 1871; Master, July 23, 1874; Lieu- 
tenant, February 2, 1881; Lieutenant Com- 
mander, March 3, 1S99; retired on his own 
application with the rank of Commander, 
June 30, 1900. Served as Signal Officer, 
North Atlantic Station, 1872-1874; on 
Asiatic Station, 1874-1878; on U. S. S. 
Constellation and U. S. S. Constitution 
(Paris Exhibition), 187S-1879; on duty 
in the Hydrographic Office, Navy De- 
partment, Washington, D. C., 1879-1881; 
European Station, 1881-1884; Flag Lieuten- 
ant, 1882-1883. Was present when the 
English fleet in 1882 bombarded Alexan- 
dria, Egypt; also when the Lancaster was 
sent to Cronstadt, Russia, to represent 
the United States at the coronation of 
the Czar of Russia, May 27, 1883; at 
United States Naval Observatory, Wash- 
ington, D. C, 1884-1887; on flag-ship 
Trenton, 1887-18S9; on Asiatic Station as 
Flag Secretary, 1889-1892; Secretary of 
the Board of Inspection and Survey 
(Navy Department), 1S92-1894; Naval Aid 
to Secretary of the Navy, 1S94-1895; on 
Asiatic Station as Flag Lieutenant, 1895; 
commanded the United States Monitor 
Montauk and U. S. S. Boston, 1898; 
Bureau of Yards and Docks and Navy 
Yard, Washington, D. C, 189S-1900; on 
U. S. battleship Texas, North Atlantic 
Station, as executive officer, 1900. He 
married, Nov. 10, 18S6, Mary Roget 
Brewster of New York city, descendant 
of Elder William Brewster and of John 
Alden and Priscilla Mullins, who arrived 
on the Mayflower in 1620; has one child, 
a son, Brewster Reamey, born Sept. 9, 
1888. Address, 1746 N St., N. W., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

REBER, James T.: 

President of the Reading National 
Bank; was born on April 29, 1834, at 
Sinking Spring, Pa.; educated in the pub- 



lic schools and in private academies; 
worked on his father's farm, taught 
school two terms, and then removed to 
Reading in 1S53 to enter the hardware 
store of George de B. Keim & Co. 
Three years later he formed a co-portner- 
ship with Adam Bard in the hardware 
business, in which he continued over 
forty years. With his son he then or- 
ganized the Acme Manufacturing Com- 
pany for the manufacture of bicycles, 
etc., the operations of which were suc- 
cessfully conducted until the establish- 
ment w r as absorbed by the American Bi- 
cycle Company. He served one term in 
Common Council as a Democrat, and was 
a Prison Inspector three years; he has 
held various offices in the Reformed de- 
nomination and as Trustee of Synod, 
Trustee of Palatinate College, Trustee of 
Bethany Orphans' Home, and member of 
the Board of Publication. Was married 
to Sarah Potteiger in 1S54. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

REBER, Louis Enrhart: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Nittany, 
Pa., Feb. 27, 1855; professor mechanical 
engineering since 1887; dean School of 
Engineering, 1895, Pennsylvania State 
College; was graduated from Pennsyl- 
vania State College, 1880, M. S.; grad- 
uate student Institute Technology, 1883. 
Married Helen Jackson in 18S8. Commis- 
sioner Paris Exposition, 1S89; Pennsyl- 
vania Assistant Executive Commissioner 
in charge of mines, mining and machin- 
ery, World's Fair, Chicago, 1891-1893; 
judge of awards World's Fair, 1893; in 
charge of Pennsylvania mining exhibit. 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 
Mo., 1903-1904. Member American So- 
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, Franklin 
Institute, Philadelphia, Society Naval Ar- 
chitects and Marine Engineers, Society 
Promotion Engineering Education, and 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. Address, State College, 
Pennsylvania. 

RECH, Jacob: 

President of the National Security 
Bank of Philadelphia. Address, Franklin 
and Girard Aves., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RECK, J. D. W.: 

Oil producer; descended from the Von 
Reck family which came to the Colony 
of Virgina from Germany in 1732; son of 
John and Sebilla Auer Reck; was born 
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but a small boy he removed with his par- 
ents to Allegheny and subsequently to 
Tionesta; was educated in the Tionesta 
public schools. His father, Judge Reck, 
being a lumberman, he also began the 
life of a lumberman upon leaving school. 
He became interested in the production 
of oil in 1885 and at present has extensive 
interests in McKean, Clarion and War- 
ren Counties. In March, 1S73, he married 
Miss Alma Neal of Erie County. Mr. 
Reck is a member of the Masonic order 

| and of the I. O. O. F. Address, Tionesta, 

1 Pa. 

REDFIELD, Edward Willis: 

Artist; born at Bridgeville, Del., in 
1868; pupil of Pennsylvania Academy of 
Fine Arts, and under Bouguereau and 
Fleury, Paris. He received the gold 
medal from the Art Club of Philadelphia 
in 1S96, and bronze medals from the Paris 
Exposition, 1900; Buffalo Exposition, 1901; 
Temple gold medal, Pennsylvania Acad- 
emy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1903. Mem- 
ber Society American Artists and of the 
Art and Sketch Clubs of Philadelphia, 
i Address, Centre Bridge, Bucks County, Pa. 

REED, Boardniara, M. D.: 

Born April 30, 1842, in Scottsville, N. Y. 
Lived during childhood and youth in Lan- 
caster, Wis.; served in the War of the 
Rebellion, first as a private soldier and 
afterward as Captain of Company I, Fif- 
tieth Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers; edu- 
cated at Beloit College, Wisconsin, and 
the Department of Arts of the University 
of Pennsylvania; was graduated in medi- 
cine from the Medical Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1S78. Mar- 
ried, June 22, 1871, to Gertrude R. Phelps. 
Practiced medicine, 1878-1897, in Atlantic 
City, N. J., and was for three years Pres- 
ident of the Board of Health; President 
of the Atlantic County Medical Society 
one year. Attending physician for sev- 
eral years at the Mercer Memorial House 
for Invalid Women, and also consulting 
physician to the Jewish Seaside Home, 
Atlantic City. Since 1896 practiced in 
special lines in Philadelphia. Author of 
"Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines," 
and for five years editor of International 
Medical Magazine. Professor of diseases 
of the gastro-intestinal tract, hygiene and 
climatology, Department of Medicine, 
Temple College. Member of leading medi- 
cal societies, city, State and national, in- 
: eluding the American Climatological As- 



, 



sociation, American Academy or Medicine, 



etc., Order of the Loyal Legion of Amer- 
ica, Order of Veterans of Indian Wars, 
Union League Club, the Penn Club of 
Philadelphia, and Merion Cricket Club of 
Haverford. Address, 1831 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

REED, George Edward: 

President of Dickinson College since 
18S9; born in Brownville, Mo., March 28, 
1846; son of Rev. George and Ann (Hell- 
yer) Reed; was graduated from Wesleyan 
University, Middletown, Conn., 1869; re- 
ceived degree of D. D. from Wesleyan 
Iniversity in 1884 and degree of LL. D. 
from Lafayette, 1889; student Boston 
School of Theology. Married in 1870 to 
Ella Frances Leffingwell of Norwich, 
Conn. Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Willimantic, Conn.. 1870-1872; St. 
Paul's Fall River, Mass., 1872-1875; Han- 
son Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1875-1878; 
Stamford, Conn.. 1878-81; Nostrand Ave- 
nue, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1881-1884; Hanson 
Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1884-1887; Trinity, 
New Haven, 1887-1889. State Librarian 
of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903. Widely known 
as preacher, platform orator and edu- 
cator. Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

REED, Irvin A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Schuylkill Coun- 
ty; born on a farm in Wayne Township, 
Schuylkill County, Pa. Sept. 18, 1872; was 
graduated from the Kutztown Normal 
School in 1894; taught school in his na- 
tive township for three years, and after 
graduating was principal of the Ellwood 
schools for three years. He studied law 
in the office of Nicholas Heblich, Potts- 
ville, Pa., and was admitted to the 
Schuylkill County bar in January, 1899; 
was a Delegate to the Democratic State 
Convention at Erie in 1902; elected to the 
House of Representatives in November. 
1902. Address, Pottsville, Pa. 

REED, James H.: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 10, 1853, in Alle- 
gheny City, Pa.; son of Joseph A. and 
Eliza J. (Hay) Reed; in 1872 he was 
graduated from the Western University 
of Pennsylvania; was admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar, July 17, 1875. He 
was commissioned United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Penn- 
sylvania by President Benjamin Harri- 
son, February 20, 1891; served until Jan. 
15, 1892, when he resigned to resume 
practice. He has been prominently iden- 



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tified with the Carnegie interests and is 
at present a Director of the United 
States Steel Company. Republican in 
politics. Member of the Union, Univer- 
sity, and Crucible Clubs of Pittsburg. 
Address, Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

REED, John \V.: 

Jurist; born in Clarion County, Pa.; 
studied law in the office of Hon. James 
Campbell and was admitted to the Clar- 
ion County bar in 1875. He began prac- 
tice in Brookville in partnership with 
Hon. A. O. White, but after two years 
returned to Clarion and became a member 
of the firm of Wilson, Jenks & Reed; he 
subsequently went West, settling at 
Grand Forks, N. D., but returned to 
Pennsylvania in 1884 and practiced at 
Clarion until 1895. Gaining reputation 
as a learned and skillful lawyer, he was 
appointed by Governor Hastings in 1895 
President of the judicial district of Jeffer- 
son County, and in November of that 
year was elected to this position; he has 
since presided over the county courts. 
Address, Brookville, Pa. 

REEDER, Frank: 

Lawyer; born in Easton, Pa., May 22, 
1845; son of Andrew H. Reeder (who was 
the first Governor of Kansas) and 
Amelia H. Reeder; was graduated from 
Princeton in 1863; Albany, N. Y., Univer- 
sity, LL. B., 1868. Served in the Union 
Army in the Civil War from September, 
1862, to June, 1S66, as Adjutant 174th 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and 
Captain to Colonel, Nineteenth Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry; Collector Internal Revenue, 
Eleventh District of Pennsylvania, 1873; 
Brigadier General National Guard Penn- 
sylvania, 1874; Secretary of State of 
Pennsylvania. 1895; was Commissioner of 
Banking, Pennsylvania, Pa., 1900. Ad- 
dress, Easton, Pa. 

REEDER, AVillmr F.: 

Lawyer; born at Catawissa, Pa., Jan. 
7, 1855; educated in the public schools 
and at Dickinson Seminary of Williams- 
port, receiving the degree of B. A. Mar- 
ried, Dec. 19, 1S7S, Lillie S. Gotwalt, a 
lineal descendant of Muhlenberg and 
Weiser. He studied law with Bush, Yo- 
cum & Hastings, Bellefonte; admitted to 
the bar of Centre County, Pa., in 1877; 
in 18S1 he formed a partnership with 
Daniel H. Hastings; in 1897-1899 he was 
Deputy Attorney General of Pennsyl- 
vania. Member of Supreme and Superior 



I Courts of Pennsylvania; Republican in 
politics; delegate to Republican National 

| Convention, 1904. For six years he was 
First Lieutenant of Company B, Fifth 
Regiment; in 1895-1899 he was Assistant 
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania on the 
staff of the Governor, with rank of Lieu- 
tenant Colonel. Member of Pennsylvania 
German Society, Sons of the Revolution, 
and Union League of Philadelphia; is also 
a thirty-second degree Mason and is 
Past Master, Past H. P., and Past E. C. 
in his lodge, chapter and commandery 
respectively. Address, Bellefonte, Centre 
County, Pa. 

REES, William Teenmseh: 

Accountant; Dorn in Pittsburg, Pa., 
July 28, 1872, son of Xenophon S- and 
Annie J. Rees; entered the employ of a 
drygoods house as errand boy, advancing 
successively to stock-keeper, shipper, 
cashier and assistant bookkeeper, at- 
tending a public night school, 1893-1900, 
and is now with a locomotive building 
company. Enlisted in Battery B, Nation- 
al Guard of Pennsylvania, as a private, 
June 9, 1890; promoted to Corporal, 1893; 
Sergeant and Quartermaster Sergeant, 
1895; enlisted as Sergeant Battery B, 
Pennsylvania Volunteer Light Artillery, 
1898, and remained with it throughout 
its service, including the Puerto Rican 
Expedition. Honorably discharged Nov. 28, 
1898, at muster out of command. Assisted 
in re-organizing Battery B, in the Nation- 
al Guard Pennsylvania; First Sergeant 
189S; Second Lieutenant, 1899; First Lieu- 
tenant, 1901, and Captain, 1902. On June 
18, 1903, married Matilda Louise, daugh- 
ter of the late Charles Sennes Frick. 
Member of the Military Service Institu- 
tion of the United States, Society of the 
Puerto Rican expedition; Hampton Bat- 
tery Veteran Association. Knights of 
Pythias and Junior Order of United Amer- 
ican Mechanics; First Adjutant General 
of the Department of Pennsylvania Ser- 
vice Men of the Spanish War. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

REESE, Charles Lee: 

Chemist; born in Baltimore. Nov. 4, 
1862; was graduated from the University 
of Virginia, 1884; (Ph. D., Heidelberg, 
1SS6) ; assistant in chemistry, Johns Hop- 
kins, 1886-1888; Professor of Chemistry, 
Wake Forest College, 1888; South Caro- 
lina Military Academy. 1888-1896; in- 
structor of Johns Hopkins University, 
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party, 1900-1902; appointed chief chemist 
and Director of Eastern laboratory Re- 
pauno Chemical Company, June 1, 1902; 
married, 1901, Harriet S. Bent. Member 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, Chemists' Club, New 
York; American Chemical Society, Ger- 
man Chemical Society, Society Chemical 
Industry. Contributor to chemical jour- 
nals. Address, Eastern Laboratory, Ches- 
ter, Pa. 

REESER, Howard 9., M. D.: 

Physician; born in Reading, Pa., May 
27, 1S46; educated in the public schools 
and was graduated from the Reading 
High School in the class of 1864; was 
graduated from Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege in 1867. After practicing medicine in 
Mexatauny Township one year, he located 
in his native city, where he still is en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession. 
Married Jennie Rauch, daughter of Capt. 
E. H. Rauch, of Mauch Chunk, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

REEVES, Francis Brewster: 

Merchant; son of Johnson and Eliza- 
beth (Riley) Reeves; born at Bridgeton, 
N. J., Oct. 10, 1836; became partner in 
the firm of N. B. Thompson & Company, 
wholesale grocers of Philadelphia, in 
1859; since 1S65 widely known as Reeves, 
Parvin & Company; 1881-1898 Director of 
the Girard National Bank; 1896 Vice 
President; 1899 President; President of 
Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad; First 
Vice President of Philadelphia Bourse; 
Director of Philadelphia Mortgage and 
Trust Company, Bell Telephone Company 
of Philadelphia, Delaware Insurance Com- 
pany, Audit and Appraisement Company 
of America, and Lake Superior Corpor- 
ation; Treasurer of Wholesale Grocers' 
Association of Philadelphia, New Jersey 
and Delaware; Manager of Merchants' 
Fund and the Mercantile Beneficial As- 
sociation, and of the Germantown Sav- 
ings Fund Society; member of advis- 
ory board of the Germantawin Trust 
Company, a Trustee of the General As- 
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in 
the United States of America, and of the 
Presbyterian Board of Publication and 
Sabbath School Work; 1881-1883 Chair- 
man of the Executive Committee of the 
noted municipal reform "Committee of 
One Hundred" of Philadelphia; 1888 on 
Board of Public Education; 1889 appointed 
a member of Citizens' Permanent Relief 
Committee of Philadelphia on the occa- 



sion of the Johnstown Flood, and Chair- 
man of Committee on Annuities to Johns- 
town Flood Orphans of the State Relief 
Committee. In 1892 he was commis- 
sioned to visit Russia to deliver and dis- 
tribute a cargo of food supplies sent on 
the Conemaugh, for relief of famine suf- 
ferers, and the Emperor, Alexander III., 
recognized Mr. Reeves's personal service 
by the presentation to him of a costly 
silver and gold punch set of seven 
pieces. Address, Girard National Bank, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

REEVES, John: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Beaver Falls. Address, Beaver Falls, 
Beaver County, Pa. 

REGER, George F.: 

Vice President of the Franklin Fire 
Insurance Company of Philadelphia; born 
in that city, Aug. 20, 1S39, and received 
his education in the public schools. He 
was in mercantile pursuits until the out- 
break of the Civil War, when he went to 
the front as a Lieutenant of the Phila- 
delphia Fire Zouaves. Soon after his 
return to civil life he connected himself 
with the fire insurance business in his 
native city, and in 1870 was City Inspect- 
or for the Franklin Fire, to which com- 
pany he has ever since been attached. 
He was successively its special agent in 
New York, associate general agent for the 
New York and New England. Manager 
for the agency department of the home 
office and Second Vice President, and is 
now the Vice President of the company. 
Office address, 421 Walnut St.; residence. 
1504 North Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

REGISTER, Henry V.: 

Member of the firm of I. L. Register & 
Son, the oldest agency of the Equitable 
Life Assurance Society. He was born in 
1871, and was graduated from Cornell 
University in 1892. He is a member of 
Markham and the Merion Cricket Clubs. 
Address, 238 Drexel Building, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

REGISTER, I. Layton; 

Insurance official; born in New Castle. 
Del., April 3, 1842; moved to Philadelphia 
in 1860; established the Equitable Life As- 
surance Society in Pennsylvania in 1866, 
representing it now; was President of the 
Philadelphia Association of Life Under- 
writers; also President of National Asso- 
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High Priest and Past Grand Commander 
in the Masonic bodies; was instrumental 
in organizing the Sons of Delaware in 
Philadelphia, and was its first President; 
an ex-President of the Presbyterian So- 
cial Union; member of the Union League, 
Merion Cricket Club and other clubs. 
Address, Drexel Building, Philadelphia. 

REIBER, Aaron Eli: 

Lawyer; born in Butler. Pa., April 19, 
1863; educated at the Witherspoon Insti- 
tute, Washington and Jefferson College, 
and Princeton College, graduating in 1882. 
He then read law under the preceptorship 
of T. C. Campbell, and was admitted to 
the bar of Butler County in 1885. A 
Democrat in political opinion, he was the 
party candidate for District Attorney in 
18S9, and was elected and served one 
term. He has since been engaged in 
practice, and has taken an active part 
in the public affairs of Butler, being a 
Director of the Young Men's Christian 
Association, the Butler Hospital, and the 
Butler Street Passenger Railway, and 
President of the Guarantee Safe Deposit 
and Trust Company of Butler. Address. 
Butler, Pa. 

REICH ARD, George Nicholas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion: Captain of the Eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry. April 23, 1S61; honorably 
mustered out July 29. 1861. Captain 143d 
Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 27, 1862; 
Lieutenant Colonel June S, 1865; honor- 
ably mustered out June 12, 1865. Elected 
Oct. 14, 1896. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

HEICHEKT, Kilward Tyson: 

Educator, and Professor of Physiology, 
University of Pennsylvania, since 1885; 
born in Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 1855; educat- 
ed in the Philadelphia public and private 
schools and in universities of Pennsyl- 
vania, Berlin, Leipzig and Geneva; was 
graduated with the degree of M. D. from 
the University of Pennsylvania; mar- 
ried, June 7. 1SS3. Marion C. Welsh. 
Member of many medical and scientific 
societies of the United States and Europe; 
contributor of many medical and other 
scientific articles. Address, 8112 St. Mar- 
tin's Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 

REICHHEI-M. Edward Panl: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



Legion; private Third Missouri Infantry, 
Sept. 5, 1861; Sergeant Major Nov. 6, 
1S62; discharged to accept promotion July 
28, 1863. Second Lieutenant Fifty-first 
United States Colored Infantry July 24, 
1863; First Lieutenant Dec. 23, 1863; First 
Lieutenant and Adjutant March 28, 1864; 
Captain Sept. 18, 1865; honorably mus- 
tered out June 16, 1866. Elected Oct. 14, 
1896. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

RE1CK, Robert A.: 

Attorney at law; born in Gordon, 
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Aug. 
9th, 1877; educated at Dickinson Sem- 
inary, Williamsport, Pa.; read law with 
Hon. W. A. Marr, Aditional Law Judge 
of Schuylkill County Courts; admitted to 
practice Jan. 2. 1899. Married Mrytle 
Bauchman, of Frackville, Pa., Nov. 26, 
1903. Secretary of the Democratic County 
Committee of Schuylkill County 1900; So- 
licitor for the Boroughs of Frackville and 
Gordon. Address, Frackville, Pa. 

REID. Alfred P.t 

Lawyer; born in Chester County, Pa., 
Sept. 3. 1842; educated in Parkersburg 
and West Chester Academies, and was 
graduated from Lafayette College in 
1S64. Adopting the legal profession, he 
studied under Hon. J. S. Futhey at West 
Chester and was admitted to practice in 
1886; since then he has been actively en- 
gaged in the law and has enjoyed a large 
and profitable practice, ranking among 
the foremost trial lawyers of the State. 
He has been counsel in many important 
cases. Mr. Reid was a member of the 
Militia during the invasion of the State 
in 1863. He is concerned in various busi- 
ness affairs, being President of the First 
National Bank and the Dime Savings 
Bank and of the Pennsylvania Mutual 
Fire Insurance Company, and a Director 
in the Chester County Trust Company; 
Trustee of the Westchester State Nor- 
mal School. He has been counsel for 
the Standard Oil Company, the Western 
Union Telegraph Company, and the Phil- 
adelphia and West Chester Trolley Com- 
pany. Address, Westchester, Pa. 

REID, Ambrose Hnrnside: 

Lawyer; born Feb.' 3, 1857, at Clarion, 
Pa.; son of Bernard J. and Letitia M. F. 
(Farran) Reid. Educated in common and 
parochial schools and at the University 
of Notre Dame, Indiana. Admitted to the 
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practiced in Clarion until 1S90, then at 
Fair Haven, Washington, one year. Re- 
moved to Pittsburg and was admitted to 
the Allegheny County bar, Dec. 9. 1S89. 
Address, 51S Graham St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

REID, Bernard J.: 

Lawyer; born at Youngstown, West- 
moreland, County, Pa., in 1823. His per- 
iod of education was followed by service 
as a teacher, which he began at an early 
age. He opened a school in Clarion in 
1842, but soon relinquished it to establish 
the Iron County Democrat, which was 
consolidated with the Republican in 1844; 
retired soon after from this business. He 
became County Surveyor, went to St. 
Louis in 1847, and to California in 1849. 
His experience in the gold fields was fol- 
lowed by his return to Clarion in 1852, 
where he studied law and was admitted 
to the bar in 1853. In 1857 he formed a 
partnership with his preceptor, Thomas 
Sutton, which lasted till 1860. The next 
year he raised a company and went into 
the army; returning in August, 1862, he 
raised another company in July, 1863, for 
six months' service, and was elected 
Major of his regiment. At the end of his 
army service he resumed practice, remov- 
ing to Titusville in 1S71, later to Erie, and 
returning to Clarion in 1877, where he has 
since practiced. Mr. Reid is a lawyer of 
marked powers, and his experience as a 
surveyor has made him especially capable 
in land boundary disputes. Address, 
Clarion, Pa. 

REID, E. H.: 

President of the Broadway National 
Bank. Address, Scottdale, Westmore- 
land County, Pa. 

REID, Robert I.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 1872; 
Assistant Engineer, July 1, 1878; Passed 
Assistant Engineer, June 19, 1888; Ranger. 
Asiatic Station, 1877-1879; Adams Pacific 
S L ation, 18S0-1S82; coaling steamship Mc- 
Arthur, 1SS2-1886; Michigan, Northwest 
Lakes, 1889-1890; duty in connection with 
the Newark, Nov. 1890-1891; Newark, spe- 
cial service, 1891-1S93; Miantonomah. 
North Atlantic Station, 1893, to 1894; U. 
S. steamer Michigan, April, 1895; United 
States steamer Castine. December. 1896. 
to May, 189S. Promoted to Chief Engin- 
eer, December, 1897; Massachusetts, Dec. 
8, 1896, to 1899; Navy Yard, New York, 



Nov. 15, 1S99, to 1901. Promoted to Lieu- 
tenant Commander, Dec. 12, 1899. Re- 
tired, Dec. 17, 1901. Address, Somerville, 
N. J. 

REIFF, Allen G.: 

President of the Union National Bank. 
Address, Sonderton, Montgomery Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

REILLY, Eflw. D.: 

Lawyer; son of John Reilly, railroad 
and bridge contractor. Attended the pub- 
lic schools and graduated at the High 
Schools of Lancaster in 1885; was gradu- 
ated at Mount St. Mary's College in 1S88. 
Read law with John A. Coyle, at Lan- 
caster, Pa.; admitted to the bar 1892. 
Democrat in politics. Nominated for 
Congress in 1896, but was not elected. 
Married, Dec. 29. 1897, to Katherine E. 
Keating, daughter of Mr. Anthony P. 
Keating of Pittsburg, Pa. Elected to 
Common Council from the Second Ward 
of the city, a strongly Republican Ward; 
to the School Board in 1897, now serving 
a third term in that body, and is Chair- 
man of the Judiciary Committee. Great- 
ly interested in Catholic Benevolent So- 
cieties in the city. Now practicing law 
in partnership with his brother, Richard 
M. Reilly. Residence, 218 East Orange 
St.; offices, 411 Woolworth Building, 
Lancaster, Pa. 

REILLY, James B.: 

Lawyer and legislator; born in Schuyl- 
kill County, Pa., Aug. 12, 1845, his father 
being a prominent railroad and civil en- 
gineer, who, in addition to building va- 
rious railroads, had much to do with lay- 
ing out Atlantic City and other South 
Jersey seaside resorts. Choosing the law 
as his profession, Mr. Reilly was admitted 
to the bar of Schuylkill County, in 1869, 
and subsequently to those of the State 
Supreme Court and the United States 
Circuit and District Courts. An earnest 
and active Democrat in political affilia- 
tion, he soon became well known as a 
party worker, and in 1871 was elected 
District Attorney of his county. At the 
end of his term, in 1874, he was nominat- 
ed for Congress, and elected for this and 
the succeeding term. He retired in 1878, 
to devote himself to his profession, but in 
1SS1 and 1882 was run by his party for 
Judge and again in 1884 for Congress. 
Defeated on these occasions, he was 
elected to Congress in 1888, and again in 
1S90, and 1892, but was defeated in 1894. 



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In March, 1896, President Cleveland ap- 
pointed him United States Marshal for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
Mr. Reilly is warmly interested in charit- 
able institutions, and has served as a 
Trustee of the Anthracite State Hospital. 
Address, Pottsvile. Pa. 

REILLY, John C.t 

President of the Washington National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

REILLY, John E.: 

Soldier; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 31. 
1843; educated at Livingston grammar 
school; joined the army on Sept. 2, 1861, 
as private in the Sixty-ninth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Infantry; advanced to Cor- 
poral Dec. 1, 1861 and was honorably dis- 
charged for disability from wounds re- 
ceived in battle, Nov. 7, 1S62. Recovering 
from his wounds he again entered the 
service and on July 9, 1863. was made 
First Lieutenant Third Battalion, Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, Jan. 29, 1864; First 
Lieutenant of One Hundred and Eighty- 
seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, and Captain Sept. 21, 1864, serv- 
ing in that capacity until honorably mus- 
tered out of the United States service, 
Aug. 3, 1865. He participated in the cam- 
paigns and engagements of the Army of 
the Potomac in 1861; wounded in front 
of Petersburg, 1864; temporarily assigned 
to the staff of Gen. Griffin and was Act- 
ing Judge Advocate First Division of the 
Fifth Army Corps. At the capture of 
the Weldon Rail Road, in 1864, he was 
promoted to Captain. After returning 
to Philadelphia from the army he en- 
gaged in mercantile business; for a num- 
ber of years represented the Philadelphia 
Distributing Company. In 1890 he com- 
piled a "Brief History of the Services 
of the Sixty-ninth Regiment Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry-" Member of Pennsylvania 
Commandery of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion. Past Commander 
Survivors of the Philadelphia Brigade; 
for nearly thirty years he was an active 
member and President of the G. W. Hyde 
Loan Building Association. He was mar- 
ried in 1S70. Address, Germantown. Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

REIMIOLI), Edwin L.: 

Born April 1, 1847, Lancaster, Pa., Re- 
corder of Deeds, Lancaster County, 1886 
to 1S89; delegate to National Republican 
Association 1884; member State Commit- 



tee ten years. Married Isabel H. Becker, 
May 23, 1871. President of Pennsylvania 
Construction Co., Pennsylvania Electric 
Co., Pennsylvania Monument Association. 
Republican. Adress, Marietta, Lancaster, 
County, Pa. 

REIXOEHL, Adam Cyras: 

Lawyer; born in Lebanon. Pa., Nov. 
15, 1840. In 1856 his parents settled in 
Lancaster, Pa. Entering Franklin and 
Marshall College at Lancaster, he gradu- 
ated in 1S61, delivering the valedictory 
oration, the highest honor of the class. 
After teaching school for two months and 
twenty-three days in Ephrata Township, 
he enlisted in the Seventy-sixth Regiment 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, Keystone Zou- 
aves. Entering the service as a private 
in Company D, he took part in all the 
campaigns and battles of the regiment. 
The Seventy-sixth was ordered to Port 
Royal, South Carolina, in the fall of 

1861, and was actively engaged in the 
sieges and engagements in the Depart- 
ment of the South. In April, 1S62, the 
regiment was ordered to Tybee Island, 
and was present at the siege and cap- 
ture of Fort Pulaski. Mr. Reinoehl served 
as private of Company D in the campaign 
against Charleston on James Island, June, 

1862, and in the battle of Pocotaligo, 
South Carolina, Oct. 22, 1862. On the 
10th of December, 1862, he was promoted 
to regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 
and January 24, 1863, he was promoted to 
Sergeant Major. The Seventy-sixth was 
in Strong's brigade, which charged and 
captured the rebel batteries on Morris 
Island, South Carolina, July 10. On the 
morning of July 11, 1S63. the Seventy- 
sixth Pennsylvania, with four companies 
of the Seventh Connecticut and Ninth 
Maine, charged Fort Wagner, and were 
repulsed. The Seventy-sixth lost one 
hundred and eighty-seven killed, wounded, 
and missing. Sergeant Maj. Reinoehl 
was shot through the left arm with a 
Minnie ball, and was permanently dis- 
abled. Returning to his regiment after a 
furlough, he remained in the service, and 
re-enlisted April. 1864. for three years, 
and while on veteran furlough, having 
been recommended for promotion by 
Col. Strawbridge, received from the hands 
of Gov. A. G. Curtin. at Harrisburg, a 
commission as First Lieutenant of Com- 
pany B, April 27, 1864. He commanded* 
the company during the campaign of the 
Tenth Corps, in the Army of the James 
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bor, at the explosion of the mine, and in 
the siege of Petersburg. On the 4th of 
August, 1864, he was promoted to Ad- 
jutant. On the 27th of October, in a 
charge on the rebel works at Darbytown 
Road, Va., the outer defences of Rich- 
mond, he was severely wounded in the 
left thigh by a ball from a shrapnel 
shell, and was removed to his home at 
Lancaster. Disabled for months, he re- 
signed, and was honorably discharged 
Feb. 6, 1865. March 13, 1865, he was bre- 
vetted Captain "for gallant and meri- 
torious service in the assault on Fort 
Wagner, S. C," and was brevetted Major 
"for gallant and meritorious service in 
the attack on the enemy's works on Dar- 
bytown Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864." In 
1866 he was admitted to the bar of Lan- 
caster County. In 1868 he was elected to 
the Pennsylvania Legislature, and subse- 
quently re-elected, 1870-1871, serving three 
terms. In 1872 appointed Deputy Secre- 
tary of the Commonwealth by Gov. J. W. 
Geary, and was continued by Gov. John 
F. Hartranft, until he resigned, in 1873, 
to resume the practice of his profession. 
On retiring he was tendered letters highly 
complimentary of his services by Gov. 
Hartranft and Hon. M. S. Quay, Secre- 
tary of the Commonwealth. In 1889 he 
was appointed a member of the Soldiers' 
Orphans' Commission of the State of 
Pennsylvania by the department comman- 
der of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
In 1889 Major Reinoehl was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney of the County of Lancaster, 
his term expiring Jan. 1, 1893. He mar- 
ried Miss Lucy Davis, Nov. 24, 1870. 
They have four children, — Walter Allan, 
Mary Acheson, Gertrude Laughlin, and 
Albert Riegel. He is an active member 
of the Grand Army of the Republic, and 
of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Ad- 
dress, Lancaster, Pa. 

REINOEHL, Walter Allan: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Eldest son of Brevet Major 
Adam C. Reinoehl. Elected Oct. 20, 1892. 
First Class in Succession Dec. 14, 1900. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

REISH, James Iv.: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of Mif- 
flinburg. Adress, Mifninburg, Union 
County, Pa. 



REITER, George Cook: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed as Acting Mid- 
shipman at Naval Academy, Sept. 20, 
1861; was graduated 1865; schoolship Sa- 
bine, 1865-1866; Lackawanna (second 
rate), North Pacific Squadron, 1866-1868. 
Promoted to Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866; pro- 
moted to Master, March 12, 1868; pro- 
moted Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; Ply- 
mouth, European Fleet, 1869-1872; Narra- 
gansett, surveying service in the Pacific, 
1872-1875; Lehigh, North Atlantic Station, 
1875-1S76; equipment duty, Norfolk, Va., 
1876-1877; Tuscarora, Pacific Station, 1877- 
1878; Lighthouse Inspector, 1879-1883; pro- 
moted to Lieutenant Commander, No- 
vember, 1880; Nipsic, South Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1SS3-18S6; Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1886- 
1889; commanding Ranger, North Pacific 
Station, 1889-1S90. Promoted Commander, 
July 31, 1890; commanding Thetis, May, 
1891, to July, 1893; Lighthouse Inspector, 
July, 1893-1S96; commanding Detroit, June 
1S96 to 1S97; ordered to Thirteenth Light- 
house District, December, 1897-1898; com- 
manded United States Steamship Venezu- 
ela, 1898. Promoted Captain March 3, 
1899; commanding Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 
1899, to February, 1900; commanding Wis- 
consin from Feb. 4, 1901, to 1903. Mem- 
ber Lighthouse Board, Department of 
Commerce and Labor, since Aug. 27, 1903. 
Address, Department of Commerce and 
Labor, Washington, D. C. 

■^ 

REMINGTON, Joseph Price: 

Author, editor, dean and professor; born 
in Philadelphia, March 26, 1847; son of 
Isaac and Lydia H. Remington; married 
Elizabeth B. Collins, June 3, 1874; edu- 
cated in private schools and Central High 
School of Philadelphia; was graduated 
from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 
1866; elected Professor of Theory and 
Practice of Pharmacy in this College, 
1874; Director of the Pharmaceutical La- 
boratory, 1877; elected Dean, 1893; phar- 
maceutical editor of the United States 
Dispensatory since 1S79; author Reming- 
ton's Practice of Pharmacy since 1886; 
First Vice Chairman Committee of Re- 
vision of United States Pharmacopoeia 
1S80-1901; Chairman since 1901; Ex-Presi- 
dent American Pharmaceutical Associa- 
tion, Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Asso- 
ciation, and First President of the In- 
ternational Pharmaceutical Congress, 
1893. Received degrees of Ph.G., 1866; 
Ph.M., 1888; Ph.D., 1899; and the titles 
F. C. S., 1886; F. R. M. S., 1887; F. L. S., 



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1887. Appointed to represent the United 
States at the Eighth International Phar- 
maceutical Congress at Brussels, 1896; 
delegate to Pan-American Medical Con- 
gress, 1893; also to the second Congress, 
Mexico, 1896. Honorary member of Col- 
lege of Pharmacy of the City of New 
York, Pharmaceutical Society of Great 
Britain, Pharmaceutische Gesellschaft zu 
St. Petersburg, Instituto Medico Nacion- 
al, Mexico; Societe de Pharmacie d'An- 
vers, Societe Royale de Pharmacie de 
Bruxelles. Life member and member of 
eighteen scientific and literary societies. 
Address, 1832 Pine St., Philadelphia. 

REMMEL, Valentine: 

Glass blower; born in Pittsburg, Pa., 
March 10, 1S53; son of Conrad Remmel; 
educated in common schools of Pittsburg. 
Went to work at glass blowing when 
eleven years old. At age of eighteen took 
an active part in organizing Knights of 
Labor; at all times active in the trades 
union movement; delegate to the first 
convention (1881) held by the Federation 
of Trades, now known as American Fed- 
eration of Labor. In 1S95 entered the So- 
cialist movement; has been candidate for 
Mayor of Pittsburg, for Congress, for 
Superior Court; candidate for Vice Presi- 
dent on the Socialist Labor Party ticket, 
1900. Married. June 3, 1889, Jennie Har- 
lan. Address, 75 Arlington Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

REMPPIS, Milton F.J 

Manufacturer; born at Birkach, Ger- 
many, April 24, 1S64; educated in the pub- 
lic schools, graduating from the High 
School at Plieningen at the age of four- 
teen years; was graduated from the Com- 
mercial College in Stuttgart in 1881; en- 
tered into commercial pursuits until the 
spring of 1883, when he sailed from Havre, 
France, for America, landing at Phila- 
delphia. After an experience of some 
months in various mercantile establish- 
ments he returned to Germany to learn 
the iron business, with the view of locat- 
ing in Reading, Pa., as an iron manufac- 
turer: returned to America in 1885, and 
in November of that year started in the 
iron business in Reading. The present 
firm is William F. Remppis & Co., en- 
gaged in bridge structural work, the 
manufacture of ornamental work for 
banks, school houses, etc., fire escapes 
and general art work in iron. For several 
years was President and manager of the 
Reading Standard Manufacturing Com- 



pany, manufacturers of bicycles; is Presi- 
dent of the Reading Turner-Verein and 
connected with numerous German organ- 
izations. Married March 5, 1891, Mary 
A. Leinbach. In politics is a Republican,, 
and was elected to Council in a strongly 
Democratic ward. Address, Reading, Pa. 

RENK, IT. S. G.: 

Clergyman; born March 18, 1864, in Hol- 
lowing Run, Northumberland County, Pa., 
he was educated at Lebanon Valley Col- 
lege. Annville, Pa., and Union Biblical 
Seminary, Dayton, Ohio; taught public 
school six years; a minister in the United 
Brethren Church in Christ in Eastern 
Pennsylvania Conference seventeen years. 
Married Lillie L. Light, Nov. 24, 1887, at 
Annville, Pa. Prohibitionist,. Axidress, 
13S Elm St., Reading, Pa. 

RENIVERT, Hugo Albert: 

Professor Romance Philology, Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania; born in Philadel- 
phia, May 6, 1858; received the degrees of 
B.Sc, LL.B., and M. A., from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, and Ph. D. from 
the University of Freiburg i. B. Author of 
"The Spanish Pastoral Romances"; Lope 
de Vega's Comedia "Sin Secreto no ay 
Amor"; "Der Spanische Cancionero des 
Brit. Mus."; "Comedias of Miguel Sanchez 
el Divino"; "Unpublished Poems of Fernan 
Perez de Guzman"; "Poesies Inedites de 
Gongora"; "Lieder des Juan Rodriguez 
del Padron"; Guillen de Castro's Comedia 
"Ingratitud por Amor." "Macias, O Na- 
morado"; "The Life of Lope de Vega," 
1904. Address, 440S Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

REPPERT, Kclmonil Homer: 

Jurist; born in Fayette County, Pa., Oct. 
28, 1S55. His higher education was ob- 
tained in Bucknell College, Lewisburg, 
Pa., and his legal study was under the 
preceptorship of Judge Nathaniel Ewing, 
of Uniontown. his date of admission to 
the bar being 1883. He practiced law in 
the Fayette County courts with much 
success till 1S9S, when he was elected 
Judge of the Common Pleas Court of the 
county. In 1899 he succeeded Judge Mes- 
trezal as President Judge. Address, Union- 
town, Pa. 

REPPLIER, Agnes: 

Author: born at Philadelphia. April 1, 
1 S 5 r> ; educated at Sacred Heart Convent, 
Torresdale, Pa.; received the degree of 
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vania, 1902; has attained prominence as 
an essayist and has spent much time in 
Europe; Roman Catholic in religion. Au- 
thor of "Books and Men," 1S8S; "Points 
of View," 1891; "Essays in Miniature," 
1892; "Essays in Idleness," 1893; "In the 
Dozy Hours," 1894; "Varia," 1897; "Phil- 
adelphia — The Place and the People; The 
Fireside Sphinx," 1901; compiler of "A 
Book of Famous Verse." Address, 1900 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

REX. Jolin H. 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Montgomery Coun- 
ty; born on a farm in Whitpain Town- 
ship, Montgomery County, Pa., Sept. 18, 
1S70; educated at Shady Grove Township 
school and at Sunnyside school, Ambler, 
Pa.; prepared for college at "William Penn 
Charter School, Philadelphia, and took a 
two years' course in the college depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
and entered the law school in the class 
of 1893; later took up the study of law at 
Norristown, in the office of Charles Hun- 
sicker, and at his death with Hon. Henry 
R. Brown; was admitted to Montgomery 
County bar in June, 1896, and has been 
engaged in active practice in Norristown 
ever since; was a member of the borough 
Council of Norristown at the time of his 
election to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Harrisburg, 
Pa. 

REX, Walter Edwin: 

Lawyer; ex-Register of Wills; born at 
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, April 10, 1847, 
a descendant of Dr. John Jacob Shiitz, 
one of the original settlers of German- 
town. He was graduated from the Cen- 
tral High School of Philadelphia in 1864, 
and afterward engaged in mercantile pur- 
suits to gain a knowledge of business 
methods for use in his proposed law prac- 
tice; his law studies followed in the of- 
fice of Frank "Wolfe and at the University 
of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 
1875. He had been admitted to the bar in 
the previous October, and at once en- 
gaged in practice, which he still contin- 
ues in the Philadelphia courts. His pub- 
lic service includes membership in the 
Common Council of Philadelphia from 
February, 1S79, to January, 1882. he serv- 
ing as Chairman of the Survey Commit- 
tee and a member of the Committees on 
Finance and Water Supply; he was elect- 
ed Register of Wills for Philadelphia in 
1SS2 and served till 1S86. He is a mem- 



ber of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- 
vania, the Union League, the Penn Club 
and the Philadelphia Cricket Club. He 
has made a study of intricate questions 
of law, and in 1888 read an interesting 
paper on "Will Contests" before the Phil- 
adelphia Medico-Legal Society. Address, 
313 South Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

REYNOLDS. Alfred: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
New Jersey. Cadet Military Academy 
Sept. 1, 1S70; Second Lieutenant of 
Twentieth Infantry June 17, 1874; First 
Lieutenant June 1, 1880; Captain Feb. 
24. 1891; Major Twenty-second Infantry. 
Sept. 20, 1S99; transferred to Twentieth 
Infantry Sept. 10, 1900; assigned to In- 
spector General's department Feb. 28, 
1901; Lieutenant Colonel Eleventh Infant- 
ry, Feb. 23, 1903; transferred to Second 
Infantry April 6, 1903. Address, Manila, 
P. I. 

REYNOLDS, Benjamin: 

President of the Anthracite Savings 
Bank of Wilkesbarre. Address, Wilkes- 
barre, Luzerne County, Pa. 

REYNOLDS, John Untler: 

Lawyer; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 
5, 1850; educated at Wyoming Seminary, 
Kingston, Pa., and Lafayette College. He 
studied law and was admitted to the bar 
in 1875, and practiced his profession till 
1887. In 1SSS he was the Presidential 
Elector on the Cleveland and Thurman 
ticket, and in 1890 candidate for Con- 
gress, but was defeated. In 1896 he was 
a delegate from his district to the Na- 
tional Democratic Convention held at In- 
dianapolis which nominated Palmer and 
Buckner. In 1887 he organized the 
Wilkesbarre & Kingston Bridge Company, 
and as its President and General Manager 
was the leading spirit in building the 
three iron bridges across the Susquehanna 
River at Wilkesbarre and the lowlands 
opposite and 'connecting the same with a 
macadamized road. In 1S8S he organized 
the West Side Water Company, since ab- 
sorbed by the Spring Brook Water Sup- 
ply Company; 1889 he organized and built 
the West Side Electric Railway and was 
its President until its absorption by the 
Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Mar- 
ried Emily Bradley Dain of Peekskill, 
N. Y. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 



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REYNOLDS, John William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Captain 145th Pennsylvania Infant- 
ry Aug. 26, 1862; Major May 15, 1S63; re- 
signed and honorably discharged Sept. 
19, 1S63. Elected Nov. 14. 1900. Address, 
care Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 
Erie, Pa. 

REYNOLDS, Walter S.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives; born on a farm in Law- 
rence County. Pa., on Dec. 4, 1874; edu- 
cated at public school; was graduated 
from Grove City College with degree A. 
B., 1S92; read law with the Hon. Mal- 
colm McConnell, and admitted to the sev- 
eral courts of Lawrence County when he 
was twenty-one admitted to the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania and the United 
States District and Circuit Courts. Served 
through Spanish War with Company E, 
Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infant- 
ry until mustered out in 1890 with his 
regiment. Has taken an active part in 
politics and been a prominent campaign 
speaker. On March 19, 1904, was nomi- 
nated for the Pennsylvania Legislature by 
the Republican Party by a majority of 
almost two to one. Is identified with sev- 
eral fraternal societies. Was married in 
1S99. Address. 1119 East Washington St., 
New Castle, Pa. 

REYNOLDS, William: 

Capitalist; born in Meadville, Pa., April 
25. 1820; educated at Jefferson College and 
Allegheny College, graduating in 1837. 
He then took up the study of law and 
was admitted to the bar of Crawford 
County in f841. He engaged for a time in 
law practice, but soon became deeply con- 
cerned in business enterprises, in 1850- 
1851 acted as Managing Director of a 
plank road company, and in 1S52 became 
actively interested in the project to build 
a railroad line through Crawford County. 
Five years were spent in negotiating and 
developing this enterprise, and the Mead- 
ville Railroad Company was incorporated 
in 1857. with Mr. Reynolds for its Presi- 
dent. The franchises of the Erie & New 
York City Railroad were purchased and 
the name changed to the Atlantic and 
Great Western Railroad Company, Mr. 
Reynolds being made President. The 
railroad was completed to Meadville in 
1862, the progress of the enterprise be- 
ing largely due to the energy and busi- 
ness ability of its President. Meadville 



was changed from a borough to a city in 
1866, Mr. Reynolds being elected its 
first Mayor. He has since continued his 
business activity, and for many years has 
been President of the Meadville Gas and 
Water Company and the Meadville Li- 
brary, Art, and History Association, 
Trustee of Allegheny College and Direct- 
or of the Merchants' National Bank. Ad- 
dress, Meadville, Pa. 

REYNOLDS, Ziba Wells: 

Paymaster United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Naval 
Cadet, May 21, 1886; resigned, Feb. 23, 
18S7; Assistant Paymaster, May 27, 1892; 
Passed Assistant, Jan. 9, 1S95; Paymaster, 
April 23, 1S99; Relief Ship Franklin, 1892; 
Thetis, 1893; settling accounts, 1895; Navy 
Yard, New York, 1896; Charleston, 1898; 
returning from Asiatic Station, 1899; As- 
sistant General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, 
Norfolk, from 1900 to 1902. United States 
steamship Texas since Nov. 3, 1902. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

RHOADS, J. N.: 

Physician; born in Montgomery County, 
Pa., Aug. 26, 1859. Moved to Kent Coun- 
ty, Del., in 1866. Attended the Milford 
(Del.) High School, New Jersey State 
Normal School, and was graduated from 
the Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- 
phia in 1885, remaining as resident phy- 
sician one year; began practice in Phila- 
delphia in 1886; invented an operation for 
lengthening tendons and bone in 188S; also 
different instruments. In 1888 married 
Anna Driggs Day, of Mount Carmel, Pa. 
Author of "The Sequel of a Thunder- 
storm," and medical monographs. Demo- 
crat. Address, 1635 S. Broad St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

RHOADS, Joseph R.: 

President of the Merchants' Trust Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. Address, 611 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RHOADS, Reuben B„ M. D.: 

Born Oct. 29, 1831, in Boyertown, Pa.; 
educated in his native town at Mt. Pleas- 
ant Seminary; studied medicine, and was 
graduated from the Jefferson Medical 
College in April, 1857; located at Zieglers- 
ville. Montgomery County, and practiced 
until August, 1S62, when he raised a 
company of volunteers and received a 
Surgeon's commission. Subsequently he 
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vania Militia. He had charge of a Brig- 
ade Hospital at Yorktown, Va. After 
being mustered out he returned to Zieg- 
lersville, and resumed the practice of 
medicine, but at the end of a year he 
removed to Athol, Berks County. In 1882 
he removed to Reading, having been elect- 
ed Prison Warden of Berks County, which 
position he held until April, 1885. For 
sixteen years he was engaged in the 
nursery business in connection with his 
medical practice. He was married May 
10, 1859. to Miss Kate W. Gilbert. Ad- 
dress, Beading, Pa. 

it no \ l»s. Thomas J. It.: 

Physician; born in Colebrookdale Town- 
ship, Berks County, Pa., Sept. 26, 1837; 
was graduated from Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege in March, 1S61; commissioned as As- 
sistant Surgeon Dec. 17, 1862, and assigned 
to 169th Regiment Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers, and served in that capacity until 
the regiment was mustered out of ser- 
vice; has been practicing medicine for 
forty-three years in his native county. 
Organized the National Bank of Boyer-, 
town in 1874, and was its President until 
1882; organized the Farmers' National 
Bank of Boyertown in 1S83, and since its 
President; Treasurer of Boyertown Mu- 
tual Fire Insurance Company, the Friend- 
ship Hook and Ladder Company, Secre- 
tary and Treasurer of the John Rhoads 
Mining Company, etc.; also President of 
the Board of Health of Boyertown. Mar- 
ried to Theresa, only daughter of Capt. 
Henry S. Liedy, in May 1862. Author of 
several hundred poems, including "The 
Tale of Onewago," "Genovefa," "Lost and 
Starved in the Alleghenies," "Kat, the 
Araphoe Squaw," etc.; "Reminiscences 
of Youth and Other Poems," which con- 
tains the most important of his writings. 
Address, Boyertown, Pa. 

RHODES, JosUua: 

Banker; born in London, England, 
March 19, 1824, and came to the United 
States in 1830; resided for two years in 
Albany and Buffalo, N. Y. In 1832 moved 
to Pittsburg. At the age of twenty years 
entered the grocery business. Later served 
as President of the Allegheny National 
Bank, and subsequently became the ex- 
ecutive head of the Colonial National 
Bank; was active in the formation of the 
companies that erected the Point and 
Union Bridges of Pittsburg, being elected 
President of both corporations; was also 
President of the Consolidated Traction 



Company. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, 939 Western Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

RICE, diaries Edmund: 

Jurist; born at Fairfield, N. Y., Sept. 
15, 1846; educated at Fairfield Academy 
and Hamilton College, graduating in 
1S67. He then took up the study of law 
at Bloomsburg, Pa., and attended the Al- 
bany Law School, 1868-1869; he was ad- 
mitted to the Supreme Court of New 
York in 1869, and, going to Wilkesbarre, 
Pa., was admitted to the Luzerne Coun- 
ty bar in 1S70; Lafayette College con- 
ferred on him the honorary degree of 
LL. D. in 1895. He was a candidate for 
the Orphans' Court bench in 1874, but was 
defeated; in 1876 he was elected District 
Attorney, and in 1879 was elected Law 
Judge, later becoming President Judge 
of the Common Pleas Court; resigning 
this position, he was appointed Judge of 
the Superior Court in 1895, and subse- 
quently elected to that office. He is 
now President Judge of the Superior 
Court of Pennsylvania. Address, Wilkes- 
barre, Pa. 

RICE, Edwin Wilbnr: 

Clergyman, and editor of periodicals 
and publications of American Sunday 
School Union; born at Kingsboro, N. Y., 
July 24, 1S31; was graduated from Union, 
1S54, receiving the degrees of A. M. in 
1857, and D. D. in 1884; graduate of Union 
Theological Seminary, New York. Or- 
dained Congregational minister, 1860; con- 
nected with American Sunday School 
Union since 1859; missionary, 1859-1S64; 
Superintendent of Missions, Milwaukee, 
1864-1870; Assistant Secretary of Union 
and assistant editor at Philadelphia, 1S70- 
1S79; since 1879 editor. Author of "Schol- 
ar's Handbooks on the International Les- 
sons," 1873 to 1S89; "Commentaries on 
Mark," 1881; "Matthew," 1887; "Luke," 
1889; "John," 1801; "Acts," 1896; "Stories 
of Great Painters," 1887; "Origin of Sun- 
day Schools." 1S86; "Our Sixty-six Sa- 
cred Books," 1S91 and 1901; "People's 
Dictionary of the Bible," 1893; "Handy 
Helps for Busy Workers," 1899; "The 
Heavenly City," 1899; "Short History of 
the International Lesson System," 1902, 
all published by American Sunday School 
Union. Member of Society of Biblical 
Literature and Exegeses since 1882. Edi- 
tor of about forty-five works, including 
nineteen volumes of Sunday School World. 
Twice married, first, 1861, Margaret E. 
Williams; second, 1868, Mary Gardener. 
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RICE, Willaru Martin: 

Clergyman Presbyterian Church; born 
in Lowville, N. Y,. April 30, 1817; son of 
Abel Sherman and Diana Rice; was grad- 
uated from Wesleyan University, 1S37, re- 
ceiving degree of D. D., 1866; tutor at 
Wesleyan University, 1837-1S40. Married, 
1840, Elizabeth Anderson McDowell, of 
Philadelphia; established Classical School, 
Philadelphia, 1840; ordained, 1858; pastor 
Moyamensing Church. 1858-1S63; Fourth 
Presbyterian, Philadelphia, 1863-1S74; Ber- 
wyn, Pa., 1874-1S76; stated supply. South- 
western Presbyterian Church, Philadel- 
phia, 1882-1884; engaged on publications 
of Presbyterian Board of Publication 
since 1S76, and of which he became a 
member, 1862, and recording clerk, 1862. 
Permanent clerk, 185S-1861; stated clerk, 
1861-1874, and since 1S77, of the Presby- 
tery of Philadelphia; stated clerk Synod 
of Philadelphia, 1872-1881. Author of 
"History of the Presbyterian Board of 
Publication and Sabbath School Work"; 
"Westminster Question Book" from years 
1875 to 1896; "Westminster Lesson Leaf," 
1878-1896; "Westminster Quarterly," 18S0- 
1896; "History of the Fourth Presbyterian 
Church of Philadelphia." Contributor to 
religious periodicals. Died March 6, 1904. 

RICHARD, James William, D. O.: 

Educator; Professor of Homiletics, Lu- 
theran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 
Pa. Author of "Philip Melanchthon," 
189S. Address, Gettysburg, Pa. 

RICHARDS, Benjamin Sayer: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania. Entered the Naval Acad- 
emy, Oct. 22, 1861; was graduated in 1866; 
De Soto (second rate), North Atlantic 
Station, 1S67-1868. Promoted to Ensign, 
1868; receiving ship New Hampshire, 
1860-1870; retired, 1S69; restored to active 
list. 1872. Commissioned as Lieutenant, 
March 21, 1871; receiving ship New 
Hampshire, 1S73; Portsmouth, Pacific 
Fleet, 1874-1875; Lackawanna, North Pa- 
cific Station. 1875-1877; receiving ship 
Franklin, 1877-1878; Navy Yard, Pensa- 
cola. 1881-18S2; Wachusett, Pacific Sta- 
tion , 1882-1885; ordnance duty, Navy 
Yard, Washington, 18S5-1SS6; receiving 
ship Franklin, 1886-1889. Promoted to 
Lieutenant Commander, August, 1887; 
Monocacy, Asiatic Station, 1889, to No- 
vember, 1892; Navy Yard, New York, No- 
vember, 1892, to 1894; commanding the 
Michigan. December, 1894-1896; Naval 
War College, June, 1896. Commissioned 



Commander, June, 1S96; Lighthouse In- i 
spector. October, 1S96, to 1S97; Hospital, 
Mare Island, December, 1S97; retired May J 
1, 1898. Address, Warrenton, Ya. 

RICHARDS, Henry Melehior Mnhlen- 
berg': .1 

Soldier and iron merchant; born in 
Easton, Pa., Aug. 16, 184S; son of Rev. i 
John William Richards, D. D. ; descendant 
of Henry Melehior Muhlenberg, D. D.. 
Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in Am- 
erica; related to Gen. John Peter Gabriel 
Muhlenberg, of the Continental Army; J 
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, 
first Speaker of the House of Congress; 
Michael Hillegas, first Treasurer of the 
United States. In 1863 served as a volun- 
teer in Twenty-sixth Emergency Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, partici- 
pating in the battle of Gettysburg; 195th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, under 
Sheridan in West Virginia; entered Naval 
Academy at Newport, R. I., 1S65; was 
graduated in 1869 at Annapolis; 1866-1871 
cruised along the Atlantic coast of the 
United States, Europe and west coast 
of Africa and the Mediterranean; trans- 
ferred to the United States flagship 
Franklin in 1S71; actively engaged in 
connection with the Franco-German War, 
the Communistic outbreak and the Carl- 
ist insurrection; commissioned Ensign, 
1870; Master, 1S71; on duty at Torpedo 
Station, Newport, R. I., 1872, at which 
time he invented a circuit-closing fuse 
adopted by the Government at the per- 
sonal solicitation of Commander (now Ad- 
miral) George Dewey; he was assigned 
to duty on the U. S. S. Narragansett, 
on survey duty in the Pacific Ocean, 
1873-1874; on duty in Panama during 
revolutionary outbreak of 1873; promoted 
to Lieutenant, 1874; resigned from the 
service, 1875; he volunteered for duty in 
anticipation of war with Chili in 1892; 
re-entered the Navy as Lieutenant (se- 
nior), and served during the Spanish- 
American War as executive officer of the 
auxiliary cruiser Supply, at Guantanamo 
Bay, Santiago, on blockades of Manza- 
nillo, Cienfuegos, Havana, and at San 
Juan, Porto Rico. Since his return to 
private life he has been connected with 
the iron business, and is now Treasurer 
of the American Iron and Steel Manufac- 
turing Company. Member of the com- 
mission on the Frontier Forts of Penn- 
sylvania. Author of various historical and 
genealogical works. Member of various 
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genealogical societies. He was married, 
In 1871., to Ella Van Leer. Address, Leb- 
anon, Pa. 

RItHAKUS, Joseph T.: 

Railroad engineer; born near Rising 
Sun, Md., Feb. 12, 1845. Studying the art 
of civil engineering, he entered the ser- 
vice of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany in 1869 as rodman and transit man 
in the building of the Altoona shops, and 
afterward served successively as division 
supervisor, chief engineer of minor rail- 
roads and chief of locating engineers, 
leaving the railroad service in 1S74 to en- 
ter that of the Cambria Iron Company. 
Returning to the railroad in 1875 he was 
again made division supervisor, assistant 
engineer, and from 1877 to 1883 was prin- 
cipal engineer of the United Railroads of 
New Jersey, and till 1885 assistant to the 
chief engineer. This was followed by the 
position of assistant chief engineer, and 
in 1S93 by that of engineer of maintenance 
of way from Pittsburg and Erie east to 
Philadelphia, Washington and New York. 
His activity and ability have been amply 
shown in the rapid replacement of bridges 
and roadbed after destructive floods, in 
which he has never been surpassed. On 
one occasion he rebuilt one thousand feet 
of railroad bridge over the swollen Sus- 
quehanna at Montgomery in three and a 
half days. A recent remarkable feat 
was the replacing of the old metal span 
of the railroad bridge of the New York 
Division over the Schuylkill at Philadel- 
phia, the old double-track bridge being 
moved off and a new one moved in, the 
distance being twenty-seven feet, in two 
minutes and a half, trains passing from 
the old to the new bridge within the brief 
space of thirteen minutes. Mr. Richards 
has also long been designing and con- 
structing engineer for the piers at New 
York of the International Navigation 
Company. He is Vice President of the 
West End Trust Company and Director 
in other companies in Philadelphia. Past 
President of the Engineers' Club, and 
a member of the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania and the American Society 
of Civil Engineers. Address, 210 N. Thir- 
ty-third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RICHARDS, Joseph W.: 

Professor of Metallurgy; born in Old- 
bury, near Birmingham, England, on July 
28, 1864. Coming to America with his 
parents in 1871, he attended the public 
schools in Philadelphia and the High 



School, graduating from Lehigh University 
in 1S66 as analytical chemist. The next 
year was spent as assistant to his father, 
Mr. Joseph Richards, Superintendent of 
the Delaware Metal Refinery, Philadelphia. 
In 1887 became Instructor in the Depart- 
ment of Metallurgy and Mineralogy of 
Lehigh University, where he is now Pro- 
fessor of Metallurgy. Married Miss Arna- 
marie Gadd, March 12, 1887; they have 
three children. In 1887 the Philadelphia 
High School conferred on him the honor- 
ary degree of Master of Arts. From 1S89 
to 1S93 he was a post-graduate student 
at Lehigh University, receiving therefor 
the degree of Master of Science in 1891 
and Doctor of Philosophy in 1893, the 
first person to take that degree at the 
institution. In 1897 he was Assistant 
Professor in his department and given a 
year's leave of absense, which was spent, 
half at the University of Heidelberg and 
a semester at Bergakademie at Freiberg. 
In 1S97 was a member of the Annual As- 
say Commission to test the coinage; also 
served as President of the Chemical Sec- 
tion of the Franklin Institute and also 
of the Lehigh Valey Section of the Am- 
erican Chemical Society, and as delegate 
of the Franklin Instiute to represent it 
at the International Geological Congress 
in St. Petersburg. Dr. Richards's interest 
in aluminum began with his thesis work 
for the course in Lehigh University in 
1886, in which connection he experiment- 
ed on the reducibility of aluminum sul- 
phide. In connection with his work he 
collected together all the available litera- 
ture on the subject which was published 
in 1887 as "Aluminum." A contributor 
also to the Aluminum World, Journal of 
the Franklin Institute and Journal of the 
American Chemical Society. His pub- 
lished papers and lectures number nearly 
sixty and cover a wide range of scientific 
subjects, principally in metallurgy, elec- 
tro-chemistry, thermo-chemistry, physi- 
cal chemistry, mineralogy and crystallo- 
graphy. Address. Bethlehem, Pa. 

RICHARDS, I, ..iiis: 

Lawyer; born at Gloucester Furnace, 
Atlantic County, N. J., May 6, 1842; son 
of John Richards; removed to Pennsyl- 
vania in 1S4S; received an academical 
education; studied law and was admitted 
to the Berks County bar, 1865. In 1869 en- 
gaged in journalism, becoming partner in 
the firm of J. Knabb & Co., publishers 
of the Reading Times and Dispatch and 
Berks and Schuylkill Journal. In 1871 re- 



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sold his interest and resumed the prac- 
tice of law. Member of the City Councils 
of Reading in 1S75-1876; Secretary of the 
Municipal Commission of Pennsylvania, 
1877-1S7S; Republican candidate for Con- 
gress in the Berks District, 1S84. Author 
of "Rights and Liabilities of Married Wo- 
men in Pennsylvania" (with Judge G. A. 
Endlich), 1S89; "The Pennsylvania Form 
Book," 1895; and "Digest of Acts of 
Assembly for Cities of the Third Class" 
(two editions), 1900 and 1902; nu- 
merous law pamphlets, historical and gen- 
ealogical sketches. President of the Berks 
County Historical Society. Married in 
1S69; wife deceased, 1901. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

RICHARDS, Matthias Henry: 

Educator; Professor of English, Muhl- 
enberg College; born in Germantown, Pa., 
June 17, 1841; was graduated from Penn- 
sylvania College, Gettysburg, I860, A. M. 
in course (D. D.); married, June 14, 1866, 
Sallie M. McClean, of Gettysburg, Pa. 
Editor of Lutheran Church papers and 
Sunday school literature; writer of review 
articles and lecturer on literary and 
practical topics. Instructor and lecturer 
at Chautauqua, Mt. Gretna, Pa.; Secre- 
tary for many years of Allentown school 
district; member of Pennsylvania German 
Society, etc. Address, 394 Union St., Al- 
lentown, Pa. 

RICHARDS, Thomas Myers: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant First Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, April 20, 1861; honorably 
mustered out, July 26, 1861; First Lieu- 
tenant 128th Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 
16, 1862; Captain, Sept. 18, 1862; honor- 
ably mustered out, May 19. 1863. Elected 
May 6, 1885. Address, 2029 Spring Gar- 
den St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RICHfi, Charles Swift: 

Captain Engineers United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet Military Academy, July 1, 1882; Ad- 
ditional Second Lieutenant Engineers, 
July 1, 1886; Second Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 
1886; First Lieutenant. Oct. 5, 1889; Col- 
onel First United States Volunteer In- 
fantry, May 20, 1898; honorably mus- 
tered out of Volunteers, Oct. 28. 1898; 
• 'nptain Engineers, United States Army, 
July 5, 1808. Address, 1637 Indiana Ave., 
Chicago, 111. 



RICHEY, J. Bnrdette: 

Superintendent of the City Schools of 
McKeesport, Pa.; born Jan. 22, 1S67, at 
Sunville, Venango County, Pa..; was grad- 
uated from Allegheny College, Meadville, 
Pa., in 1889; Superintendent of Schools of 
Phillipsburg, Centre County, 1889-1S90; 
Superintendent of Public Schools of New 
Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., 1890-1902; 
Superintendent of the Public Schools of 
McKeesport, Pa., since 1902; Vice Presi- 
dent of the Superintendents' Association 
of Pennsylvania. Address, McKeesport, Pa. 

RICHEY, James, Jr.: 

President of the Real Estate Savings 
and Trust Company. Address, Allegheny, 
Pa. 

RICHMOND, Mary E.: 

Philanthropist; born in Belleville, 111., 
Aug. 5, 1861; was graduated from Balti- 
more High School. Became General Sec- 
retary of the Baltimore Charity Organiza- 
tion Society, 1891; resigned to accept same 
position in Philadelphia in 1900. Author 
of "Friendly Visiting Among the Poor," 
1899. Wrote "Criticism and Reform in 
Charity," Charities Review, 1896; "Mar- 
ried Vagabonds, Lend-a-Hand," 1S96; 
"Charity and Home Making." Charities 
Review, 1897; "The Training of Charity 
Workers," 1897; "What Is Charity Organ- 
ization?" 1900. Address, 910 Clinton St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

RICK, William: 

City official; born in Bethel, Berks 
County, Pa., July 28, 1875; son of G. F. 
M. Rick, a prominent merchant; edu- 
cated in the district schools, at the Key- 
stone State Normal School. Muhlenberg 
College and Yale Law School; Deputy 
Controller of Berks County for one term; 
at present a practicing attorney and Sol- 
icitor of the Reading School District; ac- 
tive in Republican politics in Berks Coun- 
ty. Married Carrie V. Lawshe, April 20, 
1899. Address, Reading, Pa. 

RICKETTS, Col. Robert Bruce: 

Born at Orangeville. Columbia County, 
Pa.. April 29, 1839, of Scotch and Eng- 
lish descent. He was educated at the 
Wyoming Seminary, and was reading law 
when the war broke out. He promptly 
entered the Union service, and, having 
assisted in recruiting a battery, was com- 
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Regiment, July S, 1S61; to Captain, May 
8, 1863; to Major, Dec. 4, 1864; and to 
Colonel, March 15, 1865. The battery was 
furnished during- the month of August, 
1S61, with horses and equipments and 
four smooth-bore guns. On Sept. 12 the 
battery was ordered to join Banks's com- 
mand at Dorranceton, Md., and was from 
that date in active service up to the 
close of the war. Colonel Ricketts had 
his first engagement Dec. 20, 1861, with 
a body of the enemy's artillery and cav- 
alry which was attempting the destruc- 
tion of Dam No. 5 on the Upper Po- 
tomac. For more than three years from 
that time on Ricketts was constantly 
at the front, and his battery became one 
of the most famous in the Union Army. 
In almost every one of the engagements 
of 1862, 1S63 and 1864, in Maryland and 
Virginia, it was prominently engaged, 
and at Gettysburg, especially, it did 
brilliant service in assisting to repel 
the invasion of the Confederates on the 
right of the Union lines at Cemetery 
Ridge. In this fight Ricketts lost forty 
horses and twenty-three men. His name 
is so closely linked with that battle, upon 
which the fate of the nation hung, and 
who stood by his guns, beating back the 
fierce onslaughts of the Louisiana Tigers, 
which threatened every moment to over- 
ride, like a monumental wave, the gal- 
lant little band, whose blazing speech 
sent terror into the hearts of those who 
endeavored to silence it, is fairly en- 
titled to the honors won on that bloody 
occasion, and there is not a soldier in the 
old Army of the Potomac, in Pennsylvania 
or out, who does not recall Ricketts 
whenever he thinks of Gettysburg. When 
promoted to his Majority he left his bat- 
tery and was assigned to the command 
of the Second Army Corps batteries in 
the Ninth Corps line; afterward as Inspec- 
tor of Artillery for the Ninth Corps. 
This last position he held during most 
of the winter of 1S64-1S65, and while the 
army was in front of Petersburg, and he 
retained it until after Lee's surrender. 
He was then Inspector of the Artillery 
Reserve under Gen. William Hayes, the 
reserve then embracing nearly all the bat- 
teries in the army. During the greater 
part of the war Ricketts's battery was 
attached to the Second Corps. What the 
commander of that corps — the lamented 
Hancock — thought of him is briefly but 
eloquently set forth in a note forwarded 
by him to the Loyal Legion, in answer 
to an inquiry sent in connection with the 



proposal of Ricketts for membership in 
that organization. Hancock wrote: "Col- 
onel Ricketts is well known to me, and 
served under my command during the 
war, in the Second Army Corps, Army of 
the Potomac. He was a gallant and dis- 
tinguished officer of irreproachable record, 
and as such I can recommend him for 
membership in the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion." After the war Hancock 
and others urged him to join the regular 
service, where an appropriate place could 
have been easily secured for him, but he 
declined all these offers and returned to 
private life. Colonel Ricketts was a Han- 
cock delegate to the Cincinnati Conven- 
tion, where the Democracy named the 
great General for the Presidency. In 1886 
his nomination as Lieutenant Governor 
was one of the few instances on record 
in which the nomination sought the man. 
Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

RICKETTS, William Reynolds: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Col. R. 
Bruce Ricketts. Elected May 3, 1893. Ad- 
dress, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

RIDDLE, Matthew Brown: 

Educator; clergyman; Professor of New 
Testament Exegesis, Western Theological 
Seminary, Allegheny; born in Pittsburg, 
Oct. 17, 1836; son of Rev. David H. Rid- 
dle; was graduated from Jefferson Col- 
lege, Pa., 1852, A. M., same (D. D., Frank- 
lin and Marshall, and Princeton; LL. D., 
Western University of Pennsylvania) ; was 
graduated from New Brunswick Theolog- 
ical Seminary, 1859. Adjunct Professor of 
Greek, Jefferson College, 1857-1858; pas- 
tor of Dutch Reformed Church eight 
years; Chaplain Army of Potomac, 1861; 
Professor of New Testament Exegesis, 
Hartford Theological Seminary, Conn., 
1871-1887; member of American Commis- 
sion New Testament Revision and one 
of the editors of Standard Edition, Re- 
vised Version. Member of Assembly's 
Commission for Revising Proof Texts of 
Westminster Standards. Contributed to 
Sunday School Series over twenty-five 
years. Editor of "Romans," "Galatians," 
"Ephesians" and "Colossians," in Lange's 
Commentary. 1869-1870; "Notes on the In- 
ternational Sunday School Lessons" (New 
Testament portions), 1877 to 1S81 inclu- 
sive; portions of the "International Illus- 
trated Commentary," "The International 



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Revision Commentary," "Meyer's Com- 
mentary on the New Testament," "Har- 
mony of the Four Gospels in Greek" (by 
Dr. Edward Robinson), 1S85; "Harmony 
of the Four Gospels in English," 1S86; 
"An Outline Harmony of the Gospels," 
1S95; also four volumes, seven and eight, 
"Ante-Nicene Fathers," six and ten "Ni- 
cene and Post-Nicene Fathers," 1886; 
contributor to encyclopaedias, text books, 
reviews, magazines; many articles on New 
Testament; also addresses, historical and 
biographical articles, etc. One of the 
three surviving American revisers (New 
Testament) who edited the Standard Am- 
erican Revised Version, 1901. Member of 
Loyal Legion and Grand Army of the Re- 
public. Married, 1862, Anna M. Walther, 
of Heidelberg, Germany. Address, Alle- 
gheny, Pa, 

RIDER, Joseph H.: 

President of the Elizabethtown Ex- 
change Bank. Address, Elizabethtown, 
Lancaster County, Pa. 

KIUGVVAY, Barzlllai: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Fourth New 
Jersey Infantry, Aug. 13, 1861; Captain, 
Jan. 9, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel, Jan. 8, 
1863; resigned and honorably discharged, 
April 27, 1863. Elected May 6, 1891. Ad- 
dress, Old York Road and Summit St., 
Jenkintown, Pa. 

RIDGWAY, Jacob E.: 

President of the Quaker City National 
Bank. Address, 721 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

KIDIMGTOS, William R.: 

Clergyman; born in Cornwall, England, 
June 5, 1865, and brought to Montgomery 
County, Pa., during infancy; was gradu- 
ated from Pennington Seminary, N. J., 
and Princeton University, receiving de- 
grees of A. B. and later A. M. ; also from 
Boston University, School of Theology, 
receiving degree of S. T. B. ; took post- 
graduate work in Boston University, also 
Pennsylvania University, studying chiefly 
philosophy. In 1895 Mr. Ridington en- 
tered the ministry of the Philadelphia 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. Address, 2516 N. Twenty-fifth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

KE1BEL,, John H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 



Jan. 7, 1S45, in the old district of North- 
eran Liberties; received a public school 
education; business at present is a cigar 
manufacturer; enlisted in the United 
States Marine Corps on June 3, 1861, and 
was honorably discharged on Dec. 12. 
1S65; was a member of the House of 
Representatives, sessions of 1S87, 1889, 
1S91, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899 and 1901; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, 623 
Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RIESER, Adam 13.: 

Lawyer; born Oct. 22, 1854, in Bern 
Township, Berks County, Pa., now the 
village of West Leesport, of Swiss an- 
cestry; only son of Jacob Rieser, a prom- 
inent farmer; educated at Franklin and 
Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., from 
which he was graduated in 1880; studied 
law in the city of Reading and was admit- 
ted to the bar Nov. 13, 1S82; was District 
Attorney from 1896 to 1S99, prior to which 
he had been Solicitor for the Directors of 
the Poor. Active in politics as a Demo- 
crat, and was elected President of the 
Americus Club. Married Sallie E. Lein- 
bach. daughter of Rev. Dr. Aaron S. Lein- 
bach, Dec. 14, 18S2. Address, Reading, Pa. 

RIESMAN, David: 

Physician; born March 25, 1S67, at 
Stadt-Lengsfeld, Saxe-Weimar, Germany; 
educated at the Ducal Gymnasium of 
Meiningen; emigrated to America in 1881; 
was graduated from the High School at 
Portsmouth, Ohio, in 18S6, and from the 
University of Pennsylvania Medical 
School in 1802. Professor of Clinical 
Medicine in the Philadelphia Polyclinic 
and School for Graduates in Medicine, 
Associate in Medicine in the University of 
Pennsylvania, and visiting physician to the 
Philadelphia and Jewish Hospitals. Edi- 
tor, with Dr. Hektoen, of Chicago, of the 
"American Textbook of Pathology"; mem- 
ber of American Association for Advance- 
ment of Science, College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia, American Medical Associa- 
tion, and University Club of Philadelphia. 
Address, 1624 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RIGHTER, Thomas M.: 

President of the Mt. Carmel Banking 
Company. Address, Mt. Carmel, North- 
umberland County, Pa. 

RILEY. Francis Marion: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
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fantry, Aug-. 22, 1862; Sergeant, Sept. 4, 
1862; Regimental Sergeant Major, March 
10, 1864; discharged to accept promotion, 
April 25, 1S64; First Lieutenant Twelfth 
New Jersey Infantry, April 25, 1864; Cap- 
tain, Jan. 30, 1865; honorably mustered out 
June 4, 1S65. Elected Feb. 9, 189S. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RILEY, Harry I.: 

Lawyer; born July 20, 1856, in Sharps- 
burg, Allegheny County, Pa.; son of Isaac 
and Eliza (Groom) Riley; educated in the 
public schools and at Newell Institute, 
Pittsburg, and at the University of Woos- 
ter, Ohio. Studied law at Wellsville, Ohio, 
and was admitted to the bar of the Su- 
preme Court of Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio, 
Oct. 2, 18S2; removed to Pittsburg, and was 
admitted to the Allegheny County bar 
Jan. 10. 18S5. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Millvale, Pa. 

RINEK, 'Miniums: 

President of the Northampton National 
Bank. Address, Easton, Northampton 
County, Pa. 

RING, William: 

President of the Manayunk Penny Sav- 
ings Bank. Address, 4438 Main St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

RINGER, J. H.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Jeanette, Westmoreland Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

RIPP, Samuel: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city Dec. 16, 1S62; at the age of 
fourteen entered upon a business career; 
at the present time is manager of a 
hotel; has always been a stanch Republi- 
can of the Eleventh Ward and an active 
worker and member of the Executive 
Committee of that ward; was also a mem- 
ber of the Eleventh Sectional School 
Board for three years, which position he 
resigned subsequent to election to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress. 116 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RIPPLE, Ezra H.: 

Soldier and official; born in Mauch 
Chunk, Pa., Feb. 14, 1842. His military 
career began in 1862 as a private in the 
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Regiment; in 



1863 he entered the Thirtieth Emergency 
Regiment, and he became a member of 
the Fifty-second Pennsylvania in March, 
1864. As such he was taken prisoner, 
and was kept in the miltary prisons at 
Andersonville and Florence from July 3, 
1864, to March 1, 1865. Some years after 
the war his military spirit led him into 
the National Guard. He was made Cap- 
tain of the Scranton City Guard in loi7, 
Major of the Thirteenth Regiment in 1878, 
Lieutenant Colonel in 1883, and Colonel in 
1SSS, serving till 1896, when Governor 
Hastings appointed him Commissary 
General. After the war he had returned 
to school for a business education, and 
in 1869 entered a firm of crockery dealers, 
which he left in 1873 to become a mem- 
ber of the coal firm of William Connell & 
Co., with which he is still connected. A 
Republican in politics, he was elected 
Treasurer of Lackawanna County in 1879, 
and Mayor of Scranton in 1886, and in 
1897 was appointed Postmaster of Scran- 
ton. He is a Director in the Scranton 
Axle Works and the Tribune Publishing 
Company. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

RISLEY, John Norman, M. D.: 

Born in Philadelphia in 1876; was grad- 
uated from the Medical Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1S99; served 
as private in First Troop, Philadelphia 
City Cavalry, during Spanish-Amercan 
War and expedition to Porto Rico; com- 
missioned First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon in National Guard, in June, 1902, 
and assigned to duty with Third Regi- 
ment. Married, in November, 1903, Mary 
Estella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hol- 
bert, of St. Paul, Minn. Clinical assist- 
ant Polyclinic Hospital; assistant surgeon 
Will's Eye Hospital. Member of Phil- 
adelphia County Medical Society, Phila- 
delphia Neurological Society, Medical Club 
of Philadelphia, Rose Tree Fox Hunting 
Club, Lima Fox Hunting Club and Spring 
Haven Country Club. Address, 1824 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RISLEY, Samuel Doty: 

Professor of Ophthalmology and mana- 
ger University Hospital; born in Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1845; descended from 
a very old English family whose name 
was originally written Wriothesley. It 
was corrupted in this country to Wrisley 
and Risley. Educated in the public 
schools of Cincinnati, and later at Daven- 
port, Iowa. Served throughout the Civil 
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Iowa Volunteers. After two years in 
Iowa State University, studied medicine 
one year in office of Dr. Lucius French 
at Davenport; was graduated with degree 
of M. D. from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1870; received degree of Ph. D. 
from Wagner's Free Institute of Science, 
Philadelphia, and of A. M. in 1883 from 
University of Iowa. In 1871 appointed 
Clinical Assistant at the Wills' Eye Hos- 
pital; 1S72-1S90 Chief of the Eye Clinic at 
the hospital of the University of Penn- 
sylvania. Alumni Manager of the Univer- 
sity Hospital since 1896. Surgeon at Wills' 
Eye Hospital, Ohpthalmic Surgeon to the 
Training School for the Feeble Minded at 
Vineland, N. J., and Ophthalmologist on 
the Medical Board of the Pennsylvania 
Training School for the Feeble Minded 
unti. elected to the Board of Managers in 
1897; Professor of Diseases of the Eye 
at the Philadelphia Polyclinic and Fellow 
of the College of Physicians. Member of 
the International Ophthalmic Congress at 
Edinburgh in 1894 and at Utrecht in 1899. 
Member of American Ophthalmological 
Society, American Otological Society, Cli- 
matological Society, American Academy of 
Medicine (President in 1900), American 
Medical Association. Active in religious 
and philanthropic work, his interest in 
the Young Men's Christian Association 
having been continuous for many years. 
Member of Art Club, Union League and 
University Club of Philadelphia. He was 
married in 1870 to Emma D. Thompson. 
Contributor to the literature of his special 
branch of medical science. Address, 
Union League Club, Philadelphia, Pa. 

RITCHEY, T. F.: 

Attorney at law; son of Thomas Rit- 
chey and Mary Calhoun Ritchey, daugh- 
ter of the late Judge John Calhoun, of 
Armstrong County; born July 18, 1843, in 
Armstrong County; reaered on his father's 
farm and received a thorough foundation 
for an education in the public school near 
his home; taught school and subsequently 
attended the Glade Run Academy and the 
Edinboro State Normal School. After 
thirteen years' experience as a teacher in 
the common schools and academies, he 
studied law in the office of Hon. George 
A. Jenks, of Brookville; was graduated 
from the Law Department of the Uni- 
versity of Michigan in 1874. The same 
year was admitted to practice in Clarion 
County. In 1880 removed to Tionesta, 
where he is engaged in the practice of 
law. Was married Aug. 16. 1876, to Miss 
Rebecca Calvin, of Brookville; to them 



were born three children. Mr. Ritchey 
has been School Director and Burgess of 
Tionesta Borough a number of terms; has 
been Secretary of the Board of Health 
since its organization in 1893; is President 
of the Tionesta Gas Company; was one 
of the leading promoters of the Tionesta 
water works; is a Director of the Forest 
County National Bank, a Past Master in 
Masonry, and an active worker in the I. 
O. O. F. He was a Presidential Elector 
in 1900, representing his district in the 
Democratic convention. Address, Tiones- 
ta, Pa. 

RITER, Thomas B.: 

President of the Ohio Valley Bank of 
Allegheny. Address, Allegheny, Pa. 

RITTER, Henry Snyder: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Naval 
Cadet, May 25, 1886; Ensign, July 1, 1892; 
Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1899; 
Lieutenant, June 4, 1899; retired, Aug. 22, 
1900. Address, Reading, Pa. 

RITTEH, Millord N.: 

Publisher; born Sept. 19, 1854, in the city 
of Reading; eldest son of William S. 
Ritter, whom he succeeded as manager of 
the Reading Adler, the oldest German 
newspaper in the United States (estab- 
lished 1796), upon the death of his father; 
was also publisher of the Reading Even- 
ing Telegram until the paper was dis- 
posed of July 15, 1902, to a new com- 
pany; is now the publisher also of the 
Reading Weekly News; educated in the 
public schools and graduated from the 
Reading High School, June 27, 1872, as 
class chronicler. Besides engaging in the 
newspaper business, has been interested 
in other enterprises; was one of the or- 
ganizers of the Berks County Trust Com- 
pany, of which he is a Director; is Presi- 
dent of the West Reading Building Asso- 
ciation and Treasurer of the Berks County 
Agricultural Society for the past fourteen 
years, having succeeded his father. Was 
Chairman of the Democratic County Com- 
mittee several terms. Member of the 
Reading Press Club. Address, Reading. Pa. 

RITTS, Elias: 

President of the St. Petersburgh Sav- 
ings Bank. Address, St. Petersburgh, 
Clarion County, Pa. 

ROACH. Jolin B.: 

Shipbuilder; born in New York City Dec. 
7, 1839; son of the famous shipbuilder, 
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legiate Institute, Greene County, N. Y. 
Mr. Roach began his business life in a 
wholesale coffee establishment, but later 
entered his father's office, leaving it for 
a time on account of feeble health to take 
charge of a large farm owned by his fath- 
er. The elder Roach conducted an ex- 
tensive shipbuilding business, and had de- 
veloped an immense trade in the Etna 
Iron Works. He purchased the Morgan 
Iron Works in 1867, and took in his son as 
partner, the firm name being John Roach 
& Son. A very large shipbuilding busi- 
ness grew up under the new firm, over 
one thousand hands being employed. In 
1S71, when a large ship yard was pur- 
chased at Chester, Pa., the son, John B., 
was placed in charge of this, which was 
run under the title of the Delaware River 
Iron Ship Building and Engine Works. 
Here, at times, more than two thousand 
hands were employed, and a great ship- 
building plant was developed under Mr. 
Roach's supervision. Many large iron 
vessels were built for the Pacific Mail, the 
Mallory and various other steamship com- 
panies, and in 1SS3 the firm contracted to 
build the cruisers Chicago, Boston, At- 
lanta and Dolphin, the pioneer ships of 
the new American Navy. A hostile Naval 
Board refused to accept the Dolphin in 
1SS5, on the plea that the contract was 
not binding, the result being the ruin of 
John Roach's business and his death. The 
company was now reorganized, John B. 
Roach becoming President of the Dela- 
ware River Works, and Vice President of 
the Morgan Iron Company, and the busi- 
ness has grown to be very prosperous, 
many large vessels having been built. 
Address, Chester, Pa. 

ROACH, Walter William, M. D.: 

Born at Scranton, Pa., June 3, 1866; 
educated in the Philadelphia public 
schools and at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania; was graduated with the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts from the Central High 
School in 1884, and received the Master 
of Arts degree five years afterward; was 
graduated from the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania in 1890. 
Married Emilie W. Uhlinger in 1892. En- 
gaged in the practice of medicine in Phil- 
adelphia; medical examiner for life in- 
surance; active in educational and civic 
affairs. Address, 2905 Columbia Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROBB, John S., Jr.: 

Lawyer; born Feb. 4, 1860, at Mans- 
field, Allegheny County, Pa.; the son of 



John S. and Mary A. (Hemingray) Robb; 
educated at the Western University of 
Pennsylvania; admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar March 24, 1888. He is now 
and has been for some time Assistant or 
Deputy District Attorney for the county, 
assisting the District Attorney in the 
trial of cases in the criminal courts. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, Carnegie, Pa. 
Pa. 

ROBBINS, Edward Everett: 

Lawyer and financier; born at Greens- 
burg, Pa., in September, 1861; was grad- 
uated from Washington and Jefferson Col- 
lege in 1881 with the degree of A. M. ; 
was graduated from Law Department of 
Columbia University in 1SSS. Married, 
1899, Luella Moore. Admitted to bar, 
1S8S; State Senator, Pennsylvania, 1SS8- 
1894; member of Congress, 1S99-1901. Re- 
publican in politics. Served in the Span- 
ish-American War. Solicitor Baltimore 
and Ohio, Ligonier Valley Railroad Com- 
pany; in active general law practice; also 
engaged in banking and coal business; 
President Garrett Coal Company and Pitts- 
burg and Baltimore Trust Company; Di- 
rector Safe Deposit and Trust Company, 
Greensburg, Pa.; Wilmerding National 
Bank, Wilmerding, Pa.; Citizens' National 
Bank, Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and stockholder 
in other banks, Tribune Printing Com- 
pany, etc. President of the Order of 
Americus, and member of the Republican. 
Americus and Duquesne Clubs. Address, 
Greensburg, Pa. 

BOBBINS, Francis L,.: 

Capitalist; born in Ripon, Wis., Sept. 3, 
1855; educated at Academy of Penn Tan. 
N. Y. Delegate-at-large from Pennsyl- 
vania to Republican National Convention, 
1904. Married Helen Gill, May 18, 1882. 
President of Pittsburg Coal Company and 
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal 
Company. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, 232 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

ROBERTS, Algernon Brooke: 

State Senator from Montgomery County; 
he was born at Pencoyd Farm, Montgom- 
ery County, Aug. 12, 1875; educated at the 
Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and 
Princeton University, graduating from 
the latter in 1896; studied law at the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania Law School; was 
graduated therefrom and admitted to the 
bar in 1899; elected Commissioner of 
Lower Merion Township and Presidential 
Elector-at-large in 1900; was appointed 



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Assistant United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania March 
18, 1901; was elected President of the 
Board of Commissioners of Lower Merion 
Township in 1902; elected to the Senate 
in November, 1902. Address, Bala, Pa. 

ROBERTS, George Washington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Capt. Charles W. Roberts. Elected May 
6, 1891. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

ROBERTS, John Bingham: 

Surgeon; born in Philadelphia Feb. 29, 
1852; son of Caleb Cresson and Helen S. 
Roberts; was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, 1871, receiving the 
degree of A. M. in 1SS3, and M. D. in 1888; 
graduated M. D. from Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, in 1S74. Presi- 
dent of Philadelphia County Medical So- 
ciety, Medical Society of the State of 
Pennsylvania; Vice President of American 
Surgical Association; Professor of Sur- 
gery. Woman's Medical College of Penn- 
sylvania, and in Philadelphia Polyclinic 
and College for Graduates in Medicine. 
Contributor to medical papers and to sci- 
entific societies. Author of "Paracentesis 
of Pericardium," 1S80; "Compend of 
Anatomy," 1881; "Surgery of Human 
Brain," 1885; "Treatise on Modern Sur- 
gery," 18S5; "Modern Medicine and Hom- 
eopathy," 1895; "Fractures of Radius," 
1S97; "Modern Treatment of Fractures," 
1899; "Deformities of the Face," 1900. 
Address, 313 South Seventeenth St., Phil- 
adelphia. Pa. 

ROBERTS, Matthew Fife: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Miltiary Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
First Lieut, and Asst. Surg. Jacob Rob- 
erts. Elected Feb. 4, 1891. Address, care 
of Atlantic Refining Company, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

ROBERTS, Pereival, Jr.: 

President American Bridge Company; 
born in July, 1857, in Philadelphia; was 
graduated as A. B. from Haverford Col- 
lege. 1876. and served on the Geological 
Survey of Pennsylvania during the sum- 
mer of 1876. He entered the Pencoyd Iron 
Works as clerk, November. 1876, and 
while acting in that capacity took the 



post-graduate course in metallurgy and 
chemistry at the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1877. He acted as manager for 
A. & P. Roberts & Co., and upon forma- 
tion of the A. & P. Roberts Company 
became Vice President, and later Presi- 
dent, of that company. When the Ameri- 
can Bridge Company was formed last 
year he was elected President. He is 
President of the A. & P. Roberts Com- 
pany; President of the Pencoyd & Phila- 
delphia Railroad Company; President of 
the Continuous Metal Refining Company; 
a Director of the Philadelphia National 
Bank; a member of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers, of the Aemrican In- 
stitute of Mining Engineers, and of the 
American Society of Mechanical Engi- 
neers. Address, 717 Arcade Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROBERTS, Peter: 

Clergyman, author; born in Dowlais. 
South Wales, Aug. 26, 1859; he is a gradu- 
ate of the Brecon Memorial College, class 
of 1883, and of the Divinity School, Tale, 
1886; received degree of Ph. D. from Yale 
in 1901. Married in New York, April, 
1901, Rachel Evans. Entered Congrega- 
tionalist ministry; now pastor Mahanoy 
City, Pa. Member of Senatus Academi- 
cus, London, England. Author of "An- 
thracite Coal Industry," 1902; "Anthracite 
Coal Communities," 1904. Address, Ma- 
hanoy City, Pa. 

ROBERTS, S. Raymond: 

Ex-Treasurer of Conchological Section, 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 
phia; born in Philadelphia Aug. 30, 1845; 
educated at Central High School, Friends' 
Central School, Philadelphia,, and the 
Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania; 
he was elected a member of the Acad- 
emy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 
delphia in 1S66, and was for sixteen years 
Treasurer of its Conchological Section. 
His principal scientific work was the prep- 
aration of the "Monograph of the Family 
Cypra?idje," published in the "Manual of 
Conchology." Address, Glen Ridge, N. J. 

ROBERTS, Thomas Alhright: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Fifty-third 
Pennsylvania Infantry. Oct. 30, 1861; re- 
signed and honorably discharged for dis- 
ability, Feb. 6, 1862. Elected Oct. 19, 
1887. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
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ROBERTS, Thomas Paschall: 

Engineer; born in Carlisle, Pa., April 
21, 1S43; son of W. Milnor and Annie Rob- 
erts; educated at Dickinson College, Pa. 
Married, June S, 1870, Juliet E. Christy. 
Engaged, 1863-1865, under his father on 
Dom Pedro Railroad in Brazil; later on 
Northern Pacific Railroad, Baltimore and 
Cumberland Valley, and other railroads. 
Executed surveys for railroad, Pittsburg 
to Harrisburg, Pa., near Maryland State 
line; for many years identified with river 
improvement. Later Chief Engineer of 
Monongahela Navigation Company. Ex- 
ecuted suiveys for ship canal to connect 
Ohio River with Lake Erie. Vice Presi- 
dent of Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburg. 
Member of American Association for the 
Advancement cf Science, Academy ol Sci- 
ence and Art, Pittsburg; Past President 
of Engineers' Sociey of Western Pennsyl- 
vania, now in United States Engineer 
Service, locks and dams, Monongahela 
River. Author of "Memoir of the Late 
Chief Justice Gibson of Pennsylvania," 
1890. Address, 361 N. Craig St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

ROBERTS, W. A.: 

President of the Sharon Savings and 
Trust Company. Address, Sharon, Mercer 
County, Pa. 

ROBERTS, William Henry: 

Clergyman (Presbyterian) ; born in 
Holyhead, Wales, Jan. 31, 1S44; son of 
Rev. William and Katherine (Parry) 
Roberts; was graduated from the College 
of the City of New York in 1863. Married, 
June 11, 1867, Sarah E. McLean, Wash- 
ington. Statistcian United States Treas- 
ury Department, 1863-1865; Assistant Li- 
brarian Congress, Washington, 1866-1871; 
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1873; re- 
ceived degrees of D. D.. Western Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1884, and LL. D., 
Miami University, 1887; pastor Presbyte- 
rian Church, Cranford, N. J., 1873-1877; 
Librarian Princeton Theological Seminary, 
1878-1886; Professor Practical Theology. 
Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, 
1S86-1893; acting pastor of Fourth Pres- 
byterian Church, Trenton, N. J., 1895-1900. 
Stated clerk General Assembly Presbyte- 
rian Church in United States of America 
since 1884; Secretary of the Alliance of 
the Reformed Churches Throughout the 
World since 1888; President of Glasgow, 
Scotland, Pan-Presbyterian Council, 1896. 
Author of "History of the Presbyterian 
Church," 1888; "The Presbyterian Sys- 
tem," 1S95; "Laws Relating to Religious 



Corporations," 1896; "Manual for Rul- 
ing Elders," 1807. Editor of "Minutes of 
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
Church in the U. S. A.," twenty volumes, 
1884-1903; "Addresses at the 250th Anni- 
versary of the Westminster Assembly," 
1S98. Address, 1319 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

ROBERTS, William T. B.: 

Builder; born in Philadelphia June 15, 
1850. Educated in the public schools of 
his native city, he became an apprentice 
to the building trade in 1867, and has 
since been steadily engaged in this busi- 
ness, in connection with the development 
of large tracts of lands as suburban 
building sites. He began business with 
his father, under the firm name of Owen 
Roberts & Son, but in a few years under- 
took operations on his own account on a 
more extensive scale, catering to the 
growing demand of homes for Philadel- 
phians. He has erected in all several 
thousand dwellings and stores, including 
many of large dimensions and handsome 
architecture. Important examples of 
these are the late residence of P. A. B. 
Widener, at Broad and Girard Avenue, 
and that of George D. Widener and 
George W. Elkins in the same vicinity. 
More recently he has been engaged in 
bringing large tracts of land into the mar- 
ket to supply the demand for suburban 
homes in connection with his building in- 
terests. 

ROBERTSON, Andrew C.I 

Lawyer; born in Glasgow, Scotland, 
May 4. 1850; came to this country in 1866; 
located in Pittsburg in 1867; worked at 
glass blowing until 1883; then elected to 
the Legislature, serving for three terms, 
when he resigned in 1887; elected to Select 
Council and served for six years; studied 
law in the office of Fred M. Magee; ad- 
mitted to practice in 1890; 1896-1903 
Chairman of the Republican Executive 
Committee of Allegheny County. Ad- 
dress, 440 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

ROBERTSON, I. I.: 

President of the Farmers and Mer- 
chants' Bank of West Newton. Address, 
West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pa. 

ROBINS, Edward: 

Author; born in Pa^i, France, March 2, 
1862; son of Edward and Gertrude (Rod- 
ney Fisher) Robins, and grandson of the 
late Thomas Robins, of Philadelphia; ed- 



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ucated at a military academy in Philadel- 
phia; afterward entered journalism, and ! 
was for several years dramatic and mu- 
sical editor of the Philadelphia Public j 
Ledger. Engaged in literary work, and 
has devoted much time to the study of 
dramatic and American historical sub- 
jects. Author of "Echoes of the Play- J 
house," 1895; "Benjamin Franklin," 1S98; 
"Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield," 1S98; 
"Twelve Great Actors" and "Twelve 
Great Actresses," 1900, and "Romances 
of Early America." 1902. He is a member 
of the Council of the Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania. Married, in 1886, Julia 
Stockton Hopkins, daughter of Edward 
Macalester and Julia R. Stockton Hop- 
kins. Address, 114 South Twenty-first 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROBINSON, Ue "Witt Clinton: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Rear 
Admiral Lewis W. Robinson. Elected 
Feb. 10, 1897. Address, 1212 Stephen 
Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROBINSON, George W.: 

Merchant; son of John and Hannah 
Williams Robinson; born in Manor Town- 
ship, Armstrong County, July 20, 1839; 
reared in his native county and educated 
in the public schools near his home. Was 
in the Civil War, enlisting in July, 1862, in 
Company B, 139th Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers. Participated in all the battles of 
the Army of the Potomac, from Antietam 
to Appomattox; became First Sergeant of 
his company; was honarbly discharged in 
June, 1S65. In March, 1866, entered a 
general store in Armstrong County as 
clerk; served two years in that capacity 
when he became a partner in the busi- 
ness, continuing until 1872. He then re- 
moved to Tionesta and embarked in gen- 
eral mercantile business. Since 1S86 has 
conducted the business alone, having, pre- 
vious to this time, been in partnership 
with Jeremiah Bonner and his son, Chas. 
Bonner. Became interested in the manu- 
facture of lumber in 1883; has also ex- 
tensive interests in the production of oil 
in Indian Territory. In October, 1867, 
was married to Martha, daughter of Hon. 
Jeremiah Bonner, of Armstrong County. 
To them were born three children. For 
many years Mr. Robinson has been an 
elder in Lha Presbyterian Church, of which 
he is a member; has been Commander of 
George Stowt Fost No. 274 for a number 



of terms. For ten years he has taken part 
in all State conventions of the Grand 
Army of the Republic, and has had official 
postions in five National encampments. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

ROBINSON, John Catherwood: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant 104th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Sept. 12, 1S61; resigned 
and honorably discharged, Nov. 8, 1862. 
Elected May 6, 1891. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROBINSON, Lueins "V\\: 

President of the Punxsutawney Nation- 
al Bank. Address, Punxsutawney, Jef- 
ferson County, Pa. 

ROBINSON, Mary Onuimett Nanman: 

Author; born in Hancock Barracks, 
Houlton, Me.; daughter of Col. George 
Nauman, U. S. A.; educated in Charles- 
ton. S. C. Author of "Sidney Elliott," 
"Twisted Threads," "Clyde Wardleigh's 
Promise," "Eva's Adventures in Shadow- 
land," "The Enchanted Princess," and 
"Colonel Robinson's Boys." Married, 1875, 
Frederick Robinson. Address, 223 East 
King St., Lancaster, Pa. 

ROBINSON, Wm. H.: 

Mechanical engineer; born Sept. 12, 
1S32, in Scuylkill Haven, Schuylkill Coun- 
ty, Pa.; educated in the public schools 
and the Moravian Academy at Lititz, 
Lancaster County, Pa. Went in 1849 with 
Reaney-Neaffie & Co. (now Neaffie & 
Levy's Ship Yard) to learn mechanical 
engineering. In 1S52 assisted in the build- 
ing of mining machinery at Pottsville; 
1854 assisted in the building of Dickson 
Manufacturing Company; 1856 was ap- 
pointed by the Delaware & Hudson Rail- 
road Company to superintend the placing 
of the machinery on their mountain road 
from Carbondale. In 1860 assisted in 
building the ship yard at Chester, where 
many ships were built for the war; be- 
came chief engineer and designer. In 1862 
married Mary F. Mortimer, daughter of 
William Mortimer, of Pottsville. In 1869 
superintended the Scott Foundry at Read- 
ing; in 1SS4 assisted in building some 
hydraulic machinery in the Baldwin Loco- 
motive Works, Philadelphia. From 1886 
to 1904 in an office in Philadelphia. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, 1012 Betz 
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ROBISON, Samuel Slieluurner: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; ap- 
pointed from Pennsylvania; Naval Cadet, 
Sept. 4, 1884; Ensign, July 1, 1S90; Lieu- 
tenant (junior grade), April 23, 189S; 
Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; Omaha, July, 
1SS8-1S90; Thetis, 1890-1893; Navy Yard, 
Mare Island, 1894; Boston, 1895-1S99; Tor- 
pedo Station, 1899; Navy Yard, League 
Island, August, 1S99; Alabama, 1900; com- 
manding torpedo boat destroyer Hull since 
Sept. 15, 1900. Address, care Navy De- 
partment, "Washington, D. C. 

ROCHE, George W.: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed Third 
Assistant Engineer, 1862; Lackawanna, 
North Atlantic Station, 1862-1865. Pro- 
moted to Second Assistant Engineer, 
1S64; Dacotah, Pacific Squadron, 1S66- 
1S6S. Promoted to First Assistant Engi- 
neer, 1868; Naval Academy, 1869-1872; Ti- 
conderoga, South Atlantic Station, 1872- 
1874; iron clad Saugus, North Atlantic 
Station, 1874-1876; Navy Yard, League 
Island, 1877-1879; Shenandoah, South At- 
lantic Station, 1879-1882; Navy Yard, 
Washington, 1882-1884; Despatch, special 
service, 1885-1889. Promoted to Chief 
Engineer, Aug. 25, 1S99; member Board 
to Test Boilers, 1880-1890; Inspector 
cruiser No. 10. October, 1890, to July, 1893; 
Detroit, South Atlantic Sftation^ July, 
1893, to May, 1896; retired July 3, 1896. 
Address, 1304 McCullough St., Baltimore, 
Md. 

ROCKEFELLER, William M.: 

Jurist; born in Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 18, 
1S30; educated in his native town; stud- 
ied law under John B. Packer and Alex- 
ander Jordan, and was admitted to the 
bar of Northumberland County, Aug. 16, 
1850. He opened an office in Minersville, 
Pa., but soon removed to Sunbury, which 
is still his place of residence. He was 
nominated for the bench of the County 
Court in 1871, elected in October, and 
took his seat on Dec. 4. In 1881 he was 
re-elected. Since the close of his second 
term he has practiced at the bar. Ad- 
dress, Sunbury, Pa. 

ROCKWELL, E. H.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Warren. Address, Warren, Warren 
County, Pa. 

ROCKWOOD, Frank; E.: 

Professor of Latin and Dean of Buck- 
nell University, Lewisburg, Pa.; "born in 



Franklin, Mass., Dec. 20, 1852; was grad- 
uated from Brown University, Providence, 
R. I., in 1S74, receiving the degree of A. 
M. in 1S77; studied in Leipzig and in 
Rome in 1SS8; taught in South Jersey 
Institute, Bridgeton, N. J., ten years. 
Married, in 1885, Emma D. Banks, of 
Bridgeton, N. J. Received the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Laws from Denison 
University, Granville, Ohio, in 1900. Edi- 
tor of the following Latin text books for 
college use: Velleius's "Roman History," 
1893; Cicero's "De Senectute," 1S95; Ci- 
cero's "De Officiis," 1901; Cicero's "Tus- 
culan Disputations" and "Scipio's Dream," 
1903. Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon 
Fraternity, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 
and the American Philological Associa- 
tion. Address, Lewisburg, Pa. 

UODD, Thomas: 

Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania lines 
west of Pittsburg and designer of the 
great Westinghouse works in this country 
and England; born in England, and came 
to this country when six years of age. At 
the age of thirteen entered the United 
States Navy and served until the war's 
close; at that time Captain's clerk, U. S. S. 
Galena; in 1865 entered United States Na- 
val Academy, Annapolis; left Annapolis 
before the completion of his term and was 
employed in City Engineer's office, Phil- 
adelphia, as a rodman. He entered the 
service of the 'Pennsylvania Company in 
1872, and in 1901 received his present posi- 
tion. Many great railroad works and large 
electrical and manufacturing plants have 
been designed and constructed by Mr. 
Rodd, both at home and abroad. Address, 
5407 Ellsworth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

RODDY, Jos. Stockton: 

Clergyman; born in Mount Pleasant, 
Perry County, Pa., 1864; prepared for 
college at New Bloomfield Academy, Perry 
County, Pa.; was graduated from Prince- 
ton with the degree of A. B. in 1891; edi- 
tor and newspaper correspondent. In 
1894 was graduated from Princeton Theo- 
logical Seminary with degree of A. M., 
and ordained pastor of the Dexter and 
Earlham Presbyterian Churches. Instruc- 
tor in Dexter Normal College, Iowa, 1894- 
1896; in 1896 pastor of the Olivet Presby- 
terian Church. Harrisburg, Pa. From 
1901 to 1904 editor of the Pennsylvania 
Endeavorer. Moderator of the Presbytery 
of Carlisle in 1903, and a Commissioner 
to the General Assembly of the Presby- 
terian Church in the United States of 



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America, at New York City, 1902. Ad 
dress, 118 S. 13th St., Harrisburg, Pa. 

RODEXBOCGH. Tlit-uplii I us Francis: 

Brigadier General U. S. Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Second 
Lieutenant Second Dragoons, March 27, 
1861; First Lieutenant, May 14. 1861; Sec- 
ond Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861; Captain, July 
17, 1S62; Colonel Eighteenth Pennsylva- 
nia Cavalry, April 29, 1865; honorably 
mustered out of Volunteer service, Oct. 
31, 1865; Major Forty-second Infantry, 
July 28, 1866; Brevet Major Sept. 19. 1864. 
for gallant and meritorious services in 
the battles of Trevillian Station and 
Opequan, Va. ; Lieutenant Colonel, March 
13, 1S65. for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices during the war; Colonel, March 13, 
1865, for gallant and meritorious services 
in the battle of Todd's Tavern, Va. ; Brig- 
adier General, March 13, 1865, for gallant 
and meritorious services in battle of Cold 
Harbor, Va., and Brigadier General of 
Volunteers, April 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious services during the war; 
awarded medal of honor, Sept. 21, 1S93, 
for distinguished gallantry in action at 
Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, 1864, 
where he was severely wounded while 
handling his regiment with skill and valor 
while serving as Captain Second United 
States Cavalry, commanding regiment; 
retired with rank of Colonel, Dec. 15, 1870, 
and as Brigadier General, April 23, 1904. 
Assistant Inspector General State of New 
York. 1880-1882; Chief Bureau of Elec- 
tions City of New York, 1890-1901; Secre- 
tary and Vice President Military Service 
Institution, 1878. Author. Address, New 
York, N. Y. 

RODERICK, James E.: 

Chief of the Department of Mines; born 
in South Wales. January, 1842. He at- 
tended school until the death of his 
father, and at the age of thirteen years 
he entered the mines. He attended night 
school until he came to this country in 
the early sixties, located first at Pitts- 
ton, Luzerne County, where he was en- 
gaged as a miner's laborer; afterward he 
worked as a miner, doing all kinds of 
work in the mines around Pittston and 
Wilkesbarre, untl Jan. 1, 1S66, when he 
was appointed mine foreman in the Em- 
pire Shaft, operated then by the Wilkes- 
barre Coal and Iron Company. On June 
1, 1870. he resigned to accept the Super- 
intendency of coal mines for the Warrior 
Run Mining Company. In July, 1881. he 
went before the Examining Board to ex- 



amine applicants for the position of mine 
inspectors, and having answered over 
ninety per cent, of the questions was 
appointed Mine Inspector with headquar- 
ters at Hazleton, Pa. He served as In- 
spector until June, 1SS9, when he re- 
signed his position to become the General 
Superintendent of the Linderman & 
Skeer's coal interests. On account of the 
lease of Linderman & Skeer being about 
to expire, he resigned his position June 
1, 1896, to become General Superintendent 
and manager for A. S. Van Wickle's ex- 
tensive coal interests. Mr. Van Wickle 
having died, he resigned his postion May 
1, 1809, to accept the office of Chief of 
Bureau of Mines under Governor Stone. 
He served in that position until April 15, 
1903. when he was appointed by Governor 
Pennypacker as Chief of the Department 
of Mines for a term of four years. He 
was appointed by Governor Beaver as one 
of the commissioners to build the Middle 
Coal Field State Hospital located at 
Hazleton, and was elected President of 
the Commission. He was afterward ap- 
pointed by Governor Pattison as one of 
the Trustees of said State Hospital, and 
at present is the President of the Board 
of Trustees. He has always been a stal- 
wart Republican, and has served as a 
School Director and as a Select Council- 
man for one term. Since July, 1881. he has 
lived at Hazleton, where he is a member 
of the First Presbyterian Church, and is 
a Director in the Hazleton National Bank. 
Address, Hazleton, Pa. 

RODGEKS, Elliot: 

Jurist; born in Allegheny City, Pa., Dec. 
12, 1865; educated in the public schools 
and the Pittsburg Academy; studied law 
and was admitted to practice at the Alle- 
gheny County bar in 1887. After winning 
a profitable private practice, he was elect- 
ed, in 1896, City Solicitor of Allegheny 
City, and was re-elected to this posi- 
tion in 1898 and 1900. In January, 1901, 
lie was commissioned Judge of the No. 2 
Court of Common Pleas, and took hi& 
seat upon the bench Feb. 9, 1901. In 
November his appointment was confirmed 
by the suffrages of the people, he being 
elected Judge of this court for the en- 
suing ten years' term. Address, Alle- 
gheny, Pa. 

RODGERS, Frederick: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Millitary Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; Midshipman United States Navy,. 



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63: 



Sept. 25, 1857; lieutenant, July 16, 1862; 
Lieutenant Commander, July 25, 1866; 
Commander, Feb. 4, 1S75; Captain, Feb. 
28, 1S90; Commodore, Dec. 25, 1898; Rear 
Admiral, March 3. 1S99. Elected March 
4, 186S. Address, Navy Yard, New York. 
N. Y. 

RODGERS, William B.: 

City Solicitor of Pittsburg; born in Al- 
legheny City June 30, 1843, and attended 
the city public schools. In 1858 entered 
j the Western University of Pennsylvania, 
I and afterward attended Allegheny College, 
, where he was graduated in 1862. He then 
I studied law, and in 1866 was admitted to 
j the bar; was City Solicitor of Allegheny 
j from 1870 to 1888, and for many years 
was one of the Solicitors of McKeesport. 
At present serving by appointment as 
' City Solicitor of Pittsburg. Address, the 
Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

RODMAN, William Louis: 

Surgeon; born in Franfort, Ky., Sept. 7, 
1858; son of John and Harriet V. Rod- 
j man; graduated with the degree of M. 
1 A. from the Kentucky Military Institute, 
j 1875; graduated from Jefferson Medical 
College, Philadelphia, 1879. House Sur- 
1 geon of Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, 
1879-1880; army Surgeon, United States 
j Army, 1880-1882; removed to Louisville in 
, 1882; Demonstrator Surgery Medical De- 
; partment of the University of Louisville, 
1885-1893; Professor of Surgery, Ken- 
tucy School of Medicine, 1893-1898; Pro- 
fessor of Surgery, Medico-Chirurgical Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, since 1898; Professor 
of Surgery and Clinical Surgery, Woman's 
Medical College of Pennsylvania, since 
1900. Chairman of Surgical Section, Am- 
erican Medical Association, 1897-1898; de- 
livered oration in surgery before Ameri- 
can Medical Association, 1900; President 
of American Medical College Association, 
1902. Member of American Surgical As- 
sociation, Pennsylvania State Medical As- 
sociation; honorary member of Kentucky 
State Medical Society. Philadelphia Acad- 
emy of Surgery, Philadelphia County Med- 
ical Society, Pathological Society, College 
of Physicians, Philadelphia. Contributor 
to surgical journals. Married, Oct. 31, 
18S2, Betty Stewart. Address, 1626 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RODNEY, George Brydges: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
member of the Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
\ private Commonwealth Pennsylvania Ar- 
tillery, April 24, 1861; discharged for ap- 



pointment in United States Army, Aug. 
5, 1S61; Second Lieutenant and First 
Lieutenant Fourth United States Artil- 
lery, Aug. 5, 1861; Captain, March 4, 1869; 
Major, Nov. 2S, 1892; Lieutenant Colonel, 
Feb. 13, 1899; Colonel, Feb. 2, 1901; retired 
as Brigadier General. Aug. 5, 1903. Brev- 
etted Captain United States Army, Dec. 
31, 1862, "for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in the battle of Stone River, Tenn." 
Major, Sept. 20, 1863, for gallant and 
meritorious services at the battle of 
Chickamauga, Ga. Elected Jan. 6, 1869. 
Aadress, care Headquarters Department 
California, San Francisco, Cal. 

ROEBRICK, P. J.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Lititz. Address, Lititz, Lancas- 
ter County, Pa. 

ROEMER, Paul: 

Captain United States Army; member 
of the Pennsylvania Commandrey of the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; pri- 
vate General Service United States Army, 
Aug. 23, 1858; Corporal, Sept. 24, 1859; 
Sergeant, Aug. 10, 1860; transferred to 
Fifth United States Artillery, Oct. 20, 
1861; First Sergeant, Feb. 1, 1862; honor- 
ably discharged, Aug. 10, 1863; private 
Fifth United States Artillery, Aug. 10, 
1863; First Sergeant, July 21, 1864; dis- 
charged for promotion. April 27, 1865; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Fifth United States Ar- 
tillery. April 8, 1865; First Lieutenant, 
Aug. 13, 1866; Captain, Aug. 10, 1887; re- 
tired Oct. 1, 1889. Elected Nov. 10. 1880. 
Address, 15 Stein Strasse, Darmstadt, 
Germany. 

ROGERS, Allen, M. S., Ph. D.: 

Born in Hampden. Me., May 22, 1S76; is 
of old Pilgrim descent; two of his an- 
cestors, Thomas Rogers and Stephen Hop- 
kins, came to this country in the schooner 
Mayflower in 1620; he prepared for college 
at Hampden Academy, and was graduated 
from the chemical course at the Univer- 
sity of Maine in 1897. After graduation 
was retained as Instructor in Chemistry 
for three years, when he resigned in or- 
der to take up post-graduate work at 
the University of Pennsylvania; was 
awarded the Harrison Fellowship in 
Chemistry; second year was granted the 
senior Fellowship. Received the degree 
of Doctor of Philosophy June 18, 1902. 
During the college year of 1902 and 1903 
devoted most of the time to the study of 
complex inorganic acid. The results of 
this investigation, as well as later work, 



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have been published in the Journal of the 
American Chemical Society. At the pres- 
ent time Instructor in Organic and Phy- 
sical Chemistry at the University of Penn- 
sylvania. Address, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROGERS, Franklin: 

Medical Inspector United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; Asistant Surgeon, 
March 29, 1S72; Tallapoosa, 1872; Juniata, 
1S73 to 1876; promoted to Passed Assistant 
Surgeon, 1876; Minnesota, 1876-1877; re- 
ceiving ship Franklin, 1877-1878; Coast 
Survey steamer Gedney, 1S78-1879; re- 
ceiving ship St. Louis, 1879-1881; Rich- 
mond, Asiatic Station, 1881-1884; Naval 
Academy, 1884-1886; Marine Rendezvous, 
New York, 1887; Alliance, South Atlantic 
Station, 1887-1889; special duty, Norfolk, 
1SS9, to July, 1891; Naval Hospital, Yoko- 
hama, Japan, July, 1S91, to 1894; receiv- 
ing ship Wabash, December, 1894; Navy 
Yard, Boston. July, 1895-1S97; May, 1898, 
U. S. S. Monterey, to 1809; Marine Ren- 
dezvous, Philadelphia, May 23, 1899-1901; 
Brooklyn, May 16, 1901; retired Oct. 20, 
1901. Address, 132 N. Prince St., Lan- 
caster, Pa. 

ROGERS, James Seymour: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Colorado; 
Cadet Military Academy, June 14, 1876; 
Second Lieutenant Twentieth Infantry, 
June 12, 1880; First Lieutenant, Aug. 25, 
1887; Regimental Quartermaster, Sept. 1, 
1SS7, to Sept. 1, 1891; Captain. April 26, 
1S95; Major, March 25, 1901. Address, Ma- 
nila, P. I. 

ROIJGERS, John I.: 

Soldier and lawyer; born in Philadel- 
phia in 1844; educated in the public 
schools of that city, graduating from the 
Central High School; subsequently he 
studied law in the University of Pennsyl- 
vania and the office of Charles J. Inger- 
soll, and was admitted to the bar in 1865. 
He soon gained an excellent practice in 
the civil courts, especially in real estate 
and corporation cases, in which branch 
of legal practice he grew to be an ac- 
knowledged expert. He has also con- 
ducted all the important litigation of the 
Building Association League of Philadel- 
phia and has initiated much legislation of 
value to building associations. He has 
been very active in the military affairs of 
the city and State; as a member of the 
•City Troop he took part in its experiences 



during the Pittsburg riots, and also 
served as the poet of the troop, writing 
an original ode for its centennial anni- 
versary. Politically a Democrat, he was 
appointed by Governor Pattison Judge 
Advocate General of the National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, with the rank of Colo- 
nel. Though of opposite political faith, 
he was continued in this office by Gov- 
ernor Beaver; in this post of duty he 
organized the Bureau of Military Justice 
and was active in the formation of the 
new military code of 1887. He has writ- 
ten ably on military law, and is consid- 
ered the best authority on this subject in 
the State. In 1869 Colonel Rodgers was 
elected a member of the Pennsylvania 
House of Representatives; he afterward 
ran for the State Senate, and made a 
contest for the seat, but Without success. 
In 1881 he was one of the founders of the 
Democratic Committee of Thirty-one, 
which co-operated effectively with the 
Committee of One Hundred in the election 
of Mayor King. In 18S2 he declined the 
nomination for Register of Wills. He 
is able as a writer and and orator, was 
one of the founders of the Catholic Club, 
and is a member of the Historical So- 
ciety, the Penn Club, Art Club, Clover 
Club. etc. Address, Wyncote, Pa. 

ROHRBACHER, Joseph Hamilton: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Mississippi; appointed from 
Pennsylvania; Naval Academy, June 24, 
1876; Midshipman, June 22, 1882; Ensign 
(junior grade), March 3. 1883; Ensign, 
June 26, 1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), 
March 7, 1S94; Juniata, Asiatic Station, 
1S84-1885; Inspector of Steel, new cruis- 
ers, 1S87-1889; Pensacola, special service, 
May, 1S89, to July, 1800; Coast Survey 
steamer Blake, July, 1890, to June, 1892; 
Inspector of Steel, Homestead, Pa., Au- 
gust. 1892, to September, 1894; Machias, 
Sept. 18, 1894, to November, 1897. Pro- 
moted to Lieutenant, Dec. 6, 1897; In- 
spector of Steel, Dec. 23, 1897, to 1898; 
receiving ship Independence. July 1. 1899; 
Topeka, Oct. 2, 1899, to 1902; inspection 
duty (Bureau of Ordnance), Sept 15. 1902. 
to March, 1904; Inspector of Ordnance, 
Carnegie Steel Company, since March, 
1904. Address, Carnegie Steel Company. 
Munhall, Pa. 

ROLAND, Cornelius F.: 

President of the New Holland National 
Bank. Address, New Holland, Lancaster 
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ROLFE, John Carew: 

Professor of Latin Language and Lit- 
erature, University of Pennsylvania; born 
in Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 15, 1859; pre- 
pared for college in the public schools of 
Cambridge, Mass.; graduated from Har- 
vard College in 1881; from Cornell Uni- 
versity in 1884 with the degree of A. M., 
and Ph. D. in 1SS5; studied at the Ameri- 
can School of Classical Studies in Athens, 
and University of Munich; was instructor 
at Cornell and at Harvard, and Assistant 
Professor and Professor of Latin in the 
University of Michigan; is a member of 
the Executive Committee of the American 
School at Rome; has edited various text 
ji books and contributed to philological peri- 
i 1 odicals in this country and abroad; is a 
] son of "William J. Rolfe, the Shakespear- 
ean scholar. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

KOMBERUEK, J. A.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
I Address, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, 
: Pa. 

ROMMEL,, Charles Edward: 

, Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Naval Cadet, Oct. 1, 1878; As- 
sistant Engineer, July 1, 1884; Passed As- 
sistant Engineer, Sept. 12, 1894; rank 
changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; 
Bureau of Steam Engineering, Dec. 5, 
1899, to 1902; Lieutenant Commander, 
Aug. 10, 1903; U. S. S. Kentucky, June 
28, 1902, to January, 1904; U. S. S. Wis- 
consin since January, 1904. Address, care 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

RONDTHALER, Howard Edward: 

Resident Professor Moravian College 
and Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, 
Pa.; born June 17, 1871, in Brooklyn, N. 
Y. ; son of Bishop Edward Rondthaler; re- 
ceived degrees of Ph. B., University of 
North Carolina, 1893, and B. D., Moravian 
Seminary, 1896. Pastor Winston-Salem, 
N. C. ; lecturer; editor Wachovia Mora- 
vian. Married. 1898, Katharine G. Bor- 
ing, Philadelphia. Member of Gimghouls 
and E. A. E. Address, Bethlehem, Pa. 

ROOK, Charles Alexander: 

Editor; born in Pittsburg, Aug. 11, 1861; 
son of Alexander W. and Harriett L. 
Rook; entered the Pittsburg Dispatch 
office September, 1880. upon death of his 
father. Alexander W. Rook (who was for 
many years the senior member of the firm 
of Rook & O'Neill, publishers and owners 
of the Pittsburg Dispatch), as collector, 



advertising clerk, circulation bookkeeper 
and cashier; 1888 was elected Secretary, 
1896 Treasurer and Business Manager, 1902 
President and editor in chief. Address, 
The Pittsburg Dispatch, Pittsburg, Pa. 

ROONEY, \\ i ■ limit R. A.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Na- 
val Academy, Sept. 28, 1870; graduated, 
June 1, 1874; promoted Ensign, July 17, 
1S75; Master, June 11, 1881; Lieutenant 
(junior grade), March 3, 1883; Lieutenant, 
June 30, 1887; Colorado, North Atlantic 
Station, 1874; Worcester, North Atlantic 
Station, 1874; Hartford, North Atlantic 
Station, 1875-1876; Passaic, 1877-1879; 
Pensacola, Pacific Station, 1880; Wachu- 
sett, Pacific Station, 1881-1884; training- 
ship New Hampshire, 1884-1886; Naval 
War College, 1887; Swatara, South Atlan- 
tic Station. 1888-1890; Inspector of Steel, 
June, 1891; Atlanta, April, 1894; Mon- 
terey, May, 1894; Oregon, to 1897; receiv- 
ing-ship Richmond, September, 1897-1898; 
April, 1898, New Orleans, to 1899; duty 
with Isla de Cuba, December, 1899. Pro- 
moted to Lieutenant Commander, March 
3, 1S99; Torkktkown, Feb. 15, 1901; re- 
tired, March 26, 1901. Address, Holli- 
daysburg, Pa. 

ROOP, Hervin Ulysses: 

Educator; has been President of Leb- 
anon Valley College since 1897; born in 
Highspre, Pa., Nov. 16, 1868; son of 
Henry J. and Justina M. Roop; educated 
at Steelton High School; was graduated 
from Lebanon Valley College, 1892; from 
Wooster University, 1S95, with the de- 
grees of A. M. and Ph. D. ; from Clark 
University, Cornell, and University of 
Pennsylvania. Married, Aug. 26, 1897, E. 
May Kephart. He taught in the public 
schools, State Normal School and Rit- 
tenhouse Academy, Philadelphia. For 
two years was State Superintendent Nor- 
mal Department of Pennsylvania State 
Sabbath School Association, and organ- 
ized the training work for Sabbath school 
teachers throughout the State. Contrib- 
utor to educational and religous journals. 
Member Lebanon County Historical So- 
ciety and American Academy Political and 
Social Science. Address, Annville, Pa. 

ROOP, Joseph Howard: 

Banker; was born at Germantown, Pa., 
Aug. 10. 1849; educated at the public 
schools in his native place, and was grad- 
uated from the Central High School, 
Philadelphia. In 1870 he was a clerk in 



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the Delaware County National Bank at 
Chester, Pa., and is now President; Pres- 
ident of the Chester Gas Company; one 
of the Executors of the J. Lewis Conger 
estate and one of the Trustees of the 
J. Lewis Conger Home for Incurables and 
the J. Lewis Conger Homeopathic Hospi- 
tal, located at Chester. Jan. 6, 1880, he 
married Lydia North Peirsol. Address, 
Germantown, Pa. 

ROOSEVELT, George Washington: 

Soldier and Consul; born in Chester, 
Delaware County. Pa., Feb. 14, 1843; son 
of James S. Roosevelt of New York and 
Esther Vickery Roosevelt of Salem, N. 
J. He is of the eighth generation, Dutch, 
French and Huguenot strains are min- 
gled in his ancestry; a direct descendant 
of Claes Martenze Van Roosevelt of Rose- 
field and Guelderland. Holland, who emi- 
grated to New Amsterdam (New York) 
some time about 1651. He was educated 
in the public schools of his native town 
and the Upland Academy, Pennsylvania; 
enlisted in the Union Army, April 16, 
1S61, as Corporal in Company K, Twenty- 
sixth Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteers; 
promoted to Sergeant, Color Sergeant and 
First Sergeant; brevetted Captain for 
meritorious conduct at the battle of Get- 
tysburg, Pa.; was awarded a Congres- 
sional medal of honor for gallant and 
meritorious conduct at the battles of Bull 
Run, Va., and Gettysburg, Pa.; was se- 
verely wounded through the hips and 
lost left leg at the battle of Gettysburg, 
Pa., July 2, 1862. When President Lin- 
coln made second call for three months 
volunteers he returned to Chester and 
raised a company for 100 days; was 
elected Captain of the company; joined 
regiment of three months infantry then 
forming in Philadelphia, but on account 
of his severe wounds was unable to go 
to the front again. Appointed United 
States Consul at Auckland, New Zealand, 
March 28, 1878; Consul to St. Helena 
(South Atlantic Ocean), April 30, 1879; 
Consul at Matanzas, Cuba, Sept. 1, 1SS0; 
Consul to Bordeaux, France, May 23, 
1881; Consul at Brussels. Belgium, June 
14. 1889, where he is now stationed. Ad- 
dress, Brussels, Belgium. 

ROUEH, Sjirrah Tyson: 

Editor, author, teacher; born at Rich- 
boro. Pa., Oct. 18, 1849; daughter of 
Charles Tyson and Elizabeth Rorer; was 
graduated from East Aurora, N. Y., 
Academy. Married, Philadelphia. Feb- 
ruary, 1S71, W. Albert Rorer. Principal 



Philadelphia School Domestic Science; Di- ] 
rector State Fair Domestic Science 
School, Springfield, 111.; lecturer on Food J 
in Health and Disease; author and edi- j 
tor for many years; editor and partial i 
owner Table Talk, 1886-1S92; Household \ 
News, 1893-1897; Ladies' Home Journal, j 
since 1897; Director Pennsylvania Chau- I 
tauqua School of Domestic Science. Au- ij 
thor of "Mrs. Rorer's New Cook Book"; :| 
"Mrs. Rorer's Philadelphia Cook Book"; j 
"Canning and Preserving"; "Home Candy ! 
Making"; "Salads"; "Bread Making"; j 
"Made Overs"; "Sandwiches"; "Hot 
Weather Dishes, Twenty Quick Soups"; i 
'How to Use a Chafing Dish"; "Good f 
Ways in Cooking"; "Dainties"; "Colonial 
Cookery"; "Good Cooking"; "A Book on { 
Diet and Cookery." Residence, Colonnade ] 
Hotel; address, 1715 Chestnut St., Phila- j 
delphia, Pa. 

ROSE, Henry J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Susquehanna Coun- I 
ty; born at Silver Lake, Susquehanna 
County, Pa., on the farm where he now 1 
resides, Dec. 11, 1S53; educated in the 
public schools. He went to West Vir- 
ginia and engaged in business there; later 
he returned to his farm in Silver Lake 
and devoted his energes to farming and 
cattle breeding. Elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Silver Lake, Pa. 

ROSE, Thomas Ellwood: 

Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; private 
Company I. Twelfth Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, April 25 to Aug. 5, 1861; Captain 
Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, 
Oct. 28, 1861; Colonel, Feb. 1, 1863; bre- 
vetted Brigadier General Volunteers, July 
22, 1865, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices; honorably mustered out, Dec. 6, 
1865; Captain Eleventh Infantry, July 
28, 1866; assigned to Sixteenth Infantry, 
Feb. 15, 1S70; Major Eighteenth Infantry, 
April 2, 1S02; retired, March 12, 1S94; 
brevetted Major. March 2, 1867, for gal- 
lant and meritorious services in the battle 
of Liberty Gap, Tenn., and Lieutenant 
Colonel, March 2, 1867, for gallant and 
meritorious services in the battle of 
Chickamauga, Ga.; Lieutenant Colonel, 
1904. Address, 2427 W. North Ave., Bal- 
timore. Md. 

ROSE, W. Horace: 

Lawyer and soldier; born at Johnstown. 
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J schools and at an academy in Indiana 
il County; he worked in a tannery and a 
i| machine shop; learned the moulders' 
I trade and afterward the trade of carpen- 
!, tering, and worked as a carpenter in 
I Iowa. In 1858 he returned to Johnstown 
and began to read law in the office of 
John P. Linton. He was admitted to the 
I Cambria County bar in 1S60, built his 
I own office, and practiced in it till the 
great flood of 1SS9, in which he was se- 
i verely injured. The Civil War began 
I shortly after Mr. Rose entered upon prac- 
tice, and he was appointed by the Gov- 
ernor Judge Advocate of the Third Bri- 
1 gade of State Militia, ranking as Major; 
i lie was Lieutenant in a local company 
! which offered its services on April 30, but 
was not accepted; three months later he 
enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Regiment, 
was elected Second Lieutenant, and in 
January, 1862, was made Adjutant of 
! General Campbell's brigade. In January, 
1S64, he took part in General Hunter's 
raid in the Shenandoah Valley. After 
the expiration of his term of enlistment 
1 he resumed practice at Johnstown, when 
he became one of the leaders of the bar. 
He was elected Burgess in 1S69, and a 
member of the Pennsylvania House in 
1S70; in 1873 and 1876 he was elected Dis- 
trict Attorney, and in 1S89 became the 
first Mayor of the city of Johnstown. 
Address, Johnstown, Pa. 

ROSENBALM, Oscar Herman: 

Lawyer; son of Leopold and Sabine 
(Dreschfeld) Rosenbaum; born Sept. 14, 
1868, at San Francisco, Cal. ; was educat- 
ed at the public schools of that city and 
Pittsburg, Pa.; was graduated from the 
Pittsburg High School in 1SS7 and also at- 
tended school at Stuttgart, Germany. He 
was two years at the law school of the 
University of Virginia and was admitted 
to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 13, 
1890. Address, 440 Diamond St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

ROSENTHAL, Albert: 

Artist; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 
1S63; son of Max Rosenthal; studied art 
under his father and at the Pennsylvania 
Academy; he went abroad and studied in 
Munich and in Paris under Gerome, in 
the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Has been 
painting portraits since 1893; widely 
known as etcher of portraits of famous 
Americans. Address, 1530 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



ROSENGARTEN, J. G.: 

Born in Philadelphia, July 14, 1835; 
educated at Academy and University of 
Pennsylvania. President of Free Library, 
Philadelphia; Vice President House of 
Refuge, Philadelphia; Trustee University 
of Pennsylvania; President of the Society 
of the Alumni of the University of 
Pennsylvania. Served in the Army of the 
Potomac; First Lieutenant 121st Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers; Captain and Assist- 
ant Acting Adjutant General on the staff 
of Major General John F. Reynolds, at 
Gettysburg, Pa. Republican in politics. 
Address. 1704 Walnut St.. Philadelphia. 

ROSENTHAL, Max: 

Artist; born in Poland, Nov. 23, 1833; 
studied lithography, drawing and paint- 
ing in Paris, 1847-1849. He came to 
America in 1849 and located in Philadel- 
phia, where he made chromo-lithograph 
plates for the first book fully illustrated 
by the process in the United States. He 
did extensive work as an illustrator and 
has produced many etchings and mezzo- 
tints of portraits and other art works. 
Address, 132 North ISth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

ROSENTHAL, Wilhelm: 

Journalist; born at Nordhausen, foot 
of the Hartz Mountains, in Prussia, Nov. 
20, 1823; educated in his native town and 
was graduated in 1840; then entered a 
publishing house, . and after five years 
connection with it started in the publi- 
cation business for himself. In December, 
1846, he emigrated to America in a sailing 
vessel, landing at New York in May, 
1S47. After a short sojourn there he 
removed to Philadelphia, where he estab- 
lished a book store; in 1848 he organized 
a German Workingmen's Association, of 
which he was President five years. In 
184S he commenced his - career as an 
editor in this country, becoming the ed- 
itor of a paper just started, which was 
named the Free Press; this he edited suc- 
cessfully until 1S55; it was Democratic in 
politics. Then he established the Woch- 
enblatt, a German weekly, and, when it 
was merged with the New World, he 
edited the latter paper until July, 1860, 
and also was assistant editor of the Phil- 
adelphia Democrat, published by the 
same firm. In 1860 he moved to Reading 
to become the editor of the Reading Ad- 
ler, the oldest German weekly newspaper 
in the United States; in 1S64 he estab- 
lished the Banner von Berks (weekly), 



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and in 1S67, Die Biene, a Sunday edition 
of that paper. In 1S6S he commenced 
the publication of a German daily, the 
Reading Post, and in 1869 he established 
a fourth paper, a fraternal journal with 
the title of Die Deutche Eiche; these four 
papers he continues to publish. He has 
been prominent in building association 
affairs in Reading for a number of years, 
and is also a member of the Reading 
Press Club, in which organization he is 
known as "The Nestor of the Reading 
Press." Address, Reading, Pa. 

ROSS. Albert: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy, 
July 23, 1863; graduated, 1S67; Minnesota, 
1867-1868. Promoted to Ensign. 1S68; 
Powhatan. Pacific Fleet, 1868-1869; pro- 
moted to Master, 1870; retired, 1871; Wa- 
chusett, 1873; Ossipee, 1874; restored to 
active list, 1874. Commissioned as Lieu- 
tenant, 1871; Worcester, flagship. North 
Atlantic Station, 1874-1875; special duty, 
Annapolis, 1876; Passaic, North Atlantic 
Station, 1876-1877; commanding Wyan- 
dotte, Washington, 1877-1S78; Ports- 
mouth, special service. 1S7S-1882; Navy 
Yard, Washington, 1882-1883; Miantono- 
mah, 1883; torpedo instruction, Newport, 
R. I., 1883; Naval Academy, 1883-1886; 
Alert, Pacific Station, 1887-1889; torpedo 
instruction, Newport, R. I., 1889; Pensa- 
cola, 1SS9, to May, 1S90; training-ship 
Jamestown, May, 1890, to December, 
1892. Commissioned Lieutenant Comman- 
der, Dec. 5. 1800; Naval Academy, Decem- 
ber, 1892, to 1898. Commissioned as Com- 
mander, August, 1897; commanding Al- 
liance, January, 1898, to December, 1899. 
Commissioned Captain April 11, 1902; 
Lighthouse Inspector, Fifth District, Jan- 
uary, 1900, to 1903; Inspector of Naval 
Colliers on Atlantic coast since December, 
1903. Address, Post Office Building, Bal- 
timore, Md. 

ROSS, David H.: 

Lawyer; born in Herkimer County, 
N. T., on Feb. 18, 1856; son of John and 
Janet McNichol Ross; educated in the 
public schools and Conshohocken High 
School, and has retained his residence in 
Conshohockken ever since; read law with 
Hon. Clement B. Penrose, and admitted 
to the bar of Philadelphia and Montgom- 
ery County in 1870. In 1891, in partner- 
ship with B. F. Richardson and J. P. 
McNichol, he went innto the asphalt busi- 
ness and formed what was afterward the 
Richardson & Ross Asphalt Company, 



which company controlled large conces- 
sions for asphalt on the Island of Trini- 
dad, and secured large contracts for 
asphalt paving in Philadelphia and other 
large cities. In 1S88 he married Ella E., 
daughter of Francis H. Lubbe of Con- 
shohocken. Address, Conshohocken, Pa. 

ROSS. F. G.: 

Civil engineer; born in Pennsylvania; 
civil engineer graduate of the University 
of West Virginia of the class of 1891; was 
employed by Wilkins & Davison in Pitts- 
burg, where he remained four years, dur- 
ing which time he had charge of the con- 
struction of the new waterworks at Steu- 
benville, Ohio; was next engaged for 
three years as engineer for the Vande- 
grift Land and Improvement Company 
and the Apollo Iron and Steel Company. 
For two years was engineer for the Ap- 
pollo Gas Company. Office for Consulting 
and Civil Engineering practice. Member 
American Society Civil Engineers (M. Am. 
Soc. C. E.) and Engineers' Society of 
Western Pennsylvania. Address, Farmers' 
Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

ROSS, George H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Luzerne County; 
was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., Aug. 
13, 1862; educated in the public schools; 
when quite young was employed in the 
coal breakers; later received ten years' 
practical experience in general mechanics, 
embracing boiler and bridge making, 
blacksmithing and engineering. In 1SS6 
he removed to Luzerne, Pa., and engaged 
in the drug business, and in 1894 became 
the initial member of the firm of Ross & 
Company, druggists, at that place; was 
elected to the Town Council in 1888, and 
served as President of that body in 1SS9; 
was afterward elected Assessor; has 
served as delegate to several State and 
county conventions. Was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Luzerne, Pa. 

ROSS. John XV. ("John Rosslyn"): 

Author, dentist; born near Manchester, 
England, in 1852; privately educated. He 
came to America in 1878; naturalized; was 
graduated from Pennsylvania College, 
D. D. S.; practiced as an artist in Phila- 
delphia till 1892, and since that time den- 
tistry with special reference to ortho- 
dontia. Contributor of short stories, etc., 
to various publications. Author of "Joe'9 
Place" (illustrations'), 1902. Address, 200 
W. Chelton Ave., Germantown, Philadel- 
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ROTH, Henry Warren: 

Clergyman Lutheran Church; born Pros- 
pect, Pa., April 5, 1S38; was graduated 
from Pennsylvania College, 1861; studied 
at Western Theological Seminary, Alle- 

i gheny, Pa., 1861-1864; A. M., Pennsylvania 

i College; D. D., Westminster College, Pa., 
1876. Married, June, 1876, Elizabeth T. 
Houston. Ordained to the Lutheran min- 
istry, 1861; pastor Grace Church, Pitts- 
burg, 1861-1870; Secretary General Council 
Lutheran Church, 1866-1870; President 
Pittsburg Synod, 1871-1873; President 

! Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., 1870-1887; 
pastor Wicker Park Lutheran Church, 
Chicago, 18S7-1899; Professor Practical 

; Theology, Chicago Lutheran Theological 
Seminary, 1891-1896; Director and Treas- 
urer Institution Protestant Deaconnesses, 

1901. Address, Greenville, Pa. 

ROTH, Jacob: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Sutersville. Member of the firms of Jo- 
seph Roth & Son, and Roth, Schnitzer & 
Co., foreign bankers and steamship agents. 
j Address, McKeesport, Pa. 

ROTH, Jeremiah: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lehigh County; 
born in Lower Saucon Township, North- 
ampton County, Pa., May 20, 1833; was 
educated in the public schools; taught 
school three years. Was elected Justice 
of the Peace in 1864; was a member of 
Allentown's Council in 1S74; has been 
President of the Lehigh County Agricul- 
tural Society since 1884; has been a Di- 
rector of the Second National Bank of 
Allentown since 1891; owns and conducts 
the Allentown Stock Farm, extensively 
breeding registered Jersey cattle and 
heavy draught horses; is owner and pro- 
prietor of the Allentown Bazaar; has 
been President of the National Live Stock 
Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association 
since 1899, and is a member of the Exec- 
utive Committee of the Mt. Gretna Agri- 
cultural, Mechanical and Industrial Ex- 
position. He was a member of the House 
of Representatives, sessions of 1887, 1891, 
1899 and 1901; re-elected in November, 

1902. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

ROTHERMEL, A. C, A. M.: 

Born at Moselem, Berks County, Pa., 
Jan. 6, 1864; educated at public schools, 
and Keystone State Normal School in 
1880; in 1886 was graduated from the 
Keystone State Normal School; was prin- 
cipal of the Pleasant Valley Academy at 
Gilbert's, Pa., in 1886-1887; entered the 

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sophomore class at Franklin and Mar- 
shall College in September, 1888, and 
was graduated in 1891; then elected Pro- 
fessor of Natural Sciences in the Key- 
stone State Normal School; Vice Presi- 
dent, 1S95, and principal since 1899. Ad- 
dress, Kutztown, Pa. 

ROTHERMEL, John H.: 

Lawyer; born in Richmond Township, 
Berks County, Pa., March 7, 1856; edu- 
cated in the district schools, at the Read- 
ing Scientific Academy and the Keystone 
State Normal School; read law in Read- 
ing in the office of Albert G. Green, Esq., 
and was admitted to the bar, Aug. 20, 
1881; has taken a prominent part in poli- 
tics as a Democrat, and was a candidate 
for the Democratic nomination for Ad- 
ditional Law Judge against the incum- 
bent, Judge G. A. Endlich; Director of 
the Reading and Southwestern Street 
Railway Company for several years, and 
solicitor of the company. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

ROTHERMEL, Peter F. Jr.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 
1850; son of the renowned painter of the 
same name, the producer of the cele- 
brated "Battle of Gettysburg" and other 
famous paintings. Mr. Rothermel was 
educated both in Philadelphia and abroad, 
his father's art studies taking him to 
several countries of Europe. He was 
graduated in 1867 from the Central High 
School and studied law under James T. 
Mitchell since then a Justice of the Penn- 
sylvania Supreme Court. Mr. Rothermel's 
career at the bar was very successful, 
and he became in time the counsel for 
many of the largest business houses and 
corporations; among the former is that 
of John Wanamaker, which he has repre- 
sented in the courts for many years. In 
18S4 his name was strongly urged for the 
office of City Solicitor, but he withdrew 
in favor of Charles F. Warwick; he sub- 
sequently declined proffers of candidacy 
for office until 189S, when he was nomi- 
nated and elected to the office of District 
Attorney, a responsible position, which he 
filled with a very meritorious indepen- 
dence of party demands. Address, 2013 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROTHERMEL, Wilson H.: 

Physician; born in Maidencreek Town- 
ship, Berks County, Pa., May 4, 1866; 
educated in public schools of Berks Coun- 
ty, Palatinate College, Myerstown, Pa., 
and Jefferson Medical College of Philadel- 
phia, Pa.; public school teacher eight 



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years and Coroner of Berks County, Pa., 
three years. Married Alice T. Schmehl of 
Blandon, Pa., Dec. 25, 1S93. Democrat in 
politics. Address, Reading, Pa. 

ROTHROCK, Joseph Trimble: 

Commissioner of Forestry; born April 
9, 1839. at McVeytown, Mifflin County, 
Pa. ; son of Dr. Abraham and Phebe 
B. Rothrock; educated at Academia, 
Juniata County, and at Freeland Semi- 
nary (now Ursinus College), Montgom- 
ery County, Pa.; was graduated with 
degree of B. S. at Harvard Univer- 
sity, 1864; received degree of M. D. from 
University of Pennsylvania, 1868. En- 
listed, Aug. 7, 1S62, as private in Company 
D, 131st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, for nine months; was severely woun- 
ed in thigh at battle of Fredericksburg 
in December, 1S63; commissioned Captain 
of Company E, Twentieth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, serving for six months; in 1865- 
1866 was exploring in British Columbia. 
Married Martha E. May on May 27, 1869. 
Practiced medicine in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 
1870-1873, when he was made surgeon to 
the Wheeler Exploring Expedition, United 
States Engineers, operating west of the 
one hundredth meridian, serving until 
1875, in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico 
and California. In 1876 he established a 
camp for physical culture for boys; was 
elected to the Chair of Botany in the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1877. In 1896 
he w r as made General Secretary of the 
Pennsylvania Forestry Association, which 
position he still holds; was made Com- 
missioner of Forestry, Department of 
Agriculture, 1897, and the head of a di- 
vision in the new department. In 1901 
was made head of State Department of 
Forestry. Resigned position on June 1, 
1904. He has served under four success- 
ive Governors as Commissioner of For- 
estry; has established a consumptive 
camp on South Mountain, in Franklin 
County. He is a writer on scientific sub- 
jects. Republican in politics. Address, 
428 North Church St., West Chester, Pa. 

ROTT. Louis: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Homestead, Allegheny County, 
Pa. 

ROIRKE, Patrick Francis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, June 16, 1861; Corporal, 
July 4, 1861; Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1861; First 



Sergeant, June 30, 1S63; discharged to 
accept promotion, June 27, 1S64; Second 
Lieutenant Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania 
Infantry, March 28, 1864; First Lieuten- ! 
ant, July 21, 1864; Captain, Dec. 3, 1864; 
honorably mustered out, July 18, 1865. 
Elected, Feb. 12, 1901. Address, 1012 Tas- 
ker St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROIRKE, William J.: 

City Solicitor of Reading, Pa.; born in 
Reading, Sept. 11, 1859; son of a mill- 
worker, John Rourke, of that town; was 
graduated from the Reading High School* 
on June 24, 1S76. He was employed for 
seven weeks in a drug store, and on May 
8, 1S77, began the study of law in the 
office of Peter D. Wanner, being admitted 
to the Berks County bar on Nov. 22, 1880. '- 
After a little over four years of successful 
practice he became the Democratic nom- 
inee for City Solicitor, and was elected 1 
Feb. 28, 18S5; his ability in this position 
was rewarded by his unanimous re-elec- 
tion, without opposition, for four succes- b 
sive additional terms of two years each, 
until June 4, 1895, when, the Republicans 
being in power, they elected a Republican 
City Solicitor; he was again elected in 
April, 1897, and re-elected, without oppo- 
sition, in April, 1899, and continued in 
office until May 12, 1902, one year be- 
yond his term, when the Republicans, be- 
ing again in power, elected a Republican 
City Solicitor, who remained in office 
until Feb. 16, 1904, when Mr. Rourke was 
again elected, without opposition, for the 
unexpired term of three years. From 
1S90 to 1893 he was assistant to W. O. 
Miller, District Attorney, during whose" 
term he tried many important criminal 1 
cases. He has served as a delegate to n 
various city, county and State party con- 
ventions, and has been conspicuously 
identified with all city and county cam- 
paigns. He married Miss Lizzie Yocom 
in 1S84. Address, Reading, Pa. 

ROWE, David Watson: 

Soldier and jurist; born in Greencastle, 
Pa., Nov. 12. 1836; studied in the Green 
castle schools and Marshall College, and 
after graduation read law with William .. 
McClellan of Chambersburg; admitted tor 
the bar of Franklin County in 1S57.. ' 



h 



When the Civil War began he enlisted as 
a private in the Second Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, starting for the front April 18. 
1861; a week later he was made Sergeant 
Major of the regiment, afterward com- 
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.lunder General Pattison; after the expira- 
tion of his three months' term he re- 
cruited a company for the 126th Regiment 
and was made Lieutenant Colonel. His 
{military life continued till May 2, 1863, 
When the regiment was mustered out, 
land he returned to practice in Chambers- 
jburg. He was appointed Additional Law 
Uudge by Governor Geary in 1S68, and 
was selected in October of that year; in 
%S74 he became President Judge of the 
Thirty-ninth District, and in 1S7S was re- 
elected for a second ten years' term. 
(Since then he has been chiefly engaged in 
(legal practice. Address, Chambersburg, Pa. 

JROWE, L. S.: 

Professor of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania; born in McGregor, Iowa, Sept. 17, 
.1871; educated at the public schools of 
j Philadelphia, and entered the University 
olof Pennsylvania after graduating from 
.the Philadelphia Central High School; 

ffter taking the bachelor's degree at the 
iniversity he entered the law school, and 
*upon graduation therefrom was admitted 
jto the bar; then spent four years in 
Kurope in the study of political science 
land comparative jurisprudence; in 1896 
he was appointed instructor in public law 
at the University of Pennsylvania in 
.1898 was made assistant professor. In 
-June, 1904, was advanced to a full Pro- 
fessorship of Political Science. In June, 
.1900. he was appointed by President 
McKinley a member of the Commission 
-to Revise and Compile the Laws of Porto 
Rico; he was appointed Chairman of the 
Insular Code Commission by Governor 
Allen. He resumed his duties as Assist- 
ant Professor of Political Science in Feb- 
ruary, 1902, which position he still holds; 
was elected President cf the American 
Academy of Political and Social Science. 
Author of "Factors of Efficiency in Gov- 
ernment"; "Report on Municipal Legis- 
lation in Pennsylvania to the Committee 
on Cities of the New York Constitutional 
Convention"; "The Anti-Semitic Move- 
ment in America"; "Le Gouvernement 
\ Municipal en Europe, d'apres un Livre 
^Recent"; article on "Municipal Govern- 
ment and Institutions in Prussia"; "Fac- 
tors of Efficiency in Government"; article 
I on "Municpal Government in the United 
; States"; "American Political Ideas and 
Institutions in Their Relation to the Prob- 
lem of City Government" (New York Re- 
form Club), July, 1897; "Problems of Po- 
litical Science"; "The Nature of the 
State"; "Goodnow 'Municipal Problems' "; 



"Taxation in Glasgow and English Cit- 
ies"; "The Municipality and the Gas Sup- 
ply"; "Report of the Committee on Mu- 
nicipal Program"; "The Socialistic Mu- 
nicipalities of Northern France"; "Influ- 
ence of the War in Our Public Life"; 
"The Financial Relation of the Depart- 
ment of Education to the City Govern- 
ment"; "The Supreme Court and the In- 
sular Cases"; "Political Parties in Porto 
Rico"; "The Political and Legal Aspects 
of Change of Sovereignty"; "Extension of 
American Influence in the West Indies"; 
"The Establishment of Civil Government 
in the Philippines"; "The Civil Service in 
Porto Rico"; "Report of the United States 
Commission to Revise the Laws of Porto 
Rico"; "Report of the Insular Code Com- 
mission." In May, 1904, published "The 
United States in Porto Rico." Address, 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

ROWLAND, Arthur John: 

Electrician and Professor of Electrical 
Engineering, Drexel Institute, Philadel- 
phia, Pa; born in Cincinnati, Feb. 19, 
1867; son of Adoniram J. Rowland; edu- 
cated in private schools, Philadelphia; 
freshman year, University of Pennsyl- 
vania, and partial course in languages, 
Johns Hopkins, and course in electrical 
engineering, same college, 1893; organized 
course in electrical engineering, Drexel 
Institute. Married, May 16, 1895, Flora 
B. Dobler. Address, 4510 Osage Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROWLAND, Benjamin: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Philadelphia. Address, 4356 Frankford 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROWLAND, John Cadwalader: 

Stock and bond broker; born Feb. 10, 
1879, in Philadelphia; grandson of the 
late Hon. John Cadwalader, United States 
District Judge, and son of the Rev. Henry 
J. Rowland of Philadelphia; educated at 
the De Lancey School and University of 
Pennsylvania. He engaged in the paper 
trade a short time; then became a stock 
and bond broker. Member of the Repub- 
lican Party. Address, 1607 Locust St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROWLAND, Jonathan: 

Civil engineer; born in Holmesburg, Pa., 
March 28, 1856 educated in the public 
schools and the Polytechnic College, grad- 
uating in 1874 as a civil engineer. He 
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and other States, and in 1SS0 became a 
railroad contractor, building a division 
of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, also 
the East Tennessee & Western North 
Carolina Railroad. In 1SS5 he became 
connected with the extensive iron-work- 
ing plant of Morris, Tasker & Co., in 
which he has made an excellent record 
and risen through several grades to the 
post of Vice President and General Man- 
ager; his duties have obliged him to 
travel widely in Europe, where the firm 
has important interests; it was the first 
to introduce the overhead electric trolley 
system in England. Member of the Man- 
ufacturers' Club of Philadelphia and the 
Engineers' and Knickerbocker Athletic 
Clubs of New York, and the American 
Society of Naval Engineers. Address, 
8037 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ROWLAND, J. IV.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Emlenton, "Venango County, Pa. 

ROWEN, John Howard: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- 
val Cadet, May 20, 1887; Assistant En- 
gineer, July 1, 1893; Passed Assistant 
Engineer, May 28, 1S97; rank changed to 
Lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 
1889; Lieutenant, September 25, 1899; 
Bennington, 1S91; Navy Yard, New York, 
1893; Marblehead, 1894; Newark, April, 
1894, to 1898; Bancroft. 1898; Navy Yard, 
Mare Island, 1899; Helena, September, 

1899, to 1903; Denver, since September, 
1903. Address, care Navy Department, 
Washington, D. C. 

ROYDHOUSE, George W.: 

President of the Northwestern National 
Bank of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia 
Casualty Company, and the Bath Port- 
land Cement Company. Address, Girard 
and Ridge Aves., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Rl'GH, Jacob Welty: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Thirty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Infantry (Eighth Reserve), 
Aug. 2, 1862; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, May 16, 1863. Elected, Nov. 14, 

1900. Address, care of Recorded of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

RUMFORD, Lewis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 



First Lieutenant Charles G. Rumford. 
Elected, May 7, 1902. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

RUMXETTE, John: 

President of the Metropolitan National 
Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 



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Rl'PP, William: 

Educator; Professor Practical Theology, . 
Theological Seminary Reformed Churchy 
in the United States; born at Lowhill, Pa., • 
April 17, 1839; son of Solomon and Maria 
Rupp; was graduated from Franklin and 
Marshall College, 1862, and received de- ' 
grees of A. M. and D. D. ; was graduated 
from Theological Seminary, Mercersburg, j 
Pa., 1S64. Married, Nov. 16, 1865, to 
Emma A. Hambright. Ordained to min-J 
istry of Reformed Church in the United I 
States, Feb. 6, 1865; served charge3 at 
St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa., 1865-, 
1866; Berlin, Somerset County, Pa., 1867- 
1877; Manchester, Md., 1S77-1888; Meyers- 
dale, Somerset County, Pa., 1888-1893. 
Regular contributor to Mercersburg Re- 
view; assistant editor Reformed Church- 
Quarterly Review; editor of Reformed 
Church Review. Address, 602 W. James 
St., Lancaster, Pa. 



RlPPEIi, William H.: 

Lawyer; born at Frostburg, Md., May 
13, 1849. He was taken as an infant to 
Wellersburg, Somerset County. Pa., and 
was there educated in public and normaF 
schools. He subsequently followed the 
profession of a teacher for a number oi 
years, but finally took up the profession; 
of the law, studied in the office of Gen-« 
eral Coffroth, and was admitted to thf 
Somerset bar in 1872. He formed a part- 
nership with Mr. Coffroth which ha? 
since continued. Mr. Ruppel served as el 
delegate to the Democratic State Convent 
tion that nominated Singerly for Gover-* 
nor. In 1881 he was named for President 



Judge, but declined to enter the contest 
His practice has been extensive and ha,'.] 
covered every field of the profession, h< 
having been the working member of the 
firm, General Coffroth being largely 
absorbed in political matters. Address 
Somerset, Pa. 



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RUSCHE1VBERGER, Charges Wister: 

Commander Naval Force of Pennsyl 
vania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Septem 
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Latin School, July, 1S64; was graduated 
|from the United States Naval Academy, 
'June, 1869; European Squadron, Juniata 
fend Franklin, 1S69-1871. Promoted to 
Ensign, July, 1S70, and Master, January, 
1872; Asiatic Squadron, Lackawanna and 
Iroquois, 1872-1875; promoted to Lieuten- 
ant, April, 1875; Navy Yard, Philade- 
lphia, Pa., 1875-1876; European Squadron, 
(Gettysburg, Trenton, and Marion, 1876- 
1878;. North Atlantic Squadron, Marion, 
J1879; Navy Yard, League Island, Pa., 
.H1880-1S82; United States Torpedo School, 
^Newport, R. I., 18S2; Pacific Squadron, 
•llroquois, 1882-1883] North Atlantic Squad- 
Von, Yantic and^ Vandalia, 1883-1884; 
^Training Squadron, Jamestown and Sara- 
toga, 1884-1S86; Navy Yard, League Is- 
land, Philadelphia, Pa., 1SS7-1SS9; North 
>»Atlantic Squadron, Kearsarge (the orig- 
inal,) 1889-1892; Inspector of Ordnance, 
"Midvale Steel Works. Philadelphia, Pa., 
'1802-1894; Navy Yard, League Island, 
'Philadelphia, Pa., 1894-1895; Naval War 
■ College. Newport, R. I., 1895; resigned, 
I July 1895. Elected Commander Naval 
:' Force of Pennsylvania, April, 1900. Mem- 
' ber of the Military Order of the Loyal 
1 Legion of the United States and of the 
l| Naval Order of the United States. Ad- 
1 dress, Strafford, Chester County, Pa. 

]. RUSH, Rieliard: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy, 
Sept. 23, 1863; was graduated, 1867; Min- 
nesota, special cruise, 1S67-1868. Pro- 
moted to Ensign, 1S68; Mohongo, Pacific 
Fleet, 1868-1870; promoted to Master, 
1870; commissioned as Lieutenant, 1871; 
Coast Survey, 1871-1874; Navy Yard, 
Philadelphia, 1S75-1876; Vandalia, Eu- 
ropean Squadron, 1876-1878; Naval Acad- 
emy, 1879-1S82; Juniata, Asiatic Station, 
1882-1886; Bureau of Navigation, 18S6- 
1889; training-ship Portsmouth, 1889-1892. 
Promoted to Lieutenant Commander, 
Sept. 27, 1891; Superintendent Naval War 
Records, May, 1893, to April, 1897; com- 
manding Michigan, April 5, 1897; promoted 
to Commander, April, 1898; commanding 
Armeria, April, 1898; Navy Department, 
Oct. 20, 1898; retired as Captain, July 7, 
1899. Address. 1S31 Jefferson PL, N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 

RUSH, William Rees: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania; entered Na- 
val Academy, June 6, 1872; 1877-1879, 
flagship Monongahela, China Station; 
graduated, June 1, 1879; Constellation, 



Irish Relief Cruise, 1880; Constitution, 
Flagship Training Squadron, 1880; Pas- 
saic, 1881. Promoted to Ensign, Feb. 15, 
18S1; Ranger, surveying duty west coast 
of Mexico and Central America, 1881- 
18S7; ordnance duty, Navy Yard, Wash- 
ington, 18S7; Bureau of Navigation, As- 
sistant to Hydrographer, 1887-1889; Bos- 
ton, Squadron of Evolution, 1889-1890. 
Promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade), 
Feb. 11, 1889; Bennington, North Atlan- 
tic Station, 1S91; Boston, Pacific Station, 
July, 1891, to December, 1893. Promoted 
to Lieutenant. Dec. 26, 1893; ordnance 
duty, Navy Yard, Washington, 1S94; War 
College, 1S94-1S96; flagship Brooklyn, 
representative ship at Spithead, Queen's 
Jubilee, 1897; flagship Brooklyn, during 
Spanish-American War; commendatory 
mention in dispatches for the naval action 
of July 3, 189S, off Santiago de Cuba; 
Massachusetts, 1900. during coaling at 
sea and wireless signalling tests; staff of 
Naval War College, 1901. Promoted Lieu- 
tenant Commander, Feb. 11, 1901; Albany, 
since October. 1901. Address, care Navy 
Department, Washington, D. C. 

RUSH, William H.: 

Surgeon United States Navy; appointed 
from Pennsylvania as Assistant Surgeon, 
Feb. 13, 1877; Passed Assistant Surgeon, 
April 28, 1881; Constellation, special ser- 
vice, 1S77-1878; ironclads. James River 
1878-1879; receiving-ship St. Louis, 1879- 
1880; gunnery training-ship Minnesota, 
1880-1884; special duty, 1885-1888; school- 
ship Saratoga. 18S9-1891; Yantic, South 
Atlantic Station. September, 1891-1894. 
Promoted to Surgeon, November, 1894; 
Navy Yard, League Island, December, 
1894; Dixie, April, 1898; steamer City of 
Pekin, May, 1898. Retired, Oct. 31, 1900. 
Address, Ardmore, Pa. 

RITSHTON, R. H.: 

President of the Fourth Street National 
Bank. Address. 131 South Fourth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

RUSKE, William: 

President of the People's Trust Com- 
pany of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

RISLING, James Wood: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Brigadier General James F. Rusling. 
Elected Feb. 10, 1897. Address, 206 Drexel 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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RUSSELL, Benjamin R.: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Ma- 
rine Corps; born in Pennsylvania; ap- 
pointed from Pennsylvania. Commis- 
sioned as Second Lieutenant, Oct. 16, 
1869; Marine Barracks, Washington, 1S69- 
1870; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, 1870- 
1871; frigate Wabash, European Station, 
1871-1872; Shenandoah, European Fleet, 
IS 1 ; 1-1873; Marine Barracks, Portsmouth, 
1874-1876. Commissioned as First Lieu- 
tenant, 1876; receivng-ship Worcester, 
1876-1877; Marine Barracks, Washington, 
1877-1878; Adjutant of Marine Batallion 
during the labor riots of 1877; special duty 
at Paris Exposition, 1877-1878; command- 
ing marine guard, 1878; steamer Minne- 
sota, 1879; steamer Galena, North At- 
lantic Station, 1880-1883; Marine Bar- 
racks, Washington, 1883; Navy Yard, 
Washington, 1SS3-1885; Marine Barracks, 
League Island, 18S5-1SS6; Galena, 1S86; 
Richmond, 18S6; Galena, 1886-1889; Marine 
Barracks, League Isand, 1S89-1893; 
commissioned Captain, Feb. 2, 1891; New 
York, South Atlantic Station, 1S93-1S96; 
Marine Barracks, League Island, Sep- 
tember, 1S96, to April, 1898, serving with 
Marine Battalion in Cuba, 1898; New 
York, Nov. 15, 1899; Marine Barracks, 
Washington, since Oct. 30. 1900. Com- 
missioned Major, March 3, 1899; Lieuten- 
ant Colonel, Jan. 31, 1900; retired, March 
1, 1903. Address, Marine Barracks, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

RUSSELL, George: 

President of the Belleville National 
Bank. Address, Belleville, Mifflin County, 
Pa. 

RUSSELL, Henry J.: 

President of the Honesdale National 
Bank. Address, Honesdale, Wayne Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

RITAN, James S.: 

Legislator and lawyer; born in Carroll 
County. Ohio, May 29. 1838; educated at 
Beaver Academy, Pa., and Richmond Col- 
lege, Ohio. He studied law at Beaver 
under Richard P. Roberts and was ad- 
mitted to the Beaver County bar. In 
1862 he was elected District Attorney of 
Beaver County, and again in 1865, and in 
1875 was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar. In 1868 he was a Presidential 
Elector and bore the dispatches from the 
Electoral Board to Washington. He was 
elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania in 
1869. and re-elected in 1872, serving six 
years, and in 1886 was again elected as a 



representative of Allegheny County. He 
was Marshal of the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, 1882-1885. He served in the 
Civil War in the 101st Pennsylvania Regi- 
ment. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

RUTH, John W.: 

President of the Scottdale Savings and 
Trust Company. Address, Scottdale, 
Westmoreland County, Pa. 
RUTH, L. F.: 

President of the Title and Trust Com- 
pany of West Pennsylvania. Address, 
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa. 

HITHERFORD, Matthew: 

Minister of the Presbyterian Church; 
born in England, Dec. 22, 1858; came to 
this country in 1869; prepared for college 
in private and at the New Hagerstown 
Academy, New Hagerstown, Ohio; was 
graduated from Washington and Jefferson 
College in 1SS4; from the Western Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1887. Pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church of Monaca, Pa., 1887- 
1888; Avalon Presbyterian Church in 1888- 
1896; the Third Presbyterian Church of 
Washington, Pa., 1S96. Instructor in New 
Testament in W. J. College 1900-1904. 
Married, June 29, 18SS, Miss Helen L. 
Poe. Address, Washington, Pa. 

RUTHERFORD, Robert, HI.: 

President of the Steelton National 
Bank and the Steelton Trust Company. 
Address, Steelton, Dauphin County, Pa. 

RUTHERFORD, Samuel MePherson: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy. June 16, 1888; Second 
Lieutenant Eighth Cavalry, June 11, 1892; 
transferred to Fourth Cavalry, Aug. 31, 
1S92; First Lieutenant, March 2, 1899; 
Captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Ri- 
ley, Kan. 

RYAN, Mnrah Ellis: 

Author; born in Butler County, Pa., 
Feb. 27, 1860; daughter of Patrick Gra- 
ham and Sidney Martin; wrote poems and 
stories under pen name Ellis Martin. 
Married, 1883. S. E. Ryan, comedian (now 
deceased). Was for five years on the 
stage; since 1890 has lived a retired life. 
Author of "In Love's Domain," 1889; 
"Told in the Hills," 1891; "Pagan of the 
Alleghanies," 1891; "Squaw Eloise," 1892; 
"A Flower of France," 1894; "Comrades," 
18fl6; "The Bond-Woman," 1899; "That 
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647 



'Told in the Hills," "The Bond-Woman," 
and "Galeed," a story included in "Love's 
Domain." Address, Fayette Springs, Fay- 
ette County, Pa. 

RYAN, Patrick John: 

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Philadel- 
phia; born in Thurles, County Tipperary, 
Ireland, Feb. 20, 1831. As a child he 
manifested a predilection for the priest- 
hood, and his school life in Dublin was 
followed by a course of theological study 
in Carlow College, where he graduated In 
1852, winning first premiums in philosophy 
and theology and an appointment as Pre- 
fect of the Lay House; subsequent col- 
lege honors were the degrees of LL. D. 
by the Universities of New York and 
Pennsylvania. He was ordained a sub 
deacon in 1852, but immediately after- 
ward left Ireland for the United States, 
settling in St. Louis, where the Bishop 
appointed him Professor of Sacred Elo- 
quence in the Theological Seminary. In 
1853 he was ordained to the priesthood 
and made assistant rector of the St. 
Louis Cathedral; in 1856 he was made 
rector, and in 1860 was put in charge of 
the parish of the Annunciation, where he 
built a fine church edifice and a parochial 
school. During the Civil War he was 
active in charitable labor, and served as 
Chaplain of the Gratiot Street Military 
Prison and Hospital. He became rector 
of St. John's Church in St. Louis after 
the war, and in 1866 attended the Second 
Plenary Council at Baltimore, where he 
preached a sermon that attracted wide 
attention. He also lectured in many 
places, his eloquence and learning draw- 
ing large audiences. He subsequently vis- 
ited Rome and was honored with the in- 
vitation to deliver the English course of 
Lenten sermons in that city. In 1S68 he 
was appointed Vicar-General of the Arch- 
diocese of St. Louis, and in 1872 was con- 
secrated Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis, 
with the title of Bishop of Tricomia in 
Palestine. He visited Rome again in 
1883, when he was appointed to the rank 
of Archbishop of Salamis, and in 1884 
was appointed Archbishop of the Diocese 
of Philadelphia, a position which he still 
retains with the highest credit and with 
respect from all creeds. He deliver sev- 
eral addresses at the World's Columbian 
Exposition, and many of his lectures and 
sermons have been published and become 
very popular. Author of "What Catholics 
Do Not Believe," "The Causes of Mod- 
ern Religious Skepticism," etc. Address, 
225 .North Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



RYAN, Thomas William: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Naval Academy, June 13, 1873; 
Midshipman, June 4, 1880; Ensign (junior 
grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, May 19, 
18S4; Lieutenant (junior grade), July 31, 
1891; flagship Richmond, China Station, 
1S78-1S80; training ship Saratoga, 1881- 
1883; Ranger, 1883-1886; Branch Hydro- 
graphic Office, New York, 1887; inspection 
of steel, new cruisers, 1887-1888; training- 
ship Jamestown, 1889-1891; coast survey 
steamer Endeavor, 1891-1892; in charge 
Branch Hydrographic Office, Savannah, 
November, 1892, to March, 1893; receiv- 
ing-ship Franklin, March, 1893, to Janu- 
ary, 1895; Castine, steamship Lancaster, 
January, 1895, to January, 1898. Promoted 
to Lieutenant, October, 1895; Navy Yard, 
New York, February, 1898, to May, 1898; 
steamship Peoria, May, 1898; Monocacy, 
Sept. 29, 1899; Brooklyn, Aug. 1, 1900, to 
1902. Promoted to Lieutenant Command- 
er, Oct. 9, 1901; steamship Lancaster since 
Dec. 27, 1902. Address, Navy Yard, 
League Island, Pa. 

RYAN, William C: 

Referee in bankruptcy, attorney at law; 
born at New Hope, Bucks County, Pa,, 
June 15, 1860; attended the public school 
of his native town; studied law with 
Hugh B. Eastburn, at ©oylestown, Pa., 
and was admitted to the Bucks County 
bar in 1884; 1887 to 1890 associated with 
Hon. Robert M. Yardley, in a law part- 
nership; 1S91-1S98 Deputy Receiver of the 
Keystone National Bank of Philadelphia, 
and 1894-1898 of the Spring Garden Na- 
tional Bank of Philadelphia. Referee in 
bankruptcy for Bucks County since 1898. 
Engaged in active practice in Bucks and 
Philadelphia Counties; has also been ad- 
mitted to practice in the federal courts, 
including the Supreme Court of the Unit- 
ed States. Address, Doylestown, Pa. 

RYAN, William J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County, 
was born in the Twelfth Ward, Pittsburg, 
Pa., May 11, 1866; was educated in the 
public schools of that city; learned the 
trade and worked at glass blowing for a 
number of years; was prominently iden- 
tified with the old Flint Glass Workers' 
Association, and is still a member of the 
Green Bottle Blowers of America; at 
present engaged in hotel business; has, 
since reaching his majority, always taken 
an active interest in politics, and for four- 



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teen years has been a member of the Al- 
legheny County Democratic Committee; 
he was elected a member of the House of 
Representatives on the Democratic ticket 
in November, 1902. Address, 2417 Penn 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

RVON, tieorge XV.: 

Bank President; born in Elkland, Tioga 
County, Pa., April 30, 1839. His ancestors 
on both sides were soldiers in the Revo- 
lutionary Army, and his grandfather, 
John Ryon, was State Senator for eleven 
years. Judge of Tioga County, and Su- 
perintendent of the Pennsylvania Canal. 
Mr. Ryon was educated in Lawrenceville 
Academy, the Genesee Wesleyan Semin- 
ary, and a commercial college in Roches- 
ter, N. Y., and after graduating was em- 
ployed as a civil engineer on the Kenosha, 
Rockford & Rock Lsland Railroad, Illinois. 
In 1S59 he began the study of law under 
his uncle, Judge James Ryon, and was 
admitted to the bar at Pottsville. Pa., in 
1861. He located at Lawrenceville, and in 
1869 at Shamokin, where he built up the 
large practice which he now enjoys. He 
has also been active in business; he was 
the first President of the Shamokin Bank- 
ing Company, which position he still'fills; 
he is also Treasurer of the Shamokin 
Gaslight Company, Director in the Sha- 
mokin Manufacturing Company, and a 
stockholder in tine City Water Company. 
He was a candidate for President Judge 
of Northumberland County in 1SS1, but 
was defeated by a very small adverse 
majority. He was appointed a Commis- 
sioner of Public Charities by Governor 
Pattison in 1S91 and reappointed by Gov- 
ernor Hastings in 1896. Address, Shamo- 
kin, Pa. 

RYON, John W.« 

Lawyer; born in Elkland, March 4, 1S25; 
his father, John Ryon was a State Repre- 
sentative and Senator and Judge of Tioga 
County; George W. Ryon, whose sketch 
is above given, was his nephew. Mr. 
Ryon was educated at the Millville Acad- 
emy. New Jersey, and the Wellsboro 
Academy. Pennsylvania, and he subse- 
quently studied law and was admitted to 
the Tioga County bar in 1846. He settled 
at Lawrenceville, and there built up a 
large and profitable practice. Four years 
after his admission to the bar he was 
elected District Attorney of Tioga Coun- 
ty, and three years later was re-elected. 
In 1S63 he removed to Pottsville, where 



he became one of the most successful at- 
torneys at the Schuylkill County bar. He 
was active during the war in organizing 
a company of the famous Bucktail Regi- 
ment and in passing the bill for the Penn- 
sylvania Reserve Corps, and Governor 
Curtin appointed him Paymaster, with 
the rank of Major. Mr. Ryon was elected ' 
to Congress in 1878, where he served one 
term very satisfactorily. In addition to 
his legal business he has been President 
of the Pennsylvania National Bank of 
Pottsville, a Director of the Pottsville Gas ! 
Company, and several other organiza- 
tions. He owns a large flouring mill at 
Elkland. Address, Pottsville, Pa. 



K\OX, \oriiuiii H.: 

Lawyer: born in Tioga County, Pa., 
Dec. 1. 1830; studied at Genesee College, 
New York, and was graduated in I860 at «] 
Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. He 
read law in offices at Wellsboro and Tio- 
ga, and was admitted to the Tioga County 
bar in 1S63. In the following year he re- 
moved to Amboy, 111., where he practiced 
till 187S. part of the time as City Attor- 
ney and District Attorney; he served one 
term in the Legislature of Illinois, and in 
1872 was a Presidential Elector on the 
Republican ticket. From 1S78 to 1S82 he 
practiced in Bloomington, 111., then re- 
turned to Lawrenceville. Pa., and a few 
years later settled in Wellsboro, Tioga 
County, where he has since practiced. 
Address, Wellsboro, Pa. 



KVOS, Will In ee I*.: 

Lawyer and Bank President; born in 
Elkland, Pa., July 18, 1836. After ob- 
taining a liberal education he entered 
upon the study of law under his brother, 
Hon. John W. Ryon. and was admitted to 
the bar of Tioga County in 1861. He 
practiced for a year at Tamaqua, then 
became associated with his brother at 
Pottsville, and in 1S69 was made cashier 
of the Pennsylvania National Bank of 
that place. In 1873 he became President 
of the Merchants' Exchange Bank of 
Pottsville. He went to Philadelphia in 
1879, where for three years he was en- 
gaged in the coal and iron business. In 
1882 he returned to Lawrenceville. his 
early home, where he has since practiced. 
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SACHSE, Julius Friedrich: 

Journalist, author; born in Philadelphia, 
Nov. 22, 1842; son of J. H. Friedrich and 
Julianna D. W. Sachse; educated in gram- 
mar schools and old Lutheran Academy; 
received the degree of Litt. D., from 
Muhlenberg College; married, 1864, Emma 
C. Lange; he is a member of American 
Philosophical Society, Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania-German 
Society, and other societies. Author of 
"The German Pietists of Provincial Penn- 
sylvania," 1694-170S; "Pennsylvania: The 
German Influence in Its Settlement and 
Development; The German Sectarians of 
Pennsylvania," 1708-1743, a "Critical and 
Legendary History of the Ephrata Clois- 
ter and the Dunkers," 1743-1S00; "Horolo- 
gium Achaz-Christophorus Schissler, Ar- 
tifex; Justice Falckner, Mystic and Schol- 
ar," 1903; and other scientific and his- 
torical books. Address, 4428 Pine St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



SADLER, Wilbur F.: 

Jurist; born in Adams County, Pa., 
Oct. 14, 1840; removed with his parents to 
Cumberland County in his childhood; re- 
| ceived a good academical education; read 
law with Mr. Morrison, of Williamsport; 
finished his legal education in Carlisle, 
Pa.; admitted to Cumberland County bar 
in 1865. Mr. Sadler quickly gained a large 
practice and was elected District Attor- 
ney in 1S71, as the nominee of the Repub- 
lican Party. In 1884 he was elected Presi- 
dent Judge of the district. On the expi- 
ration of his term, in 1S94, he returned 
to legal practice, in which he is now 
engaged. Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

SADTLER, Samuel Philip: 

Chemist; born at Pine Grove, Pa., July 
18, 1847; son of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin 
Sadtler; was graduated from the Pennsyl- 
vania College. 1867; studied at Lehigh 
University, 1867-1S68, and was graduated 
from Lawrence Scientific School. Harvard, 
S. B., 1S70; Gottingen University, Ph. D., 
1871; Pennsylvania College (LL. D., 1902); 
married, 1872, M. Julia Bridges. Profess- 
or of Natural Science, Pennsylvania Col- 
lege. 1871-1874. Professor of Chemistry, 
University of Pennsylvania, 1874-1891, and 
of the Philadephia College of Pharmacy 
since 1878. Secretary of the Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society, 1898-1902. Fel- 
low American Association for the Ad- 



vancement of Science. Member of Ameri- 
can Chemical Society, and chemical so- 
cieties of London, Berlin, etc. Was 
chemical editor American reprint Ency- 
clopaedia Britannica, and of fifteenth and 
subsequent editions of the U. S. Dispensa- 
tory; member of Committee on Revision 
of the United States Pharmacopoeia. Au- 
thor of "Handbook of Chemical Experi- 
mentation for Lectures," 1877; "Handbook 
of Industrial Organic Chemistry," 1891, 
and of German and Russian translations; 
"Text-book of Pharmaceutical Chemis- 
try," 1895. Address, Tenth and Chestnut 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SAGEHEER, Joseph Evans: 

Clergyman; born in Allentown, Pa., 
1861; son of Rev. Joseph Lybrand and 
Harriet Sagebeer; received his primary 
education at the Conshohocken High 
Schools, from which he was graduated in 
1879;. Lewisburg, Pa., Academy, 1881; 
Bucknell University, 18S5; Crozer Theo- 
logical Seminary, 1SS8 (Ph. D., University 
of Pennsylvania, 1891); ordained to the 
Baptist ministry, 1888. Married, 1S98, 
Catherine Grafflin Cook. Author of "The 
Bible in Court: The Method of Legal In- 
quiry Applied to the Study of the Scrip- 
tures," 1900; "A First Book in Christian 
Doctrine," 1903; contributor of articles 
on religious and theological subjects to re- 
views. Member of Phi Alpha, The Photo- 
Zetetics; lecturer Germantown Society of 
Psychology. Member of the Union League 
Club. Address, 48 East Upsal St., Ger- 
mantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SAFFOKJJ, Fred'k Hollister. Ph. D.: 

University of Pennsylvania, Department 
of Mathematics; born at Lawrence, Mass., 
June 20, 1866; was graduated at Massa- 
chusetts Institute of Technology with the 
degree of S. B., 1888; Instructor in Mathe- 
matics, Brewster Academy. Wolfeboro, N. 
H., 1888-1S93; entered graduate school, 
Harvard University, in 1893, receiving de- 
gree of A. M. in 1894, and of Ph. D. in 
1S97; Instructor in Mathematics, Har- 
vard University, 1895-1899. Assistant 
Professor of Mathematics University of 
Cincinnati, 1899-1901. Honorary Fellow in 
Mathematics, Clark University. 1901-1902. 
Address, University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SAILER. Joseph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 



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Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. 
John Sailer; Passed Assistant Surgeon 
United States Navy, July 15, 1898; hon- 
orably discharged Sept. 12, 1898. Elect- 
ed May 7, 1902. Address, 1927 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SAINT, S. J.: 

President of the Citizens' Deposit and 
Trust Company. Address, Sharpsburg, 
Allegheny County, Pa. 

SAJOIS, Charles K. lie M.: 

Physician, medical author and laryn- 
gologist; born at sea, near coast of France, 
Dec. 13, 1852; son of Count Charles E. 
and Marie Pierrette de Medici; educated 
by private tutors; was graduated from 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
187S; married, Jan. 30, 1884, Emma Chris- 
tine Bergner. Became clinical lecturer in 
Jefferson Medical College; dean and pro- 
fessor in Medico-Chirurgical College; Pro- 
fessor of Anatomy and Physiology, Wag- 
ner Institute of Science; Fellow College 
of Physicians of Philadelphia, and mem- 
ber of a large number of scientific bod- 
ies; officer of the Academy and Knight 
of the Legion of Honor of France; Knight 
of the Order of Leopold of Belgium, etc. 
Author of a "Curative Treatment of Hay 
Fever." 1884; "Diseases of the Nose and 
Throat," 1885; editor of "Sajous's Annual 
and Analytical Cyclopaedia of Practical 
Medicine," 1898-1900; "Sajous's Annual of 
the Universal Medical Sciences," 1888- 
1896; "The Internal Secretions and the 
Principles of Medicine," 1903. Address, 
2043 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SALMON, Rev. Edgar Pierson: 

Clergyman Presbyterian Church; born 
of Scotch-Irish and Huguenot parentage, 
at Susquehanna, Pa., Aug. 17, 1853; was 
graduate of Hamilton College, Clinton, 
N. T., 1878; Auburn Theological Semi- 
nary, 1SS1; pastor at Oaks Corners, N. 
Y., 1881; at Knowlesville, N. Y., 1884; at 
Campbell, N. Y., 1892; at Galeton, Pa., 
since 1899. Stated Clerk Niagara Pres- 
bytery, 1S90; Commissioner of Auburn 
Theological Seminary, 18S7-1892; repre- 
sentative in General Assembly at Sara- 
toga Springs. N. Y.. 1884 and 1892. at 
Minneapolis, Minn., 1899, and Los Angeles, 
Cal., 1904. Permanent Clerk of Wells- 
borough Presbytery, 1902; reorganized 
Presbyterian Society at Galeton, 1S99; 
built church and parsonage 1900-1901. Ad- 
dress, Galeton, Pa. 



SALIS, Samuel W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in the Eleventh Ward of that city, Aug. 
30, 1872; educated in the Philadelphia pub- 
lic schools, and was graduated from the 
Central High School in 1891; was also 
graduated from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1895, and admitted to the 
Philadelpha bar in July, 1895; subsequent- 
ly admitted to practice law in the Supe- 
rior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania; 
is now practicing law in Philadelphia; was 
elected to the Common Council in Febru- 
ary, 1891, and resigned from same after 
his election to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. At present As- 
sistant District Attorney of Philadelphia 
County. Residence, 614 South Eleventh 
St.; office address, 735-37-39 Land Title 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SAMPSON, John Patterson: 

Lawyer, clergyman, presiding elder, 
Harrisburg district, Philadelphia Confer- 
ence, A. M. E. Church, and President of 
the Board of Managers Frederick Doug- 
lass Memorial Hospital and Training 
School, Philadelphia; born in Wilmington, 
N. C, Aug. 13, 1S37; is of mixed African 
and Scottish descent; educated in com- 
mon schools, Cambridgeport, Mass.; and 
was graduated from Comer's College, Bos- 
ton, 1856; received an appointment in the 
Treasury Department in Washington, and 
while in that position studied law and 
was graduated from the National Law 
University in 1868, and admitted to prac- 
tice in District Supreme Court; married, 
Philadelphia. Sept. 10, 1889, Mary A. 
Cole. Appointed by Commissioners of 
District of Columbia a Justice of District 
Court, 1876; resigned to enter ministry. 
Studied Western Theological Seminary, 
Allegheny, Pa. (D. D., Wilberforce Uni- 
versity, Ohio, 1SS8). At beginning of the 
Civil War edited and published "The 
Colored Citizen, at Cincinnati;" appoint- 
ed, 1S65, Assesor at Wilmington, N. C, 
and in 1S66 clerk to Supt. Freedmen's 
schools there; took active part in recon- 
struction. Author of "Common Sense 
Physiology," "The Disappointed Bride," 
"Temperament and Phrenology of Mixed 
Races," "Jolly People," "Pastoral Theol- 
ogy," etc. Address, 631 Pine St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SAMUEL,, Frank: 

Iron and steel merchant; born in Phila- 
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father's side from John Moss, a prominent 
colonial importer, and an his mother's 
from Jacob de Leon, a famous surgeon of 
the Revolution. He was educated at 
Fairies' School, Philadelphia, and after 
graduation, spent a year in New York, 
learning the banking business. Returning 
to Philadelphia, he became engaged with 
E. R. Wood, glass manufacturer, and 
in the founding of a glass factory in 
South Jersey. Mr. Samuel became event- 
ually Secretary of this, the Malaga and 
Millville Glass Company. He resigned in 
1888 to take the Vice Presidency of the 
North Branch Steel Company, the first 
concern to produce the modern steel rail. 
In 1894 he resigned to engage in business 
as iron merchant, representing one of the 
largest iron furnaces of the South, and 
shipping iron and steel to all parts of the 
world. His firm now largely exports 
steel rails, and conducts a steel mill at 
Danville. It also provides steel rails 
largely for American street railways. 
Mr. Samuel is a member of the Young 
Men's Democratic Association and the 
Reform Club of New York, and of the 
Rittenhouse, County, and various other 
clubs of Philadelphia. He belongs to the 
Gun Club, and is an enthusiastic out- 
door sportsman. Address, Twenty-second 
and Locust Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SANDERS, Dallas: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 13, 
1848; student at the University of "West- 
ern Pennsylvania in Pittsburg for three 
years, studied law with Judge George M. 
Dallas, in Philadelphia; admitted to the 
bar on Jan. 16, 1869; editor of the Legal 
Intelligencer for several years; Assistant 
Distrct Attorney of Philadelphia County, 
1878-1881. Member of Common Councils 
from 1882 to 1S84, and Chairman of Sur- 
vey Committee; delegate to many Demo- 
cratic city and State Conventions; nation- 
al delegate, 1880; State Chairman, 1887. 
Appointed, practically for life, by the 
Judges of Philadelphia County, member of 
the board of City Trusts on March 6, 1893, 
which has charge of all bequests and 
charities of the City of Philadelphia, es- 
pecially Girard College and Wills Eye 
Hospital. Married Anita Watts, daugh- 
ter of Clarke Merchant. Is in the active 
practice of his profession. Address, 609 
Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SASDEKS, Richard H.: 

Mining engineer; born in Fort Dela- 
ware, Delaware River, in May, 1851, 



where his father, Major John Sanders, 
Engineer Corps, Regular Army, was in 
charge of erection of Fort Delaware, edu- 
cated at the public schools in Philadel- 
phia and at the Polytechnical College, en- 
tered the service of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad as engineer on construction 
work, then went on the State Geological 
Survey. Is now engaged in general geo- 
logical and mining engineering work. 
Member of the American Philosophical 
Society, Engineers' Club. Rittenhouse 
Club. Office, Drexel Building, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

SANDS, 31icliael Francis: 

Jurist; born in Scranton, Pa., May 8, 
1863; educated at the Scranton High 
School, and after his graduation took up 
the study of law in the office of W. H. 
Gearhart and was admitted to practice at 
the bar of Lackawanna County in 1884. 
A Democrat in politics, and active in the 
interests of his party, he served on the 
city and county committees for about 
fourteen years, was a delegate to State 
conventions, and from 1882 to 1885 was 
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. 
He was nominated for the State Legisla- 
ture in 1888 and was duly elected, being 
returned again in 1892. In 1898 he was a 
candidate for Congress from the Eleventh 
District, but failed of election; in 1902 he 
was nominated for Judge of the Orphans' 
Court of Lackawanna County, and in No- 
vember was elected for the ten years' 
term. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

SANDT, J. H.: 

Professor; Superintendent in introduc- 
ing manual training at the Orphans' 
Home, Topton, Pa.; born at Plainfleld, 
Northampton County, Pa., Jan. 13, ,1873; 
educated at the public schools of that 
place, and Fairview Academy, Broad- 
headsville, Pa., and was graduated at the 
East Stroudsburg State Normal School in 
1S97; elected to principalship of the Gar- 
field building at Pen Argyl, Pa., under 
Dr. W. A. Wetzel, where he taught for 
three years. While at Pen Argyl he also 
did the architectural drawing and de- 
signing for Fitzgerald, Speer, Buzzard & 
Co., of that place. Since 1901 Director 
of Drawing and Manual Training at Vine- 
land, N. J., comprising a system of forty- 
one schools. Besides the academic and 
normal courses Mr. Sandt has taken spe- 
cial courses in drawing, elementary and 
advanced woodworking at Teachers Col- 
lege, Columbia University, N. Y. While 



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at Broadheadsville he met and afterward 
married Miss Katie A. Wagner. Address, 
Broadheadsville, Pa. 

SANFORD, J. H.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Fredricktown, Washington Co., 
Pa. 

SARGEXT, Leonard Runulett: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Minnesota; 
Naval Cadet Sept. 6, 1S93; Ensign July 1, 
1899; Lieutenant (junior grade) July 1, 
1902; Lieutenant October 11, 1903; on 
special duty Bureau of Navigation, Navy 
Department, Dec. 28. 1903, to May, 1904; 
U. S. S. Denver since May, 1904. Ad- 
dress. Bureau of Navigation. Navy De- 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

SARTAIN, Emily: 

Engraver, etcher, portrait painter; prin- 
cipal Philadelphia School of Design for 
women since 1886; born in Philadelphia; 
daughter of John Sartain, who was an 
artist of international reputation; became 
engraver under her father and during 
professional career studied at Philadel- 
phia Academy of Fine Arts, 1864 to 1S70, 
in Italy, and under Luminais, Paris, 
1871 to 1875; engraved and etched numer- 
ous prints and book illustrations; painter 
of portraits and genre pictures; exibited 
oil paintings at Paris Salon, 1875, 1SS3; 
received medal at Philadelphia Centennial 
Exibition in 1876; also Mary Smith prize, 
Pennsylvania Acadamy, 1881. 18S3, for 
best painting by woman; art editor Our 
Continent, 1881, 18S3; member jury of 
awards, Art Department, Worlds Colum- 
bian Exposition, 1S93; official delegate 
from United States Government to Inter- 
national Congress on Instruction in Draw- 
ing, Paris, 1900, and Berne, 1904. Ad- 
dress, 1346 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. 

SAVNDERS, Walter B.: 

Publisher; born in Apalachicola, Fla., 
Jan. 10. 1S59; son of William Trebell 
Saunders, D. D. ; rector of the Episcopal 
Church at that place. His ancestors were 
among the earliest emigrants from Eng- 
land to Jamestown, Va. Settled for many 
generations in Willamsburg, Va. He 
moved to Philadelphia as a boy and was 
educated at the Protestant Episcopal 
Academy; afterward entered the book 
business, and in 1877 began the publica- 
tion of medical works. He married in 
18S7, Frances Baugh, daughter of the late 



Edwin Pugh Baugh. Address, Overbrook, 
Pa. 

SAVAGE, Robert Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventy-second New York 
Infantry, May 15, 1861; First Sergeant 
June 21, 1861; discharged for promotion 
Jan. 16, 1863; Second Lieutenant Seventy- 
second New York Infantry Jan. 17, 1S63; 
First Lieutenant Oct. 29, 1863; First Lieu- 
tenant and Adjutant Jan. 1, 1S64; First 
Lieutenant March 3, 1S64; honorably mus- 
tered out July 20, 1864. Elected Feb. 3, 
1892. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

SAVIDGE, C. R.: 

Jurist; born in Trevorton, Northum- 
berland County, Jan. 19, 1851; educated 
in the public schools, and began teaching 
when fourteen years of age, continuing 
in this work for four years. In 1S70 he 
entered Princeton College and graduated 
in 1874, subsequently reading law with 
Hon. S. P. Wolverton, of Sunbury, and 
gaining admittance to the bar in 1877. 
He quickly showed himself an able and 
energetic lawyer, and in 1SS0 was elected 
by his party, the Democratic, to the of- 
fice of District Attorney. In 1891 he was 
elected Judge of the Eighth Judicial Dis- 
trict, embracing Northumberland County, 
and was re-elected in 1901. Judge Sav- 
idge was married in 1875 to Louise Es- 
sick, his children consisting of four sons 
and two daughters living, and one de- 
ceased. Address, Sunbury, Pa. 

SAYERS, E. M.: 

President of the Farmers and Drovers' 
National Bank. Address, Waynesburg, 
Greene County, Pa. 

SAILOR, John Seltzer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Bre- 
vet Major Benjamin Saylor. Elected Feb. 
10, 1S97. Address, care of the Recorder 
of the Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SAYRE, Robert Heysham: 

Civil engineer, railway manager; born 
in Columbia County, Pa., Oct. 13, 1824; 
son of William H. Sayre; educated in 
the common schools, and afterward re- 
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engineering' corps and engaged in en- 
largement of Morris Canal, N. J.; on re- 
pairs of Lehigh Canal, 1841-1S43; on sur- 
veys and construction Back Track Rail- 
road between Mauch Chunk and Sum- 
mit Hill, 1844-1845; later built the Switch- 
back Railroad and inclined planes in 
Panther Creek Valley; engaged in the de- 
velopment of coal mines, etc.; later a 
long service with Lehigh Coal and Navi- 
gation Company; was elected chief engi- 
neer of the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill 
& Susquehanna Railroad, serving from 
1855 to 1882, and supervising extensions 
of system; President and Chief Engineer 
Southern Pennsylvania Railroad; Second 
Vice President Lehigh Valley Railroad, 
with oversight of traffic and engine de- 
partments and of extensions to Buffalo, 
and building branch roads. One of the 
pioneers in introduction of iron bridges, 
steel fire boxes, and the first to intro- 
duce the fish-bar track joint; began use 
of steel rails in 1864. One of promotors of 
Bethlehem Iron Company; Director, 1862; 
General Manager, 1886; Vice President, 
1891. Member of the Board of Trustees 
Lehigh University; Chairman Executive 
Committee St. Luke's Hospital. Has in 
his residence a library, which contains 
10,000 volumes. Address, South Bethle- 
hem, Pa. 

SAYRES, Edward Stalker: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, July 30, 
1850; son of Edward Smith Sayres (mer- 
chant of Philadelphia and honorary Con- 
sul for Brazil, Vice Consul of Sweden and 
Norway, Vice Consul of Denmark and 
Vice Consul of Portugal, and at the time 
of his death dean of the Consular Corps 
at Philadelphia). His mother was a 
daughter of John Humes, of Philadelphia. 
He was educated at the old Quaker 
private school, Pine Street, above Front 
Street, at the private classical Academy 
of Eliphalet Roberts, and at the Friends' 
Central School, 15th and Race Streets. 
He read law with John Hill Martin, 
and was admitted to the Philadelphia 
bar Dec. 27, 1873, to the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania, and to the Court of 
Claims at Washington, D. C. His prac- 
tice is confined to the Orphans' Court, 
real estate conveyancing and mercantile 
law. Honorary member of Law Acade- 
my of Philadelphia; member of the 
Law Association of Philadelphia, His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania; served 
in Company D, First Regiment Infantry, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, in 1874; 



during coal riots of 1875, and labor riots 
of 1877, being with his command in the 
round house at Pittsburg; First Lieuten- 
ant of his company, 1879-1S80; member of 
the Old Guard of D Company; Veteran 
Corps of the First Regiment of Infantry, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania; one of 
the founders in 1865, and Secretary of 
the Merion Cricket Club; an original 
member of the Civil Service Reform As- 
sociation of Pennsylvania. Trustee of 
the Northern Home for Friendless Chil- 
dren and Associated Institute for Soldiers' 
and Sailors' Orphans; Secretary of the 
Board of Managers of the Children's 
Hospital of Philadelphia, Director of the 
Merchants' Trust Company, a life mem- 
ber and one of the counselors of 
the Mercantile Beneficial Association; 
Counsel for the Delaware Insurance Com- 
pany of Philadelphia; Secretary of the 
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania; a 
member of the Geographical Society of 
Pennsylvania, and Secretary of the So- 
ciety of Colonial Wars in the Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania; one of the found- 
ers, and sometime one of the Council of 
the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania; a 
member of the Pennsylvania Society of 
the Sons of the Revolution, and several 
times a delegate; a member of the Society 
of the War of 1812, and a delegate to 
General Society, and member of the Rit- 
tenhouse Club. For several years Treas- 
urer General of the National Commandery 
of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of 
the United States. He married, in 1881, 
a daughter of the late S. Weir Lewis, 
(died in 1882); 18S8, married a daughter 
of the late F. Mortimer Lewis, (sister of 
the late Prof. Henry Carvill Lewis). Ad- 
dress, 217 South Third St., Philadelphia. 

SCAJfjJKETT, Richard Brown: 

Lawyer; born June 30, 1861; son of W. 
A. and Mary (Brown) Scandrett. His 
preliminary education was received in the 
public schools of Allegheny and the West- 
ern University of Pennsylvania. He was 
graduated from Washington and Jef- 
ferson College with the class of 1885, 
and admitted to the Allegheny County 
bar Dec. 22, 18SS. He is a Republican in 
politics, and is a member of the Civic Club 
of Allegheny County. Address, Edge- 
worth, Allegheny County, Pa. 

SCHAEFFER, Charles E.: 

Clergyman; born Dec. 26, 1867, in Rich- 
mond Township, Berks County, Pa; edu- 
cated Kutztown Normal School, Franklin 



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and Marshall College, 1889; Theological 
Seminary, Lancaster, Pa., 1892; ordained 
to ministry, June 19, 1S92; pastor Macun- 
gie charge, Lehigh County, 1892-1896; at 
Norristown, Pa., 1896-1898; pastor St. 
Mark's Reformed Church, Reading, since 
1898. Married Carrie S. Leinbach, daugh- 
ter of E. A. Leinbach, Nov. 1, 1892. Dem- 
ocrat in politics. Address. Reading, Pa. 

SCHAEFFER, C. H.: 

President of the National Union Bank 
of Reading. Address, Reading. Berks 
County, Pa. 

SCHAEFFER, E. Carroll: 

Attorney at law; born Nov. 14, 1879, 
in Reading, Pa. Educated in the public 
schools of that place. Studied three 
years in the Collegiate Department of the 
University of Pennsylvania. Read law 
for two years in Reading, and was admit- 
ted to the bar of Berks County Nov. 10, 
1902. Held the swimming championship 
of America, 1899-1902 inclusive, when he 
retired unbeaten. Democratic in politics. 
Address, Reading, Pa. 

SCHAEFFER, Nathan C.I 

Superintendent of Public Instruction; 
born Feb. 3, 1849, in Maxatawny Town- 
ship, Berks County; educated in Maxa- 
tawny Seminary (now Keystone State 
Normal School), Franklin and Marshall 
College, Lancaster, Theological Seminary, 
Mercersburg, and in the Universities of 
Berlin, Tubingen and Leipzig; taught in 
Mercersburg College, and Franklin and 
Marshall College; was for sixteen years 
principal of the Keystone State Normal 
School; served as President of the Penn- 
sylvania State Teachers' Association, Sec- 
retary of the National Council of Edu- 
cation, President of the Department of 
Superintendence of the National Educa- 
tional Association, President of the Penn- 
sylvania German Society, as a member of 
the Pennsylvania Commission on Indus- 
trial Education, as editor of the Penn- 
sylvania School Journal since 1S93, and is 
editor of a volume of Bible Readings for 
schools; author of "Thinking and Learn- 
ing to Think" (vol. I., of Lippincott's Ed- 
ucational Series, edited by Dr. M. G. 
Brumbaugh), and of a History of Educa- 
tion in Pennsylvania, contained in the 
three volume History of the State, pub- 
lished by the Mason Publishing Company, 
Syracuse, N. Y. ; was commissioned Su- 
perintendent of Public Instruction June 1, 
1893, and recommissioned in 1897 and 1901. 



Served as lecturer on Pedagogy in the 
Graduate Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania during the absence of Dr. 
Brumbaugh as Commissioner of Educa- 
tion in Porto Rico (1900-1901). Address, 
Lancaster, Pa. 

SCHAFFER, William Irwin: 

Lawyer; born in Germantown, Pa., Feb. 
11, 1867; educated in the public schools in 
Chester and read law with William B. 
Broomall; admitted to the bar of Dela- 
ware County, Feb. 11, 1SS8. Republican 
platform) speaker; District Attorney of 
Delaware County in 1S93-1899. State Re- 
porter for the Supreme and Superior 
Courts of Pennsylvania since 1900. Di- 
rector of the Delaware County National 
Bank; Henry Roever Company and other 
local corporations. Member of the Penn- 
sylvania Bar Association and Union 
League of Philadelphia. He married Su- 
san A. Cross Dec. 23, 1893. Address, 
Chester, Pa. 

SCHALL, J. D.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of York. Address, York, York County, Pa. 

SCHALL,, John William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gion; First Lieutenant Second Pa. In- 
fantry April 20, 1861; honorably mustered 
out July 26, 1861; Captain Eighty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Infantry Aug. 24, 1861; 
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 12, 1S61; Colo- 
nel May 9, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Oct. 13, 1864; Colonel Sixth Pennsylvania 
Infantry May 13, 189S; honorably mus- 
tered out Oct. 17, 1898. Elected Oct. 1, 
1885. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

SCHANTZ, Henry Franklin, M. O.: 

Physician; born Myerstown. Pa., Sept. 
11, 1869; educated at Palatinate College, 
Myerstown, Pa., preparatory; the Muh- 
lenberg College, Allentown, Pa., A. B., A. 
M., class of 1888, Hahnemann Medical 
College, Philadelphia, M. D., class of 
1891; is a member of staff of Homeopathic 
Hospital, Reading, Pa. Married, Dr. Mar- 
garet Hassler, of Allentown, Pa. Ad- 
dress, 402 North Fifth St., Reading, Pa. 

SCHELL, Franklin J.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania. Cadet Engineer, Naval Acad- 
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20, 1878; Assistant Engineer, June 20, 
1880; Passed Assistant Engineer, May 16, 
1889; Chief Engineer, Feb. 16, 1898; rank 
changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; 
Lieutenant Commander, Nov. 29, 1900; 
Naval Station, Cavite, May 30, 1901, to 
1902; at Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 
since October, 1902. Address, Naval 
Academy, Annapolis, Md. 

SCHELL, William P.: 

Legislator and attorney; born Schells- 
burg, Bedford County, Pa., Feb. 18, 1S22; 
was graduated at Marshall College, Mer- 
cersburg, Pa. ; read law and was admitted 
to the bar of Bedford County in 1845. He 
afterward removed to McConnelsburg, and 
in 1S50 was elected the first District At- 
torney of Fulton County. He represented 
this district in the Pennsylvania Legis- 
lature in 1852-1853, being made Speak- 
er of the House in 1853. In 1857 he was 
elected State Senator, for a three years' 
term, and again returned to the House in 
1877. He was elected Auditor General 
of the State in 1877 and served in this 
office 1878-1880. Address, Bedford, Pa. 

SCHELLING, Felix E.: 

John Welsh Centennial Professor Eng- 
lish Literature University of Pennsylva- 
nia; born Sept. 3, 1858; graduate of the 
University of Pennsylvania, 1881, (LL. B., 
1883; A. M., 1S84; Ph. D., Franklin and 
Marshall, 1S98; Litt. D., University of 
Pennsylvania, 1903); married, 1886, to 
Caroline Derbyshire. Author and editor 
of edition of "Ben Johnson's Discoveries;" 
"Literary and Verse Criticism of the 
Reign of Elizabeth;" "Life and Works of 
George Gascoigne;" "A Book of Eliza- 
bethan Lyrics;" "A Book of Seventeenth 
Century Lyrics;" "The English Chronicle 
Play;" "Johnson's Eastward Ho and Al- 
chemist," and Shakespeare's "Merchant 
of Venice." He resides at 1211 Sansom 
St. ; also University of Pennsylvania, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

SCHENCK, William Edward: 

Clergyman of the Presbyterian Church; 
born Princeton, N. J., March 29, 1819; son 
of John C. and Annie B. Schenck; gradu- 
ated Princeton 1S38; Theological Seminary 
1841 (D. D., Jefferson College, Pa., 1861); 
twice married, first to Jane W. Torrey, in 
1843, and, second, to Mary B. Kittle. Mr. 
Schenck was a Missionary in Pennsyl- 
vania coal region, 1841-1842; ordained, 
1843; held pastorates, Manchester, N. J., 
New York, and Princeton, N. J., until 



1852; Superintendent Church Extension 
for Presbytery of Philadelphia, 1852-1854; 
Secretary Presbyterian Board of Publica- 
tion 1854-1886; editor for same. 1862-1870; 
Permanent Clerk of the Old School 
General Assembly, 1862-1870, and mem- 
ber of Reunion Committee, 1867-1870; 
Director of Princeton Theological Semi- 
nary; Trustee of General Assembly, 1865- 
1867, and Vice President Board; Vice 
President American Colonization Society 
and honorary Secretary Alumni Associa- 
tion, Princeton Theological Seminary. Au- 
thor of "Historical Account of the First 
Presbyterian Church of Princeton, New 
Jersey," 1851; "Church Extension for 
Cities," 1854; "Aunt Fanny's Home," 
1861; "Nearing Home," 1863; "The Foun- 
tain of Sin," 1864; "Children in Heaven," 
1867. Address. Oakmont, Allegheny Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

SCHERMERHORN, Clarence Eaton: 

Architect; born in Philadelphia March 
12. 1S72; ancestors old Dutch and New 
England folks prominent in the history 
of New York and New England; educated 
in Central High School of Philadelphia; 
one of the organizers of the Second Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry, having risen 
from the ranks to a commission of Second 
Lieutenant. In 1890 succeeded to the 
practice of the celebrated architect, 
Stephen Decatur Button. Associate of 
the American Institute of Architects; 
practicing member of the Philadelphia 
Chapter of the American Institute of 
Architects; charter member of the T- 
Square Club; member of the Engineers' 
Club of Philadelphia; registered archi- 
tect in the State of New Jersey; designed 
Montgomery Court House in Norristown, 
Pa. ; member of the Young Republicans 
of Philadelphia; charter and honorary 
member of the Second Philadelphia City 
Troop. N. G. P.; National Guard Associ- 
ation of Philadelphia; Pennsylvania So- 
ciety Sons of the Revolution; the Colonial 
Society of Pennsylvania; Netherlands So- 
ciety of Philadelphia; charter member of 
the Pennsylvania Society of the Order of 
Founders and Patriots of America; the 
Philadelphia Board of Trade; Crescent 
Lodge No. 493, F. A. M.; Temple Chapter 
No. 24, R. A. C; St. Alban Commandery 
No. 47, K. T. ; Ancient Arabic Order Mys- 
tic Shrine "Lu Lu"; Philadelphia Lodge 
No. 2, B. P. O. Elks; Past Noble Grand 
Philanthropic Lodge No. 15, I. O. O. F.; 
Past Chief Patriot Ashland Encampment 
No. 45. I. O. O. F., and local organiza- 



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tions. Residence, 916 South Forty-seventh 
St.; office address, 430 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SCHERMERHORN, Frank Earle: 

Captain Second Troop Philadelphia City- 
Cavalry, National Guard of Pennsylvania; 
born in Philadelphia Dec. 1, 1870; was 
graduated from Central High School, 
1890; from University of Pennsylvania, 
Wharton School of Finance, 1S92, Ph. B., 
and Law Department, 1894, LL. B.; ad- 
mitted to Philadelphia bar June, 1894, 
after reading law with United States 
Commissioner Henry R. Edmunds. En- 
tered Second Troop, P. C. C, September, 
1S9G; elected First Lieutenant July 26, 1S9S; 
Captain Oct. 14. 1898; re-elected Captain 
Oct. 23, 1903; commanded Second Troop 
during its sixty-seven days of service in 
the anthracite coal regions, 1902. Sec- 
retary of James Smith & Co., Inc., and 
James Smith Woolen Machinery Company, 
Philadelphia. Residence, Philadelphia. 

SCHETKY, Charles A.: 

Commander United States Navy; native 
of Pennsylvania; entered the naval ser- 
vice June, 1863, as Acting Ensign; served 
as executive officer on board gunboat New 
Era, Mississippi Squadron, until close of 
the war; was present at and took part in 
defence of Fort Pillow, Tenn, when that 
place was assaulted by rebel forces com- 
manded by General Forrest, and after 
being taken, under a flag of truce, the 
Union forces who fell into the hands of 
the assailants were brutally massacred; 
July, 1865, to December, 1865, on duty at 
Jefferson Reserve, receiving and storing 
ordnance and equipments from the Mis- 
sissippi Squadron; March, 1866, to April, 
1S67, receiving ship Potomac, Pensacola, 
Fla; 1867 to September, 1868. Nebraska, 
on North Atlantic Station. March, 1868, 
commissioned as Master in regular navy. 
December, 1868, commissioned as Lieu- 
tenant; April, 1869, to February, 1879, 
monitor Saugus, North Atlantic Station; 
May, 1870, to August, 1871, receiving ship 
Vermont; September, 1871, to February, 
1872, store ship Pawnee, Pensacola, Fla.; 
March to July, 1872, on survey for inter- 
oceanic canal in Nicaragua; November, 
1872, to July, 1873, Navigator of Wyom- 
ing, on survey of east coast of Mexico; 
November, 1873, to November. 1874, re- 
ceiving ship Vermont, New York; No- 
vember, 1874, to August, 1875, executive 
of Tuscarora, North Pacific Station; Au- 
gust, 1875, to August, 1876, training ship 



Portsmouth, as executive; November, 
1S76, to July, 1877, receiving ship Inde- ' 
pendence; July, 1S77, to January, 1878, 
receiving ship Constitution, as executive. 
December, 1S77, promoted to Lieutenant 
Commander; January, 1878, to November, 
1SS5, executive officer of receiving ship 
St. Louis, League Island, Pa.; November, 
1885, to September, 18S6, commanding re- 
ceiving ship St. Louis; promoted to Com- 
mander and retired March, 1S89. Address, 
71 James St., Englewood, N. J. 

SCHIEDT, Richard C. F.: 

Professor; born Sept. 21, 1859, in Weis- 
senfels, Prussia; received college and uni- 
versity education in Germany and at the ;'; 
University of Pennsylvania. Professor of 
Biology in Franklin and Marshall College , 
since 1887; entomologist of Pennsylvania 
Board of Agriculture. Author of text 
books on zoology and botany; frequent 
contributor to scientific and educational 
journals. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 

SCHILLER. William B.: 

President of the National Tube Com- 
pany; born iri Pittsburg, Pa., July 7, 
1859; son of John G. Schiller, an iron mer- 
chant; educated in the public schools of 
Youngstown, Ohio., and became an office 
boy in the employ of R. W. Hitchcock & 
Co. in 1876; three years later he became 
bookkeeper in the Second National Bank 
of Youngstown, and in 1883 was chosen 
Secretary of the Brier Hill Iron and Coal 
Company. In 18S6 he was elected Treas- 
urer of the Youngstown Coal and Coke 
Company; in 1889 he became General 
Manager of the Monongahela furnaces of 
the National Tube Company at McKees- 
port, remaining there until 1889. when 
he was made manager of the company; 
in 1901 he was made First Vice Presi- 
dent's Assistant; in the fall of 1902 he 
succeeded F. J. Hearne as President of 
the company. He is a Director of the 
Union Trust Company, the Mellon Na- 
tional Bank and the Union Savings Bank. 
During his presidency he has brought to 
pass the starting of building operations 
of two great tube mills, one at McKees- 
port and the other at Lorain, Ohio. Mar- 
ried to Mrs. Margaret Crosley, niece of 
the late Horace Crosley. Address, Frick 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SCHINZ, Albert, Ph. D.: 

Professor of French Literature, Bryn 
Mawr College; born in Neuchatel. Switz- 
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1 university of his native town in 1SSS; then 
studied in Germany, where he received 
his Ph. D. degree in 1S92, and then in 
1 Paris. He came to America in 1897; he 
[ spent one year at Clark University, 
I Worcester, Mass., another year as in- 
structor at the University of Minnesota, 
and in 1899 was called to Bryn Mawr. 
His literary contributions in Europe have 
been chiefly to the Revue Philosophique, 
I Revue de Morale Sociale, Semaine Lit- 
j teraire, La Revue, etc., and in America 
to the Publications of the Modern Lan- 
guage Associaton, Modern Philology, 
I Modern Language Notes, Educational 
1 Review, Bookman, Lippincott, Nation, 
I etc. He has been called upon to write 
the articles on "French Literature" and 
on "French Language" in the New Inter- 
| national Encyclopedia, published in New 
1 York. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

1 SCHISSLER, Aloysius J.: 

Business college proprietor; born in 
il Philadelphia, Nov. 23, 1864; educated in 
j the public schools and in a business 

I college, where he mastered thoroughly 

II every department and graduated in 1887. 
I He began active business as a book 

keeper, at the same time founding the 
I Schissler College of Business and Short- 
I hand at Manayunk; this he carried on 
until 1894, but in 1891 opened a similar 
college at Norristown, to which he has 
since closely devoted himself; this insti- 
tution has grown to be one of the best 
equipped of its kind in the United States, 
shorthand, typewriting and bookkeping 
being its specialties. Address, Norris- 
town, Pa. 

SCHIVELY, Edwin Ford: 

Lawyer, lecturer; born in Philadelphia, 
May 9, 1S60; son of Willam Henry Schive- 
ly and Anna T., daughter of Samuel C. 
Ford of Olney. Pa.; was graduated from 
University of Pennsylvania in 1880; stud- 
ied law in the office of Edward Shippen, 
Esq.; obtained degree of M. A. from the 
university in 18S3, and was graduated 
from the Law Department in 1S84 with 
the degree of LL. B., being 1 admitted to the 
bar the same year. He was officially con- 
nected with the Real Estate Title In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia, 1887- 
1890, and since has continued the private 
practice of law. Member of Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania and Young Re- 
publican Club of Germantown. Married, 
Feb. 3, 1887, Mary Esther, youngest 
daughter of Francis Marion Roots of 



Connersville, Ind. Lecturer on literary 
and scientific subjects at the German- 
town Academy and other educational in- 
stitutions, and has devoted much time 
to church organ music and the critical 
study of the Greek text of the New Tes- 
tament. Address, 1318 Stephen Girard 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHLAGER, A. J.: 

President of the City National Bank. 
Address, Susquehanna, Susquehanna 
County, Pa. 

SCHLEIF, William: 

Physician; born Milwaukee, Sept. 26, 
1S6S; son of William and Louise Schleif; 
educated in private and public schools, 
and was graduated from the Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy, 1889, and the Medi- 
cal Department of University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1895; eighteen months' service at 
University Hospital; seven years' practice 
of medicine; instructor in pharmacy, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Author of "Ad- 
ministration of Drugs," 1898; "Materia 
Medica and Therapeutics," 1899, 1902. 
Address, 1636 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHLIEPER, J. E.: 

Inventor of the Pittsburg Feed Water 
Heater and manager of the company 
manufacturing them. He is a graduate 
of the German Polytechnic School at Mit- 
weida, Saxony; for three years he was 
connected with the engineering corps of 
the German Army, and while serving in 
that capacity was aboard the German 
battleship Grosser Kurfurst, which sank 
on May 31, 1878, he being one of the few 
survivors. Soon after he came to this 
country and became associated with J. 
P. Witherow, one of the largest contrac- 
tors in this country at that time; he 
now cares for the interests of E. E. 
Erikson, whose offices are in the Garri- 
son Bulding, Pittsburg. He is also in- 
ventor of the Pittsburg 1 feed water heater 
and General Manager and Treasurer of 
the Pittsburg Feed Water Company; this 
company was formed four years ago. Ad- 
dress, 1243 Juniata St., Pittsburg-, Pa. 

SCHMAUK, Theodore E., D. D.: 

Editor; historical, theological and edu- 
cational writer; President of General 
Council, Lutheran Church of North Amer- 
ica; editor of Lutheran Church Review; 
literary editor of the Lutheran since 1889; 
Chairman of General Council Sunday 
School Committee. Author of "General 



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Council Graded System of Religious In- 
struction." Life member of Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania; ex-President of 
Pennsylvania German Society and Chair- 
man of its Executive Committee; ex- 
Chancellor of Pennsylvania Chautauqua. 
Author of "History of the Lutheran 
Church in Pennsylvania from 163S to 
1S20"; "Early Churches in the Lebanon 
Valley"; "Old Salem in Lebanon"; "The 
Negative Criticism of the Old Testa- 
ment"; "Bible Geography"; "Bible His- 
tory"; "Bible Readings"; "The Voice in 
Speech and Song"; and "Charms of Con- 
versation." Trustee of Muhlenberg Col- 
lege. Member Commission of Practical 
Co-operation in Lutheran Church, Com- 
mittee of Lutheran Church Music, and 
Committee on Education. Address, Leb- 
anon, Pa. 

SCHMIDT, John C.I 

President of the Standard Chain Com- 
pany; born in Carlisle, Pa., March 16, 
1S59; educated at York Collegiate Insti- 
tute, York, Pa; Director of a bank, rail- 
road, and numerous other corporations. 
Married Miss Anna M. Small, April 17, 
1890. Became President of the Standard 
Chain Company March 14, 1900, which po- 
sition he still holds. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, York, Pa. 

St'H.niTZ, Pobert: 

Civil engineer; born July 13, 1870, at 
Egg Harbor City, N. J.; educated at the 
public schools, Rutgers College Prepara- 
tory School, Rutgers College, and was 
graduated from Lehigh University in 1891 
with degree of civil engineer. Engaged 
from 1S91 to the present time as civil 
engineer by the United States Govern- 
ment at the United States Engineer Of- 
fice in Philadelphia, Pa. He had charge 
of a survey party for five years; had 
local charge of the improvement of Phil- 
adelphia Harbor for six months pre- 
ceding its completion in 1S97. Member of 
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, Phila- 
delphia Lehigh Club, member of the 
Faculty of the School of Engineering, 
Temple College, Philadelphia, etc.; he 
is a Mason. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, 1505 Girard Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHNEBLT, A. R.: 

Retired farmer; born near Hagerstown, 
Washington County, Md., Sept. 7, 1823; 
educated in Mercersburg, Pa. Married, 
first, Harriet M. Hoke; second, H. O. Mc- 



Cauley, 1S91. at Reading. Democrat in 
politics. Address, Mercersburg. Franklin 
County. Pa. 

SCHMRE, Howard D.: 

Miller and bank President; born in Sel- 
insgrove, Snyder County, Pa., Oct. 30, 
1850; he became a clerk in a business 
house; then entered a banking establish- 
ment, and in 1875 engaged in the millng 
business; this concern has greatly pros- 
pered, and is now one of the leading 
milling establishments of the State. In * 
1883 he was elected a Director of the 
First National Bank of Selinsgrove, and 
in 1894 became the President of that in- 
stitution; he is also a Director of the 
First National Bank of Sunbury. He has 
served as a delegate to various Demo- 
cratic State conventions. Address, Sel- 
insgrove, Pa. 



SCHOBER, William Bush: 

Assistant Professor in Organic Chemis- 
try and Chemical Philosophy, Lehigh Uni- 
versity; born Nov. 28, 1864, at Cumber- 
land, Md. ; eldest son of the late James 
Madison Schober; received the degree of 
B. S. in 1S86 and A. M. in 1890 from St. 
John's College, Annapolis, Md. ; Ph. D. 
from Johns Hopkins University, in 1892; 
while a student in this institution he held 
the graduate scholarship in chemistry, and 
was laboratory assistant for two years. 
Instructor in Chemistry and Physics in 
the Allegany County Academy, Cumber- 
land, Md., 1SS6-1888; appointed Instruc- 
tor in Organic Chemistry and Chemical 
Philosophy at Lehigh University, South 
Bethlehem, in 1S92. He is the author 
of the articles on "Inorganic Chemistry" 
in Chandler's Encyclopedia, and the trans- 
lator of Gattermann's "Practical Methods 
of Organic Chemistry." In 1902 he mar- 
ried Carrie Elizabeth, only daughter of the 
late Judge George Loomis of Parkers- 
burg. W. Va. Member of American, 
Chemical Society, Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, Theta Delta Chi 
Fraternity. Address, Bethlehem, Pa. 

St'HOCH, A. V.: 

President of the Bloomsburg National 
Bank. Address, Bloomsburg, Columbia 
County, Pa. 



SCHOCH, G. Alfred: 

President of the First National Bank, 
of Middleburg. Address, Middleburg, 
Snyder County, Pa. 



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I SCHOCK, H. C.I 

President of the Union National Bank 
of Mt. Joy. Address, Mt. Joy, Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

SCHOCK, Oliver D.: 

Assistant Dairy and Food Commission- 
er of Pennsylvania; journalist; born near 
Hamburg, Berks County, Pa., in 1S5S, and 
has always taken a deep interest in agri- 
cultural and horticultural affairs; edu- 
cated in the common and high schools, in- 
cluding a course in a commercial and 
scientific academy. At the age of fifteen 
he became a newspaper writer, and con- 
tinues to represent leading daily papers 
and agricultural journals. For a number 
of years he served as a special agent of 
the Pennsylvania State Board of Agricul- 
ture, and later an assistant to Secre- 
tary Edge of that Board, 1S95-1S99, chief 
clerk of Department of Agriculture; since 
1903, Assistant Dairy and Food Commis- 
sioner of Pennsylvania. In 1S79 he mar- 
ried Miss Sarah R. Kepner, of Orwigs- 
burg. Pa. Has two children. Dr. Harvey 
Earl Schock, and Mrs. Bertha Schock 
'i Richmond, both of Philadelphia. Mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania German Society, 
Chairman of the Executive Committee of 
the Pennsylvania State Editorial Associa- 
tion for 1904, and identified with other 
organizations. Address, Hamburg, Pa. 

SCHOFF, Hannah Kent: 

Philanthropist; born at Upper Darby, 
Pa.; daughter of Thomas and Fannie 
Kent; educated at boarding school and 
private instruction. Married, in 1873, 
Frederic Schoff, first City Engineer of 
Newton, Mass. She was the first Presi- 
dent Pennsylvania Congress of Mothers, 
; 1899-1902; Vice President, 1897-1902, and 
elected President 1902 to 1905 of the Na- 
tional Congress of Mothers; Chairman 
Committee on Industrial Problems, New 
Century Club, 1900-1903. Organized and 
led movement to obtain Juvenile Court 
and probation system in Pennsylvania, 
passed by Legislature in 1901, and was 
mainly instrumental in securing the en- 
actment of same laws in 1903. Chairman 
of committee which raised salaries and 
recommended for appointment first proba- 
tion officers in Pennsylvania. Member So- 
ciety Mayflower Descendants. Daughters 
of the Revolution. Compiled the laws of 
every State in the United States "Concern- 
ing Dependent and Delinquent Children," 
1900. First Chairman Legislative Com- 
mittee General Federation Women's Clubs 



from 1902 to 1904. Address, 3418 Baring 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHOFF, Wilfred H.: 

Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of 
the Philadelphia Museums; born at New- 
tonville, Mass., Nov 27, 1874; educated at 
Penn Charter School, Philadelphia; A. B., 
Harvard, 1894; A. M., University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1S96. Consul for Peru and Bo- 
livia at Philadelphia, and Vice Consul of 
the Republic of Panama; Commissioner 
to South America for the National Export 
Exposition, held at Philadelphia in 1S99. 
Married, June, 1900, to Miss Etrelwyn 
McGeorge of Cynroyd, Pa. Address, Cyn- 
royd, Pa. 

SCHOL.ES, John: 

Woolen manufacturer; born in Lan- 
cashire, England, in 1836; was brought 
in 1840 to America, where, in 1850, his 
father established a small woolen mill n 
Philadelphia. Mr. Scholes was educated 
in the Delaware County public schools, 
but began to work in a factory while 
quite young, and afterward entered his 
father's establishment, where he showed 
marked ability, and in 1870 was taken 
into partnership, the firm name becoming 
William Scholes & Son. Under his super- 
vision the business grew, a larger and 
improved plant was founded, and after 
the death of the father in 18S4 the entire 
management of the establishment de- 
volved upon the son; in his hands the 
business continued to expand, a new and 
extensive factory building was erected in 
1885, and his brother Joseph admitted to 
the firm. The business is the manufac- 
ture of woolen and worsted yarns, and 
has increased from 75.000 pounds a year 
in 1S70 to 3,000,000 or more at the present 
time. Member of the Trades League of 
Philadelphia; vestryman in the Protestant 
church. Address, Second St. and Indiana 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHOMBLOM, O. F.i 

President of the Bradford National 
Bank. Address, Bradford, McKean Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

SCHONOIR, John W.l 

President of the Womelsdorf Union 
Bank. Address, Womelsdorf, Berks 
County, Pa. 

SCHOOL.EY, David: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Captain 
Second Pennsylvania Artillery, Aug. 26, 



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1862; Major, May 18, 1S65; honorably mus- 
tered out, Jan 29, 1S66; Captain Fortieth 
Infantry, July 28, 1866; transferred to 
Twenty-fifth Infantry, April 20, 1869; re- 
tired, April 1, 1SS8. Address, Luzerne, Pa. 

SIHOOXMAKER, James Martinns: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Sergeant and Quartermaster Ser- 
geant Patterson's Cavalry Company, 
(changed to First Maryland Cavalry), 
Aug. 25, 1861; Sergeant Major, June 1, 
1862; discharged for promotion, July 27, 
1S62; Second Lieutenant First Maryland 
Cavalry, July 27, 1862; honorably mustered 
out, Aug. 4, 1862; Colonel Fourteenth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, Nov. 24, 1S62; hon- 
orably mustered out, July 31, 1865. 
Awarded the medal of honor under reso- 
lution of Congress for most distnguished 
gallantry in action at Winchester, Va., 
Sept. 19, 1864, on which occasion, at a 
critical period of the battle, Colonel 
Schoonmaker gallantly led a cavalry 
charge against the left wing of the ene- 
my's line of battle, which was protected 
by earthworks, drove the enemy out of 
his works, which were the last defences 
on his left, and captured many prisoners. 
Elected, Oct. 19, 1887; Council of the 
Commandery, May 6, 1S96-1898; Junior 
Vice Commander of the Commandery, 
May 2, 1900-1901. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHOOXMAKER, William Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Colonel 
James M. Schoonmaker. Elected Feb. 6, 
1895. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

SCHOO\OVER, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First New Jersey Infan- 
try, May 22, 1861; Corporal. Sept. 16. 1S61; 
Regimental Commissary Sergeant, March 
24, 1862; discharged to accept promotion, 
Aug. 2, 1S62; First Lieutenant and Adju- 
tant Eleventh Pennsylvania Infantry, 
Aug. 20, 1S62; Lieutenant Colonel, Aug. 
22. 1S63; honorably mustered out, June 6, 
1865; brevetted Colonel United States Vol- 
unteers, March 13, 1865, for conspicuous 
gallantry. Elected, Feb. 3, 1892. Address, 
302 W. State St., Trenton, N. J. 



SCHOOXOVER, John Depne LaBarre: » 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet j 
Colonel John Schoonover. Elected May 7, 
1902. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, j 

SCHREIXER, Herman: 

Major (retired) U. S. Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania. Cap- 
tain Volunteers Aug. 30, 1862; Brevet 
Major Volunteers March 13, 1865; for mer- ' 
ritorious service in his department during 
the w r ar and Lieutenant Colonel Volun- - 
teers May 15, 1866, for long and faithful i 
and zealous service; honorably mustered 
out May 31, 1866; Second Lieutenant of 
Eleventh Infantry, Feb. 24, 1S66; trans- 
ferred to Twentieth Infantry Sept. 21, 
1866; First Lieutenant Nov. 1, 1866; as- • 
signed to Ninth Cavalry Dec. 31, 1870; 
Captain Dec. 9, 1871; retired March 20, 
1S79. Address, 1775 Madison St. N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 

SCHROEDER, Conrad: 

President of the South Side Bank. Ad- 
dress, Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. 

SCHROEDER, Daniel E.: 

Lawyer; born in Reading, Pa., in 1S42; , 
son of John S. Schroeder, who was Sher- 
iff of Berks County from 1847 to 1850; 
educated in the public schools, graduating 
from the Reading High School in 1859. He 
read law in the office of his uncle, Jere- 
miah Hagenman, who was subsequently 
elected President Judge of Berks County; 
was admitted to the bar April 23, 1863, 
and has since been in active practice. 
Has always taken a deep interest in the 
Reading Fire Department; was Presi- 
dent of the Firemen's Union, and is now 
President of the Riverside Fire Company. 
He also served for a number of years in 
the Reading School Board. Is descended 
from Capt. John Soder, who served in 
the Revolutionary War, being a great- 
grandson. Address, Reading, Pa. 

SiHROEDER. Edward Lancksi 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Sixteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 20, 1861; mustered out 
July 25, 1861; private Fifth Maryland In- 
fantry Oct. 22, 1S61; Sergeant Major Oct. 
22, 1861; discharged for promotion March 
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land Infantry March 16, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant Dec. 8, 1862; Captain Oct. 29, 1S64; 
honorably discharged Jan. 28, 1865. Elect- 
ed Feb. 3, 1S92. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHOYER, Solomon, Jr.: 

Lawyer; born Aug. 10, 1S32, in Pitts- 
burg, Pa. j son of Solomon and Penelope 
(Codwise) Schoyer. In the year 1850 was 
graduated from Allegheny College, Mead- 
ville. Pa. Degree of Doctor of Laws June, 
1903. Entered the law office of A. 
W. Loomis as student and clerk Jan. 1, 
1S57. Completed his course with him and 
was admitted to the Allegheny County 
bar Jan. 12, 1858. Was Solictor for the 
city of Allegheny for the years 1860, 1861, 
1S62, 1863, and 1S64. Is now of the law 
firm of Schoyer & Hunter, 336 Fourth 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SCHULTZ, Albert L.: 

Member American Society of Civil Engi- 
neers; head of the Operating Department 
of the American Bridge Company, for the 
Pittsburg district; son of C. J. Schultz, 
founder of the first steel bridge-building 
works started in this country; born in 
New Orleans in 1851, but later the family 
settled in Pittsburg; was graduated from 
the Pittsburg High School and then took 
a three years' course in civil engineering 
in the Royal Polytechnic Institute, Berlin, 
Germany. Upon his return to America 
became draughtsmon for the Iron City 
Bridge Company, Pittsburg. A short time 
after the Presidency of the Schultz Bridge 
Iron Company was assumed by Mr. 
Schultz and when the American Bridge 
Company was formed the former Presi- 
dent was one of the first to merge his 
company into the present combination. 
He was for a time a construction engi- 
neer for the Pittsburg cable roads. Dur- 
ing his career as an engineer he designed 
and built many of Pittsburg's large 
bridges. Address 817 North Highland 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SCHULTZ, Frank D.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Erie County; born 
at Erie, Pa., Dec. 21, 1861; educated in the 
public schools of Erie and Canisius Col- 
lege, Buffalo, N. Y..: was clerk in father's 
store until his death, when he became as- 
sociated with his brothers in the busi- 
ness, in which he continued until 1899, 
when he became President of the Erie 



Pepsin Gum and Candy Company, which 
position he still holds; was elected Park 
Commissioner of Erie in April, 1902, by 
Councils and was afterward elected Pres- 
ident of the Board; is President of the 
Mutual Building and Loan Association of 
Erie; also, Director of the Erie Trust 
Company; elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Erie, Pa. 

SCHULTZE, Augustus: 

Educator, theologian; born at Nowawes, 
Germany, Feb. 3, 1840: son of C. Louis 
and D. Frederica Schultze; was graduat- 
ed from the Moravian College, Niesky, 
1S5S; Theological Seminary Gnadenfeld, 
Silesia, 1S61 (D. D., Lafayette College; 
L. H. D., Columbian University); mar- 
ried, 1876, Addie E. Peter. Taught in 
French Academy at Lausanne, Switzer- 
land, 1S61-1S62; instructor of classics, Mo- 
ravian College, Niesky, 1S62-1870; became 
professor, 1S70, and since 1885 has been 
President of Moravian College and Theo- 
logical Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa. Mem- 
ber Governing Board of the Moravian 
Church in America, 1881-1893; editor Der 
Briider Botschafter; compiled new liturgy 
and hymns, German Moravian Hymn 
Book; wrote English and German Cate- 
chisms, Moravian Church. Author of 
"History of the Widow's Society of Beth- 
lehem," 18S0; "Aarlig Dagbog," 1888; "Die 
Missionfelder der Erneuerten Briider- 
kirche," 1S90; "Grammar and "Vocabulary 
of the Eskimo Language of Northwestern 
Alaska," 1894; "The Theology of Peter 
and Paul." 1896; "Guide to the Old Mo- 
ravian Cemetery at Bethlehem," 1898; 
"The Books of the Bible Analyzed," 1902. 
Address, Bethlehem, Pa. 

SCHUYLER, William W.: 

Jurist; born in Muncie, Pa., March 22, 
1S29; a descendant of the Schuylers who 
won fame in the Revolutionary War. He 
was educated at Columbus, Ohio, and in 
Lafayette College, at Easton, and after- 
ward studied in Williams College, where 
he graduated A. B., in 1845. After this 
he taught school for three years in South 
Carolina, reading law while there in the 
office of Major A. O. Spain. He then re- 
turned to Pennsylvania, where he con- 
tinued his law studies at Willamsport, 
and afterward at Easton, and in 1864 was 
admitted to the Northampton County 
bar. He began practice in partnership 
with John H. Vincent, but after two 
years practiced alone, his business grow- 



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ing extensively. He served two terms as 
Distrct Attorney, and in 1881 was elected 
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 
He w T as re-elected in 1891, and again in 
1901, and became President Judge of the 
court. Lafayette College gave him the 
honorary degree of LL. D. in 1901. Ad- 
dress, Easton, Pa. 

SCHWARTZ, George W.: 

President of the Citizens' Bank. Ad- 
dress, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa. 

SCHWARTZ, John Loeser: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of the deceased Com- 
panion Lieut. James E. Schwartz. Elect- 
ed Nov. 12, 1890. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SCHWARTZ, Julius: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Nineteenth Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 27, 1861; mustered out Aug. 

9, 1861. Private Second Pennsylvania 
Cavalry Jan. 1, 1862; First Sergeant Feb. 

10, 1S62; discharged for promotion Jan. 1, 
1863; Second Lieutenant Second Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry Jan. 1, 1863; First Lieu- 
tenant May 11, 1864; honorably mustered 
out Jan. 1, 1865. Elected May 2, 1888. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of the Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCHWATT, Isaac J.: 

Educator; born in Kurland, Russia, 
June 18, 1867; son of Joachim Schwatt; 
graduate of the Mitau College (Ph. D., 
University of Pennsylvania). Married in 
Berlin, Germany, Rose Eichman; he is a 
member of the American Mathematical 
Society, Verein Deutscher Mathematiker, 
and of the Circolo Matematico di Paler- 
mo, Italy. Translated Durege's "Theory 
of Functions" from the German; "Ge- 
ometrical Treatment of Curves"; a series 
of "Five Text Books of Algebra" (with 
Prof. Fisher). Ass't Prof, of Mathematics, 
University of Philadelphia. Address 1226 
bouth Fifty-eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCOFIELD, FreAeric R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Clearfield County; 
born in Brady Township, that county, on 
Sept. 18, 1856; educated in the common 
schools of the county; learned trade of 
harnessmaker, which he followed for a 
number of years; engaged in lumbering 
and #ie mercantile business until 1889, 



when he was appointed Postmaster at 
Penfield, Clearfield County; then took up 
the study of law and was admitted to 
practice at the bar of Clearfield County, 
in December, 1894; is at present practicing 
law at DuBois, Pa. ; was always a stanch 
Republican; elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
DuBois, Pa. 

SCOT, John A.: 

Chief Engineer United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed Third 
Assistant Engineer, 1861; gunboat Owasco, 
West Gulf Squadron, 1861-1863; Promoted 
to Second Assistant Engineer, 1863; Ga- 
lena, West Gulf Squadron, 1863-1865; 
paricipated in the engagements with Forts 
Jackson and St. Philip, the capture of 
New Orleans, passage of Vicksburg, cap- 
ture of Galveston, passage and capture 
of Forts Morgan, Gaines and Powell, cap- 
ture of the ram Tennessee, and destruc- 
tion of the Gaines. Promoted to First 
Assistant Engineer, 1866; Tuscarora, Pa- 
cific Squadron, 1866-1868; Terror, iron 
clad, North Atlantic Station, 1870-1871; 
rendezvous, San Francisco, 1872-1875; 
Asiatic Station, 1875-1876; Hartford, 
South Atlantic Station, 1S78-1880; Navy 
Yard, League Island, 1880-1882; Hartford, 
Pacific Station, 1883-1884; Lackawanna, 
Pacific Station, 1884-1885. Promoted to 
Chief Engineer, July 6, 1885; special duty, 
Pittsburg, 1886-1887; inspection duty, Phil- 
adelphia, 18S7-18SS; Alliance, South At- 
lantic Station. 18S8-1889; special duty, 
18S9-1S90, Navy Yr.rd, League Island, Jan- 
uary, 1891, to October, 1892; Concord, 
North Atlantic Station, October, 1892- 
1894; Baltimore, July, 1894; Charleston, 
January, 1S95; member and Recorder En- 
gineers' Examining Board, June, 1896, to 
date of retirement, May, 1S97. Address, 
Lahaska, Pa. 

SCOTT, Charles Felton: 

Electrical engineer; was born in Athens 
County. Ohio, Sept. 19, 1864; son of Will- 
iam H. Scott; was graduated from Ohio 
State University in 1885; took post-grad- 
uate course at Johns Hopkins. Married, 
Oct. 15, 1895, Emily Clark Welsh. Chief 
electrician Westinghouse Electric and 
Manufacturing Company; member of En- 
gineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, 
and its President in 1902; member of the 
American Institute of Electrical Engi- 
neers, and its President in 1902. Address, 
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SCOTT, Charlotte Angras: 

Educator, mathematician; born in Lin- 
coln, England, June 8, 1858; daughter of 
Rev. Caleb Scott and Eliza Ann Scott; 
completed course at Girton College, Cam- 
bridge, England; received the degree of 
B. Sc. from the London University, 1882; 
D. Sc, 1885; unmarried. Came to the 
1 United States in September, 1885, as head 
of the Department of Mathematics, Bryn 
Mawr College. Member of American 
'! Mathematical Society, London Mathemat- 
i ical Society, Edinburgh Mathematical So- 
ciety, Circolo Matematico di Palermo, 
■ Deutsch Mathematical Vereinigung; hon- 
I orary member Amsterdam Mathematical 
' Society. Author of "An Introductory Ac- 
1 count of Certain Modern Ideas and Meth- 
ods in Plain Analytical Geometry," 1884. 
Edited American edition of "Arithmetic 
for Schools," by Rev. J. B. Lock, 1891. 
Contributor to mathematical and scientific 
journals. Address, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

J SCOTT, Eben Greenongfh: 

Author; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 
15, 1836; was graduated from Yale in 1858 
with the degree of A. M. Author of 

1 "Interstate Law of Pennsylvania," "De- 
velopment of Constitutional Liberty," 
"Reconstruction During the Civil War"; 
also articles and criticisms in Atlantic 
Monthly and other magazines. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

SCOTT, Harry McMasters: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Pittsburg Dec. 7, 1867; educated 
in common and private schools; learned 
the trade of repairing watches and jew- 
elry in the shop of his father, James 
Scott, at Braddock; he then taught in 
the common schools of Allegheny County 
for four terms, after which he served as 
reporter for Pittsburg newspapers; stud- 
ied law with Francis Smithson Bennett, 
Esq., and was admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar in December, 1891; served as 
Solicitor of Braddock from 1892 to 1894; 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1900, and re-elected 
in November, 1902. Address, Braddock, Pa. 

SCOTT, Henry W.: 

Jurist; born in Bucks County, Pa., 
March IS, 1846. He was educated at 
Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., and 
studied law at Doylestown in the office 
of E. M. Lloyd, being admitted to the 
bar of Bucks County in May, 1868. Im- 



mediately afterward he was admitted to 
the Northampton County bar, and began 
practice at Easton. His reputation as 
an able lawyer brought him the Demo- 
cratic nomination for Judge in 1894, and 
he was elected to the bench of the Com- 
mon Pleas Court for a term of ten years. 
Address, Easton, Pa. 

SCOTT, Hutchinson: 

Railroad official born in Pittsburg, 
Pa., Feb. 11, 1S6S; entered United States 
Revenue Cutter Service in May, 1890; re- 
ceived medal and thanks of Congress for 
gallantry at Cardenas, Cuba, May 11, 
1S98, on the steamer Hudson; resigned 
from service after close of Spanish War 
on July 1. 1901. Entered service of Penn- 
sylvania Railroad; now stationed in New 
York City as assistant in Lighterage and 
Water Transportation Department in that 
harbor. Address, care of Pennsylvania 
Railroad, 109 West St., New York City. 

SCOTT, Jacob: 

President of the Lock Haven Trust 
and Safe Deposit Company. Address, 
Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pa. 

SCOTT, J. F.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wilson. Address, Wilson, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

SCOTT, John Lovghrnn: 

Clergyman; born in Bovina, N. Y., 1846; 
son of Robert and Martha Scott; was 
graduated from Monmouth College in 
1870, Newburgh Theological Seminary in 
1872. Married, in 1882, Elizabeth L. Lau- 
rens. Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 
1S72; pastor Matteawan Presbyterian 
Church, Fishkill, N. Y, 1872-1882; East 
Boston Presbyterian Church, 1882-1888; 
Superintendent of Presbyterian Missions 
in New England, 1888-1890; pastor Mc- 
Dowell Memorial Presbyterian Church, 
Philadelphia, since 1890. Lecturer in com- 
mercial ethics, College of Commerce, Phil- 
adelphia, from 1898 to 1904. Associate 
editor of Presbyterian Journal, now West- 
minster, Philadelphia, since 1898. Editor 
of the "Age of Fable," 1898; "Age of 
Chivalry," 1900. Author of "Memoir of 
Tennyson," 1901; "Memoir of Burns." 1904. 
Address, Twenty-first St. and Columbus 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCOTT, John M.: 

State Senator from Philadelphia; born 
Sept. 19, 1858, in the city of Philadelphia; 



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received a careful education; studied law 
and was admitted to practice in Phila- 
delphia on Nov. 12, 1881, since which time 
he has pursued his profession and has 
acquired considerable practice throughout 
the State; was elected a member of the 
Eighth Section School Board, serving two 
consecutive terms; was a member of the 
House of Representatives, sessions of 1887 
and 1SS9; was not a candidate for re- 
nomination to the session of 1891; was re- 
elected a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives for the session of 1893 from 
the district he represented in the sessions 
of 1S87 and 1889; was again a member of 
the House of Representatives, sessions of 
1S95 and 1897; elected to the Senate in 
November, 1898, and re-elected in Novem- 
ber, 1892; elected President pro tempore 
of the Senate at the close of the session 
of 1901 and re-elected in January. 1903. 
Residence, 118 S. 18th St.; office, 625 Wal- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCOTT, J. P.: 

President of the People's National Bank 
of McDonald. Address, McDonald, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. 

SCOTT, Robert Burns: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House Of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pa., 
June 22, 1868; educated at the public 
schools and later was graduated from the 
Bloomsburg State Normal School; re- 
moved to Philadelphia in 1888 and en- 
gaged in the drug business; attended the 
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and 
was graduated therefrom in 1891, and 
later entered the Jefferson Medical Col- 
lege, from which he was graduated in 
1896; elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. Address, 1200 
Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SCOTT,, William: 

Lawyer; was born in Huntingdon, May 
8. 1850. He read law in his father's office. 
Address, 817 Bidwell St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SCOTT, W. A. F.: 

Proprietor of Carbondale Commercial 
Institute; born in St. John, New Bruns- 
wick; stenographer with Carvell Bros, in 
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 
connected with the Guardian and the Ex- 
aminer Publishing Company; came to the 
United States, and after working for a 
time in West Pittston, Pa., and New 
York City, settled in Carbondale, Pa., 



and became proprietor of the Carbondale > 
Commercial Institute; was awarded the 
i-uonographic Institute teachers' certifi- 
cate April 3, 1S96. Address, Carbondale 
Commercial Institute, Carbondale, Pa. 

SCOTT, Rev. IV. Reese, S. T. M. Pli. D.: 

Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in 
Media (near Philadelphia), Pa.; the only 
son of William Reese Scott, M. D. ; born 
in Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1S71; a di- 
rect descendant of the old Scott and 
Castor families of Philadelphia, and a 
connection of the well-known Crawford 
and Harrison families of the same place; 
was graduated with the degree of B. A. 
from the Central High School of Philadel- 
phia in June, 188S; was prepared by pri- 
vate tutor for the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, from which he was graduated, 
Department of Arts, June, 1892, with de- 
gree of B. A., and from the General The- 
ological Seminary, New York City, with 
the cum laude degree of S. T. B. In 
June. 1S95, ordained Deacon by Bishop H. 
C. Potter, of New York, in St. Thomas's 
Church, New York City; was elected 
Curate of the Church of the Transfigura- 
tion (Little Church Around the Cor- 
ner), New York City, June, 1895; March, 
1S96, ordained priest by Bishop E. Talbot 
for Bishop H. C. Potter, of New York, in 
the Church of the Transfiguration. From 
1896 to 1900 rector of St. Peter's Church, 
Hazleton, Pa. In 1897 received the honor- 
ary degree of Ph. D. from the Northern Il- 
linois College; 1900 curate Christ Church, 
Media, Pa.; since Jan. 1, 1901, rector. In 
November, 1896. married Mary Bring- 
hurst, daughter of J. F. Slifer and Re- 
becca Bringhurst, and granddaughter of 
Col. John H. Bringhurst, all of Philadel- 
phia. Member of the Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania, Society of the Sons of 
the Revolution, General Theological Sem- 
inary Alumni Society, Alumni Association 
of the University of Pennsylvania, etc. 
Author of articles in periodical and news- 
papers. Address, Media, Pa. 

SCOTT, W. Pitts: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
Easton, Pa., June 28, 1S73; was graduated 
from Easton High School in 1890, and en- 
tered United States Naval Academy; was 
graduated from Annapolis in 1894. As 
Naval Cadet served on U. S. S. Raleigh on 
the North Atlantic Station and on the 
U. S. S. Minneapolis on the European Sta- 
tion. Commissioned Ensign in 1896; 
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IStation, 1896-1897, and on the flagship 
©lympia, 1897-1899; took part in the bat- 
tle of Manila Bay as Aide to the Com- 
Imander-in-Chief, Commodore Geo. Dewey, 
J and in the subsequent blockade and cap- 
ture of Manila. Aide to Admiral Dewey 
I throughout the Spanish-American War, 
jand until the hauling down of his flag 
[in New York, 1899; was advanced by the 
; President five numbers in grade for "emi- 
[nent and conspicuous conduct in battle." 
'Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade) 
[in, 1889, and Lieutenant in 1901. Served 
ion the flagship Kentucky on the North 
j Atlantic Station, 1900, and on her pro- 
ceeded to Asiatic Station, where he served 
until 1903, when he returned to the United 
I States on the Princeton. Served on the 
Missouri on the North Atlantic Station, 
' 1903. On return to the United States on 
; the Olympia after the Spanish-American 
War, was presented with a sword by 
the citizens of Easton. In 1900 was pre- 
1 sented with a medal of merit by the 
1 Sultan of Turkey. Address, Navy De- 
partment, Washington, D. C. 

si'OTT, William Sanders: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Naval Academy, June 22, 1881, to June 

14, 18S2; Cadet Military Academy, June 

15, 1884, to Jan. 16, 1885; Captain, Assist- 
ant Quartermaster Volunteers, July 16, 
1898; honorably discharged June 30, 1901; 
Captain, Quartermaster, Feb. 2, 1901. 
Address, Cheyenne, Wyo. 

SCOVBL, Charles Woodruff. 

Lawyer; born Aug. 16, 1862, at Spring- 
field, Ohio; son of Rev. Sylvester Fithian 
Scovel, D. D., LL. D., and ( Caroline 
(Woodruff) Scovel; was graduated from 
the Pittsburg Ceneral High School with 
the class of 1880 on the honor roll, and 
from the Western University of Penn- 
sylvania with the class of 1883 (A. B. 
and valedictory) ; A. M. from same in 
1886. In 1883-1884 studied law at Colum- 
bia Law School, New York, and in 1884- 
18S5 studied at the University of Berlin, 
1 Germany; was admitted to the Allegheny 
I County bar July 7, 1886. He was Secre- 
I tary of the Allegheny County Bar Associ- 
' ation from March, 1895, to October, 1897; 
then resigned and withdrew from general 
practice to make a specialty of insur- 
' ance law. Became manager of the Provi- 
dent Savings Life Assurance Society of 
New York for Western Pennsylvania. 
This position he still holds. Was also 



President of the Pittsburg Life Under- 
writers' Association. Address, 345 Fourth 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SCOAVDEX. Joseph C.I 

Manufacturer; born Oct. 11, 1S57; son 
of Joseph and Mary Brown Scowden; is 
of Dutch descent, his ancestors having 
come from Holland prior to the Revolu- 
tionary War; educated at the public and 
High Schools of Meadville, Pa. Served 
seven years in the State Militia, being 
a member of the National Gaurd during 
the riots of 1877. In 1SS3 he entered upon 
his work as a manufacturer of carriages 
at Tionesta, and has become proprietor 
and sole owner of the largest establish- 
ment of its kind in the county. In 1SS6 
he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie 
Siggins, of Tionesta, and to them have 
been born three daughters. Is a member 
of the I. O. O. F., and the Olive Lodge No. 
557, F. and A. M. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

SCULL,, George R.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Somerset and the Somerset Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Somerset, Pa. 

SCULLY, John S.: 

President of the Diamond National 
Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SKABKOOK, i:UsIia A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Adams County; born 
in Liberty Township, Adams County, Pa., 
Jan. 5, 1S61; since he was twenty-two 
years of age has held many township and 
county offices, having served as clerk, 
Auditor, School Director and Justice of 
the Peace; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress. Fairfield, Pa. 

SEARCH, Theodore D.: 

Manufacturer; born in Bucks County, 
Pa.. March 20, 1841; educated at the Lan- 
caster County and Chester Normal 
Schools and the Crozer Theological Sem- 
inary at Upland, Pa. After teaching for 
a number of years he entered the wool 
manufacturing establishment of Davis, 
Fiss & Banes, of which he became the 
junior partner in 1872 when the firm was 
changed to Fiss, Banes, Erben & Co. In 
1883 it became Erben, Search & Co., and 
a thoroughly equipped new plant was 
built at Tacony. The need of trained 
and skillful help induced him to start a 
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began in a very modest way, but its im- 
portance soon became evident, and con- 
solidation with other allied institutions 
gave rist to the large and highly useful 
Pennsylvania Museum and School of In- 
dustrial Art, with which Mr. Search is 
still connected. His work in the advance- 
ment of technical education was recog- 
nized in the honorary degree of Master 
of Arts, conferred on him by Brown Uni- 
versity in 1895. In 1892 Mr. Search en- 
tered the extensive hat-making establish- 
ment of the John B. Stetson Company 
as Treasurer and General Manager, and 
in 1894 withdrew his interest from the 
firm of Erben, Search & Co. Mr. Search 
has been active in various directions. In 
1896 he was made President of the Na- 
tional Association of Manufacturers, and 
for years was a Vice President of the 
National Association of Wool Manufac- 
turers. He was also President of the 
Philadelphia. Textile Association, and is 
a Director of its successor, the Manu- 
facturers' Club. He is a Director of the 
Bank of North America, and is officially 
connected with other business concerns, 
while a member of the Union League and 
other associations. Address, 1507 N. 17th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SE ARIGHT, J. A.: 

President of the People's Bank of Fay- 
ette County. Address, Uniontown, Fay- 
ette County, Pa. 

SEAPLK, A 1 onsen T.: 

Lawyer; born in New Marlboro, Berk- 
shire County, Mass., Sept. 13, 1856; edu- 
cated in the public schools, St, Johnsbury, 
Vt.. Academy, and Amherst College, 1877. 
First year after leaving college taught 
school at Rutland, Vt., and later was In- 
structor in Latin and Mathematics in 
Cheltenham Academy, near Philadelphia. 
In 1880 he studied law under Hon. B. S. 
P.pntley, Williamsport, Pa., and later under 
George G. Waller of Honesdale; admitted 
to the bar Oct. 2, 1882, forming a partner- 
ship with Mr. Waller under the firm name 
of Waller & Searle. Since Mr. Waller's 
death in 1888 Mr. Searle has practiced 
alone. He was Commissioners' Counsel 
for six years, is Referee in Bankruptcy 
for Wayne and Pike Counties, and a Direc- 
tor in the Wayne County Savings Bank; 
has served as a School Director for many 
years, being the first President of the 
Wayne County Directors' Association. 
He is a Trustee in the Presbyterian 
Church and a member of the Masonic 



lodges of Honesdale and several other t 
influential organizations both in and out 
of the county. Republican in politics. 
Address. Honesdale, Pa. 



SEARLE, Daniel W.: 

Jurist; born in Montrose, Pa.. Jan. 7, 
1S36; educated in the Montrose Academy 
and in Yale College; then studied law in 
the office of Hon. William Jessup, and 
was admitted to the Susquehanna bar in 
1859. He began the practice of law in 
partnership with his brother-in-law, Hon. 
J. B. McCollum, this partnership being 
dissolved in 1S62 by his entering the 
army as First Lieutenant of Company H, 
Fourteenth Regiment of Pennsylvania 
Volunteers. He was promoted Adjutant 
and took part in several great battles, 
being wounded at Gettysburg. He was 
forced to resign in June, 1864, on account 
of injuries received, and returned to the 
practice of law at Montrose. Mr. Searle 
was elected District Attorney of Susque- 
hanna County in 1865, and again in 1868; 
in 1883 he formed the law partnership of 
McCollum, Searle & Smith, and in 1888 
was elected President Judge of Susque- 
hanna County. He was re-elected in 1898. 
Address, Montrose, Pa. 

SEARS. John Van Der Zee: 

Author, journalist; born in Albany, N. 
Y., July 25, 1835; son of Charles Sears; 
educated at Brook Farm, Mass., and 
Cooper Institute, New York. Contributor 
to Harper's Weekly, St. Nicholas, Youth's 
Companion, Independent, Atlantic, Lip- 
pincott's and other magazines. Art edi- 
tor of Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, 
since August, 1888. Address, The Tele-!j 
graph, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SEARS. Walter J.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn-. 
sylvania; Naval Academy, June 21, 1S75;' 
Midshipman, June 10. 1S81; Ensign (ju- 
nior grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, Junei 
26, 1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), Au- | 
gust 4. 1891; Marion, North Atlantic Sta- 
tion, 1S79; South Atlantic Station, 1880- 
1881; Wabash, 1881; Enterprise, North 
Atlantic Station and Asiatic Station, 
1882-1883; Monocacy, Asiatic Station, 
1883-1884; Trenton, Asiatic Station, 1884; 
Essex, Asiatic and North Atlantic Sta- 
tions, 1884-1885; Coast Survey, 1885-1887; 
Trenton, North Atlantic and South At- 
lantic Stations, May, 1887, to September, 
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(1S87-1SSS; Lancaster, European Station, 
[1SSS-1SS9; New Hampshire, Newport, 1889- 
'1S90; Vesuvius, North Atlantic Station, 
1890-1891; Fern, North Atlantic Station, 
1891; Inspector of Steel, Pittsburg, 1891- 
1S92; receiving ship Minnesota, New 
jYork, 1892-1894; San Francisco, European 
IStation, 1S94-1S97. Promoted to Lieuten- 
ant, November, 1895. Inspector of torpe- 
does, etc., E. W. Bliss Co., November, 
[ls9T, to July IS, 1898. Navigator of Reso- 
ilute, in West Indies, July 18, to Sept. 1, 
ilS9S. Inspector torpedoes, etc., E. W. 
Bliss. Co., Sept. 16, 1898, to June 20, 1899. 
Navigator New Orleans, Asiatic Station, 
June 26, 1899, to May 5. 1901. Command 
New Orleans, April, 1900. Navigator 
Glacier, Philippines and Australia, July 
19, to Nov. 19, 1901. Promoted to Lieu- 
't^nant Commander Dec. 17, 1901. Execu- 
tive officer U. S. S. Manila, at Manila, Nov. 
|l9, to Dec. 31, 1901. Command of Manila, 
Jan. 1, to Feb. 15, 1902. Navigator of 
.Brooklyn, Feb. 15, 1902; executive officer, 
|June 21, to Oct. 17. 1902; Inspector of tor- 
pedoes, etc., E. W. Bliss Co.'s works, 
j Brooklyn, N. T. since Oct. 15, 1902. Ad- 
ndress, care E. W. Bliss Co.'s works, 
(Brooklyn, N. Y. 

jSEE, Richard J.: 

President of the Myerstown National 
Bank. Address, Myerstown, Lebanon 
County, Pa. 
: 
rSEELY. F. .J.: 

President of the Cowanesque Valley 
Bank. Address, Osceloa, Tioga County, Pa. 

SEEP, Joseph: 

President of the Oil City Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Oil City, Venango Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

SEESHOLTZ, Isaac Hull: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion: First Lieutenant Thirty-fifth 
Pennsylvania Infantry (Sixth Reserve), 
July 13, 1861; resigned and honorably 
discharged, Oct. 9, 1861; First Sergeant 
Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, 
Nov. 12, 1861; discharged for promotion, 
Feb. 4, 1862; Second Lieutenant Ninety- 
ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, Feb. 5, 1862; 
First Lieutenant, May 12, 1862; resigned 
and honorably discharged, June 7, 1862; 
private 118th Pennsylvania Infantry, Aug. 
1, 1862; Corporal, Aug. 1, 1862; Sergeant 
Major, Jan. 1, 1863; discharged to accept 



promotion, Jan. 18, 1S64; First Lieuatnant 
USth Pennsylvania Infantry, Jan. 19, 
1S64; Captain, Oct. 30, 1864; honorably 
mustered out, June 1, 1S65. Elected, 
Feb. 5, 1896. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SEGAL,, Artolph: 

Manufacturer; born in Ostrolenka, Aus- 
tria, Aug. 14, 1857; educated in architec- 
ture and mechanics; went to Philadel- 
phia in 1S80, and entered actively into 
business. He began with a waxed paper 
plant, which has become one of the 
largest of its kind in the country; he also 
became a builder, erecting more than 
four hundred dwelling houses in Phila- 
delphia and Camden; very versatile in his 
pursuits, he extended his plants until 
he controlled at one time eighteen differ- 
ent manufacturring establishments. The 
largest and most important of these, the 
United States Sugar Refinery in Camden, 
has gone under the control of the Sugar 
Trust; another large concern founded by 
him is the United Match Factories of 
Camden; he also became interested in 
breweries and in coal mining enterprises, 
and purchased over one hundred miles of 
railroad for the development of his 
mines. Address, 1202 N. Broad St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

SEUELKEN, C. Bcnj.: 

Presbyterian Minister of the Presbyter- 
ian Church North; born at Baltimore, 
Md., June 10, 1869; was graduated from 
the Maryland Institute School of Art 
and Design (Architecture Department) in 
1S93; prepared for college at the Mystic 
Valley Institute, Mystic, Conn.; was 
graduated from New Windsor College, 
New Windsor, Md., in 1898, and from the 
Princeton Theological Seminary in 1901. 
Ordained to the Gospel ministry, July 25, 
1901, by the Presbytery of Carlisle at Har- 
risburg, Pa., and installed pastor of 
Monaghan Presbyterian Church, Dills- 
burg, Pa., Sept. 3, 1901. Address, Dills- 
burg, Pa. 

SEIBERT, 13. H,: 

President Pennsylvania National Bank, 
Pottsville, Pa.; born in Indianapolis, Ind., 
April 28, 1S39; educated in academy at 
Chambersburg, Pa. Entered employ of 
the Pennsylvania National Bank Jan. 14, 
1873, as teller; Jan. 20, 1891, assistant 
cashier; May 20, 1891, cashier; March 19, 



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1901, President. Elected Treasurer Con- 
stantine Commandery, Knights Templar, 
1ST9, and held office continuously since 
that date. Married Ellen E. Martin 
March 15, 1S65. He served as Treasurer 
Pottsville School District from 1S77 to 
1S93. Member of Board of Trustees First 
Presbyterian Church of Pottsville, Pa. 
Republican in politics. Address, 207 West 
Market St., Pottsville, Pa. 

SEIDLE, C. H.: 

President of the Citizen's National 
Bank of Lehighton. Address, Lehighton, 
Carbon County, Pa. 

SEIF, William Henry: 

Newspaper publisher and manager; 
President and manager Pittsburg Times 
since 1S96; born at Ross, Allegheny Coun- 
ty, Pa., Sept. 11, 1859; son of Philip and 
Dorothy Seif; educated in public schools 
and Duff's College. Married, March 26, 
1885, Annie Graitge. Was cashier Pitts- 
burg Dispatch, 1880-18S4; Treasurer and 
Business Manager of the Times, 1884-1S96. 
Member Executive Committee American 
Newspaper Publishers' Association since 
1894; elected member Board of Managers 
Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 1899; 
elected member Board of Managers Alle- 
gheny County Work House, 1900; member 
of the Duquesne Club. Address, The 
Times, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SKIP, Theodore Lorenzo: 

Educator; President Muhlenberg Col- 
lege; born at Easton, Pa., June 25, 1842; 
was graduated from Pennsylvania Col- 
lege, Gettysburg, 1864; A. M., D. D., Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania; was graduated 
from Lutheran Theological Seminary, 
Philadelphia, 1S67. One of the founders 
of Muhlenberg College; Professor of 
Latin and Greek until 18S6. President of 
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of 
Pennsylvania and adjacent States, 1895- 
1898. Member College and University 
Council of the State of Pennsylvania; 
contributor to Lutheran publications. Ad- 
dress, Allentown, Pa. 

SEISS, Joseph Ans'nstns: 

Clergyman; born in Frederick County, 
Md., March IS, 1S23; son of John and 
Eliza Seiss; educated at Pennsylvania 
College, receiving the degrees of A. M., 
D. D., LL. D., L. H. D. ; entered Lutheran 
ministry in "Virginia. 1842; pastor in Mar- 
tinsburg and Shepherdstown, W. Va., 



Cumberland and Baltimore, Md., and for 1 
many years in Philadelphia, and is now 
pastor of Church of the Holy Communion. 
He is prominent in affairs of Lutheran 
Church; twelve years editor of The Luth- 
eran and of The Prophetic Times. Au- 
thor of "Popular Lectures on the Epistle 
to the Hebrews," 1S46; "Baptist System 
Examined," 1S5S; "Last Times." 18581 
"Digest of Christ's Doctrine," 1857; 
"Book of Worship," 1S60; "Gospel in Le- 
viticus. Holy Types," 1860; "Parable of 
the Ten Virgins," 1862; "Lectures on 
Apocalypse," 1866-1881; "Ecclesia Luth- 
erana," 1S6S; "Lectures on the Gospels," 
186S-1S70; "Plain Words," 1S69; "Truth 
Made Plain," 1870; "The Javelin," 1871; 
"Uriel, Occasional Discourses," 1S74; "A 
Miracle in Stone," 1S77; "Life After 
Death." 1S78; "Thirty-three Practical 
Sermons," 1S79; "Voices from Babylon," 
1S79; "Blossoms of Faith," 18S0; "The 
Gospel in the Stars," 1882-1885; "The Gol- 
den Altar," 1SS2-1S98; "Luther and the 
Reformation," 1SS3; "Lectures on the 
Epistles," 1SS5; "Right Life— Dost Thou I 
Believe?" 18S6-1900; "The Children of Si- 
lence," 1SS7; "Letters of Jesus," 18S9; I 
"Lectures on Gospels and Epistles for! 
Minor Festivals," 1893; "Proposed New I 
Hymnal," 1S99; "Beacon Lights," 1900; 
"Lenten and Passiontide Sermonettes," 
1901; "The Christ and His Church," 1902.1 
Contributor to church reviews. Address,! 
1338 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia. 

SEISS, Ralph William: 

Professor of Otology; born in Philadel-.l 
phia March 8, 1861; son of Rev. Joseph | 
A. Seiss, D. D., LL. D., L. H. D.; was 
pastor in the Lutheran Church; edu-'j 
cated in Eastburn Academy and the | 
University of Pennsylvania, graduating j 
with degree of M. D. in 1883. He was 
appointed in 1883 a clinical assistant at | 
the Philadelphia Polyclinic; was elected I 
Instructor in Pathology there in 1SS6. and 
Professor of Otology in 1S94; in 1SS8 he.j 
became lecturer on pathology in the 
Woman's Medical College, and in 1897 
consulting laryngologist in the Deaf and- 
Dumb Institution. He has for years been I 
a student and investigator in science, and J 
is the author of numerous articles on 
medical and biological subjects. Member 
of a number of medical societies, of the I 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- i 
delphia, the Pennsylvania Historical So- I 
ciety, the Country Club, Racquet Club 
and other organizations. Address, 255 
South Seventeenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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JSELBY, Charles W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
(Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
Jon the eastern shore of Maryland, Nov. 
(24, 1S66; at seven years of age he re- 
imoved with his parents to Philadelphia, 
and was educated in the public schools 
of that city. He is at present engaged in 
the livery business; has been a member of 
the First "Ward Executive Committee for 
Iseven years, and of the State Committee 
Jlfour years; has been elected delegate to 
livarious ward and State conventions. He 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in 1898 and 1900; re-elected in No- 
i'vember, 1902. Address, 213 Moore St., 
I Philadelphia, Pa. 

SELLERS, Coleman: 

Engineer and inventor; born in Phila- 
delphia, Jan. 28, 1827; educated in the 
public schools and in Bolmar's Academy, 
West Chester, Pa.; in 1846 he became a 
draughtsman in the Globe Rolling Mills of 
Cincinnati, Ohio, remaining there for 
three years, part of the time as Super- 
intendent. He then entered the service 
of Niles & Co., locomotive builders, Cin- 
' cinnati, as foreman, remaining with them 
for five years. In 1851, while engaged in 
Cincinnati, he married Cornelia Wells of 
that city. He returned to Philadelphia, 
and in 1856 entered as chief engineer the 
machine tool works of "William Sellers & 
Co., the senior member of which firm 
was his second cousin; he remained in 
this establishment until 1S8S, when he 
withdrew from active engineering labor 
and confined himself to consulting prac- 
tice, to which his long experience in en- 
gineering admirably adapted him. He be- 
came widely known as an inventor, more 
than thirty patents being granted him, 
some being for mechanical devices of great 
utility; a notable one of these is his 
coupling device for connecting shafting, 
invented in 1857; it is very important as 
the essential factor in the modern sys- 
tem of interchangeable parts in shafting; 
most notable among his other inventions 
is that of feed discs for lathes, patented 
in 1S66. As early as 1861 he recommended 
the use of absorbent cotton in surgical 
operations, now everywhere employed; he 
proposed the employment of glycerin to 
keep photographic plates wet, and has, in 
fact, shown himself always active in de- 
vising practical applications. In 18S1 he 
was appointed Professor of Mechanics in 
Franklin Institute, of which he had long 
been a member, and in 18S8 was appointed 



non-resident Professor of Engineering 
Practice in the Stevens Institute of 
Technology; in the same year he received 
the degree of Doctor of Engineering from 
that institution, and in 1S99 the degree of 
Doctor of Science was conferred on him 
by the University of Pennsylvania. The 
King of Sweden honored him with the 
Order of St. Olaf in 1877 in recognition of 
his valued services to the engineering 
profession. He was President of the 
American Society of Mechanical Engin- 
eers in 1884, and has been President of 
the Photographic Society of Philadelphia, 
the Pennsylvania Society for the Preven- 
tion of Cruelty to Animals, and the Penn- 
sylvania Museum and School of Industrial 
Art; Vice President of the American Phil- 
osophical Society, and a member of many 
other societies in America and Europe. 
The work of developing the power of 
Niagara Falls was done largely under his 
direction, and he is chief engineer of the 
Niagara Falls Power Company and chief 
mechanical engineer of the Canadian 
Niagara Power Company. Address, 3301 
Baring St.; office, Stephen Girard Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa.- 

SELLERS. Edwin Jaqnett: 

Lawyer; born at Philadelphia, Pa., July 
25, 1865; son of the late David Wampole 
Sellers, of the Philadelphia bar, and 
Anna Frances Jaquett; received the de- 
grees at the University of Pennsylvania, 
A. B., June 15, 1886; A. M. and LL. B., 
June 5, 1889. Admitted to the Philadel- 
phia bar, June 15, 1889. Residence, 1830 
Pine St.; office, 800-S03 Betz Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SELLERS, William: 

Manufacturer and mechanical engineer; 
born in Delaware County, .Pa., Sept. 19, 
1S24; son of John and Elizabeth Sellers; 
received his education in private schools, 
and at the age of fourteen was appren- 
ticed to machinists' trade; at twenty-four 
he became foreman for Fairbanks, Ban- 
croft & Co., Providence. R. I.; started, in 
1S47, business on his own account, estab- 
lishing the firm now known as William 
Sellers & Co., incorporated, of which he 
is President; also President Edgemoor 
Iron Company, and of Midvale Steel Com- 
pany, 1873-1SS7; Director Philadelphia, 
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad; Pres- 
ident Franklin Institute, 1864-1S67; Park 
Commissioner, Philadelphia. 1867 to 1872; 
member National Academy Sciences since 
1S73; Vice President Centennial Board of 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



Finance, 1876; corresponding member So- 
ciety d'Encouragement pour l'lndustrie 
Nationale of France; Chevalier Legion 
d'Honneur, 1889. Read paper before 
Franklin Institute. 1864, on "Screw 
Threads and Nuts," which has since be- 
come the standard for the United States 
and the form of thread for the continent 
of Europe. Address, 1600 Hamilton St., 
Station J, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SELTZER. C. Jay: 

Physician; born in Lisbon. Iowa, Jan. 
10, 1858, his parents being Pennsylvania 
Germans who had moved West; they re- 
turned to Lebanon County. Pa., in 1865. 
He was educated in the Palmyra Acade- 
my and the Lebanon Valley College. He 
then took up the study of medicine in the 
University of Pennsylvania, and served a 
year as resident physician in Blockley 
Hospital; began practice in Philadelphia, 
1882; the same year he was appointed by 
the Guardians of the Poor district phy- 
sician for the region between Vine and 
Chestnut streets. He was from 18S2 to 
1887 Assistant Demonstrator in Chemistry 
in the university medical laboratories and 
a chemical instructor in the Medical In- 
stitute, and in 18S5-1S89 was chief of the 
Clinic of Throat Diseases of the Poly- 
clinic. For the eight years after 1S86 he 
was eye and ear surgeon at the Howard 
Hospital, and was also ten years an as- 
sistant surgeon in Wills' Eye Hospital; 
he lias been laryngologist in the Philadel- 
phia Hospital and in the Southern Home 
for Destitute Children. In addition to 
these institutional duties he has built up 
a large private practice. 

SEMMEXS, W. H.: 

President of the National Bank of Tur- 
tle Creek. Address, Turtle Creek, Alle- 
gheny County, Pa. 

SENER, J. Frederick: 

Lumber dealer; born in Lancaster, Pa., 
April 2, 1S33; educated in the public 
schools; entered the office of his father, 
who was engaged in the lumber trade, at 
the age of fifteen; at twenty-one he was 
admitted to the firm of G. Sener & Sons, 
still existing in Lancaster. Mr. Sener, in 
partnership with his brother, William Z.. 
continues in this firm, which deals largely 
in lumber and coal. In 1S65 a similar 
firm, under the title of Sener Brothers, 
was founded at Euphrata, but is now dis- 
solved. In addition to his business duties, 
Mr. Sener, has been very active in the de- 



• 



velopment of his native city. He has 
been a Director in the Northern Market 
and the Eastern Market Companies, and 
for several years was President of the 
Western Market Company; for fourteen 
years he was a Director in the Farmers' 
National Bank, and until a few j^ears ago 
was President of the Edison Electric Il- 
luminating Company; he is a Director in 
the Lancaster Gas Company, President of 
the Northern National Bank, an active 
member of the Hamilton Water Company, 
etc. Good roads have always attracted 
his attention, and he has long been an 
active Director in the Lancaster and 
Litiz Turnpike Company. He has been 
twice married and has travelled widely 
throughout the United States. Address, 
Lancaster, Pa. 

SEVEEKT, Augustus <i.: 

United States Consul; born April 26, 
1S52, in the county of Berks, Pa.; edu- 
cated in the public schools and at the 
Millersville Normal School. For a num- 
ber of years he was engaged in farming 
and teaching in the public schools of 
Lancaster County, Pa., and for nine years 
was President of the New Holland dis- 
trict teachers' institute, including near- 
ly 100 schools in the eastern end of Lan- 
caster County; from 1S78 to 1885 was 
Postmaster at Beartown, Pa., and was 
clerk and Deputy Recorder in the Re- 
corder's office at Lancaster for five years; 
member of the Pennsylvania State Legis- 
lature 1S90-1S96; appointed Consul to 
Stratford. Ontario, Oct. 5, 1897. Ad- 
dress, Stratford, Ontario. 

SHAFER, Burt S.: 

Contracting driller; born at Franklin, 
Pa., Jan. 19, 1874, near the old English 
Fort Venango; entered the National 
Guard, April 10, 1893. Was commissioned : 
Second Lieutenant of Company F, Six- 
teenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer '■'■ 
Infantry, and served through the war with 
Spain in 1S9S, being in the Porto Rican " 
expedition; was mustered out at the 
close of the war and re-entered the Na- i 
tional Guard, in which he was commis- 
sioned Captain of Company F, Sixteenth -i 
Regiment, on Feb. 4. 1901. He is a pro- - 
ducer of Pennsylvania crude oil; a brok- f. 
er in oil lands, leases and productions, 
and the best known drilling contractor 
in Northwest Pennsylvania. Republican '■ 
in politics. Permanent address. Franklin, 
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SHAKER, Jolin Douglas: 

Jurist; born Dec. 5, 1848, in West Deer 
; Township, Allegheny County, Pa.; was 
(graduated from Washington and Jeffer- 
son College in 1866. At a later period he 
■took up the study of law under James 
rl. Kuhn and James Evans, and was ad- 
mitted to the Allegheny County bar in 
iflS74. After practicing for twenty-three 
'years, and winning an excellent posi- 
tion in the courts of his district, he was 
ci lied to the bench of the Common Pleas 
Court, No. 2, of Allegheny County in 
1897, and elected for a full term in No- 
vember of that year. In addition to his 
duties on the bench. Judge Shafer has 
ved as dean of the Law Department 
icf the Western University of Pennsyl- 
vania. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SHAFER. Noah Webster: 

Lawyer; born Sept. 19, 1835, in Find- 
lay Township, Allegheny County, Pa., the 
pon of David and Elizabeth (Wise) Sha- 
ffer; was educated in the common schools, 
then at Westminister College and in 1857 
! entered third term of sophomore year at 
Jefferson College, graduating in 1S59, 
with the degree of A. B. Studied law 
with John Wesley Fletcher White and 
' J. Slagle, entering their office the latter 
'part of 1861, and was admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar Jan. 6, 1864. Was 
Register in Bankruptcy for the Twenty- 
third Congressional district of Pennsyl- 
vania, under the act of March 2, 1867. 
Address, Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SHAFFER, W. E.: 

Lawyer; born March 19, 1S73, in Re- 
novo, Clinton County, Pa.; graduated 
from Dickinson School of Law in 1900; 
admitted to the bar the same year. He 
practiced his profession in Clinton Coun- 
ty for several years. Editor of Renovo 
Record. Address, Renovo, Pa. 

SHAFFNER, M. Ray: 

Burgess of McConnellsburg, the capital 
of Fulton County; born in Big Valley, 
Huntingdon County, in 1856; read law, 
and was admitted to practice in Hunting- 
don, in 1881, and in Fulton County, 1856. 
He was elected Burgess the second time 
in 1903. and without opposition in 1904. 
Republican in politics. Address, McCon- 
nellsburg, Pa. 

SHAKESPEARE, FranUlin Heverin: 

Engineer; born in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 
27, 1S79; educated in private and public 



schools of Chester, Pa.; was graduated 
at Chester High School in June, 1897; was 
graduated from the Engineering Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
1901; elected a member of the Honorary 
Scientific fraternity of Sigma Xi. In 1901 
entered the Engineer Corps of the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad, and in 1903, was trans- 
ferred to Maintenance of Way Depart- 
ment of Pennsylvania Railroad. Private 
in National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1897; 
in Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 
teer Infantry, 1S9S to serve during Span- 
ish War and transferred to United 
States Volunteer Signal Corps; honorably 
discharged in October, 1S98. Re-entered 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1900, 
commissioned Second Lieutenant, Com- 
pany B, Sixth Regiment, National Guard 
of Pennsylvania; First Lieutenant No- 
vember, 1901. Address, 319 East Ninth 
St., Chester, Pa. 

SHALLCROSS, Thomas: 

Born in Frankford, and educated in 
the Philadelphia public schools; repre- 
sented Twenty-third Ward in the City 
Council from 1880 to 1882. He was for 
many years President of the School Board 
of the Twenty-third Section; was ap- 
pointed the member of the Board of Pub- 
lic Education from the Thirty-fifth Sec- 
tion, and is now serving his third term. 
Chairman of the Committee on Legisla- 
tion, and a member of the Committees 
on Philadelphia Normal School for Girls, 
Northeast Manual Training School, Sup- 
plies, Qualification of Teachers and Es- 
timates. President of the William Penn 
Cemetery Company, Vice President of 
Tacony Saving Fund. Safe Deposit, Title 
and Trust Company, Secretary of the 
Girard Avenue Farmers' Market Com- 
pany. Treasurer of Farmers' New Hay 
Market Company; Director, Secretary and 
Treasurer of Independent Mutual Fire In- 
surance Company of Philadelphia, Bucks 
and Montgomery Counties. He is also a 
Director of the Suburban Electric Com- 
pany, Tacony; Manager, Secretary and 
Superintendent of the Byberry and Ben- 
salem Turnpike Company. Member of 
Tacony Lodge, No. 600, F. and A. M. 
Address, Byberry, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHA\KLI\, VV. A., A. M., G. T. H.. D. D.: 

Clergyman; born April IS, 1862, Carroll- 
ton, Mo.; educated at Hamilton College; 
and Northwestern University School of 
Theology. Married Miss Elizabeth Emma 
Brant, Oct. 14, 1S91. Minister of the 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



First Methodist Episcopal Church, Spo- 
kane, Wash.; First Methodist Episcopal 
Church, Seattle, Wash.; St. Luke's Metho- 
dist Episcopal Church, Dubuque, Iowa; 
Holy Cross Methodist Episcopal Church, 
Reading, Pa. Address, 329 North Fifth 
St., Reading, Pa. 

SHANNON, J. M.: 

Banker; horn March 6, 1S45, in Red 
Bank Township. Clinton County, Pa.; ed- 
ucated in public school. He was Sheriff 
of Clarion County, Pa., 1SS3-1SS5. Presi- 
dent of Second National Bank of Clarion, 
Pa.; Gold Standard National Bank of 
Marionville, Pa.; Union National Bank 
of Summerville, Pa.; Treasurer of Clarion 
State Normal School. Married Elvira 
Yeany June 1, 1S71. Address, Clarion, 
Clarion County, Pa. 

SHANNON, Philip M.: 

President of the Pennsylvania Oil and 
Gas Co.; born at Shannondale, Pa.; edu- 
cated in the public schools and when not 
quite fifteen years old enlisted in the 
Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers 
early in the Civil War. In 1S64 he was 
honorably discharged and until 186S trav- 
eled as salesman for a Pittsburg house. 
Then went to New York and his first 
oil venture was the Guerilla well at 
Parker's Landing in 1S69-1S70. He was 
a pioneer in the Millerstown field in 1871- 
1872. and in 1873 was elected Burgess of 
Millerstown and in 1875, received the Re- 
publican nomination for a seat in the 
Pennsylvania Legislature. From 1S76 to 
1879 Mr. Shannon was prominent in the 
Bullion field and later in Bradford and 
Allegany, N. Y. In 1885 he was Mayor 
of Bradford, and the city was the most 
peaceful and flourishing in the oil region 
during his administration. In the pe- 
troleum and oil business he has been a 
leader throughout the United States. In 
1890 he moved to Pittsburg, and extended 
his operations through West Virginia, 
Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, 
also entering the Wyoming field. In the 
same year was urged to accept the nom- 
ination to Congress, but declined. In 
1895 he was elected President of the Penn- 
sylvania Oil and Gas Co. Mr. Shannon 
is prominent in Masonic and Grand Army 
circles. Address, 323 Fourth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SHAPLEV, Rtifus Edmonds: 

Lawyer, author; born in Carlisle, Pa., 
Aug. 4, 1S40; was graduated from Dickin- 



son College, I860; admitted to the bar;' 
has practiced in Philadelphia since 1S6S. 
Author of "Solid for Mulhooly: a Political I 
Satire on Boss Rule." Edited, in collabo- 
ration with A. R. Spofford, "Library of 
Wit and Humor." Address, 2012 De 
Lancey Place, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHARP, Benjamin: 

Physician, zoologist; born in German- 
town, Phila., Nov. 1, 1S58; son of Benja- 
min and Hannah Ballinger Sharp; educat- 
ed Swarthmore College; was graduated' 
from Medical Department of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, 1879; Ph. D., Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1S80; University 
of Wiirzburg, Bavaria, 1883; studied also 
at universities of Berlin, Leipzig, and j 
Naples; Professor Invertebrate Zoology, T 
Academy of Natural Sciences, 1S83 and 
later at University of Pennsylvania; life 
member and Corresponding Secretary of" 
the Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- . 
delphia for which made expeditions, col- 
lecting in Caribbee Islands in winter, 
1SS8-1S89; to Hawaiian Islands, collecting 
archaeological and zoological specimens, 
summer of 1893; also in Arctic, 1895, on. 
United States revenue cutter Bear, in 
Alaska and Siberia. Had charge zoology 
in First Arctic Expedition, Lieut. R. E. ( 
Peary, 1891; member of the American 
Philosophical Society, Boston Society of 
Natural History, Photographic Society of A 
Philadelphia; Vice President Nantucket 
Historical Association, and member of 
Society of Friends. Lecturer and con- j 
tributor to magazines on subjects of his , 
expeditions. Residence, Nantucket Island, . 
Mass.; address, Academy of Natural. 
Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. 



SHARP. Joseph W.J 

President of the Berwyn National Bank. 
Address, Berwyn, Chester County, Pa. 

SHARP, Samuel S.: 

President of the Penn National Bank. 
Address, Seventh and Market Sts., Phila- 
delphia. Pa. 

SHARPK, Olrs.) Susie May: 

President of the Woman's Christian 
Temperance Union of Forest County; is a 
granddaughter of the Rev. Hezekiah May, 
a graduate of Yale, who came as a mis- 
sionary into western Pennsylvania in the 
early part of the past century; a daugh- 
ter of H. Huntingdon and Frances A. 
Thatcher May, Tionesta, whose material 
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of Tionesta. Graduated from Beaver 
College, Beaver, Pa., in 1872. Same year 
married J. M. Sharpe. To them was born 
one son, Harrold May, who served in the 
Spanish-American War, as a member of 
Company K, First Regiment Infantry II- 
lionois Volunteers, and whose death in 
1901 resulted from his service in Cuba. 
Mrs. Sharpe took part in the early crusade 
movement in Ohio. She and her sister, 
Mrs. A. B. Kelly, are charter members 
of the Tionesta and the Forest County 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 
Is now President of both societies; has 
been a Vice President of the Woman's 
Home Missionary Society of Clarion 
Presbytery for the past four years and is 
officially connected with the W. R. C. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

SHARPLESS, Isaac: 

Educator; born Dec. 16, 1848, in Ches- 
ter County, Pa.; educated at Westtown 
School, and graduated in civil engineering 
jat Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard 
'University, in 1873; in 1875 be entered 
Haverford College and filled successfully 
the positions of Instructor of Mathemat- 
tics, Professor of Mathematics and Astron- 
omy, Dean, and, since 1887, President 
He has received the degrees of Sc. D. 
[from the University of Pennsylvania, LL. 
D. from Swarthmore College and L. H. 
D. from Hobart College. He was mar- 
ried August 10, 1876, to Lydia Trimble 
JCope, of Westchester, Pa. He is the 
author of text-books on geometry and as- 
tronomy and treatises on "English Edu- 
cation" in the International Education 
Series; of "A Quaker Experiment in Gov- 
ernment," and of "Two Centuries in Penn- 
sylvania History," besides various sci- 
entific and historical papers. Address, 
Haverford, Pa. 

SHARPLESS, William P.: 

President of the Chester County Trust 
Company. Address, Westchester, Ches- 
ter County, Pa. 

SHAW, Frederick Benjamin; 

Captain United States Army; bprn in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Army. 
Private and Corporal Company A Twenty- 
first Infantry Nov. 9, 1892, to April 5, 
1896; Second Lieutenant Fifth Infantry 
March 23, 1896; First Lieutenant of In- 
fantry Aug. 22, 1898; assigned to Nine- 
teenth Infantry Jan. 1, 1899; Captain 
Thirtieth Infantry April 15, 1901. Ad- 
dress, Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark. 



SHAW, William Conner, M. D.: 

Physician; born in Versailles Township, 
Allegheny County, and attended the dis- 
trict schools and in 1864 entered Newell 
Institute from which he graduated; en- 
tered Washington and Jefferson College 
and graduated from there in 1869. In 
1872 the degree of Master of Arts was 
conferred on him. He next entered Belle- 
vue Hospital Medical College, graduating 
Feb. 29, 1872, entering Bellevue Hospital 
Oct. 11, 1872; served on its surgical staff 
till Oct. 1, 1874; returned to Pittsburg and 
has been practicing there ever since. Is 
a life member of the Pittsburg Free Dis- 
pensary and served as President of the 
Pittsburg Medical Library Association. In 
politics he is a Republican. He is a 
member of the United Presbyterian 
Church. He is also a member of the 
State and County societies and of the So- 
ciety of the Alumni of Bellevue Hospital, 
Allegheny County Medical Society. Ad- 
dress, 1009 Wylie Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SHAW, Wilson A.: 

President of the Bank of Pittsburg, Na- 
tional Association; began in 1866 his 
banking career as clerk in the employ 
of the Merchants and Manufacturers' 
National Bank of Pittsburg; was discount 
clerk, then general bookkeeper. Three 
years later was made cashier and held 
that position for twenty-eight years. In 
1902 was chosen President of the Insti- 
tution. Last year, upon the absorption of 
the Merchants and Manufacturers' Bank, 
was selected for the position which he 
now occupies. Mr. Shaw has for some 
years been Vice President of the Pitts- 
burg Bank for Savings. Address, Forbes 
and Morewood Aves., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SHAWKEY, Cnrtls Monroe: 

Lawyer; born in Forest County, Feb. 
3, 1862; educated at common schools; en- 
tered Prothonotary's office in 1877. serv- 
ing as deputy until 1884, when he was 
elected Prothonotary, etc., serving three 
years; active in county and district poll- 
tics; admitted to the bar February, 1888; 
secretary to Col. Lewis F. Watson, M. 
C, Twenty-seventh District of Pennsyl- 
vania, until 1891, and has been practic- 
ing law at Warren. Address, Keller 
Block, Warren, Pa. 

SHAY, Artlinr L,.: 

Jurist; born in Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 25, 
1863. Adopting the law as his profession 
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of study and gained admission to the 
Schuylkill County bar, where he made 
himself prominent among the junior at- 
torneys. An active Republican, he ob- 
tained the position of Deputy District At- 
torney, in which he made for himself a 
good record. In 1900 he was appointed 
by Gov. Stone to fill a vacancy upon the 
Common Pleas bench, and in the No- 
vember election of that year was elected 
to the Judgeship for the ten year term. 
Address, Pottsville, Pa. 

SHAY, William Field: 

Lawyer; born in Northumberland, Pa.; 
son of the late Philip Shay, and Mary 
Elizabeth Shay, n€e Wallis, daughter of 
the late Dr. Samuel H. Wallis, and grand- 
daughter of Samuel Wallis, the noted 
surveyor and land king. He was admitted 
to the Northumberland County bar soon 
after attaining his majority; admitted to 
all of the county courts in the centre of 
the State, as well as to the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania, and the United 
State Courts; Town Solicitor for many 
years; President of the State Association 
of School Directors, 1901. Has been a 
Trustee of the State Hospital for the 
Insane at Danville; Worshipful Master of 
his lodge (Watsontown No. 401), and M. 
E. H. Priest of his Royal Arch Chapter 
(Warrior Run, No. 246, Watsontown) ; 
for many years he has been the D. D. 
Grand High Priest for the district in 
which he resides; married Mary Alice 
Hower, a daughter of Hon. Charles 
Hower of Selinsgrove. Address, Watson- 
town, Pa. 

SHEARER, George Lewis: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born at Dills- 
burg, Pa., Oct. 16, 1835; son of Dr. George 
Lewis and Eliza (Eichelberger) Shearer; 
student at Tuscarora Academy, 1854; 
was graduated (Phi Beta Kappa) Lafay- 
ette College, 1857; Princeton Theological 
Seminary, 1864; D. D., Lafayette, 1883; 
taught in Pennsylvania, 1852-1854; Col- 
legiate School, Monroeville, Ala., 1857- 
1859; Academia, Pennsylvania, 1859-1861; 
licensed to preach by Second Presbytery 
of Philadelphia, April, 1864; ordained by 
same Presbytery, Oct. 3, 1865; joined New 
York Presbytery, 1870; prominent in the 
ecclesiastical affairs of the Presbyterian 
Church. Entered the service of the Am- 
erican Tract Society, New York, March 
22, 1862; missionary to soldiers and f reed- 
men, Washington, D. C. 1862-1864; or- 
ganized schools for the "contrabands" in 



Washington and Georgetown; ministered 
to wounded as army missionary, and 
delegate of U. S. C. Commission on 
many battlefields of Northern Virginia, 
and at Antietam and Gettysburg, 1862- 
1865; District Secretary, A. T. S., at Phil- 
adelphia, 1864-1865; same at Richmond, 
Va., 1865-1868; the Pacific Coast at San 
Francisco, 1869; Corresponding Secretary 
of the American Tract Society, 1872-1902, 
General Secretary since 1902. Vice Presi- 
dent Evangelical Alliance; one of found- 
ers of the Presbyterian Union of New 
York, 18S7; Trustee Lafayette College. 
Address, 117 East Fifty-fourth St.; office, 
150 Nassau St., New York. 

SHEATZ, John Oscar: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in Lehigh County, Pa., Feb. 27, 1855; ed- 
ucated in the public schools and spent one 
term in Preparatory Department of Muh- 
lenburg College, Allentown; was em- 
ployed in the Baldwin Locomotive Works 
thirteen years, having had charge of dif- 
ferent departments the last four years he 
was in their employ. He left to engage 
in the coal business and is now in the 
real estate business; is also Treasurer of 
the Frank Queen Publishing Company of 
New York; was a member of the First i 
Regiment, National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania. Elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, . 
3313 Hamilton St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHEEDY, Rev. Morgan M.J 

Catholic priest and writer; graduate of- 
Maynooth College; was ordained in the 
Pittsburg Cathedral by the late Bishop 
Tuigg, Sept. 23, 1876; immediately as- 
signed as Professor of Theology and 
History in St. Michael's Seminary, where 
he continued until the closing of that in- 
stitution; established in Pittsburg the 
school, hall and free library. He was 
the founder of the Pittsburg Polytechnic 
Society and is a member of the Writers' 
Club, the Academy of Science, the West- 
ern Pennsylvania Historical Society, and 
was Vice President of the Catholic Total 
Abstinence Union of America. He has 
lectured for the Academy of Science, at 
the Champlain Summer School, and the 
first session of the Catholic Winter 
School in New Orleans. Author of 
"Christian Unity" and of a work recent- 
ly published, dealing with the labor 
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pen have appeared in various magazines. 
He is Rector of St. John's Church, Al- 
toona, Pa. Address, Altoona, Pa. 

SHEER AN, Thomas: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in the old Southwark District of that 
city, June 17, 1866; attended the public 
schools of his ward until he was seven- 
teen years of age, then accepted a cleri- 
cal position in a mercantile house, which 
he held for some years; is now engaged 
in the real estate business. He has al- 
ways taken an active interest in politics; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, 242 Stam- 
pers St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHELLER, Samuel Harnett, Jr.. 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Perry County; was 
born in Duncannon, Perry County, Pa., 
Aug. 21. 1871; educated in the public 
schools; has been employed in his fath- 
er's store for sixteen years as buyer and 
bookkeeper. When twenty-one years old 
he was elected Burgess of Duncannon 
for three years; elected Treasurer of 
Duncannon in 1901, and re-elected in 
1902; was a delegate to a number of coun- 
ty conventions, and a member of the 
State Committee from Perry County in 
1901; has always been an active Republi- 
can. Elected to the House of Represen- 
tatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Duncannon, Pa. 

SHELLY, David: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of Wil- 
liamsburg. Address, Williamsburg, Blair 
County, Pa. 

SHELLY, James H.: 

Banker, merchant; born Dec. 10, 1858, 
in East Greenville, Pa.; educated in Ursi- 
nus College. Collegeville, Pa., and Cridi- 
ten's Business College, Philadelphia, Pa. 
President of the Merchants' National 
Bank, Quakertown, Pa.; Treasurer Quak- 
ertown and Eastern Railroad Company; 
Director Durham Iron Company, Rugels- 
ville. Pa.; postmaster Richlandtown for 
twelve years. Married H. Margaret Fell- 
man, daughter of Chas. Fellman. ex- 
Sheriff of Bucks County, Pa. Studied in 
the mercantile business in 1S79. Has 
owned and operated three creameries, 1886 
to 1900. Republican in politics. Address, 
Richlandtown, Bucks County, Pa. 



SHEPP, Daniel B.: 

Publisher and author; born March 6, 
1863, in Berks County, Pa.; educated in 
public schools of Reading, Pa. Appointed 
on the staff of Gov. William A. Stone 
and reappointed to the same position by 
Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker, with rank 
of Lieutenant Colonel. Publisher and 
author of "Shepp Photographs of the 
World," "Chicago World's Fair Photo- 
graphed," "Shepp's Holy Land Photo- 
graphed," "Story of One Hundred Years," 
"Shepp's Giant Library," "Shepp's Li- 
brary of Fine Art," and extensively in- 
terested in street railways. Republican 
in politics. Address, 723 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHERIFF, Charles French: 

Iron manufacturer; born in Pittsburg, 
May 6, 1848; educated in the public 
schools of his native city, and when 
fourteen years of age enlisted in an in- 
dependent company doing provost guard 
duty in Pittsburg; was discharged in Feb- 
ruary, 1864, and immediately re-enlisted, 
this time in Company K, 100th Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, and spent his sixteenth 
birthday fighting in the battle of the 
Wilderness; he was honorably discharged 
on May 29, 1865. In 1880 he established 
the Sheriff Machine Company, of which 
he was for a long time the active mana- 
ger. Republican in politics. Member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and of 
Allegheny Lodge, B No. 223, F. and 
A. M., of which he is Past Master; also 
Allegheny Chapter No. 217, Ascalon Com- 
mandery No. 59, Knights Templar, of 
which he was Eminent Commander; he is 
Past Exalted Ruler of Pittsburg Lodge; 
he is likewise a member of the Ancient 
Essenic Order and the Order of Elks; in 
the Grand Army of the Republic ranks 
he is a Past Commander of the Abe Pat- 
terson Post of Pittsburg; he is also a 
member of the Americus Club. Address, 
905 Union Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

SHERMAN, Charles Pomeroy: 

Lawyer; born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 
6, 1847; son of Byron and Mary (Pomeroy) 
Sherman; educated at Phillips Academy, 
Andover, Mass.; studied law in offices. 
Admitted to the Philadelphia bar in 1881. 
Married, at Philadelphia, April 9, 1891, 
Laura Middleton Alexander. Member of 
Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revo- 
lution, Pennsylvania Society of the Order 
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Site and Relic Society of Germantown, 
Pennsylvania Bar Association, Law As- 
sociation of Philadelphia, Art Club and 
Pegasus Club. Republican in politics. 
Author of "A Bachelor's Wedding Trip," 
1889. Residence, 5402 Wayne Ave., Ger- 
mantown; office, 1011 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

SHERN, Daniel J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city, March 2, 1S71; attended 
South Broad Street Military Academy, 
and subsequently Pierce's Business Col- 
lege, graduating from the latter in 1887. 
Shortly afterward he became assistant 
professor of that college; he entered the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1889, and 
was graduated in 1892 with the degree of 
LL. B. ; immediately thereafter he was 
admitted to the bar and began the prac- 
tice of law, in which he has since been 
engaged; has always taken an active part 
in Republican politics. Elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, 1013 Betz Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SHERRIFF, John Charles: 

Lawyer; born Feb. 1, 1874, in Alle- 
gheny, Pa.; ancestors were old-time 
Pittsburg settlers; received early educa- 
tion at public schools, and was gradu- 
ated from Princeton University in 1S96. 
He studied law at Pittsburg Law School 
three years, receiving degree of LL. B. in 
1900; admitted to the bar in the same 
year; now practicing law in Pittsburg. 
Address, 1324 Park Building, Pittsburg, 

SHERWOOD, Andrew: 

Geologist; born at Mansfield, Pa., July 
16, 1848; son of Albert and Julia A. Sher- 
wood; educated at State Normal School 
and University of Chicago. Married, 
April 17, 1872, Jennie L. Knapp. Con- 
nected for' several years with geological 
surveys of Ohio and New York, under 
J. S. Newberry and James Hall; Assist- 
ant State Geologist. Second Geological 
Survey of Pennsylvania; in charge of 
Pennsylvania mineral exhibit, World's 
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; 
leader of an expedition to the Yukon, 
1898; delegate from Pennsylvania to Na- 
tional Prohibition Convention, Indianapo- 
lis. 1888; Prohibition candidate for Con- 
gress. 1894. Member American Philosoph- 
ical Society, American Association for the 
Advancement of Science; corresponding 



member New York Academy Sciences. 
Author of geological works published by 
State, and the writer of numerous news- 
paper and magazine articles; he is also 
a song writer on sacred and sentimental 
subjects, and several of his productions 
have been set to music by George F. 
Root, D. B. Towner, George C. Stebbins, 
and other famous composers. Owner of 
"Robin Hood's Cabin in Sherwood For- 
est," said to be one of the most unique 
affairs of the kind in America. Now en- 
gaged in exploration and development 
of mines and mining properties; United 
States Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Ad- 
dress, Mansfield, Pa. 

SHEY, Rev. In. ins Wilson: 

Clergyman of Protestant Episcopal 
Church; born in Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 
18, 1861; son of Thomas and Elizabeth 
Shey, early settlers of East Bridgeport, 
Conn.; educated in the public schools of 
Bridgeport, Conn., and prepared for di- 
vinity School by private tutors; entered 
Berkeley Divinity School at Middletown, 
Conn., and was graduated in 1890; or- 
dained Deacon of the Protestant Episco- 
pal Church by the Right Rev. John Wil- 
liams, D. D., Bishop of Connecticut, in 
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Middle- 
town, Conn., 1890; assistant of Christ 
Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, Conn., 
June, 1890; ordained priest in St. Thomas' 
Episcopal Church. New Haven, Conn., 
1891; Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal 
Church, East Haddam, Conn., October, 
1891-1897; assisted the Rector of St. 
John's Episcopal Church. Bridgeport, 
Conn., and in charge of St. Mary's 
Chapel By-the-Sea, "Black Rock," for 
one year; minister in charge of Episcopal 
Church, Wellsville, Ohio, with missions 
at Georgetown and Fairview, Pa.; now 
senior assistant minister of Trinity Epis- 
copal Church, Pittsburg, Pa. Married, 
November 18, 1891, to Miss Evelyn Brad- 
ley of Bridgeport, Conn., daughter of An- 
nie J. and Malcom Bradley. Republican 
in politics. Address, Trinity Episcopal 
Church, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SHIELDS, Alhert S. L,.: 

Lawyer; born near Coatesville, Pa., 
Sept. 27, 1850; completing his education 
in 1863, he began 'his business life as a 
clerk in the Harlan & Hollingsworth 
Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington, 
Del.; this he left in 1868 to study law, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1870. His 
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tance, and when his preceptor, Joseph T. 
Pratt, was elected Judge in 1873, he 
turned over the whole of his large and 
important practice to Mr. Shields; since 
then his business has been very flourish- 
ing. The homicide cases in which he has 
been concerned number more than a hun- 
dred, some of them being famous in the 
criminal annals of Philadelphia. He was 
the leading counsel in the celebrated Wis- 
tar will case, and was counsel for the 
Girard Heirs vs. the City Trusts, to ob- 
tain a surplus of more than $2,000,000 
Girard Trust funds. He has acted as 
counsel in many will cases involving 
large estates, and is one of the best 
known figures at the Philadelphia bar. 
He has been active in political affairs, 
and was for some years Chairman of the 
Republican City Committee. Member of 
numerous clubs. Address, 217 North 
Thirty-third St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHIELDS, James Maclean: 

Lawyer; born April 15, 1859, in Pitts- 
burg; son of William and Susanna J. 
(Maclean) Shields; was educated in the 
public schools of the city, also had pri- 
vate tuition, and was graduated from the 
Pittsburg Central High School. Studied 
law, first with Robb & McClung, and 
completed his studies with William K. 
Jennings. Was admitted to the Alle- 
gheny County bar March 18, 1882. Ad- 
dress, 503 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

1 
SHIELDS, John: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Fifty-third 
Pennsylvania Infantry Nov. 1, 1861; Cap- 
tain, March 1, 1863; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged for disability March 9, 
1S64. Elected Oct. 17, 1888. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHIELDS, Jolin Franklin: 

Lawyer; born in Chester, Pa.; son of 
William and Sarah E. Shields; prepara- 
tory education Valparaiso, Ind.; was 
graduated from Pennsylvania State Col- 
lege (B. S.), 1892; post-graduate Depart- 
ment of Philosophy, University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1892-1893. Professor of Mathe- 
matics, Adelphi College, Brooklyn, 1893- 
1S97; Mathematical Department of the 
Pennsylvania State College, 1897-1898. 
Elected member of American Mathemati- 
cal Society, 1894. Graduate of law 
school of the University of Pennsylvania 



(LL. B.); member of Philadelphia bar; 
member of the University Club, and 
Sharswood Law Club. Address, 166 Ma- 
plewood Ave., Germantown, Pa.; office, 
Penn Square Building. 

SHIELDS, William S. P.: 

Merchant and manufacturer; born near 
Coatesville, Pa., March 27, 1847, the 
brother of A. S. L. Shields, the famous 
lawyer. In 1863 he entered the Lobdell 
car works, Wilmington, Del. He after- 
ward began to deal in real estate in a 
small way and to conduct some minor 
building operations, and began the manu- 
facture of drain pipes and brick in 1872, 
adding to this stone tiles, in which he 
built up a large trade. In 1877, dispos- 
ing of his business, he began to manu- 
facture paraffin oil and wax with great 
success, and also to deal extensively in 
coal, lumber and building materials. In 
1SS5 he bought the Avondale Paper Mill 
and Village, an extensive plant which he 
conducted for five years. He was also at 
this time largely concerned in building 
operations. In 1891 Mr. Shields organized 
the Philadelphia Paving and Construc- 
tion Company, which has become a great 
business corporation, and of which he is 
President. He is concerned also in other 
business operations, especially in land 
buying and selling, in which he deals very 
largely. In short, he is one of the most 
active and energetic business men in 
Philadelphia. Address, 4200 Pine St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHILLITO, George, M. D.: 

Physician; born in Beaver County, Pa., 
Nov. 2, 1840; he is a descendant of Thom- 
as Shillito, the noted Quaker philanthro- 
pist and missionary, and son of George 
and Elizabeth (Anderson) Shillito. He 
obtained his preliminary education in the 
public schools and Beaver Academy. 
After graduating from the academy he 
taught two years, and then, in 1861, be- 
gan the study of medicine. He attend- 
ed the University of Michigan, and re- 
ceived a degree from the Jefferson Medi- 
cal College, Philadelphia, being graduated 
therefrom in 1868. He later went to Al- 
legheny City, where he has a large and 
lucrative practice; was married Sept. 17. 
1891, to Miss Kate J. Baum. Member of 
the United Presbyterian Church and is 
an active Republican, also a member of 
the Allegheny County Medical Society. 
Address, Harriett St., East End, Pitts- 
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SHIMMELL, L. S., M. S., Ph. D.: 

Teacher, editor and author; born at 
Quakertown, Bucks County, Pa., 1852; 
studied at Wadsworth (Ohio) Seminary, 
and graduated from the Millersville State 
Normal School in the normal and scien- 
tific courses, in 1875 and 1877; married, 
in 1878, Sarah Bare, of Bareville, Lan- 
caster County. In 1886, while Superin- 
tendant of the schools of Huntingdon, he 
established The School Gazette, which he 
has edited ever since. Instructor in the 
High School at Harrisburg since 1893; has 
written three text-books: "The Pennsyl- 
vania Citizen," "A History of Pennsyl- 
vania," and "Our State and Nation." Of 
the "Pennsylvania Citizen" 120,000 copies 
sold since 1895. In 1900 graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania in Peda- 
gogy, Constitutional History, and Ameri- 
can History, with the degree of Ph. D. 
His thesis, "Border Warfare in Penn- 
sylvania During the Revolution," has 
been extensively circulated. Address, 
Harrisburg, Pa. 

SHIXDEL, R. Hathaway: 

Bank cashier and city official; born in 
Selinsgrove, Pa., Sept. 29, 1850; educat- 
ed at Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove; 
studied the drug business in his father's 
store; became telegraph operator and 
agent on the Sunbury and Lewistown 
Railroad; in 1872 became teller and cash- 
ier in the Snyder County Bank. In 1876 
he was made bookkeeper of the First 
National Bank of York, Pa., and since 
1887 has been cashier of the City Bank of 
York. He is Treasurer of the Westing- 
house Electric Light Company and of 
several other corporations of the city and 
county. Mr. Shindel has long been 
prominent in the public affairs of York. 
He was made a member of the Common 
Council under the first city charter, in 
1887, and in 1889 was elected City Treas- 
urer of York. In this office he proved 
himself so efficient that he was re-elected 
in 1894. In 1896 he was sent as the dele- 
gate from York County to the Republican 
National Convention at St. Louis, and 
was chosen as the Presidential Elector 
from his district. He married in 1882 
Elizabeth M. Schall. daughter of J. D. 
Schall. President of the First National 
Bank of York. Address, York, Pa. 

SHIPLEY, Samuel K.: 

Financier; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 
1828. He was the son of Thomas Ship- 
ley, one of the founders of the American 



Anti-Slavery Society, and President of 
the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. His 
mother, Lydia Richards, was a descend- 
ant of John Sharpless, one of the Quakers 
who came to Pennsylvania with William 
Penn in the ship Welcome. Mr. Shipley 
was educated in the Friends' School, 
Philadelphia, and also in the Westtown 
Friends' Boarding School, and immediate- 
ly after attaining his twenty-first year 
became a member of the firm of O. H. 
Churchman & Co., importers. In 1857 
he entered the firm of Shipley, Hazard 
& Hutchinson, commission dealers, from 
which he retired after seven years of 
successful business. In 1865 he organ- 
ized the Provident Life and Trust Com- 
pany, formed to promote life insurance 
among the Friends, on the basis of the 
Friends' Provident Institution of Brad- 
ford, Eng. Of this active institution he 
has since then been President. Mr. Ship- 
ley has been twice married. The first 
wife, Anne Shinn, dying in 1888, he mar- 
ried Agnes G. Evans, in 1890. He has 
for many years been actively interested 
in charitable institutions, including the 
Preston Retreat, the House of Refuge, the 
Home Missionary Society, and others. , 
In May. 1904, he was elected a Director 
of the United Gas Improvement Co. Ad- 
dress, 1307 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHIPPEN, Edward: 

Medical Director United States Navy; 
born in Mercer County, N. J., June 18, 
1826; A. B. and A. M., Princeton; M. D., i 
University of Pennsylvania; Fellow of the ' 
College of Physicians, Philadelphia; mem- ' 
ber of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- I 
vania; President of Genealogical Socie- i 
ty of Pennsylvania; Governor of the So- 
ciety of Colonial Wars of Pennsylvania; 
Companion of the Loyal Legion, etc.; I 
was appointed from Pennsylvania Aug. '• 
7, 1S49; entered the service as Assistant 
Surgeon; attached to sloop Marion, East i 
India Squadron, 1S49-1S52; receiving ship 
Ohio. Boston, 1S52-1853; Fulton, Fishing 
Banks, Squadron, 1853; Hetzel, Coast 
Survey, 1854; Dolphin, coast of Africa, ' 
1855-1857; rendezvous, Philadelphia, 1857; 
Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, 1858; steam- 
er Caledonia, Paraguay expedition. 1859; 
flagship Congress, Brazil Squadron, 1859- 
1861. Commissioned as Surgeon, April 
26, 1S61; frigate Congress, North Atlan- 
tic Blockading Squadron, 1861-1862; in the 
Congress when attacked by the rebel 
ram Merrimac. at Newport News, and in- 
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amining Board, Philadelphia, 1862; re- 
ceiving ship and special recruiting duty, 
New York, 1862-1864; frigate New Iron- 
sides, North Atlantic Squadron, 1864- 
1865; at both battles of Fort Fisher, and 
at Bermuda Hundred; steam sloop Canan- 
daigua, European Squadron, 1866-1868; 
during which he made the Russian cruise, 
under Admiral Farragut. Member of 
Naval Retiring Board, Philadelphia, 1868; 
Surgeon of the Naval Academy, Annap- 
olis, Md., 1869-1871; Fleet Surgeon, Euro- 
pean Station, 1871-1873; Navy Yard, 
Philadelphia, 1873; Naval Hospital, Phila- 
delphia, 1874-1879. Commissioned as Med- 
ical Director, 1876; President of the Naval 
Medical Examining Board, Philadelphia, 
1880-1881; President Board of Examiners, 
March. 1881-1883; Naval Hospital, Phila- 
delphia, 1883-1886; special duty, Phila- 
delphia, 1886-1888. Retired, 1888. Address, 
2039 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHIPPEN, Lloyd Parker: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Com- 
panion Brevet Lieut. Col. Edward Ship- 
pen. Elected, May 1, 1901. Address, 
care of Recorder of the Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHIRAS, George, III.: 

Congressman (Republican), lawyer; 
born in Allegheny City, Pa., Jan. 1, 
1859; son of George Shiras, Jr., United 
States Supreme Court; preparatory edu- 
cation obtained at Phillips Academy, An- 
dover, Mass.; was graduated from Cornell, 
1881, Yale Law School, 1883; married, 1885, 
Frances P. White, of Marquette, Mich. 
Admitted to Connecticut and Pennsylva- 
nia bars, 1883; associated in practice with 
his father until appointment of latter to 
Supreme bench; since then member of law 
firm of Shiras & Dickey, Pittsburg. Mem- 
ber of Pennsylvania Legislature, 1889-1890; 
candidate for Republican nomination for 
Congress in 1892, but defeated; elected, 
1902. as an avowed Republican, by the 
Citizens' Party, composed of dissatisfied 
Republicans and Democrats; elected mem- 
bers of Congress for term 1903-1905. Res- 
idence, 621 Allegheny Ave., Allegheny, 
Pa.; address, 434 Diamond St., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

SHOBER, Samuel L... Jr.: 

Member of the banking house of Cramp, 
Mitchell & Serrill, Philadelphia; was born 
Oct. 26, 1862 in Philadelphia; his ances- 



tors were prominent in the political and 
social history of the city; educated at 
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.; entered 
the class of 1885 University of Pennsyl- 
vania, taking a special course, and be- 
came connected with the engineering 
department of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road in 1883; through successive promo- 
tions he was made Acting Principal As- 
sistant Engineer at Altoona, in charge of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad and branches 
east of Pittsburg and Erie; resigned in 
April, 1901, to accept a position with 
Brown Brothers & Co., of New York, 
Philadelphia and London. January, 1904, 
he entered the firm of Cramp, Mit- 
chell & Sherrill, Bankers, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Address, 314 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia. 

SHOEMAKER, Benjamin H.: 

Glass merchant; born in Shoemaker- 
town, Montgomery County, Pa., Dec. 27, 
1827; a descendant of the early Quaker 
immigrants, his ancestors coming to 
Pennsylvania in 1686. Mr. Shoemaker 
sought Philadelphia in 1848, and became 
an apprentice to the drug business under 
his brother, Robert Shoemaker; four 
years later he became a partner in the 
concern, the firm name being Robert 
Shoemaker & Co.; in 1865 the firm dis- 
solved, Robert and his sons continuing 
in the drug business, while Benjamin 
established a plate and window glass 
business at 205 N. Fourth St., where a 
large business grew up and is still con- 
tinued. Aside from his business affairs, 
Benjamin Shoemaker is especially well 
known in connection with the Pennsylva- 
nia Hospital; in 1866 he became a man- 
ager of this institution, was secretary 
of its board for nineteen years, and in 
1891 became its President, a position 
which has long been considered a post of 
honor; in this duty he has worked intelli- 
gently to advance the interests of the 
institution. Mr. Shoemaker is a Director 
in a number of business concerns, and 
President of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill 
Haven Railroad Company; for ten years 
he was Treasurer of the Society for Or- 
ganizing Charity, and President of the 
Germantown Horticultural Society, and is 
connected with several other organiza- 
tions. Address, 535 Church Lane, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SHOEMAKER, Charles Chalmers: 

Author; born in West Newton, Pa., 
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Shoemaker; graduated from High School, 
Pittsburg; married 1893, Louise F. Super. 
Is a Manager and Treasurer of the Penn- 
sylvania Publishing Company, Philadel- 
phia; member of the American Publishers' 
Association, American Booksellers' Asso- 
ciation, Booksellers' League (New York), 
and the Browing Society. Member of the 
Athletic, Franklin Inn, and Writeabout 
(Philadelphia) Clubs. Author of "Young 
Folks' Dialogues," 1885; "Choice Humor," 
1886; "Holiday Entertainments," 1886; 
"Choice Dialect," 1887; "Humorous Dia- 
logues," 1888; "One Hundred Choice Selec- 
tions," 1899. Address, 923 Arch St., Phil- 
adelphia. 

SHOEMAKER, Henry Francis: 

Banker and Railroad President; born in 
Schuylkill County, Pa., March 28, 1845; 
son of John W. and Mary (Brock) Shoe- 
maker; educated at Genesee Seminary, 
Lima, N. Y. He married Blanche, a 
daughter of Hon. J. W. Quiggle, LL. D., 
of Philadelphia; served as First Lieu- 
tenant of the Twenty-seventh Pennsylva- 
nia Volunteers 1863. Became interested in 
mining anthracite coal in Pennsylvania, 
1863; later in bituminous coal mining in 
West Virginia and Ohio. Elected Secre- 
tary and Treasurer of the Central Railroad 
of Minnesota, 1878; President Mineral 
Range Railroad, 1887; Cincinnati, Dayton 
& Ironton Railroad, 1889; Dayton & Union 
Railroad, 1890; Chairman Executive Com- 
mittee, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton 
Railway, 1890; Vice President Indiana, De- 
catur & Western Railway 1893; Cin- 
cinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway 
1902; Chairman Board of Directors Cin- 
cinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific 
Railroad 1899; Cincinnati, Hamilton & 
Dayton Railway 1903. Director North 
American Trust Company, Van Norden 
Trust Company, Chatham National Bank, 
Century Realty Company, Van Norden 
Safe Deposit Company of New York, 
Westfield Trust Company, Southwestern 
Construction Company of New Jersey, 
Superior Coal Company of Ohio, and 
Trustee Good Samaritan Dispensary. He 
is a member of the Sons of the Revolu- 
tion, Lafayette Post Grand Army of the 
Republic. Pennsylvania Society in New 
York. Member of Metropolitan, Union 
League, Riding, Lawyers' Lotos, and New 
York Yacht Clubs. County seats, McElhat- 
tan, Pa.; Lititz, Pa.; Riverside, Conn. 
Office, 71 Broadway, New York. City 
residence, 26 West Fifty-third St., New 
York. 



SHOEMAKER, I. L,.: 

President of the American Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Broad St. and Ridge Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHOEMAKER, John C.J 

Lawyer; ex-Deputy Secretary of Penn- 
sylvania; born in Juniata County, Pa., 
April 7, 1857; prepared for college at 
Chambersburg Academy; entered Lafay- 
ette College and graduated with the class 
of 1877. He then engaged in the study of 
law under the tuition of J. M. Sharpe, at 
Chambersburg, and was there admitted 
to the bar in 1879. In 1881 he obtained ad- 
mission to the bar of Allegheny County, 
where he has since practiced. He was 
made Deputy Secretary of the Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania on Jan. 22, 1883, 
and served creditably in this position 
until February 1, 1887. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SHOEMAKER, Rachel H.: 

Principal, National School of Elocution 
and Oratory; born among the hills of 
Bucks County, Pa.; nee Rachel Walter 
Hinkle, daughter of Wm. Marshall Hin- 
kle, a grandson of Edward Marshall, the 
successful pedestrian of the famous In- 
dian Walk in Colonial days; educated at 
Millersville State Normal School, and In- 
structor there; later specialized in elocu- 
tion and public delivery. Married Jacob 
W. Shoemaker, of West Newton, West- 
moreland, Pa.; together they established 
the National School of Elocution and 
Oratory, located in Philadelphia. Au- 
thor of Advanced Elocution, Delsartian 
Pantomimes; also compilations of a num- 
ber of books of selections. Address, Tem- 
ple Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHOEMAKER, Thomas A.I 

Railroad contractor; born in Ebensburg, 
Pa., in 1861, and educated at St. Francis 
College, Loretto, Pa. ; has been success- 
fully engaged in the construction of rail- 
roads for the last twenty-seven years. 
Was a member of the firm of F. H. Clem- 
ent & Co., of Philadelphia, until May 1, 
1904, when he voluntarily withdrew and 
started into business for himself. Is Presi- 
dent of the Centre County Banking Com- 
pany, and largely interested in agricultu- 
ral pursuits. Was married, in 1S96, to Au- 
gusta T. Crider, of Bellefonte, Pa. Ad- 
dress, Bellefonte, Pa. 

SHOEMAKER, William Mercer: 

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Legion; Second Lieutenant Ninth Penn- 
sylvania Cavalry, Nov. 14, 1861; First 
Lieutenant, April 4, 1862; resigned and 
honorably discharged, April 6, 1863. Elect- 
ed, Feb. 5, 1896. Address, 3239 Powelton 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHOOK, James Purman: 

Methodist Episcopal Clergyman; born at 
Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pa., 
Feb. 25, 1877. After attending Easton 
Academy, Easton, Pa., and teaching in 
the public schools, received degree of 
Bachelor of Arts at Boston University 
College of Liberal Arts, Boston, Mass., 

I and of S. T. B. from the Theological 
School of the same University; in 1903 
he joined the Philadelphia Conference of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church and was 
appointed pastor of Front Street Church, 
Philadelphia; was married July 30, 1903, 
to Judith S. Rowell, of Massachusetts. 
Present address, 1228 N. Hancock St., 

j Philadelphia, Pa. 

SHORKLEY, George: 

Major (retired) U. S. Army; born in 
New York; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
First Lieutenant Fifty-first Pennsylvania 
Infantry, Oct. 9, 1861; Captain, April 22, 

l 1864; brevetted Major Volunteers, July 30, 
1864, for gallant and distinguished ser- 
vice in the operations before Petersburg, 
Va. ; Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, 
March 25, 1865, for gallant and meritorious 
service at Fort Stedman, Va., and Colonel 
Volunteers, April 9, 1S65, for long, faithful 
and valuable service; honorably mustered 

I out July 27, 1865; Second Lieutenant and 

i First Lieutenant Fifteenth Infantry, Feb. 

I 23, 1866; Captain, Oct. 13, 1867; retired, 
Sept. 23, 1885; brevetted Captain March 2, 
1867, for gallant and meritorious service 
in the battle of Antietam, Md., and Ma- 
jor, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meri- 
torious service in the engagement at Ft. 
Stedman, Va. ; member of the Pennsylva- 
nia Commandery of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion. Address, Lewisburg. 
Pa. 

SHORROCK, J. Piatt: 

Silk Manufacturer; born Oct. 1, 1S66; 
educated in Trinity College, Hartford; has 
been School Director and Town Council- 
man; organized and managed Slatington 
Textile Manufacturing Co., West Pitts- 
burg Silk Manufacturing Co., Home Silk 
Co., Haverstraw, N. Y. ; Grove City Silk 
Co. ; Republican. Address, 440 Grove City, 
Pa. 



SHORTLIDGE, Joseph; 

Educator; born, Aug. 1, 1832, in New 
Garden Township, Chester County, Pa.; 
ancestors were of English and Scotch 
origin. Prepared for college at Jonathan 
Gause's Greenwood Dell Academy, situat- 
ed on the Brandywine, near Westchester, 
Pa., and at Fort Edward Collegiate Insti- 
tute, Fort Edward, N. Y. ; entered, in 
1S*59, the class of 1863 at Yale College; se- 
cured degree of Master of Arts in 1880; 
taught in public schools in Concord Town- 
ship, Delaware County, Pa., and Green- 
wood Dell Academy in same State; was 
principal of Putnam Academy on Lake 
Champlain, New York, and of Fairville In- 
stitute, Chester County, Pa. In 1862. he 
founded Maplewood Institute, at Concord- 
ville, Pa. In 1864 he became member of 
the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia; in 
1865, in addition to his duties as a teacher, 
he entered the laboratory of C. R. Will- 
liams, Ph. D., Philadelphia, as a student 
and took a three years" course in chemi- 
cal analysis. Married in 1865 Caroline 
Baily Gause, of Greenwwood Dell Acad- 
emy, by whom he had three children, 
Charles B. Shortlidge, M. D. ; J. Chauncey 
Shortlidge, a Harvard A. B., and Marion 
E. Darlington. In 1S93 married Isabel G. 
Shortlidge. In 1880 President of the Penn- 
sylvania State College. In 1863, when 
Gen. Lee invaded Pennsylvania and Pres- 
ident Lincoln called for 100,000 men for six 
months' service, he responded and was 
sworn in as a volunteer. Has served as 
School Director in Concord Township. In 
addition to his duties as principal of Ma- 
plewood Institute he has for seventeen 
years served as Justice of the Peace in 
Concordville, Pa., having been appointed 
by Gov. Beaver to fill an unexpired term 
in 1887; re-elected in 1904 for five years. 
Is a member of the Philadelphia Yale 
Alumni Association and of Bradbury 
Post, G. A. R. Address, Maplewood In- 
stitute, Concordville, Pa. 

SHORTRIDGE, Nathan P.: 

Merchant; born in Portsmouth, N. H., 
Nov. 28, 1S29; he sought Philadelphia at 
fifteen, where he entered the counting 
house of David S. Brown & Co., a very 
large commission house, remaining there 
twelve years; he then went into the newly 
organized firm of George F. Peabody & 
Co., commission dealers in printed cali- 
coes; at the end of two years this firm 
was reorganized as Harris, Shortridge & 
Co., which in 1867 was succeeded by Short- 
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wealth and high standing in the mercan- 
tile community during his many years of 
business life, Mr. Shortridge retired ii» 
1877. Aside from his business he was 
connected in other corporations, being a 
Director of the Delaware Mutual Safety 
Insurance Co., the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Co., the Philadelphia National Bank, the 
American Steamship Co., and numerous 
other concerns, and President of the Phil- 
adelphia & Erie Railroad and the Trenton 
Delaware Bridge Co.; he took an active 
part in the organization of the Centennial 
Exposition, and was a member of the 
United States Board of Finance from 1873 
until it ceased to exist in 1893; he is a 
Manager of the Merchants' Fund, a Man- 
ager of the Western Savings Fund So- 
ciety, and has served as Director and 
Vice President of the New England So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Address, Philadel- 
phia National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
residence, Wynnewood, Pa. 

SHORTT, C. M.: 

President of the Sugar Grove Savings 
Bank. Address, Sugargrove, "Warren 
County, Pa. 

SHOWALTER, Joseph B.: 

Physician; Congressman (Republican); 
born, Smithfield. Pa., Feb. 11. 1851; son of 
Levi and Elizabeth Showalter; educated 
in public schools and George's Creek Ac- 
ademy; married in 1879, Ella M. McKee. 
Taught school in Pennsylvania, West Vir- 
ginia, Indiana and Illinois; engaged in oil 
business with brothers in Butler County, 
Pa., and became extensively interested in 
petroleum production; studied at the Long 
Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, and 
was graduated from the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons. Baltimore; practiced 
medicine several years at Chicora, Pa. 
Member Pennsylvania House of Represen- 
tatives, 1886-1888; State Senate, 1888-1892; 
and member of Congress from Twenty- 
fifth Pennsylvania District, 1897-1903; Re- 
publican in politics. Address, Butler, Pa. 

SHUIiL., 1). F.: 

President of the Hamilton Trust Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. Address, 3938 Mar- 
ket St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SH(Jl>L, James W.: 

Jurist; born in Perry County, Pa., short- 
ly after the close of the Civil War; was 
educated there and read law at New 
Bloomfield. He was admitted to the 
Perry County bar in 1887 and quickly 



gained a good practice, being a lawyer of 
excellent judgment and much skill in the 
preparation and trial of cases. In 1901 
he was elected President Judge of the 
Forty-first Judicial District, including 
Perry and Juniata Counties. Address, 
New Bloomfield, Pa. 

SHUL.L, Joseph H.: 

Congressman (Democrat), of Strouds- 
burg; was born in Mount Bethel Town- 
ship, Northampton County, Pa., Aug. 17, 
1848; prepared for college at Blair Presby- 
terian Academy, New Jersey, and took a 
special course at Lafayette and Bellevue 
Colleges and the University of New York 
— graduating in 1873; taught in the pub- 
lic schools of Easton, Pa.; for one year 
studied law in office of Gen. C. Bennett 
and was admitted to the bar in 1879, and 
has since been engaged in the practice 
of his profession; was associate editor 
of the Monroe Democrat from 1881 to 
1886; was elected to the State Senate 
from the Twenty-second District of Penn- 
sylvania and served from 1886 to 1891; 
elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress from 
Twenty-sixth District. Address, Strouds- 
burg, Pa. 

SHIMAKER, James Madison: 

Superintendent of Public Grounds and 
Buildings; born in Fairfield County, Ohio, 
July 8, 1851; his parents removed to Penn- 
syvania when he was a child and located 
in Lycoming County, where he received a 
common school education; in 1874 he re- 
moved to Cambria County and engaged 
in mercantile business; he has always 
been a stanch Republican, and in 1891 
was elected Sheriff of Cambria County 
by 600 majority, although the county at 
that time was about 800 Democratic; in 
November, 1900, he was elected to the 
House of Representatives and served dur- 
ing the session of 1901; his home is in 
Johnstown, and he is actively identified 
with various enterprises there, being Pres- 
ident and General Manager of the Con- 
sumers' Ice Co., a Trustee of the Johns- 
town Savings Bank, and a Director of the 
Johnstown Trust Co.; he is also a Trus- 
tee of the Conemaugh Valley Memorial 
Hospital: he was appointed Superinten- 
dent of Public Grounds and Buildings by 
Governor Pennypacker on Jan. 21, 1903. 
Address, Johnstown, Pa. 



SHI MAKER, S. R.: 

President of the Windber 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 



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SHl'MWAY, Edgar Solomon: 

Educator; born in Belchertown, Mass., 
June 6, 1856; son of Solomon and Susan 
iShumway; educated Williston Academy; 
was graduated from Amherst College, 
1879; receiving the degrees of A. M., 1882; 
jiPh. D., 1893; studied Roman law, etc., 
I Berlin and Marburg Universities, Ger- 
' many, 1886-1887. Adjunct Professor and 
I Professor of Latin Language and Litera- 
ture, Rutgers College, 1883-1900; pur- 
chased Rutgers art collection; lecturer on 
' Roman law, University of Pennsylvania, 
1900; university extension lecturer for 
i New York and New Jersey on Greek, 
I Hellenistic and Roman art. Member of 
! the Philosophical Association of America; 
Archaeological Institute of America; Pres- 
ident of Rutgers Phi Beta Kappa So- 
ciety, 1899-1900 and a member of Ameri- 
can Academy of Political and Social Sci- 
ence. Edited Latine Journal (monthly), 
four years. Author of "A Day in Ancient 
I Rome," "Latin Synonyms," "Syllabus of 
Classical Archaeology," "Synopsis of 
Sources," "Literature and Language of 
Roman Law." Contributor to journals 
and magazines. Married. 1890, Florence 
Snow. Address, Department of Law, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

SIBLEY, Joseph Crocker: 

Congressman (Republican) of Franklin, 
Venango County, Pa.; born at Friendship, 
N. Y., Feb. 18, 1850; is a manufacturer 
and farmer; was elected as a Democrat 
to the Fifty-third and Fifty-sixth Con- 
gresses, and as a Republican to the Fifty- 
seventh Congress, and re-elected to the 
Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Frank- 
lin, Pa. 

SRKEL, Horatio Gates, Jr.: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Mili- 
tary Academy, Sept. 1, 1872; Second Lieu- 
tenant Fourteenth Infantry, June 15, 1876; 
transferred to Seventh Cavalry. July 28, 
1876; First Lieutenant, Dec. 17. 1882; Cap- 
tain, May 23, 1896; Major, July 16, 1903. 
Address, Manila, P. I. 

SIGWOKTH, John Moore: 

Captain United States Army; born near 
Cooksburg, Forest County, Pa., Jan. 19, 
1860; private and Corporal, Battery L, 
First Artillery, Jan. 6, 1886-1889; Second 
Lieutenant Tenth Infantry, 1889; First 
Lieutenant Ninth Infantry, 1896; Captain 
Ninth Infantry, 1899; Paymaster by de- 
tail, 1903; participated in principal battles 



and engagements in Santiago, Cuba, cam- 
paign, Philippine insurrection, campaign 
in Luzon, P. I.. China relief expediton, 
and campaign in Samar, P. I. In com- 
mand of guard at main entrance to 
Forbidden City and United States Lega- 
tion guard, Peking, China, Oct. 21, 1900, 
to March 10, 1901. Address, Headquarters 
Department of the Lakes, Chicago, 111. 

SIL.LIMAN, Edward S.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Mahanoy City. Address, Mahanoy 
City, Schuylkill County, Pa. 

SILVER, Horace Percy: 

Chaplain Unted States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Nebraska; 
Chaplain, Feb. 2, 1901; assigned to Thir- 
tieth Infantry, July 26, 1901. Address, 
Fort Crook, Neb. 

SILVEY, Alexander H.: 

Editor; born in Washington, Pa., July 
16, 1844; on the paternal side he is of 
German descent; his grandfather emi- 
grated from the Fatherland to this coun- 
try with a large family of children in the 
early part of this century; attended the 
public schools of his native town until 
seventeen years old, when he served a 
three years' apprenticeship on a news- 
paper, the Democrat, at Meadville, Pa.; 
removed to Pittsburg to assume charge of 
the mechanical department of the Pitts- 
burg Christian Advocate, which position 
he held for thirteen years. In 18S0 he 
embarked in business for himself, estab- 
lishing the Herald at Braddock, near 
Pittsburg. This he conducted successfully 
for eight years. In 1887 he founded the 
Wilkinsburg Call. Married July 30, 1870, 
Mary, daughter of John Hammett. Re- 
publican in politics. Address, 7725 Ab- 
bott St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SIMM, James C, Jr.: 

Treasurer of the Machinists' Supply 
Company of Pittsburg; born Oct. 7, 1872, 
in Chicago, 111..; educated in the public 
schools of Chicago. Married Brooke 
Stephens, Louisville. Ky., on June 1, 
1S9S; engaged in business of Machinists' 
Supply Company, August, 1896; in 1900* 
formed a company to manufacture wagon 
skeins and hardware at Racine, Wis.; in 
1903 established present house at Pitts- 
burg, Pa. Address, 209 Water St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SIMPSON, Thomas Brown: 

Oil producer; born in the city of Pitts- 
burg on Jan. 1, 1845; son of Thomas and 



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Rachel Ravey Simpson. His parents were 
born near Belfast, Ireland, and came to 
America in 1832, locating at Pittsburg. 
The elder Simpson was Professor of Math- 
ematics in Dublin College, and engaged 
in the manufacture of glass shortly after 
his arrival in America. Mr. Simpson was 
educated in the public schools of Pitts- 
burg, and his first occupation in life was 
on an Iowa farm in 1857. Returning to 
Pittsburg in 1864 he took a course of book- 
keeping at Duff's College. He went to 
OJ City in 1865 to represent Lockhart & 
Frew, large refiners of oil in Pittsburg. 
Engaging actively in the business, he 
became interested in a number of oil- 
producing companies in the Pennsylvania 
oil regions. In addition to many other 
enterprises Mr. Simpson is President of 
the Citizens' Gas Company the Jonesboro 
Mining Company of Indiana, and the Bar- 
stow Mining and Milling Company of Col- 
orado. Taking an active interest in po- 
litical affairs, he acted as delegate 
to the Republican National Convention at 
Minneapolis in 1892, and also to the Re- 
publican National Convention at St. Louis 
in 1896. Mr. Simpson is a member of the 
Ivy Club, Oil City, and the Duquesne Club, 
Pittsburg. He was married, in Oil City, 
in 1874, to Miss Laura V. Shively, and 
they have two daughters. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SIMS, Charles Abercrombie: 

Railroad contractor; born June 5, 1866, 
near Memphis, Tenn. ; son of the late 
Clifford Stanley Sims, Judge of Court of 
Errors and Appeals of New Jersey, and 
Mary Josephine Abercrombie of Natchez, 
Miss. Married in 1897 Julia, daughter of 
J. Elfreth Watkins. C. E. Member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the 
Revolution, Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Civil engineer and contractor; 
resident engineer in charge of building 
the Pennsylvania Railroad's stone arch 
bridge over the Conemaugh River at 
Johnstown. Pa., that stood the Johnstown 
flood of 1889. Member of the firm of 
Charles A. Sims & Co., contractors, who 
built the stone arch bridge over the Dela- 
ware River at Trenton, N. J., for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad. Address, Harri- 
son Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SIMS, William Sowden: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Canada; appointed from 
Pennsylvania; Naval Academy, June 24, 
1876; Midshipman, June 22, 1882; Ensign 



(junior grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, 
June 26, 1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), 
May 9, 1893; Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1897; 
Tennessee, North Atlantic Station, 1880- 
1S82; Colorado, 1882, New York Navy 
Yard; Swatara, 1883-1885, Yantic, 1885- 
1S87; nautical schoolship Saratoga, De- 
cember, 1889, to June, 1893; Philadel- 
phia, Pacific Station, June, 1893, to Aug- 
ust, 1894; Charleston, China Station, 
August, 1894, to July, 1896; Richmond, 
League Island, September, 1896, to Feb- 
ruary, 1897; naval attache, United States 
Embassies, Paris and St. Petersburg, 
March, 1897, to November, 1900; Ken- 
tucky, China, November to March, 1900- 
1901; Monterey, China, March, 1901, to 
October, 1901; Aide to Commander-in- 
Chief, Asiatic Fleet, Brooklyn, October, 
1901, to May, 1902. Fleet Intelligence 
Officer and Inspector of Target Practice, 
Asiatic Fleet, New York, May, 1902, to 
October, 1902. Inspector of Target Prac- 
tice, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart- 
ment, since November, 1902. Address, 
921 Eighteenth St. N. W., Washington, 
D. C. 

SINKLER, Wharton: 

Physician; born at Philadelphia Aug. 7, 
1858; son of Charles and Emily Sinkler; 
received his early education at Gambier, 
Ohio, and at Aiken, S. C. ; entered South 
Caraolina College, but left at end of fresh- 
man year on account of closing of college 
by war; was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania with the degree of 
M. D. in 1868. Married, 1872, Ella Brock, 
Philadelphia. Served in the Second South 
Carolina Cavalry, Confederate States Ar- 
my, during Civil War; physician in Phila- 
delphia since 1868; specialist in nervous 
diseases. Fellow of College of Physicians 
of Philadelphia, American Neurological 
Association, American Medical Associa- 
tion, Association of American Physicians, 
Philadelphia Neurological Society, Presi- 
dent of Colony Farm for Epileptics of 
Philadelphia. Contributor to text books, 
cyclopaedias and medical journals. Ad- I 
dress, 1606 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SIPE, H. L..: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Somerset. Address, Somerset, Pa. 

SIPE, William Allen: • 

Lawyer; born July 1, 1844, in Fulton 
County, Pa.; son of George W. B. and 
Martha A. (Tanner) Sipe; educated at the 
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Huntington County; studied law at Hunt- 
ington and was admitted to the bar there 
;|Aug. 14, 1865. He practiced in Hunting- 
don County until Jan. 1, 1S67, and then 
■Iremoved to Indianapolis, Ind., where he 
practiced until November, 1868, then re- 
moving to Pittsburg; was admitted to the 
'Allegheny County bar Dec. 28, 1868; was 
a member of the Fifty-second and Fifty- 
ijthird Congresses. Address, 432 Diamond 
|st., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SIPES, J. Nelson: 

President of the Fulton County Bank. 
iAddress, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, 
|Pa. 

(siPPLE, Ernest W.: 

High school principal; teacher; born at 
Frederica, Del., June 30, 1876; was gradu- 
ated from Delaware College, Delaware, in 
1897; taught in Downington, Pa., from 
1899 to 1903. Principal of schools, Mon- 
[trose, Pa., 1903. Address, Montrose, Pa. 

SISSON, A. E.: 

State Senator from Erie County, Pa.; 
iborn in Dayton, N. T., Jan. 12, 1851; edu- 
cated in the common schools, the Kings- 
ville Academy, Ohio, and the Seminary at 
North East, Pa.; was admitted to the 
Erie County bar in 1881; served as Chair- 
man of the Republican County Committee 
in 1885, and again in 1886; was elected 
Prosecuting Attorney for the county in 
1887, and re-elected in 1890; has been for 
a number of years Solicitor for the Coun- 
ty Commissioners; was elected to the Sen- 
ate in November, 1900. Address, Erie, Pa. 

SITLER, Wallace A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Schuylkill County; 
born in Carbon County, Pa., Dec. 2, 1862; 
educated in the public schools; when 
twenty years old he learned the trade of 
butcher and continued in that business 
about ten years; is now proprietor of the 
White House Hotel, near Tamaqua, and 
is also engaged in the lumber and timber 
business; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Tamaqua, Pa. 

SITTSER, P. L,.: 

President of the Wyoming National 
Bank. Address, Tunkhannock, Wyoming 
County, Pa. 

SIVITER, Francis Pierpont: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 



Military Academy, June 17. 1891; Second 
Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, June 12, 
1895; First Lieutenant First Infantry, July 
1898; assigned to Eighteenth Infantry, 
Jan. 1, 1899; transferred to Eleventh In- 
fantry, May 15, 1899; Captain Forty-first 
United States Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
17, 1899, to May 3, 1901; Captain Twenty- 
eighth Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, 
Presidio, San Francisco, Cal. 

SIVITER, William Henry: 

Member of the editorial staff of the 
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph; born in 
Dudley, England, May 25, 1858; educated 
in the public schools of Pittsburg and in 
the State Normal School, Fairmont, W. 
Va. ; became editor and manager of the 
Oil City Derrick in 1882; joined editorial 
staff of Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph in 

1885. Married Anna Pierpont. daughter 
of Hon. Francis Harrison Pierpont, the 
loyal war Governor of Virginia, June 24, 

1886. Has been a contributor to the lead- 
ing humorous publications of the United 
States for eighteen years. Republican in 
politics. Address, 122 Dithridge St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SIvELrDING, Francis Hobbs: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Pay- 
master Henry T. Skelding. Elected May 
6, 1896. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

SK1LES, John D.: 

President of the Fulton National Bank 
of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Lan- 
caster County, Pa. 

SKILTOJi, John Davis: 

Educator; born at Monroeville, Ohio, 
March 15, 1867; son of Alvah Stone Skilton 
and Amanda (Davis) Skilton; graduate of 
Kenyon College, Ohio, with degrees of A. 
B. 188S and A. M. 1891; Protestant Epis- 
copal Divinity School, Philadelphia, 1892; 
ordained to Protestant Episcopal minis- 
try, 1892. Married at Ogontz, Pa., June 
24, 1902, Ida Beistle. Principal of Chel- 
tenham Military Academy, Ogontz, Pa., 
1899-1903; Chaplain Third Regiment, Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, April 30, 
1903. Head master Melrose Academy for 
Boys since June 10, 1903. Member of Uni- 
versity Club of Philadelphia. Address, 
Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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SKINNER, George Washington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Seventy-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Nov. 1, 1862; Sergeant, 
July 5, 1864; discharged for promotion, 
Sept. 7, 1864; First Lieutenant Seventy- 
seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 8, 
1864; Captain, Aug. 1, 1S65; honorably 
mustered out, Dec. 6, 1865. Elected Feb. 
3, 1892. Address, care of Recorder of 
Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SKINNER, Henry: 

Entomologist; physician; born in Phila- 
delphia March 27, 1861; son of William S. 
and S. I. Skinner; preparatory education 
was received at Rugby Academy, Phila- 
delphia; was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, receiving the de- 
grees of B. S., 1881, and M. D., 1884. Mar- 
ried, in Philadelphia, Miss C. A. Beck. 
Practiced medicine from 1884 to 1900; 
since 1900 devoted entire attention to 
entomology. State Entomologist of Penn- 
sylvania; Professor of Entomolgy, Penn- 
sylvania Horticultural Society; special cu- 
rator of Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia; curator and Secretary of 
American Entomological Society; Vice 
Fresident American Association Econom- 
ical Entomologists. Editor of Entomolog- 
ical News. Has written numerous papers 
on original researches in entomology. Ad- 
dress, Academy of Natural Sciences, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

SKYL.ES, John II.: 

President of the Morrison's Cove Bank. 
Address, Martinsburg, Blair County, Pa. 

SLATAPER, Felicien: 

United States Vice Consul; born at 
Trieste, Austria, April 19, 1828; educated 
in common schools of Trieste and the 
Polytechnic College of Vienna; was grad- 
uated from the latter in 1848; emigrated 
to the United States in 1850, and entered 
the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
as draughtsman; subsequently was for 
several years assistant engineer of th<> 
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail- 
way Company; from 1870 to 1890 was 
Chief Engineer of the Pennsylvania Com- 
pany for the lines northwest of Pittsburg; 
in 1890 became Consulting Engineer of 
this company, and held this position for 
nine years; appointed Vice Consul at 
Trieste, Nov. 2, 1899. Address, Trieste, 
Austria. 



SLATER, Thomas Ogden: 

Hardware merchant; born Feb. 8, 1842, 
in the city of Glasgow, Scotland; is the 
eldest son of John and Ann Jackson Slater, 
who were English people sojourning at 
Glasgow at that time. In 1853 they came 
to Philadelphia, and in 1856 removed t'> 
Warren County, Pa. He was educated 
in Philadelphia and continued to reside 
there and in Salem County, N. J., until 
1862, when he enlisted in Company H.. 
Twlefth New Jersey Volunteers, which 
became part of Smyth's Brigade, Hay's 
Division, Hancock's Corps, Army of the 
Potomac. Served in battles of the great 
Second Corps, from Chancellorsville to the 
Wilderness fight, when he was wounded 
in the thigh. In 1S64 he received a com- 
mission as First Lieutenant, and was in 
command of the company on the morn- 
ing of May 6, when he was wounded. Re- 
joined his regiment in front of Petersburg 
on July 30, 1864, and was detailed as Ad- 
jutant of the regiment. On Oct. 20 re- 
ceived commission as Captain of Com- 
pany K; on Oct. 27 was captured as a 
prisoner in battle of Hatcher's Run, Va. ; 
confined in Libby Prison, Richmond, 
Va., and at Danville, Va. ; exchanged Feb. 
22, 1865; mustered out of service with 
regiment at Trenton, N. J., June 17, 1865. 
At the close of the war engaged in lum- 
bering at Warren, Pa.; in 1893 in the 
hardware business, and is sole owner of 
the business of T. O. Slater & Co. Was 
married in October, 1S70, to Sara M. Wil- 
son, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who died Dec. 
26, 18S9; was married March 4, 1891, to 
Julia Conkling Jarvis. Member of Grand 
Army of the Republic and Companion of 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, 
Commandery of Pennsylvania. Address, 
Warren, Pa. 

SLAYMAKER, Peter E.: 

President of the People's National 
Bank of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster. 
Pa. 

SLOKOM, S.: 

President of the National Bank of 
Christiana. Address, Christiana, Lancas- 
ter County, Pa. 

SMAIL, Edward James: 

Lawyer; born Dec. 24, 1859, at Greens- 
burg, Pa. He moved with his parents 
to Johnstown, Pa., when three years 
old, and there attended the public schools. 
After completing his preliminary studies, 
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which he left in 1876, and taught several 
years in the public schools. He next at- 
tended the Southwestern State Norma] 
College at California, Pa., graduating in 
June, 1880, and in August of that year 
removed to Pittsburg, entering the office 
of Col. William A. Stone. In January, 
1883, was admitted to the Allegheny Coun- 
ty bar. Mr. Smail since 1884, has resided 
at Braddock, Pa., and is prominently 
identified with the civil and social life of 
that town. Address, 440 Diamond St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

SMEARBAIGH, Win.: 

Lumberman; born in Tionesta Town- 
ship, Forest County, Oct. 7, 1854; son of 
Ferdinand and Dorcas Mathe Smear- 
baugh, natives of German^; was reared 
in Tionesta and educated in the public 
schools. Embarked in the hotel business 
in 1881, and conducted the Lawrence 
House for two years. In 1880 engaged in 
the mercantile business; continued in the 
same till 1900. Became interested in the 
manufacture of lumber in 1886; has con- 
tinued in this business, being now largely 
interested in the Warren Lumber Com- 
pany. In 1883 was elected Treasurer of 
Forest County, serving one term of three 
years. On March 22, 1881, married Eva 
A., daughter of Daniel Stowe and Eliza- 
beth Spence Knox; they have three 
daughters. Mr. Smearbaugh is also Vice 
President of the Forest County National 
Bank. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

SMEDLY, Samuel L,.: 

Ex-Chief Engineer and Surveyor of 
Philadelphia; born at Edgemont, Delaware 
County, Pa., Dec. 29, 1832, and died 
July 21, 1894, the descendant of a fami- 
ly which came to Pennsylvania with 
William Penn in 1682. They settled 
near the town of Media, Delaware Coun- 
ty, where the old estate is still owned 
and the mansion occupied by the de- 
scendants of the family. Mr. Smedley 
was educated in the Westtown Friends' 
School and a classical school in German- 
town; subsequently studied surveying; 
laid out a part of West Philadelphia in 
1S56, and soon after published the first 
complete map of Philadelphia. From 1858 
to 1872 he was a member of the Board of 
City Surveyors, and from 1872 to 1893, 
when he resigned, was Chief Engineer and 
Surveyor of Philadelphia. During this pe- 
riod he built the fine bridges over the 
Schuylkill at Market, Walnut and Spring 
Garden Streets, and the especially large 



and handsome bridege at Girard Avenue; 
constructed the tunnel for the Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad in front of Fairmount 
Park, and did an enormous amount of 
work in constructing sewers, grading 
streets, etc. He took an active part in 
the acquisition of Fairmount Park and 
in laying out this splendid pleasure 
ground. On his resignation in 1893, in 
consequence of illness, the City Councils 
tendered him the thanks of the city for 
his many years of valuable public service. 
Mr. Smedley is a member of the Ameri- 
can Society of Civil Engineers, the En- 
gineers' Club, the Franklin Institute, His- 
torical and Antiquarian Societies, Union 
League, and various other associations. 
Like his ancestors, he is a member of the 
Society of Friends. 

SMITH, A. G. CRISWELL: 

School principal; born Sept. 16, 1853, 
in West Fallowfield Township, Chester 
County, Pa.; educated in the public 
schools, Smithsonian Institute, and Mil- 
lersville State Normal School, graduating 
in 1876. Taught in the public schools of 
Lancaster and Chester Counties. Was 
prinicapl of Lansford High School, 1879- 
1881; Media High School, 1881; Lower 
Chichester schools, 1885-1887; County Su- 
perintendent of Public Schools, Delaware 
County, since 1SS7. Elected Chief Bur- 
gess of Media in February, 1903, for a 
term of three years. Address, Media ,Pa. 

SMITH, Allen: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Florida; appointed from Pennsylvania; Ca- 
det Naval Academy, July 8, 1863, to April 
3, 1866; Second Lieutenant, First Infantry 
July 18, 1866; First Lieutenant, April 22, 
1868; Regimental Adjutant, April 21, 1869, 
to March 16, 1880; Regimental Quarter- 
master, March 16, to May 1, 18S0; Captain, 
May 21, 1880; transferred to Fourth Cav- 
alry, Dec. 6, 1S80; Major First Cavalry, 
Nov. 21, 1897; Lieutenant Colonel, Feb. 2, 
1901; Colonel Sixth Cavalry, June 28, 1902. 
Address, Fort Meade, S. Dak. 

SMITH, A. L,.: 

President of the Miners' National Bank. 
Address, Blossburg, Tioga County, Pa. 

SMITH, Andrew Thomas, A. M., Pd. IJ.: 

Principal; born Sept. 10, 1862, near Nor- 
ristown, Pa.; educated in the West Ches- 
ter Normal School, being graduated in 
1883, later entered New York University 
School of Pedagogy, receiving degree of 



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Doctor of Pedagogy in 1S93. One year 
was spent in special study of philosophy 
under Dr. Geo. Fullerton, of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, and Pedagogy under 
Dr. Wm. H. Payne, of University of Michi- 
gan. In June, 1903, the honorary degree 
of A. M. was conferred by Lafayette Col- 
lege. He taught in the public schools; 
Principal of Chester Springs Soldiers' 
Orphan School; Professor of Pedagogy in 
the West Chester Normal School four- 
teen years, during which time he was 
vice principal and acting principal; prin- 
cipal of Mansfield, Pa., Normal School 
since 1899; institute lecturer and writer 
upon pedagagy, his chief work being 
"Systematic Methodology," published in 
1900. In 1888 he married Lizzie F. Ogden, 
of Cape May City, N. J. Address, Mans- 
field, Pa. 

SMITH, Arthur Donaldson: 

Explorer; born in Philadelphia in 1864; 
he studied medicine and was graduated 
with the degree of M. D. from the Medi- 
cal Department of the University of Penn- 
sylvania; studied at Harvard, Johns Hop- 
kins and Heidelberg. Soon after finishing 
his education, he started on an expedition 
through Africa, with scientific staff pro- 
vided by British Museum; journeyed from 
Berbera to Lake Rudolph and Stephanie. 
Awarded patron's medal by Royal Geo- 
logical Society, London, May 21, 1902. 
Member of American Philosophical Soci- 
ety, etc. Author of "Through Unknown 
African Countries." Address, 1820 Chest- 
nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, C. D.: 

President of the Farmers' Bank of Mc- 
Sherrystown. Address, McSherrystown, 
Adams County, Pa. 

SMITH, Charles Emory: 

Journalist and ex-Postmaster General; 
born in Mansfield, Conn., Feb. 18, 1842; 
son of Emory B. and Arvilla T. Smith, 
and a descendant of Isaac Smith, a Cap- 
tain in the Revolutionary War. The 
family removed to Albany. N. Y., when 
he was seven years old, and here he was 
educated in the public schools, Albany 
Academy, and Union College, Schnectady, 
where he was graduated in 1861. He ed- 
ited a daily paper in Albany for six 
months when he was sixteen years of 
age, during his school life at Albany 
Academy. In 1861 he became engaged 
under General Rathbone in raising and 
organizing regiments for the war; after- 



ward taught for several years in Albany 
Academy, and in 1865 became editor of 
the Albany Express, to which he had 
previously contributed leading articles. 
During this interval, in 1863, he married 
Ella Huntly. They have no children. The 
Express greatly developed under Mr. 
Smith's editorial control, but he left it 
in 1870 to become editor of the Albany 
Journal, the recognized Republican organ 
in that city. He remained connected with 
the Journal till 1880, meanwhile taking 
an active part in politics, especially in 
connection with the Republican State 
Committee, the State party platforms for 
several years being practically his work. 
He was the first to introduce in these 
platforms an indorsement of the new doc- 
trine of civil service reform. He served 
as Regent of the University of New York, 
1879-1880. In 1S80 Mr. Smith removed to 
Philadelphia, where he became editor of 
the Press, the most influential Republican 
organ of that city. He has since that 
date been editor of that journal, which 
has played a leading part in party poli- 
tics under his control. Mr. Smith's ac- 
tive connection with political affairs has 
been long continued, and he has taken 
part in several Republican National Con- 
ventions, in which he was an efficient aid 
in preparing the party platforms. In 1S90- 
he was appointed by President Harrison 
United States Minister to Russia, where 
he remained until 1892; and in April, 1S98 
he became a member of President Mc- 
Kinley's Cabinet as Postmaster General. 
In this position he had much to do with 
the establishment of free rural delivery 
of the mails, and remained in office until 
after the assassination of President Mc- 
Kinley, resigning on Jan. 15, 1902, under 
the Roosevelt Administration, to resume 
his editorials duties. During this period 
Mr. Smith received the honorary degree 
of LL. D. from Union College, 1889; La- 
fayette College, 1899; Knox College, 1900, 
and Wesleyan University. 1901. He is a 
member of the Masonic order, the Union 
League, Philadelphia, and the Union 
League Club, New York. Address, 2008 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, C. H.: 

President of the Sheffield National 
Bank. Address, Sheffield, Warren County, 
Pa. 

SMITH, Charles W., D. D.. L.L.. D.: 

Minister of the Methodist Episcopal' 
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Nearly all his ministerial life has been 
! spent in and about Pittsburg as pastor 
] of leading churches, Presiding Elder of 
Pittsburg District, and since 1884 editor 
of the Pittsburg Christian Advocate. 
j Member of Pittsburg Annual Conference; 
delegate from same to seven General Con- 
ferences; also delegate to the Economical 
Conference of Methodism in Washington, 
D. C, 1891, and in London, England, 1901. 
Address, 524 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

SMITH, Edward D.: 

Assistant General Passenger Agent of 
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- 
pany; born in Pittsburg April 11, 1852. 
He is of German ancestry. Was edu- 
cated in the public schools of Pittsburg, 
and when eighteen years of age he ac- 
cepted a position in the ticket department 
of the auditor's office of the Baltimore and 
Ohio Road, taking his place on Aug. 17, 
1869, and since that time he has been 
connected with the road in various capa- 
cities, and is at present in charge of 
the passenger business of the corporation 
in the Pittsburg district. He is a Master 
Mason and is a member of the Republican 
Party; also a member of the Monongahela 
Club. Address, Ingram, Pa. 

SMITH, Edwin W.: 

President of the South Hills Trust 
Company of Pittsburg. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SMITH, Eugene G.: 

President Judge of the Orphans' Court 
for the Second Judicial District of Penn- 
sylvania, at Lancaster; born at Manheim, 
Pa, Jan. 24, 1853; his father was Dr. 
Frisby R. Smith, of Maryland, and his 
mother Elizabeth B. Gerhart. of Pennsyl- 
vania; was graduated from Franklin and 
Marshall College in 1873; read law and 
was admitted to the bar Jan. 24, 1876; 
was elected City Solicitor of Lancaster, 
Pa., in 1878. Married Margaret Jean 
Wiley. Nov. 2, 1882. He practiced his 
profession until 1902, when he took his 
seat as the first Judge of the first sepa- 
rate Orphans' Court of the district, having 
been elected on the Republican ticket. Ad- 
dress, Lancaster, Pa. 

SMITH, Frank: Guest: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
Ohio; Second Lieutenant and First Lieu- 
tenant Fourth Artillery, Aug. 5, 1861; Cap- 
tain, Feb. 5, 1867; Major Second Artillery, 



Aug. 28, 1891; Lieutenant Colonel Sixth 
Artillery, March 8, 1898; Colonel Artillery 
Corps, Feb. 2, 1901; Brigadier General (re- 
tired), Aug. 23, 1903; Brevet Captain, Dec. 
31, 1862, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in the battle of Stone River, Tenn., 
and Major Sept. 20, 1863, for gallant and 
meritorious services in the battle of 
Chickamauga, Ga. Address, Woodley Inn, 
Tenleytown Road, D. C. 

SMITH, Frank H.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Stroudsburg. Address, Stroudsburg, 
Monroe County, Pa. 

SMITH, Hervey: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Montgomery. Address, Montgomery, 
Lycoming County, Pa. 

SMITH, John B.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Plymouth. Address, Plymouth, Lu- 
zerne County, Pa. 

SMITH, J. Ritcllie, D. D.: 

Born in Baltimore, Md., June 23, 1852; 
was graduated at Princeton College in 
1872; studied law in Baltimore for a year; 
turned to theology, and was graduated at 
Princeton Theological Seminary in 1876. 
Was called to the First Presbyterian 
Church of Peekskill, N. Y., and remained 
there until 1898, and was then called to 
the Presidency of Westminster Univer- 
sity, Denver, Colo. Installed as pastor of 
the Market Square Presbyterian Church 
of Harrisburg, Pa., 1900. He was married 
on June 12, 1883, to Louise Hasbrouck, 
of Peekskill, N. Y. In 1903 he received 
the degree of D. D. from Franklin and" 
Marshall College. Has published articles 
in various reviews and papers as the 
Bibliotheca Socia, the Presbyterian and 
Reformed Review, the Presbyterian Quar- 
terly, the Cosmopolitan, the Evangelist, 
and has in press (Fleming H. Revell Co.) 
"The Teaching of the Gospel of John." 
Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

SMITH, Len: 

President of the Citizens' National 
Bank of Warren. Address, Warre^ War- 
ren County, Pa. 

SMITH, I. in< on: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Fourth Delaware Infantry, May 



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28, 1863; Major and Surgeon, Oct. 4, 1864; 
honorably mustered out, June 3, 1865; bre- 
vetted Lieutenant Colonel United States 
Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for faithful 
and meritorious services." Elected Feb. 
5, 1890. Address, care of Recorder of Loy- 
al Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

SMITH, Martin Van Bnren: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Third Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, April 20, 1861; mustered out, July 
25, 1861; private Fifth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, Sept. 6, 1861; Corporal, April 1. 
1S63; Sergeant, Sept. 1, 1863 ; discharged 
for promotion, March 6, 1865; Second 
Lieutenant Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 
March 7, 1S65; honorably mustered out, 
Aug. 7, 1865. Elected Feb. 5, 1890. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, MoCnen: 

Physician; born in Hollidaysburg, Pa., 
March 6, 1863; son of Dr. George W. 
Smith, of that city, and grandson, on his 
mother's side, of Judge Seth McCuen. 
He was educated in the private schools 
and the Hollidaysburg Academy, and then 
entered the Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, where he was graduated 
with honor in 1884. After a period of 
practice as resident physician of the Ger- 
mantown Hospital, he engaged in private 
practice in Germantown. Five years later 
he gave up general medicine for the spe- 
cialty of eye, ear and throat diseases, to 
which he had always devoted much at- 
tention. In 1886 the Germantown Hospital 
opened a department for these diseases, 
of which he was placed in charge. In 
the same year he was elected Clinical 
Chief of the Department of Otology in 
the Jefferson College, and in 1893 Clinical 
Professor of this branch. In 1887 he 
opened an office at 1502 Walnut Street for 
the practice of his specialties, and has 
built up there a large business. He has 
furnished to medical literature a number 
of able treatises on subjects connected 
with ear diseases. Address, 218 W. Chel- 
ten Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, Miles: 

President of the Rimersburg National 
Bank. Address, Rimersburg, Clarion 
County, Pa. 

SMITH, P. C.I 

President of the East Berlin National 
Bank. Address, East Berlin, Adams 
County, Pa. 



SMITH, Peter P.: 

Jurist; born in Honesdale, Pa.. June 2, 
1S51; educated in the Honesdale public 
schools; assisted his father in mercantile 
business, and at twenty took up the study 
of law, being admitted to the Wayne 
County bar in 1874, and in June of the 
same year to the bar of Luzerne County. 
His practice extended till it covered most 
of the northeastern counties of Pennsyl- 
vania, and also the United States Courts 
of Philadelphia and New York. In 1875 
he was elected District Attorney of Wayne 
County, and was re-nominated in 1878, 
but declined to run on account of the 
demands of his private practice. He was 
appointed in 1880 Supervisor of the Cen- 
sus in the Fifth Census District of North- 
east Pennsylvania, his fine work in this 
calling forth special commendation. In 
1S87 he removed to Scranton, where he 
added to his large clientage, and in 1892 
was appointed Additional Law Judge of 
Lackawanna County. He was defeated in 
the election for County Judge in 1894, but 
was elected for Judge of the Superior 
Court in 1895. He had won a high repu- 
tation as Common Pleas Judge, and as a 
Judge of the Superior Court stands high 
in the judicial fraternity of the State. 
Address, Scranton, Pa. 

SMITH, R. S.: 

President Union National Bank; born 
Aug. IS, 1S36, in Allegheny, Allegheny 
County, Pa.; educated at public schools 
and Western University of Pennsylvania. 
Was School Director of the Second Ward 
of Allegheny, Pa. Married Mary A. Mc- 
Caslin, of Venango County, Pa., April 16, 
1872. Commenced banking in December, 
1853, with Allegheny Savings Bank, Alle- 
gheny, Pa.; cashier of Union Banking 
Company, Pittsburg, August, 1859: elected 
cashier Union National Bank (which suc- 
ceeded Union Banking Company), Dec. 

24, 1864, and President since 1888. Re- 
publican on national questions, and in- 
dependent on State, county and municipal 
questions. Residence, 362 So. Negley Ave. 
Office, care of Union National Bank, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

SMITH, Samuel W.l 

President First National Bank of Port 
Allegheny, Pa. ; born in Milford, Pike 
County. Pa., March 8, 1850; educated in 
Blairstown, N. J., and Mansfield, Pa. 
District Attorney McKean County, Pa., 
1878-1881. Married Ella C. Smith, Oct. 

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cally. Address, Port Alleghney, McKean 
County, Pa. 

1 
SMITH, S. J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Indiana County; 
born in East Mahoning Township, Indiana 
': County, Pa., March 23, 1869; attended the 
jj public schools, also Oovode Academy, 
I Covode, Pa., for two terms; when seven- 
|[ teen years old began teaching, which pro- 
I fession he followed five years, teaching in 
I the winter and attending school during 
I the summer; in 1893 he entered the mer- 
I cantile business at Glen Campbell, in 
I which he is still engaged; served as a 
member of the Glen Campbell Council for 
a number of years, being President of 
; same two years; was elected delegate to 
i the State convention of Indiana County 
in 1895; served as Postmaster of Glen 
Campbell for five years; is now serving 
j| his third term as School Director; elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Glen Campbell, Pa. 

SMITH, Samuel Rodmond: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Fourth Dela- 
ware Infantry, Aug. 23, 1862; Captain, 
July 17, 1863; honorably mustered out, 
June 3, 1865. Brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, "for 
gallant and meritorious services." Award- 
ed the "Medal of Honor" under resolu- 
tion of Congress, "for swimming the 
creek under fire to establish a crossing 
at the battle of Rowanty Creek, Va., 
Feb. 5,' 1865." Elected Nov. 3, 1875. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, Walter George: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Brevet Major General Thomas Kilby 
Smith. Elected May 1, 187S. Address, 
505 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, W. Hinckle: 

Clergyman; born in Germantown, Pa.; 
son of Joseph Frailey Smith and Harriet 
Louise Hinckle. Married Jacqueline Har- 
rison. Is great-great-great-grandson of 
John Frederick Schmidt, who came from 
Halle, Germany, in 1769. with Dr. Hel- 
muth, and lived with Dr. Henry Mel- 
chior Muhlenberg. Served seventeen 
years as pastor of the German Evangel- 



ical Church (Lutheran) of St. Michael; 
St. Michael's Church, Fifth and Cherry 
Streets, 1785-1800, founding a seminary 
for candidates for the church, maintained 
for twenty years. Address," 2025 Locust 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, Walter George: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 24, 1854, in Logan 
County, Ohio. A. B. University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1873; LL. B., 1877. Member of 
the Pennsylvania Commandery Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion; eldest son of 
deceased Companion Brevet Major Gen- 
eral Thomas Kilby Smith; elected May 
1, 1878. Member of the Pennsylvania 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution; 
Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania 
and of the Drexel Institute; ex-President 
of American Catholic Historical Society; 
President of the Federation of Catholic 
Societies of Pennsylvania. Address, Tor- 
resdale, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SMITH, Walter Wayne: 

Clergyman; born Sept. 21, 1878, near 
Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. He re- 
moved with his mother to Johnson Coun- 
ty, Mo., in 1891 (his father having died 
in 1889). He was educated in the public 
schools of Holden, Mo. Served as pri- 
vate in Company L, Fourth Missouri 
Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American 
War, during which he held a commission 
as a General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. 
under Mr. Banks of the Army Christian 
Commission. He was ordained to the 
ministry of the reorganized Church of 
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at 
Holden, Mo., June 3, 1896. Was appointed 
to the general ministry of said church by 
the annual Conference in 1900. where he 
has been continued until the present 
time. Married Miss M. Eunice Winn of 
Kansas City, Mo., in 1901. He was as- 
signed b5 r the annual Conference held at 
Kirtland, Ohio, April, 1904, to the pas- 
torate of the Saints' Church, corner How- 
ard and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Address, 3354 North Howard St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

SMITH, AVilliam Orlando: 

Congressman (Republican); editor; born 
in Reynoldsville, Pa., June 13, 1859; son 
of John Sprague and Susan Smith; re- 
ceived a public school education. Mar- 
ried, 1880, Phebe Griggs, of Martinsville, 
Ind. Learned the printing trade in his 
native town, and was for six years em- 
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Printing Office, Washington; was one of 
a number of union printers to establish 
the Washington Craftsman, the organ of 
the International Typographical Union; 
was its first associate editor; returned to 
his native county in 1884, and successively 
edited the Punxsutawney Tribune and 
Punxsutawney Spirit. Member of the 
Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1889- 
1897; during summer and fall of 1S92 
edited Bradford, Pa., Daily Era; pur- 
chased half interest, 1S93, and resumed 
the position of editor of Punxsutawney 
Spirit. Member of Congress, Twenty-sev- 
enth Pennsylvania District, 1903-1905. 
Republican in politics. Address, Punx- 
sutawney, Pa. 

SMITH, W. Roy: 

Associate in History, Bryn Mawr Col- 
lgee; born in Travis County, Tex., Nov. 
16, 1876; was graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Texas with the degrees of A. 
B. in 1898, A. M. 1898, and Ph. D., Colum- 
bia University, 1903; was lecturer in 
Columbia University, 1901-1902; reader in 
history, Bryn Mawr College, 1902-1903; 
Associate in History, 1903. Author of 
"The Quarrel Between Governor Smith 
and the Council of the Provisional Gov- 
ernment of Texas" (Austin, Texas, 1901); 
"South Carolina as a Royal Province" 
(New York, 1903). Address, Bryn Mawr, 
Pa. 

SMITH MAN, John B.: 

Gas and oil capitalist; born in Clarion 
County, Pa., Dec. 31, 1844; worked on a 
farm as a boy, attending winter school;' 
was in the Shippenville High School, 1861- 
1862; became a teacher; in 1863 went to 
Oil City, and the next year began to deal 
in oil. His business grew until in 1S76 
he was the owner of the Ragged Edge 
well at Edenburg. In 1879 the oil excite- 
ment in Bradford took him thither; in 1885 
he was concerned in the Clarion County 
oil fields, and from there made his way 
to Venango County. He became largely 
interested in the Speechley gas field, near 
Oil City, and in Allegheny County oil 
wells. He was Secretary and one of the 
incorporators of the Oil City Oil Ex- 
change, and very active in its operations. 
In 1883 he was made Chairman of the 
committee to investigate the pipe-line 
affairs of the Standard Oil Company, 
in 1886 he organized the Manufacturers' 
Gas Company, which two years later was 
merged into the Columbia Gas Company, 
and later into the National Gas Trust. In 



1887 he was actively interested in the 
Keystone Pipe-Line Company, and 1890 
began to lay a street railway in Oil City, 
completed in 1896, and has been engaged 
in other business enterprises. The Second 
Presbyterian Church of Oil City owes 
much to his generosity. Address, Oil 
City, Pa. 

SMOILTER, John: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Nanticoke. Address, Nanticoke, Lu- 
zerne County, Pa. 

SMYTH, Alhert Henry: 

Author; born in Philadelphia June 18, 
1863; son of William Clarke and Adelaide 
Smyth; was graduated from Johns Hop- 
kins in 1886; since 1886 Professor of Eng- 
lish Language and Literature in Central 
High School, Philadelphia. Member and 
curator of American Philosophical Soci- 
ety; delegate to the American Philo- 
sophical Society to 450th anniversary of 
founding of University of Glasgow; has 
visited England annually for many years, 
and traveled much in Russia, Poland 
Greece and Asia Minor. Member of the 
American Historical Society, and Modern 
Language Association. Member of the 
Art and Penn Clubs. Author of "Ameri- 
can Literature." 1888; "Philadelphia 
Magazines and Their Contributors," 1892; 
"Bayard Taylor" (American Men of Let- 
ters Series), 1896; Shakespeare's "Pericles 
and Apollonius of Tyre," 1S9S. Founder 
and editor Shakespeariana, 1SS3-1S84; ed- 
itor of "Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord," 
1898; "Pope's Homer's Iliad," 1899. Con- 
tributor to magazines and newspapers of 
papers about Shakespeare's country. Ad- 
dress, 5214 Main St., Germantown, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SNADER, Anron Weaver: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lancaster County; 
born in East Earl Township. Lancaster 
County, Pa., Feb. 23, 1844; worked on a 
farm and attended the public schools un- 
til seventeen years of age; taught public 
and private schools twelve years; was 
admitted to the legal profession in 1873 
and has been engaged in the practice of 
law since that time; served one term as 
County Surveyor, four years as Justice 
of the Peace, nine years as School Di- 
rector, seven years as Director of the Na- 
tional Bank, eight years as President of 
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a member of the House of Representa- 
tives, sessions of 1881 and 1883; re-elected 
in November, 1902. Address, New Hol- 
land, Pa. 

SNELLENBl'RG, Nathan T.: 

Clothing and department store mer- 
chant; for many years in business with 
his brothers in the wholesale clothing 
manufactory established by their father 
at the corner of Fifth and South Streets, 
Philadelphia. Growing wealthy in this 
business the firm of N. Snellenburg & Co. 
rented from the city the large Girard es- 
tate stores at the corner of Twelfth and 
Market Streets, adapted them to their 
purpose at a cost of half a million dollars, 
and opened there a large retail department 
store. Some years later, about 1900, the 
remaining stores between Twelfth and 
Eleventh Streets were rented and adapted, 
the firm now having one of the largest 
department stores in the city and doing 
a very extensive business. The principal 
business, however, is still that of whole- 
sale clothing, in which they have an im- 
mense trade in all sections of the United 
States. He has dealt largely in real estate 
as an investment and is an extensive 
holder of Philadelphia store and dwelling 
property. Address, 2129 Broad St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

SNODGRASS, Robert: 

Lawyer; born in Dauphin County, Pa., 
Oct. 12, 1836; was graduated from La- 
fayette College in 1857, receiving the de- 
gree of A. M. ; engaged in the practice of 
law; Prothonotary of Supreme Court of 
Pennsylvania, Middle District, 1871-1882; 
Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 
1882-1S87; now solicitor of Northern Cen- 
tral Railway Company. Residence, 112 
State St.; office, 13 N. Third St., Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

SNOWDEN, A. London: 

Diplomat, orator, and writer; President 
of the Board of Commissioners of Fair- 
mount Park; son of Dr. Isaac Wayne 
Snowden, Surgeon under General Jack- 
son, and a descendant of Judge John 
Snowden, an early settler in Philadel- 
phia and New Jersey, who held title to 
his lands in Philadelphia from the Duke 
of York, and a daughter of Archibald 
Louden, of Cumberland County. After a 
preliminary academic education he en- 
tered Jefferson College in Western Penn- 
sylvania, from which he received the hon- 
orary degrees of Master of Arts and Doc- 
tor of Laws. Studied in the Law Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania 



and was subsequently admitted to the 
bar. At the request of his uncle, Hon. 
James Ross Snowden, then Director of 
the United States Mint, he entered that 
institution as Register; then promoted to 
Chief Coinership. In 1877 was appointed 
Postmaster of Philadelphia by President 
Grant, but returned to the Mint service 
as Superintendent by the voluntary act 
of President Hayes, after having twice 
declined the appointment of Director of 
all the mints. He is an authority on all 
subjects relating to coins and coinage, 
and under his superintendence the whole 
mechanical appliances were brought up to 
tne highest point of efficiency. His able 
plan and management of the great parade 
on Dec. 16, 1879, in honor of General 
Grant's return from his journey around 
the world, was a demonstration of his 
executive ability. Again, in 1887, he or- 
ganized the great civic parade, under the 
auspices of the Constitutional Centennial 
Commission. At the outbreak of the 
Civil War he organized, partly clothed 
and fed for weeks a regiment, and was 
commissioned its Lieutenant Colonel. 
Subsequently participated in the skir- 
mishes preliminary to the battle of Get- 
tysburg as a member of the First City 
Troop of Philadelphia, and was commis- 
sioned its commanding officer in 1877. 
As an effective and eloquent public speak- 
er he has but few equals. In 1889 was 
appointed Minister Resident and Consul- 
General to Greece, Roumania and Servia, 
by President Harrison. Shortly thereafter 
Congress raised the grade to that of En- 
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 
tentiary. He was later voluntarily hon- 
ored by a transfer from Athens to Madrid, 
where he successfully settled grave diplo- 
matic questions. The Queen Regent con- 
ferred upon him the Grand Cordon of Isa- 
bella the Catholic, the King of Greece the 
Grand Cordon of the Saviour, and the 
King of Roumania the Grand Cordon of 
the Crown of Roumania. Colonel Snow- 
den occupies a prominent position in the 
literary and social life of Philadelphia. 
Member American Philosophical Society, 
St. Andrews. Philadelphia, Club, State in 
Schuylkill, Union League, etc. He was 
married to Elizabeth Robinson, daughter 
of Isaac Robinson Smith of Philadelphia. 
Address, 1812 Spruce street, Philadelphia. 

SNOWDON, C. L.: 

President of the Monongahela National 
Bank. Address, Brownsville, Fayette 
County, Pa. 



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SNOWDEN, James H.: 

Clergyman; editor; born Hookstown, 
Pa., Oct. 18, 1852; son of William and 
Violetta (Thayer) Snowden; educated in 
the common schools of Wellsville, Ohio, 
and graduated from Washington and Jef- 
ferson College in 1875, and from the West- 
ern Theological Seminary in 1878. Mar- 
ried, Aug. 1, 1878, Mary A. Ross, Wells- 
ville, Ohio. Ordained to Presbyterian 
ministry, 1879; pastor Huron, Ohio, 1879- 
1883, Sharon, Pa., 1883-1886, Second Pres- 
byterian Church, Washington, Pa., since 
1886. Adjunct professor of political econ- 
omy and ethics in Washington and Jeffer- 
son College 1893-1898; editor-in-chief 
Presbyterian Banner, Pittsburg, since 
189S. Received honorary degree of D. D. 
from Lafayette College in 1900. Author 
of "Scenes and Sayings in the Life of 
Christ" (Fleming H. Revell Co.), 1903. 
Residence. Washington, Pa. Office, 605 
Penn Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SNYDER, Charles A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Schuylkill County; 
was born in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pa., 
April 16, 1867; educated in the public 
schools; was admitted to the Schuylkill 
County bar in 1889; has served as Deputy 
District Attorney, City Solicitor of Potts- 
ville, County Controller and County Solici- 
tor; elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. Address, Potts- 
ville, Pa. 

SNYDER, Charles McCoy: 

Journalist, author; born in Bellefonte, 
Pa., April 17, 1859; son of Rev. E. B. and 
Mary Snyder; graduated from Allegheny 
College, 1882. Married, in 1883, Emma 
Harding, Oil City, Pa.; was connected 
with Pittsburg Dispatch in an editorial 
capacity in 1S84; wrote "Wayside Philos- 
ophy" for the Pittsburg Commercial Ga- 
zette; was on staff Texas Siftings, 1885; 
wrote "With the Wits," a monthly contri- 
bution for Lippincott's magazine; author 
"Comic History of Greece," 1897; "Run- 
away Robinson," 1901; also serial in Phila- 
delphia Press, "Comic History of Spain," 
1S98. Address, 1524 Chestnut street, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

SNYDER, Emerson B.: 

Clothing manufacturer; born in Phila- 
delphia. Feb. 15, 1857; educated in the 
Friends' School, and in 1870 entered the 
drygoods and hosiery establishment of 
his father, whom he later succeeded in 



the business. He gradually narrowed the 
scope of the establishment, finally con- 
fining it to the manufacture and sale of 
men's clothing. The firm of Snyder, 
Harris, Bassett & Co. was organized and 
has built up a very large business, the 
company having, in addition to its great 
Pennsylvania business, an extensive trade 
in the South. He married, in 1886, Miss 
Mary A. Boldridge; they have no chil- 
dren. Address, 14 S. 43d St., Philadelphia. 

SNYDER, Henry D.: 

Major and Surgeon U. S. Army; born 
near Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa., 
March 30, 1S66; son of Baltzer and Mary 
A. Snyder; graduated at the University 
of Maryland, Medical Department, class 
of 1889; date of original commission as 
First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 
U. S. A. Medical Department, June 6, 
1890; spent four years in the department j 
of the Missouri, serving at Forts Reno, 
and Supply, O. T., Guthrie, Oklahoma 
City, and on numerous expeditions into 
the surrounding Indian reservations, pre- 
ceding their opening for general settle- 
ment; transferred to Fort Du Chesne, 
Utah, in 1894 — served there two years. 
Promoted to Captain and Assistant Surg- 
eon June 6, 1895; ordered to Fort Ethan 
Allen, Vt., in 1896; accompanied the Third 
Cavalry to Chicamauga Park and Tampa 
in 1898, returning to Fort Ethan Allen, via 
Fernandina, Fla., and Huntsville, Ala., 
at the close of the Spanish-American war. 
Medical supply officer, Savannah, Ga., 
from April to August, 1899; returned to 
Fort Ethan Allen. Vt., and from thence 
proceeded to the Philippine Islands, as 
Major and Surgeon Forty-third United 
Stales Volunteer Infantry. Spent over 
two years in the Islands of Samar and 
Leyte, where the regiment was contin- 
ually engaged in active warfare. Re- 
turned to United States and served as 
attending Surgean and Examiner of Re- 
cruits. New York City, from March to 
July, 1902. Promoted to Major and Surg- 
eon Sept. 7, 1902. Stationed at Platts- 
burg Barracks, N. Y., since that date. 
Member of the American Historical Asso- 
ciation, and Association of Military Surg- 
eons. In November, 1898, married Agnes 
L. Drury. only child of George B. Drury, 
of Essex Junction, Vt. Address, Platts- 
burg Barracks, N. Y. 

SNYDER, Nicholas R.: 

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of age; educated in the public schools of 
that city, and graduated from the Pitts- 
burg College; previous to his appointment 
was a commercial traveler; appointed 
commercial agent at Port Antonio, 
Jamaica, Feb. 28, 1898. Address, Port 
Antonio, Jamaica. 

SNYDER, Simon: 

Brigadier General, United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Second Lieutenant Fifth Infantry, April 
26, 1861; First Lieutenant June 25, 1861; 
Captain July 1, 1863; Major Eleventh In- 
fantry March 10, 1883; transferred to 
Fifth Infantry May 17, 1883; Lieutenent 
Colonel Tenth Infantry Jan. 2, 1888; 
Colonel Nineteenth Infantry Sept. 16, 1892; 
Brigadier General Volunteers May 4, 1898; 
honorably discharged from volunteers 
May 12, 1899; Brigadier General United 
States Army April 16, 1902; Brevet Major 
Feb. 27, 1890, for gallant service in action 
against Indians at Bear Paw Mountains, 
Mont., Sept. 30, 1877; retired May 10, 
1902. Address, 300 N. 5th street, Read- 
ing, Pa. 

SNYDER, W. Frederick: 

President of the Northern Trust Com- 
pany of Philadelphia. Address, 600 Spring 
Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SNYDER, William Penn: 

Manufacturer; born in Hollidaysburg, 
Pa. ; son of Rev. Edmund Bowman Snyder, 
D. D., a noted Methodist minister, having 
charge of Christ Methodist Episcopal 
Church of Pittsburg, and also of the 
North Avenue M. E. Church of Allegheny, 
which he was instrumental in having 
erected, and he officiated also in churches 
in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Chicago, 
Indianapolis, and Jacksonville, Fla.; his 
mother was Mary McCoy, of Scotch de- 
scent, her forefathers having settled in 
Williamsport, Pa., in 1800. The Snyders 
are German descent, coming to this coun- 
try in 1726, and settling in the north- 
eastern part of Pennsylvania. Simon 
Snyder, Governor of Pennsylvania from 
1809 to 1817, in whose honor Snyder Coun- 
ty received its name, was one of W. P. 
Snyder's ancestors. He entered the steel 
works of Shoenberger & Co. as an office 
boy, and remained in the employ of that 
firm until 1880, when he formed a partner- 
ship with an associate employe of Shoen- 
berger & Co.. John G. A. Leishman, under 
the firm name of Leishman & Snyder, 
achieving great success, the firm con- 



tinuing to enjoy increasing prosperity un- 
til 1S88, when Mr. Snyder purchased his 
partner's interest, and, forming a new 
partnership under the title of W. P. Sny- 
der & Co., has ever since continued the 
successful business originally established. 
He was in 1894 and 1895 "Vice President of 
the McClure Coke Company until it was 
absorbed by the H. C. Frick Coke Com- 
pany; he is also interested in the Oliver 
& Snyder Steel Company, the Pittsburg 
Trust Company, the Shenango Furnace 
Company and other prosperous corpora- 
tions. He was married in 1888 to Miss 
Mary C. Black, and has two children, 
W. P. Snyder, Jr., and Mary B. Snyder. 
He is connected with several of the lead- 
ing clubs of Pittsburg. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

SNYDER, AVilliam Preston: 

State Senator from Chester County; 
born Oct. 7, 1851, in East Vincent Town- 
ship, Chester County, Pa.; raised on a 
farm; educated in the common schools, 
Millersville Normal School and Ursinus 
College; taught school in his native town- 
ship during the winter of 1868-1869; was 
graduated from the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania in 
March, 1873; he practiced medicine in 
Spring City, where he now resides, from 
1S73 to 1886; from February, 1886, to De- 
cember 31, 1887, was medical examiner 
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; 
Postmaster in Spring City from October, 
1883, to 1885; in November, 1887, he was 
elected Prothonotary of Chester County, 
serving until January 4, 1891; in January, 
1890, he was elected Chairman of the Re- 
publican County Committee; resigned on 
the day he was nominated for Represen- 
tative; was delegate to State conventions 
which nominated Governor Hoyt, in 1878, 
and General Beaver, in 1882. Member of 
the House of Representatives, session of 
1891; elected to Senate in 1892 and 1896; 
again re-elected in November, 1900; served 
as President pro tempore of the Senate 
during the sessions of 1899 and 1901. Ad- 
dress, Spring City, Pa. 

SOISSON, Joseph: 

President of the Yough National Bank. 
Address, Connellsville, Fayette County, 
Pa. 

SOLIS, Isaac N.: 

Lawyer and banker; born in Philadel- 
phia. Pa.; son of David H. Solis, a prom- 
inent merchant, and a descendant of 



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"dauntless Captain Hays," of the Revo- 
lutionary War. He was graduated from 
the Central High School, studied law in 
the office of Judge F. C. Brewster, and in 
18S1 obtained admission to the Philadel- 
phia bar. Leaving Philadelphia a year 
later, he resided for Ave years on the 
Pacific coast, at first in San Francisco 
and afterward in Portland. He then re- 
turned to Philadelphia, organized the law 
firm of Solis & Lowengrund, and resumed 
pifactice; his business rapidly grew large 
and profitable, and became extensive in 
corporation practice. In 1894 he became 
associated with Dick Brothers & Co., 
bankers and brokers, devoting his time 
and attention to their uptown office, and 
practicing law only occasionally; he be- 
came as prominent as a banker as he for- 
merly was as a lawyer, and socially is 
held in high regard as a very fine after- 
dinner speaker and public orator, while he 
has won distinction in amateur theatri- 
cals. Address, 2211 Walnut St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

SOLLY, William F.: 

Jurist; born in Montgomery County in 
1856; received a good education, and fol- 
lowed his graduation with the study of 
law. which he had adopted as his life pro- 
fession; he obtained admission to prac- 
tice at the bar of Montgomery County in 
1879. His knowledge of and skill in the 
interpretation of the law brought him 
a good practice, and after twenty-two 
years of steady labor at the bar he was 
elected in 1901 to the bench of the Or- 
phans' Court for the ten years' term end- 
ing January, 1912. Address, Norristown, 
Pa. 

SOLOMON, lvaskel 

Merchant; born in Germany, and when 
seventeen years of age came to this coun- 
try; until 1873 he remained in the East. 
In 1873 he was admitted to the firm of 
S. Cohen & Co., of Pittsburg, later ac- 
quired by J. M. Gusky; he still retained 
his interest in the firm. In 1892 he organ- 
ized the firm of Solomon & Ruben; in 1903 
Mr. Ruben retired and Mr. Jacob Bibro 
was admitted, the business now being K. 
Solomon & Co. Residence, 937 Beech Ave., 
Allegheny, Pa. 

SOMMERVILLE, Maxwell: 

Professor of Glyptology, University of 
Pennsylvania; born at Clarksburg, Va., 
May 1. 1829, and graduated from the Cen- 
tral High School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1847. 
Publisher of Encyclopaedia Britannica. 



(American reprint) from 1891 to 1900; 
studied gem archaeology, and has spent 
the greater part of his life in Europe and 
Asia, devoting more than thirty years to 
his quest for rare gems, cameos, intaglios 
and specimens of the lapidary's art of 
historical value. Gathered and arranged 
one of the most celebrated collections in 
the world, exhibited in Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, and now in 
Archaeological Museum of the University 
of Pennsylvania. Created and installed In- 
dian Hindoo Museum, and erected a com- 
plete Buddhist Temple, both in the Free 
Museum of Science and Art, Unversity 
of Pennsylvania. Author of "Engraved 
Gems" (edition de luxe), 1890; "Siam on 
the Meinam, or from the Gulf to Ayuthia: 
Sands of Sahara" (written after recent 
expedition in Africa); "Popular Edition of 
Engraved Gems," 1902; "A Wanderer's 
Legend," 1903; "Joliffe, a Story of Meri- 
donal France," 1903; monographs on 
'The Triumph of Constantine," 1896; 
"Jupiter Aegiochus," 1898; "Grand Cameo 
of France," 1900; "Handbook of the 
Buddhist Temple," 1900; "Handbook of 
the Buddhist Temple," a new, revised, 
and enlarged edition, 1904. Residence 
while abroad, April to October, Grand 
Hotel du Louvre, Paris, France. Resi- 
dence, 311 S. Tenth St.; office, 124 N. 
Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SOITHWORTH, Franklin Chester: 

President and dean of Meadville Theo- 
logical School; born in October, 1863, in 
North Collins, N. Y. ; educated at Alle- 
gheny College, Meadville, Pa., the Phillips 
Exeter Academy and Harvard College, 
where he was graduated in 1887; took 
high honors in Greek, Latin and Eng- 
lish; for two years taught Latin and 
Greek at a boy's school in Worcester and 
in Adams Academy, Quincy, Mass. ; grad- 
uated from Harvard Divinity School in 
1892, receiving degrees of A. M. and 
Bachelor of Sacred Theology. From 1892 
to 1S97 was minister of the Unitarian 
Church in Duluth, Minn.; thence he re- 
moved to Chicago as minister of the West 
Side Third Unitarian Church. After sev- 
eral years' service as one of the Direct- 
ors of the Western Unitarian Conference, 
in 1S99 he was elected its Secretary; 
united in marriage, in 1893, with Miss 
Alice Berry, of Forestville, N. Y. In 
September, 1902, he became President of 
the Meadville Theological School and 
dean of the faculty. Address. Meadville, 
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SOWDEN, William H.: 

Lawyer; born in Allentown, Pa., about 
1844; educated in the public schools of 
that city, in Allentown Academy, and 
Allentown Seminary (now Muhlenberg 
College). He studied law in the office of 
Robert E. "Wright of Allentown, spending 
one year at Harvard Law School, and in 
1864 was admitted to the Lehigh County 
bar. He then resumed his studies at 
Harvard and was graduated there in 
1865. He had previously taken part in 
the Civil War as a Corporal in the 128th 
Pennsylvania Regiment, and had been 
wounded at the battle of Antietam. After 
engaging in practice, he was active in 
Democratic political movements, and in 
1871 was elected District Attorney on his 
party ticket. After three years' service 
! he was City Solicitor of Allentown for 

I two years, and in 1885 became a member 
of the United States House of Represen- 

ij tatives, in which he served for four years. 

i| He has been a delegate to numerous State 
conventions of his party and was a dele- 
gate to the Democratic National Conven- 

j tions of 1880, 1884 and 1900. Address, 
Allentown,- Pa. 

SPAETH, (Philip Friederich) Adolph 

(Theodor): 

Clergyman; Professor in Lutheran The- 
ological Seminary since 1873, and pastor 

II of St. Johannis German Lutheran Church 
since 1867; born in Esslingen, Germany, 
Oct. 29, 1839; graduated from the Uni- 
versity of Tubingen, 1S61, and received 
the degrees of D. D., University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1875, and LL. D., Muhlenberg 
College, Pennsylvania. Tutor in family of 
Duke of Argyle, Scotland, 1863; called to 
Zion's Church, Philadelphia, 1864; Presi- 
dent General Council Evangelical Luther- 
an Church in North America, 1880-1888; 
President Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 
1892-1895; President General Conference 
of Lutheran Mother-houses of Deaconess- 
es in United States, 1896. Author of 
"Liederlust," "Saatkorner," "Biography 
of Dr. W. J. Mann," "Biography of Dr. 
Charles Porterfield Krauth," 1898; "Com- 
mentary on the Gospel of St. John," 1896; 
editor of German Church Book and Ger- 
man Sunday School Book of the General 
Council, co-editor of "Documentary His- 
tory, Ministerium of Pennsylvania." Con- 
tributor to "Lutheran Encyclopaedia," 
1899 and the Lutheran Church Review. 
Twice married, first, to Marie Dorothea 
Duncan, in 1865, and in 1880, to Har- 



riet R. Krauth. Address, 7300 Boyer St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SPEAR, Roscoe: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Na- 
val Cadet, May 23, 1890; Ensign, July 1, 
1896; Lieutenant (junior grade), July 1, 
1899; Lieutenant, March 5, 1902; Isla de 
Cuba, Feb. 26, 1901, to May, 1904. Ad- 
dress, Norristown, Pa. 

SPALDING, Rev. Franklin Spencer: 

Born in Erie, Pa., 1865; was graduated 
from Princeton College in 1887, and at 
the General Theological Seminary, New 
York City, 1891. Head master Jarvis 
Hall Military Academy, Denver, Col., 
1892-1896; rector St. Paul's Church, Erie, 
Pa., 1896. Address, Erie, Pa. 

SPANGLER, Henry T.: 

President Ursinus College; born at My- 
erstown. Pa., Nov. 14, 1853; son of Cyrus 

C. and Sarah Winter Spangler; degrees of 
A. B., Ursinus College, 1873; A. M., 1876; 

D. D., Heidelberg University, 1894; stu- 
dent in theology and instructor, Ursinus 
College, 1873-1875; licensed minister. Re- 
formed Church in the United States, 
1875. Married, June 22, 1876, Marion E., 
daughter of Rev. J. H. A. Bamburger, 
D. D., DL. D. President of Ursinus Col- 
lege, 1870-1890; associate editor Christian 
World, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1875-1877; pas- 
tor, 1877-1890; Professor of Psychology, 
Ursinus College, 1S91-1893; was elected 
President of Ursinus College, 1893. Mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Historical Socie- 
ty, Pennsylvania German Society. Ad- 
dress, Collegeville, Pa. 

SPANGLER, Henry W.t 

Mechanical engineer; Professor of Me- 
chanical Engineering at the University 
of Pennsylvania; born in Carlisle, Pa., 
1858. Entered Naval Academy at An- 
napolis, 1874, as a Cadet Engineer, and 
was graduated in 1878; served on U. S. S. 
Richmond, Ranger, Pensacola, Tennessee; 
instructor at University of Pennsylvania 
in marine engineering and naval archi- 
tecture, 1881-1884 and 1887-1890; detailed 
at International Electrical Exhibition, 
1884-1885, held by the Franklin Institute; 
1890, President of Engineers' Club of 
Philadelphia. He resigned from the Navy 
as a Passed Assistant Engineer in 1891, 
and was elected professor in charge of 
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ing at the University of Pennsylvania. 
Married, in 1881, Nannie J. Foreman, of 
Carlisle, Pa. Entered the Navy as a Chief 
Engineer during the Spanish-American 
War. Author of "Valve Gears," "Notes 
on Thermodynamics," and, in part, "Ele- 
ments of Steam Engineering" (John Wi- 
ley's Sons, New York), and of numerous 
technical papers. Member of American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers, Amer- 
ican Society of Naval Engineers, Ameri- 
can Society Naval Architects and Marine 
Engineers, Society for the Promotion of 
Engineering Education, Franklin Insti- 
tute, and Engineers' Club of Philadel- 
phia. Address, University of Pennsyl- 
vania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SPATZ, Charles B.: 

Publisher; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 
25, 1866; removed in 1872 with his par- 
ents to Boyertown, where he has since 
resided; educated in the public schools 
and also in the Kallynean Academy and 
Mt. Pleasant Seminary, Boyertown. He 
learned the printing business with his 
father, who was publishing a weekly 
newspaper, the Boyertown Democrat. He 
became the editor and publisher of this 
paper upon the death of his father in 
1884. After having been several times 
a delegate to State and National con- 
ventions he was elected to membership 
in the Pennsylvania House of Represen- 
tatives in 1896, and was re-elected in 
1898; he served a term of enlistment in 
the National Guard of Pennsylvania. 
Member of Reading Press Club; Stands 
high in the Masonic Order. Address, 
Boyertown, Pa. 

SPEAR, John Crawford: 

Medical Inspector United States Navy; 
member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Assistant Surgeon (Master) 
United States Navy. May 9, 1S61; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon (Lieutenant), Oct. 26, 
1863; Surgeon (Lieutenant Commander), 
June 23, 1864; Medical Inspector (Com- 
mander), Oct. 6, 1878 retired (Comman- 
der), Sept. 14, 188S. Elected, Oct. 16, 
1889. Address, Marine Recruiting Ren- 
dezvous, Philadelphia, Pa. 

SPEAR, Nathaniel: 

Merchant; President of Spear & Co., 
Pittsburg; born in Ohio; educated in a 
country school in Richland County, Ohio, 
and completed, when eighteen years of 
age, at the Cincinnati High School. He re- 



ceived a clerkship in a furniture house; 
in 1892 he opened a store on Wood street; 
last year he opened a store in New York, 
and later extended his business to Cin- 
cinnati. He was elected Secretary of 
the Merchants' Association of Allegheny I 
County, composed of twenty-five of the 
largest furniture concerns in Western 
Pennsylvania. Address, 908 Penn Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

SPEARMAN, John J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Sharon. Address, Sharon, Mercer 
County, Pa. 

SPEEL, John X.t 

Pay Director United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
Minnesota; Rio Bravo, July, 1875, to- 
April, 1877; Bureau Provisions and Cloth- 
ing, June to October, 1877; Saratoga, 
October, 1877, to October, 1879; Naval 
Station, New London, October, 1879. to- 
April, 18S0; Bureau Provisions and Cloth- 
ing, 1880-1881; Kearsarge, 1S82-18S4; 
Navy Department, 1884-1886; Coast Sur- 
vey, December, 18S6, to November. 1SS9; 
Petrel, 1889 to 1891. Commissioned Pay- 
master, November, 1891; Navy Yard, 
League Island, February, 1892, to Janu- 
ary, 1893; receiving-ship St. Louis, Jan- 
uary to September, 1893; Navy Yard, 
Norfolk, January, 1894; Michigan, June, 
1894; Amphitrite, April, 1895-1S98; May, 
1898; Naval Home, Philadelphia; Generar 
Storekeeper, Navy Yard. League Island, 
1899 to 1903. Fleet Paymaster European- 
Squadron from April, 1902, to April, 1903; 
General Storekeeper, Navy Yard, New- 
York, since July, 1903. Address, Navy- 
Yard, New York, N. Y. 

SPEER, Alexander Morrow, M. D.: 

Physician; born in Pittsburg; Oct. 28,. 
1830; son of James Ramsey Speer, M. D., 
and Hetty Morrow Speer; after his pre- 
liminary studies at the Western Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, he was graduated 
at the Jefferson Medical College of Phil- 
adelphia, March, 1853, and settled in 
Pittsburg. Surgeon to West Penn Hos- 
pital in 1854; Surgeon and Superinten- 
dent of United States Marine Hospital 
at Pittsburg. February, 1857-1861; Sur- 
geon Twelfth Pennsylvania Infantry,. 
April-August, 1861; September, 1861-1863, 
Surgeon and Major of Seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry; Surgeon United States- 
Volunteers, June 13, 1863-1865; brevet ted: 
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teers, October, 1865. During- service in 
the field was Medical Director on the 
staffs of General R. H. G. Minty. com- 
manding brigade of Cavalry; of General 
J. B. Turchin, commanding Second Di- 
vision of Cavalry; of Major General D. S. 
I Stanley, commanding cavalry corps of 
the Army of the Cumberland; also Sur- 
geon in charge of United States Army 
General Hospitals in Covington, Ky.; of 
Hospital No. 9, Louisville, Ky., and of 
United States Army Eye and Ear Hos- 
pital in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1866 and 
1867 pursued his studies in ophthalmology 
in Europe and then returned to Pitts- 
burg. He is a member of the Loyal 
Legion, Department of Pennsylvania; 
Duquesne Post. G. A. R., No. 259, of 
Pittsburg, Pa.; Medical Society of Alle- 
gheny County, Pa.; American Medical 
Association of the United States. Mar- 
ried, in 1872, Ellen Caroline Bissell, 
flaughter of the late John Bissell of 
Pittsburg. Address, First National Bank 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SPEER, Charles E.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SPEER. James Postletliwaite: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Fortieth Pennsylvania 
Infantry (Eleventh Reserve), June 8, 1861; 
Major, May 28, 1863; resigned and hon- 
orably discharged, Aug. 27, 1863, for disa- 
bility from wounds; brevetted Lieuten- 
ant Colonel United States "Volunteers, 
March 13, 1S65, for gallant conduct at 
the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. Elected, 
Oct. 16, 1889. Address, 424 Fourth Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

SPEER, -William Finley: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Independent Company 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, Oct. 22, 1862; dis- 
charged for promotion, Oct. 4, 1862; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Independent Company, 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, Oct. 25. 1S62; 
transferred to Twenty-second Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry, Feb. 22, 1864; Captain, 
Sept. 7, 1864; transferred to Third Pro- 
visional Pennsylvania Cavalry, June 24, 
1S65; honorably mustered out, Oct. 31, 
1865. Address, care of Recorder of *Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 



SPEXCER, George Karr: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Beaver County, Pa., Feb. 25, 1842; moved 
with his parents to Moline, 111., in 1855, 
and to Davenport, Iowa, in 1858. He 
enlisted as a private and was mustered 
into the United States service, May 27, 
1861, as a member of Company B, Second 
Iowa Infantry Volunteers; was promoted 
to Captain Thirty-fifth Iowa Infantry 
Volunteers, July. 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out of Volunteer service, Aug. 10, 
1865; participated in all of the actions 
in which the regiment was engaged in 
the campaigns; appointed Second Lieu- 
tenant Nineteenth United States Infan- 
try, 1867; First Lieutenant, by brevet, 
1878, and retired on account of disability 
incurred in the line of duty, as Captain, 
by brevet, Feb. 20. 1891. Address, 632 
Everett Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 

SPENCER, William: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Erie; born June 14, 1848; educated at 
Princeton; married Mary R. Dupuy. Ad- 
dress, Erie, Erie County, Pa. 

SPICER, Robert Barclay: 

Educator; born near Pleasantville, Har- 
ford County, Md., March 4, 1869; son of 
Simeon and Addie (Guyton) Spicer; was 
graduated from Swarthmore College, 
1890; took post-graduate course at Johns 
Hopkins, 1892-1893; Breslau University, 
Germany, 1894; Leipzig. 1894-1895; Mead- 
ville Theological School, 1902; University 
of Pennsylvania, 1903. Married, in 1900, 
Margaret Jones. He was instructor of 
Latin, University of Cincinnati, 1895- 
1898; resident worker in Cincinnati So- 
cial Settlement, 1896-1898; President of 
Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, 
1900-1902; student and instructor New 
Testament Greek, Meadville Theological 
School. 1902; associate editor Friends' In- 
telligence, Philadelphia, 1903. Address, 
140 North Fifteenth St., Philadelphia; 
residence, Darby, Pa. 

SPIEKER, George Frederick:: 

Clergyman; born in Howard County, 
Md., Nov. 17, 1844; son of Herman H. 
and Margaret E. Spieker; Professor of 
Church History, Old Testament Theology 
and Introduction, Lutheran Theological 
Seminary, since 1894; educated at Balti- 
more City College and in Lutheran The- 
ological Seminaries of Gettysburg and 
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1867; D. D., Roanoke College, Va. Mar- 
ried, in 1869, Hannah Hoch. Acting Pro- 
fessor German Language and Literature, 
Pennsylvania College, 1864-1866; profes- 
sor, Keystone Normal School, Kutztown, 
Pa., 1867-1868; was Professor of Hebrew 
at Muhlenberg College, Pa., 1887-1894. 
Lutheran pastor, Kutztown, 1867-1883, 
and Allentown, 1883-1894; associate ed- 
itor Lutheran Church Review. Author of 
"Commentary on Second Corinthians"; 
monographs on "The Evangelical Luth- 
eran Church," "Questions on Luther's 
Small Catechism"; translator of "Wilden- 
hahn's Martin Luther" and "Hutter's 
Compend of Lutheran Theology." Ad- 
dress, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. Pa. 

SPRAGUE, William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
<Jery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Governor of the State of Rhode 
Island and Providence Plantations, May 
29, 1860, to March 3, 1863; United States 
Senator, March 4, 1863, to March 4, 1875. 
Elected, Nov. 1, 1865. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SPROULL, Theodore: 

President of the Equitable Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SPROUL,, William Cameron: 

State Senator from Delaware County; 
born at Octoraro, Lancaster County, 
Sept. 16, 1870; educated in private schools 
at Negaunee, Lake Superior, Mich.; he 
returned to Pennsylvania in 1882, and 
prepared for college in Chester City 
schools, graduating from high school in 
1887; from Swarthmore College in class 
of 1891. In 1S92 he bought half interest 
in Chester Times; in 1896 he was elected 
to the Senate of Pennsylvania and re- 
elected in 1900; in 1903 he was elected 
President pro tempore of the Senate, and 
in 1904 was renominated unanimously by 
the Republicans for re-election. In 1900 
he organized the Seaboard Steel Casting 
Company, located at Chester, Pa., of 
which he is President. He is a Trustee 
of Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania 
Training School for Feeble Minded Chil- 
dren, and is a member of Union League, 
University Club and Corinthian Yacht 
Club of Philadelphia, and Manhattan 
and Engineers' Clubs of New York. 
Married, January 21, 1892. Emeline W., 
daughter of John B. Roach of Chester. 
Residence, Chester, Pa. 



SPROULL, William O.: 

Professor of Philology, author; born 
in Allegheny, Pa., May 8, 1848; son of 
Rev. Thomas Sproull, D. D., LL. D.; 
graduated from Washington and Jeffer- 
son College in 1869 with degree of B. A.; 
Ph. D. and A. M., University of Leipzig. 
1877; LL. D., Wooster University, 1890; 
L. H. D., Miami University, 1895; in- 
structor in Zencker Institution, Jena, 
Germany, 1875-1876; Professor of Latin 
and Arabic, University of Cincinnati, 
1880-1900; Dean of the University of Cin- 
cinnati, 1892-1893; Professor of Latin. 
Bay View Summer School, 1895-1896; in- 
troduced university extension into Ohio. 
Member of German Orient Society, Amer- 
ican Orient Society, American Philologi- 
cal Society, Dialect Society; President of 
the Cincinnati Teachers' Club for three 
terms; member Union Board of High 
Schools; Director of the Associated Char- 
ities; member of the Cincinnati Literary 
Club and Pittsburg University Club. Ed- 
itor and translator of "An Extract from 
Ibn Kutaiba's Adab-al-Katib," an Ara- 
bic manuscript found in the Imperial , 
Court Library in Vienna; contributor to 
various philological and educational jour- 
nals; author of numerous monographs 
on philological and educational subjects. 
At present General Agent of the New 
York Life Insurance Company, Pittsburg, 
Pa. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SQUIBB, Elmer E.« 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Berks County ; born 
in Brecknock Township. Berks County, . 
Pa., Jan. 4, 1873; educated in the public , 
schools, Inter-State Commercial Col- 
lege and Reading Business College. In 
1S95 he was examined for and appointed 
to the position of a teacher in the public 
schools, being granted a permanent cer- 
tificate by the State Superintendent of i 
Public Instruction. He entered politics at 
an early age, and was recognized by his 
party in June, 1900, by a nomination for 
the position of member of the House of 
Representatives; he was elected to the 
House of Representatives in the follow- 
ing November by a handsome majority, 
and re-elected in November. 1902. Mar- 
ried Marion C. De Witt, April 29. 1896. 
Address, Birdsboro, Pa. 

STACKHOiSE, Powell: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal Third Pennsylvania In- 



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fantry, April 20, 1861; mustered out, July 
;j 30, 1861; Second Lieutenant 133d Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, Aug. 5, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant, Aug. 21. 1862; honorably mus- 
tered out, May 24, 1863; Captain 198th 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Sept. 8, 1S64; 
Major, May 1, 1865; honorably mustered 
out, June 4, 1865. Elected, March 7, 
1866. Address, 1112 Arcade Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

STAGE, G. G.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. 

STAHL, John D.: 

President of the Homestead National 
Bank. Address, Homestead, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

STAHR, John Summers: 

Educator, clergyman; President Frank- 
|lin and Marshall College since 1890; born 
in Bucks County, Pa., Dec. 2. 1841; was 
graduated from Franklin and Marshall, 
1867; (A. M., 1870; Ph. D., 1883; D. D., 
Lafayette College, 1891). Married, in 
1872, Francina E. Andrews. He began 
teaching in the public school at sixteen 
years of age; was tutor in German and 
history. 1867-1868; assistant professor, 
1868-1871, Professor Natural Science and 
chemistry, 1871; flnacial agent, 1887-1889; 
President pro tern., 1889, Franklin and 
Marshall College. He studied theology 
and was ordained to ministry in 1872; 
was for a time assistant to Dr. Baus- 
raan; later supplied pulpit in First Re- 
formed Church, Reading. Pa. Member of 
International Sunday School Lesson Com- 
mission; was consulting member on ed- 
itorial staff of Standard Dictionary; con- 
tributor to educational and religious 
press. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 

STALFORD, John B.: 

President of the Bank of Wyalusing. 
Address, Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pa. 

STALL, Sylvanus: 

Clergyman, author; born at Elizaville, 
Columbia County, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1847; 
son of William I. and Caroline Tinkle- 
paugh Stall; was graduated from Penn- 
sylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa.. 1872; 
D. D., 1893; studied theology there and 
at Union Theological Seminary, New 
York. Married, September 2, 1874, Kate 
D., daughter of the Hon. David A. Bueh- 
ler of Gettysburg, Pa. Lutheran pastor, 
Cobleskill, N. Y., 1874; Martin's Creek, 



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Pa., 1877; Lancaster, Pa., 1880; Balti- 
more, Md.. 1888; associate editor of the 
Lutheran Observer, Philadelphia, Decem- 
ber, 1890-1902; since then, owner and 
manager of the Vir Publishing Company, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; was for years statis- 
tical secretary of General Synod Luth- 
eran Church, and edited and published, 
1884-1888, Stall's Lutheran Year Book and 
Historical Quarterly. In 1886 he was 
awarded a prize by the Lutheran Publi- 
cation Society for best table of contents 
for a Lutheran Encyclopedia. Author of 
"Pastor's Pocket Record," 1876 (Vir Pub- 
lishing Company) ; "Hand Book to 
Hymns," 1879 (Lutheran Publication So- 
ciety); "How to Pay Church Debts," 1880 
(Funk & Wagnalls Company); "Methods 
of Church Work," 1887 (Funk & Wag- 
nalls Company); "Five Minute Object 
Sermons," 1894 (Funk & Wagnalls Com- 
pany; "Talks to the King's Children," 
1896 (Funk & Wagnalls Company); "Bi- 
ble Selections for Daily Devotion," 1896 
(Funk & Wagnalls Company); "What a 
Young Boy Ought to Know," 1897 (Vir 
Publishing Company); "What a Young 
Man Ought to Know," 1897 (Vir Pub- 
lishing Company) ; "What a Young Hus- 
band Ought to Know," 1899 (Vir Pub- 
lishing Company) ; "What a Man of For- 
ty-five Ought to Know," 1901 (Vir Pub- 
lishing Company) ; "Faces Toward the 
Light," 1903 (Vir Publishing Company). 
Residence, Bala, Montgomery County, 
Pa.; office, 2237, Land Title Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

STALLMAN, Charles H.: 

President of the City Bank of York. 
Address, York, York County, Pa. 

STAMBAUGH, L. D.: 

Pastor Reformed Church; born at 
Smith's Station, York County, Pa., Jan. 
1, 1851; educated at Ursinus College and 
Theological Seminary. Pastor of St. Mat- 
thew's Reformed Church, Chester County, 
Pa.; of the Womelsdorf charge, consist- 
ing of four congregations, Womelsdorf, 
Rehrersburg, Mt. Aetna and Schaeffers- 
town; President of Lebanon Classis for 
the year 1895. Married Henrietta Smith, 
May 17, 1870, at Hanover, Pa. Democrat 
in politics. Address, Rehrersburg, Berks 
County, Pa. 

STA)iM, Norman Leslie: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Compan- 



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ion Chief Engineer William S. Stamm. 
Elected May 6, 1891. Address, 412 City 
Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. 

STANFORD, Wesley M.J 

Clergyman; minister of the United 
Evangelical Church; born at Rockland, 
Pa., March 15, 1846; son of Abram and 
Susannah Stanford; was graduated from 
Mt. Union College, Alliance, Ohio, 1871; 
A. M., Central Pennsylvania College, 
1890; D. D., Mt. Union College, 1896. 
Married, in 1870, Rosa Weimer. Entered 
ministry in 1872 in Evangelical Associa- 
tion; since the division has been clergy- 
man of the United Evangelical Church. 
"Was associate editor Evangelical Mes- 
senger, Cleveland, Ohio, 1882-1888; elected 
editor Evangelical, Harrisburg, Pa., in 
1889; elected Bishop, October, 1891; re- 
elected, December, 1894, and 1898. Ed- 
itor Pittsburg Conference Journal for six 
years; Secretary Pitttsburg Annual Con- 
ference six years; delegate to General 
Conferences for five consecutive ses- 
sions. 1883-1898; delegate to annual ses- 
sion Board of Missions for sixteen years; 
term as Bishop expired October, 1902; 
since then editor Evangelical, official or- 
gan of the church. President Board 
Church Extension and fraternal delegate 
to General Conference United Brethren 
Church. He was appointed Chairman of 
committee to publish new Evangelical 
Church Hymnal at General Conference, 
1894; appointed a member of Western 
Section of Committee of Arrangements 
for Ecumenical Conference of Methodism, 
to meet in London in fall of 1901; also 
alternate delegate to same; correspon- 
dent of church press for twenty years. 
Address, 226 Riley St., Harrisburg. Pa. 

STAJiGER, I. Newton: 

Rector of the Church of the Atonement, 
Memorial to the Rev. Benjamin Watson, 
D. D.. Philadelphia; born near West New- 
ton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylva- 
nia, Aug. 26, 1841; served an apprentice- 
ship as a machinist in Brownsville, Pa.; 
entered the freshman class in Kenyon 
College, Ohio, in 1860; enlisted as a pri- 
vate soldier in the 100th (Roundhead) 
Regiment. Pennsylvania Volunteers in 
August, 1861; was in the campaign at Hil- 
ton Head and Charleston, S. C; mus- 
tered out for promotion at the request 
of Gov. Curtin. by special order of War 
Department, November, 1862; in Govern- 
ment service in 1863; returned to Kenyon 
College, and graduated in the class of 



1867 and in the Philadelphia Divinity 
School in 1869; ordained deacon in 1868, 
and priest in 1870, by Bishop Stevens; 
served as rector of Christ Church, Chris- 
tiana Hundred, Delaware; All Saints' 
Portsmouth, Ohio; Christ Church Cincin- 
nati, Ohio; Holy Trinity, Harlem, New 
York City; the Atonement, Philadelphia; 
served as a delegate to the General Con- 
vention of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church three times from Diocese of 
Southern Ohio, and as member of the 
Standing Committee of that Diocese for 
six years; received the honorary degree 
of Doctor of Divinity from Kenyon Col- 
lege in 1882, serving on the honorable 
Board of Trustees for fourteen years; is 
a member of the Board of Overseers of 
the Philadelphia Divinity School of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church. Address, 
4708 Kingessing Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STAPLES, Rev. Arthur, A. M., D. D.: 

President Beaver College, Beaver, Pa.; 
born at Moscow, Pa., Jan. 24, 1869. At- 
tended High School at Moscow and Kane, 
Pa. Taught school at Kane for one year. 
Graduated from Allegheny College with 
the degree of A. B. in 1894; member of 
Phi Delta Theta fraternity and Phi Beta 
Kappa; 1S94, he entered Drew Theological 
Seminary, and graduated 1897. From the 
beginning of the senior vacation he was 
assistant pastor of the Metropolitan Tem- 
ple, New York, until the meeting of the 
Pittsburg Annual Conference, when he 
was appointed Superintendent of the 
Pittsburg City Missions. Elected Presi- 
dent of Beaver College July 1, 1S98. Ad- 
dress, Beaver, Pa. 

STAPLETON, Amnion: 

Clergyman; born in Earl, Pa., Jan. 15, 
1850; son of William and Elizabeth Staple- 
ton; entered Union Army when only four- 
teen years of age and served in the Civil 
War under Sheridan; graduated Central 
Pennsylvania College, 1871; (M. S., 1888; 
A. M., 1895). Entered ministry (United 
Evangelical Church), 1871; married, 1875, 
Sarah E. Crandall, Canton, Pa.; presiding 
elder since 1895. Made original research- 
es in and wrote and lectured on palaeon- 
tology and archaeology. Member of the 
Pennsylvania Historical Society and of 
the Pennsylvania German Society. Au- 
thor of "Natural History of the Bible," 
1885; "Compend of Church History," 1896; 
"Evangelical Annals," 1900; "Memorials of 
the Huguenots in America," 1901. Ad- 
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STARR, Louis: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia; son of 
Isaac and Lydia Starr; was graduated 
from Haverford College, Pa., 1868; and 
from the Medical Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1871; married, 
I1S82, Mary Parrish, of Philadelphia. Was 
the interne physician at the Episcopal 
Hospital, Philadelphia, 1871-1873; assist- 
ant physician, 1873-1874; visiting physi- 
jlcian, 1875-1884; assistant physician Chil- 
dren's Hospital, 1874; visiting physician, 
same, 1879; physician Southern Home for 
Destitute Children, 1874-1878; out-patient 
physician, University Hospital, 1S78-1S80; 
since 1879 consulting pediatrist to Ma- 
ternity Hospital. Instructor of Physiology 
land Therapeutics, 1874-1877; lecturer on 
symptomatology, 1877-1879; lecturer on 
diseases of children, 1880-1884; clinical 
professor diseases of children, 1884-1890. 
Medical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania. Fellow of College of Physi- 
licians, Philadelphia, since 1875; foundation 
,' member of Pediatric Society; member As- 
1 sociation of American Physicians since 
1 1887; honorary member Chicago Academy 
I of Medicine since 1893. Assistant editor 
"Pepper's System of Medicine," 1885; 
J "American editor Goodhart's Diseases of 
(Children," 1S85, 1889; editor "An American 
Text Book of the Diseases of Children," 
1S95, 1899; editor of "Department of Dis- 
eases of Children in the American Year 
Book of Medicine and Surgery." Author 
of "Diseases of Digestive Organs in Infan- 
cy and Childhood," 1886, 1891; "Hygiene 
of the Nursery," "Diets for Infants and 
Children in Health and in Disease," 1896; 
"A Synopsis of the Physiological Action 
of Medicines," 1877, 18S0. Address, 1818 
South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. 

STATES, Samuel: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Punxsutawney. Address, Punx- 
sutawney, Jefferson County, Pa. 



STATLER, J. P.: 

President of the 
Bank of Windber. 
Somerset County, Pa. 



Citizens' National 
Address, Windber, 



STAUFFER, Abner K.: 

Lawyer; born in Boyertown, Pa., Oct. 
11, 1S36; educated at Mt. Pleasant Semi- 
nary in his native town, and at Franklin 
and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., 
graduating from the latter institution in 
1S5S. He commenced studying law in 
Reading in 1860, in the office of John S. 



Richards, and was admitted to practice 
April 15. 1861. Served in City Councils 
from 1869 to 1871, from 1873 to 1877, and 
from 18S1 to 1884, having been elected as 
a Republican. Was President of Com- 
mon Council in 1873. For a number of 
years he was actively identified with the 
Reading Board of Trade, and the Reading 
Library. Address, Reading, Pa. 

STAUFFER, J. R.: 

President of the Scottdale Bank. 
Address, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, 
Pa. 

STAYER, Cornelius: 

President of the Farmers' and Mer- 
chants' National Bank. Address, Redlion, 
York County, Pa. 

STECK, Amos: 

Oil operator; was born at Greensburg, 
Pa., in 1851; at the age of fifteen years 
he graduated from the Greensburg High 
School and went into his uncle's station- 
ery store, in which business on attaining 
his majority he was made a partner. He 
afterward engaged in the real estate 
business and in 1884 he became a partner 
of R. A. Hope, Superintendent of the 
Pennsylvania Gas Coal Co. In 1897 moved 
to Pittsburg, and has since been promi- 
nent in real estate operations. President 
of the Jenisee Land Co., has an interest 
in the development of the new town of 
Donora, and for several years has man- 
aged the sale of coal lands for Pittsburg 
coal operators in Southwest Pennsylvania. 
Mr. Steck is a member of the Mononga- 
hela Club and several other societies. Ad- 
dress, 437 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

STEEL, John B.: 

Jurist; born at Hannastown, Westmore- 
land County, Pa., Feb. 17, 1861; educated 
in the public schools and at Geneva Col- 
lege; read law with James A. Hunter, and 
was admitted to the Westmoreland Coun- 
ty bar in 1888. He went actively into 
practice and built up a large clientage, 
also engaging in coal business, banking 
and other lines of activity. In 1901 West- 
moreland reached the legal limit of popu- 
lation entitling it to a separate Orphans' 
Court; a bill was passed by the legisla- 
ture, establishing such a court, and he 
was appointed its President Judge, April 
26, 1901. In the November election he was 
elected to this position for the ten year 
term. Address, Greensburg, Pa. 



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STEELE, David: 

Clergyman of Reformed Presbyterian 
Church; born near Londerry, Ireland, in 
1S27; son of James and Eleanor Steele; 
related to the inventor Fulton; was grad- 
uated from Miami University, 1S57; A. M., 
1859; (D. D., Rutgers, 1866; LL. D., Miami, 
1900); married, 1864, Elizabeth J. Dallas. 
Licensed to preach, 1860; ordained minis- 
ter, 1861; since then pastor Fourth Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church, Philadel- 
phia; Professor Hebrew, Greek and Pasto- 
ral Theology, 1863-1875, of doctrinal the- 
ology since 1875, Theological Seminary of 
Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mode- 
rator General Synod Reformed Presbyte- 
rian Church, 1868, and 1886; President of 
the Board of Foreign Missions Reformed 
Presbyterian Church. Member of Presby- 
terian Alliance Councils, 1880, Philadel- 
phia, 1S96, Glasgow, Scotland; visited 
Europe, 1873, 1884, 1892, 1896; appointed, 
1896, to visit Reformed Presbyterian 
Mission in Northern India; member of 
numerous societies. Author of "The 
Times in Which We Live and the Minis- 
try They Require," 1871; Endless Life 
the Inheritance of the Righteous," 1873; 
"Elements of Ministerial Success," 1884; 
"Tne Two Witnesses," 1887; "A Nation 
in Tears," 1881; "The House of God's 
Glory," 1893; "The Wants of the Pulpit," 
1894; "Christ's Coronation," 1897; "His- 
tory of the Reformed Presbyterian Church 
in North America," 1898; "Personal Re- 
ligion." 189S; "On Reading the Scrip- 
tures," 1901; "Our Martyrd Chief," 1901. 
Editor of the Reformed Presbyterian Ad- 
vocate, 1867-1877. Member Executive 
Council Presbyterian Historical Society, 
Arch.-pological Society of University of 
Pennsylvania; life member Pennsylvania 
Bible Society and Sabbath Association of 
Philadelphia. Address, 2102 Spring Gar- 
den St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEEVER, l..l;i:ir Zell: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Master 
of Arts Central High School, Philadelphia; 
Cadet Military Academy, July 1, 1867 (2); 
Second Lieutenant Third Cavalry, June 
12, 1871. He was the only Army officer 
that ever had command of an exploring 
expedition to the Holy Land, having been 
in charge of the American Palestine Ex- 
ploring Expedition engaged in the survey 
of Moab, Ammon, Bashan and other re- 
gions east of the Jordan and Dead Sea, 
from Oct. 1, 1872, to Oct. 1, 1874. Assist- 
ant Professor of Mathematics, West 



Point, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1876, to Aug. 28, 
1880. First Lieutenant, May 18, 1878; Reg- 
imental Adjutant, Sept. 1, 1883, to Dec. 6, 
1885; Captain, Jan. 18, 1886; Major Third 
Cavalry, May 8, 1899; in charge of Depart- 
ment of Engineering, Infantry and Cav- 
alry School, Jan. 29, 1891, to April 1, 1891; 
Engineer and Secretary Intercontinental 
Railway Commission, engaged in railway 
surveys in Central and South America, 
April 1, 1891, to July 31, 1899. Commanded 
United States forces in some thirty-five 
engagements against insurgents in Philip- 
pines, Aug. 7, 1899, to July 19, 1902. Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Ninth Cavalry, July 15, 
1902; transferred to Third Cavalry, Oct. 
15, 1902; assigned to Adjutant General's 
Department. April 15, 1903; Colonel Fourth 
Cavalry, Aug. 17, 1903. Commandant 
School of Application for Cavalry and 
Field Artillery, Nov. 13, 1903. Address, 
Fort Riley, Kan. 

STEHMAN, Jacob L,.: 

President of the Manheim National 
Bank. Address, Manheim, Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

STEIN, Jno., Ph. D.: 

Pastor Reformed Church; born June 11, 
1836, Annville, Lebanon County, Pa.; edu- 
cated Annville Academy, Franklin and 
Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., Re- 
formed Theological Seminary at Mercers- 
burg, Pa., and Union Theological Semi- 
nary, New York; pastor St. John's Church, 
Schuylkill Haven, Pa., six and one-half 
years; Trinity Church, Pottsville, Pa.; 
eleven years; St. John's Church, West 
Philadelphia, two years; Millersville, Pa., 
nine years, and St. Thomas Reformed 
Church, Reading, ten years. Stated Clerk 
of Eastern Synod since 1S82; of General 
Synod since 1896. Married Catherine 
Arabel North, Charleston, S. C, Dec. 28, 
1864. Republican in politics. Permanent 
address, 851 North Eleventh St., Reading, 
Pa. 

STEIIV, Win.: 

Mine inspector of the Sixth Anthracite 
Coal District of Shenandoah; was born in 
Scotland, in 1838; from the age of eight 
to twelve years he worked in the mines. 
He entered night school at the age of 
twelve years, and continued his work in 
the mines in day time, and thus ob- 
tained a practical knowledge of mining. 
When he was twenty-one years old took 
a course in civil and mining engineering; 
also took a two years' course under the 






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tutelage of George Simpson of Glasgow; 
I served Ave years as Superintendent of the 
I sinking department with Wm. Baird & 
I Co. Afterward he served two years with 
; the Addie Oil Company in Scotland, still 
i further enlarging and broadening his ex- 
| perience. In 1S72 he emigrated to Shen- 
andoah, Schuylkill County, at Plank Ridge 
j colliery; he served three years as a miner. 

I He was then promoted as inside foreman 
to Kehley Run colliery, where he served 

I I two years, and for eight years served as 
I inside foreman for Hammond colliery. In 
|1885 was appointed as Mine Inspector of 

the Sixth Anthracite District, which po- 
ijsition he now Alls. Republican in poli- 
| tics. Address, Shenandoah, Pa. 

ISTEINBACH, George AVashington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 

■Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that county, District of Kensington, 
Feb. 22, 1S53; received a common school 

leducation, and entered the commercial 
world when ten years of age; has been 

,a School Director of the Twenty-sixth 
Ward for fourteen years; was elected to 
the House of Representatives in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, 1527 South Fifteenth 

|St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEINBACH, Lewis YV., M. D.: 

Surgeon; born in Vysoka, Bohemia, 
iJune 4, 1851; was graduated in medicine, 
1S80, from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, Pa. Professor of Surgery, 
Philadelphia Polyclinic. Surgeon to the 
Jewish and Philadelphia Hospitals. Ad- 
dress, 1309 North Broad St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

STEINMAN, Andrew Jackson: 

Lawyer, editor, manufacturer; born in 
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 10, 1S36; son of John 
Frederick and Mary Smith Steinman; 
graduated from Yale College in 1856, with 
the degree of A. M. ; married, Jan. 25, 
L882, Caroline Morgan Hale, Reading, Pa. 
Editor Lancaster Intelligencer; large in- 
terests in iron manufacturing as Chair- 
man of the Pennsylvania Iron Co., Litd., 
etc. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 

STEINMETH, Jacob L,.: 

Lawyer; born in Lebanon County, Pa., 
.\ug. 22, 1845; studied in the public 
schools, Annville Academy, Dickinson 
(Seminary, and the University of Michigan, 
svhere he graduated with high honors as 
VI. A., and LL. B. His ability as an ora- 
:or made him President of the Webster 

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Literary Society of the University. He 
studied law in the office of I. E. Heister 
of Lancaster, Pa., and opened an office in 
that city, where his business grew to be 
large and profitable. As an attorney for 
the tobacco interests of Lancaster County 
and for insurance litigation he is especial- 
ly noted. He entered into partnership 
with William H. Keller in 1S94, and since 
then has traveled extensively. He has 
been engaged to a considerable extent in 
real estate and business interests. He 
was elected President of the People's Na- 
tional Bank in 1890, and of the People's 
Trust Savings and Deposit Company in 
1892, and is also President of the Clay 
and Hinkletown Turnpike, and the Citi- 
zens' Electric Light, Heat and Power 
Company of Lancaster, and proprietor of 
the Ephrata Mountain Springs and the 
adjoining health resort named the Cocali- 
co. Mr. Steinmeth has served one term 
in the Legislature, and was elected City 
Solicitor of Lancaster in 1881. He has 
been a Democratic candidate for Congress 
and was a delegate to the National Con- 
vention at St. Louis, in 1S76. Address, 
Lancaster, Pa. 

STEINMETZ, Jno. W.: 

Clergyman; was born near Schaeffers- 
town, Lebanon County, Pa; educated at 
Franklin and Marshall College at Lan- 
caster, and the Theological Seminary of 
the Reformed Church; pastor for thirteen 
years Reformed Church at Danville, Pa.; 
for twenty-eight years of St. John's Re- 
formed Church of Reading. Received de- 
gree of D. D. from Franklin and Marshall 
College, in 1897. Married Miss Mary M. 
Mays. May 20, 1S58. President of the East- 
ern Synod. 1880. Republican. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

STELLWAGEX, Thomas Cook: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Assistant Paymaster 
(Master) United States Navy, Sept. 25, 
1861; resigned and honorably discharged 
June 4, 1863. Captain's Clerk, United 
States Navy, June 4, 1863; discharged, 
Jan. 27, 1865. Elected Nov. 3. 1875. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STELWAGOiY, Henry Weightman: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 
3, 1853; son of Joseph Stelwagon; received 
preliminary education at the public 
schools, and graduated from Andalusia 



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College with the degree of B. S., in 1S72, 
and received from the University of Penn- 
sylvania the degrees of M. D. and Ph. D. 
in 1875. Resident physician, Philadelphia 
Hospital, 1875-1876; student at hospitals of 
Vienna and Berlin, 1S76-1S78; physician 
in charge Philadelphia Dispensary Skin 
Diseases, 18S0-1S90; instructor dermatol- 
ogy, University of Pennsylvania, 1885- 
1890; associated in professional partner- 
ship with Prof. Duhring, 1885-1890;- derma- 
tologist to Philadelphia Hospital since 
1888, to Northern Dispensary since 1SS2, 
Howard Hospital since 1885; Clinical Pro- 
fessor Dermatology, Woman's Medical Col- 
lege, Philadelphia, since 18SS; Jefferson 
Medical College since 1890. Member of 
the American Dermatological Association; 
corresponding member Italian Society of 
Dermatology, etc. Author of "Essentials 
of Diseases of the Skin," 1892; "Treatise 
on Diseases of the Skin," 1901; translat- 
or and editor Mracek's Atlas of Skin Dis- 
eases," 1898; Wrote "Chapter on Skin 
Diseases," in collaboration, "Pepper's Sys- 
tem of Medicine," 18S5; chapter on skin 
diseases, "Wilson's Applied Therapeutics," 
1896; contributor on dermatological sub- 
jects to "Keating's Cyclopaedia of Diseases 
of Children," 1889, to "Morrow's System 
of Dermatology," 1896, to "Hare's System 
of Therapeutics," 1900, to "Buck's Refer- 
ence Handbook of Medical Science." Mar- 
ried, 1884, Elizabeth Bender. Address, 
223 South Seventeenth St., Philadelphia. 

STENGEL, Alfred: 

Physician; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 
3, 1868; son of G. Stengel; was graduated 
from University of Pennsylvania, Medical 
Department, 1889; physician of Philadel- 
phia Children's and Pennsylvania Hospi- 
tals; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania. Member Asso- 
ciation of American Physicians; College 
of Physicians, Philadelphia; American Pe- 
diatric Society, American Climatological 
Society, American Public Health Associa- 
tion; editor American Journal Medical 
Sciences, etc. Author of "A Text Book 
of Pathology," 1898, 1899, 1900; "Diseases 
of the Blood," "Twentieth Century Prac- 
tice of Medicine," "Diseases of the 
Spleen." Address, 1811 Spruce St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

STENGEL, George Henry: 

Lawyer; son of Geoffrey and Friedericka 
(Hertle) Stengel; born Oct. 27, 1857, at 
Seymour, Ind. In 1876 was graduated 
from the Western University of Pennsyl- 



vania. Studied one year, 1876-1877, at 
Heidelberg, Germany. Admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar March 2, 1881. In 
1902 Mr. Stengel was elected Register of 
Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court of 
Allegheny County for a term of three . 
years, which he is now serving. Repub- 
lican in politics. Address, 5430 Penn 
Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

STEPHENS, Aliee Barber: 

Artist; born in New Jersey, 1858; is the 
daughter of Samuel C. and Mary Barber; 
married, 1890, Charles H. Stephens. Be- 
came wood-engraver for Scribner's Maza- 
zine and illustrator for Harper's, Century, 
and other magazines; was subsequently 
illustrator for The Ladies' Home Journal; 
also taught portrait and life classes Phila- | 
delphia School of Design for Women. Ad- 
dress, 639 North Twelfth St., Philadelphia. 



STEPHENSON, Franklin B., A.M., M.D.: 

Medical Inspector United States Navy; 
born March 28, 1S4S, at Greenville, Pa., 
where his father, a physician, then re- 
sided. Dr. Stephenson graduated in arts 

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at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., in 
1870, second in his class, and subsequent- 
ly received the degree of A. M. from the 
same institution. He received the Hazel- 
tine prize for the best essay on Woman 
Suffrage, and was awarded the second 
honor of his class; he studied medicine 
under the direction of D. Best, M. D., of 
Meadville, and at the Cleveland (Ohio)* 
Medical College; in 1873 he received the; 
degree of Doctor of Medicine from, 
the Medical Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania; March 14, 1873; having; 
passed the requisite examination, he wasi 
appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Navy 
of the United States; was commissioned 
as Surgeon in 188S. Is a member of the 
Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, La Societei 
d'Anthropologie de Paris, the Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania, the Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, the So- 
ciety of Alumni of the Medical Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania^ 
Massachusetts Medical Society (life mem- 
ber), Mutual Aid Society of the United* 
States Navy, Massachusetts Consistory 
S. R., American Academy of Arts and, 
Sciences (section of Philology), Brooklyr 
Ethical Association, the Asiatic Society 
of Japan (life member), and the Associa- 
tion of Military Surgeons, United States o; 
America, Forestry Association of Penn- 
sylvania. Dr. Stephenson speaks, reads; 
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Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and Japan- 
ese, and has a serviceable knowledge of 
Latin, Greek, Roumanian, Polish (and 
other Slav languages), Finnish, Swedish, 
Dano-Norwegian, Dutch, Malay, and San- 
skrit; during 1895-1897 he translated ar- 
ticles from various publications in Rus- 
sian and Dutch, for the Gypsy Moth De- 
partment of the Massachusetts State 
Board of Agriculture. Has written nu- 
merous articles published in various medi- 
cal periodicals. Retired, Jan. 3, 1903. Ad- 
dress, 1115 Tremont Bldg., Boston, Mass. 

STEPHENSON, H. H.: 

President of the Oil City National 
Bank. Address, Oil City, Venango Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

STERLEY, Dr. John B., M. D.: 

Physician; born in Montgomery County, 
Pa., in 1835, of French ancestry; educated 
at Freeland Seminary, and graduated 
from the University of Pennsylvania, 
March 6, 1857; commenced medical prac- 
tice in West Earl, Lancaster County, Pa., 
continuing there until 1862, when he en- 
tered the United States Army as a Volun- 
teer surgeon; served first at Camp Curtin, 
Harrisburg, and then became surgeon of 
the Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers; 
subsequently transferred to Reading, Pa., 
to examine drafted men and substitutes; 
was then chosen surgeon of the 167th Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and finally 
appointed examining surgeon in the Pro- 
vost Marshal's office, Pottsville; returned 
to Montgomery County in 1864, and one 
year later moved to Reading, where he 
has since practiced his profession, except 
for several years when he was a resident 
of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Has been 
a member of the Board of Pension Ex- 
aminers at Reading, for a number of 
years. In politics is a Republican. Ad- 
dress, Reading, Pa. 

STERLING, E. W.: 

President of the Masontown Nathional 
Bank. Address, Masontown, Fayette Co., 
Pa. 

STERNBERGH, J, Herveyi 

Manufacturer; born in Henrietta, Mon- 
roe County, N. Y., May 20, 1834, one of a 
family of twelve children, his father hav- 
ing been a farmer; of German and Dutch 
ancestry. His father lived to the age 
of eighty-six years. He was educated 
at Saratoga Springs. N. Y., and lived 
there until he was thirty-one years old, 
serving for a number of years as General 



Passenger Agent of the railroad running 
through Saratoga. In 1865 he removed 
to Reading, Pa., to engage in the manu- 
facture of iron nuts. Although he had 
no previous experience in mechanical in- 
dustry, he invented and patented in 1867 
an improved machine for the manufacture 
of hot pressed nuts, which is used to 
this day, and he has sold many of these 
machines to his competitors in the same 
business. He has also invented a sur- 
face-grinding machine for grinding hard 
metals. These two inventions brought 
him conspicuously before the industrial 
public and placed him in the front rank of 
manufacturers of hot-punched nuts. Many 
other improvements are the result of his 
inventive genius. Since 1867 he has ad- 
ded many additional departments to his 
works. On Feb. 6, 1891, his entire works 
in Reading were destroyed by fire, but in 
ten days he had resumed operations amid 
the debris, and the establishment was 
speedily rebuilt. In 1887 he established 
branch works in Kansas City, Mo.. The 
products of his establishments are shipped 
to all parts of the world. The Reading 
plant has been consolidated with the Am- 
erican Iron and Steel Manufacturing Com- 
pany, of which Mr. Sternbergh is Presi- 
dent. He was President for three years 
of the Reading Board of Trade; is ruling 
elder in the First Presbyterian Church of 
Reading, and for eighteen years was Su- 
perintendent of the Sunday school; is a 
Director of the Second National Bank of 
Reading, and has been President of the 
Kansas City Bolt and Nut Company since 
it was founded in 18S7. In 1862 he mar- 
ried Miss Harriet M. May, of Southbridge, 
Mass., since deceased. They had five 
children, of whom one son and a daugh- 
ter survive. His second wife was Miss 
Mary Candace Dodds, of North Hero, Vt. 
They have five children, three sons and 
two daughters. Address, Reading, Pa. 

STERNER, Conrad D.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from York County; born 
in Codorus Township, that county, Feb. 5, 
1860; educated in the public schools of 
York County; was elected School Director 
in Codorus Township in 1890; was engaged 
in farming until 1892, after which he fol- 
lowed the carpenter trade for four years; 
is at present engaged in farming and 
raising stock; was a member of the House 
of Representatives, session of 1899; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address,. 
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STETSON, .lull 11 B.: 

Manufacturer; born in Orange, N. J., 
May 5, 1830. His father was a hatter in 
a small way, and the son learned the 
same trade, and continued to work at it 
till 1S65, when he decided to go to Phila- 
delphia and attempt to do business for 
himself. Having no capital, he began in 
a very small way, making his hats in a 
single small room and hoarding his profits 
with great care. But his business soon 
grew, larger quarters were taken, and 
soon the Stetson hats became well known. 
In two years' time the firm of John B. 
Stetson & Co. had reached an annual 
business of $80,000. The growth continued 
and in time the Stetson hats, with his 
enterprise behind them, were selling 
everywhere, the value of the annual prod- 
uct reaching $2,500,000 a year. His work- 
men are members of various beneficial 
and other societies established by him 
for their advantage and social benefit, and 
the whole concern is carried on under the 
happiest and most generous conditions. 
Purchasing some property in De Land, 
Fla., he became interested in a struggling 
school there and came generously to its 
aid. This has grown into the John B. 
Stetson University, with buildings that 
cost more than $200,000 and a large fac- 
ulty and enrollment of pupils. His spirit 
of charity is felt in the operations of 
several Philadelphia benevolent associa- 
tions. Address, 1108 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia. Pa.; house, Elkins Park. 

STETSON, Prince Redington: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Sixth Infantry, 
National Guard State of New York, April 
19, 1S61; discharged to accept appointment 
in United States Army, June 24, 1861; 
First Lieutenant Fifteenth U. S. Infantry, 
May 14, 1861; Captain, Dec. 22, 1862; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Dec. 21, 
1S64. Elected Nov. 13, 1867. Transferred 
to Commandery of New York, Dec. 7, 
1870; transferred to Commandery of Penn- 
sylvania. June 2, 1SS0. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEVENS, Charles Ellis: 

Episcopal clergyman; born in Boston, 
Mass.; educated at the University of 
Pennsylvania and at Yale; was graduated 
in theology at Berkeley Divinity School, 
1875; traveled and studied in Europe, 
1875-1876.; is Ph. D., and received hon- 



orary degrees of LL. D., Wooster Univer- 
sity, and D. C. L., King's College, Cana- 
da, 1888. Began ministry as curate of 
Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights, New 
York City, and was Archdeacon of Brook- 
lyn; now rector of Christ Church, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. Historian and Chaplain of 
General Society of Colonial Wars, Penn- 
sylvania; Chaplain of General Military 
Order of Foreign Wars of United States 
and Commander of Pennsylvania Com- 
mandery of same. Has been lecturer on 
history and constitutional law in St. Ste- 
phen's College, Armandale, N. Y., Univer- 
sity of Wooster and University of Penn- 
sylvania. Author of "Power of the Con- 
stitution of the United States," and other 
works published in America and England 
and translated in Europe. A member of 
many learned societies, American and 
European. Was knighted for services, 
political science, by Queen Regent of 
Spain. Knight Commander of Order of 
Christ of Portugal, Officer of the Academy 
of France. Address, 2227 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEVENS, George H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Westmoreland Coun- 
ty; born in New York City Sept. 6, 1862; 
moved to Pittsburg, Pa., when five years 
old; was educated in public schools of 
Pittsburg; learned the trade of glass 
mold maker; upon the new charter tak- 
ing effect in Pittsburg, in 1888, was ap- 
pointed Police Inspector; served during 
the Harrison Administration in the In- 
ternal Revenue Department; has since 
resided in Jeannette; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1898 and 1900; re-elected in November, 
1902. Address, Jeannette, Pa. 

STEVENS, John S.: 

Builder; born in Philadelphia Aug. 13, 
1834. He was graduated from the Cen- 
tral High School in 1850, learned the 
blacksmithing and building-iron business, 
and in 1855 entered into partnership with 
his uncle as Steward & Stevens. This firm 
continued till the death of Mr. Steward 
in 1881, its business developing until it 
ranked with the most prominent in its 
line in the country. It furnished the iron 
work on such imposing structures as the 
Masonic Temple, the Post Office, the 
Academy of Fine Arts, and many other 
prominent buildings. In 1887 Mr. Stev- 
ens's two sons were taken into the firm, 
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Sons. Mr. Stevens was the first President 
I of the Builders' Exchange of Philadelphia, 
] and has had much to do with its Trade 
School. He was Vice President of the 
J National Association of Builders at Chi- 
cago in 1887, and President at its con- 
vention at Cincinnati in 188S. He is a 
member of other builders' societies, was 
active in the Committee of One Hund- 
! red, and on his retirement from business 
j in 1S94 was elected a member of the Pub- 
I lie Buildings Commission of Philadelphia. 
Address, 4234 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

' STEVENS, Pierre Christie: 

Captain United States Army; born in 

j Pennsylvania; appointed from Maryland; 

J Major Additional Paymaster Volunteers, 

Sept. 9, 1898; honorably discharged, May 

7, 1901; Captain Paymaster United States 

' Army, Feb. 8, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I. 

]i STEVENS, Raymond R.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
J Pennsylvania; appointed from District of 
1 Columbia; Cadet Naval Academy, Nov. 
22, 1879, to June 14, 1882; Second Lieu- 
tenant Twenty-third Infantry, Oct. 30, 
1884; First Lieutenant Twentieth Infantry, 
Oct. 14, 1891; transferred to Twenty- 
: third Infantry, Nov. 5, 1891; Captain Six- 
j teenth Infantry, Feb. 6, 1899; transferred 
' to Twenty-third Infantry, Oct. 28, 1S99. 
■ Address, Manila, P. I. 

STEVENS, William Kerper: 

Lawyer; born in the city of Reading 
July 15, 1861, the only son of Dr. S. S. 
Stevens; educated in the public schools 
and by private tutors; entered Tale Col- 
lege and was graduated in the class of 
1883; studied law in the office of Isaac 
Hiester, Esq., Reading, and was admitted 
to practice in the courts of Berks County 
Nov. 10, 1SS4. Soon after his admission 
he took an active interest in politics as 
a Republican; became Chairman of the 
Republican County Committee, was elect- 
ed Solicitor of the School Board and then 
City Solicitor; has been a delegate to sev- 
eral State conventions, and has been men- 
tioned for the Republican nomination for 
Judge of the Superior Court. Married a 
daughter of Col. J. De Puy Davis, of 
Reading. Address, Reading, Pa. 

STEVENSON, Howard A.: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia Jan. 2, 
1842; son of Hon. Samuel Stevenson; was 
educated by private tutors and became 



a member of the College of Pharmacy 
of Philadelphia. Married, 1870, Rosalia 
C. Hunter. In the Civil War was a 
member of Second Regiment First Brig- 
ade Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861; ap- 
pointed to Medical Department, United 
States Steamship State of Georgia, Oct. 
31, 1862, and remained until the close of 
the war; late Director of Drug Exchange 
of Philadelphia; President Green and 
Coates Streets Passenger Railway Com- 
pany, Philadelphia; late Director Lom- 
bard and South Streets Passenger Rail- 
way Company, Philadelphia; West End 
City Passenger Railway Company; Presi- 
dent People's Passenger Railway Com- 
pany, Philadelphia; Director Germantown 
Passenger Railway Company, Philadel- 
phia; Fire Association of Philadelphia, 
Real Estate Title Insurance and Trust 
Company, Chelten Avenue Passenger Rail- 
way Company of Philadelphia, Centennial 
Passenger Railway Company of Philadel- 
phia. In 1890 introduced bill in Philadel- 
phia City Council authorizing the use of 
electricity as a motive power for street 
railways. Member of Union League of 
Philadelphia and George G. Meade Post 
No. 1, G. A. R. Address, southwest cor- 
ner Tulpehocken and Green Sts., German- 
town, Philadelphia, Pa., and Hawthorne 
Villa, Carroll Ave., Newport, R. I. 

STEVENSON, John C.I 

President of the Manufacturers' Bank 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

STEVENSON, John, Jr.t 

President of the Colonial Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Sharon, Mercer County, 
Pa. 

STEVENSON, Matthew Harbison: 

Lawyer; born Dec. 19, 1859, at New 
Florence, Westmoreland County, Pa.; son 
of Rev. Ross and Martha Ann (Harbison) 
Stevenson; was two years at the Elder's 
Ridge Academy, Elder's Ridge, Pa.; two 
years at Franklin College, New Athens, 
Ohio, and three years at Washington and 
Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., grad- 
uating with the class of 1883. Read law at 
Washington. Pa., with M. L. A. Mc- 
Cracken and Hon. J. A. Mcllvane, and was 
admitted to the Washington County bar 
in 1885; practiced there until March, 1891, 
then removed to Pittsburg, and was ad- 
mitted to the Allegheny County bar June 
13, 1891. Address, 510 Fourth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 



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STEVENSON, Maxwell: 

Jurist; born in County Tyrone, Ireland, 
Feb. 1, 1847, and moved to Philadelphia, 
Pa., with his parents when four years of 
age. His education was obtained in the 
Philadelphia public schools, and after 
graduating from the High School he read 
law in the office of E. Coppee Mitchell, 
and afterward in that of Judge Joseph T. 
Pratt. He was admitted to the bar in 
1874, and at once began a profitable busi- 
ness, which grew into a very lucrative 
one. He has been counsel in very large 
real estate cases, and has tried over sixty 
cases of homicide, only one of the many 
men defended by him being hung. Dur- 
ing the great railway strike of 1896 he, 
with the present Judge Wiltbank, repre- 
sented the motormen and brought about 
an amicable adjustment of the matters in 
dispute. In 1901 he received the Demo- 
cratic nomination for Receiver of Taxes, 
which, as he was in the minority party, 
was not succeeded by an election. When 
the No. 5 Court of Common Pleas was 
established in March, 1901, Mr. Stevenson 
was one of the three Judges appointed to 
its bench by Governor Stone. He held 
this post of honor till the following Janu- 
ary, when he returned to his private 
practice. Address, 2314 Spruce St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

STEVENSON, Maxwell, Jr.: 

Head of the banking firm of Maxwell 
Stevenson, Jr., & Company; born in Phila- 
delphia, Sept. 7, 1879, and is the son of 
former Judge Maxwell Stevenson. He 
was educated in the Blight School, 401 
South Twenty-second Street, and took the 
examinations for an engineering course in 
the Uiversity of Pennsylvania. This he did 
not complete, as, in 1897, he became man- 
ager of the Highlander Mill and Mining 
Company, in Ainsworth, British Columbia, 
the corporation of which his father is 
President. Mr. Maxwell Stevenson went 
to Ainsworth, in 1897, taking charge of 
both the physical and financial manage- 
ment of the Highlander Company at that 
place. He developed the valuable lands 
owned by the company, and remained 
from 1897 until 1901, when he returned to 
Philadelphia. On Jan. 1, 1903, he estab- 
lished a banking business, incorporated 
as a firm, in the Land Title Building, 
under the title Maxwell Stevenson, Jr., 
& Company. Address, Radnor, Pa. 

STEVENSON. Sara Yorke: 

(Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson) archaeolo- 
gist; born in Paris, France, Feb. 19, 1847, 



daughter of Edward and Sarah Yorke; her 
early education was received in Paris; 
lived for a time in Mexico; w r as the first 
woman to receive the honorary degres of 
Sc. D. from the University of Pennsylva- 
nia. Married, June 30, 1870, Cornelius 
Stevenson. Secretary of American Ex- 
ploration Society, 1897; Secretary Depart- 
ment of Archaeology, University of Penn- 
sylvania, 1894; President, 1904; President 
Acorn Club, Philadelphia, 1894; President 
Depository and Philadelphia Exchange for 
Women's Work, 1895-1904; President 
Pennsylvania branch Archaeological Insti- 
tute of America, 1899; Trustee Phila- 
delphia Museums, 1894-1900; member and 
Vice President Jury for Ethnology to 
World's Colombian Exposition, 1893; 
Fellow American Association for the 
Advancement of Science; member Amer- 
ican Philosophical Society, American 
Oriental Society, Oriental Club of Phil- 
adelphia, Citizens' Committee of the 
Philadelphia Exposition Association for 
1S99, and of the Citizens' Advisory Com- 
mittee called by the Mayor of Phila- 
delphia, 1897, to consult on municipal loan 
of $11,200,000. Went to Rome, 1897, on 
special mission for Department of Archae- 
ology and Palaentology of University of 
Pennsylvania, and 1898, to Egypt for the 
American Exploration Society and the City 
of Philadelphia in connection with archae- 
ological work in the Nile Valley. Author 
of "Maximilian in Mexico," "The Book 
of the Dead," and many articles, ad- 
dresses and reports on Egyptian archaeol- 
ogy and other topics. Address, 237 S. 
21st St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEVENSON, Thomas Patton: 

Clergyman; editor; born in Cadiz, Ohio, 
April 2, 1838; son of Rev. Hugh and Maria 
(Patton) Stevenson; was graduated from 
Muskingum College, Ohio, receiving the 
degree of D. D.; studied divinity in the 
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Semi- 
nary, Allegheny, Pa. Married, 1862, Mary 
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. H. P. Mc- 
Clurkin, D. D., New Concord, Ohio. Pro- 
fessor of Latin and Greek, Muskingum 
College, 1858-1862; ordained minister Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church, 1863; pastor 
since 1S63 of First Reformed Presbyterian 
Church, Philadelphia. Corresponding Sec- 
retary, from 1865, and now General Sec- 
retary of the National Reform Associa- 
tion; delegate to General Councils of Al- 
liance of Reformed Churches, Philadel- 
phia, 1880, and Glasgow, 1896; member 
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896-1901; member of Conference of dele- 
gates from Churches of United States to 
.secure uniform discipline on marriage and 
j divorce. Residence, 1233 South 47th St., 
. Philadelphia, Pa. 

] STEVENSON, William M.: 

Lawyer; born Nov. 30, 1855, at Johnston, 
Pa.; son of Rev. Ross Stevenson, D. D., 
jjand Margaret (Harbison) Stevenson. He 
was graduated from Washington and Jef- 
ferson College with the class of 1876. 
^Completed his course of study at Leipzig, 
Germany, in 18S0. He taught Latin and 
j Greek in the Pittsburg Central High 
((School from 1880 to 1884. He was admit- 
ted to the Allegheny County bar Dec. 24, 
1885. Address, 5137 Woodlawn Ave., Pitts- 
lb urg, Pa. 

STEWARDSON, Emlyn L,.: 

Architect; born in Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 
1S63; educated in the Germantown Acad- 
|lemy and St. Paul's, Concord, N. H. ; was 
■graduated from University of Pennsylva- 
nia, College Department, 1884, with degree 
|of B. S. Has since been and now is en- 
gaged in the practice of architecture as 
a member of the firm of Cope & Steward - 
json. Residence, 719 Pine St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

STEWART, Alexander: 

State Senator from Franklin County; 
iborn in Shippensburg, Cumberland Coun- 
ty, Pa., May 17, 1843; received his edu- 
cation at Shippensburg. At the age of 
seventeen he enlisted in Company D, One 
Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, and at the expira- 
tion of his term of nine months he re- 
enlisted in Company K, of the Two Hund- 
red and First Pennsylvania Regiment and 
became First Lieutenant of the company; 
he participated in the engagements of 
Antietam and Fredericksburg and in other 
battles. After the war he removed to 
Colorado, where he remained three years; 
he then returned to Shippensburg and 
engaged in mercantile pursuits; in 1874 
he removed to Scotland, Franklin County, 
where he has since resided; Is actively 
engaged in the buying and selling of grain 
and in farming. He was one of the char- 
ter members of Housum Post No. 309, G. 
A. R., of Chambersburg; was elected to 
the Senate in November, 1900. Address, 
Scotland, Pa. 

STEWART, Alexander N.: 

Special agent of the Phenix of Brook- 
lyn for the middle department; born in 



Mercer County, Pa., in 1855. He began in 
the fire insurance business in Reading. 
Pa., when a youth of seventeen years, 
and in 1885 became assistant to Frank 
Williams, special agent of the Phenix 
of Brooklyn. Three years later he was 
himself appointed special agent of the 
company for the middle department, with 
headquarters at Philadelphia. He has 
been an active member of the Middle 
Department Association, and was for 
eight years on the Executive Committee, 
four years of which he served as Chair- 
man. He was also elected Second and 
First Vice President of the association, 
and in 1894 was chosen President. Ad- 
dress, 411 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEWART, David Denison: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia Oct. 10, 
1858; son of Franklin and Amelia Stewart; 
educated in private schools and by tutors 
and was graduated from Jefferson Medical 
College, 1879, followed by hospital and 
laboratory work; began practice in Phila- 
delphia in 1885. Among other positions 
has held the following: Physician to St. 
Christopher's Hospital for Children, St. 
Mary's Hospital, Episcopal Hospital; 
Chief Medical Clinic, Jefferson Medical 
College; lecturer on diseases of the ner- 
vous system, Jefferson Medical College; 
demonstrator clinical medicine, Jefferson 
Medical College; later lecturer on medi- 
cine same college; Professor of Diseases 
of Stomach and Intestines, Philadelphia 
Polyclinic; Consulting Physician to the 
Kensington Hospital for Women. Pub- 
lished essays and research work on lead 
poisoning, diseases of the nervous sys- 
tem, diseases of the kidneys and on al- 
bumin testing; on the treatment of aneur- 
ism by electrolysis through wire; on 
diseases of the digestive system. Has 
made special contributions to American 
System of Practical Therapeutics, Loomis 
Thompson American System of Practical 
Medicine; Keating-Edwards Cyclopaedia 
Diseases of Children; Sajous's Annual 
and Analytic Cyclopaedia; Biglow-Massey's 
International System Electro-Therapeut- 
ics; contributor of essays in American 
Journal of Medical Science, Medical News, 
Therapeutic Gazette, American Medicine; 
London Lancet, British Medical Journal, 
etc Member of College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County Medi- 
cal, Pathological and Neurological Asso- 
ciations, American Medical Association 
and Association of American Physicians; 
corresponding member Edinburgh Medico- 



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Chirurgical Society. Address, 1633 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STEWART, George H.: 

President of the Valley National Bank. 
Address, Chambersburg, Franklin County, 
Pa. 

STEWART, J. G.: 

Physician and surgeon; born in Par- 
nassus, Pa., Sept. 11, 1852; educated in 
Elders Ridge Academy, College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., and 
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Mar- 
ried Miss Agnes Cooper June 20. 1888. 
President of First National Bank of Pit- 
cairn, Pa. Republican in politics. Ad- 
dress, Pitcairn, Pa. 

STEWART, James R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion: First Lieutenant Ninth New Jer- 
sey Infantry, Oct. 3, 1861; Captain, Feb. 
10, 1S62; Major. Dec. 23, 1862; Lieutenant 
Colonel. Jan. 8, 1863; Colonel, June 20, 
1864; honorably mustered out, July 12, 
1865; brevetted Brigadier General of the 
United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, 
"for meritorious services." Elected Feb. 
4, 1885. Address, 2001 Diamond St., 
Philadelphia. 

STEWART, Jolin: 

Jurist; born in 1S39; was educated in 
Princeton College and studied for the 
legal profession in the office of Judge 
"Watts, Carlisle, Pa. His admission to the 
bar was followed by a long period of 
practice, which wsfs broken by service in 
the Civil War as Adjutant of the 126th 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and 
by membership in the Constitutional Con- 
vention of 1S72. He has also been a 
member of the Senate of Pennsyylvania. 
In 1SS9 he was elected to the bench of 
the Court of Common Pleas for the Thir- 
ty-ninth Judicial District. He was re- 
elected in 1S99, and is still performing 
the duties of President Judge of this 
district. Address, Chambersburg, Pa. 

STEWART, John Lammey! 

Professor of History and Economics in 
Lehigh University; born at Philadelphia 
Nov. IS, 1S67; educated in public and pri- 
vate schools of that city; was graduated 
from the Central High School and the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1SS9. Mar- 
ried Mary Eno Mumford at Philadelphia, 
June IS. 1895. Address, Lehigh Univer- 
sity, South Bethlehem, Pa. 



STEWART, Joseph: 

Member of the Pennsylavnia House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Coleraine, Ireland, March 21, 1851; 
educated in the public schools of his na- 
tive town; came to the United States in | 
1868, and located in Pittsburg, Pa., where 
he learned the trade of machinist; in 1S71 
he removed to the First Ward of Alle- 
gheny and became connected with the 
Pittsburg Locomotive Works, where he 
has since been continuously employed as 
a machinist; in 1S95 was elected Common 
Councilman of Allegheny and re-elected 
in 1897; was elected Select Councilman in 
1899, which office he resigned upon his 
election to the House of Representatives 
in November. 1902. Address, S56 Lincoln 
Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

STEWART, Robert Ekin: 

District Attorney of Allegheny County, 
Pa.; born at Stewart Station, Westmore- 
land County, Pa., April 2, 1841; son of 
John and Margaret (Shaw) Stewart; was 
graduated from Jefferson (now Washing- 
ton and Jefferson) College in 1860. First 
Lieutenant, Company E, of 123d Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, Aug. 6, 1S62. to May 13, 
1S63; Major of the Twenty-fourth United 
States Colored Troops, March 27, 1865. 
to Oct. 1, 1865; participated with regiment 
in the Antietam campaign in September, 
1S62. and on division staff at Fredericks- 
burg and Chancellorsville. After surren- 
der of Lee's Army in April, 1S65, Com- 
mander of the sub-district of the Roa- 
noke, with headquarters at Burkesville, 
Va. Read law with Hon. James P. Ster- 
rett; entered the law office of Hon. John 
P. Penney and the Hon. Wm. G. Haw- 
kins. Jr., in 1S66; admitted to the bar of 
Allegheny County, Pa., May, 1867, and has 
since practiced law in Pittsburg, serving 
six years as a member of the Board of 
Examiners for admission to the bar. 
President of the Braddock National Bank, 
1 Ssl' -ISO'; School Director for thirteen 
years, and President of the Allegheny 
County School Directors' Association for 
about seven years; member of Pan-Pres- 
byterian Council of 1S84, at Belfast, Ire- 
land; Trustee of the General Assembly 
of the United Presbyterian Church of 
North America since 1S75; member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Western Penn- 
sylvania Institute for Deaf and Dumb and 
of the Carnegie Free Library at Brad- 
dock, the Grand Army of the Republic, 
and of the Military Order of the Loyal 
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vember, 1903. In 1S6S married Caroline, 
daughter of John and Leonora Markle 
McMasters. Address, 424 Fifth Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

STEWART, II... in as J.: 

Adjutant General of Pennsylvania; born 
Sept. 11, 1848, near Belfast, Ireland, and 
was brought by his parents to Norris- 
town, Montgomery County, in 1849; was 
educated in the public schools and at the 
Quaker City Business College in Philadel- 
phia; at sixteen years of age he enlisted 
as a private in the 138th Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers; was engaged as a 
manufacturer and dealer in window glass 
from 1870 to 1882; was Assistant Adjutant 
General of Department of Pennsylvania, 
Grand Army of the Republic, from 1S82 
to 1888; elected Department Commander 
in 1890; in 1883 was appointed Assistant 
Adjutant General of the Grand Army of 
the Republic in the United States; in Sep- 
tember, 1S97, was appointed Adjutant 
General of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public by Commander-in-Chief J. P. S. 
Gobin; reappointed September, 1898, by 
Commander-in-Chief James A. Sexton; 
was reappointed by Commander-in-Chief 
Albert D. Shaw in September, 1899; 
elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand 
mander-in-Chief James A. Sexton; elect- 
ed Commander-in-Chief of the Grand 
Army of the Republic Oct. 8, 1902; was 
a member of the House of Representa- 
tives, session of 1885-1886; has been con- 
nected with the National Guard of Penn- 
sylvania since 1868; was appointed Adju- 
tant of the Sixth Regiment, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, in 1877; On Sept. 
20, 1SS9, was appointed Assistant Adjutant 
General, First Brigade, and reappointed 
in 1894; was appointed on the part of the 
House of Representatives a member of 
the commission to locate and establish 
the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors' 
Home, and afterward as a member of 
the Board of Trustees of the same in- 
stitution on the part of the Grand Army 
of the Republic, and acted as Secretary 
of both the commission and Board of 
Trustees; in 1890 was appointed a mem- 
ber of the commission in charge of the 
Soldiers' Orphan Schools; elected Secre- 
tary of Internal Affairs Nov. 4, 1886, and 
re-elected Nov. 4, 1890. Appointed Ad- 
jutant General by Governor Hastings, 
Jan. 15. 1895; reappointed by Governor 
Stone, Jan. 17, 1899, and again appointed 
by Governor Pennypacker, Jan. 21, 1903. 
Address, Norristown, Pa. 



STEWART, William: 

President of the Allegheny National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

STEWART, W. E.: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in Beaver 
County, Pa., near Freedom, in 1850, of 
Scotch-Irish and Welsh ancestry; pre- 
pared for college in the academy at Qua- 
ker Valley, Pa., also in the Clinton, Pa., 
Oakdale, Pa., and Beaver, Pa., select 
schools; was graduated from Westminster 
College in June, 1878, and from United 
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Al- 
legheny, Pa., in April, 1881; was licensed 
by the Beaver Valley Presbytery in June, 
1881; while he was a licentiate he served 
the Fifth U. P. Church, Philadelphia, 
and the Twenty-fifth Street U. P. Church, 
New York, each three montns. Was 
called to the Scotch U. P. Church, West 
Charlton, N. Y., in February, 1882, serv- 
ing nearly four years, and to the First 
U. P. Church, Oil City, Pa., serving 
three years; entered the Presbyterian 
Church, April, 1889; organized the mis- 
sion which grew into the present Watson 
Memorial Church, Perrysville Avenue, Al- 
legheny, Pa.; served the Mingo Junction, 
Ohio. Presbyterian Church as pastor for 
a year and a half, and the Alexandra, 
Pa., Presbyterian Church since 1893. 
Commissioner to the General Assembly in 
Los Angeles, Cal., 1903. Married Kitty 
B. Watson, of Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 3, 
1882. Address, Alexandra, Pa. 

STEWART, W. P. B.: 

Jurist, manufacturer, financier; born in 
Chanceford Township, York County, Pa., 
Feb. 25, 1849; son of Thomas R. and Sarah 
Jane (Bay) Stewart; educated in York 
County Academy, York, Pa; honorary 
A. M., Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa.; 
studied law and was admitted to Pennsyl- 
vania bar, Nov. 3, 1873; Judge of County 
Courts since Jan. 1, 1896, and manufac- 
turer of iron and steel, wall paper, and 
hosiery. Promoter and one of principal 
owners York Haven Water and Power 
Company, organizer and one of syndicate 
of seven owning York County Traction 
Company, owning and operating all elec- 
tric railways and electric light companies 
in York and York County; organized and 
one of principal owners Security Title and 
Trust Company; organized, built and op- 
erates York Card and Paper Company 
(largest wall-paper factory in world), 
York Knitting Mills Company, Norway 
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politics. Married Laura E. Danner of 
York, Pa., Aug. 26, 1887. Member of 
American Academy Political and Social 
Science. Address, 126 West. Market St., 
York, Pa. 



STILES, Henry Howard! 

Clergyman, Presbyterian Church; born 
in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 9, 1858; his fam- 
ily moved to Austin, Tex., in 1859. ~v. the 
age of twenty he entered the University 
of Wooster, in Ohio; was graduated in 
18S3. Three years later he received the 
degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater; 
entered the Western Thloeogical Semi- 
nary of the Presbyterian denomination at 
Allegheny, Pa.; was graduated in 1889. 
and became the pastor of the Forty-third 
Street Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg. 
Since 1894 he has been pastor of Second 
Presbyterian Church of Altoona. Ad- 
dress, Altoona, Pa. 

STILLWAGON, William Cassias: 

Lawyer; born July 12, 1S52, at Clays- 
ville, Washington County, Pa.; son of An- 
drew Jackson and Jane (Egan) Still- 
wagon; was graduated in 1871 from the 
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, where 
he commenced the study of law. Com- 
pleted law studies with J. H. Hopkins and 
T. C. Lazear. of Pittsburg, Pa. ; was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Allegheny County 
April 22, 1874. His preliminary education 
was in West Alexander Academy, West 
Alexander, and St. Francis College, Lo- 
retta. Pa. Married, Aug. 24, 1875, Martha 
A. Oldshue. Democrat in politics. Ad- 
dress, 524 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

STEVE, Wilbur Morris: 

Williamson Professor of Engineering, 
Swarthmore College, since 1898; born Nov. 
3, 1863, at Tyrone, Pa.; son of Rev. John 
and Sarah (Riegel) Stine; educated at 
Dickinson Seminary, and was graduated 
at Dickinson College, Ph. B., 18S6; M. S., 
18S9; D. Sc, 1893; Ph. D., Ohio Univer- 
sity, 1893; studied in Munich, Germany, 
18S9. Married, June 7. 1893, Corinne, 
daughter of Charles W. Super, then Pres- 
ident of Ohio University. Professor of 
Physics and Electrical Engineering, Ohio 
University, 1886-1893; Director Department 
of Electrical Engineering, Armour Insti- 
tute of Technology, Chicago, 1S93-1898. 
Member of Jury of Awards, Columbian 
Exposition, 1893, and National Export 
Exposition, Philadelphia, 1899. Editor of 
Electrical Engineering, 1893-1894. West- 



ern Secretary American Institute of Elec- 
trical Engineers, 1890-1898, and Vice-Pres- 
ident same, 1896-1899. Consulting engi- 
neer for railway and electrical installa- 
tions. Fellow of American Association 
for the Advancement of Science; member 
of American Physical Society and Frank- 
lin Institute. Formerly member of Engi- 
neers' Club, Philadelphia, and Faculty 
Club, University of Pennsylvania. Author 
in science of "Photometrical Measure- 
ments," 1900 (MacMillan Co.), and some 
150 papers, monographs and contributions 
to physics, engineering and education. 
Author in literature of "The Wreck of the 
Myrtle, and Other Verses," 1903; "The 
Palace of Vision," a peom (Acorn Press), 
and contributions to periodicals. Address, 
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. 

STINEMAN, George B.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
South Fork. Address, South Fork, Cam- 
bria County, Pa. 

STINEMAN, Jacob C.I 

State Senator from Cambria County; 
born in Richland Township (now Adams), 
April 9, 1842; was raised on a farm and 
educated in the common schools; in early 
life he engaged in teaching school and 
working on his father's farm; enlisted in 
Company F, 198th Regiment, Pennsylva- 
nia Volunteers, and served to the close 
of the war, after which he engaged in 
farming and doing common labor at coal 
mines; was School Director for eighteen 
successive years; was elected Sheriff in 
1SS8, and was in office at the time of the 
Johnstown flood; was a delegate to the 
Republican State Conventions in 1889 and 
1897, and Chairman of the County Com- 
mittee in 1891; is a Director of the Citi- 
zens' National Bank of Johnstown and 
Second National Bank of Altoona; for a 
number of years he has been engaged in 
farming and in mining and shipping coal; 
was a member of the House of Represen- 
tatives, sessions of 1893 and 1895; elected 
to the Senate, November, 1896, and re- 
elected November, 1900, over Fusion can- 
didate by a majority of 6,257; was a dele- 
gate to the Republican State Convention 
in 1902. Address, South Fork, Pa. 

STEVSON, Cbarles H.: 

Lawyer; born in Norristown Township, 
Montgomery County, Pa., June 2S, 1S25. 
his father, Robert Stinson, being for many 
years Justice of the Peace, and a member 
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Dickinson college at Carlisle, and was 
graduated in 1845, spending a year after- 
ward in foot travel over the mountains of 
Pennsylvania for the benefit of his health. 
His law studies were conducted in the 
office of his brother, George W. Stinson, 
at Norristown, and after his brother's 
death in 1848 under Addison May, ad- 
mission to the bar being granted in May, 
1S49. He quickly obtained a profitable 
practice, and became prominent in the 
county courts. After serving in 1863 as a 
private in the Gettysburg campaign, he 
was pressed by his friends in 1864 to ac- 
cept the Republican nomination for the 
State Senate, but declined; he accepted, 
however, in 1867, and was elected. At 
the adjournment in 1869 he was elected 
Speaker, and again elected at the opening 
of the session in 1870, serving in this po- 
sition with marked ability. He declined 
a further nomination and also an appoint- 
ment as Additional Law Judge in 1871, 
but in 1882 accepted the appointment of 
President Judge of the Thirty-eighth Dis- 
trict; he failed to win in the subsequent 
election in November, 1882, his party be- 
ing in the minority. He was one of the 
organizers of the First National Bank of 
Norristown, and in 1879 was appointed a 
Trustee of the Hospital for the Insane for 
the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania. 
He became President of the Board upon 
the death of General Hartranft. In 1873, 
on the organization of the Norristown 
Hall Association, he was elected its Pres- 
ident, and continued to be annually elect- 
ed. As a lawyer he was appointed solici- 
tor for the Pennsylvania Railroad and had 
a large corporation practice. Address, 
Norristown, Pa. 

STINSON, F. G.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Norristown. Address, Norristown, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa. 

STITZEL, George D.: 

Jurist; born on a farm in Washington 
County, Md., near Hagerstown, March 5, 
1822; second son of Henry Stitzel; moved 
to Berks County, Pa., with his parents 
at an early age; attended public and pri- 
vate schools, and then directed his at- 
tention to farming. When in his twenty- 
third year was elected Justice of the 
Peace for Richmond Township, and, after 
his term of five years was about expiring, 
was re-elected. In 1856 he was elected an 
Associate Judge of Berks County for the 



term of five years, and in 1861 was re- 
elected. In 1858 he removed to the city 
of Reading, where he has continued to 
reside. He was one of the incorporators 
of the East Pennsylvania Railroad Com- 
pany in 1856, and has been a Director 
ever since, being, in 1904, the sole sur- 
vivor of the original board, and one of 
the oldest railroad Director in point of 
continuous service in the United States. 
In 1S70 he was one of the organizers of 
the Mutual Fire Insurance Company 
of Reading, Pa., and served as its Presi- 
dent for thirty years; in 1866 he be- 
came a member of the Reading Relief 
Society, and was elected its President 
in 1870, which office he still holds. 
He has been a Trustee of the Charles 
Evans Cemetery Company since 1874; 
served four years as President of the 
Berks County Agricultural Society, and 
five years as President of the State Hor- 
ticultural (Association of Pennsylvania. 
He was manager of the first Farmers' 
Institutes held in Berks County, and has 
been for many years actively identified 
with the farming interests of the county, 
and is a large land owner. For a long 
period he was the local real estate agent 
of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway 
Company, and at one time had twenty-two 
farms owned by the company under his 
direct supervision. During his long and 
busy career he has had charge of many 
estates as executor, administrator or 
trustee, and has been a Director in a 
number of banking institutions. He was 
married to Miss Amanda Weidenhammer, 
of Meidenereck Township, now deceased. 
They had two daughters, who are also 
deceased. Judge Stitzel, at the age of 
eighty-two years, is still in the enjoyment 
of excellent health. Address, Reading, Pa. 

STITZINGER, E. E.: 

Superintendent of Schools of Forest 
County; born on a farm his father had 
cleared in Tionesta Township, Forest 
County, May 17, 1862; son of Frederick 
and Mary H. Stitzinger; educated in the 
local public school, Clark's Commercial 
College, Titusville, and at the Clarion 
State Normal School, having graduated 
at the Commercial College in 1884, and at 
the State Normal in 1895. Almost his en- 
tire life has been spent in educational 
work, having' taught thirteen annual 
terms in the schools of Forest County 
(beginning at the age of sixteen), and is 
now serving his third term as Superin- 



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tendent of Schools, having been first elect- 
ed in May, 1896, re-elected in May, 1899, 
and again in 1902. At short intervals dur- 
ing his life as a teacher was engaged in 
various kinds of employment, having in 
turn been farmer, merchant, lumberman, 
etc. Was married, June 5, 1889, to Miss 
M. Jennie Hinder, of Tionesta Township. 
Address, Nebraska, Pa. 

STOBER, Jeremiah Albert: 

State Senator from Lancaster County; 
born in Clay Township, Lancaster County, 
Pa.. Jan. 20, 1842; was educated in the 
common schools and at Ephrata Academy; 
at the age of fourteen years became a 
clerk in a country store; in 1863 served a 
short time in the Union Army and is now 
a member of the Grand Army of the 
Republic; has been a Justice of the Peace 
in West Cocalico Township for a period 
of over twenty-eight years; since 1881 
has been engaged in the manufacture of 
cigars, and as a dealer in leaf tobacco; 
for thirty years has represented West 
Cocalico Township in the Republican 
County Committee; also served several 
terms as a member of the Republican 
State Committee; in 1874 was elected a 
member of the House of Representatives 
and re-elected in 1S76, serving during the 
sessions of 1875. 1876, 1877 and 1878; was 
elected to the Senate in November, 1898, 
and re-elected in 1902. Address, Schoe- 
neck, Pa. 

STOCKER, George Fitz Rnndolph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Anthony E. 
Stocker. Elected Feb. 6, 1895. Address, 
care nf Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STOCKMAN, George Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Private Sixth Missouri Infantry, 
May 15. 1861; First Sergeant June 21, 
1861: discharged to accept promotion Oct. 
30, 1S61; Second Lieutenant Sixth Missouri 
Infantry Nov. 1, 1861; First Lieutenant 
Jan. 22, 1863; honorably discharged June 
7, 1864; awarded the "Medal of Honor" 
under resolution of Congress "for gallant- 
ry in the charge of the 'volunteer storm- 
ing party' at the battle of Vicksburg, 
Miss., May 22. 1863." Elected Nov. 6, 
1895. Address, 1911 Tioga St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 



STOCKTON. Charles H.: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania Mid- 
shipman Nov. 14, 1861; graduated Sep- 
tember, 1865; Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866; Master, 
March 12, 1868; Lieutenant, March 26, 
1869; Lieutenant Commander, Nov. 15, 
1881; Commander, April 3, 1892; Captain, 
July 8, 1899; Naval Attache, London, 
Eng., since May 29, 1903. Address, 123 
Victoria St., London, S. W., England. 

STOCKTON, Louise: 

Author and critic; born in Philadelphia; 
daughter of William S. and Emily H. 
Stockton; sister of the late Frank R. 
Stockton; principal work has been in con- 
nection with leading journals as editorial 
writer, book editor and music critic. Con- 
tributor to magazines of short stories, 
novelettes, and historical essays; formerly 
President West Philadelphia Centre Uni- 
versity Extension; President The Round 
Robin Reading Clubs, a correspondence 
system for individuals and classes de- 
signed for promotion of systematic study 
of literature; one of the founders of the 
New Century Club, Browning Society and 
Contemporary Club. Author of "Doro- 
thea," 1882; "Apple Seeds and Briar 
Thorn." 1S87; "A Sylvan City," 1SS3, re- 
published as "Quaint Corners," 1900. Ad- 
dress, 4213 Chester Ave., Philadelphia. 

STONE, Charles Warren: 

Lawyer, ex-Congressman; born in 1S44; 
among his ancestors there were Revo- 
lutionary "blue coats" intermarried with 
the families of Prescott and Greene; edu- 
cated at Lawrence Academy and Williams 
College, earning his way by teaching and 
other* work, graduating with honor. He 
accepted a position as principal of the 
Union School at Warren, was elected 
County Superintendent of Schools in 1S65 
and, later in the same year, was chosen 
principal of the academy at Erie. He took 
up the study of law, was admitted to 
practice in the courts of Warren County 
in 1866. and entered into partnership with 
Judge Rasselas Brown; served three years 
in the Borough Council, nine years on the 
Board of School Directors, and the last 
three years as its President. In ls69 
elected to the Legislature from the 
Counties of Warren and Venango, and 
re-elected without opposition; in 1876 he 
was State Senator, and served as Chair- 
man of the General Judiciary Committee, 
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in 1883 who located the United States 
public building at Erie, and later was a 
Representative of Pennsylvania at the 
Inter-State Extradition Conference, called 
by the Governors of several States; sub- 
sequently was a delegate from Pennsylva- 
nia to the Prison Congress, over which ex- 
President Hayes presided. In 18S7 he 
was appointed by Governor Beaver to be 
Secretary of the Commonwealth, and 
served until his election to Congress from 
the Twenty-seventh District in 1890; has 
been four times re-elected by large ma- 
jorities. During the two terms of his 
service in Congress he was the efficient 
Chairman of the Committee on Coinage, 
"Weights and Measures. In 189S he was 
a candidate before the Republican Com- 
mittee for the nomination for Governor 
and received 165 votes, 1S3 being neces- 
ary to nominate. Address, Warren, Pa. 

STONE, John F.: 

President of the Coudersport Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Coudersport, Potter Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

STONE, Stephen P.: 

United States Marshal for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania; born at Stone's 
Point, Beaver County, Pa., in 1854; se- 
cured his early education at the common 
schools, later going to an academy at 
Beaver, Pa. ; on leaving school he worked 
on a farm and in a sawmill. In 1877 Mr. 
Stone was appointed Deputy Prothonotary 
of Beaver County, and in 1879 was elected 
to succeed his chief, serving for six years; 
in 1SS5 was appointed assistant cashier 
of the Beaver Deposit Bank and two 
years later, cashier; in 1S91 was one of 
the organizers of the Beaver Valley Trac- 
tion Company, and for nine years was its 
Treasurer. For many years he has been 
an extensive operator in the oil fields, and 
is still largely interested in the oil indus- 
try of Economy Township, Beaver County. 
He is a Republican; was appointed United 
States Marshal on April 23, 1901. Ad- 
dress, Beaver, Pa. 

STONE, William A.: 

Ex-Governor of the State of Pennsylva- 
nia; born in DelmanTownship, Tioga. Coun- 
ty, Pa., April 18, 1864, and attended the 
State Normal School, Mansfield, Tioga 
County. During the Civil War Governor 
Stone served as a Second Lieutenant in 
Company A, 187th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
and, after the war, became Lieut. -Colonel 
in the State National Guard; studied law 



with S. P. Wilson and J. B. Niles, of 
Wellsboro, Pa.; was admitted to the bar 
on the completion of his studies in 1870, 
practicing law since then at Wellsboro and 
Pittsburg. Governor Stone's political ca- 
reer has been one long period of active 
service in his native State and as a 
National officer; he was District Attorney 
of Tioga County, United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 
and a member of the United States House 
of Representatives from 1891 to 1899. He 
assumed his gubernatorial duties Jan. 
17, 1899, and upon the close of his suc- 
cessful administration resumed the prac- 
tice of law. Address. Bakewell Law 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

STONE, Witnier: 

Naturalist; born at Philadelphia, Sept. 
22, 1866; son of Frederick D. and Anne E. 
Stone; educated at Germantown Academy 
and University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor 
of Arts, 18^7; Master of Arts, 1891); As- 
sistant Curator in charge of museum of 
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil- 
adelphia; member of other scientific socie- 
ties. Author of "Birds of Eastern Penn- 
sylvania and New Jersey," 1894; "Ameri- 
can Animals," in collaboration. 1902; 
"Report on Birds of Yucatan and South- 
ern Mexico"; "The Molting of Birds"; 
"Birds and Mammals of the Mcllhenny 
Alaskan Expedition," and a number of 
other papers in Proceedings Academy of 
Natural Sciences, etc., on birds, mammals, 
reptiles, etc. Address, Academy of Natu- 
ral Sciences, Philadelphia. 

STONER, H. W.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Mt. Pleasant. Address, Mt. Pleasant, 
Westomerland County, Pa. 

STORB, John W.: 

President of the National Iron Bank of 
Pottstown. Address, Pottstown. Mont- 
gomery County, Pa. 

STORER, Norman W.: 

Electrical Engineer; born at Orangeville, 
Ohio, 1868; worked his way through col- 
lege, graduating from the Ohio State 
University; received the degree of Me- 
chanical Engineer in electrical engineer- 
ing. 1891; married in 1899 to Elizabeth 
W. Perry, of Albany, N. Y. Since gradua- 
tion has been employed with the West- 
inghouse Electrical and Manufacturing 
Company; especially known as a designer 
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way motors, and engine type generators 
for direct current; member of the Ameri- 
can Institution of Electrical Engineers. 
Address, Westinghouse Electric & Manu- 
facturing Company, Pittsburg, Pa. 

STOTESBURY, Edward T.: 

Banker and broker; born in Philadel- 
phia, February, 1849; educated in the pub- 
lic schools of that city, and, after some 
private school instruction, entered the 
banking house of Drexel & Co. at seven- 
teen years of age; here by close applica- 
tion to his duties and faithful and intel- 
ligent application he won the approbation 
of his employers, and was steadily ad- 
vanced till he was finally rewarded by 
membership in the firm. In 1887 he be- 
came a member of the Philadelphia Stock 
Exchange. He has been widely connected 
with business interests, having long been 
a Director of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, 
the Cambria Steel and Pennsylvania Steel 
Companies, the Penn Mutual Fire In- 
surance Company, the Philadelphia Na- 
tional Bank, Girard Trust Company and 
Philadelphia Trust Company; he recently 
succeeded George C. Thomas in the di- 
rectorate of the Reading Railroad Com- 
pany. He has been an active member of 
the Union League of Philadelphia for 
more than twenty years, during four of 
which he served on the Board of Direc- 
tors. He was Treasurer of the League 
in 1900 and 1901, Vice President and 
Chairman of its Finance Committee, and 
was elected its President Dec. 9, 1902. 
Address, 1925 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

STOUCH, Geo. W. H.: 

Major, United States Army; born at 
Gettysburg, Pa., March 3, 1842; son of 
Leonard Stouch. When fourteen years of 
age he accompanied the family to Ken- 
tucky; in 1861 enlisted at Washington, 
D. C, in Company B, First Battalion, 
Eleventh United States Infantry; promo- 
tion was rapid, becoming First Lieutenant 
December, 1864, and in 1884 Captain; par- 
ticipated in siege of Yorktown, battles of 
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, etc., and 
was present at surrender of Lee at Appa- 
mattox, April 9, 1865. From August, 1865, 
served in Department of Missouri, Gulf 
and the Dakotas till 1893; 1893-1894, Indian 
Agent at the Sisseton Agency, South Da- 
kota, for the Sisseton Sioux and 1894-1897, 
Agent for the Northern Cheyenne at 
Tongue River Agency, in Montana; 1897- 
1898, Agent for the Crows at the Crow 



Akency in Montana; in January, 1S9S, 
Major and Chief Commissary of subsis- 
tence of Volunteers in war with Spain; 
the following June, Chief Commissary 
and purchasing Commissary of Depart- 
ment of Colorado, at Denver, Colo., and in 
August, promoted to be Major of the 
Twentieth Infantry; was retired from ac- 
tive service Dec. 15, 1898, after thirty- 
seven years of active service in the Third 
Infantry. Since December, 1899, Agent for 
the Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe In- 
dians at Darlington, Oklahoma. Member 
Royal Arch Masons, Grand Army of the 
Republic, Loyal Legion Commandry of 
Colorado; in 1868 married Augusta C. 
Wantz, daughter of Geo. W. Wantz, at 
York, Pa. ; they have two children, daugh- 
ter and son. Address, Darlington, Okla. 

STOUGH, Rev. W. L.: 

Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church of the Atonement, of Philadelphia; 
born in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, 
Somerset County, April 8, 1865; attended 
district school; learned cooper's trade; re- 
moved to Donegal Township, Westmore- 
land County; attended select school; 
taught district school four winters; learned 
printer's trade; was graduated from Thiel 
College in 1900 and from the Mt. Airy 
Theological Seminary in 1903; ordination 
at McKee's Rocks, May 25, 1903. Married 
Coe K. Achre, daughter of C. J. Achre, of 
Greenville, Oct. 18, 1903; in National 
politics, Republican, but in city and State, 
independent. Present address. 2011 Mem- 
phis St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STOUT, George, M. D.: 

Born in Bethlehem, Pa., June 29, 1862; 
educated at the United States Naval 
Academy. 1883; University of Pennsylva- 
nia, 1891; Married Anna Wetherill Ad- 
dicks. Address, 1611 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

STOUTER, Charles E.: 

Captain United States Army; born at 
Rouseville, Venango County, April 20, 
1871; appointed to West Point, from Nine- 
teenth District of Ohio; entered Military 
Academy, West Point, June 15, 1892; 
graduated June 12, 1S96, and appointed 
Second Lieutenant of the Ninth Cavalry; 
joined regiment at Fort Robinson, Neb., 
and served there till October, 1897; served 
at Fort Washakie, Wye, till April, 1898, 
then went with regiment to Chickamauga, 
Tampa and to Cuba. Commanded Troop 
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campaign; returned with regiment to Mon- 
tauk Point, August, 1898, and was sent to 
Fort Huachuca, Ariz., in latter part of 
September, 1S9S; served there and at Fort 
Bayard and Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 
till June 20, 1900, when the regiment 
started for the Philippines; promoted to 
First Lieutenant Seventh Cavalry Octo- 
ber, 1890, transferred to Ninth Cavalry; 
was quartermaster of the horse transport 
Strathgyle on the trip to the Philippines; 
served in the Philippines, at Ouimbatan 
and Ligao, Province of Albay, and at San 
Pablo and Santa Cruz, Providence of La- 
guna, from Oct. 4, 1900, till Sept. 11, 1902, . 
when regiment returned to the United 
States; stationed at Fort Walla Walla, 
Wash., since October, 1902; promoted Cap- 
tain June 9, 1902, and assigned to Troop 
E, Ninth Cavalry. Married Aug. 12, 1896, 
to Miss Pauline Stowe. Address, Fort 
Walla Walla, Washington. 

STOVER, Clyde B.: 

Professor, Pennsylvania College, Gettys- 
burg, Pa.; was born at Hagerstown, Md., 
Oct. 17, 1873; prepared for college at Wash- 
ton County (Md.) High School, and en- 
tered the Sophomore class of Pennsylva- 
nia College in 1891; graduated in 1894; 
pursued a course of post-graduate work in 
chemistry and physics at Johns Hopkins 
University, 1894-95. During the year 
1895-96 was in the employ of W. F. Potts 
Son & Co., of Philadelphia, from which 
place he was called to fill present posi- 
tion of Assistarit in Chemistry; Republican. 
Address, Gettysburg, Pa. 

STOWE, Edwin W.: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, July 18, 1869; 
son of former Judge Edwin H. Stowe. 
After leaving the public schools of Pitts- 
burg attended the Western University of 
Pennsylvania and Trinity College; after 
graduation began the study of law in his 
father's office; in July, 1893, was formally 
admitted to the bar, and served for six 
years as Indictment Clerk of Allegheny 
County; Republican; was married on July 
12, 1892, to Miss Agnes, daughter of Al- 
fred McQuinston; both attended the Pres- 
byterian church. Mrs. Stowe is a member 
of the Western Pennsylvannia Humane 
Society. Address, Edgeworth, Pa. 

STOWELL, Calvin Llewellyn: 

Financier and author; born at Ansonia, 
Pa., Aug. 28, 1845; son of Thomas P. and 
Henrietta (Fowler) Stowell. His father 
was educated in Virginia and was one 



of the foremost mathematicians of his 
time, and his mother was a daughter of 
Samuel Fowler, of Connecticut. He de- 
scended from the branch of the Stawal 
family that came to the United States 
with the Puritan Colonists and settled 
on a large tract of land near what 
is now Boston Common. In England the 
family name was corrupted to Stowel, and 
in America became Stowell. He was edu- 
cated at private schools; business career 
was begun in a large banking institution; 
in 1S75 he removed to Rochester, N. Y., 
and became connected either as Director, 
General Manager, Vice President or Presi- 
dent with twelve or more important cor- 
porations, including railway companies, 
steamship companies, ba^nks and Are in- 
surance companies. Since reaching ma- 
turity he has been a writer for scientific 
and literary magazines and periodicals; is 
also a prominent Free Mason, connected 
not only with the governing bodies of the 
fraternities in the United States, but also 
holding high official position in those of 
Great Britain and Scotland. His most 
important literary work is entitled 
"Christian Knighthood" (published in 
New York in 1874); is an art amateur of 
discriminating taste, and has an excellent 
collection of works of art. Member of 
The Players', Calumet and Strollers' 
Clubs, also Pennsylvania Society; Genesee 
Valley Club, Rochester Yacht Club, Ath- 
letic Club, and Academy of Political and 
Social Science, Philadelphia. He was 
married Nov. 18, 1876, to Jeannie O., only 
daughter of Levi Hotchkiss, of Rochester, 
N. Y. Address, Rochester, N. Y. 

STRADLIXG, George Flowers: 

Educator; teacher of physics Northeast 
Manual Training School, Philadelphia, Pa., 
since 1891, and Professor Physics Wagner 
Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, 
since 1899; born at Hatboro, Pa., Nov. 
13, 1867; son of John F. and Mary Ann 
Stradling; graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1887 and received de- 
gree of Ph. D. in 1895; married June 
28, 1893, to Elinor M. Goentner. Took 
a course at the Johns Hopkins, 1888-1889, 
at the Kaiser Wilhelm University, Strass- 
burg, 1889-1890, and at the Federal Poly- 
technikum, Zurich, 1891. Contributor to 
American and German scientific journals; 
Address, 1111 Howard St., Philadelphia. 

STRAMBAUGH, L. D.: 

Pastor Reformed Church; born Smith's 
Station, York County, Pa., Jan. 1, 1851; 
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inary (Theological); Pastor of St. Mat- 
thews' Reformed Church, Chester County, 
Pa.; the Womelsdorf charge, consisting 
of four congregations, Womelsdorf, Reh- 
rersburg, Mt. Artua and Scharfferstown; 
President of Leb. classes; married Hen- 
rietta Smith May 17, 1S70, at Hanson, 
Pa. ; Democrat. Address, Rehrersburg, 
Berks County, Pa. 

STRANAHAN, James Alexander: 

Lawyer; ex-Deputy Attorney General; 
born in Philadelphia, March 7, 1S39. In 
1851 his parents removed to Mercer Coun- 
ty, Pa., where he completed his education 
at Mercer Union School and Westminster 
College, New Wilmington, Pa., where he 
was graduated. His law studies were 
conducted under Hon. John Trunkey, 
late Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
State, and he was admitted to the Mer- 
cer County bar in 1864. He practiced 
with diligence and success until 1891, 
when Governor Pattison appointed him 
Deputy Attorney-General of Pennsylvania, 
an office which ne filled with much credit. 
He was admitted to the bar of Dauphin 
County . in 1891, and has been concerned 
there in various important cases. He en- 
listed as a private in the Civil War, but 
was advanced to Second Lieutenant and 
served as Post Adjutant at Cumberland, 
Md. He was elected to the State Legis- 
lature in 1873, and in 1874 was Chairman 
of the Democratic Central Committee of 
the State. Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

STRASSER, Thomas C, M. D.: 

Born in Kutztown, Pa., Dec. 24, 1845; 
educated in the public schools of his na- 
tive town, the Fairview Seminary, Key- 
stone State Normal School, and Allen- 
town Seminary; was graduated from the 
Medical Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania in 1867; commenced the 
practice of medicine at Pleasant Corner, 
Lehigh County. He removed to Macun- 
zie, in the same county, in 1868; attending 
physician at the Lehigh County Hospital, 
near Allentown,, 1871-1878; continued to 
practice in Lehigh County; removed to 
the city of Reading in 1885,, where he has 
since practiced his profession; specialist 
in the treatment of the eye and ear and 
nervous affections. Address, Reading, 
Pa. 

STRAUB, Oscar Itin: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; cadet 



Military Academy, July 1, 1883; Addi- 
tional Second Lieutenant First Artillery, 
June 12, 1887; Second Lieutenant Aug. 
11, 1887; First Lieutenant Fifth Artillery, | 
Jan. 3, 1S94; Captain Artillery Corps 
Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Fort Leaven- 
worth, Kan. 



STRAW, Cyrus: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal ^ 
Legion; First Lieutenant Thirty-sixth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 27, 1861 (des- 
ignation changed to Eighty-first Penn- 
sylvania Infantry) ; Captain, July 10, ' 
1862; honorably discharged, June 20, 1863. 
Elected May 1, 1895. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STRAWBRIIJGE. William Correy: 

Patent lawyer; born in Chester Coun- 
ty, Pa., June 24, 1848; son of James Alex- 
ander and Mary Nivin (Hodgson) Straw- 
bridge; was graduated as engineer from 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1S70. 
He became Assistant Superintendent of 
Pennsylvania Steel Works, Harrisburg; 
studied law; admitted to Philadelphia bar, 
March, 1873. Since 1875 exclusively de- 
voted to patent law practice; was coun- 
sel for United States in Bell Telephone 
case. Member of Philadelphia and Rit- 
tenhouse Clubs. Residence, 2210 DeLan- 
cey St.; office, Real Estate Trust Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

STREETS, Thomas H.j 

Medical Director United States Navy, 
born in Delaware; appointed Assistant 
Surgeon, April 12, 1872; Portsmouth, Pa- 
cific Fleet, 1872-1875. Promoted to Passed 
Assistant Surgeon 1876; special duty. 
Smithsonian Institution, 1876-1877; Speed- 
well, North Atlantic Station, 1877-1878; 
Naval Hospital, Yokohama, 1878-1880; 
Asiatic Station, 1SS0-1881; special duty, 
Washington, 1881-1884; Coast Survey 
steamer Patterson, 1884-18S7. Promoted 
to Surgeon. May 1887; member of Ex- 
amining Board, New York, 18S8-1891; Ben- 
nington, South Atlantic Station, June, 
1891, to 1894; member Medical Examin- 
ing Board, New York, November, 1894, 
to March, 1898; April, 1898, to 1899, So- 
lace; Philadelphia, May 3, 1899; Naval 
juaboratory, New York, March 3, 1900, to 
1903; Naval Hospital, Naval Home, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa., since May, 1903. Address, 
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STRICKLER, J. A.: 

President of the Wilkinsburg Bank. 
Address, Station D., Pittsburg, Pa. 

STRINE, Eli Z.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from York County; born 
in the village of Strinestown, Conewago 
Township, York County, Pa., June 11, 
1S42; educated in the common schools; 
was engaged in the mercantile business 
in York from 1862 to 1871; studied law 
and was admitted to the York County 
bar in February, 1873, since which time 
he has been engaged in the active prac- 
tice of his profession. He organized 
Company A, Eighth Regiment, Third Bri- 
gade, National Guard Pennsylvania, Oct. 
5, 1877, and was commissioned Captain 
at that time, and served until 1S93, when 
he tendered his resignation and wajs 
[placed on the roll of honor. He was a 
imember of the House of Representatives, 
session of 1887; re-elected in November, 
1902. Address, York, Pa. 

STRITZINGER, Frederick G., Jr.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, June 17, 1890; Second 
Lieutenant Twenty-third Infantry, June 
12, 1894; First Lieutenant, April 26, 1898; 
Captain Twenty-seventh Infantry, Feb 2, 
1901; transferred to Twenty-second In- 
fantry, May 3, 1902. Address, Manila, 
P. I. 

STRONG, Theodore: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Pittston. Address, Pittston, Luzerne 
County, Pa. 

STROUP, Henry C.l 

President of the Farmers and Mechan- 
ics' National Bankof Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, 427 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STROUP, Michael E.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
(Representatives from Dauphin County; 
[born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, 
Ipa., where he now resides, Aug. 16, 
L873; educated in the public schools of 
Elizabethville; also Franklin and Mar- 
shall College, graduating from the latter 
institution in 1895. He then began the 
study of law in the office of Hon. James 
A. Stranahan, Harrisburg, and was ad- 
mitted to the Dauphin County bar in 
lanuary, 1898; has been actively engaged 
in the practice of law since that time; 



was a member of the Governor's Troop. 
National Guard Pennsylvania, from 1895 
to 1898. Elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Elizabethville, Pa. 

STRUBLE, C. H.: 

Real estate agent; born in Mecca, 
Trumbull County, Ohio, May 6, 1868; in 
1888 he located at Warren, Ohio, and for 
three years thereafter was quite success- 
ful in the real estate business; while 
there he served as Councilman and or- 
ganized a building and loan association. 
In 1901 he moved to Pittsburg, and has 
been actively engaged in directing many 
corporate interests. He organized several 
Ohio street railway companies and 
served as President; also took a prom- 
inent interest in developing the coal and 
gas industries of Eastern Ohio and West- 
ern Pennsylvania. Member of the Syria 
Temple, Mystic Shrine of the Masonic 
Order and Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows; also a life member of the B. P. O. 
Elks. Address, Pittsburg Bank for Sav- 
ings Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

STRYKER, S. S., M. D.: 

Born at Trenton, N. J., May 4, 1842; 
educated at Lawrenceville, Princeton and 
University of Pennsylvania (medicine); 
on hospital staff; Trustee to many char- 
itable institutions; Director Public 
Schools, etc. Married, New York, April 
11, 1877, to Grace M. Bartlett. Republican 
in politics. Address northeast corner 
Walnut and Thirty-ninth Sts., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

STUART, Edwin Sydney: 

Bookseller and ex-Mayor; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Dec. 28, 1853; educated in the 
public schools, and at the age of fourteen 
left school to become an errand boy in 
Leary's "old book store," then at Fifth 
and Walnut Streets; here he gained a 
thorough knowledge of the business and 
was much benefited intellectually by the 
conversation of the literary men who fre- 
quented the place. Mr. Leary died in 1874, 
and Mr. Stuart, who had long had much 
of the care of the business, conducted it 
for two years for the benefit of the es- 
tate. At the end of that time he pur- 
chased it, removed it soon after to 9 
South Ninth Street, and has there built 
it up to the largest establishment of its 
kind in the United States, containing a 
vast number of books, many of them old, 
rare and curious works. The most im- 



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portant of the works published by him 
has been Watson's "Annals of Philadel- 
phia." Mr. Stuart has always taken a 
warm interest in political matters; as a 
member of the Republican Party he 
was Treasurer of the Young Republican 
Club during the Garfield campaign of 
18S0, and in 1882 was elected its President. 
He was a delegate to the National Con- 
ventions of Republican League Clubs at 
New York in 1887 and at Baltimore in 
1889. He was an Elector on the Blaine 
League of Republican Clubs in 1888 and 
1889.. He was an Elector on the Blaine 
ticket in 1884, a delegate to the National 
Convention of 1888, and was President of 
the Electoral College of Pennsylvania in 
1901. In 1886 he was elected by a very 
large majority to the Select Council of 
Philadelphia and was re-elected in 1889. 
An effort was made to nominate him for 
Mayor in 1886, and in 1890 he received 
the nomination and was elected for the 
four years' term by the largest majority 
known to that time for a Mayor of Phila- 
delphia. He is one of the Trustees of the 
Girard Estate. Address, 1538 South Broad 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STUART, Walter: 

Secretary and Treasurer; was born 
near Carlisle, Pa., in 1856; is of Scotch 
descent; son of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Donaldson) Stuart; his father and 
mother were both grandchildren of Capt. 
William Donaldson of the Second Bat- 
talion of the Pennsylvania Militia, who 
served under Washington in the vicinity 
of New York; educated in public schools 
of Carlisle and a business college; clerk 
in the Farmers' Bank in 1880; cashier 
in 18S9. In 1902 the bank became merged 
into the Farmers' Trust Company, and 
he was made Secretary and Treasurer. 
Member of the Board of Education of 
Carlisle ten years, and most of the time 
its President; member of St. Andrew's 
Society of Philadelphia. Address, Car- 
lisle, Pa. 

STITBBS, Georft-e Eastman: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Assistant Surgeon United 
States Army, May 13, 1863; resigned to 
accept appointment in United States Vol- 
unteers, May 15, 1865; First Lieutenant 
and Assistant Surgeon United States Vol- 
unteers, Jan. 9, 1865; honorably mustered 
out, Jan. 18, 1866; brevetted Captain 
United States Volunteers, Jan. 8, 1866, 



for faithful and meritorious services. ' 
Elected Oct. 19, 1887. Address, care of! 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut i 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STUBBS, V. G.: 

President of the First National Bank. t j 
Address, Delta, York County, Pa. 

STUCKSLAGER, Cyrus, R.: 

President of the People's Bank. Ad-J 
dress. McKeesport, Allegheny County, Fa. J 

STULB, Theodore Bueliler: . J 

Member of the Pennsylvania House oil 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born i 
in Philadelphia, May 30, 1853; educated at j 
the Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., and j 
George Eastburn Academy, Philadelphia; i 
entered business at the age of seventeen \ 
with Bunting, Duborrow & Co., auc- 
tioneers; in 1872 was appointed individual 
ledger clerk in the Citizens' Bank, Phila- || 
delphia; in 1875 connected himself with 
C. Schrack & Co., varnish manufacture- | 
ers, of which house his father was the J 
head, and continued with them until I 
elected County Commissioner in 1887; J 
re-elected Commissioner of Philadelphia 
in 1890, and served until January, 1894; 1 
appointed Health Officer at the Port of ] 
Philadelphia by Governor Hastings in 
April, 1895, which office he resigned Jan. 

1, 1S98. He was a member of the House 
of Representatives, sessions of 1899 and 
1901; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, 506 North Fourth St., Philadelphia. 

STULL, Adam A.: 

President of the Trust Company of, 
North America. Address, 505 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

STUI/Ii, George Chamberlain i 

Chaplain United States Army; born in' 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Montana; 
Chaplain First Mounted Infantry, April 
28, 1898; honorably mustered out, Oct. 17, 
1899; Chaplain United States Army, Feb. 

2, 1901; assigned to Eleventh Infantry, 
July 26, 1901. Address, Fort D. A. Rus- 
sell, Wyoming. 

STl'RGES, Edwnrd B.: 

Lawyer, coal operator, etc.; born in thel 
town of Fairfield, Conn., in 1845; son of] 
a Congregational minister; educated in 
the New York city public schools and Col- 
lege of New York; admitted to the bar 
of his native county in 1866, and Lu- 
zerne County, Pa., in 1869; practiced law 



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it Scranton, Pa., till 1890, and since that 
:ime has been prominent in many lines 
if private business and enterprises for 
;ivic improvement. He was the founder 
and head of the Municipal League, which, 
with its predecessors, has made Scranton 
me of the most law-abiding cities in the 
United States. He built the first electric 
-ailway in the country; is largely engaged 
n anthracite coal mining; first demon- 
strated the value of the immense "culm" 
)r waste piles of coal, and is an ardent 
supporter of the Young Men's Christian 
Association, church, hospital, and other 
oenevolent work. In 1873 he married 
Marion, daughter of Hon. George San- 
lerson of Scranton. Address, Common- 
wealth Building, Scranton, Pa. 

STURTEVA1VT, J. C: 

President of the Bank of Conneautville. 
\ddress, Conneautville, Crawford County, 

STYER, Henry D.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Sellersville, Pa., Sept. 21, 1862; member of 
:he class of 1882 at Franklin and Mar- 
shall College, Lancaster, Pa., until ap- 
pointed to United States Military Acad- 
emy; was graduated from West Point in 
1SS4 and appointed Second Lieutenant 
Twenty-first Infantry; served in Wyom- 
ing and Utah until promoted First Lieu- 
tenant Thirteenth Infantry in 1891. He 
married Bessie Wilkes of North Carolina, 
llune 3, 1891. Professor of Military Sci- 
ence and Tactics at Agricultural College 
pf Utah from 1892 to 1896; promoted to 
Captain Thirteenth Infantry, 1898; served 
during insurrection in the Philippines, 
1S99-1902. Address, Utah Agricultural 
_ollege, Logan, Utah. 

IgUCCOP, A. E.: 

President of the Germania Savings 
'Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

fi 

SULLIVAN, J. Wesley: 

I Baptist minister; born in Wilmington, 

JDel., Sept. 18, 1855; educated in the 

|schools of that city; was graduated from 

Trozer Theological Seminary, Chester, 

Pa., in 1880. Married Emily Hibbert of 

'Wilmington, Del., at Chadds Ford, Pa., 

IBept. 20, 1880. Ordained to the ministry, 

May 10, 1877, in the Delaware Avenue 

Baptist Church, Wilmington, Del. Pastor 

•bf the Woodstown Baptist Church, New 

Jersey, in 1877; the Brandy wine Baptist 

Church, Chadds Ford, Pa., from 1880 to 



1885; the First Baptist Church, Potts- 
ville, Pa., from 1885 to 1886; then called 
to the pastorate of the Snyder Avenue 
Baptist Church (now Cavalry Baptist 
Church), which position he now holds. 
He was Moderator of the Philadelphia 
Baptist Association, 1898. In 1903 he was 
the unanimous choice of the Republican 
caucus of the State Senate for Chaplain, 
which position he now holds. Address, 
708 Snyder Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SULZBERGER, Mayer: 

Jurist; born in Heidelsheim, Baden, 
June 22, 1843. He was brought to the United 
States while young by his parents, who 
settled in Philadelphia, sending him for 
education to the public schools of that 
city; he was graduated from the Central 
High School with the degree of A. M. At 
a later period in his career he was given 
the honorary degree of L. L. D. by Jef- 
ferson Medical College. After his grad- 
uation he studied law and obtained ad- 
mission to practice at the Philadelphia 
bar, where he rapidly won reputation as 
an able, skilled and conscientious lawyer, 
and in time built up an excellent practice. 
In 1891 he was elected President Judge of 
the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, and 
took his seat on the bench in January, 
1895, for a ten years' term. His learning 
is by no means confined to the law, his 
reading having been remarkably wide and 
varied, and it is doubtful if the country 
has a more learned man of the Hebrew 
race. In 1868-1869 he edited the Occident, 
a monthly magazine for Jewish knowledge. 
Address, 1303 Girard Ave., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

SUMNER, Edwin Vose: 

Brigadier General United States Army; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed from 
New York; Second Lieutenant First Cav- 
alry, Aug. 5, 1861; First Lieutenant, Nov. 
12, 1861; Major Aide-de-camp Volunteers, 
May 19, 1863; honorably mustered out 
of Volunteer service, Aug. 15, 1863; Cap- 
tain First Cavalry, Sept. 23, 1863; Colonel, 
Sept. 8, 1864; honorably mustered out of 
Volunteer service, Sept. 29, 1865; Major 
Fifth Cavalry, March 4, 1879; Lieutenant 
Colonel Eighth Cavalry, April 15, 1890; 
Colonel Seventh Cavalry, Nov. 10, 1894; 
Brigadier General Volunteers, May 27, 
1898; honorably discharged from Volun- 
teers, Feb. 24, 1899; Brigadier General 
United States Army, March 27, 1899; 
brevetted Major May 6, 1864, for gallant 
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Todd's Tavern, Va. ; Lieutenant Colonel, 
March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritor- 
ious services during the war, and Briga- 
dier General Volunteers, March 28, 1865, 
for gallant and meritorious services in the 
field; retired March 30. 1899. Address, 
323 High St., Easton, Pa. 

SUPER, Ovando Byron: 

Professor at Dickinson College; born in 
Perry County, Pa., March 2, 1848; edu- 
cated in public schools; began teaching 
in district schools at the age of seven- 
teen; was graduated from Dickinson Col- 
lege, 1S73; Professor of Modern Lan- 
guages in Delaware Agricultural Col- 
lege, 1873-1876; studied at the University 
of Leipzig, the Sorbonne and the College 
de France in Paris, 1876-1S78; Professor 
of Languages in Dickinson Seminary, 
Williamsport, Pa., 1S78-18S0; Professor of 
Languages in the University of Denver, 
Col., 1880-18S4; Professor of Romance 
Languages in Dickinson College since 
1884. Married Emma Murray Lefferts of 
New York City in 1880. Has edited nu- 
merous German and French texts: "Ger- 
man Reader," "French Reader," "Read- 
ings from French History," "Histoire de 
France," "Les Miserables," "Fables de 
La Fontaine." Has published numerous 
articles in reviews and magazines on lit- 
erary and educational subjects. Demo- 
crat in politics. Address, Carlisle, Pa. 

SUPLBE, Edwin M.: 

Captain Fourteenth United States Cav- 
alry; born in Cambridge, Pa., 1865; son of 
John Suplee, a descendant of Andros 
Souplis, and is a great-great-great grand- 
son of Hance Suplee (1714-1770); entered 
Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 
1884; was graduated in 1888; Second Lieu- 
tenant Second Cavalry, 1888; was gradu- 
ated from the Infantry and Cavalry 
School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 1891, 
and from the Cavalry and Light Artil- 
lery School, Fort Riley, Kan., in 1895. 
Promoted First Lieutenant, 1896. in the 
Third Cavalry; promoted Captain Four- 
teenth Cavalry, 1901. Served in Idaho, 
New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, 
Chickamauga, Tampa and Virginia. In 
the Philippines with Lawton's and 
Young's commands, in Northern Luzon, 
from August, 1899, to December, 1901; 
again in Philippine Islands. September, 
1903. to November, 1903. Address, 1045 
West Ninth St., Des Moines, Iowa. 



SUPLEE, Eleanor Harrison: 

Artist; born in Philadelphia; daughter 
of Nathan R. and Maria Isabella (Har- ; 
rison) Suplee; educated privately, at 
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, and 
in London. Portraitist and copyist of old' 
masters, having made numerous success-! 
ful reproductions of the works of Gains-' 
borough, Romney, Hogarth, Turner, etc. 
Address, National Gallery, London, and I 
3 Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, Lon-* 
don, England. 

SUPPLEE, Henderson: j 

Flour mills; was born July 12, 1842, at] 
Gulf Mills, Pa. ; educated at Upper' Mer- i 
ion and Norristown, Pa. School Direc-1 
tor and Director of Poor in Montgomery* 
County, Pa., for four years. Married 1 
Elizabeth Ellen Wagner, Oct. 29, 1867. In 
flour milling business for thirty years. 
Democrat in politics. Address, Consho- 
hocken, Pa. 

SUPLEE, Henry Harrison: 

Technical editor of the Engineering j 
Magazine of New York and London; born 
at Frankford, Philadelphia, Oct. 23, 1856; 
was graduated with high honors from 
the University of Pennsylvania, 1876. in 
the Department of Mechanical Engineer- 
ing. Mechanical engineer. Bridgewater 
Iron Works, and also Atlantic Works, 
Philadelphia. Editor of Mechanics from 
1887 to 1890; with the Yale and Towne 
Manufacturing Company, Stamford. Conn., 
1S90-1S95; since 1897 mechanical and tech- 
nical editor of the Engineering Magazine. 
Member of the American Society of Me- 
chanical Engineers and of the Franklin 
Institute; one of the founders of the 
Pennsylvania Society of New York; mem- ' 
bro, de la SocifitS des Ingenieurs Civils de 
France; Mitglied des Vereines Deutscher 
Ingenieure; delegate to the International 
Engineering Congress. Paris, 1900. Author 
of the English translation of Reuleaux's J 
"Constructor." and of Liibsen's "Mathe- 
matics;" also of the "Mechanical En- 
gineers Reference Book;" contributor to 
the Encyclopaedia Britannioa, to the 
Forum, and to the technical press. Mar- 
ried, 1901, to Catherine Elizabeth Col- 9 
well, of New York. Lineal descendant of 
Major General Thomas Harrison, one of 
the Judges of King Charles I., and of i 
Andros Souplis. an early settler of Phil- 
adelphia from France, and first Sheriff of 
Germantown. Address, 140 Nassau St., 1 
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5UPLEE, William W.: 

Hardware dealer; born in Montgomery 
bounty, Pa., April 12, lso2; educated in 
lie public schools and Tremont Seminary, 
md in 1853 entered a mercantile house 
n Philadelphia. After spending three 
i years here he went to La Crosse, Wis., 
• ■where he engaged in the hardware busi- 
ness with William J. Lloyd; a large busi- 
ness was done there, but after eleven 
ears the rigor of the climate obliged 
im to leave that locality, and he re- 
urned to Philadelphia in 1867, where was 
jiformed the wholesale hardware firm of 
:J|Lloyd, Supplee & Walton. Mr. Walton 
■jjretired in 1884 and Mr. Supplee purchased 
Mr. Lloyd's interest in 18S9. Since then 
/||he has been President of the Supplee 
[jjpardware Company, which is said to do 
ilthe largest hardware business this side 
fOf Chicago. He has been a Director in 
.*everal banks, has long been Chairman 
|lof the Finance Committee of the Trades 
League, and President of the National 
Hardware Association. Member of the 
lUnion League, the Manufacturers' Club, 
riind the National League of Business 
Men. For many years he has been a 
'correspondent of the Iron Age, and is an 
■authority on all matters relating to the 
hardware industry. Address, 4102 Wal- 
,nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



SI 



IIRFACE, Harvey Adam: 

Educator scientist; born near Waynes- 
ville, Ohio, July 25, 1867; son of Daniel 
and Maria Josephine Surface; was grad- 
uated from Ohio State University, Co- 
Jlumbus, with the degrees of B. S., in 1891, 
Jand of M. S., in 1892; post-graduate work, 
University of Illinois. 1893-1894; Cornell, 
1896-1898. Married, 1894, Ida May Bleas- 
dale. In early life he lived on farm; 
taught district school; assistant in geol- 
ogy, Ohio State University, and on Ohio 
Geological Survey; Professor Natural 

■ History, University of the Pacific, 1894- 
■1896; special teacher, ornithology and na- 
• ture study, Teachers' Summer Institute; 
J Fellow and teacher Cornell, 1897-1898; 
I supervisor of Nature Study, Ithaca, N. Y., 
J 1898-1900; scientific assistant to United 

States Fish Commission, 1900; Professor 

Zoology, State College, Pennsylvania, 

since September, 1900; economic zoologist, 

I State of Pennsylvania, since 1903. Mem- 

■ ber American Society Naturalists, Ohio 
Academy Science, Illinois State Natural 
History Society, New York Science 
Teachers' Association, American Orni- 
thologists' Union, Pennsylvania Audubon 



Society, Delaware Valley Ornithological 
Club, etc. Chairman Biological Commis- 
sion, New York State Fish, Game and 
Forest League; assistant zoologist, Illi- 
nois State Biological Laboratory; orni- 
thological editor American Gardening, 
New York; nature study editor Popular 
Educator, Boston. Has contributed to 
scientific journals articles on the "Mol- 
lusca of Ohio," 1890; "Geology of Ohio," 
1893; "Game Birds of New York," 1898; 
"Lampreys of New York," 1897; "Nature 
Study by Months and Grades," 1901. Ed- 
itor Monthly Zoological Circular and 
Zoological Quarterly. Address, State Col- 
lege, Pennsylvania. 

SUTTON, Howard A: 

Physician; born April 24, 1873, in Phila- 
delphia; son of State Senator William 
Henry Sutton and Hannah Crawford 
Anderson, a lineal descendant of Capt. 
Patrick Anderson, of Revolutionary fame; 
educated at the Bryn Mawr High School, 
Haverford Grammar School and William 
Penn Charter Schools; A. B., Wesleyan 
University, Middletown. Conn., where he 
was a member of the Psi Upsilon Frater- 
nity, Kappa Gamma, Theta Mu Epsilon, 
Corpse and Coffin, and Skull and Serpent 
Societies; M. D., University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1898. Editor University Courant. 
Resident physician. Polyclinic Hospital, 
1898-1899; Philadelphia Municipal Hos- 
pital, 1899-1901; Norristown Smallpox 
Hospital, 1901-1902; Chester Smallpox 
Hospital, 1903; Ear, Nose and Throat Dis- 
pensary, Protestant Episcopal Hospital, 
1903-1904; chief of the Surgical Dispen- 
sary of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, 
Philadelphia, 1901-1904; assistant demon- 
strator of anatomy. University of Penn- 
sylvania. Member of Alpha Mu Pi Ome- 
ga Medical Fraternity, Philadelphia 
Coulnty Medical Society, Pennsylvania 
State Medical Society; Alumni Associa- 
tions of University Medical School, Wes- 
leyan University, Haverford Grammar 
School, Bryn Mawr High School, the 
Penn Charter School and Philadelphia 
Psi Upsilon Club. Practitioner of medi- 
cine, specializing in ear, nose and throat 
diseases. Address, 112 South Eighteenth 
St., Philadelphia, and Haverford, Pa. 

SUTTON, James E.: 

Merchant; born in Indiana, Pa., Dec. 
25, 1863; educated in Indiana, Pa. Presi- 
dent of Vandergrift Trust Company. Mar- 
ried Miss Margaret Suanger, May 26, 
1886. Embarked in business at Apollo in the 



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Spring of 1891, and now owns and runs 
seven stores selling clothing, gents' fur- 
nishings and shoes. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Vandergrift, Westmore- 
land County, Pa. 

SUTTON, It lio .i.ls Stansbury: 

Physician, scientist; born in Indiana, 
Pa., July 8, 1841; son of James and Sarah 
Sutton; was graduated from Washington 
and Jefferson College, 1862, receiving the 
degree of A. M., 1S65; Medical Depart- 
ment, University of Pennsylvania, 1865; 
LL. D. ; University of Wooster, Ohio, 1884. 
Married, April, 1867, Josephie McCul- 
lough, daughter of Hon. James McCul- 
lough. In practice since 1865. Fellow 
American, British, and International Gyn- 
ecological Societies; Professor-elect of 
Operative Surgery, Baltimore, 1880, and 
of Gynecology, Cleveland, 1886; ex-Presi- 
dent American Academy of Medicine, 
Mississippi Valley Medical Society, and 
Pittsburg Gynecological Society; ex- Vice 
President American Gynecological So- 
ciety; ex-Chairman Section on Gynecol- 
ogy, American Medical Association; mem- 
ber Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. 
C, and Loyal Legion of the United States. 
Major Chief Surgeon in Spanish-Ameri- 
can War. Contributor to the American 
System of Gynecology, and author of 
"Experience in Pelvic and Abdominal 
Surgery," to New York Medical Journal, 
International Journal of Surgery, Medical 
Review of Reviews, Medical News, the 
Medical and Surgical Reporter, Ameri- 
can Gynecological and Obstetrical Journal 
and Journal of the American Medical As- 
sociation, etc. Address, 341 Sixth Ave., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

SUTTON, Thomas: 

Lawyer; born May 3, 1854, at Indiana, 
Pa.; educated in public school, Princeton 
University, Columbia University (Law 
Department). Ex-member of Town Coun- 
cil; President of Board of Trustees of 
State Normal School of Indiana, Pa. 
Married Ella P. Hildebrand of Indiana, 
Oct. 22, 187S. Republican in politics. 
Address, Indiana, Pa. 

SUTTON, William Henry: 

Lawyer; born at Haddonfield, N. J.; 
descended from Captain Sutton of New 
Jersey Light Horse of the Revolutionary 
War; educated in the public schools and 
Preparatory School of Carlisle, Pa.; en- 
tered Dickinson College in 1851, and after 



studying for two years devoted a like 
period of time to teaching; he afterward 
matriculated at Wesleyan University, ' 
Middletown, Conn., in the classical 
course, graduating in 1857; was three 
years instructor in the American Asylum 
for the Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, : 
Conn.; received the degree of A. M. from 
his Alma Mater, 1860; studied law at the 
Albany Law School and under the late 
Hon. William Meredith, former Secre- 
tary of the Treasury, and Attorney Gen- 
eral of Pennsylvania, and was admitted 
to the bar in 1864; he then actively en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession, 
and is one of the most eloquent members 
of the Philadelphia bar. Has been mem- 
ber of the Board of Managers of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church Extension 
Society, Tract Society, Home Missionary 
Society, American Sunday School Union, 
and similar organizations. He was a 
United States delegate-at-large to the 
great Methodist Ecumenical Council held 
in London, England, in 1901, and was a 
delegate to the General Conference of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. He 
represented Montgomery County in the 
Pennsylvania State Senate for a number 
of years, and has repeatedly been elected 
auditor, school director, etc., in the town- 
ship in which he resides. He has had 
the honorary degree of LL. D. conferred 
upon him. Address, 907 Walnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

SWAIN, Charles M.: 

President of the City Trust, Safe De- 
posit and Surety Company. Address 927 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SWAIN, Joseph: 

Educator; President Swarthmore Col- 
lege since 1902; born at Pendleton, Ind., 
June 16, 1857; son of Woolston and Mary 
A. Swain; was graduated from Indiana 
University, 1883; A. M., LL. D., Wabash 
College. Married Frances M. Morgan. 
Instructor in mathematics and biology, 
1883-1885; Associate Professor of Mathe- 
matics, 1855-1856; Professor of Mathe- 
matics, 1886-1891, at Indian University 
Professor of Mathematics, Leland Stan- 
ford, Jr., University, 1891-1893; President 
Indiana University, 1893-1902. Author of 
many Scientific papers; has been Presi- 
dent Indiana State Teachers' Association 
and President of Higher Education Sec- 
tion of National Teachers' Association; 
member National Council of Education. 
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, SWALLOW, Silas C.S 

Prohibitionist; editor of Pennsylvania 

I Methodist; superintendent Methodist book 

rooms; born at Plains, Pa., March 5, 

1839; son of George and Sarah Swallow; 

educated at the Wyoming Seminary, 

Kingston, Pa.; D. D., Taylor University, 

Fort Wayne, Ind. Married, 1866, Louisa 

' Robins. He published an expose of Penn- 

| sylvania Politicians in 1897, resulting in 

] his prosecution, but he was acquitted; 

J received for State Treasurer 118,000 votes 

"| on Prohibition ticket, 1897, and 132,000 

1 on same ticket for Governor, 1898; again 

1 candidate for Governor, 1902. Address, 

' 20 North Second St., Harrisburg, Pa. 
1 

1 SWAN, Francis Henry: 

Pay Inspector United States Navy and - 
j member of the Pennsylvania Command- 

dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
j Legion; Acting Assistant Paymaster 

(Master) United States Navy, Dec. 9, 
I 1861; Assistant Paymaster (Master), 
J March 9, 1865; Passed Assistant Paymas- 
I ter (Lieutenant), May 4, 1866; Paymaster 

(Lieutenant Commander), March 5, 1867; 

Pay Inspector (Commander), Feb. 5, 1886; 

retired (Commander), July 15, 1886. 

Elected Jan. 2, 1868. Address, 295 Beacon 

St., Boston, Mass. 

SWAN, William Willard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Seventeenth 
United States Infantry, May 14, 1861; 
Captain, April 20, 1864; transferred to 
Thirty-fifth Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Nov. 
1, 1866; brevetted Major United States 
Army, Aug. 1, 1864, for gallant services 
at the battle of the Wilderness and dur- 
ing the campaign before Richmond, Va.; 
Lieutenant Colonel, April 1, 1865, for gal- 
lant and meritorious services at Five 
Forks, Va. Elected Oct. 14, 1868. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

SWANK, James M.: 

General Manager of the American Iron 
and Steel Association; born in Westmore- 
land County, Pa., July 12, 1832; in 1838 his 
father removed to Johnstown; on both 
father removed to Johnstonw; on both 
his father's and mother's side his ances- 
tors for four generations have been Penn- 
sylvanians; he received a complete school 
and academic education. In 1852 he was 



asked to take charge of the local Whig 
newspaper; in 1853 he founded the Johns- 
town Tribune, and with brief intervals 
was its editor and publisher until 1870, 
when he became clerk of the Committee 
on Manufactures of the House of Repre- 
sentatives and afterwards chief clerk of 
the Department of Agriculture. In De- 
cember, 1872, he took charge of the work 
of the American Iron and Steel Associa- 
tion in Philadelphia; as its Secretary and 
General Manager he has devoted thirty- 
two of the best years of his life to its 
service. In 187S he published in book form 
an "Introduction to a History of Iron 
Making and Coal Mining in Pennsylvania." 
Having been selected by General Francis 
A. Walker to collect the statistics of iron 
and steel for the census year 1880 he 
accompanied his final report in 1881 with 
a historical sketch of the manufacture of 
iron and steel in all countries, and par- 
ticularly in each State and Territory 
which had been engaged in their produc- 
tion, the work of the colonial and other 
pioneers receiving special attention. The 
historical part of this report was after- 
ward published in book form, entitled 
"History of the Manufacture of Iron in 
All Ages." In December, 1897, he pub- 
lished for the members of the association 
a souvenir volume of 228 pages, entitled 
"Notes and Comments on Industrial, 
Economic, Political, and Historical Sub- 
jects." While Chief Clerk of the Depart- 
men of Agriculture he prepared a history 
of the Department. He now has in pre- 
paration a "History of Western Pennsyl- 
vania, with Special Reference to Its In- 
dustrial Development." He still gives his 
personal attention to all the details of the 
office of the American Iron and Steel As- 
sociation. Address, 261 South Fourth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SWARTLEY, J. C.I 

President of the Lansdale Trust and 
Safe Deposit Company. Address, Lans- 
dale, Montgomery County, Pa. 

SWARTLEY, Henry R.: 

President of the North Wales National 
Bank. Address, North Wales, Montgom- 
ery County, Pa. 

SWARTZ, Aaron S.: 

Jurist; born in Montgomery County, Pa., 
in 1849. After the close of his period of 
education he took up the study of law, 
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County bar in 1872; entering upon prac- 
tice in the Norristown courts, he soon 
gained reputation as a lawyer of skill and 
ability, and in 1897 was nominated and 
elected President Judge of the Thirty- 
eighth Judicial District, embracing Mont- 
gomery County. Address, Norristown, Pa. 

SWARTZ, Edward James: 

Journalist, dramatic author; was born 
in Buffalo, N. Y., April 19, 1848; son of 
Jacob and Harriet Newell Swartz; edu- 
cated in the public schools; was engaged 
on the local staff of the Philadelphia 
Evening Telegraph, Dec. 6, 1866; city ed- 
itor, 1871-1897; managing editor since 
1S97. Dramatic author; plays produced 
are, "A Square Man," 18S2; "Dad's Girl," 
1883; "Princess Chuck," 1884; "The Gov- 
erness," 1888; "Our Angel," 1889; "The 
Kaffir Diamond," 1890; "The Envoy," 
1891; "Bossett's Fairy," 1893; "The Clip- 
per," 1S94; "The Syndicate," 1894. Mar- 
ried, 1895, Ella Carlisle, daughter of the 
late Edwin Miller, of Philadelphia. Ad- 
dress, 4703 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

SWARTZ, Joel: 

Clergyman of the Congregational 
Church; born in Shenandoah County, 
Virginia, Aug. IS, 1827; son of Philip and 
Regina Swartz; was graduated with first 
honors from the Capital University,- Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, 1854; D. D., Wittenberg 
College, 1868. Married, 1854, Adelia Rose- 
crans. Ordained Lutheran minister, May, 
1856; served as pastor Lutheran congre- 
gations at Baltimore, Md., 1861-1864; Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio; Carlisle, Willamsport, Har- 
risburg and Gettysburg, Pa., and as Pro- 
fessor in Theological Department, Wit- 
tenberg College. Springfield, Ohio, 1865- 
1867. Served Congregational Church at 
Steubenville, Ohio, and now at Devon, a 
suburb of Philadelphia. Author of 
"Dreamings of the Waking Heart, with 
Other Poems." 1879; "Lyra Lutherana," 
1884; "Poems," 1901. Writer for various 
periodicals. Address, Devon, Pa. 

SWARTZLANDBR, Frank: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Seventy-fourth Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, March 14, 1863; honorably mus- 
tered out. Oct. 15, 1864. Elected May 5, 
1886. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 



SWEARIXGEX, Thomas Brent: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Thirty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry (Ninth Reserve], 
July 27, 1861; First Lieutenant and Ad- 
jutant, July 27. 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion, Aug. 8, 1862; Captain and As- 
sistant Adjutant General United States 
Volunteers, Aug. S; honorably mustered 
out, Oct. 11, 1865; brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers, March 13, 1S65, for J 
highly meritorious and gallant services 
during the war. Address, care of Recor- 
der of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

SWEENEY, J. W.: 

Superintendent of Schools; born on a 
farm near Potsdam, St. Lawrence Coun- 
ty, New York, April 2 1863; attended the 
rural schools and State Normal School of 
Potsdam, graduating in 1889 as one of 
honor class. Went to St. Mafy's, Pa., 
and was supervisory principal of town- 
ship schools for seven years; Superinten- 
dent of Schools of Elk County since 1896. 
Secretary of St. Mary's Board of Trade 
and associate editor of Elk County Ga- 
zette of St. Mary's, Pa. Address, St. 
Mary's, Pa. 



SWENSSOJJ, Einil: 

Civil and mechanical engineer; born in 
Sweden, 1858; educated in the public 
schools of Halmstad, and then took up i 
a scientific course; was graduated from t 
the Chalmers Technical Institute at \ 
Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1878. After two 
years' travel and study in Germany he 
returned to Sweden and followed his 
profession there. In 1880 he came to 
America; was engaged for a short time 
on the masonry work of the Hudson River 
tunnel; later first arcnitectural work in 
New York, then in railroad work as 
Assistant Engineer on the South Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad and did much field work. 
In February. 1887. he became one of the 
trusted employes of the Keystone Bridge 
Company, and when the Carnegie inter- 
ests took over that concern he was made 
assistant to the Chief Engineer of the 
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited; in 1895 
he was made Superintendent of the Key- 
stone Bridge Works, and later also its 
Chief Engineer and Manager. Member 
of the Western Pennsylvania Engineers' 
Society, American Society of Civil Engi- 
neers, American Society of Testing Ma- 
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vancement of Science. Address, Frick 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

SWIFT, Rev. William H., D. D.: 

Born in Geneva, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1848; 
prepared for college at the Unionville, 
N. Y., Academy and by private instruc- 
tion; was graduated from Amherst Col- 
lege, Amherst, Mass., in 1870 (Grove-ora- 
tor of his class), and from Union Theo- 
logical Seminary, New York City, in 1873. 
Ordained to the Gospel ministry and in- 
stalled first pastor of Memorial Presby- 
terian Church in Wilkesbarre, Pa., May, 
1874; pastor of the Honesdale, Pa., Pres- 
byterian Church, May, 1884; elected Com- 
missioner to the General Assembly of 
the Presbyterian Church in the United 
State four times; received degree of D. D. 
from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 
June, 1902; appointed Chaplain of the 
Thirteenth Regiment, Infantry, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, by Governor 
William A. Stone, 1899, with the rank of 
Captain. Married Eliza J. Watson of 
New York City in 1873, who died in 1902. 
Married, June, 1904, Emma Chase Ward, 
of Honesdale, Pa. Address, Honesdale, 
Wayne County, Pa. 

SWITZER, John Singleton: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, June 16, 1887; Second 
Lieutenant Fourth Infantry, June 12. 
1891; First Lieutenant, April 26, 1898; 
Captain, Feb. 2, 1901. Address, Manila, 
P. I. 

SWOPE, John A.: 

Physician; ex-Congressman; born in 
Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. 25, 1827, of Penn- 
sylvania German descent. He prepared 
for college in the Gettysburg Gymnasium, 
and attended Mount St. Mary's College, 
Pennsylvania College and Princeton Col- 
lege, graduating from the latter in 1847. 
He then entered the Medical Department 
of the University of Pennsylvania, and 
after graduating entered upon practice in 
Gettysburg. After 1S63 he abandoned medi- 
cine to engage in other pursuits, and in 
1879 succeeded his father as President of 
the Gettysbur National Bank, a position 
which he still retains, though at present 
residing in Washington, D. C, where he 
is Vice President of the Washington Loan 
and Trust Company. He represented the 
Nineteenth Congressional District of 
Pennsylvania in the Forty-eighth and 
Forty-ninth Congresses. He is a member 



of the Olio Society of Princeton, and has 
been Vice President of the Board of Trus- 
tees of Pennsylvania College and Presi- 
dent of several local organizations. Ad- 
dress, Washington, D. C. 

SWOPE, Samuel McCurdy! 

Jurist; born in Gettysburg, Adams 
County, Pa.; educated in the common 
schools and Pennsylvania College. He 
adopted the law as his profession, and ob- 
tained admission to the bar of Adams 
County in 1S76; his practice at the bar 
soon grew lucrative, and his ability was 
so marked he was twice elected District 
Attorney of the county. Although a Re- 
publican and his district strongly Demi- 
cratic, he was elected the second time 
without opposition. In 1894 he was nom- 
inated and elected President Judge of the 
Fifty-first Judicial District, embracing 
Adams and Fulton Counties, his term ex- 
piring in January, 1905. He is a fluent 
and forcible speaker and so popular as a 
Judge that his re-election in 1904 is high- 
ly probable. Address, Gettysburg, Pa. 

SWORD, J nines Rrade: 

Artist; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 11, 
1839; son of John D. and Mary Sword; 
was graduated from Central High School, 
1856; has devoted his attention to art. 
Married, 1869, Matilda Wagner Shuster. 
President Philadelphia Society of Artists 
and Artists' Fund Society; Vice Presi- 
dent Art Club of Philadelphia. Address, 
1412 Bouvier St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



TAGGART, Grantham Is reals 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain and Commissary of Sub- 
sistence United States Volunteers, Aug. 
3, 1861 ; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, Aug. 8, 1864; Lieutenant Colonel 
and Commissary of Subsistence United 
States Volunteers (by assignment), Jan. 
1, 1863, to Aug. 16, 1863. Elected Nov. 2, 
1881. Address, 28 East Bay St., Savan- 
nah, Ga. 

TAGGART, Joseph: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 

dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 

Legion; Second Lieutenant Thirtieth 

i Pennsylvania Infantry (First Reserve), 



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July 26, 1861; First Lieutenant, Oct. 8, 
1862; honorably mustered out, June 13, 
1864; brevetted Captain United States 
Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant 
and meritorious services in the "Wilder- 
ness campaign. Address, care of Recor- 
der of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

TALBOT, Ethelbert: 

Clergyman; born in Fayette, Mo., Oct. 
9, 1848; son of John A. and Alice Talbot; 
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Central 
Pennsylvania since 1S97; was graduated 
from Dartmouth College, 1870; D. D., 
1888; General Theological Seminary, 1873; 
S. T. D., 1887; LL. D.. University of Mis- 
souri, 1887. Ordained deacon. June 29, 
1873; ordained priest, Nov. 4, 1873; rector 
St. James, Macon Mo., 1873-1887; conse- 
crated, May 27, 1S87, Missionary Bishop 
of Wyoming and Idaho; transferred to 
See of Central Pennsylvania, September, 
1897. Address, South Bethlehem, Pa. 

TATEM, J. I'M flii mi: 

Lawyer; born at Haddonfleld, N. J., 
Aug. 20, 1869; was graduated from Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania (Wharton School 
of Finance and Economy), 1889; received 
degree of LL. B. from Harvard Univer- 
sity, 1894. Admitted to the New Jersey 
bar as an attorney in 1893, and as a 
counsellor in 1897; admitted to Philadel- 
phia bar in 1894. Served in United States 
Navy as Ensign during Spanish-American 
"War. Married, Sept. 10. 1S96, Minnie 
Antoinette Moore of Haddonfleld, N. J. 
He practices law in Philadelphia County; 
also in New Jersey. Philadelphia office, 
Stephen Girard Building; Camden office, 
Security Trust Building; residence, Had- 
donfleld, N. J. 

TATNALL, Henry: 

President of the Franklin National 
Bank of Philadelphia; born in "Wilming- 
ton, Del., April 30, 1855; son of "William 
Tatnall, who for many years held the 
position of President of the New Castle 
Mutual Insurance Company, and whose 
ancestors have been prominent in all 
business and financial matters of Wil- 
mington, since 1734; the early Tatnalls 
came from Leicestershire, England, in 
1725, and settled near Derby, Pa.; it is a 
matter of especial pride to Mr. Tatnall 
that his great grandfather was an inti- 
mate friend of George "Washington and 
an ardent supporter and advocate of La- 
fayette. He was educated at the place 



of his birth, in which locality he also 
found his first occupation, that of a clerk; 
his business life has been confined to that 
of banking; he became connected, in a 
clerical position, with the Girard Trust 
Company of Philadelphia in 1879; he was 
made Treasurer of the Company in 1881, 
and Vice President in 1885; he necessarily 
acquired in this position an intimate 
acquaintance with the business men of 
Philadelphia; he continued with the Gir- 
ard Trust Company until 1900. when he 
resigned to take the Presidency of and 
organize the Franklin National Bank, 
which position he now holds. Besides the 
Presidency of the bank referred to, he 
also holds the position of Director of the 
Girard Trust Company, the Diamond 
State Steel Company, the Mortgage Trust 
Company of Pennsylvania and the Guar- 
antee Company of North America; he is 
also Trustee and Treasurer of Bryn Mawr 
College. Member of the Union League 
Club of Philadelphia, the Sons of Dela- 
ware and the Merion Cricket. Club: he 
is also Treasurer of the Society for Or- 
ganizing Charity, member of the Com- 
mittee of Management of the West Phila- 
delphia Branch of the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association, and Treasurer of the 
Philadelphia Fountain Society. He mar- 
ried Miss Lola DeH. Robinson, daughter 
of R. Emmett Robinson, a prominent 
banker of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 13, 1881, 
and they have three children. Residence, 
Bryn Mawr; office, Broad and Chestnut 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TAYLOR, Barnard Cook: 

Educator, clergyman; Professor of Old 
Testament Interpretation, Crozer Theo- 
logical Seminary, since 1883; born in 
Holmdel, N. J., 1850; son of James C. and 
Sarah Taylor; graduated from Brown 
University. 1874; Crozer Theological Sem- 
inary, 1877; D. D., Richmond College, 
1889. Married, 1877, Miss M. R. Parmelee. 
Instructor of Hebrew, 1877-1880; Asso- 
ciate Professor of Biblical Interpretation, 
1880-1883. Author of "Outline Analysis of 
the Books of the Bible," 1892; "Historical 
Books of Old Testament." 1895. Address. 
Chester, Pa. 

TAYLOR, B. J.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Bucks County. Address, Bristol, 
Bucks County. 

TAYLOR, Charles Fremont, M. D.: 

Born in Attica, Ind.. July 3, 1856; stud- 
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graduated from Central College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, Indianapolis, Ind., 
1880; practiced in Indiana, 1880-1883; since 
1883 editor and publisher of The Medical 
World, Philadelphia, Pa He is also 
known as advanced thinker and writer 
upon sociologic and economic themes, and 
editor and publisher of the Equity Series, 
dealing with current economic questions. 
Address, 1520 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

TAYLOR, Charles Langborne: 

Lawyer; son of the late Charles W. 
Taylor and Sarah (Paxson) Taylor; born 
March 27, 1874, in Bensalem Township, 
Bucks County, Pa., at the historic Tre- 
vose homestead, the home of the Taylor 
family for several generations, and the 
residence in Colonial times of Lawrence 
Growden and Joseph Galloway, the an- 
cestors of the Taylor family; prepared 
for college by private tutor and at Abing- 
ton Friends' School, Jenkintown, Pa.; 
graduated B. S. from the College Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1897; was graduated LL. B. from Har- 
vard Law School, 1900; LL. B. from 
University of Pennsylvania Law School, 
1901; was admitted to the Philadelphia 
bar, 1901; has practiced his profession in 
Philadelphia since that time. In 1901 he 
was one of the organizers of the Bucks 
County Country Club, near his summer 
home at Langhorne, Pa., and became 
one of its charter members, and a mem- 
ber of the Board of Governors; also 
member of the Harvard Club of Philadel- 
phia and of the Bucks County Historical 
Society; Republican. Home adress, Oak- 
ford, Bucks County, Pa.; city address, 
1001 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TAYLOR, David M.: 

President of the Farmers' National 
Bank of Oxford. Address, Oxford, Ches- 
ter County, Pa. 

TAYLOR, E. B.: 

Civil engineer; born near Riverton, N. 
J., Feb. 6, 1850; received preparatory edu- 
cation at Westtown boarding school; re- 
ceived the degree of A. B. from Haverford 
College in 1869, B. C. from the Polytech- 
nic College of Pennsylvania in 1890, and 
M. C. E. from the same institution in 1872. 
He entered the services of the Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad Company in 1870 as clerk 
and rodman, and has been successively 
Supervisor, Assistant Engineer, Superin- 



tendent, Line Superintendent, General 
Superintendent of Transportation, Vice 
President of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company and President of several sub- 
sidiary lines. Is President of the Board 
of Water Commissioners, Sewickley, Pa. 
Married, Oct. 24, 1872, Mary A. Satter- 
thwaite. Republican in politics. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

TAYLOR, Emily Drayton: 

Artist, miniature painter; born in Phila- 
delphia, I860; daughter of Henry E. Dray- 
ton; educated by private teacher and 
spent several years abroad in the study 
of painting, under Cecile Ferrier, and 
afterward at the Academy of the Fine 
Arts, Philadelphia; member of the Fel- 
lowship Academy Fine Arts; received the 
gold medal, London, 1900, at Earl's Court. 
Some of her most important productions 
are miniatures of President and Mrs. Mc- 
Kinley, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Mrs. Eu- 
gene Hale, Emmons Blaine, Mrs. Cyrus 
McCormick, George Hamilton, son of John 
McLure Hamilton; Mr. John A. Morris, 
Mr. Henry Howard Houston, and Mr. 
Frank Thomson. In 189S assisted Miss 
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton with "Heir- 
looms in Miniature" and wrote part of 
the work; married in 1879 Dr. J. Madison 
Taylor. Residence, 1504 Pine St.; studio, 
1710 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

TAYLOR, Frank: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Stoystown, Somerset County, Pa. 

TAYLOR, Frank H.: 

Second "Vice President of the Westing- 
house Electric and Manufacturing Com- 
pany; born in Cincinnati on Nov. 20, 1885; 
educated at Haverford College and Har- 
vard University, graduating from the lat- 
ter in 1876. He then learned the starch 
trade, and was for a time a professional 
starch maker; from 1880 to 1882 was Su- 
perintendent of the Fox Starch Manu- 
facturing Company, and in 1882 assisted 
in the organization of the Manly-Cooper 
Manufacturing Company, now Belmont 
Iron Company, of Philadelphia; of this 
company till 1887, Treasurer, then Presi- 
dent till 1S88. when the works were 
burned; in 1890 was manager of the Phil- 
adelphia office of the Yale & Towne Man- 
ufacturing Company; in 1890 became sales 
manager of the Westinghouse Company; 
in 1900 became Fourth "Vice President and 
in 1902 secured his present position. Ad- 
dress, Westinghouse Building, Pittsburg. 



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TAYLOR, Henry Genet: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant and Assistant 
Surgeon Eighth New Jersey Infantry 
Sept. 14, 1861; resigned and honorably 
discharged March 15. 1864. Elected Feb. 
1, 188S. Address, 3861 Poplar St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

TAYLOR, James Franklin: 

Jurist; born in Washington County, 
Pa., Jan. 15, 1854; was educated in the 
public schools and in Washington and 
Jefferson College to the end of the junior 
year, when he took up the study of law 
in the office of Boyd Crumrine, and in 
1879 was admitted to the Washington 
County bar. After a period of successful 
private practice he was elected District 
Attorney of the county in 1884, and per- 
formed his duties so satisfactorily that 
he was re-elected in 18S7. In 1895 he was 
appointed additional Law Judge in the 
county courts, and in November of that 
year was elected to the bench for the ten- 
year term. Address, Washington, Pa. 

TAYLOR, John C: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Huntington County; 
born near Fostoria, Blair County, Pa., 
April 24, 1853; educated in the public 
schools and at Milnwood Academy, Shade 
Gap, Huntington County; for several 
years worked on farms and at saw mills 
during the summer and taught school in 
the winter; for the last fifteen years has 
been engaged in the mercantile business, 
farming and milling; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1900; re- 
elected in November, 1902. Address, Shade 
Gap, Pa. 

TAYLOR, John Madison: 

Physician; born in Lancaster County, 
Pa., July 4, 1855; eldest son of Major 
William Johnson and Mary (Bearden) 
Taylor, descendant of William Taylor, 
who emigrated from England to Virginia 
in 1634; educated at Rugby Academy. 
Philadelphia, and Princeton College, N. 
J.; in 1878 secured the degree of M. D. at 
the University of Pennsylvania; resident 
physician 1878-1879 and assistant physi- 
cian 1880 of Children's Hospital; chief of 
the Children's Clinic in the University of 
Pennsylvania 1879-1883; assistant physi- 
cian Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary 
for Nervous Diseases 1882-1902; 1884-1901 
neurologist to Howard Hospital; 1885-1901 



Professor of Diseases of Children at the 
Philadelphia Polyclinic College for Medi- 
cal Graduates; in 1900 appointed pediatric 
to the Philadelphia Hospital; 1882-1896 
personal assistant to Dr. S. Weir Mit- 
chell; in 1891, private physician to Joseph 
Pulitzer of New York and to James G. 
Blaine summers of 1891 and 1892. In his 
professional capacity he accompanied 
many prominent men on hunting expedi- 
tions, and is an ardent sportsman. Since 
1879 he has practiced his profession in 
Philadelphia, the summer months at Bar 
Harbor, Me.; President of University of 
Pennsylvania Medical Alumni Association 
1900-1901; member of the Council of Phila- 
delphia College of Physicians 1894-1900. 
Member of Philadelphia Fencing and 
Sparring. University, Philadelphia Sketch, 
Philadelphia Country, and Princeton 
Clubs. He has illustrated fifteen or twen- 
ty medical books; author of many essays 
on medical topics; with Dr. William H. 
Wells, joint author of "Manual of Dis- 
eases of Children" (1898 and 1901), now 
translated into Italian; was married at 
Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 1879, to Emily Hey- 
ward, daughter of Henry E. and Mary 
(Brady) Drayton, of Philadelphia, and 
has three children. Address, 1504 Pine 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TAYLOR, J. P.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pa. 

TAYLOR, John T.: 

Real estate dealer; born at Tarentum,. 
Allegheny County, Pa., Aug. 15, 1858; son 
of Rev. W. G. Taylor and Charlotte T. 
Taylor; has resided at Monaca, Pa., since 
1866; attended public schools, Elder's 
Ridge, and Jefferson Academy. Cannons- 
burg, Pa. Since 1886 has been engaged in 
the real estate business: in 1891, with 
others, organized the Citizens' National 
Bank of Monaca, and is now its Presi- 
dent; is a Director of the First National 
Bank of Beaver, Pa.; was one of the in- 
corporators of the Beaver Valley Water 
Company, and is now Treasurer and 
General Manager; was elected to the 
House of Representatives, session 1903. 
and served on many important commit- 
tees in that body. Present address, 
Monaca, Pa.; 1213 Seventh Ave., Beaver 
Falls, Pa. 

TAYLOR, John Yeatman: 

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mandery of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion; Assistant Surgeon United 
States Navy, Sept. 26, 1853; Surgeon 
(Lieutenant Commander), Aug. 1, 1861; 
Medical Inspector (Commander) June 29, 
1872; Medical Director (Captain) April 
2, 1879; retired (Captain) Jan. 21, 1891. 
Elected Jan. 2, 1S67. Address, 1727 Q St. 
N. W., Washington, D. C. 

TAYLOR, Justus V.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wyalusing. Address, Wyalusing, Bed- 
ford County, Pa. 

TAYLOR, M :ih I on G.: 

President of the Neversink Bank of 
Reading. Address, Reading, Berks Coun- 
ty,. Pa. 

TAYLOR, Samuel A.: 

President of the Homewood People's 
Bank of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

TAYLOR, William H.: 

President of the Red Lion First Nation- 
al Bank. Address, Redlion, York County, 
Pa. 

TAYLOR, Robert Darious: 

Engineer United States Navy and mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
Third Assistant Engineer (Midshipman) 
United States Navy April 21, 1863; Sec- 
ond Assistant Engineer (Master) July 25, 
1S66; First Assistant Engineer (Lieuten- 
ant) Jan. 31, 1873; Passed Assistant En- 
gineer (Lieutenant) Feb. 24, 1874; retired 
(Lieutenant) April 23, 1892. Elected, Feb. 
5, 1S90. Address, 3116 Haverford Ave., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

TAYMAN, Charles Edgar: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy July 1, 18S0, to Jan. 
10, 1881; private, Corporal, and Sergeant 
Company K, First Infantry, Oct. 22, 1884, 
to March 22, 1888; Second Lieutenant 
Twenty-fourth Infantry, Feb. 6, 1888; 
First Lieutenant Tenth Infantry, April 
30, 1895; transferred to Twenty-fourth 
Infantry May 16, 1895; Captain Assistant 
Quartermaster "Volunteers Nov. 26, 1898; 
honorably discharged from Volunteers 
June S, 1899; Captain First Infantry, 
March 2, 1899. Address, Fort Wayne, 
Mich. 

TELLER, Benjamin Franklin: 

Real estate dealer; born in Philadelphia, 
July 22, 1853; was graduated from the 



Central High School, and entered the 
conveyancing office of W. F. Snyder, with 
whom he remained for five years. Mean- 
while he attended the lectures on real es- 
tate of E. Spencer Miller, at the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania and lost no oppor- 
tunity to gain a thorough acquaintance 
with the business. He engaged in busi- 
ness in 1876, and soon after associated 
himself with Mayor Salzberger, then a 
rising young lawyer, now Judge in the 
Common Pleas Court No. 2. Their busi- 
ness increased so rapidly that a law 
office was opened in 1884, Joseph R. Tel- 
ler being taken into the firm, which as- 
sumed the title of Benjamin F. Teller 
& Brother. The business has since grown 
to be a very large one, representing in ita 
transactions millions of dollars annually. 
Mr. Teller has been President of the Jew- 
ish Exponent Publishing Co. since 1877, 
Secretary of the Jewish Foster Home, 
Treasurer of the Mercantile Club and of 
the Jewish Maternity Association, etc. 
Address, 1727 Spring Garden St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

TEMPLE, Henry Willson: 

Clergyman, educator; born in Belle 
Centre, Ohio. March 31, 1864; son of 
John B. and Martha (Jameson) Temple; 
was graduated from Geneva College, 1883, 
and Allegheny Theological Seminary, 1887; 
pastoral charges, Baxter, Pa., 1S87-1890; 
Leechburg, Pa., 1890-1S91; First United 
Presbyterian Church, Washington, Pa., 
since 1891; married, 1892, Lucy Parr, 
of Leechburg, Pa.; adjunct Professor 
of Political Science in Washington and 
Jefferson College since 1898; editorial 
writer for the Presbyterian Banner, Pitts- 
burg, 1S9S-1900; associate editor of the 
United Presbyterian, Pittsburg, since 1903; 
Chaplain of the Tenth Regiment, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, since 1902. Ad- 
dress, Washington, Pa. 

TENER, John K.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Charleroi. Address, Charleroi, Wash- 
ington County, Pa. 

TENNIS, Edg-ar A.: 

Railroad constructor; born in Thomp- 
sontown, Juniata County, Pa., Oct. 23, 
1856. He was educated in the public and 
normal schools, and was several years 
President of the Delaware Literary So- 
ciety of his native locality. He engaged 
in railroad contracting at the age of 
eighteen, his first contract, with the 



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Pennsylvania Railroad Company, being 
successfully performed. Since then he 
has been very active in railroad construc- 
tion work for the Pennsylvania, the Read- 
ing, the Lehigh Valley, the South Penn, 
and many other railroads and several pas- 
senger railways. He was also for ten 
years engaged in the grain, coal and 
lumber trade, as senior partner of E. A. 
Tennis & Brother. He has been President 
of the Tennis Construction Company, Vice 
President of the Philadelphia and Bristol 
Passenger Railway Company, and has 
held similar offices in several other com- 
panies. He has long been very prominent 
in the Masonic Order, being a member of 
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, Thompsontown, Pa. 

TERRY, Henry C.I 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, March 17, 
1846, a lineal descendant of William Brad- 
ford, a Mayflower pilgrim, and for many 
years Governor of Plymouth Colony. He 
was educated in Woodbury, N. J., where 
his parents lived during his youth. He 
early showed much ability as a debater 
and elocutionist, and such marked dra- 
matic powers that the noted tragedian, 
Edwin Forrest, advised him to adopt the 
stage as a profession. He chose the law 
instead, and in 1863 began his studies in 
the office of P. C. Brewster, afterward 
Judge and Attorney General of Pennsyl- 
vania. Admitted to the bar in 1867, he 
became an assistant to the late Judge 
Lynd, then City Solicitor, and in 1869, 
started in business for himself. Since 
then Mr. Terry has been very active and 
unusually successful in legal practice, es- 
pecially in corporation law and the hand- 
ling of damage cases against railroad 
companies. He is solicitor for many 
coal companies, corporations, and business 
houses. He is a member of the bar of 
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. 
He is Treasurer of the Lawyers' Club and 
one of its Governors since organization, a 
member of the Union League, the Law 
Association, the Grand Lodge of Masons, 
and various clubs and societies. Address, 
Hale Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

TEYIS, Alfred C.I 

United States Consul; born in Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Jan. 27, 1872, and was educated 
at the Penn Charter School of Philadel- 
phia, and at Haverford College, Pennsyl- 
vania; appointed vice and Deputy Consul 
at Sheffield, England, May IS, 1901; re- 
signed June, 1902; appointed Consular 



Agent at Carrara, Italy, Nov. 17, 1903. 
Address, Carrara, Italy. 

THACKARA, A. Montgomery: 

United States Consul; born in Phila- 
delphia, 1848. After a common and High 
School education entered the United 
States Naval Academy at Annapolis, in 
1865; was graduated in 1869. After seven- 
teen and one-half years' service ashore 
and in the European, Asiatic, Pacific and 
home fleets, resigned in 1882 to engage in 
a manufacturing business in Philadelphia. 
Remained in civil life until 1897, when he 
was appointed ' by President McKinley as 
Consul of the United States at Havre. In 
1S09 received the thanks of the Navy and 
State Departments for special services 
rendered during the war between the 
United States and Spain. Address, 
Havre, France. 

THAW, Mrs. Mary C.I 

Philanthropist; born at Appleby Manor, 
Pa.; daughter of Josiah Copley, journal- 
ist; married William Thaw, prominently 
identified with railroad and steamship 
lines. Mr. Thaw was a liberal patron of 
art, science and education in general, and 
Mrs. Thaw has founded in his memory 
fellowships for scientific research in Har- 
vard and Princeton Universities. Ad- 
dress, Lyndhurst, Pittsburg, Pa. 

THAYER, H. S.: 

President of the Elk County National 
Bank. Address, Ridgway, Elk County, Pa. 

THAYFR, John B,, Jr.: 

Fifth Vice President of Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company; born April 21, 1862, at 
Philadelphia, Pa.; educated at University 
of Pennsylvania; entered railway service 
1881 as dark in Auditor's office, Empire 
Fast Freight Line, since which he has 
been consecutively clerk of freight de- 
partment, chief clerk, general freight 
department, division freight agent, North- 
ern Central Railway and Baltimore & 
Potomac Railroad at Baltimore, Md. ; 
Assistant and General Freight Agent in 
charge of through traffic, and General 
Freight Agent in charge of both through 
and local traffic, and since June, 1903, 
Fifth Vice President. Address, care of 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

THAYER, Martin Rnssell: 

Jurist born in Petersburg, Va., Jan. 27, 
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al Institute and Amherst College, and was 
the valedictorian graduate of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania in 1840, receiving 
the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. He 
studied law and was admitted to Phila- 
delphia bar in 1842; appointed by Gov- 
ernor to revise revenue laws of Pennsyl- 
vania, 1862; member of Congress, 1863-1867; 
(Chairman of Committee on Private Land 
Claims. Member of Bankrupt Law and 
other committees, Thirty-eighth and Thir- 
ty-ninth Congresses); Judge of District 
Court of Philadelphia, 1867; appointed 
Presiding Judge Court of Common Pleas, 
1874; resigned, October, 1896, after about 
thirty years on the bench; for over thirty 
years Deputy to Episcopal Diocesan Con- 
vention of Pennsylvania. Author of "The 
Duties of Citizenship," "The Great Vic- 
tory: Its Cost and Its Value," "The Bat- 
tle of Germantown," "The Law Consid- 
ered as a Progressive Science," "On Li- 
braries," "The Life and Works of Fran- 
cis Lieber," "The Philippines: What is 
Demanded of the United States by the 
Obligations of Duty and National Honor," 
also many essays, reviews, etc. Member 
of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Address, 
1824 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THAYER, Russell: 

Brigadier General, National Guard of 
Pennsylvania; born Dec. 24, 1852, Philadel- 
phia; Chief Engineer of Fairmount Park 
for twenty-three years; educated in the 
United States Military Academy at West 
Point, class of 1874, and University 
of Pennsylvania. Assistant Instructor of 
Artillery at West Point, after graduation. 
After resignation from United States 
Army, he was in employ of Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as engineer; Brigadier 
General Commanding the Second Brigade 
National Guard of Pennsylvania for eight 
years. President of Kitson Lighting Co., 
Carbon Light Company; connected with 
the United Gas Improvement Company, 
Philadelphia. Married to Mary Homer 
Dixon, April 18, 1876. Address, United 
Gas Improvement Co., Broad and Arch 
Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THEIS, Fred: 

President of the Wyoming Valley 
Trust Company. Address, Wilkesbarre, 
Luzerne County, Pa. 

THEOBALD, Peter: 

Refiner, of the Independent Refining 
Company, of Oil City, Pa.; was one of the 
leaders in the association of Oil City and 



Titusville refiners, formed as early as- 
1888, to take some action against the pe- 
culiar discriminations of the railroad. 
One of the most interesting cases which 
has come before the Interstate Commerce 
Commission was brought by these refin- 
ers. He has always been prominent in 
the councils of the independents, and is 
at present one of the four refiners on the 
Board of Directors of the Pure Oil Com- 
pany. Address, Titusville, Pa. 

THOMAS, Albert J.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Lansford. Address, Lansford, Carbon 
County, Pa. 

THOJIAS, Alfred Kirk: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Major 
Findlay I. Thomas. Elected, May 1, 1901. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMAS, Allen Clapp: 

Author, librarian, Professor of History; 
born in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 26, 1846; son 
of Dr. Richard H. and Phebe Clapp; A. 
B., Haverford College, 1865; A. M., 1882. 
Married Rebecca H. Marble, of Woon- 
socket, R. I., August, 1872. Engaged in 
shipping and commission business in Bal- 
timore, 1869-1878; librarian, and Profess- 
or of History, Haverford College, 1878 to 
date. Author of "Edward L. Scull, a 
Memoir," 1S91; "The Familists," 1893; "A 
History of the United States for Schools 
and Academies," 1894; revised editions, 
1895, 1896, 1897; re-written, 1901; revised, 
1902, 1903, 1904; "William Penn," a mono- 
graph, 1895; second edition, 1896; "History 
of the Society of Friends in America." 
Joint author 1894, 1895. Editor of "Ma- 
triculate Catalogue of Haverford College," 
1S33-1900; "Attitude of Society of Friends 
toward Slavery in Eighteenth Century," 
1897. Member of the American Antiqua- 
rian Society, American Philosophical So- 
ciety, American Historical Association 
(original member), Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, American Library Asso- 
ciation, and of Pennsylvania Library Club. 
Address, Haverford, Pa. 

THOMAS, Charles Mitchell: 

Captain United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; entered Naval Academy, 
Nov. 28, 1861; was graduated Sept. 26, 
1865; served in Shenandoah, on the Asiatic 
Station, from Oct. 17, 1865, to 1869. Pro- 



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moted to Ensign, Dec. 1, 1866. Promoted 
to Master, March 12, 1868. Commissioned 
as Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; League Is- 
land, June to September, 1869; Supply and 
Guerriere, European Station, 1869, to 
September, 1871; receiving ship Potomac, 
Philadelphia, March to Oct. 22, 1872; 
monitor Terror, Key West, Fla., Oct. 
1872, to June, 1873; Torpedo Station, New- 
port. R. I., Sept. 1, 1873, to April 20, 1874; 
monitor Dictator, Key West, Fla., June 
22, 1874, to April 22, 1875-, Navy Yard, 
Philadelphia, June 17, 1875, to Nov. 15, 
1875; Centennial Exposition, Nov. 17. 1875, 
to March 23, 1877; receiving ship St. 
Louis, March 24, 1877, to Jan. 9, 1878; Con- 
stitution, Paris Exposition, 1878, and 
training ship, 1879-1880. Promoted to 
Lieutenant Commander, April. 1880; Na- 
val Academy, September, 1880, to June, 
1884; Hartford, flagship. Pacific Station, 
June. 1884, to January, 1887; commanding 
C. S. S. Patterson, April. 1887, to April, 
1889; Hydrographic Inspector, July 1, 
1889, to March, 1891. Promoted to Com- 
mander, February, 1890; Bureau of Navi- 
gation, March. 1891, to July, 1893; com- 
manding Bennington, July, 1893, to July, 
1895; Naval Home. October, 1S95, to May, 
1897; War College, June to September, 
1S97; Naval Academy, September, 1897, to 
1898; Lighthouse Inspector, Fifth District, 
Aug. 12. 1898, to May. 1S99. Commis- 
sioned Captain, March 3, 1899; command- 
ing Lancaster, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Ore- 
gon, May 8, 1899, to Feb. 15. 1902. Com- 
manding United States R. S. Franklin 
since March 13, 1902. Address, Norfolk, 
Va. 

THOMAS, Charles Monroe: 

Physician; born at Watertown, N. Y., 
May 3, 1840. He was educated at the 
Philadelphia High School, receiving the 
degree of A. B. in 1868, and the degree 
of A. M. in 1874; took a course in medi- 
cine at Hahnemann Medical College, grad- 
uating in 1871; studied surgery in Europe, 
1872-1874. Demonstrator of surgery, 
1875-1878; Professor of Operative Surgery, 
Ophthalmology and Otology, 187-1891; 
since 1891 has devoted himself exclusively 
to diseases of eye and ear; married, 1876, 
Marion Emslie Turnbull. Elected dean 
of Hahnemann College May, 1903. Resi- 
dence, 1 levon, Chester County. Pa. Ad- 
dress, 1023 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMAS. (Iiaiiiiccy: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
April 27, 1850, in New York; appointed to 



Naval Academy from Pennsylvania, Sept. 
26, 1867; Naval Academy to June 6, 1871; 
frigate Wabash, European Station, Octo- 
ber 5, 1871; store ship Supply, July 21, 1873; 
frigate Colorado, North Atlantic Station, 
Dec. 1, 1873; frigate Wabash, April 2, 1874; 
Commissioned Ensign, July 14, 1872; fri- 
gate Colorado, North Atlantic Station, 
July 13, 1874; sloop Canandaigua, Sept. 
21, 1874; flagship Worcester and to staff 



of Rear Admiral Mullany, Sept. 



1874; \ 



flagship Colorado, March 31, 1875; flag- 
ship Worcester, May 10. 1875; sloop Plym- 
outh, June 24, 1S75; commissioned Mas- 
ter from April 14, 1875; the flagship Hart- 
ford and to staff of Rear Admiral LeRoy, 
Feb. 14, 1876; to staff of Rear Admiral 
Trenchard, Aug. 31, 1876; flagship Pow- 
hatan, July 4, 1877; Nautical Almanac 
Office. Navy Department, Washington, D. 
O, July 8, 1878; ordered to sloop Adams 
Pacific Station, Sept. 10, 1881. Commis- 
sioned Lieutenant from March 10. 1882; 
Nautical Almanac Office. Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C, Nov. 15. 1884; 
appointed Assistant Superintendent Nau- 
tical Almanac, Nov. 25, 1884; and ordered 
to special duty as Aide to Admiral Por- 
ter, March 10. 18S6, to March 15, 1891; 
March 15, 1891, to training ship Monon- 
gahela; July, 1893, to Bennington as navi- 
gator, and to home and waiting orders, 
March, 1894. Ordered to Hydrographic 
Office April, 1894; detached and granted 
sick leave for three months Sept. 1. 1896; 
to Oregon as navigator Dec. 15, 1896; to 
Wheeling as executive officer Dec. 26, 
1897; to Yorktown November, 1898; pro- 
moted to Lieutenant Commander March 
4, 1S99; to Oregon as executive officer 
June 1, 1899; to command Monadnoek July 
11, 1899; to Baltimore as Assistant Chief 
of Staff. Asiatic Station, staff of Rear Ad- 
miral Watson, Aug. 15, 1S99; to home and 
waiting orders Dec. 14, 1899. Ordered to 
Navy Yard, Washington, for instruction 
in ordnance Feb. 15, 1900; detached and 
to Hydrographic Office, April 14, 1900; pro- 
moted to commander Oct. 26, 1901, and or- 
dered to command United States Fish 
Commission steamer Albatross, Oct. 26, 
1901; detached and to command Benning- 
ton Feb. 11, 1903; detached and home to 
wait orders Dec. 15, 1903. Ordered to 
court martial duty, Navy Yard, League 
Island. Feb. 11. 1904. At present Aide to 
Commandant Navy Yard, League Island. 
Address, Navy Yard, League Island, Pa. 
THOMAS, C. "Wesley: 

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public schools; in 1890 was elected State 
Senator from the fourth district and was 
re-elected in 1894; member of the Union 
League, and Hamilton Republican Club. 
Address, Custom House, Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMAS, Daniel J.: 

State Senator from Schuylkill County; 
born in Swansea, South Wales, in 1840; 
worked in the mines when twelve years 
old, and attended night school to procure 
his education; he came to this country 
when twenty-two years old, and was em- 
ployed as a miner in Schuylkill and Lu- 
zerne Counties for fifteen years, after 
which he became mine foreman in Cum- 
bola, and from there he was appointed 
general inside foreman of the Dodson Coal 
Company, at Beaver Brook; later he 
proved and developed the Morea colliery, 
and was Superintendent of Morea and 
Kaska William colleries until 1897; during 
this time he served two terms as school 
Director in Luzerne County, and was ap- 
pointed twice to the same position in 
Mahanoy Township; for the past five 
years he has been engaged in the hotel 
business in Mahanoy City; was elected to 
the Senate in November, 1902. Address, 
Mahanoy City, Pa. 

THOMAS, Findlay Isaac: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Corporal Eighty-seventh Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Sept. 12, 1861; Sergeant 
March 1, 1863; honorably discharged Dec. 
31, 1863; private Eighty-seventh Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry Jan. 1, 1864; Sergeant 
Major Sept. 16, 1864; discharged for pro- 
motion Jan. 2, 1S65; Captain Eighty-sev- 
enth Pennsylvania Infantry Jan. 3, 1865; 
Major June 15, 1865; honorably mustered 
out June 29, 1865. Brevetted Major United 
States Volunteers April 2, 1865, "for gal- 
lant and meritorious services before Pe- 
tersburg, Va." Elected, Feb. 5, 1890. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMAS, Francis H.: 

Superintendent of the Bellefonte Cen- 
tral Railroad; born in Pottsville, Pa., 1849. 
His parents came from Cornwall, En- 
gland, and settled in Pottsville in 1838. 
Rodman Engineer Corps, Philadelphia & 
Reading Railroad, 1866; 1868-1872, Assist- 
ant Engineer of Construction and Main- 
tenance of Way; 1872-1878, Assistant En- 
gineer, Philadelphia Division; 1878-1879 

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Assistant Engineer of Construction, Har- 
risburg, Pa.; 1879-1880 Superintendent of 
Harrisburg Furnace; 1880-1886 Chief En- 
gineer, Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad; 
1S87-1889 Contracting Engineer; 1889 En- 
gineer Brookton Viaduct, E. C. & N. R. R.; 
1889-1903 Assistant Engineer, Philadelphia 
& Reading Railroad, and Superintendent 
of Construction, Port Reading docks; 
since May, 1893, Superintendent of the 
Bellefonte Central Railroad. Address, 
Bellefonte, Pa. 

THOMAS, Frank J.: 

Jurist; born in Crawford County, Pa., 
Oct. 13, 1859. After attending the High 
School at Cambridge, he entered Alle- 
gheny College in 1881, graduating from 
that institution in 1885. Before entering 
upon his college term he had been a High 
School teacher for over three years. He 
began the study of law in 1885, and was 
admitted to the bar in 1889. He then re- 
sumed teaching, becoming principal of the 
classical school at Tuscola, Ind., but at 
the end of his first term he returned to 
Meadville, and entered upon the prac- 
tice of law in partnership with his pre- 
ceptor, Hon. H. J. Humes. In 1897 he re- 
ceived the nomination of the Democratic 
and Populist Parties for President Judge 
of the Crawford County District and was 
elected to this office, entering upon its 
duties in January, 1898. Address, Mead- 
ville, Pa. 

THOMAS, George O.: 

Banker and broker; born in Philadel- 
phia, about 1840; educated in that city; 
engaged in the business of brokerage, and 
showed such activity and capacity in this 
vocation that he was offered a position in 
the house of Drexel & Company, at a 
very high salary. In this new line of 
duty his ability was so marked that he 
was eventually made a member of the 
firm, and is at present senior member of 
this great banking company. Mr. Thom- 
as has been closely associated with other 
important business interests, especially 
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 
Company, in which he represented the in- 
terest of J. P. Morgan & Company and 
was elected a Director in 1896. He be- 
came a member of the Executive Com- 
mittee and took a prominent part in the 
affairs of the road. Recently failing 
health has led to his resignation from the 
membership in the Reading Directorate, 
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ner in the Drexel firm, succeeding him. 
He resides at Twenty-first and Spruce 
streets, and has been active in the im- 
provement of that section of the city. Ad- 
dress, 301 South Twenty-first St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 
THOMAS, Hampton Sidney: 

Soldier; born in Quakertown, Bucks 
County, Pa., Nov. 3, 1837, being a son 
of Benjamin F., and grandson of Dr. 
David Thomas, of Chester County, Pa; his 
mother was a daughter of Jesse Baker, 
of Loudoun County, Va., and her mother 
was Gertrude Bullman, a daughter of 
Judge Bullman, of Phillipsburg, N. J., and 
of Revolutionary fame. When Gov. Cur- 
tin issued his call for volunteers, April 
18, 1S61, Col. Thomas joined a company of 
soldiers at Westchester, Pa. He was 
mustered in April 22, 1S61, for three 
months, and his company was assigned to 
the Ninth Pennsylvania Infantry. His 
first promotion wast that of Corporal. 
Two days before he was mustered out of 
the infantry he enrolled himself in a com- 
pany of cavalry, and was made a Ser- 
geant; this company was assigned to the 
First Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was then 
promoted Second Lieutenant, and a short 
time afterward First Lieutenant. He was 
detailed by Colonel Bayard as Acting Ad- 
jutant of the regiment, and in the spring 
of 1862 was appointed Acting Assistant 
Adjutant General of Bayard's brigade of 
cavalry, the first brigade of cavalry or- 
ganized in the Army of the Pomotac or 
in the United States Army. When Col. 
Bayard was appointed Brigadier General, 
May 1, 1862, Thomas was appointed Cap- 
tain. He commanded his squadron until 
April, 1S63, when he was appointed one of 
the Assistant Inspectors of Cavalry, and 
assigned to the staff of Gen. D. McM. 
Gregg. He remained on staff duty until 
October, 1864, when he was ordered to 
commond his regiment, which then num- 
bered five hundred men, mostly veterans. 
Col. Thomas's first engagement was at 
Falling Waters, Va., July 1, 1861. He was 
subsequently engaged at Dranesville, Va., 
Nov. 27, and Dec. 20, 1S61; at Falmouth, 
Harrisonburg, Cross-Keys, Cedar Moun- 
tain, Brandy Station (slightly wounded), 
Beverly Ford, Waterloo Bridge, Thorough- 
fare Gap, Gainesville, Second Bull Run 
(slightly wounded), Rappahannock Sta- 
tion, and Fredericksburg, Dec. 11, 12, 
1S62. In 1863 was engaged in Stoneman's 
raid, Brandy Station, Rappahannock Sta- 
tion, Beverly Ford, Aldie, Upperville, 
Ashby's Gap, Middleburg, Gettysburg, 



second and third days (slightly wounded), 
Fairfield, Shepherdstown, Culpeper, Rac- 
coon Ford, Jeffersonton, Warrenton, Sul- 
phur Springs, Auburn (was severely in- 
jured), Mine Run, and New Hope Church. 
In 1864 was engaged at Todd's Tavern, 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Sheridan's raid, 
Yellow Tavern, Richmond Heights, Mead- 
ow Bridge, Haw's Shops, Barker's Mills, 
Cold Harbor, Trevillian Station, White 
House, St. Mary's Church, Jones's Bridge, 
Lee's Mills, Deep Bottom, Malvern and 
Gravel Hills, Strawberry Plains, Six- 
Mile House, Weldon Railroad, Reams's 
Station, Arthur's Swamp, Hatcher's Run, 
Davis Farm, Stony Creek Station, Belle- 
field, and Dabney's Mills. In 1865 was en- 
gaged at Dinwiddie Court House, Five 
Forks, Chamberlain's Bed, and from 
Paine's Cross-Roads to Jetersville. This 
was a running engagement from sunrise 
to sunset, and he led six charges against 
the enemy during, the day, losing a horse 
killed in each charge. His command 
captured the celebrated battery of Arm- 
strong field guns and eleven rebel bat- 
tleflags. Five of the flags were turned 
over to the government, but six were kept 
by individuals. In the last charge at Je- 
tersville on that day, April 5, 1S65, he had 
his right foot shot away. At that time 
his lineal rank was that of Major. He 
was brevetted Colonel "for great gallant- 
ry in action." Gen. Davies, in his final 
report of the operations of his cavalry 
from March 28, to the surrender of Gen. 
Lee, says, "Major Thomas, commanding 
the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, was se- 
verely wounded while leading his com- 
mand in a charge at Jetersville, April 5, 

1565, and has lost a leg from the injury 
he received. Of this officer I cannot 
speak too highly. Foremost in every 
fight, brave and daring, yet possessed of 
most excellent judgment, his loss to the 
service is irreparable. In every action he 
was distinguished. The success of the 
attack on the train at Painesville is 
greatly due to him, and with subsequent 
movements of that day his services were 
most valuable." He Was mustered out of 
service in August, 1S65. He was ap- 
pointed a Lieutenant of Cavalry in the 
United States Army, and was assigned to 
the Seventh United States Cavalry, but 
resigned his appointment on account of 
his wounds not having thoroughly healed. 
He has been a member of the Military 
Order of the Loyal Legion since October, 

1566. Address, Fairmount Ave., Philadel- 
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THOMAS, James Belcomhe: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twentieth Pennsylvania 
Infantry April 26, 1861; mustered out Aug. 
6, 1861; private 107th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry March 5, 1862; Sergeant Major 
March 26, 1862; discharged for promotion 

jOct. 30, 1862; First Lieutenant 107th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Oct. 27, 1862; First 
Lieutenant and Adjutant Nov. 22, 1862"; 
h niorably mustered out March 5, 1S65; 
private 107th Pennsylvania Infantry 

|March 27, 1S65; discharged for promotion 
April 19, 1865; Captain 107th Pennsylvania 

,!Infantry April 20, 1865; honorably mus- 
tered out July 13, 1865; brevetted Major 
United States Volunteers "for gallant and 
distinguished services in the battle of 
Dabney's Mills, Va." Elected Oct. 4, 
1S93. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

THOMAS, John: 

President of the Johnstown Trust 
Company. Address Johnstown, Cambria 
County, Pa. 

"THOMAS, Joseph: 

President of the Quakertown National 
Bank. Address, Quakertown, Bucks 
/County, Pa. 

THOMAS, J. Preston: 

President of the National Bank of 
Chester County. Address, Westchester, 
Chester County, Pa. 

THOMAS, M. Carey: 

Educator; born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 
2. 1857; daughter of James Carey and 
Mary ( Whitall) Thomas. Her father was 
a prominent physician and philanthropist 
of Baltimore, and a descendant of Philip 
Thomas, who emigrated in 1631 from 
Swansea, .Glamorganshire, Wales, to Mary- 
land; her mother was descended from 
James Whitall, who emigrated from 
Litchfield, England, in 1688 and purchased 
Red Bank, N. J., which remained in the 
possession of the family for 160 years. 
Educated in private schools and Cornell 
University, graduating in 1877; Johns 
Hopkins University, 1877-1878, and the 
University of Leipzig, 1879-1882; the de- 
gree she had earned was refused on ac- 
count of her sex, and also at the Univer- 
sity of Gottingen; at the University of 
Zurich, after an exceedingly severe ex- 
amination, she obtained the degree of Ph. 
D. summa cum laude, the highest degree 



ever awarded to a woman up to that 
time; 1SS2-1883 at the Sorbonne; 1883-1892 
Dean and since 18S4 Professor of English 
at Bryn Mawr College. In association 
with the first President, Dr. James E. 
Rhoads, she prepared the educational 
plans, organizing the college on the "group 
system," with an undergraduate and com- 
plete course leading to the degree of 
Ph. D. ; in 1903 elected one of the thirteen 
life Trustees of the college. At the re- 
quest of the United States Department of 
Education she prepared the monograph 
on the Education of Women which re- 
ceived a medal at the Paris Exposition of 
1900; in the establishment of the Johns 
Hopkins Medical School in 1S93 she was 
a powerful factor in obtaining its endow- 
ment of $500,000, upon the agreement that 
women should be admitted on equal terms 
with men. She was the first woman to be 
elected an Alumni Trustee of Cornell Uni- 
versity, and served for four years. Mem- 
bero of the Acorn, Contemporary, New 
Century and Civic Clubs and the Quaker 
Church; degree of LL. D. was conferred 
on her by the Western University of 
Pennsylvania in 1896. Address, Bryn 
Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

THOMAS, Samnel: 

Iron manufacturer; born in Wales, 
March 13, 1827; came to the United States 
June, 1839, and received his education at 
Nazareth Hall, Nazareth, Pa.; served an 
apprenticeship as a machinist, and made 
a specialty of furnaces. In 1854 he was 
made Superintendent and in 1864, Presi- 
dent, of the Thomas Iron Company, Cat- 
asauqua. Pa.; President, 1865-1894, and 
since then Vice President of the Pioneer 
Mining & Manufacturing Company, Bir- 
mingham, Ala.; since 1S71 President of 
the American Institution of Mining En- 
gineers. Address, Catasauqua, Pa. 

THOMAS, Rev. Welling Evan: 

Born in Orwell, Bradford County, Pa.; 
son of Rev. Thomas Thomas and Mary 
Evans Thomas; his parents were natives 
of Wales; educated in the common 
schools, the Delaware Literary Institute, 
Franklin, N. T., and Lafayette College; 
graduated from latter in 1875 as Latin 
Salutatorian; after one year of teaching 
in New Windsor College, Md., he attended 
Union Theological Seminary, New York, 
and Princeton Theological Seminary, 
N. J., and was graduated from the latter 
in 1879; ordained by the Presbytery of 
Marion Oct. 9, 1879, and after a pastorate 






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of five years at Ashley and Kilbourne, 
Ohio; he became pastor of the First Pres- 
byterian Church of Marion, Ohio, where 
he remained nearly seventeen years; 
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church 
of Lewisburg, Pa., since September, 1901. 
Married Emma W. (daughter of Rev. S. 
Mattoon, D. D), Dec. 20, 1881. They have 
four sons and two daughters living and 
one daughter deceased; received the hon- 
orary degree, Doctor of Divinity, from the 
University of Worcester in 1901. Address, 
Lewisburg, Pa. 

THOME, John M.: 

Astronomer, Director of the National 
Argentine Observatory, United States Vice 
Consul; born at Palmyra, Pa., Aug. 22, 
1843; was graduated from the Lehigh Uni- 
versity in 1870; assistant astronomer on 
staff of Dr. Gould, who went to Carolina 
In that year to found the astronomical 
observatory. During the first fifteen 
years he took a prominent part in the 
elaboration of various astronomical publi- 
cations: "A Uranometry of the Southern 
Heavens," "Fifteen Catalogues of Stellar 
Positions." Determinations of the geo- 
graphical co-ordinates of the capitals of 
Provinces and the principal ports, and 
made a long series of comet and planet 
observations. Director of the observatory 
since 1885, and has produced, besides a 
number of volumes of stellar positions, 
three volumes of the Cordoba Durch- 
musterung, being an atlas and catalogue 
containing every star to the tenth magni- 
tude situated in the region between 
twenty-two and sixty-two degrees of 
south declination. For this work he re- 
ceived the Lalande prize from the Insti- 
tute of France, and his designation as 
Foreign Associate of the Royal Astro- 
nomical Society. Is at present actively 
engaged upon the photographic zone as- 
signed to the observatory by the Inter- 
national Congress of Astronomers, which 
met in Paris, in 1900. United States Vice 
Consul In Cordoba since 1878. Address, 
Cordoba, Argentine Republic, South Am- 
erica. 

THOMPSON, Andrew Anderson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Fayette County; 
born in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., 
Oct. 25, 1880; attended Washington and 
Jefferson College and was graduated from 
that Institution In 1902, since which time 
he has been employed in the First Nation- 
al Bank of Uniontown; elected to the 






House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Uniontown, Pa. 

THOMPSON, Heber S.: 

Mining engineer, born at Pottsville, Pa., 
Aug. 14, 1840; was graduated at Yale 
University, 1861, Bachelor of Arts; Master 
of Arts, 1871. Member of the American 
Philosophical Society, Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania, American Institute of 
Mining Engineers, and Engineers' Club 
of Philadelphia. Enlisted as a private 
soldier April 18, 1861, Company H, Twen- 
ty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers and en- 
tered Washington April 18, 1861 (First De- 
fenders). Subsequently First Lieutenant 
and Captain Seventh Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry; served under Gen. Don Carlos Buel in 
Kentucky and Tennessee in 1861-1863, and 
participated in the battles of Stone River, 
Tenn., and Chaplain Hills, Ky. Under 
General W. S. Rosecranz in Tennessee, 
and in battles of Tullahoma and Shelby- 
ville, Tennessee, and Chickamauga, Ga. 
Under Ulysses S. Grant in 1863, and under 
W. Tecumseh Sherman, in 1864, from 
Chattanooga to Atlanta, Ga. Taken a 
prisoner at Lovejoy Station, Ga., between 
Atlanta and Macon, Ga., during the siege 
of Atlanta in a raid by Gen. Kilpatrick 
upon the railroad communications of the 
enemy. Prisoner of war at Charleston, 
S. C, August to December, 1864. Paroled 
December, 1864. Member of the Grand 
Army of the Republic of the United States 
Post No. 25. Member of the Union Vet- 
eran Legion Encampment, Pottsville, and 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
of the United States. President of the 
Board of Trustees of the State Hospital 
for injured persons of the anthracite coal 
regions of Pennsylvania at Ashland, 1894 
to 1904. Member of the County Visiting 
Committee of the State Board of Chari- 
ties and State Committee on Lunacy. 
President of the Miners' National Bank 
of Pottsville. President Edison Electric 
Illuminating Company of Pottsville. En- 
gineer of the Girard Estate, 1874-1904. 
General Manager Girard Water Company, 
1883-1904. Elder, of First Presbyterian 
Church of Pottsville. Address, Pottsville, 
Pa. 



THOMPSON, John S.« 

Postmaster of Reading; born in Jones- 
town, Lebanon County, Pa., Feb. 15, 1857; 
attended the public schools until his four- 
teenth year, when he removed with his 
parents to Reading; attended the Read- 
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ial Academy; became a collector of the 
"Union Canal Company, retaining this po- 
sition until 1872; then became connected 
■with the Bushong Paper Campany, re- 
gaining with this company four years. 
! Subsequently he was in business with his 
father-in-law. On Oct. 1, 1886, was ap- 
pointed a clerk in the Reading Postoffice, 
and later became Assistant Postmaster, 
retaining this office until March 21, 1891, 
when he retired, owing to a change of 
administration; was cashier of the 
Reading Fire Insurance Company for two 
years, when, on March 2S, 1895, he became 
Postmaster of Reading, having been ap- 
pointed as a Democrat by President 
Cleveland. Mr, Thompson has served in 
the School Board and in Common Council. 
I "Was the Democratic candidate for City 
■ Treasurer in 1893, but was defeated by 
, Dr. John M. Bertolette by ninety-six 
jj votes. At present he is Trust Officer of 
1 the Colonial Trust Company of Reading. 
I Married, March 9, 1878, Miss Sallie A. 
I Rader. Address, Reading, Pa. 

I THOMPSON, J. V.: 

President of the First National Bank 
J of Uniontown. Address, Uniontown, Fay- 
| ette County, Pa. 

j THOMPSON, John W.: 

President of the National Bank of Ches- 
I ter Valley. Address, Coatesville, Ches- 
ter County, Pa. 

THOMPSON, Robert Ellis: 

Author, educator, clergyman; born near 
Lurgan, Ireland, April 5, 1844; son of Sam- 
uel and Catherine Thompson; was grad- 
uated from the University of Pennsylva- 
nia, 1865, A. M., in course, 1868 (S. T. D., 
1887; Ph. D., Hamilton College, 1870); 
married, 1874, Mary E. Neely. Licensed 
to preach by Reformed Presbytery of 
Philadelphia, 1867; Professor of Latin and 
Mathematics, 1868-1871, social science, 
1871-1881, history and English literature, 
1881-1892, University of Pennsylvania. 
Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 1874. 
Lecturer on protective tariffs Harvard, 
18S5; Yale. 18S6-1887; Stone lecturer 
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1891. Ed- 
itor Penn Monthly, 1870-1881; The Am- 
erican (weekly), 1881-1892; on staff Sun- 
day School Times since 1892. President 
of Central High School, Philadelphia, since 
1894. Author of "Social Science and Na- 
tional Economy," 1875; "Elements of Po- 
litical Economy," 1881; "The Encyclo- 
paedia Americana, supplement to Encyclo- 



paedia Britannica I. and II," 1884-1885; 
"Protection to Home Industry," 1885; "De 
Civitate Dei: The Divine Order of Human 
Society," 1891; "History of the Presbyte- 
rian Churches of America," 1895; "Polit- 
ical Economy for High Schools," 1895; 
"The National Hymn-Book of the Amer- 
ican Churches," 1893; "The Hand of God 
in American History," 1902. Editor of 
"The Latin Hymn-Writers and Their 
Hymns," by Samuel W. Duffield, 1888; 
"The Life of George Hay Stuart," writ- 
ten by himself, 1890. Address, Stenton 
Ave. and Gorgas Lane, Germantown, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMPSON, Samuel GoMnve: 

Ex-Justice of Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania; born in Franklin, Pa., in 1837; 
son of James Thompson, who was Chief 
Justice of the Supreme Court of Penn- 
sylvania from 1865 till his death in 1874. 
His mother was the daughter of Justine 
Snowden, who escaped with her father 
from the massacre of "Wyoming when five 
years of age. He was educated at Erie 
Academy, and in 1858. on the removal of 
his father to Philadelphia, he entered the 
Law Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania. He was admitted to tne 
Philadelphia bar in 1861, .and rapidly rose 
to a position of prominence in his profes- 
sion, continuing for more than thirty 
years in active practice. Though well 
equipped for all branches of the law, his 
practice has been largely in important 
corporation cases. Up to his appointment 
to the bench, the only public office held 
by him was that of one of the Commis- 
sioners of Fairmount Park, to which he 
was elected in 1887. On March 2, 1893, 
without solicitation or knowledge by him- 
self or friends, he was appointed by Gov- 
ernor Pattison to the bench of the Su- 
preme Court to fill a vacancy caused by 
the resignation of the Chief Justice. He 
filled this position with marked ability 
and public approbation, and in the ensu- 
ing election was unanimously nominated 
as the Democratic candidate for the po- 
sition. He was defeated, however, by an 
adverse political majority. His term ex- 
pired on Dec. 31, 1893, since which date he 
has been occupied in the practice of his 
profession. Address, 1630 Spruce St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMPSON, William Alexis: 

Major United States Army and mem- 
ber of the Pennsylvania Commandery of 
the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 



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private First Maryland Infantry, Aug. 
18, 1862; Regimental Quartermaster Ser- 
geant, Dec. 6, 1864; honorably discharged, 
June 3, 1865. Second Lieutenant Fourth 
United States Cavalry, June IS, 1S67; 
First Lieutenant, July 31, 1869; Regiment- 
al Adjutant, Sept. 1, 1877, to March 1, 
1878; Captain, July 23, 1879; Major Second 
Cavalry, June 19, 1897; retired Nov. 7, 
189S. Address, St. John's College, An- 
napolis, Md. 

THOMPSON, William R.: 

Banker; born in Allegheny City March 
30, 1845; son of Andrew P. Thompson. 
At the age of twelve years he entered 
the employ of the Presbyterian Board 
of Publication in Pittsburg, where he 
remained five years. In 1S64 enlisted for 
the third time. When the war was over 
he returned to Pittsburg and entered a 
banking house. For fourteen years book- 
keeper of the Mechanics' National Bank, 
and later was advanced from one position 
of responsibility to another until he be- 
came President of the institution. Ad- 
dress, 912 Lincoln Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

THOMSON, John L.I 

Vice President of the Pennsylvania Fire 
Insurance Company of Philadelphia; born 
in that city Oct. 19, 1839. He was edu- 
cated in the public schools and began 
his business life in 1855 in a wholesale 
grocery and sugar refinery establishment. 
In 1864 he entered the office of the Penn- 
sylvania Fire as a clerk, was promoted 
to Assistant Secretary in 1877, to Secre- 
tary in 1881, and to Vice President Sept. 
1. 1890. Mr. Thomson was Secretary of 
the National Board of Fire Underwriters 
from 1SS4 to 18S8 inclusive. Address, 3432 
Powelton Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THOMSON, Nalbro' Frazier: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Chief 
Engineer James W. Thomson. Elected 
May 6, 1891. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

THOMSON, William: 

Physician, surgeon, soldier, author; 
born at Chambersburg, Jan. 28, 1833; son 
of Hon. Alex. Thomson, Judge Sixteenth 
Judicial District, and Jane (Graham) 
Thomson. Classical and literary educa- 
tion at Chambersburg Academy. Gradu- 
ated from Jefferson Medical College 1855. 



Married Rebecca, daughter of William E. 
George, of Merion, Pa., in 1857. Assist- 
ant Surgeon United States Army, 1861. 
On duty with Army of Potomac before 
Bull Run. with which command he served 
in the field or at its base in Washington 
until the war closed. General Hospitals 
Alexandria, Va„ and in 1862, Portsmouth. 
He joined Gen. McClellan's headquarters 
at^Harrison's Landing and became assistant 
to Medical Director, continued throughout 
Antietam campaign and down to Freder- 
icksburg, when he was ordered to take 
charge of the Douglas General Hospital, 
Washington. Three days before Antietam 
was at battle of South Mountain and was 
left in charge of field with over 3,000 
Union and Confederate dead and wounded 
to care for. Returned to headquarters and 
aided in care and transportation of the 
thousands of men disabled at Antietam. 
The experience gained led to two lasting 
reforms proposed to and adopted by the 
Medical Director: a change in Medical 
Supplies; and an order for Division Hos- 
pitals to prevent any confusion during 
and after an engagement. After these 
proved of value in the Army of the Po- 
tomac they were made general through- 
out all the armies by order of the Secre- 
tary of War, and remained with little or 
no change until the armies were dis- 
banded. In 1S63 he became Surgeon in 
Charge Douglas Hospital, Washington. 
In 1S64 he was made Medical Inspector 
Department, Washington, which contained 
in its various hospitals over 23.610 beds, 
and in which in 1864, 113,351 men were 
received, treated and transported. In 
1866 he organized a hospital for the treat- 
ment of Cholera, and had charge of the 
Post Hospital. In 1867 he passed his sec- 
ond examination and was promoted to 
Captain and received two brevets for dis- 
tinguished services, was sent to Louisi- 
ana and resigned in 1868. In 1861 he in- 
troduced the local use of creosote in gun- 
shot wounds. Later he demonstrated the 
value of bromine in hospital gangrene at 
Douglas Hospital. He was warmly inter- 
ested in Army Medical Museum, and in 
its first published catalogue he was the 
largest single contributor especially in 
descriptions and specimens of Osteomye- 
litis and wounds of the knee joint. With 
Dr. W. F. Norris he studied and utilized 
photography in surgical injuries and led 
to the establishment by the Surgeon Gen- 
eral of the Photographic Bureau. Thom- 
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of the microscope with high and low 
powers and led the way to the splendid 
successes obtained by the resources of the 
Surgeon General's office. These studies 
in optics dominated the futures of Thom- 
son and Norris and lead to their pursuit, 
practice and teaching of Ophthalmic Sur- 
gery on their return to civil life. In 
March, 1868, he returned to Philadelphia 
and was warmly welcomed by election 
to its scientific societies, and to some of 
its hospitals. He has been a member of 
the American Medical Association, being 
delegated from the Medical Staff United 
States Army in 1863. He is a Fellow of 
College of Physicians of Philadelphia; a 
member of the Pathological Society, 
Academy of Natural Sciences, County 
Medical Society, Philosophical Society, 
and Ophthamological Society; Neurologi- 
cal Society (honorary), New York; Inter- 
national Ophthamological Congress; 
American Otological and Ophthamological 
Society; Vice President Ophthamological 
Section of International Medical Congress 
in 1876; physician to Church Home for 
Children; physician to the Hospital Pro- 
testant Episcopal Church; consulting sur- 
geon to the Deaf and Dumb Institution. 
He decided to give his entire attention to 
the diseases of the eye, and in 1S68 was 
elected assistant surgeon Wills Hospital; 
in 1S72 surgeon; resigned 1S77; re-elect- 
ed surgeon 1S96; resigned 1902 and was 
elected consulting surgeon. In 1868 he be- 
gan to lecture on his chosen specialty at 
Wills, and continued in teaching there and 
at the Jefferson College until his res- 
ignation in 1897, a period of thirty years. 
In 1873 he established a daily clinic for 
eye and ear at Jefferson College and gave 
a clinical lecture every Friday. Elected 
ophthalmic surgeon of Jefferson College 
Hospital in 1877; soon after elected hon- 
orary Professor of Ophthalmology to the 
Jefferson College; in 1895 elected full Pro- 
fessor of Ophthalmology with seat in the 
Faculty; resigned in 1S97 and was elected 
Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology, 
which he now holds. Author of chapter 
on "Diseases of Eye" in fifth edition 
"System of Surgery" of Prof. S. D. Gross, 
1872 (100 pages); "Test for Diagnosis of 
Ametropia with Instrument," 1872; "Oph- 
thalmoscope in Diagnosis Intra Cranial 
Lesions," Mitchell and Thomson, 1873; 
"History of First Tumor of Brain Diag- 
nosticated by its Aid in Philadelphia"; 
"Astigmatism as a Cause for Persistent 
Headaches Treated by Correction of Op- 
tical Defects," Mitchell and Thomson; 



"Connection Between Posterior Staphy- 
loma and Astigmatism," 1875; "Correction 
of Conical Cornea by Convex Cylindrical 
Glasses"; "Rapid Diagnosis of Refraction 
with New Instrument," 1878; "System 
Adopted by Pennsylvania Railroad in 1880 
for Examination of Employees for Color- 
Blindness, Vision and Hearing, with In- 
struments, Color Stick, Test Letters, 
etc." (still in use and adopted by other 
roads controlling over 100,000 miles of 
track); "Supplement to Nettleship on Dis- 
eases of Eye" (giving full description of 
above); edited ophthalmic part of "An- 
nual of Medical Sciences" in its first year, 
18S9; "New Wool Test for Detecting Col- 
or-blindness," 1894; chapter on "Surgery 
of Eye" in American Test Book of Sur- 
gery, 1892; "Normal Color Sense and De- 
tection of Color-blindness (two chapters 
in "Norris and Oliver's System, Diseases 
of the Eye," 1893-1897) ; "Relations of Oph- 
thalmology to Practical Medicine"; "De- 
tection of Color-blindness with Lantern," 
(to aid wool tests), 1901; "Use of Circle 
of Diffusion for Correcting Anetropia with 
an Instrument," W. T. and A. G. Thom- 
son. This is a partial list of publications, 
a weekly public lecture before large clin- 
ics giving better opportunity of reporting 
each progressive step. There are eight 
new instruments which have been ac- 
cepted as useful. Chairman Section of 
Ophthalmology, College of Physicians, 
1901-1902; now Emeritus Professor Oph- 
thalmology Jefferson; consulting surgeon 
Wills Hospital; ophthalmic surgeon Penn- 
sylvania Railroad; Companion Loyal Le- 
gion. Late Captain and Brevet Major 
United States Army. Member of the 
Philadelphia, Art and Country Clubs. 
Address, 1426 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

THORN, Jacob S.: 

Iron dealer; born in Philadelphia Aug. 
1, 1S36; educated in the public schools; 
was placed in the hardware and iron 
house* of Martin & Smith in 1855; in 1857 
entered that of Moore, Henzey & Co., 
and soon after became engaged with the 
architectural iron firm of J. P. Stidham 
& Co., and their successors, the Philadel- 
phia Architectural iron Company. While 
with this firm he made many large build- 
ing contracts and was concerned in the 
erection of numbers of prominent build- 
ings. In 1878 he succeeded this company, 
which had retired from business, estab- 
lishing himself at Twelfth and Callowhill 
Streets, where he has built up a very 
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dred hands. The concern is now known 
as the J. S. Thorn Company, he being 
its President. He is also President of 
the Thorn Shingle and Ornament Com- 
pany and the Vulcan Company. Mr. 
Thorn is a member of the Manufacturers' 
Club, the Trades League, the Board of 
Trade, and many other organizations, 
business and social. Address, 710 N. 16th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THORINGTON, James: 

Physician (oculist); born in Davenport, 
Iowa, June 6, 1858; son of James and 
Mary Thorington; attended the public 
schools of Davenport until 1874, and for 
two succeeding years attended Princeton 
College, but owing to an injury received 
in the gymnasium was not graduated. 
Upon his recovery took a course at the 
Jefferson Medical College, and was grad- 
uated; received the honorary degree of 
A. M. from Ursinus College. Married, in 
Harrisburg, Pa., 1885, Florence May Jen- 
nings. Surgeon of the Panama Railroad 
Company, Colon (Aspinwall), Isthmus of 
Panama, 1882-1889; member of American 
Ophthalmological Society, American Med- 
ical Association; Fellow of College of Phy- 
sicians, Philadelphia; Professor of Dis- 
eases of the Bye, Philadelphia Polyclinic 
and Graduates in Medicine. Author of 
"Retinoscopy," 1897; "Refraction and How 
to Refract," 1899-1900. Has written much 
in medical journals. Address, 120 S. 18th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

THORNTON, William: 

President of the Citizens' National Bank 
of Albion. Address, Albion, Erie County, 
Pa. 

THURSTON, Alice M.: 

Principal of the Thurston Preparatory 
School; born in Pittsburg, Pa.; daughter 
of Mary C. Thurston and George H. 
Thurston; educated in Pittsburg, and 
taught in private schools there; formed 
the first successful private preparatory 
school for girls in Pittsburg. Address, 
Shady Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

TIBBALS, Halsey J.: 

Manufacturing chemist; born near Aus- 
tin, Tex.. Dec. 1843. His parents dying 
in his infancy he was taken successively 
to Brooklyn, N. Y. ; to his grandfather's 
estate in Prince William County, Va., 
and to the house of a guardian in Con- 
necticut, in which State he was educated 
at the Mineral Springs Military Institute 



at Cromwell. His military training was 
of service to him in the war, in which he 
entered at nineteen, being made Color 
Bearer of the Twentieth Connecticut Vol- 
unteers. During his exciting career he 
had the experience of seeing the mansion 
in which he had lived in his early years 
burned by the Federal troops. Serving 
till after the end of the war, he held 
positions in the drug business for a time 
in Newark and New York, and in 1S70 
went to Philadelphia, where he was sev- 
eral years in the employment of the Key- 
stone Chemical Company. In 1880 he be- 
came chemist for the Guarantee Chemical 
Company, and in 1891 purchased a chem- 
ical business at 2130 Race Street, and 
developed there the extensive chemical 
manufactory of H. J. Tibbals, Son & Co. 
Mr. Tibbals is past officer of the Meade 
Post, No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, 
belongs to various societies, and is actively 
interested in municipal affairs, and in the 
charitable and philanthropic work of the 
city. Address, 612 N. 23d St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

TIDBALX, Thomas Allen: 

Clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; born in Winchester, Va.; son of 
Alexander Scott and Catherine Tidball; 
was graduated from the Theological Sem- 
inary, Va. (D. D., William and Mary, 
1S7S); ordained priest, 1872, and was rec- 
tor of Trinity Church, Portsmouth, Va., 
1872-1S7S; Christ Church, Lexington, Ky., 
1S7S-1885; St. Paul's Church, Camden, N. 
J., 1S85-1892; Church of St. Luke and the 
Epiphany, Philadelphia, since 1892. Au- 
thor of "Christ in the New Testament," 
1891, etc. Address, 2206 De Lancey St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

TIEMANN, Lonis Stuart: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Capt. 
William F. Tiemann. Elected Feb. 5, 1S90. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TODD, Henry Davis, Jr.: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
New York; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
graduate University of. Pennsylvania, 1886; 
Cadet Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1886; Ad- 
ditional Second Lieutenant Third Artil- 
lery, June 12, 1890; Second Lieutenant 
Fifth Artillery, Jan. 8, 1891; transferred 
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[transferred to Seventh Artillery, March 
18. 189S; Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901; was 
graduate of Artillery School, 1901; School 
I of Submarine Defence, 1903; Captain, Feb. 
128, 1901. Address, Fort Adams, P. I. 

TODD, Wm. C.S 

Late Surgeon, with rank of Major, Unit- 
ed States Army; born in 1824 in County 
Antrim, Ireland; came to America in 
boyhood; educated at private schools and 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
where he was graduated in 1855; prac- 
ticed his profession in Philadelphia until 
the breaking out of the Civil War; entered 
the service June 20, 1861, as Surgeon of 
the Sixty-sixth Infantry Regiment; trans- 
ferred to the Fifth Regiment Pennsylva- 
nia Cavalry, March 7, 1862, and served 
, until honorably mustered out at the end 
of the term of service. A member of the 
! Military Order of the Loyal Legion since 
May 7, 1879. Late Surgeon to St. Timothy's 
l Hospital, Surgeon in Thirteenth Police 
i' District of Philadelphia, and Post 12, G. 
A R. Has written many articles for 
I medical journals in Philadelphia. Address, 
j: 421 Lyceum Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TOMPKINS, John Almy: 

I Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
i ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
I Legion; First Lieutenant Battery A, First 
Rhode Island Light Artillery, June 6, 1861; 
Captain, Sept. 13, 1S61; Major First Rhode 
Island Light Artillery, Dec. 11, 1862; Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, Nov. 1, 1S64; honorably 
discharged, March 30, 1S65; brevetted 
Lieutenant Colonel United States Volun- 
teers, Aug. 1, 1864, "for gallant and meri- 
torious services during the present cam- 
paign before Richmond, Va." Elected 
Nov. 1, 1882. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

TOMPKINS, John Almy, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Lieut. 
Col. John A. Tompkins. Elected May 3, 
1893. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 

TORRANCE, Francis J.: 

Treasurer of Standard Manufacturing 
Company; born in Allegheny City June 
27, 1859; educated in the public schools 
and in the Western University of Penn- 
sylvania. He then connected himself with 
the Standard Manufacturing Company, of 



which he is now the Treasurer; is also 
President of the Western Pennsylvania 
Exposition Society and of the Washington 
Traction Company of Washington, Pa, 
He was one of the incorporators of the 
Mercantile Trust Company, and is a Di- 
rector in the Mechanics' National Bank; 
was a delegate-at-large for Pennsylvania 
to the National Republican Convention 
at St. Louis in 1896; was unanimously 
chosen Chairman of the Republican City 
Committee of Allegheny in 1896, and still 
retains that position. Mr. Torrance is 
also President of the Select Council of 
Allegheny, and is much interested in the 
public schools, and for eighteen years was 
a Director; is part owner of the excursion 
steamer Francis J. Torrance. Married 
Mary R. Debert in 1SS4. Address, Far- 
mers' Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 
TORRENCE, Thomas Rogers: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Fourteenth 
Pennsylvania Cavalry, Dec. 6, 1862; hon- 
orably discharged, Jan. 25, 1865. Elected 
Feb. 10, 1897. Address, 202 E. Market St., 
York, Pa. 
TOTTEN, Roht. J.: 

Real estate dealer; born Jan. 4, 1868, 
in Lawrence County, Pa.; educated at 
Grove City and Westminster Colleges, 
Pennsylvania, graduating at the latter in 
1S8S; studied law with Hon. J. Norman 
Martin, of New Castle; in newspaper work 
prior to entering real estate and mort- 
gage business in 1890. Is at present 
Justice of the Peace in New Wilmington, 
Pa. Address, New Wilmington, Pa. 

TOWER, Charlemagne: 

Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- 
potentiary to Germany; born in Philadel- 
phia, April 17, 1848; educated at Military 
Academy, New Haven, Conn., and at 
Philips Academy, Exeter, N. H. Gradu- 
ated from Harvard University and re- 
ceived degree of LL. D. from Lafayette 
College. Studied law in Philadelphia and 
was admitted to the bar in 1S78; appointed 
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni- 
potentiary to Austria-Hungary, April 1, 
1S97, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen- 
ipotentiary to Russia Jan. 12, 1899; Am- 
bassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- 
tiary to Germany, Sept. 26, 1902. Au- 
thor of "The Marquis de La Fayette in 
the American Revolution." Member of 
Academy of Natural Sciences, Institute of 
Mining Engineers, etc. Address, Ameri- 
can Embassy, Berlin, Germany. 



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TOWERS, Michael: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Sixth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, Sept. 26, 1861; Corporal, Oct. 14, 
1861; Sergeant, Feb. 27, 1S62; First Ser- 
geant, May 1, 1862; discharged to accept 
promotion, April 11, 1S64; First Lieuten- 
ant Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, April 11, 
1864; honorably discharged, Sept. 17, 1864. 
Elected May 7, 1902. Address, care of Re- 
corder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

TOWN, Francis Laban: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
New Hampshire; appointed from Pennsyl- 
vania; Assistant Surgeon, May 28, 1861; 
Major Surgeon, Oct. 20, 1866; Lieutenant 
Colonel Surgeon, July 10, 18S9; Colonel, 
June 28, 1S94; brevetted Captain and 
Major, March 13, 1865, for faithful and 
meritorious services, and Lieutenant Col- 
onel, March 13. 1865, for faithful and 
meritorious services during the war; re- 
tired Oct. 10, 1896. Member of the Mili- 
tary Order of the Loyal Legion. Address, 
825 Grayson St., San Antonio, Tex. 

TOWNSEND, Charles Champlin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Thirty-eighth Pennsylva- 
nia Infantry (Ninth Reserve), Aug. 28, 
1S61; transferred to First Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, Jan. 28, 1862; discharged for 
promotion, Nov. 1, 1862; First Lieutenant 
and Adjutant First Pennsylvania Caval- 
ry, Nov. 1, 1862; resigned and honorably 
discharged, June 16, 1863, for disability. 
Elected Oct. 16, 1SS9. Address, Over- 
brook, Pa. 

TOWNSEND, Geo. W., L,I>. D.: 

Born at West Chester, Pa., Feb. 1, 
1839; son of Solomon and Hester A. Hus- 
ton Townsend; descended on maternal side 
from Colonel Obedience Robins and Na- 
thaniel Littleton, who came to this coun- 
try and settled in Virginia about 1610. 
On his paternal side his ancestors came 
into England in the time of the Norman 
Conquest and into this country about 
16S2. He has held prominent official po- 
sitions in Masonic circles, is a member of 
the Union League, and of the Society of 
American Authors; educated in the 
schools of Philadelphia, finishing at Greg- 
ory's Classical School. He began the 
study of law and was admitted to the 
Philadelphia bar in 1874. Author of sev- 



eral books, secular and religious, and a 
system of education, entitled "The Where- 
withal; or, New Discoveries in Cause and 
Effect." Address, 1711 Spruce St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

TOWNSEND, John W.: 

Vice President of Cambria Steel Com- 
pany and Cambria Iron Company; born 
May 29, 1855, at Philadelphia; descended 
from Joseph Townsend, an English Qua- 
ker, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 
1712; was graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania in Arts, class of 1875. 
Member of Rittenhouse, University, Penn, 
Houston, Engineers', Church, Philobiblon, 
Contemporary and Merion Cricket Clubs; 
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Nu- 
mismatic and Antiquarian Society, Penn- 
sylvania Horticultural Society, Board 
of the College Alumni Society of Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, Board of the Young 
Men's Christian Association, member of 
the Franklin Institute, Archaeological In- 
stitute of America and Genealogical Soci- 
ety. Residence, 2103 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, and Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

TOWNSEND, Lawrence: 

United States Minister to Belgium; born 
in Philadelphia Aug. 13, 1860; educated at 
Mantua Academy in that city from 1872 
to 1877, and University of Pennsylvania, 
class of 1881. Spent five years ranching 
in Western Colorado. Married, March 8, 
1886, Natalie Hannau, of Philadelphia. 
Traveled extensively and spent five years 
in Europe studying modern languages, 
international law and diplomatic history. 
Made several translations from the French 
and German on these subjects. First 
Secretary of United States Legation at 
Vienna, 1892-1S97. Promoted to United 
States Envoy and Minister Plenipotenti- 
ary to Portugal, 1S97; transferred to same 
position at Brussels, Belgium, April 15, 
1899. Home address, 4100 Locust St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. Official address, United 
States Legation, Brussels, Belgium. 

TRACY, Charles Wnrtz: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania; appointed 
from the same State Oct. 27, 1859; Naval 
Academy, 1S59-1S61; attached to frigate 
St. Lawrence, Atlantic coast, 1S61; de- 
struction of privateer Petrel; steam gun- 
boat Octorara, Mississippi Squadron. 1S62- 
1S63; Vicksburg, July, 1S62; promoted to 
Ensign. Dec. 10. 1862; South Atlantic 
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iiof Charleston, April, 1S63, and other ac- 
-jtions during the siege; commissioned as 
fcj Lieutenant, Feb. 22, 1864; Pacific Squa- 
ll dron, 1866-1868; commissioned as Lieu- 
| tenant Commander, July, 25, 1866; steam 
i! sloop Plymouth, European Squadron, 1869; 
Naval Academy, 1S70-1S72; Alaska, Euro- 
pean Station, 1S73-1875; Juniata, Euro- 
jpean Station, 1876. retired Oct. 22, 1878. 
Is curator of Naval Library and Insti- 
tute, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. Address, 
38 Englewood Ave., Boston, Mass. 

TRAUBEL, Horace: 

Editor; born in Camden, N. J., Dec. 19, 
| 1858; son of Maurice and Katharine Trau- 
bel. His education was obtained in the 
public schools of Camden. Jointly, with 
Richard Mauriel Burke and Thomas B. 
Harned. he was the literary executor of 
Walt Whitman; he is a special writer for 
daily newspapers and magazines. Editor 
of the Conservator, Philadelphia, and The 
Automan, Philadelphia; "The Dollar or 
I the Man Cartoons of Homer Davenport," 
i 1900, and other books. Contributor to 
magazines, prose and verse. Founder of 
the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia, 
1886; Secretary of Walt Whitman Fellow- 
ship. Address, 1624 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

TRAUTWINE, John C, Jr.: 

Consulting civil engineer; author; born 
in Philadelphia March 17, 1850; educated 
at private schools; 1866-18S3 in employ of 
Morris, Wheeler & Co.; studied civil en- 
gineering under the direction of his 
father, Mr. John C. Trautwine, Sr., whom 
he assisted in the revision of his "Civil 
Engineer's Pocket Book" and other en- 
gineering works, of which he has had en- 
tire charge since 1SS3, also carrying on 
a consulting practice as civil engineer. 
In 18S4 served as volunteer in the then 
Water Department of Philadelphia, in 
both field and office, chiefly in connection 
with plans for the proposed Cambria and 
Mt. Airy reservoirs. In connection wun 
Mr. Rudolph Hering translated the Ger- 
man work of Ganguillet and Kutter; and 
also translated, with Mr. Arthur Mari- 
chal, for the Engineers' Club of Philadel- 
phia, a portion of M. Bazin's account, in 
French, of experiments on the flow of 
water over weirs, and has since trans- 
lated M. Bazin's account of his experi- 
ments upon the flow of water through 
orifices. Member of the Engineers' Club 
of Philadelphia; member of Franklin In- 



stitute. Has served on its Board of Man- 
agers, Committees on Science and the 
Arts, Library, Publications and Meetings, 
and delivered lectures before the insti- 
tute; associate of the American Society 
of Civil Engineers, and of Institution of 
Civil Engineers of London. Secretary of 
the Association of Engineering Societies 
ten years, and in that capacity editor and 
business manager of its monthly journal. 
1892-1S95, member and Chairman of Civil 
Service Board of Philadelphia for exam- 
ination of candidates for engineering po- 
sitions; in 1894 member of Board of Ex- 
aminers for Building Inspectors, and 
Chairman of the Board for Sewer Inspec- 
tors; 1895-1899 Chief of the Bureau of 
Water of Philadelphia. On May 23, 1S72, 
he married Lucy Lane, daughter of Enoch 
and Mary (MacCormack) Smith, of Cin- 
cinnati. They have one son. Address, 
257 S. Fourth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TREXLER, Frank M.: 

Jurist; born in Allentown, Pa., in 1861; 
was graduated from Muhlenburg College 
in 1879. Adopting the law as his profes- 
sion, he read under the preceptorship of 
Thomas B. Metzgar, of Allentown, and 
was admitted to the Lehigh County bar in 
1S82. A Republican in political faith, 
he was elected by his party City Solici- 
tor for Allentown, and served in this 
position for ten years. On the death of 
Judge Albright in December, 1902, Mr. 
Trexler was appointed to fill the vacancy 
by Governor Stone, and was elected to the 
office in November, 1903, for the full ten 
years' term. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

TRICKETT, William: 

Lawyer, author; born in England in 
1S40; son of John and Mary Trickett; 
was graduated from Dickinson College in 
1S6S; received degrees of LL. D., De Pauw 
University; A. M. Central High School, 
Philadelphia, and Dickinson College; 
studied law and admitted to bar in 1S76. 
Elected delegate to Constitutional Con- 
vention; Democratic candidate for Supe- 
rior Court of Pennsylvania, 1S98. Mem- 
bera of American Bar Association, Penn- 
sylvania Bar Association, American Acad- 
emy of Political and Social Science; has 
been dean of Dickinson School Law for 
several years. Author of "Law of Liens 
in Pennsylvania," 1882 and 1891; "Law of 
Limitations in Pennsylvania," 1S84; "Law 
of Assignments in Pennsylvania," 1SS4; 
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and 1S9S; "Law of Streets and Roads in 
Pennsylvania," 1894; "Law of Guardians 
in Pennsylvania," 1900; "Law of Parti- 
tion in Pennsylvania," 1900; "Law of Wit- 
nesses in Pennsylvania," 1901; "Law of 
Landlord and Tenant," 1904. Address, 
Carlisle, Pa. 

TRIMBLES, John G.i 

President of Trimble & Miller, engin- 
eers, of Pittsburg, Pa.; born in Bridge- 
ville, near Pittsburg; was first engaged in 
teaching school, then studied engineering 
and was employed by the Pennsylvania 
Railroad. From there he went to the 
Pittsburg & Lake Erie, and had charge 
of the construction of the great shops 
at McKee's Rocks; was also engineer in 
charge of the erection of the Grand River 
bridge at Fairport for the Pittsburg & 
Western. Later went into partnership 
with Mr. Miller, and the present firm was 
formed. It has since been in charge 
of much important engineering work, no- 
tably the completion of the Highland res- 
ervoir No. 2 at Pittsburg. Address, 435 
Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

TRIMBLE, Robert: 

Civil engineer; born in Butler, Pa., 
Dec. 22, 1S56, and in the latter part of 
1860 his parents moved to Manchester, 
now a part of Allegheny City. He was 
educated in the public schools of Alle- 
gheny, and took a civil engineering course 
in the Western University of Pensylvania. 
In 1875 he entered the employ of the 
Pennsylvania Company, and has been 
associated with that company ever 
since in engineering capacities. He start- 
ed as chainman and was gradually ad- 
vanced through the various subordinate 
positions of rodman, transit man, assist- 
ant engineer and principal assistant en- 
gineer, and now occupies the position of 
Chief Engineer of Maintenance of Way 
for the Pennsylvania Company. From 
Jan. 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1903, Mr. Trimble 
was principal assistant engineer of the 
lines west of Pittsburg, and on Jan. 1, 
1903, he was appointed Chief Engineer 
for the Maintenance of Way for the 
Northwest system. Mr. Trimble is a 
member of the Engineers' Society of 
Western Pennsylvania, of the New York 
Railroad Club, and of the American Rail- 
way Engineers and Maintenance of Way 
Association. Business address, Union 
Station, Pittsburg, Pa.; home address, 
Glenosborne, Pa. 



TROLLINGER, R. M.: 

President of the Rural Valley National 
Bank. Address, Rural Valley, Armstrong 
County, Pa. 

TROXELL, Henry G.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lycoming County; 
born in Williamsport, Lycoming County, 
Pa.; educated in the public schools; 
learned the trade of brick mason; was 
admitted to the bar in 1878, and has 
since practiced his profession; was a 
member of the Common Council of Wil- 
liamsport from 1889 to 1901, with the ex- 
ception of one term, and served one year 
as President of same; is a member of the 
Young Men's Democratic Club; has served 
on the Democratic State and County Com- 
mittees; was elected to the House of 
Representatives in 1900; re-elected in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, Williamsport, Pa. 

TROXEL, Thomas Graham: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Iowa; pri- 
vate and First Sergeant Company E, Iowa 
Infantry, Aug. 21, 1S62, to June 6, 1S65; 
Second Lieutenant Seventeenth Infantry, 
Feb. 23, 1866; First Lieutenant, July 6, 
1S67; Regimental Quartermaster, Oct. 20, 
1S72, to June 28, 1878; Captain, June 28. 
1S7S; retired June 22, 1SS9. Address, 
Highland Park, 111. 

TRUMAN, James: 

Professor of Dentistry; born in Phila- 
delphia Nov. 22, 1826; descendant of a 
family resident in that city since the 
time of William Penn. He was graduated 
D. D. S. in 1S54 from the Philadelphia 
College Dental Surgery. He entered suc- 
cessfully into practice, but in 1S64 re- 
turned to the college as demonstrator, and 
in 1S66 became Professor of Operative 
Dentistry and Dental Histology. He was 
editor of the Dental Times, 1865-1869, and 
in 1882 was appointed Professor of Dental 
Pathology, Therapeutics and Materia Med- 
ica in the University of Pennsylvania, 
which chair he still holds. He was Sec- 
retary of the Dental Department — a title 
subsequently changed to dean — from 1SS3 
to 1896, and since 1890 has been editor 
of the International Dental Journal. Re- 
ceived the LL. D. degree from University 
of Pennsylvania, Feb. 22, 1904. He has 
written largely on subjects connected 
with his profession, is a member of many 
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(American Dental Association in 1897. 
'Address, 4505 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, 
(Pa. 

j TRUMBULL,, Charles Grallaudet: 

Jl Editor of the Sunday School Times, 
Philadelphia; Vice President and Secre- 
jj tary of the Sunday School Times Com- 
pany; born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 20, 
1872; son of H. Clay and Alice Cogswell 
J Gallaudet Trumbull; was graduated from 
' Yale University in 1893 with the degree of 
! ; A. B., entering the same year upon the 
editorial work of the Sunday School 
Times. Married, Nov. 18, 1S97, Aline van 
1 Orden, daughter of Edward van Orden, of 
New York City. Republican in politics. 
Companion of the First Class, by succes- 
sion, of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion of the United States; associate 
member of the Victoria Institute, Eng- 
land; Advisory Manager of the Archfeo- 
logical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania. Business address, 1031 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

TRUMBULL,, Henry Clay: 

Clergyman, author and editor; born in 
Stonington, Conn., June 8, 1S30; son of 
Gurdon and Sarah Ann Trumbull; he was 
educated at Stonington Academy and Wil- 
liston Seminary, receiving the degrees of 
A. M. from Yale and D. D. from Lafayette 
and University of New York. Married, 
1854, Alice Cogswell Gallaudet, who died 
in 1S91. Moved to Hartford in 1851, and 
was engaged in the railroad business un- 
til 1S58; missionary Connecticut State 
Sunday School Association, 1858-1862, and 
shortly afterward ordained Congressional 
minister; he was chaplain of the Tenth 
Connecticut Regiment, 1862-1S65; was in 
several Confederate prisons. New Eng- 
land Secretary of American Sunday School 
Union, 1S65-1875. Author of "The Knight- 
ly Soldier," 1S65; "A Model Superinten- 
dent," 1880; "Kadish-Barnea," 1883; 
"Teaching and Teachers," 1884; "The 
Blood Covenant," 1885; "The Threshold 
Covenant," 1888; "Principles and Prac- 
tice," 1889; "Hints on Child Training." 
1890; "Friendship the Master of Passion," 
1891; "A Lie Never Justifiable," 1893; 
"Studies in Oriental Social Life," 1894; 
"Prayer: Its Nature and Scope," 1896; 
"In Tribulation," 1S96; "Teachers' Meet- 
ings," 1896; "War Memories of An Army 
Chaplain," 1898; "The Covenant of Salt," 
1899; "Ilustrative Answers to Prayer," 
1900; "Individual Work for Individuals," 
1901; "Old Time Student Volunteers," 



1902. Editor of the Sunday School Times 
since 1875. Residence, 4103 Walnut St. 
Address, 1031 Walnut St., Philadelphia. 

TRUXAL, C, W.: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Meyersdale. Address, Meyersdale, 
Somerset County, Pa. 

TRUXTU1Y, William: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Pennsylvania. Appointed 
at large; Naval Academy, June 24, 1876; 
Midshipman, June 22, 1882; Ensign (junior 
grade), March 3, 1883; Ensign, June 26, 
1884; Lieutenant (junior grade), Nov. 18, 
1892; Coast Survey steamer Blake, 1883- 
1885; Quinnebaug, European Station, 1886- 
1S89; Officer Naval Intelligence, July, 1889, 
to December, 1890; Bureau of Equipment 
for Compass Instruction, 1891; Lancaster, 
Asiatic Station, March, 1891, to June, 1894; 
Assistant to Inspector Fifth Lighthouse 
District, Oct. 13, 1894. Promoted to Lieu- 
tenant, Sept. 5, 1896; Bancroft, July 15, 
1896, to 1898; recruiting rendezvous, De- 
troit, Nov. 23, 1899; Manila, April 15, 1901; 
hospital, Mare Island, December, 1901, to 
1903; Independence, January, 1903, to 1904. 
Address, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. 

TRYON, James Rufus: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy, and 
member of the Pennsylvania Commandery 
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; 
Acting Assistant Surgeon (Ensign) United 
States Navy, March 19, 1863; Assistant 
Surgeon (Master), Sept. 22, 1863; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon (Lieutenant), Dec. 21, 
1866; Surgeon (Lieutenant Commander), 
June 30, 1873; Medical Inspector (Com- 
mander), Sept. 22, 1891; Medical Director 
(Captain), Jan. 21, 1897; retired (Rear 
Admiral), Sept. 24, 1899; Surgeon General 
United States Navy (Commodore), May 
11, 1893. Elected Aug. 29, 1866. Address, 
1 West Fifty-fourth St., New York, N. Y. 

TRYON, John S.: 

Physician; born in Rehrersburg, Pa., 
May 12, 1835; second son of Dr. Jacob 
Tryon and grandson of Dr. Michael 
Tryon, one of the pioneer physicians of 
Berks County; educated in the common 
schools and at Pennsylvania College, Get- 
tysburg; studied medicine with his father, 
and was graduated from the University 
of Pennsylvania in the class of 1857. He 
commenced the practice of medicine in 
his native town, where he still resides and 
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grandfather, Dr. Tryon has excelled in 
surgery and has had a number of stu- 
dents. Address, Rehrersburg, Pa. 

TICKER, E. M.: 

President of the Knoxville Banking 
Company. Address, Knoxville, Tioga 
County, Pa. 

TILLY, William Kelly: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Chaplain 
David Tully; Chaplain United States 
Army, April 23, 1887; resigned, Nov. 17, 
1S93. Elected May 4, 1S92; transferred to 
Commandery of Kansas, Aug. 1, 1892; 
transferred to Commandery of Pennsyl- 
vania, Jan. 5, 1S95. Address, Media, Pa. 

TIPPER, Kerr Bojcei 

Baptist clergyman, author and lecturer; 
was born in Washington, Ga., Feb. 2, 1854; 
his "family-tree" traces his ancestry di- 
rectly to 1522; Thomas Tupper, from 
whom he descended, came to this country 
in 1628; his ancestors were generally lit- 
erary men, lawyers and teachers; son of 
Rev. H. A. Tupper, D. D., the distin- 
guished Professor of Bible History in 
Richmond College, Virginia; his mother 
was the sister of Rev. James P. Boyce, 
D. D., LL. D., the founder and President 
of the Southern Baptist Theological Sem- 
inary; graduated from Mercer University, 
Georgia, when seventeen, and from South- 
ern Baptist Theological Seminary when 
twenty-one. In 1875 he was pastor of the 
First Baptist Church at Charlottesville, 
Va. ; was next pastor in Paducah, Ky; in 
1885-1889 he filled the pastorate of Foun- 
tain Street Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., 
when he was called to the first Baptist 
Church, Denver, Col.; in 1896 he became 
pastor of the historic First Baptist Church 
of Philadelphia. During his pastorate 
here his church, with a membership of 
1,000. has erected a $385,000 house of 
worship and laid aside an endowment of 
$150,000; this is added to a former endow- 
ment of $110,000. His congregation is one 
of the largest in Philadelphia. Married, 
Nov. 15, 1875, Miss Lucille H. Sloan of 
South Carolina. He has become widely 
known as a lecturer, showing appreciative 
study of literature and history, as well as 
the social and ethical questions of the time. 
He received the degree of D. D. from Cen- 
tral University, Iowa, in 1886, and that of 
LL. D. from Mercer University in 1897. 



Author of "Robertson's Living Thoughts," 
"Seven Great Lights," "Life of Diaz," 
"Popular Treatise on Baptism," and 
"Gladstone and Other Addresses"; he is 
also one of the editors of "Baptist 
Achievements in the Nineteenth Century." 
President of Evangelical Alliance of Penn- 
sylvania; Vice President Universal Peace 
Society; member of Boards of Pennsyl- 
vania Bible Society, Philadelphia Tract 
Society, University of Pennsylvania 
Preachers, Philadelphia Sabbath Associa- 
tion, American Baptist Publishing Society, 
and ex-President of Baptist Ministers' 
Conference of Philadelphia. Address, 
First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

TIRNBULL, Charles Smith: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Nov. 
10, 1847; son of Dr. Laurence Turnbull. 
He obtained his education in the public 
schools and in the Philadelphia Central 
High School, of which he was a graduate 
in 1868 (A. M. ) ; he was also a graduate 
of the auxiliary department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania with the degree 
of Ph. D. in 1S69, and of the medical de- 
partment of the same in 1871. He mar- 
ried, in 1877, Elizabeth Claxton. He was 
surgeon of the United States Geological 
Survey in Wyoming and Montana, 1872, 
and of the Yellowstone Park, 1873; resi- 
dent surgeon New York Ophthalmic and 
Aural Institute, 1873-1874; studied in Vi- 
enna, 1874-1875; since then has been prac- 
ticing as specialist in eye and ear dis- 
eases. He was chief of aural department, 
Jefferson Medical College, for many 
years; has been ophthalmic and aural 
surgeon to leading Philadelphia hospitals; 
now oculist to German Hospital; has 
translated and written much on his spec- 
ialties. Fellow American Academy of 
Medicine; member American Medical and 
State Medical Associations. Served in the 
Civil War as a member of the 119th Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, and has been for 
fourteen years a member of the National 
Guard of Pennsylvania; now Surgeon 
Major Veteran Corps, First Regiment, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania; member 
Associated Military Surgeons of United 
States. He received special mention from 
regimental and division headquarters for 
services as Brigade Surgeon at time of 
Pittsburg riots, 1S77. Member of Union 
League and Colonial Society of Pennsyl- 
vania and Pennsylvania Chapter, Sons of 
the American Revolution. Address, 1935- 
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n T RXER, Archelans ETving: 

President Waynesburg College; lectur- 
r; born near Greenville, Bond County, 
[11., April 27, 1861; was graduated from 
Lincoln College in 1881, receiving degree 
pf A. B. ; principal of Ashmore, 111., Sem- 
inary until 1S84; that year he received 
from his Alma Mater the degree of M. A. 
In 1S84 he was Superintendent of the 
Oakland, 111., schools, and soon after was 
appointed tutor in Lincoln College, and in 
lss", Professor of Natural Science. Mem- 
ber of the corporation and Professor of 
I Geology and Mineralogy in Martha's 
Vineyard Summer Institute at Cottage 
City, Mass., 1886-1888; 1888-1900, President 
I of Lincoln College; since 1900, President 
'1' Waynesburg College. Identified with 
(National Educational Association, the 
Middle States Association of Colleges and 
['Preparatory Schools, Pennsylvania Edu- 
cational Association and the American 
[Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence. Member of the Committee on Fed- 
eration and Union, appointed by the 
||Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly to 
confer with a similar committee of the 
Presbyterian Church in the United States. 
[Grove City College conferred upon him 
the degree of Sc. D. in June 1903, and 
Ph. D. was given him by his Alma Mater. 
Address, Owensboro, Ky. 



TIR1VER, William: 

President of the First National Bank of 
enn Argyl. Address, Penn Argyl, North- 
ampton County, Pa. 



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TI'RKER, William W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city, July 10, 1858; educated in 
the public schools; in 1873 was appren- 
ticed to the firm of Wilson, Childs & Co., 
Philadelphia Wagon Works, where he 
learned the trade of wheelwright, leaving 
there in August, 1889, to accept the ap- 
pointment of gauger's clerk in the Cus- 
tom House under Hon. Thomas V. Cooper, 
Collector of the Port; resigned April 7, 
1S99, and accepted a position as Delin- 
quent Tax Collector under the late Cap- 
tain John Taylor, Receiver of Taxes, and 
was reappointed, January, 1895, by Re- 
ceiver William J. Roney; resigned, De- 
cember 31, 1900. He has been an active 
member of the Nineteenth Ward Repub- 
lican Executive Committee for the past 
seventeen years, and is now President of 
the committee; was a delegate from the 
Eighteenth District to the convention 



that nominated Hon. Samuel W. Penny- 
packer for Governor; was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1900, and re-elected in November, 1902. 
Address, 212 Cumberland St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

TUSTIN, Ernest Leigh: 

Lawyer; born in Lewisburg, Pa., Dec. 
20, 1862; he is a descendant from a Dutch 
family which settled in New Amsterdam 
about 1630, and which afterward acquired 
grants of land from William Penn on the 
Raritan River, N. J.; his great grand- 
father served as Captain through the Rev- 
olutionary War, and had two brothers 
Lieutenants in that service; his father, 
Francis Wayland Tustin, was one of the 
founders of Bucknell University, where 
he became Professor of Greek Language, 
and was Vice President and for a time 
Acting President of that institution; the 
Tustin Gymnasium there was erected 
and equipped in his honor. He was edu- 
cated in private schools, Bucknell Acad- 
emy and Bucknell University, graduating 
in 1884. He studied law with S. P. Wol- 
verton of Sunbury, Pa., and was ad- 
mitted in 1SS6 to the Northumberland 
County bar. After taking a post-grad- 
uate law course in the University of Penn- 
sylvania, he was admitted to practice in 
the Philadelphia courts, and opened an 
office in that city. He has been associated 
in business with Hon. Charles F. War- 
wick and Alfred S. Miller and has a large 
practice which extends to the Supreme 
Court of Pennsylvania and the United 
States courts. Politically he is an active 
and outspoken advocate of municipal re- 
form. Member of the Union League, the 
University and Colonial Clubs, etc.; Trus- 
tee of Bucknell University and Director 
of several Baptist institutions. Address, 
The Bartram, Philadelphia, Pa. 

TITTLE, David Kitcliell: 

Chemist; born at Whippany, N. J.. Sept. 
19, 1S35; son of Silas and Lorania Tuttle. 
He obtained his education in the New 
York University, Lawrence Scientific 
School, and at Harvard University, receiv- 
ing the degree of B. S. from the latter 
institution in 1S55; he also received the 
degree of Ph. D. from Georgia Augusta 
University, and Gottingen, Germany, 1857. 
Married Ellen White Humes of Abingdon, 
Va. He was Assistant Professor of 
Chemistry, University of Virginia, 1857- 
1861; in private business as technical 
chemist, 1S61-18S6; melter and refiner, 



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Carson City Mint, 1S86-1SS8; Philadel- 
phia Mint, since 1888. Member American 
Philosophical Society, Franklin Institute, 
American Chemical Society, American 
Academy Political and Social Science. 
Author of "Qualitative Analysis"; con- 
tributor to technical journals and re- 
ports. Address, 403 South Fortieth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

TWEEDALE, John: 

Lieutenant Colonel United States Army; 
born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
private Company B and Company I, Fif- 
teenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, Aug. 22, 
1862, to Feb. 28, 1865; Major Assistant 
Chief Record and Pension Office, March 
2. 1899; awarded medal of honor, Nov. 
16. 1S87, for gallantry in action at Stone 
River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862, and Jan. 1, 
1863; Lieutenant Colonel, 1904. Address, 
Military Secretary's Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

TWELLS, John S.t 

United States Commercial Agent. Na- 
tive of Philadelphia; descended from 
a family identified with the history of 
that city from the time of its founder, 
William Penn; of pure British ancestry 
and American patriotism; was graduated 
from Princeton College in the class of 
1855. Read law in the office of Hon. John 
M. Read, late Chief Justice of the Su- 
preme Court of Pennsylvania. Married 
Julia Helen, second daughter of Hon. 
Henry W. Watts, for some time United 
States Minister at the Court of Austria- 
Hungary. Appointed by President Har- 
rison United States Consul at Naples, 
Italy, and is still in the consular service. 
Address, Carlsbad, Austria. 

TYLER, Charles Witcomhe: 

Clergyman of Presbyterian Church; 
born in England, Sept. 2, 1863; received 
common school education in Ohio; took 
degree of B. S. at Nashotah Seminary and 
Ph. D. at Northern Illinois Colloge. He 
was made a deacon by Bishop Knicker- 
backer of Indiana and advanced to the 
priesthood by Bishop Pierce of Arkan- 
sas; missionery in Oklahoma Territory, 
1890-1894; rector Grace Church, Clinton, 
Iowa, 1894-1900; rector Trinity Church, 
New Castle, Pa., since 1900. Address, 
New Castle, Pa. 

TYSON, Canby S.: 

President of the National Bank of Ger- 
mantown. Address, 5500 Germantown 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



TYSON, James: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Oct. 
26, 1841. He obtained his education in 
private schools and in Haverford College, 
from which institution he was graduated 
in 1860, receiving the degree of A. M. in 
1S64; he was also graduated from the 
Medical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania, 1863. Married, Dec. 5. 1865, 
Frances Bosdevex. He was formerly Pro- 
fessor of Pathology and Morbid Anatomy 
and dean of medical faculty; more recent- 
ly has been Professor Practice of Medi- 
cine, University of Pennsylvania. Au- 
thor of "The Cell Doctrine, Its Present 
State"; "Introduction to Normal Histol- 
ogy"; "Practical Examination of Urine"; 
"Physical Diagnosis, Text Book of Prac- 
tice of Medicine"; also numerous papers 
on medical subjects. Edited Medical 
Times, 1S71-1S72. Address, 1506 Spruce 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

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LXKE, Titus: 

Mining engineer and metallurgist; born 
in Washington, D. C, Oct. 17, 1866; son 
of Professor Henry and Veronica Ulke; 
he attended the public schools and the , 
High School of Washington from 1S73 to 
1884, the Columbian University, 1884-1885, 
and the Royal Academy of Mines, Frei- 
burg, Saxony, 1885-1889, graduating as a 
metallurgical engineer in 1889. He visit- 
ed many mines and works in Europe, 1889- \ 
1S90; assayer of United States Smelting , 
Company and chief chemist electrolytic , 
copper-refining works of Anaconda Mining 
Company, 1891-1893; metallurgist Depart- 
ment of Mines and Mining, World's Co- 
lumbian Exposition, 1893; later with Gug- ,j 
genheim Refining Works at Perth Am- 
boy, N. J. ; triangulator for United States 
Geological Survey, 1897; Assistant In- ( 
spector of Ordnance, United States Army, 
1S9S-1900; later metallurgical engineer of < 
Lake Superior Power Company, Sault Ste. 
Marie, Ontario. Member of American In- 
stitute of Mining Engineers, American 
Electro-Chemical Society, corresponding | 
member Anglo-American Club, Freiberg. 
Author of "Modern Electrolytic Copper 
Refining," 1903; also a German edition of j 
the same, Halle. Contributor to tech- 
nical journals. Address, Johnsonburg. 
Elk County, Pa. 

UL9IER, Albert Franklin, Jr.: 

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Legion; eldest son of Companion Acting 
Ensign Albert F. Ulmer. Elected Oct. 20, 
1897. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

ULRICH, A. Stanleys 

Lawyer; born at Annville, Pa., March 
31, 1836; son of Adam and Rebecca Ul- 
rich; educated in his native place; Penn- 
sylvania College, 1857-1859, and Yale Col- 
lege, graduating on June 26, 1861; studied 
law under Hon. N. A. Starkey, Deep River, 
Conn.; admitted to the bar at Middletown, 
Conn., February, 1862, and at Lebanon, 
Pa., April, 1862. He was for some time 
a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Philadelphia (now Mt. Airy) and fre- 
quently a delegate to the General Coun- 
cil. He served for many years as School 
Director of Lebanon, and is Chairman of 
the Finance and Examining Committees 
of the High School. Author of "The War 
and Its Immediate Results," "College 
Reminiscences," "An Incidental Narra- 
tive," "Afloat and Ashore, or Two Hours 
in the Waters of Long Island Sound," "A 
Romance of the Eleventh Pennsylvania 
Militia after Antietam," "Vain Aspira- 
tions for Genius," "The Spectre of Hang- 
ing Rock, or a Union Spy," "The Causes 
of National Tribulations," "The Wander- 
ing Johnny, or the Twenty-sixth Pennsyl- 
vania (Emergency) Militia on Their 
Muscle," etc. Poems: "A Vision," "Lives 
There a Man," "Just Before the Bat- 
tle," "The Battle Slain," "The Union 
Freeman's Song," "American National 
Song," "Sunrise of the Waves," "Home- 
side Pleasures," etc. In the Civil War 
was a private in Company A, Eleventh 
Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, in 1862. 
and Company E, Twenty-sixth Regiment 
Pennsylvania, in 1863, having been dis- 
abled in the battle of Gettysburg; dis- 
charged July 30, 1863. Address, Lebanon, 
Pa. 

ULRICH, William Ilaggs: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia May 4, 
1829; educated in the public schools of 
Chester, Pa., and at Gause's Academy, 
Unionville, Chester County, Pa. While a 
junior clerk in a drug store in Philadel- 
phia he attended lectures at Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy, and matriculated at 
Philadelphia College of Medicine, gradu- 
ating therefrom in 1850. That year he 
accepted charge of a large drug store at 
Natchez, Miss., but in 1851 began the 
practice of his profession in Concordia 



Parish, Louisiana, with distinguished suc- 
cess. In 1865 took a special post-gradu- 
ate course at the New Orleans School of 
Medicine, graduating in 1866. In 1S72 he 
was appointed surgeon of the Pennsyl- 
vania Military College, official surgeon 
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal- 
timore Railroad Company, and is now one 
of the staff of the Chester Hospital. He 
was one. of the earliest advocates of the 
admission of women to the ranks of the 
learned professions, and after forty years' 
struggle he was present when Dr. Jen- 
kins, a woman delegate from Illinois, was 
admitted to the American Medical Soci- 
ety. For twenty years he was a School 
Director in Louisiana, and for more than 
ten years served on the Board of Educa- 
tion of the city of Chester. Member of 
the Delaware County Medical Society, the 
American Medical Society, the Pennsyl- 
vania State Medical Society, of which he 
is the President, and is a Trustee of the 
Third Presbyterian Church. In 1902 he 
delivered an address on "Dr. Elwood Har- 
vey" before the Delaware County His- 
torical Society; has made many addresses 
before medical societies, and has contrib- 
uted numerous articles to medical jour- 
nals. On May 4, 1854, he married Eliza 
L., daughter of David F. Miller, of Louisi- 
ana. Address, Chester, Pa. 

ULRICH, William H.s 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Dauphin County; 
born in Lower Swatara Township, Dau- 
phin County, Pa., Jun 7, 1844; educated in 
the common schools and at Middletown 
Academy; taught school for nine years; 
followed civil engineering for nearly twen- 
ty years; served as County Surveyor for 
six years, and as Prothonotary for six 
years; is now cashier of the Farmers' 
Bank of Hummelstown, one of the Prison 
Inspectors of Dauphin County, and Pres- 
ident of the Board of Trustees of Leb- 
anon Valley College at Annville; was 
elected to the House of Representatives in 
1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Hummelstown, Pa. 

UMBEL, Robert Emeroy: 

Jurist; born in Henry Clay Township 
over thirty-six years ago. The Umbels 
came originally from Wales and settled 
in New Jersey in 1770, and later in Penn- 
sylvania; educated at the public schools, 
George's Creek Academy, Smithfield, Pa.; 
Western Pennsylvania Institute, Mount 
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law student in the office of Boyle & Mes- 
trezat; 1SS7 admitted to the bar; in 1889 
the Borough Council of Connellsville 
elected him Solicitor, and in August of 
the same year he formed the firm of Boyd 
& Umbel; is a member of the bar of Unit- 
ed States Circuit and District Courts, and 
in 1894 admitted to practice in the Su- 
preme Court of the United States. Judge 
of the Fourteenth Judicial District since 
1900. Democrat. Married Frances Greir 
White, daughter of Dr. T. H. White, of 
Connellsville, Pa., Nov. 29, 1899. They 
have one daughter. Past Master of Fay- 
ette Lodge No. 228, F. and A. M.; Past 
High Priest of Union Chapter No. 165, R. 
A. M. ; Eminent Commander of Uniontown 
Commandery No. 49, K. T. ; thrice Potent 
Grand Master of Uniontown Lodge of 
Perfection, A. A. S. R.; member Pennsyl- 
vania Council P. of J., sixteenth degree; 
Pgh. Chapter Rose Croix eighteenth de- 
gree and of Pennsylvania Consistory, thir- 
ty-second degree, and of Syria Temple, 
A. A. O. N. M. S. Address, Union- 
town, Pa. 

IXGER, Frederic William: 

Journalist, author; born in Philadelphia 
Jan. 25, 1875; son of John Frederick and 
Lydia Louise Unger; educated at East- 
burn Academy, Philadelphia, 1S84-1S92; 
studied for the minstry, but later en- 
tered the Law Department of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, but before finishing 
his course decided to enter journalism. 
He was active in political life in Phila- 
delphia as a Republican for several years. 
He visited the Klondike in 1898, traveling 
extensively through the interior of Alas- 
ka; went to South Africa in 1899. At- 
tached to Lord Roberts's headquarters' 
staff as correspondent for London Times, 
and afterward to President Kruger's staff 
representing London Express. Present at 
many sieges and battles, and was compli- 
mented on field of action by British au- 
thorities for services rendered wounded 
under fire; carried field marshal's official 
dispatch announcing capture of Bloem- 
fontein through enemy's lines to Kimber- 
ly. Lectured and wrote on Anglo-Boer 
War, 1901. Republican nominee for Legis- 
lature from Berks County, Pa.. 1902 
Member of Philadelphia Browning Soci- 
ety, and of the Franklin Inn Club. Author 
of "With 'Babs' and Kruger," 1901; also 
stories, character sketches and articles 
in magazines and newspapers. Address, 
1006 Mt. Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



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VAIL, Lewis D.: 

Lawyer; born in Stroudsburg, Pa., 
March 17, 1832; he is of English Quaker 
ancestry, one of his ancestors having 
come to Philadelphia in the year before 
Willam Penn, and lived for a time in a 
cave dug in the river bank; his father, 
Dr. Charles Vail, practiced medicine for 
many years at Stroudsburg; his mother 
was of a Huguenot family, which settled 
in Pennsylvania above the Water Gap 
before William Penn's arrival; his ances- 
tor, Colonel Jacob Stroud, fought in the 
Colonial and Revolutionary wars, and 
was the founder of Stroudsburg. Mr. 
Vail was educated at Lafayette and 
Princeton Colleges, graduating from the 
latter in 1851; he taught school for sev- 
eral years, being principal of the Strouds- 
burg Academy, 1852-1856. He went to 
Philadelphia in 1856, became a law stu- 
dent in the office of R. C. McMurtrie, and 
was admitted to the bar in 1858. Since 
then he has steadily and successfully 
practiced in that city. He was a member 
of the Democratic Party till 1SS4. since 
which date he has adhered to the Prohibi- 
tion Party. He is regarded as an author- 
ity on the interpretation of the liquor 
laws, and has been the attorney of the 
Law and Order Society since its forma- 
tion. He married a daughter of the Hon. 
George M. Stroud, and has a family of 
seven sons and two daughters. Address, 
The Gladstone, Philadelphia, Pa. 

VALENTINE, Milton: 

Clergyman, teacher, author; born at 
Uniontown, Md., Jan. 1, 1825; son of Ja- 
cob and Rebecca Valentine; was gradu- 
ated from Pennsylvania College, Gettys- 
burg, 1850; D. D., 1866; LL. D., Witten- 
berg College, Ohio, 1886. Married, De- 
cember 18, 1S55, Margaret G. Gait. Or- 
dained Lutheran minister, October, 1852; 
preached at Winchester, Va., 1852-1853; 
Greensburg, Pa., 1853-1S54; principal of 
Emaus Institute, Middletown, Pa., 1854- 
1859; pastor St. Matthew's Church, Read- 
ing, Pa., 1S59-1S66; Professor Ecclesiasti- 
cal History, Lutheran Theological Sem- 
inary, 1866-1868; President Pennsylvania 
College, 1868-1884. Joint editor Lutheran 
Quarterly, 1S71-1876, 1880-1885, and since 
1898. From 1SS4 to 1903 Professor of 
Systematic Theology and Chairman of 
the Faculty of the Theological Seminary 
at Gettysburg; since 1902 Emeritus Pro- 
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Rational Theism," 1SS5; "Theoretical Eth- 
ics," 1897; "Christian Truth and Life," 
1898; also numerous pamphlets and con- 
I tributions to reviews and other journals. 
Address, Gettysburg, Pa. 

VAUGHN, Frank M.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Meshoppen. Address, Meshoppen, Wy- 
oming County, Pa. 

VAN CLEEF, Augustus: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Acting Assistant Surgeon United 
States Army, July 15, 1862; resigned, 
April 18, 1864; First Lieutenant and As- 
sistant Surgeon United States Volunteers, 
April 18, 1864; resigned and honorably 
discharged, April 6, 1865. Elected Feb. 
8, 1893. Address, 1529 Sanderson Ave., 
Scranton, Pa. 

VANDERGRIFT, Jacob Jay: 

Oil trade operator; born in Pittsburg in 
1827; his business career began at the 
age of fifteen in the steamboat service, 
and he was a Captain before the age of 
twenty-five. The method of towing 
barges which has since been used in the 
western river traffic was introduced by 
him. When the war broke out Captain 
Vandergrift was steamboating on the 
Ohio River, and was the owner of the 
famous Red Fox, which the Government 
chartered and which was sunk near Cairo. 
In 1863 he removed to Oil City to oversee 
his oil-shipping business, and here became 
a partner of Daniel Bushnell in oil pro- 
duction. He subsequently had other part- 
ners, and was the leading promoter of 
the Anchor Oil Company and President of 
the Forest and Washington Oil Company. 
As the senior member of the firm of Van- 
dergrift & Forman. The marvelous ad- 
vance in the modes of transporting oil 
was mainly due to him. During the ex- 
istence of the United Pipe Lines he was 
their President, and also of the United 
Division of the National Transit after the 
consolidation in 1884. The Oil City Trust 
Company, one of the largest banking in- 
stitutions in Pennsylvania, was founded 
by him. On his removal to Pittsburg in 
1881 he founded the Keystone Bank and 
the Pittsburg Trust Company, and was 
elected President of both; he also took 
an active part in organizing the Seaboard 
Bank of New York, the Argyle Savings 
Bank of Petrolia, and the Oil Exchange of 



Pittsburg, which he has provided, with 
spacious quarters in the massive Van- 
dergrift Building. The town of Vander- 
grift is a monument to his enterprise. Ad- 
dress, Pittsburg, Pa. 

VANDERGRIFT, Samuel H.: 

Real estate dealer; born in Oil City, 
June 30, 1S68; son of the late Captain J. 
J. Vandergrift; was early employed in 
the office of the Pennsylvania Tube 
Works, of which his father was one of 
the founders; later he entered the office 
of his father and assisted in the man- 
agement of their large real estate and oil 
properties, becoming Superintendent of 
the Vandergrift and Conestoga buildings. 
He is executor and trustee of his father's 
estate and is prominently identified with 
many of Pittsburg's large financial insti- 
tutions. In 1888 he married Alice B. 
Mercer of Newark, N. J. Member of the 
Duquesne, Union, Pittsburg and Edge- 
wood Clubs of Pittsburg, and the New 
York Yacht Club, the Thousand Island 
Yacht Club, the Nittany Rod and Gun 
Club, and the Revels Island Club of Vir- 
ginia. Address, 512 Shady Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

VANDERSAAL, S. W.: 

President of the Fourth National Bank 
of Pittsburg; born in Lancaster County, 
Pa., sixty years ago. Besides the com- 
mon schools, he attended the State Nor- 
mal School at Millersville, Pa., an acad- 
emy at Parkersburg, Pa., and Crittenden's 
Business College, Philadelphia, Pa. He 
enlisted during the Civil War, but for 
some reason never got out on active duty. 
He went to Oil Creek in 1868, and in 1883 
moved to Pittsburg. He took charge of 
the Graffton Blast Furnaces for the late 
firm of Graff, Bennett & Co. until 1888, 
when they retired from business; then 
became associated with the late Judge 
Bailey in the settlement of their affairs. 
After this he again became interested in 
the oil and gas business, acting as Secre- 
tary and Treasurer and General Manager 
of the West Penn Gas Company; Vice 
President and General Manager of the 
Fayette Gas Fuel Company of Uniontown, 
Pa., and Treasurer and General Manager 
of the Apollo Oil and Gas Company. In 
June, 1903, he was elected President of 
the Fourth National Bank of Pittsburg; 
is interested in a number of banks and 
trust companies. Married in 1^72 to 
Louisa McCloskey of Clarion, Pa.; they 
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the Union Club. Republican in politics. 
Address, Farmers' Bank Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

VAN DEUSEN, Edwin Hicks, M. D.: 

Born March 12, 1860, at Troy, N. Y. ; 
descendant of the van Deusens and Burg- 
hardts in the Great Barrington country 
and the van Ordens of Dutchess County. 
N. Y., and Dr. Robert Hicks, an English 
physician. At the age of nine years he 
went with his parents to the Philadel- 
phia suburb of Tioga; he was graduated 
from the Philadelphia Central High 
School, June, 1877, and from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania (Medical Depart- 
ment), 1880, with post-graduate courses 
in the Hahnemann Medical College of 
Philadelphia and the University of Vi- 
enna, Austria. He served for four years in 
the Throat, Nose and Ear Department of 
Hahnemann Hospital; attending physician 
to the Rosine Home, Philadelphia, for 
ten years; he is now consulting obstetric- 
ian for that institution as well as for St. 
Luke's Homeopathic Hospital, Philadel- 
phia. In 1882 he married Adelaide P., 
daughter of John J. Smith of Memphis, 
Tenn., and Adelaide Parmalee of Phila- 
delphia; their children, Edwin P., Robert 
H.. and Frederick, are all living with their 
parents in Tioga, Philadelphia. Address, 
2032 Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

VAN ETTEN, J. Hixson: 

Attorney at law; born Oct. 13, 1843, in 
Delaware Township, Pike County, Pa., 
on lands owned by ancestors since prior 
to War of the Revolution. He was pre- 
pared for college under William Rankin 
at Mendham, N. J.; was graduated from 
Williams College, Mass., in 1866. He 
read law with Hon. William Davis at 
Stroudsburg, Pa., and admitted to the bar 
in May, 1869; removed to Pike for prac- 
tice of the profession in 1870. Member of 
Republican County Committee for several 
years; also Chairman; several times del- 
egate to Republican State conventions; 
was School Director in Milford for seven 
years. He established Pike County Press, 
Nov. 1, 1895, and has since been its editor 
and publisher. Married, Oct. 7, 1874, to 
Adelaide J. Kanouse, daughter of Rev. 
Peter Kanouse of Sussex. N. J. Address, 
Milford, Pike County, N. J. 

VAN HORN. A. H.: 

President of the Wilkesbarre Deposit 
and Savings Bank. Address, Wilkesbarre, 
Luzerne County, Pa. 



VAN HORN, W. D.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Wellsborough. Address, Wellsbor- 
ough, Tioga County, Pa. 

VAN NESS, John: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in John- 
sonburg, Warren County, N. J., Nov. 9, 
1866, of Dutch ancestry; was graduated 
from Blair Presbyterian Academy, 1888. 
Princeton College, 1892, and Princeton 
Theological Seminary, 1895. Taught pub- 
lic school two years, and was for one 
year under-master in the Lawrenceville 
School for Boys. Ordained to the minis- 
try by Presbytery of Washington City, 
July 3, 1S95, and installed as pastor of- 
the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, 
Washington, D. C, serving seven years, 
until he accepted the call as pastor of the 
Holmesburg Presbyterian Church in the 
city of Philadelphia in September, 1902, 
where he is still located. Married, Feb. 
1, 1899, to Claudia M. Dorland of Wash- 
ington, D. C. Received degree of M. A 
from Princeton College in 1895. Address. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

VAN REED, Wellington: 

Merchant; born in Spring Township, 
Berks County, Pa., near the village of 
Sinking Spring; educated in the public 
schools, and graduated from the Reading 
Scientific Academy; entered the Reading 
Adler newspaper office, where he was 
bookkeeper and clerk for seven years; he 
then went into the merchant tailoring 
business, in which he is still engaged. 
He was one of the organizers of the 
Reading and Southwestern Street Rail- 
way Company in 1890, and a Director for 
a number of years; one of the incorpor- 
ators of the Schuylkill Valley Bank, in 
which he is a Director; Secretary of the 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Sink- 
ing Spring for many years; Director of 
the Berks County Agricultural and Hor- 
ticultural Society and Chairman of the 
Committee on Grounds; has represented 
the society at the Pennsylvania State 
College annual meeting and commence- 
ment exercises for the past fifteen years; 
Director and Vice President of the Au- 
burn Shale Brick Company; Director in 
a number of building associations; mem- 
ber of the Reading School Board nearly 
thirty years and Chairman for twenty- 
five years of the Committee on Building 
and Repairs, which will have in charge 
in 1904 the erection of the new Boys' 
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Catharine Kessler, daughter of Charles 
Kessler, who was one of the proprietors 
of the Reading Adler when Mr. Van 
Reed was connected with the newspaper 
as clerk. Democrat in politics and Ward 
Chairman for a long period. Address, 
Reading, Pa. 

VAN TASSEL, A. R.: 

President of the Union Banking and 
Trust Company. Address, Dubois, Clear- 
held County, Pa. 

VAN VALZAH, David Dovgall; 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Illinois; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
First Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, May 
14, 1861; Captain, Aug. 10, 1864; trans- 
ferred to Thirtieth Infantry, Sept. 21, 
1866; assigned to Twenty-fifth Infantry, 
Dec. 31, 1870; Major Twentieth Infantry, 
Oct. 19, 1886; Lieutenant Colonel Twenty- 
fourth Infantry, Oct. 14, 1891; Colonel 
Eighteenth Infantry, May 23, 1896; bre- 
vetted Captain, Aug. 1, 1864, for gallant 
services in the battle of the Wilderness 
and during the campaign before Rich- 
mond, Va. ; retired, June 20, 1899. Ad- 
dress, Lewistown Pa. 

VARE, George A.: 

State Senator from Philadelphia; born 
in the District of Southwark. Philadelphia, 
Feb. 7, 1859; was educated in the public 
schools of that city; is a contractor on 
public and private work. He was a del- 
egate to the State conventions of 1SS9, 
1891, 1893, 1895, 1897 and 1899. Member 
from First Legislative District in the 
House of Representatives, 1891, 1893 and 
1895; was elected to the Senate in Novem- 
ber, 1896, and re-elected November, 1900. 
Address, 2133 South Fourth St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

VASBINDER, Curtis R.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Jefferson County; 
born in Rose Township, Jefferson County, 
Pa., Dec. 3 1856; educated in the common 
schools of the township and attended 
Corsica Academy two terms; assisted his 
mother on the farm while securing his 
education. In 1880 he engaged in farm- 
ing and the lumbering business, and is 
now extensively engaged in the manu- 
facture of lumber in Pennsylvania and 
West Virginia. He has always been a 
Republican, but never before held any 
office; elected to the House of Represen- 
tatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Brookville, Pa. 



VASTINE, J. H.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Catawissa. Address, Catawissa, Colum- 
bia County, Pa. 

VAC.V, George, Jr.: 

Lawyer, philanthropist; born in Phila- 
delphia, Dec. 18, 1863; son of George and 
Sarah Vaux; he was graduated from 
Haverford College, with the degree of 
S. B., 1884, LL. D., University of Pennsyl- 
vania, 188S; admitted to bar. He has de- 
voted much of his time to reformatory 
work in penal institutions, mainly in the 
Philadelphia House of Refuge, and in 1S98 
he was appointed Inspector of the State 
Penitentiary for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania. Member of the Phi Beta 
Kappa, American Philosophical Society, 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, Academy of Natural Sci- 
ences of Philadelphia, etc. Contributor to 
Proceedings Academy Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia, 1S99, including original re- 
searches on glaciers of British Columbia. 
Address, 404 Girard Building, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

VEDDER, Henry Clay: 

Educator, editor, author; born at De 
Ruyter, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1853; was graduat- 
ed from the University of Rochester, 1S73 
(A. M., 1876; D. D., 1897); Rochester The- 
ological Seminary, 1876; married. Sept. 11, 
1877, Minnie M. Lingham. He was on the 
editorial staff of the Examiner, a Bap- 
tist newspaper, published in New York, 
from 1876 to 1892, and its editor in chief, 
1892-1894; he was alsp the editor of the 
Baptist Quarterly Review from 1885 to 
1892. Has been for some time Professor 
of Church History at the Crozer Theologi- 
cal Seminary. Author of "Baptists and 
Liberty of Conscience." 1885; "The De- 
cline of Infant Baptism," 1890; "A Short 
History of the Baptists," 1891; "The 
Higher Criticism," 1892; "The Dawn of 
Christianity," 1894; "Talks with Baptist 
Young People," 1895; "American Writers 
of To-day," 1S94; "The Decline of the 
Apostolic Succession in the Church of 
England," 1894; "A History of the Bap- 
tists of the Middle States." 1898; "The 
Baptists" (vol. in The Story of the Church- 
es Series), 1903; also many articles in 
magazines, newspapers, encyclopaedias, 
etc. Address, Chester, Pa. 

VERBEEK, Gnstave: 

Painter, illustrator; born at Nagasaki, 
Japan, Aug. 29, 1867; son of Guido Ver- 
beek; educated at Tokio, Japan, 1875-1882; 



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studied art under Benjamin Constant, 
Laurens, Blanc, Girardot, Paris. Address, 
1717 Chestnut St., Bryn Mawr, Pa. 

VERLENDEJJ, W. L.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Darby, Delaware County, Pa. 

VERNER, James: 

Railroad official; born Aug. 30, 1818, at 
a place which is now called Monongahela 
City, Pa.; son of James and Elizabeth 
(Doyle) Verner. In 1S20 his parents 
moved to Pittsburg', and it was here that 
he was reared, educated and spent almost 
his entire life. In 1831 he married Miss 
Anna Montgomery, daughter of Gen. 
James Murray of Murraysville, Pa., where 
he purchased a farm of 400 acres, on 
which is now situated "Verona (formerly 
Verner's Station, Allegheny Valley Rail- 
road). Upon the completion of the Alle- 
gheny Valley Railroad, he, with others, 
began the work of laying out a village, 
which now constitutes the First Ward of 
Verona Borough, and, by his efforts, se- 
cured for the place the shops of the rail- 
road. He later returned to Pittsburg, 
where he engaged in the brewing business, 
and afterward, in connection with 
Thomas A. Scott and Nathaniel Holmes, 
operated an omnibus line, transferring 
passengers and baggage to and from the 
different railroad stations. In 1859 he 
secured the charter for the Citizens' Pas- 
senger Street Railway, which was the 
first street railway in actual operation 
west of the Allegheny Mountains. He 
organized the Pittsburg Forge and Iron 
Company with Messrs. J. H. McCullough, 
George W. Cass, Springer Harbaugh and 
William P. Porter, who were the first 
Directors of the Company. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

VERNER, Murray A.: 

Railroad official; born in Pittsburg, Pa., 
in 1S52; was first employed as clerk in 
the receiver's office of the Citizen's Pas- 
senger Railway. In 1876 he became Su- 
perintendent, and in 1S90 General Manager 
of the Pittsburg and Birmingham Trac- 
tion Company; also General Manager of 
the Rochester, N. Y., street railway syn- 
dicate, and Manager and Vice President 
of the Buffalo street railway system. 
On the completion of the Pittsburg and 
Birmingham Traction Line he was elected 
President. He is identified with big finan- 
ciers in Cleveland and railway interests 
along the Ohio Valley. Address, Far- 
mers' Bank Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 



VERXOU, Charles Alexander: 

Major United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Third Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, April 18, 1862; honorably mustered 
out, July S, 1S62; Second Lieutenant 
Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, May 9, 1863; 
honorably mustered out, Aug. 24, 1864; 
First Lieutenant Sixth Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, Feb. 19, 1865; Captain, March 22, 
1865; honorably mustered out, Aug. 7, 
1865; Second Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry, 
March 7, 1867; First Lieutenant, Jan. 13, 
186S; transferred to Nineteenth Infantry, 
July 10, 1873; Captain, Dec. 18, 1886; Ma- 
jor Chief Quartermaster Volunteers, June 
7, 189S; honorably discharged from Vol- 
unteers, Sept. 17, 1898; Major Seventeenth 
Infantry, March 2, 1899; retired, June 8, 
1S99. On duty with the organized Militia 
of Michigan since Feb. 6, 1904. Address, 
care Adjutant General, Lansing, Mich. 

VICKERS, George M.J 

Soldier, author and editor; born in Phil- 
adelphia, Jan. 8, 1841; son of David and 
Jane Emeline Vickers; educated by pri- 
vate tutors; served as private Company 
K, Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Re- 
serves; Sergeant, Company I, Fortieth 
Pennsylvania Regiment (emergency, to 
repel Lee's invasion of State), private 
Company D, First Regiment United States 
Veteran Reserves, and honorably dis- 
charged Nov. 14, 1S65. President Penn- 
sylvania Reserve Association, Philadel- 
phia. Independent in politics. Author of 
"Guard the Flag," "Columbia, My Coun- 
try," and over 500 songs, many of which 
are published in foreign countries; also 
collection of poems entitled "Ballads of 
the Occident." Address, 712 Chestnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

VILSACK, L,.: 

President of the Valley Trust Company 
of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

VINCENT, John P.: 

Jurist; born in Waterford. Erie County, 
Pa., Dec. 2, 1817; educated in the Water- 
ford Academy, and for some time was 
engaged in teaching and farming; then 
taking up law as a profession, he studied 
in the office of Hon. Elijah Babbitt, Erie, 
Pa., was admitted to the Erie County 
bar in 1841, and soon became actively en- 
gaged in practice. In 1862 he was elected 
to the House of Representatives, where he 
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was elected Additional Law Judge of the 
Sixth District of Pennsylvania, and after 
the adoption of the new Pennsylvania 
Constitution in 1874 was commissioned 
President Judge of this district, serving 
till January, 1877. Since that date he 
has practiced law in Erie. Address, 
Brie, Pa. 

* 

VIRD1N, John: 

Ex-Recorder of Deeds; born in the Dis- 
trict of Kensington, Philadelphia, July 14, 
1852; attended the public schools until 
nine years of age, when the death of his 
father compelled him to seek employment. 
After working on a farm and at other 
duties, he became a laborer in the Cramp 
shipyard at fifteen, and soon after an 
apprentice to the trade of spar making. 
At twenty-one he was given a position in 
the United States Navy Yard, through the 
favor of Congressman Harmer, in requital 
for which he organized the Harmer Re- 
publican Club in the Eighteenth Ward, of 
which he was President from 1874 to 
1S85. His first political position was as 
Inspector of Highways under Gen. Louis 
Wagner. In 1898 he was elected Recorder 
of Deeds of Philadelphia, a position 
which he filled ably and efficiently for 
three years. Address, 3139 Allen St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

VOX MOSCHZISKER, Robert: 

Judge of Court of Common Pleas, Phil- 
adelphia; born in Philadelphia, March 4, 
1870; son of the late Dr. F. A. von Mosch- 
zisker, a native of Poland, who came to 
America and married Miss Harrison of 
Philadelphia; educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia and by private 
tutors. Entered the office of Edward 
Shippen in 1883, with whom he subse- 
quently studied law, and was admitted 
to the bar. In 1902 he was appointed 
Third Assistant District Attorney of the 
County of Philadelphia; was advanced to 
Second Assistant District Attorney, and 
subsequently First Assistant. In 1903 he 
was appointed by the Governor to fill out 
the unexpired term of Judge Henry J. 
McCarthy in the Court of Common Pleas 
No. 3 of the County of Philadelphia, and 
on Jan. 4, 1904 was elected Judge for the 
full term of ten years. He was previously 
a member of the Board of Censors of the 
Philadelphia bar. Member Young Repub- 
licans of Philadelphia, Penrose, Lincoln, 
Art, Philadelphia Yacht, and Clover 



Clubs; American Bar Association; Penn- 
sylvania State Bar Association; Philadel- 
phia Law Association; Law Academy; 
Pennsylvania Historical Society; Veteran 
Corps of the First Regiment, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania; Harmony Lodge 
No. 52, F. and A. M.; Fidelity Assembly 
No. 21, A. O. M. P.; Washington Camp 
No. 277, P. O. S. A.; Artillery Corps of 
Washington Grays and Blaine Council, 
J. O. U. A. M. Address, City Hall, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

VON WEDEKIND, Luther Lochman: 

Surgeon United States Navy; born In 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; 
Assistant Surgeon, Nov. 3, 1888; Passed 
Assistant Surgeon, Nov. 3, 1892; Pensa- 
cola, 1889; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, 1892; 
Newark, 1893; Naval Academy, 1896; 
Minneapolis, 189S; Oregon, 1899; Puget 
Sound, Naval Station, 1900; Surgeon, Nov. 
19, 1900; Cincinnati, since 1901. Address, 
care Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

VOORHEES, Theodore: 

Civil engineer and railway manager; 
born in New York, June 4, 1847; son of 
B. F. and Margaret E. Voorhees; he re- 
ceived his education in private schools 
and at Columbia College; he also took a 
full course at the Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute, from which he was graduated 
in 1869 with the degree of C. E. Married, 
at Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1894, Mary E. 
Chittenden. In railway service since July 
15, 1869; four years engineering depart- 
ment, two years Superintendent Syracuse, 
Binghamton & New York Railroad and 
Lackawanna & Western Railroad; Decem- 
ber, 1874, to March, 1875, transportation 
department Delaware & Hudson Canal 
Company, Albany; March, 1875, to Oct. 20, 
18S5, Superintendent Saratoga & Cham- 
plain Division, Northern Railroad; depart- 
ment, Delaware & Hudson Canal Com- 
pany's Railroad; October, 1885, to March, 
ruary 1, 1893, General Superintendeant of 
March, 1890, to February, 1893, General 
Superintendent New Central & Hudson 
River Railroad; also March, 1890, to Feb- 
ruary 1, 1893, General Superintendent 
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Rail- 
road. Since Feb. 1, 1893, First Vice Presi- 
dent Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. 
Member American Society Civil En- 
gineers; also Century, University and 
Philadelphia Clubs. Address, Reading 
Terminal, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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WADE, Charles Eugene: 

Dental surgeon; born in Pittsburg, July 
30, 1871; educated in the public schools of 
Pittsburg and graduated with honors 
from the High School. He then pursued 
a course of study in the Curry Institute 
and the Pennsylvania Dental College at 
Philadelphia; was graduated from the lat- 
ter institution in 1892, and later opened an 
office in Pittsburg. Member of the Odon- 
tographic Society and of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. Republican in 
politics. Address, 3600 Fifth Ave., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

WADS WORTH, Marsh man Edward: 

Geologist, educator; born at Livermore 
Falls, Me., May 6, 1847; was graduated 
from Bowdoin, 1869; Ph. D., Harvard. 
Instructor, Harvard, 1874-1885; Professor 
Mineralogy and Geology, Colby Univer- 
sity, 1885-1887; President Michigan Col- 
lege of Mines, 1887-1899; State Geologist of 
Michigan, 1888-1893; geologist and mining 
expert, Keweenawan Association, 1898- 
1903; Professor Mining and Geology, 
Pennsylvania State College, since 1901; 
Geologist, Pennsylvania State Board of 
Agriculture, since 1902. Fellow American 
Association for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence, Gelogical Society of London, Amer- 
ican Geological Society; member American 
Institute of Mining Engineering. Author of 
"Geology of the Iron and Copper Districts 
of Lake Superior," "Lithological Studies," 
"Report of the Michigan Geological Sur- 
Survey," "The Azoic System" (with the 
late Josiah Dwight Whitney), and num- 
erous other books and papers. Address, 
State College, Pa. 

WAGNER, E. C.t 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Girardville, Schuylkill County, 
Pa. 

WAGNER, George E,: 

Fire underwriter; born in Giessen, Ger- 
many, May 18, 1842; went to Philadel- 
phia with his parents in August, 1849; ed- 
ucated in the public schools; went into 
business in 1857 as errand boy; in 1860 he 
started business on his own account as 
coal salesman, collector of debts, etc. 
In April, 1861, he served as a private in 
Company D, Twentieth Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, and Company D, Eigh- 
ty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, as pri- 
vate, First Sergeant, Second Lieutenant, 



being promoted to First Lieutenant, De- 
cember, 1862. In September, 1863, he 
joined the Eighth Regiment, United States 
Colored Troops, as Captain of Company 
A, and was made Major September, 1864; 
Lieutenant Colonel Ninth Regiment U. S. 
Colored Troops November, 1864. Served in 
Patterson's army in the Shenandoah Val- 
lay, in Alexandria, Va., and the defences 
of Washington; was with Pope's army in 
Virginia at the second battle of Bull 
Run, when it became a part of the Army 
of the Potomac; was wounded at battle of 
Olnstee. Fla.; accompanied his regiment in 
Earley's raid across the Potomac; took 
part in the attacks before Petersburg, 
and Richmond Va. ; resigned and retired 
from the service in December, 1864; was 
brevetted Colonel United States Volun- 
teers. After leaving the service he was 
commissioned as Colonel of and for sev- 
eral years commanded the Eleventh Reg- 
iment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. 
He resumed business as a stock broker, 
becoming a member of the Philadelphia 
Stock Exchange; since 1866 in the in- 
surance business. President of the Phila- 
delphia Fire Underwriters and of the 
Philadelphia Fire Insurance Patrol; Pres- 
ident and Director of several business or- 
ganizations, including directorship in two 
national banks. Member of Union League 
of Philadelphia, Germantown Club, Post 
No. 2, G. A. R.. Department of Pennsyl- 
vania, and Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion, Pennsylvania Commandery; sinee 
1864 a member of the Masonic fraternity; 
in the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter 
has filled the offices up to and including 
those of. Grand High Priest and Grand 
Master. Address, 401 Walnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

WAGNER, J. S.: 

President of the Tri-County Banking 
Company of Pottstown. Address, Potts- 
town, Montgomery County, Pa. 

WAGNER, Louis: 

President of Board of City Trusts; born 
in Giessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, 
on Aug. 4, 1S3S; his father and family 
came to America in 1849, settling in Phil- 
adelphia. Pa., when Louis was eleven 
years old; educated partly in the school 
at Giessen, Germany, and in grammar 
school, Philadelphia. He was in litho- 
graph business until the breaking out of 
the Civil War, when he was mustered in 
the Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volun- 
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■[Lieutenant of Company D; he took part 
in several engagements, and was promoted 
jto the captaincy of Company D; placed in 
charge of Camp William Penn in Phila- 
delphia as a Lieutenant Colonel, brevet, 
United States Army, where he organized 
ithe first regiment of colored troops; was 
assigned to the command of a brigade in 
the Fifth Army Corps. He was subse- 
quently made a Brigadier General by 
brevet, and was honorably discharged 
jifrom the service, having served almost 
I continuously from the beginning to the 
end of the war. Married Miss Hattie Slo- 
cum, Aug. 4, 1S59. Republican in politics. 
He is a thirty-second degree Mason, 
member of the Grand Lodge and one of 
the organizers of and President from its 
organization of the Masonic Home of 
Pennsylvania. In civil business and polit- 
ical life he was the first Director of Public 
Works of Philadelphia; served as City 
Councilman and President of Common 
Council; Recorder of Deeds of Philadel- 
phia, a Guardian of the Poor, Board of 
j Public Education, one of the Park Com- 
missioners, member from 1875 to 1892 and 
since 1S92 President of the Board of City 
Trusts, whose chief trust is Girard Col- 
lege; also Wills Hospital, etc. He was 
ligeneral insurance manager, manager of 
Glenville Coal Company, and is Presi- 
dent of the Third National Bank of Phila- 
delphia and Chairman of Sinking Fund 
Commission. He was one of the organ- 
izers of the Grand Army of the Republic 
and a Past Commander-in-Chief; he was 
President of the German Society of Phil- 
adelphia; held highest offices in the Good 
Templars of Pennsylvania; is the head 
of the Sons of Temperance in the United 
States and British Provinces. Address, 
Third National Bank, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WAGNER, Samuel: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 
1842; son of Samuel and Emille Obrie 
(Duval) Wagner; received his preliminary 
education in the Episcopal Academy of 
Philadelphia; he was graduated from the 
'University of Pennsylvania in 1861; de- 
gree of A. M. in 1864; he also took a 
course of law at the same institution. 
Married, at Philadelphia in 1893, Anne 
Leonard, daughter of Edward Seymour 
Harlan. He was instructor in mathe- 
matics, Episcopal Academy, 1861-1863; 
served in First Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Militia, 1862-1863; admitted to Philadel- 
phia bar, 1866; to the Supreme Court 
of Pennsylvania, 1869; to Supreme Court 



of the United States, 1881. Chief of 
editorial staff Penn Monthly, 1881-1883; 
Trustee Free Library of Philadelphia; one 
of the founders of the Pennsylvania Mu- 
seum and School of Industrial Art; Presi- 
dent of Wagner Free Institute of Sci- 
ence since 1884; contributor to reviews. 
Member American Philosophical Society 
since 1885; one of the founders of the 
Penn, Rittenhouse, University, Philobib- 
lion Clubs. Address, Greenbank Farm, 
West Chester, Pa.; Franklin Building, 
133 South Twelfth St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 
WAHL, William Henry: 

Scientific journalist, metallurgist and 
electro-chemist; born in Philadelphia, 
Dec. 14, 1848; son of John H. and Caro- 
line R. Wahl; educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia and Dickinson 
College, receiving the degree of A. B. 
from the latter in 1867, and the degree of 
Ph. D. from the University of Heidelberg, 
Germany, in 1869; took special courses in 
chemistry, geology, mineralogy. Married, 
1874, Julia Lowther, Seafield, County 
Mayo, Ireland. Resident Secretary of 
Franklin Institute, 1870-1874, and since 
1882; instructor in science, Episcopal 
Academy, Philadelphia, 1871-1873; Profes- 
sor of Physics and Physical Geography, 
Central High School, 1873-1S74. Editor 
Polytechnic Review, Philadelphia, 1876- 
1878; associate editor Engineering and 
Mining Journal, New York, 1878-18S0; ed- 
itor Manufacturer and Builder, New York, 
18S0-1895; editor Journal Franklin Insti- 
tute, 1870-1874, and since 1882. Author of 
"Galvanoplastic Manipulations," 1883; 
"Techno-chemical Receipt Book" (in col- 
laboration), 1885; "Handbook of Assay- 
ing," translated, with additions, from 
German; "Iconographic Encyclopaedia, 
Vol. V., Constructive Arts," 1893; "His- 
torical Sketch of the Franklin Institute," 
1894; "Report on Petroleums, as to Their 
Safety and Danger, National Board of 
Fire Underwriters," New York; "Wasted 
Forces," Popular Science Monthly, 1875; 
"A New Method for the Preparation of 
Metallic Manganese," Journal Franklin 
Institute, 1893; "Preparation of Metallic 
Alloys," same, 1893. Address, 15 South 
Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WAINWRIGHT, E. Z.: 

President of the Arsenal Bank of Pitts- 
burg. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

WALBORN, Geo. W.: 

Superintendent Public Schools; born in 
Snyder County, Pa., Jan. 3, 1S63; son of 



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George Walborn; educated in the public 
schools, Freeburg Academy, and Blooms- 
burg State Normal School. Taught seven 
terms in the ungraded schools of Snyder 
County and one term in the East Sun- 
bury High School. In 1S90 was elected 
principal of the Freeburg Academy and 
for twelve years supervisory principal of 
the public schools in the town of Free- 
burg. Since 1902 Superintendent of the 
Public Schools of Snyder County. Ad- 
dress, Freeburg, Pa. 

WALES, Philip Gray: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from District of 
Columbia; Assistant Surgeon, Feb. 7, 1884; 
resigned, Nov. 5, 1886; Assistant Sur- 
geon, June 7, 1889; Major Brigadier Sur- 
geon Volunteers, June 4, 1S98; honorably 
discharged from Volunteers, April 26, 
1899; Major Surgeon Thirty-ninth United 
States Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 17, 1S99; 
honorably discharged from Volunteers, 
Oct. 30, 1900; Major and Surgeon United 
States Army, Oct. 27, 1902. Address, Ma- 
nila, P. I. 

WALK, James Wilson: 

Physician, sociologist; was born March 
14, 1853; son of Rev. Frederick and Mary 
Harris Walk; was graduated from La- 
fayette College, 1875; University of Penn- 
sylvania, M. D., 1878. He has given much 
attention to charities and published a 
monthly journal in the interest of organ- 
ized charity; General Secretary Philadel- 
phia Society for Organizing Charity, 1882- 
1S99. Member of Pennsylvania Legisla- 
ture, 1887,1891; Director Philadelphia City 
Charities and Correction, 1892-1897; Bu- 
reau of Health, 1S97-1S99. Address, 737 
Corinthian Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

"WALKER, Clarenee: 

Lawyer; became interested at the be- 
ginning of his professional career in the 
important legal questions of the contest 
between the Standard Oil Company and 
the oil producer; his sympathy was with 
the latter, and in 1887 he became a mem- 
ber of the Butler Assembly of the Pro- 
ducers' Protective Association. In June, 
1891, he helped organize the Producers' 
Oil Company, Limited, at Bradford, rep- 
resenting there the Butler Assembly as 
Trustee and subscribing for them $60,000 
of the capital stock of the new company. 
He was elected a member of the first 
Board of Managers of this company, a 
position he has held ever since. He suc- 



ceeded Mr. Wood in 1895 in the Board of 
Managers of the Producers and Refiners' 
Company, and was elected a Trustee of 
the trust stock of the Pure Oil Company 
at its organization, a position he now 
holds. Address, Butler, Pa. 

WALKER, Georgre A.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Emporium, Cameron County, Pa. 



WALKER, James Baynes: 

Physician; born Dec. 16, 1S46; son of 
Thomas Robinson and Mary Baynes Walk- 
er; he was educated at the Friends' Cent- 
ral School, Philadelphia, and was graduat- 
ed from the Medical Department, Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, 1872; Ph. D., Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, 1874; taught school 
five years; lecturer on physiology and hy- 
giene at the Friends' Central School eigh- 
teen years; he was interne physician 
at the Philadelphia Hospital, 1872-1S73; 
visiting physician, same, 1876-1893; visit- 
ing physician, Woman's Hospital, 1S79- 
1S90; Professor Practice of Medicine, 
Woman's Medical College of Pennsyl- 
vania. 1879-1S90; ex-President Northern 
Medical Association of Philadelphia; Sec- 
retary, 18S3-1895 (1) and President, 1896 
(2) of American Climatological Associa- 
tion. Member College of Physicians, Phil- 
adelphia; American Medical Association. 
Philadelphia County Medical Society, 
Pennsylvania Association, Pediatric Socie- 
ty, Medical and Union League Clubs, Phil- 
adelphia, and American Academy of Med- 
icine. Consulting physician, Woman's 
Hospital, West Philadelphia. Address, 
1617 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



WALKER, James J.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Forest City, Susquehanna Coun- 
ty. Pa. 






WALKER, Joseph C.I 

President of the Gap National Bank; 
born at Gap, April 4, 1832; was graduated 
at Unionville Academy, Chester County, 
Pa. ; direct descendant of Lewis Walker, , 
who emigrated from England in 1684 and 
located at or near Valley Forge; entered .' 
mercantile life in 1853 under Baker & 
Hopkins at Gap, Pa; entered into the 
transportation business in 1855, and sue- j 
ceeded the firm of Baker & Hopkins in I 
1857; at that period grain and coal dealers . : 
had their own railroad cars. Republican 
in politics. Was Postmaster and Justice 
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tional Revenue Collector during- the War 
of the Rebellion. Was one of the Pennsyl- 
vania Commissioners to the Columbian 
Exposition at Chicago in 1S92; Chairman 
■of Horticulture and Floriculture; also one 
of the Commissioners appointed by Gov- 
ernor Hastings in 1897 to examine the 
Atlantic coast defence during the Span- 
ish-American War. In 1856 he married 
Lucy Hiester Ellmaker, daughter of 
Esaias E. Ellmaker of New Holland, Pa. 
Address, Gap, Lancaster County, Pa. 

WALKER, Thomas McCormick: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Major 111th Pennsylvania Infan- 
try, Dec. 15, 1861; Lieutenant Colonel, 
Nov. 7, 1862; Colonel, April 23, 1865; hon- 
orably discharged, July 19, 1865; brevetted 
Brigadier General United States Volun- 
teers, July 5, 1865, for meritorious ser- 
vices. Elected May 5, 1S97. Address, 
Erie, Pa. 



1 WALKER, William H.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
\ Newtown. Address, Newtown, Bucks 
; County, Pa. 

■ WALL, A. Bryan: 

Artist; born in Allegheny, Pa; studied 
' under the direction of A. Wall. Is a mem- 
' ber of the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, 
J and Philadelphia Art Club. Exhibited at 
J Paris Exposition, 1900. Address, 814 
Arch St., Allegheny, Pa. 

WALLACE, Alexander Gilfillnn: 

Clergyman United Presbyterian Church; 
born at Bridgeville, Allegheny County, 
Pa., March 2, 1829; son of William and 
Elizabeth Wallace; graduated from Jeffer- 
son College, 1847, and Allegheny Theo- 
logical Seminary; D. D., Erskine College, 
S. C; LL. D., Westminster College, Pa., 
1901. Married, Nov. 2, 1854, Isabella S. 
West. Ordained to United Presbyterian 
ministry, 1854; pastor, Bethel, Pa., 1854- 
1868; New Brighton, Pa., 1868-1884; Se- 
wickley, Pa., 1886-1888; second clerk 
United Presbyterian Church General As- 
sembly since 1868; corresponding secre- 
tary Board Church Extension of United 
Presbyterian Church since 1870. Editor 
Evangelical Repository, 1886-1890; profes- 
sor pro tern. Allegheny Theological Sem- 
inary, 1885-1887; Director of same since 
186S; editorial writer and associate editor 
The United Presbyterian since 1868; mem- 
ber Presbyterian Alliance Commission 



since 1892. Contributor to church maga- 
zines, etc. Address, Sewickley, Allegheny 
County, Pa. 

WALLACE, Edwin Sherman: 

Presbyterian minister; born Oct. 3, 
1864, in Forward Township, Butler Coun- 
ty, Pa.; son of Dr. T. C. and Elizabeth 
Hamilton Wallace; was graduated from 
Washington and Jefferson College in 
1SS5, and Princeton Theological Seminary 
in 1SS8. Ordained and installed pastor of 
Presbyterian Church, Aberdeen, S. D., 
18SS. Appointed United States Consul for 
Palestine in 1893, remaining in Jerusalem 
in that capacity until 1898. Called to 
First Presbyterian Church, Greensburg, 
Pa., 1S99. Author of "Jerusalem the 
Holy," regarded as an authority on his- 
tory and topography of that city. Prince- 
ton Seminary lecturer on Palestine sub- 
jects for 1904. Address, First Presbyter- 
ian Church, Greensburg, Pa. 

WALLACE, F. M.: 

President of the Second National Bank. 
Address, Erie, Pa. 

WALLACE, John Alva: 

Editor; born Feb. 11, 1842, at Hyde 
Park, Dutchess County, N. Y.; educated 
in the public schools of New York City, 
Stratford Academy, Connecticut, and Wil- 
liams College, Massachusetts. During 
the war he served in the Twenty-first 
New York Militia, the 150th New York 
Infantry, and Sixtieth Regiment, New 
York Veteran Volunteers; he taught 
school for two years in Dutchess County, 
New York, was a clerk in the Chief En- 
gineer's office at Brooklyn Navy Yard for 
six years, and was for eight years in the 
office of Roach's ship yard at Chester, 
Pa. In 1S81 he was appointed Postmaster 
at Chester and was reappointed to the 
same position in 1902; in 1881 he organ- 
ized the Chester Times Publishing Com- 
pany, subsequently acquired ownership of 
the entire plant, during which he acted 
as editor and manager until 1892, when 
he sold a half interest in the newspaper to 
Hon. William C. Sproul. Mr. Wallace has 
served in City Council, was its President, 
and held a like office in the Chester Water 
Board; he is President of the Board of 
Trade. Vice President of the Young Men's 
Christian Association, Vice President 
Chester Heights Camp Meeting Associa- 
tion, President Board of Trustees Trinity 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and Super- 
intendent of its Sunday school. He is the 



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lay delegate to the General Conference of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, a trus- 
tee of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital, 
Philadelphia, and a Director of the Cam- 
bridge Trust Company, Chester. He has 
been repeatedly Chairman of Republican 
county conventions, and has twice served 
as Congressional conferee for his party 
in Delaware County. He married, May 
20, 1864, Miss Emmeline Coyle of Pough- 
keepsie, N. Y. Address, Chester, Pa. 

WALLACE, William D.: 

Jurist; born in Newcastle, Pa., May 
15, 1S57; descendant of a pioneer family 
of Lawrence County; his great grand- 
father, a trapper, was the first settler of 
that county. Much of Mr. Wallace's early 
life was spent at farm work, in the nail 
mills, and as a clerk in a country store, 
his education being gained in the common 
schools, and completed at Westminster 
College, from which he was graduated in 
18S1. Choosing the law for his profession, 
he studied at Newcastle under Dana & 
Lang, and was admitted to practice in 
18S2; his business grew rapidly, and he 
became one of the most successful of the 
Lawrence County lawyers. He took an 
active part in Republican politics, and 
served in both branches of the city coun- 
cils, being for one term President of the 
Select Council. For three terms he was 
Vice President of the Republican League 
Club of Pennsylvania, was a delegate to 
the National Convention at St. Louis 
which nominated McKinley, and was one 
of the State Committee appointed to at- 
tend President McKinley's funeral. In 
1892 he received the nomination for Presi- 
dent Judge of Lawrence County, but with- 
drew in favor of Judge Greer of Butler; 
nominated again in 1S94, he was elected 
for the ten years' term ending in January, 
1905. He is a Mason of high degree, a 
member of the Mystic Shrine, of the Or- 
der of Elks, and of the Morganson Board 
of the State of Pennsylvania. Address, 
Newcastle, Pa. 

WALLACH, Jacob: 

President of the National Bank of Boy- 
erstown. Address, Boyerstown, Berks 
County, Pa. 

WALLACH, Riehard: 

Major United States Marine Corps; born 
in the District of Columbia; appointed 
from Pennsylvania. Commissioned as 
Second Lieutenant, April 24, 1869; Marine 
Barracks, Norfolk, 1869-1870; Narragan- 



sett, Pacific Fleet, 1870-1871; Saranac. Pa- 
cific Fleet, 1871-1873; Marine Barracks, 
Brooklyn, 1S74-187S. Commissioned as 
First Lieutenant, 1S76; training-ship Con- 
stitution, 187S; steamer Trenton, 1879- 
1881; Marine Barracks, Norfolk, Va., 18S2- 
1884; training-ship Portsmouth, 1884-18S6; 
Panama Expedition, April and May, 18S5; 
Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, 1887-1890; 
Lancaster, Asiatic Station, November, 
1890-1892. Commissioned Captain, Janu- 
ary 30, 1891; Marine Barracks, New York, 
1S93-1894; Naval War College, May, 1894; 
Indiana, November, 1895; New York, 1895- 
L898; Naval Hospital, New York, Febru- 
ary, 1898, to 1899; retired as Major, Sept. 
10, 1899. Address, 275 Clinton Ave., 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

WALLER, David Jewett, Jr.: 

Educator, clergyman; born in Blooms- 
burg, Pa., June 17, 1846; son of Rev. Da- 
vid Jewett and Julia Waller. He entered 
Lafayette College, and was graduated in 
1870; tutor in Lafayette College, 1870- 
1871. He then took a year at the Prince- 
ton Theological Seminary. In 1872 enter- 
ing the Theological Seminary of New 
York, he was graduated in 1874. Married, 
at Bloomsburg, Pa., May 14, 1874, Anna, 
daughter of M. S. Appelman. Ordained 
to the Presbyterian ministry. ±,S74; pas- 
tor Logan Square Presbyterian Church, 
Philadelphia, 1874-1876; Orangeville, Pa., 
1876-1877; principal State Normal School 
of Bloomsburg, Pa., 1877 to 1890; Super- 
intendent of Public Instruction for State 
of Pennsylvania. 1890-1S93. Principal of 
State Normal School. Indiana, Pa., 1893. 
Address, Indiana, Pa. 

WALLING, Emory A.: 

Jurist; born in Erie County, Pa.; made 
the law his profession and attained a 
lucrative practice in the Erie courts; in 
1881 he was elected to the office of District 
Attorney, but resigned Dec. 1, 1884, hav- 
ing been elected a member of the Penn- 
sylvania State Senate. An able law- 
yer, Mr. Walling was nominated in 1896 
for the bench, as President Judge of Erie 
County, and was elected for the ten years' 
term ending in January, 1907; in this lat- 
ter position he has given very general 
satisfaction and very few of his decisions 
have been reversed. Address, Erie, Pa. 

WALTER, L. S.: 

President of the Guarantee Trust Safe 
Deposit Bank; born in Chillisquaque, Pa., 
July 1, 1863; was graduated (classical 
course) from Bucknell University in 1886. 



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He was appointed a Judge in 1901 by 
Governor Stone; served seven months, 
until his successor, Judge Auten, was 
elected. Married Carrie R. McNinch on 
June 26, 1890. He has been several times 
a delegate to State and County Republi- 
can Conventions. Address, Mt. Carmel, 
Pa. 

WALTER, Robert, M. D.: 

Born in Halton County, Ontario, Feb. 
14, 1841; son of George Walter, who emi- 
grated from England in 1837; educated in 
Canadian schools until twenty years old, 
when, owing to ill health, he entered a 
hygienic institution at Danville, N. Y. ; his 
improvement under the treatment received 
caused him to study hygeo-therapeutics, 

"and he was graduated from an institution 
giving that mode of treatment in 1873. 
After practicing a season in Franklin 

ICounty, Pennsylvania, he leased a sani- 

1 tarium near Wernersville, Berks County, 

( which he conducted three years; then in 
1876 he purchased ground, and com- 

Jimenced erecting buildings and established 
the present sanitarium known as the 
Walter Sanitarium, Walter's Park, Pa. 

j Dr. Walter has written many papers 
on health topics, is the author of "The 
Exact Science of Health." He has great- 

jly enlarged his establishment since it was 
founded. On July 4, 1872, he married 
Eunice C. Lippincott, daughter of John 
Lippincott of South China, Maine. Ad- 
dress, Walter's Park, Pa. 

WALTON, B. S.: 

President of the Pennsylvania Mort- 
gage Investment Company. Address, 
Westchester, Chester County, Pa. 

WALTON, Frederick M.: 

Scarf manufacturer; born in Fairview, 
Burlington County, N. J., Aug. 28, 1849. 
His mother, of English birth and a mem- 
ber of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 
founded in 1845 the Holy Trinity Church 
of Fairview. He was educated in the 
schools of Burlington and Beverly, N. J., 
and began his business life in the Phila- 
delphia house of DeCoursey, Lafourcade 
& Co., dealers in men's furnishing goods; 
after remaining there for five years and 
gaining a thorough knowledge of the 
business, he engaged in the manufacture 
of scarfs, as an article of men's wear that 
promised a profitable business; his trade 
in this specialty rapidly increased, grow- 
ing from fifty dozens of scarfs a week at 
the time of starting to the large aggre- 
gate of five thousand dozens a week by 



May 1, 1894. The firm, F. M. Walton & 
Co., occupies a large establishment and 
employs many hands, chiefly young ladies 
selected for their character and deport- 
ment, regarding which he is very par- 
ticular. No cheap goods are made and 
the Walton scarf has a well deserved 
reputation. Mr. Walton is a member of 
the Union League, the Manufacturers' 
Club, and of the Old Guard of the First 
Pennsylvania Regiment. He takes much 
of his recreation in the driving of thor- 
oughbred horses. His mother died in 
1S92, and in honor of her memory he re- 
placed the church she had founded at 
Fairview with a handsome stone edifice of 
English Gothic style of architecture. Ad- 
dress, The St. James, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WALTON, Henry F.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia, for 
the second time Speaker of the House of 
Representatives; born in Stroudsburg, 
Monroe County, Pa., Oct. 2, 1858, and rep- 
resents the Twenty-third District of Phil- 
adelphia. When but a year old his pa- 
rents removed to that city, in the pub- 
lic schools of which and under private 
tutors he received his early education, 
followed by his entrance into the law of- 
fice of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh and 
George Tucker Bispham. Shortly after- 
ward he was appointed Assistant Libra- 
brarian of the law library by Mr. Bis- 
pham. In 1S76 he was registered as a 
law student in the latter's office and in 
the meantime was a member and officer 
of the Law Academy. He was admitted 
to practice at the bar of Philadelphia 
County, Oct. 4, 1S79, two days after he 
had attained his majority, and immedi- 
ately entered the law office of Francis 
Rawle. Charles F. Warwick, City Solicit- 
or of Philadelphia, appointed Mr. Walton 
as one of his assistants in April, 1884, 
and retained his services until he was 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in 1S90, in recognition of the work he did 
in the ranks of the Republican Party, to 
which he has always been ardently at- 
tached. In 1892 his constituents in the 
Twenty-third District, which Mr. Walton 
had represented, re-elected him and in 
1894 again honored him with re-election. 
The Philadelphia delegation in 1S93 
pressed him for the Speakership of the 
House, but on the day of the Republican 
caucus he withdrew as a candidate for 
the office and in the caucus placed in 
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Warren, who was elected. In 1S93 he was 
appointed Chairman of the Committee on 
Judiciary General and served on other 
committees which had important work to 
perform. Mr. "Walton was one of the 
prominent members of the House and in 
1S95 was elected Speaker of that body 
without Republican opposition. In 189S 
he was appointed Solicitor to the Sheriff 
of Philadelphia County, which position he 
resigned because of his election for the 
fourth time to the Legislature. The abil- 
ity with which he presided over the 
House in 1895 suggested him as a candi- 
date for his old place in 1903, and when 
the Republican caucus met all the candi- 
dates for the office had withdrawn, and 
Mr. Walton was the second time com- 
plimented with a unanimous nomination 
by his party. At this session he made a 
great record for physical endurance, the 
dispatch of business and the maintenance 
of order. He was punctual in his at- 
tendance and never left the chair when 
legislation of importance was under con- 
sideration. It is no flattery to him to de- 
clare that no presiding officer of the 
House ever displayed more signal ability 
in the responsible position. Mr. Walton 
is a member of the Union League of 
Philadelphia, and a member and ex-Pres- 
ident of the Five o'Clock Club. He is a 
member of the Historical Society of 
Pennsylvania, the Penn Club and a score 
of other prominent societies and organi- 
zations. As a campaigner he has shown 
great effectiveness. He was married in 
1SS2 to Miss Ella G. Norman and is the 
head of a family of four daughters and 
three sons. Residence, Torresdale, Pa ; 
office address, Real Estate Trust Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WALTON, Jolin M.: 

City Controller; born in Stroudsburg, 
Pa., in 1842; educated at the Moravian 
School, Lititz, Pa.; went to Philadelphia 
with his father, who became Treasurer in 
the United States Mint; became an of- 
ficer in the Fourth United States Cavalry, 
at first as Second Lieutenant; in 1S71, 
First Lieutenant; in 1S78 retired as Cap- 
tain in conseauence of disability received 
in the service. Making Philadelphia his 
place of residence, he was elected to the 
City Council in 1882, and served in that 
body till 1895, being a member of the 
Highway, Survey and Finance Commit- 
tees. While a Republican, he was not a 
partisan, and was endorsed by the Com- 



mittee of One Hundred and the Commit- 
tee of Fifty. He withdrew from the 
Council to accept the office of City Con- 
troller, to which he was elected in 1895, 
and to which he has been successively 
re-elected, performing the duties of the 
office with high financial ability and un- 
questioned integrity. Captain Walton is 
a number of the Union League, the 
Grand Army, the Society of Veterans of 
Indian Wars, the Masonic Order and sev- 
eral political clubs. He has been Presi- 
dent of the Hamilton Whist Club. Ad- 
dress, 4205 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WALTZ, William L.: 

Lawyer; born in 1S80; admitted to the 
bar of Lycoming County, Pa., 1902. Mem- 
ber of Select Council, Williamsport, Pa. 
Address, Willamsport, Pa. 

WAMHAKER, John: 

Merchant; born in Philadelphia, July 
11. 1S38. He was descended on his fath- 
er's side from the Palatines who left 
Germany during the religious persecution 
of 1730-1740, and on his mother's silft 
from the Huguenots who left France for 
the same reason. His father was a 
brickmaker, and the boy during his school 
life had his share of work to do in the 
brick yard; he left school at fourteen 
years of age and became an errand boy 
in a book store at $1.50 per week; then 
his ability as a salesman soon augmented 
his salary to $4.00 per week, and he took 
advantage of the opportunities of im- 
proving his education offered by the 
Young Men's Christian Association; his 
activity in this association brought him 
the position of paid secretary in 1857, 
but he resigned in 1861 to found a 
clothing business with his brother-in-law, 
Nathan Brown, at Sixth and Market 
Streets, which is still the elothing firm 
of Wanamaker & Brown; they began 
in a very modest way, but the busi- 
ness prospered, the ill health of Mr. 
Brown throwing the burden of the labor 
on Mr. Wanamaker. In 1868, when Mr. 
Brown died, the business was firmly es- 
tablished, and the house widely known 
from its liberal method of advertising; 
in 1869 a new establishment was opened 
in Chestnut street, under the title of John 
Wanamaker & Co., his brother Samuel 
being in charge; by 1871, Oak Hall 
as the Market street store was called, had 
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Wanamaker purchased the old Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad freight depot at Thir- 
teenth and Market streets, where he 
(opened a clothing, hat and shoe store in 
1S76, and in 1877 extended it into a gen- 
eral dry goods store, embracing almost all 
i classes of retail goods; the great success 
of the new establishment was due to the 
"new kind of a store" upon a system 
never known before which its proprie- 
tor began, which brought him fortune 
in the end. His powers as a business 
organizer were extraordinary, and the 
Grand Depot in time grew to be 
a vast and stirring mart of trade, all un- 
der his close supervision. In the conduct 
of his business he introduced the profit- 
sharing system, and is said in the years 
18S8-1889 to have distributed more than 
$100,000 among his employees. The Phil- 
adelphia store was followed, some years 
after its establishment, by a similar one 
,in the A. T. Stewart building in New 
(York, which has become equally pros- 
1 perous. In 1904 he began to rebuild his 
Philadelphia store on a large scale, re- 
placing the old building with one twelve 
stories high and covering a city square. 
He has shown himself very active in other 
^directions; he lent important aid to the 
'war-time Sanitary Fair in Logan square, 
was one of the organizers of the Chris- 
tian Commission, and took part in various 
charitable movements; he served efficient- 
ly on the F'inance Committee of the 
Centennial Exposition of 1876, lent his 
aid to the William Penn anniversary cel- 
ebration of 1882, and was prominent in 
the movement for a pure water supply 
in 1SS6-18S7. A member of the Presby- 
terian Church, his talent for organization 
showed itself strikingly in the Bethany 
Sunday School, of which he took charge 
in 1858 with, twenty-seven scholars, but 
which rapidly outgrew its accommoda- 
tions, and in time became one of the 
largest in the country, with over 2,600 
students; he aided the Young Men's 
Christian Association in erecting its new 
building and became its President, and 
is connected with the Williamson Trade 
School and other associations. He de- 
clined to become a candidate for Mayor 
and representative on the Republican 
ticket when offered him, but he took an 
active part in the 1S88 Presidential cam- 
paign, and accepted the position of Post- 
master General in President Harrison's 
Cabinet; this he filled very efficiently 
during the four years of the Administra- 
tion, 1889-1893, handling its affairs with 



his great business acumen, and introduc- 
ing important improvements and econo- 
mies in the service. At a later date he 
became very active in independent Re- 
publican politics, vigorously combating 
M. S. Quay in the contest for the United 
States Senatorship and making many 
trenchant and effective speeches. On the 
whole, he has made himself a power in 
the business world and has played an im- 
portant part in administrative and politi- 
cal affairs. 

WANGER, Irving P.: 

Congressman (Republican), of Norris- 
town; born on a farm in North Coventry, 
Chester County, Pa., March 5, 1852; his 
ancestors (Mennonites and Brethren) 
came from the Rhine country of Switz- 
erland and Germany, and about 1717 set- 
tled in Eastern Pennsylvania; son of 
George and Rebecca P. Wanger; attended 
the schools of North Coventry and Potts- 
town. In 1870 he was a clerk in the 
Prothonotary's office at West Chester; 
studied law at Norristown, Pa., in the 
office of Franklin March; in 1872 he was 
appointed Deputy Prothonotary of Mont- 
gomery County; in 1875 admitted to the 
bar, and soon afterward entered upon the 
practice of his profession; since 1889 as- 
sociated with Irvin P. Knipe in the law 
firm of Wanger & Knipe; admitted to 
practice in the United States Supreme 
Court. In 1877 elected Burgess of Norris- 
town; in 1880 and again in 1886, elected 
District Attorney; since 1S92, Congress- 
man for Eighth District and has been a 
member of the Committee on Interstate 
and Foreign Commerce and Chairman of 
the Committee on Expenditures in the 
Post Office Department. He is prominent 
in Masonic circles, having been Grand 
Commander of Knights Templar of Penn- 
sylvania, 1894-1895. Member of the so- 
cieties of Odd Fellows and Red Men, and 
of the Ersine Tennis and of country clubs, 
and of the Union League, Philadelphia. 
In 1SS4 he married Miss Emma C. Titlow. 
Address, Main and Stanbridge Sts., Nor- 
ristown, Pa. 

"WANNER, At reus: 

City Superintendent of York Public 
Schools; born Sept. 26, 1852, in Washing- 
tonville, Ohio; was graduated at Frank- 
lin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., 
1S73. Married, June 21, 1882, to Miss 
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County, Pa. Fellow of the American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Sci- 
ence. Contributor on local geology and 
archaeology to government and other pub- 
lications. Address, York, Pa. 

WANNER, Peter A.: 

Attorney-at-law; born near Kutztown, 
Berks County, Pa., Dec. 1, 1840; in boy- 
hood he worked on his father's farm, 
and had scanty school opportunities, yet 
made such use of them that he was able 
to serve as teacher in 1856, 1857 and 1858. 
In 1859 he entered Union Seminary, New 
Berlin, Pa. In 1860 he became a student 
and teacher in Fairview Seminary at 
Kutztown, entered Franklin and Mar- 
shall College at Lancaster in 1862, grad- 
uating in 1865. He was admitted to the 
bar at Lancaster two months after grad- 
uating; in other words, he crowded a col- 
lege and legal course into three years, 
and began to practice law at Reading, Pa., 
during the latter part of 1865. and soon 
acquired a lucrative business. He became 
prominent in the Democratic Party, by 
whom he was elected District Attorney 
for Berks County in 1871; he became 
County Solicitor after his term had ex- 
pired; was a candidate for Congress in 
18i8 against Hon. Hiester Clymer and 
came within a few hundred votes of de- 
feating him at the primaries. In 1879 he 
became interested in the Mellert Foundry 
and Machine Company, also in the Read- 
ing Foundry Company in 1885, and made a 
great deal of money in connection with 
these concerns. In 1893 the concerns be- 
came heavy losers, involving Mr. Wanner 
to a very large extent financially, so 
that he was compelled to go back again 
to the bar in 1902, in which he has since 
made the best possible efforts to obtain 
again a portion of his former practice. 
He has also been largely interested in the 
construction and maintenance of water- 
works of late years, having been the Presi- 
dent off and on of quite a number of 
them. He was also a candidate again for 
District Attorney during the spring of this 
year (1904), but was defeated after a vig- 
orous and interesting campaign. Address, 
Reading. Pa. 

WARIU'RTON, Barclay H.: 

Publisher; born at Philadelphia, April 
1, 1866; son of Charles E. Warburton, 
founder of Philadelphia Evening Tele- 
graph; he was educated at the Beck 
School, Lititz, Pa., and was graduated 
from the University of Pennsylvania, 



1883; Christ Church College, Oxford, Eng- 
land, 1885-1886. Married, 1895, Mary Brown 
Wanamaker, daughter of Hon. John 
Wanamaker of Philadelphia. Publisher 
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph since 
January, 1894, and President Evening 
Telegraph Company since October, 1899. 
Captain Light Battery A, National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, since Jan. 17, 1898; Cap- 
tain Unitel States Volunteers, May 5, to 
Nov. 12, 1898, serving in Porto Rico cam- 
paign in command of battalion of Penn- 
sylvania Artillery. Address, Chelton Hills. 
Montgomery County, Pa. 

WARD, Aaron; 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania. 
Naval Academy, September, 1867; Mid- 
shipman, June, 1871; Ensign, July, 1S73; 
Master, February, 1875; Lieutenant, No- 
vember, 1881; Lieutenant Commander, 
March, 1899; California. Pacific Station, 
1871-1873; Brooklyn, West Indies, 1874- 
1875; Franklin, Europe, 1875-1876; Naval 
Academy, 1876-1879; training-ship Consti- 
tution, 1S79-1S81; training-ship New 
Hampshire, 1881-1883; Navy Yard, New 
York, 1883-18S5; Hartford, Pacific Station, 
18S5-18S6; Monongahela, Pacific Station, 
18S6-1S88; Naval Attache, Paris, Berlin, 
St. Petersburg, 18S8, to November, 1892; 
New York, North and South Atlantic, 
1893-1894; San Francisco, 1894-1896; Navy 
Yard, New York, November, 1896, to 
April, 189S; commanding Wasp during 
Spanish-American War; commanding the 
Panther, 1899; chief of staff Asiatic Sta- 
tion, 1900; promoted commander Sept. 2S. 
1901; commanding Yorktown, 1902, and 
Don Juan de Austria, 1903, Asiatic Sta- 
tion. Member General Court Martial, New 
York since December, 1903. Address. 
Navy Yard, New York. 

WARD, George S.: 

President of the Franklin Savings and 
Trust Company of Pittsburg. Address, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

WARDEN, George W.: 

General Manager of the lumber firm of 
Wheeler & Dusenbury, Endeavor, Pa.; 
is of Scotch descent, his parents having 
come from Scotland to America in 1840; 
born in Portville, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1856. 
In 1877 moved to Hickory, now Endeavor, 
and has since been General Manager of 
the lumber firm of Wheeler & Dusen- 
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ried, in 1882, to Miss Sue Evans of 
Tidioute. He is an elder in the Endeavor 
Presbyterian Church and has been Su- 
perintendent of the Sabbath school since 
its organization. Address, Etideavor, Pa. 

WARDEN, Mrs. Sue Evans: 

Corresponding Secretary of the Forest 
County Woman's Christian Temperance 
Union; daughter of the late Henry H. 
Evans, one of the most prominent citi- 
zens in the early settlement of Tidioute. 
"Was educated in Tidioute High School, 
graduating at the age of fifteen; she 
was a successful teacher. In 1882 be- 
came the wife of George W. Warden of 
Forest County. Member of the Daugh- 
ters of the American Revolution; Corre- 
sponding Secretary of the Forest County 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union 
and County Secretary of the Young- 
Woman's Christian Temperance Union; 
l has been President of the local Woman's 
I Christian Temperance Union for ten 
years. Address, Tidioute, Pa. 

WARDEN, William: 

President of the National Bank of 
Union City. Address, Union City, Erie 
[ County, Pa. 

VVARDROP, Robert: 

President of the People's National 
, Bank and Vice President of the Pitts- 
burg Clearing House Association; born in 
Allegheny in 1S50; educated at the North- 
side public schools and studied for some 
time at the Western University. When 
nineteen years old he became messenger 
in the firm of Ira B. McVay & Co., Pitts- 
burg; in 1S74 he became teller of the 
Tradesmen's National Bank and in 1877 
Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Lead Com- 
pany. In 1891 he returned to the Trades- 
men's Bank as cashier, and later was 
made Vice President; in 1899 he accepted 
the position of Vice President and cashier 
of the People's National Bank, and in 
July, 1903, was chosen President of this 
institution. Address, 409 Wood St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

WARDSWORTH, F. L,. O.: 

Scientist and engineer; born at Welling- 
ton, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1867; son of Francis 
Sage and Sarah A. (Leonard) Wads- 
worth, and a descendant of Christopher 
Wadsworth, who came from England in 
1632 and settled at Duxbury, Mass; ed- 
ucated at Wellington High School and 
Ohio State University, graduating in 1S88 
with the degree of mining engineer, and 

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mechanical engineer and B. S. in 1889. 
Having won a fellowship in Clark Uni- 
versity, he continued his studies until 
1S92, when he was appointed special trav- 
elling Fellow of the university, to report 
upon the laboratories and observatories 
of England and Europe, though the ex- 
ecution of this commission was deferred 
by his appointment as special assistant 
and foreign delegate from the Smithson- 
ian Institution to Paris, to determine 
the absolute length of the meter in terms 
of wave lengths of light. He was assis- 
tant in the astrophysical observatory of 
the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1894; 
Assistant Professor of Physics in the 
University of Chicago, 1894-1896, and as- 
trophysicist at the Yerkes Observatory, 
then nearing completion, 1896-1898. In 
1898 he invented a method for making 
prism glass in large sheets, and after two 
years as chief engineer to Fisher & 
Bond, Chicago, he removed to Pittsburg, 
Pa., where he has been consulting en- 
gineer to the John A. Brashear Company 
since 1901, and to the Pressed Prism Plate 
Glass Company of New York and Chica- 
go since 1902; in 1S99 he was appointed 
Director of the Allegheny Observatory, 
Western University of Pennsylvania. He 
has invented several forms of astronomi- 
cal instruments, among them the new 
curved-plate cameras, which give a field 
twenty-five times larger than formerly 
secured. In 1900 he had charge of the 
solar eclipse expedition sent by the West- 
ern University of Pennsylvania to Union 
Springs, Ala. He has written nearly one 
hundred important papers upon scientific 
and engineering subjects, but is best 
known among scientific men by his work 
in spectroscopy, which was begun in 1893 
and translated and published in many 
foreign journals. He is assistant editor 
of the Astrophysical Journal and asso- 
ciate editor of the "Harper Scientific 
Memoirs." Member of Philosophical So- 
ciety, American Physical Society, Astro- 
nomical and Astrophysical Society of 
America, Washington Academy of Sci- 
ences, the Engineers' Society of Western 
Pennsylvania, the American Electro-chem- 
ical Society, and American Society of 
Mechanical Engineers; member and Fel- 
low of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science; honorary Fellow 
of the Sociedad Astronomico de Mexico, 
and foreign member of the Societa degli 
Spettroscopisti Italiani. Married, Sept. 6, 
1893, to Laura Agnes, daughter of Nathan 
Algernon Poole, of Washington, D. C, 



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and has three daughters. Among his im- 
portant patents should be included those 
on reversing mechanism, on telemeters, 
on tile structures, on manufacture of 
prism glass, and on various forms of 
prism and illuminating structures, etc. 
Address. Allegheny Observatory, Alle- 
gheny, Pa. 

WARE, Lewis S.: 

Engineer, editor; born in Philadelphia, 
June 18, 1851; son of Lewis S. and Eliza- 
beth W. Ware; he was educated at the 
Pottstown Hill School; was graduated 
from Ecole Centrale, Paris, 1S75. Early 
became interested in the production of 
beet sugar, and contributed largely to the 
introduction of that industry in the 
United States; imported several tons of 
beet seed in 1874, which was gratuitously 
distributed among farmers East and 
West; he investigated the world's sugar 
production, visiting all sugar producing 
countries; he wrote articles against ex- 
pensive and futile sorghum experiments 
of United States Department of Agricul- 
ture and in favor of the sugar beet. He 
was sent to Paris Exposition, 1889; ap- 
pointed by United States Government, 
1900, member International jury, Paris 
Exposition, to represent cane and beet 
sugar industries of United States, Cuba 
and Hawaii. Decorated Chevalier Merite 
Agricole, 1S93, Chevalier de la Legion 
d'Honneur, 1901, by French Government. 
Member of American Philosophical So- 
ciety, Franklin Institute, Association des 
Chemistes, Paris; Association des An- 
ciens Eleves de 1'Ecole Centrale, Ingen- 
ieurs Coloniaux. Editor The Sugar Beet, 
a monthly journal; contributor to num- 
erous journals on sugar question; pre- 
sented paper on "The Sugar Beet Indus- 
try" at National Tariff Convention, New 
York, 1881. Author of "The Sugar Beet," 
1880; "Study of the Various Sources of 
Sug.ir." 1881; "Production, Require- 
ments and Selection of Sugar Beet Seed," 
1896; "Sugar Beet Seed," 1898; "Cattle 
Feeding with Sugar Beets, Sugar, Molas- 
ses, etc.," 1902. Address, 15 South Ninth 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WARE, Seymour D.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Erie County; born 
in Springfield Township. Erie County, Pa., 
Oct. 16, 1840; educated in the public 
schools and West Springfield Academy. 
In July, 1862, he enlisted as a private in 
the 145th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun- 



teers; served until the close of the war 
in the Second Army Corps, and was dis- 
charged as a hospital steward; after the 
war he returned to the farm and engaged 
in farming and stock raising. Elected 
as delegate to the State Convention in 
1S99; served as Secretary of the Board of 
Education thirteen years. Elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, West Springfield, Pa. 

WARFIELD, Etlielbert Dndley: 

Educator, minister; born at Lexington, 
Ky., March 16, 1861; son of William and 
Mary Cabell Warfield; was graduated 
from Princeton, 1882; LL. D., Princeton 
and Miami. 1891; D. D. Washington and 
Jefferson, 1902; studied at Oxford, Eng- 
land, 1882-1883; was graduated from Co- 
lumbia College Law School, 1885. Mar- 
ried, first. 1S86, Sarah Lacy Brookes; 
second, 1890, Eleanor F. Tilton. Prac- 
ticed law in Lexington. Ky., 1886-1888; 
President and Professor of History, Miami 
University, 1888-1891, and has held the 
same position in Lafayette College since 
the last date. Ordained to ministry in 
Presbyterian Church, October, 1899; Chap- 
lain General Sons American Revolution. 
Member American Historical Society, Am- 
erican Philosophical Society, President 
Board of Directors Princeton Theological 
Seminary, etc. Author of "The Kentucky 
Resolutions of 179S; An Historical Study," 
1887; "At the Evening Hour," 1898; "Me- 
moir of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, U. S. 
N.," 1898. Address, Easton, Pa. 

WARING, Frank M.: 

Banker; born in Tyrone, Pa., June 12. 
1874; attended public schools, and at age 
of seventeen was employed by the Blair 
County Banking Company, and later be- 
came its cashier: in November, 1902, he 
resigned his position and organized the 
Farmers and Merchants' National Bank 
of Tyrone. In 1895 he married Jessie, 
daughter of the late Monroe Calderwood. 
Address, Tyrone, Pa. 

WARNER, Elmer: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Weatherly. Address, Weatherly, Car- 
bon County, Pa. 

\VAR\ER, Edward Raynsford: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet Mil- 
itary Academy, Sept. 1, 1853; brevetted 
Second Lieutenant First Artillery. July 1, 
1857; Second Lieutenant Third Artillery, 
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1S61; Regimental Quartermaster, Sept. 27, 
1861, to Oct. 27, 1862; Lieutenant Colonel 
First New York Artillery, Nov. 1, 1862; 
honorably mustered out of Volunteer ser- 
vice, June 21, 1865; Captain Third Artil- 
July 28, 1866; Major First Artillery, May 
7, 1887; retired, Aug. 11, 1887; brevetted 
Captain, July 3, 1863, for meritorious ser- 
vices in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa.; 
Major, March 13, 1865, for gallant and 
meritorious services during the siege of 
Petersburg, Va.; Lieutenant Colonel, 
March 13, 1865, for good conduct and 
gallant services during the war; Colonel 
Volunteers, Aug. 1, 1864, for gallant and 
distinguished services in the battle of 
Gettysburg, Pa., and in operations in 
front of Petersburg, Va., and Brigadier 
General Volunteers, April 9, 1S65, for 
faithful and meritorious services during 
the operations resulting in the fall of 
Richmond, Va., and the surrender of the 
insurgent army under General R. E. Lee. 
Address, 446 South Franklin Ave., Wilkes- 
barre, Pa. 

WARNER, Wallace Bird: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Erie Regiment Infantry, 
April 21, 1861; discharged, August, 1861; 
Second Lieutenant 111th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Nov. 2, 1861; First Lieutenant, 
Nov. 24, 1S62; Captain, Feb. 24, 1S63; re- 
signed and honorably discharged, Nov. 15, 
1864. Elected, Feb. 3, 1892. Address, care 
of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chest- 
nut St.. Philadelphia, Pa. 

WARNER, Elisha Willard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Third Pennsylvania Cav- 
alry, Aug. 1, 1861; First Sergeant, Aug. 1, 
1861; Regimental Quartermaster Ser- 
geant, Feb. 2, 1862; discharged for pro- 
motion, Sept. 12, 1862; Second Lieutenant 
Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sept. 13, 
1862; First Lieutenant, May 21, 1863; hon- 
orably mustered out, Aug. 24, 1S64. Ad- 
dress, 508 South Forty-first St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

WARREN, Everett: 

Lawyer; born in Scranton, Pa., Aug. 27, 
1859; educated in the public schools; then 
studied to prepare for college, and entered 
Yale in 1877, studying for the law and 
graduating in 1881. He was admitted to 
the bar in 1882 and formed with E. N. 
Willard the firm of Willard & Warren, to 



which Judge H. A. Knapp was admitted 
in 1892. Mr. Warren enlisted in 1881 in 
the Thirteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania 
National Guard, in which he became Ser- 
geant Major and finally Judge Advocate 
of the Third Brigade, ranking as Major. 
He resigned in 1891. In 1887 he was del- 
egate from Scranton to the National 
League of Republican Clubs, in New 
York, and in 1888 was made a Vice Presi- 
dent of the State League; in 1894 he 
was elected to the presidency. He is the 
trial lawyer for his firm and has a very 
large practice. He was married in 1883 
to Ellen H. Willard. Address, Scranton, 
Pa. 

WARREN, Lucius Henry: 

Soldier, lawyer; born in Charlestown, 
Mass., Oct. 6, 1S38. Married Jane Maria, 
daughter of Amor Hollingsworth, of Mil- 
ton, Mass., Oct. 1, 1868; son of Judge 
George Washington Warren, of Boston; 
traces his descent in the sixth generation 
from John Warren, a descendant of the 
Earl of Warren, who came over with 
Sir Richard Saltonstall in Winthrop's 
fleet and settled in Watertown, Mass. 
His mother, Lucy Rogers, was a daugh- 
ter of Jonathan Newell, M. D., of Stowe, 
a descendant of the martyr, John Rogers. 
Graduated from Princeton College 1860, 
received degree of A. M., 1865, Harvard 
University, LL. B., 1862. Admitted to the 
Massachusetts bar, July 28, 1862; Phila- 
delphia bar, May 17, 1S79. Enlisted in 
the Thirty-second Regiment Massachu- 
setts Volunteers July 30th, 1862; following 
August was commissioned Second Lieu- 
tenant, and in December First Lieuten- 
ant, "for bravery at Fredericksburg.' 
Major United States Colored Troops, 1864; 
Lieutenant Colonel of same 1865; hon- 
orably mustered out Jan. 25, 1867. Com- 
missioned First Lieutenant Thirty-ninth 
United States Infantry July 28, 1866; 
Captain July 31, 1867. Resigned Oct. 15, 
1871. Brevetted Lieutenant Colonel, Col- 
onel and Brigadier General United States 
Volunteers "for gallantry in front of 
Petersburg," and Major and Lieutenant 
Colonel United States Army "for gal- 
lant and meritorious services during the 
war." Joined Second (Griffin's) Brigade, 
First Division Fifth Army Corps; present 
with Porter's Corps at Second Bull Run; 
engaged at Antietam and Fredericks- 
burg; commanded company at Chancel- 
lorsville; as company commander par- 
ticipated in the various skirmishes and 
battles of the army of the Potomac (ex- 



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cept Gettysburg, when in hospital) ; on 
duty as Judge Advocate, winter 1S63- 
1864; took part in the sieges of Peters- 
burg and Richmond, being twice wound- 
ed; was in command of regiment most of 
the time, and often of the brigade, and 
upon the evacuation of Richmond, April 
1, 1865, commanded the first colored 
troops that entered. In May, 1865, was 
with troops sent to Texas, under Gen. 
Sheridan, to look after Maximillian, the 
Emperor of Mexico; in command at Bra- 
zos, Santiago, 1865, and the District of 
Indianola, Texas, 1866. In July, 1867, be- 
ing in command of company and Post at 
New Iberia, La., while suppressing a 
mutiny, received seven bayonet wounds 
in left arm; in January, 186S, appointed 
Aide de Camp to Brevet Major Gen. Rob- 
ert C. Buchanan, United States Army, 
commanding Department of Louisiana 
and Texas, and became Acting Assistant 
Adjutant General on his staff during the 
reconstruction period. Resigned Oct. 15, 
1879. Practiced law at Philadelphia bar 
from 1879 to October, 1886; since then 
has been living in Europe. Address, 419 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WABRINER, Edward Augustus: 

Protestant Episcopal clergyman, author; 
born in Agawam, Mass., Feb. 19, 1S29; 
son of Ruel and Anna C. Warriner; reared 
on a farm; was graduated from Union 
College, N. Y., 1855, with the degree of 
A. M. After graduation was engaged in 
teaching and began the study of law. 
Upon his admission to the bar he began 
practice at Springfield, Mass., remaining 
there for three years. He then began 
the study of theology; made deacon, 1867, 
priest 1S6S; pastor St. Paul's Church. 
Montrose, Pa., since 1867. Author of 
"Victor La Tourette," a theological novel, 
1875; "Kear," a poem, 1S82; "I Am That 
I Am," "The Idea of God," 1S87; "The 
Gate Called Beautiful — An Institute of 
Christian Sociology," 1898. Address, St. 
Paul's Church Rectory, Montrose, Pa. 

WARWICK, Charles F.: 

Ex-Mayor of Philadelphia; was born in 
Philadelphia; educated in the public 
schools, graduated from the Law Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
studied in the office of the late E. Spen- 
cer Miller, and was admitted to the bar 
in 1S73. In 1878 he became an Assistant 
City Solicitor, then Assistant District 
Attorney under George S. Graham, and 
in 1884 was elected City Solicitor, the 



youngest man who ever attained that 
position in that city. He was repeatedly 
re-elected until 1895, when he was chosen 
Mayor of Philadelphia by a plurality of 
over 60,000 votes. During his adminis- 
tration as Mayor he received Li Hung 
Chang; he dedicated the magnificent 
Washington Monument in Fairmount 
Park, and under his administration Phila- 
delphia made wonderful progress in 
every direction. Mr. Warwick is one of 
the most celebrated after-dinner speak- 
ers in the country, and is a member of 
many of the most exclusive clubs and 
social organizations in this and other 
cities. Address, 1925 Spring Garden St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATERS, G. Jason: 

Proprietor Hotel Flanders, Hotel Wind- 
sor; born Aug. 15, 1S70, in Sutton, Mass.; 
entered University of Pennsylvania, 1885. 
Went into the hotel business in Atlantic 
City, N. J., in 1S88; bought and controlled 
the Hotel Windsor in 1898; he built the 
first apartment hotel in Philadelphia, the 
Hotel Flanders. Organized the Atlantic 
City Horse Show Association and was 
elected President. Director in the Union 
National Bank. Republican in politics. 
Address, Hotel Flanders, 150 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATERS, John H.: 

President of the United States National 
Bank. Address, Johnstown, Cambria 
County, Pa. 

WATERS, Starling W.: 

Postmaster; born at Warren, Pa., May 
4. 1S4S; at the age of twenty-two years 
was elected to the office of Prothonotary 
and Clerk of the Courts of Warren Coun- 
ty, serving three terms in nine years. He 
is at present Postmaster at Warren, Pa. 
(second appointment), and is a member 
and Secretary of the Board of Trustees 
of the State Hospital for the Insane at 
Warren, Pa. Address, Warren, Pa. 

WATERHOUSE, Eben Webster: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private First Rhode Island Infan- 
try, May 2, 1861; mustered out, Aug. 2. 
1861; Sergeant Third Rhode Island Infan- 
try, Aug. 19, 1861 (changed to Third 
Heavy Artillery, Aug. 20, 1861); dis- 
charged for promotion, Feb. 11. 1862; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Third Rhode Island Heavy 
Artillery, Feb. 11, 1862; First Lieutenant, 
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Aug. 4, 1S65. Elected May 5, 1SS6. Ad- 
dress, care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 
1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATKINS, Thomas A.: 

President of the Prudential Trust Com- 
pany of Pittsburg. Address, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

WATMOIGH, James H.: 

Pay Director United States Navy; born 
in Pennsylvania. Entered service as Act- 
ing Midshipman, November, 1843; appoint- 
ed from Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 1844; Pur- 
ser, Dec. 12, 1844; attached to sloop Ports- 
mouth, Pacific Squadron, 1844-1848; during 
the Mexican "War was in most of the 
operations in California, including the 
bombardment of Guaymas; brig Perry, 
coast of Africa, 1849-1851; frigate Consti- 
tution, coast of Africa, 1852-1855; steamer 
Michigan, on the Lakes, 1857-185S; sloop 
Saratoga, Gulf of Mexico, 1859-1860; in 
action with two Spanish steamers, which 
were captured; Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 
1861-1863; steam frigate Niagara, special 
service, 1863-1864; Fleet Paymaster, South 
Atlantic Blockading Squadron. 1864-1865; 
was in most of the operations of the 
squadron, including seven or eight days' 
operations on Stone River, and the subse- 
quent operations on James' and Johnson's 
Islands, previous to the evacuation of 
Charleston, S. C. ; Navy Yard, New York, 
1866-1868; Inspector, etc., Navy Yard, New 
York, 1868-1870; Pay Director, March 3, 
1871; Acting Pawmaster General, March 
1, 1873, to Feb. 23, 1877; Paymaster Gen- 
eral, February to November, 1877; Acting 
Chief of Bureau Provisions and Clothing, 
1873-1874; Chief of Bureau Provisions and 
Clothing, 1874-1877. Retired, July 30, 1884. 
Address, 1711 I St., N. W., Washington, 
D. C. 

VVATRES, Louis Arthur: 

Lawyer, banker; born Mt. Vernon, Pa., 
April 21, 1851; son of Lewis S. and Har- 
riet G. Wat res; he received his education 
in the public schools, and in early life en- 
tered the banking business, being at one 
time teller of the Merchants' and Me- 
chanics' Bank of Scranton, and afterward 
cashier of the County Savings Bank and 
Trust Company of Scranton. He studied 
law and was admitted to the bar in 1878; 
County Solicitor of Lackawanna County 
1881-1890; State Senate, 1883-1891; Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1891- 
1895; President Board of Pardons; Vice 
President Pennsylvania World's Fair 



Commission for World's Columbian Ex- 
position. Republican in politics, Chairman 
of Pennsylvania Republican State Com- 
mittee during the year 1891. Served in 
National Guard of Pennsylvania, 1877- 
1891, and from August, 1898 to August, 
1904, he was Inspector of Rifle Prac- 
tice with rank of Colonel on Staff of 
Governor Beaver, 1S87-1891; Colonel Elev- 
enth Regiment, Provisional Guard, Na- 
tional Guard of Pennsylvania; since mus- 
ter out of Eleventh Regiment on return 
from field, Colonel Thirteenth Regiment, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania. Presi- 
dent County Savings and Trust Company, 
Title Guaranty and Trust Company, 
Brookside Coal Company, Spring Brook 
Water Supply Company, Mansfield Water 
Company, Scranton and Pittston Traction 
Company, etc. Economy Light, Heat & 
Power Company; Pittston Slate Company; 
Boulevard Company. Address, Board of 
Trade Building, Scranton, Pa. 

WATSON, David Thompson: 

Lawyer; born January 2, 1844, at Wash- 
ington, Pa.; son of James and Maria M. 
(Morgan) Watson; was graduated from 
Washington College, Pa., 1864; Law De- 
partment of the University of Harvard, 
1S66. Admitted to the bar in Boston, 
Mass., on examination before graduation; 
admitted to the Washington County bar, 
July, 1866; Allegheny County bar, Penn- 
sylvania, Jan. 7, 1S67; has since prac- 
ticed in Pittsburg. He served in the War 
of the Rebellion in Company B, Fifty- 
eighth Pennsylvania Emergency Regi- 
ment, and in Battery D of Knapp's Bat- 
talion of Independent Artillery Companies. 
Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

WATSON, Edmund R.: 

President of the Northern National 
Bank of Philadelphia. Address, 2300 Ger- 
mantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATSON, Edward Willard: 

Physician, author; born Newport, R. I., 
Jan. 2, 1843; son of Rev. Benjamin and 
Lucy Watson; attended the University of 
Pennsylvania, from which he was gradu- 
ated in 1865. Married, first, Georgiana 
Lester French of Hartford, Conn; second, 
1900, Delia Arthur Knipe, daughter of 
T. S. Arthur of Philadelphia. Practicing 
physician (U. of Pa. '65); also employed in 
medical journalistic work. Author of 
poems "To-day, and Yesterday," 1898; 
"Songs of Flying Hours," 1900. Address, 
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WATSON, E. R.: 

President Northern National Bank; 
born Oct. 21, 1861, at Sheffield. England; 
educated at Canterbury Cathedral Acad- 
emy. School Director; President or Treas- 
urer of a number of building associations. 
Married in 1883 to Henrietta Linton Grif- 
fith. In 1S73, stenographer with Penn- 
sylvania Railroad Company; 1881, head 
bookkeeper Kensington National Bank, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; 1890, cashier, and since 
1900 President Northern National Bank. 
Republican in politics. Address, 1224 Al- 
legheny Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATSON, Eugene Winslow: 

Rear Admiral United States Navy; 
born in Massachusetts; appointed from 
Pennsylvania; Master's Mate on board the 
Lancaster, May 2, 1859; served in that 
vessel until October, 1861; Rhode Island, 
1S62-1863; promoted to Acting Ensign, 
Sept. 18, 1863; Circassian and Flag, 1S63- 
1865- Frolic, European Station. 1865-1867; 
storeship Guard, 1867-1S6S. Commissioned 
as Ensign in regular service, March 12, 
1S68- League Island, October, 1S68, to 
April 1869; promoted to Master, Dec. 18, 
1868;' Seminole, 1869; Lieutenant, March 
21 1870- Frolic, special service, 1870; or- 
dinance duty, Norfolk, 1871; Canonicus 
and Saugus (ironclads), North Atlantic 
Fleet, 1872; Norfolk Navy Yard, 1873- 
1875-Ossipee, North Atlantic Fleet, 1875; 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, 1877-1880; Franklin, 
18S0-1882; Brooklyn, South Atlantic Sta- 
tion 1SS2-1SS4. Promoted to Lieutenant 
Commander, November, 18S3; Navy Yard, 
Norfolk, 18S4-1S86; Torpedo Station, or- 
dinance instruction, 1887; Swatara, Asi- 
atic Station, 1888, to November, 1891; 
training-ship Richmond, November, 1891, 
to April, 1893. Promoted Commander, 
April 27, 1S93; Inspector of Ordnance, 
Navy Yard, Portsmouth, 1893 to 1894; 
commanding Ranger, Pacific Station, 
1S95; commanding Adams. Pacific Sta- 
tion. 1S96; Commandant Naval Station, 
New London. Conn., from March, 1S97, 
to April 29, 1898; commanding Scindia, 
May. 1898. to Feb. 28. 1899; Washington 
Navy Yard. April, 1899. to November, 
1S99.' Promoted to Captain, Nov. 22, 1S99; 
Captain of the Yard. Navy Yard, Nor- 
folk Va., November. 1899, to 1902. Re- 
tired as Rear Admiral. June 2, 1902. 
Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion. Address, care Navy Depart- 
ment, Washington, D. C. 



"WATSON, George: 

Builder; born in Buckingham, Bucks 
County, Pa., Oct. 21, 1826; educated in the 
Friends' School, Philadelphia; learned the 
carpenter's trade under his brother, and 
in 1847 became associated with him in 
the firm of James V. Watson & Brother. 
In 1857 the senior brother withdrew, and 
Mr. Watson continued the business alone 
till 1886, when his son was taken into 
the concern, the firm name becoming 
George Watson & Son. Mr. Watson has 
long been prominent as a builder, and 
many of the best built dwellings of Phil- 
adelphia were constructed by him. His 
position among builders was widened by 
his being elected the President of the 
Master Builders' Exchange. In the finan- 
cial world he became known as Director 
and Vice President of the Consolidated 
National Bank; he is also Director of the 
Lumbermen's Insurance Company. He 
has taken an earnest and intelligent in- 
terest in education, and had much to do 
with founding the Mechanical Trade 
School of Philadelphia, of which he is 
President. He is one of the oldest mem- 
bers of the Union League. Address, 723 
North Eighth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATSON, George F.: 

Lumberman; son of Francis and Cor- 
delia Johnson Watson; born in Kingsley 
Township, Forest County, Pa., Oct. 20, 
1848; educated in the public schools of his 
native county and at Neillstown Acad- 
emy. He began life as a lumberman with 

A. B. Root; later with Aaron Root, and 
since 1887 with T. D. Collins, which firm 
turns out many million feet of lumber 
per annum. In September, 1868, he mar- 
ried Miss Anna Root, daughter of Aaron 

B. Root and Elizabeth Zuendel Root. 
Mrs. Watson has for many years been a 
prominent worker in the local and county 
Woman's Christian Temperance Unions; 
they have five children, Harry B., Super- 
intendent of the Golenza lumber tract; 
Mrs. Minnie Slocum, Mrs. Verna Sheu- 
man, Mrs. Cora Feitt, and Georgianna. 
Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

WATSON, Henry Winfield: 

Lawyer; President of Washington. Po- 
tomac & Chesapeake Railroad Company; 
born June 24, 1856, in Bucks County, Pa.; 
descendant of an old English family; ed- 
ucated in private schools of Philadel- 
phia. He read law with F. Carroll Brew- 
ster and was admitted to the bar in 1881. 
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ter of the late Dr. J. Franklin Vaughan. 
Republican in politics. He served sev- 
eral times as State and Congressional del- 
egate; President of the Newtown, Lang- 
horne & Bristol Street Railway Company, 
1S95-1898, and of the Langhorne Library 
Association for a number of years. In 
1900 he was appointed receiver of the 
Washington & Potomac Railroad Com- 
pany. He is President of the "Washinton, 
Potomac & Chesapeake Railroad Com- 
pany; Director of the Bucks County 
Trust Company and the People's Na- 
tional Bank of Langhorne. Address, 905 
Girard Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATSON, James V.: 

President of the Philadelphia Clearing 
House Association. Address, 427 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATSON, Mark AY.: 

President of the Exchange National 
Bank. Address, Pittsburg, Pa. 

WATSON, R. M.: 

President of the Brookville Title and 
Trust Company. Address, Brookville, Jef- 
ferson County, Pa. 

WATSON, Robert: 

Pastor Oxford Presbyterian Church, 
Oxford, Pa.; born in Aberdeen, Scotland. 
He was prepared for college in private 
schools in Scotland and in the Collegiate 
High School in Fredericton, New Bruns- 
wick, Canada, and was graduated from 
the University of New Brunswick, Can- 
ada, in 1S93, with the Governor General's 
medal in political economy. He did post- 
graduate work in Princeton University 
and received M. A. in 1895. He was grad- 
uated from Princeton Theological Sem- 
inary in 1896, and accepted the call to 
his present charge, being ordained by the 
Presbytery of Chester, June 4, 1896. He 
has been twice elected Commissioner to 
the General Assembly and has contrib- 
uted several articles to current maga- 
zines. He received the degree of Ph. D. 
from Gale College, Wisconsin, in 1901. 
Married, in 1896, Miss Georgia Maud Bel- 
yea, a native of Canada, doing work 
among the Freedmen of the South. He 
became a citizen of the United States in 
1899. Address, Oxford, Pa. 

WATSON, Willonghuy W.: 

Lawyer; born in New Milford, Pa., 
Oct. 6,1842; educated in the public schools, 
the Susquehanna Seminary and in Millers- 



ville State Normal School; then stud- 
ied law in the office of Bently & Fitch, 
Montrose, Pa., and was admitted to the 
bar in 1868. After a number of years of 
successful practice he was elected County 
Superintendent of Schools of Susquehanna 
County, and afterward was elected a 
member of the State Senate, in which he 
became quite prominent. When Lacka- 
wanna County was formed he opened an 
office in Scranton, where he built up a 
flourishing practice, and in time be- 
came connected with several corporations. 
At present he is senior member of the 
firm of Watson, Diehl & Kimmerer. He 
is closely identified with the Traders' Na- 
tional Bank, one of the best known finan- 
cial institutions in Scranton. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 

WATT, Louis H.: 

President of the Wayne Title and Trust 
Company. Address, Wayne, Delaware 
County, Pa. 

WATTERSON, A. V. D.: 

Lawyer; born in Blairsville, Pa., of Rev- 
olutionary ancestry. In 1S75 he was 
graduated from Mt. St. Mary's College, 
Emmittsburg, Md. Three years later he 
was admitted to the practice of law. In 
1892 he formed a partnership with Am- 
brose B. Reid, now the firm of Watterson 
& Reid. He is President of the Alumni 
Association of his Alma Mater from which 
he received the degree of LL. D., 1890. 
Address, 341 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WATTLES, Washington Warren: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant Twenty-eighth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, July 11, 1861; First 
Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1862; Captain, Aug. 1, 
1862; resigned and honorably discharged, 
Feb. 1, 1863, for disability in line of duty. 
Elected, Oct. 16, 1889. Address, care of 
Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATTS, Edward Biddle: 

Lawyer; born in Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 13, 
1851; son of Hon. Frederick Watts; was 
graduated from Trinity College, Hart- 
ford, Conn., in 1873; studied law and ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1875, and has prac- 
ticed his profession at Carlisle ever since. 
He has been Chief Burgess of his native 
town, Secretary of Cumberland County 
Agricultural Society, Director Cumberland 
Valley Railroad Company and J. Herman 



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Bosler Memorial Library. Entered the 
National Guard of Pennsylvania as Cap- 
tain and aide on staff of General Frank 
Reeder in 1881; became Captain Company 
G, Eighth Regiment, National Guard of 
Pennsylvania, in 1885, Major in 1893, and 
served as Lieutenant Colonel, Eighth 
Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan- 
try, during Spanish-American War. Ad- 
dress, Carlisle, Pa. 

WATTS, Ethelbert: 

United States Consul General; born 
Feb. 25, 1845, at Philadelphia, Pa.; son of 
Hon. Henry M. Watts, United States Min- 
ister to Austria more than thirty years 
ago; entered the University of Pennsyl- 
vania in 1S61, but left at the end of his 
third year, and, after serving as a private 
in the Union Army, studied at the School 
of Mines, Freiburg, in Saxony. He acted 
as the cashier of the Centennial Board of 
Finance at the Exhibition Grounds in 
1876, and subsequently became Secretary 
and afterward Treasurer of the Invest- 
ment Company of Philadelphia. In 1896 
he entered the Consular Service, and, 
after a year spent in Switzerland, became 
Vice Consul General at Cairo, Egypt, 
where he remained two years and a half; 
he was acting as Consul General in the 
absence of his superior at the time Ad- 
miral Camara attempted to obtain coal 
and other supplies for the Spanish fleet, 
with the view of proceeding to the Phil- 
ippines, but was prevented by Mr. Watts' 
energetic action. In November, 1S99, he 
was transferred to Kingston, Jamaica, as 
Consul, and then to the position of Con- 
sul at Prague; since Sept. 8, 1903, Consul 
General at St. Petersburg, Russia. He 
has had conferred upon him the Imperial 
Order of the Osmanich of the third class 
in recognition of services while on the 
staff of the United States Consul Gen- 
eral in Egypt. His present wife is the 
daughter of the late William H. Gregg of 
Philadelphia. Address, American Consul- 
ate, St. Petersburg, Russia. 

WATTS, George Henry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Fourth Rhode Island In- 
fantry, Sept. 7, 1861; Sergeant, Oct. 30, 
1861; discharged for promotion, Aug. 10, 
1862; Second Lieutenant Fourth Rhode Is- 
land Infantry, Aug. 11, 1862; First Lieu- 
tenant, Nov. 1, 1S62; resigned and honor- 
ably discharged, Aug. 13, 1863. Elected 
Feb. 4, 1891. Address, 116 East Hunting- 
ton St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



WATTS, Harvey Maitland: 

Journalist; musical critic; born Phila- 
delphia, 1864; son of John and Christianna 
Watts; was graduated from Lafayette 
College, 18S6; A. M., 1S89. Actively en- | 
gaged in journalism since 1887; for sev- 
eral years editorial writer and music 
critic, Philadelphia Press, and now its 
managing editor. Writer and lecturer on 
scientific subjects with a specialty in 
meteorology; his article on "The Gulf 
Stream Myth," Scribner's, June, 1902, at- 
tracted wide attention. Address, 1346 
Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WATTS, Samuel: 

President of the Citizens' National Bank i 
of Lewistown. Address, Lewistown, Mif- 
flin County, Pa. 

WAl'GH, Ida: 

Artist; born in Philadelphia; daughter 
of Samuel Bell Waugu, artist; studieu art 
at the Academy of Fine Arts, Philadel- 
phia, and in Paris at l'Academie Julien 
and l'Acadfemie D61§cluse, 18S8 and 1S91- 
1S92. Principal painting, "Hagar and 
Ishmael (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine 
Arts), 1SSS. She received the Norman W. 
Dodge prize, New York Academy of De- 
sign, for portrait of Dr. Paul J. Sartain, 
1896; has exhibited in Paris Salon, World's 
Columbian Exposition, 1893; New York, 
Philadelphia, California, Cincinnati and 
other places. Member Historical Society 
of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Acad- 
emy of Fine Arts. Address, 4002 Pine 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WAYNE, William: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Chester County; 
born at Waynesborough, the birthplace of 
General Anthony Wayne, Chester County, 
Pa., Aug. 27, 1855; educated at the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, 
and the University of Pennsylvania. He 
is a farmer by occupation; has never held 
any political office before outside of his 
township. Elected to the House of Rep- 
resentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Paoli, Pa. 

WEAND, Henry K.: 

Jurist; born in Montgomery County, 
Pa., in 1837; educated in the schools of 
his native county, adopted the law for a 
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County bar in 1860. He gained a good 
practice in the Norristown courts, and in 
1898 was elected Judge of the Common 
Pleas Court of the county for the term 
ending January, 1909. Address, Norris- 
town, Pa. 

WEAVER, Benjamin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19, 1845, and 
has always resided in Allegheny County; 
received a common school education; was 
employed by the Pittsburg Iron and Forge 
Company for twenty years, most of the 
time as a roller; in 1891 he resigned his 
position with the iron company and en- 
gaged in business. Since then he has 
been identified with various business en- 
terprises in Pittsburg; is now interested 
in real estate and insurance; has always 
taken an active interest in politics, but 
never held any office except that of School 
Director. He was elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, 4 Western St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WEAVER, Francis Heyer: 

Chaplain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; private 
Company C, Fifty-third Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Oct. 10, 1861; transferred to Vet- 
eran Reserve Corps, Jan 20, 1864; honor- 
ably discharged. Oct. 17. 1864; private 
Company K, Forty-fourth Infantry, Aug. 
1 to Nov. 30, 1868; Chaplain Tenth Cav- 
alry, June 16, 1880; retired, Aug. 16, 1897. 
Address, Newry, Blair County, Pa. 

WEAVER, John: 

Mayor of Philadelphia; born in England 
in 1862; educated partly in that country 
and partly in Philadelphia, whither his 
parents moved when he was eight years 
old. His school life ended at thirteen 
years of age, when he became an errand 
boy in an office, but while working as a 
clerk in various stores he studied short- 
hand writing, and learned it sufficientiy 
to take a position as a. law stenographer; 
while thus engaged he read law diligently, 
and also took a night course of study 
at Temple College. During this period 
he became stenographer and recorder to 
the Law Academy, of which, later on, he 
was successively Treasurer, Vice Presi- 
dent, and President. His admission to 
the bar, thirteen years ago, was followed 
by an active practice, his knowledge of 
business aiding to bring many commer- 



cial and corporation cases and the repu- 
tation of one of the brightest and most 
successful men at the Philadelphia bar. 
His oratorical prowess helped him not 
only in the courts, but won him a stand- 
ing as a ready and efficient political 
speaker. In 1901 he was given the nom- 
ination of the Republican Party for Dis- 
trict Attorney on the double basis of 
honesty and ability, and he was duly 
elected. His active and unpartisan ser- 
vice in this office made him very popular, 
and in 1903, when there was a vigorous 
public demand for an honest and inde- 
pendent city executive, he was selected 
by the Republican leaders in response to 
the public demand, and was elected 
Mayor by a large majority. Entering of- 
fice unpledged to party control, he has 
done his utmost to give the city an hon- 
est and progressive administration and to 
check the long prevailing reign of politi- 
cal venality. Mayor Weaver is a mem- 
ber of the Bar Association of Pennsyl- 
vania, of the American Bar Association, 
of the Board of Censors, of the Lawyers' 
Club, and Secretary of the Governing 
Committee of the Law Association; he is 
a Commodore of the Yacht Club of Sea- 
side Park, N. J. Address, City Hall, Phil- 
adelphia, Pa. 

AVE AVER, Peter Lyle: 

Editor; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 31, 
1S57; youngest son of Major David P. and 
Ann Weaver; educated in private and 
public schools in Philadelphia. He began 
his newspaper career as a boy in editorial 
rooms of the Chronicle; then was twelve 
years in the export grain trade, but re- 
turned to newspaper work as a special 
writer upon military matters on staff of 
the Item. In 1SS7 on local staff of Public 
Ledger. In 1892 he became associated 
with The Inquirer. He is a specialist 
upon Army, Navy and National Guard af- 
fairs. During the Spanish-American War 
he was one of the war correspondents for 
the New York Herald, and saw consid- 
erable active service in the field. Has 
been connected with the National Guard 
of Pennsylvania since 1868; in 1SS7 he 
retired with the rank of Captain, which 
he now holds on the retired list. He 
served during the great labor distur- 
bances of 1877, and was one of the small 
band of Philadelphia soldiers who were 
beleagured in the round-house at Pitts- 
burg. Was married in 1883 to Alice Fred- 
ricka Leverich of Camden, N. J. Ad- 
dress, The Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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AVE AVER, Rufus B.: 

Physician; born in Gettysburg, Pa., 
Jan. 10, 1841; he entered Pennsylvania 
College, and was graduated in 1862; A. M., 
1865; was graduated from Pennsylvania 
Medical University, 1865; Hahnemann 
Medical College, 1891. Married, 1869, 
Madeline Louise Bender. Demonstrator 
of Anatomy, 1S69; lecturer on surgical 
anatomy, 1S7S; Professor Applied Anat- 
omy, 1S97, Hahnemann Medical College. 
Address, 1855 Willington St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

WEBB, T. A. W.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Mifflin County; born 
in Juniata County, Pa., Oct. 20, 1831; was 
educated in the public schools; has been 
engaged in the manufacture of woolens at 
Allensville. Pa., since 1855; has served as 
a School Director and has been a Justice 
of the Peace for nearly twenty-five years; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, Allensville, 
Pa. 

WEBB, Walter Loring: 

Consulting engineer; born at Rye, 
N. Y., June 25, 1863; was graduated from 
Cornell University in 18S4; soon after was 
employed by the Engineer Corps, United 
States Army, at Oswego, N. Y., and later 
at Philadelphia and on the harbor work 
in the vicinity of New York. From 1888 
to 1892 was Instructor in Civil Engineer- 
ing, Cornell; his summer vacations were 
invariably spent in professional practice; 
in 1S92 he was called to the University of 
Pennsylvania; 1893-1902, member of the 
faculty, being in immediate charge of the 
work in railroad engineering and geo- 
desy. In 1S95 he published "Problems in 
the Use and Adjustments of Engineering 
Instruments" (now in fourth edition); in 
1900, "Railroad Construction." Member 
of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia; 
member of the American Society of Civil 
Engineers. Address, S10 Girard Trust 
Building. Philadelphia, Pa. 

WEBER. Adam M.: 

Clergyman; born in Bernville, Berks 
County, Pa., March 30, 1863; educated 
in the public schools and Muhlenberg Col- 
lege. Member of Board of Trustees of 
the Topton Lutheran Orphans' Home 
since 1896. Married Alma M. Rentshler, 
April 21, 1S83. Ordained to the ministry 
in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, May 



29, 1888; English missionary in Newark, 
N. J., 1889; pastor in Mount Joy, Pa., 
1890-1893; pastor in Boyerstown, Pa., 1893. 
Address, Boyerstown, Berks County, Pa. 

WEBSTER, Edmund Kirby: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Louisiana; appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Cadet Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1870; 
Second Lieutenant Second Infantry, June 
17, 1874; First Lieutenant, Sept. 26, 1881; 
Captain, July 26, 1893; Major, Twenty- 
seventh Infantry, Feb. 2, 1901; retired, 
July 10, 1902. Address, The Mendota, 
Washington, D. C. 

WEBSTER, George Smedley: 

Chief Engineer of Philadelphia; born in 
Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 1855; studied in the 
Friends' School and the Scientific Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 
where he was graduated in 1875. He 
immediately became engaged as a civil 
engineer in the grounds of the Centennial 
Exposition, then under process of survey; 
he subsequently served in the United 
States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and 
was engaged from 1877 to 1880 in sur- 
veying engineering work in Philadelphia. 
In 18S0 he was appointed an assistant in 
the Engineering Department of Philadel- 
phia, being in charge of the work of 
engineering and surveying in the Tenth 
District till 1892, when he was made prin- 
cipal assistant and acting Chief Engineer; 
he was appointed Chief Engineer and Sur- 
veyor in 1893, a post which he still holds; 
the large operations conducted by his de- 
partment and under his supervision since 
that time include over five hundred miles 
of sewers, the completion of the Walnut 
Street bridge, and the building of two 
other bridges over the Schuylkill, the 
widening of Delaware Avenue river front 
from fifty to one hundred and fifty feet, 
the deepening of the channels of the 
Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, and es- 
pecially the construction of the Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue subway and tunnel, in 
which the tracks of the Philadelphia & 
Reading Railroad were depressed for a 
distance of two miles through the heart 
of the city. For this work, of which he 
was chief engineer, he has received warm 
commendation from the city and the 
people. He is President of the Board of 
Surveyors and a member of various so- 
cieties and clubs; he was President of 
the Engineers' Club in 1895. Address, 
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"WEBSTER, Helen Livermore: 

Author, editor and teacher; born at Bos- 
ton, 1853; attended the Salem, Mass., pub- 
lic schools, and was graduated from the 
High and Normal Schools; graduated 
from Zurich University, Switzerland, 1S89 
(Ph. D.). Taught in Stetson High School; 
also in High Schools of Concord, N. H., 
and Lynn, Mass.; studied at the Univer- 
sity of Zurich, 1S86-1889, and visited many 
parts of Europe. She returned to the 
United States in November, 18S9, and 
taught at Vassar College, at same time 
giving a course of lectures on "Compara- 
tive Philology" at Barnard College, and 
since 1890 Professor of Comparative Phil- 
ology at Wellesley College; since 1899 she 
has been principal of the Wilkesbarre In- 
stitute. Author of "A Treatise on the 
Guttural Question in Gothic"; editor of 
"The Legends of the Micmacs," 1893; 
lecturer and contributor to educational 
periodicals. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

WEED, George Lndington: 

Educator, author; born at Union Mis- 
sion, Ark. Ty., April 9, 1828; son of George 
Ludington Weed; preparatory education 
was received at the Woodwward School, 
Cincinnati; was graduated from Marietta 
College, 1849, with the degree of A. M. ; 
studied divinity at Andover Theological 
Seminary, 1849-1852. Married, in 1855, 
Sarah Russell. Author of "Great Truths 
Simply Told," 1891; "A Life of Christ for 
the Young," 1898; "A Life of St. Paul for 
the Young," 1899; "A Life of St. John for 
the Young," 1900; "A Life of St. Peter for 
the Young," 1901. Wrote letters from 
Europe and the Orient for the Central 
Christian Herald, 1S52-1S54; "Mother 
Strickland's Silver," "The Independent," 
also 1895; "Marcus Whitman, M. D.," La- 
dies' Home Journal, 1S97. Address, 7151 
Boyer St., Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WEGER, Charles Theis: 

Brewer; born in Philadelphia, March 5, 
1865; son of Frank Weger, a prominent 
brewer in that city, partner of his father- 
in-law, Charles Theis, who founded in 
1846 the plant which is now conducted by 
his grandsons, Charles Theis and Prank 
L. Weger. Mr. Weger was educated in 
the public schools, entered the brewing 
establishment, and gained a thorough 
knowledge of the business. The father 
died in 1880, and since then the business 
has been conducted by the two sons un- 
der the firm title of the Weger Brothers. 



It has grown into an extensive establish- 
ment and does a very large business. 
Mr. Weger is a member of a number of 
industrial and financial companies, of 
several German societies, the Turf Club 
and the Belmont Driving Club. He and 
his brother Frank L. (born Dec. 19, 1869) 
are the joint owners of the famous yacht 
Karl, one of the finest and fastest boats 
of its kind on the Delaware River. Ad- 
dress, 2001 North Broad St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

"WEIDA, George A.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Montgomery Coun- 
ty; born in Longswamp Township, Berks 
County, Pa., April 12, 1866; educated in 
the public and private schools of that 
county; taught public school three terms; 
studied medicine at the University of 
"Vermont, also at the University of New 
York City, and was graduated from the 
latter institution in the spring of 1888. 
Immediately thereafter he removed to 
Frederick, Montgomery County, where he 
has since been engaged in the practice 
of his profession. He was elected to the 
House of Representatives in November, 
1902. Address, Frederick, Pa. 

WEIDMA3V, Grant, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Major Grant Weidman; elected Nov. 12, 
1890. First Class in Succession Nov. 11, 
1S95. Address, care of Recorder of Loyal 
Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

WEIDMAN, M. L,.: 

President of the Ephrata National 
Bank. Address, Ephrata, Lancaster 
County, Pa. 

WEIMER, Albert B.: 

Lawyer; born in Philadelphia, Feb. 5, 
1S57; was graduated from Harvard Col- 
lege in the class of 1880, with a summa 
cum laude in his degree. He studied law 
in the office of Hon. George M. Dallas, 
Circuit Judge of the United States for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and 
George L. Crawford, Esq.; was admitted 
to the bar in Philadelphia in 1882. In 
1893 he published a treatise on the "Rail- 
road Law of Pennsylvania," and in 1898, 
a similar work on the "Corporation Law 
of Pennsylvania." In 1901 he was ap- 
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of Pennsylvania. Address, Rittenhouse 
Club, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WEIR, Dr. Samuel: 

Principal of Clarion State Normal 
School; born April 15, 1S60, at London, 
Ont.; prepared for college in the Provin- 
cial Normal School, Toronto, Ont., and 
Northwestern University Academy; de- 
gree of A. B., Northwestern University, 
1889; B. D., Garrett Biblical Institute; 
A M., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1891; 
graduate student in Boston and in Uni- 
versities of Jena and Leipzig, Germany, 
1893; degree of Ph. D. from University of 
Jena, 1895; Professor of Latin and Greek, 
Southwest Kansas College, 1889-1890; In- 
structor in Mathematics, Northwestern 
University, 1892-1893; Professor of History 
of Education and of Ethics, New York 
University School of Padagogy and Grad- 
uate School, 1895-1901; Lecturer on Ped- 
agogy, University of Cincinnati, 1901; 
principal of Clarion State Normal School, 
Clarion, Pa., 1902. Member National Ed- 
ucational Association, Pennsylvania State 
Educational Association and National So- 
ciety for the Scientific Study of Educa- 
tion. Author of "Christianity in Civiliza- 
tion" (Cincinnati, 1893); "Der Monismua," 
a philosophical treatise (Jena, 1S95); con- 
tributor to Methodist Review, Educational 
Foundations, Teachers' Quarterly, Educa- 
tional Review, The Journal of Pedagogy, 
etc.; editor of the Normal Enterprise, a 
monthly magazine devoted to the teach- 
ing profession. Married, first, Carrie 
Voss, Dec. 25, 1889, who died Feb. 9, 
1894; second, Sarah Richards, June 2, 1S97. 
Address, State Normal School, Clarion, 
Pa. 

WEISS, Geo. W.: 

County Superintendent; born in Milford 
Township, Bucks County, Pa. His father 
died when he was but sixteen years old; 
he commenced to teach school when he 
was seventeen years old; he attended 
Freeland Seminary; afterward attended 
the Millersville State Normal School, from 
which institution he was graduated with 
honors in 1870. He was offered the prin- 
cipalship of the Port Carbon schools im- 
mediately after his graduation, which he 
accepted and filled very satisfactorily for 
seven years; in 1877 he resigned at Port 
Carbon and accepted a similar position in 
Schuylkill Haven, which position he ac- 
ceptably filled for four years. He was 
then a candidate for the County Superin- 
tendency of Schuylkill County for the 



first time, and was elected, which position 
he has held since. In 1876 he was mar- 
ried to Harriet Henderson of Port Car- 
bon. Before his election as County Su- 
perintendent he gave instruction at six 
local Normal Schools, which were well 
attended by teachers of Schuylkill Coun- 
ty. He had twenty years' experience in 
teaching before his election as County 
Superintendent. He was a member of the 
Committee of Permanent Certificates for 
eight years. The public schools of Schuyl- 
kill County under his supervision are un- 
excelled by any county in the State. Dur- 
ing his administration the Directors' Asso- 
ciation of Schuylkill County, the first or- 
ganization of its kind in the State, was 
organized. He instituted Arbor Day two 
years before Arbor Day was instituted by 
the State Superintendent. He is well 
thought of by all with whom he comes in 
contact. Address, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. 

WEISS, John H.: 

Jurist; born near Shaefferstown, Leba- 
non County, Pa., Feb. 23, 1840; his period 
of attendance in the county schools was 
followed by two years in the Millersville 
State Normal School, and a term in 
Jefferson College, where he graduated in 
1863; he then began the study of law at 
Harrisburg, was admitted to the bar of 
Dauphin County in 1865, and to that of 
Lebanon County in 1867; then practiced 
alone until 1S82, when he became a part- 
ner of Hon. L. D. Gilbert, the firm 
being known as Weiss & Gilbert; this 
firm enjoyed a large and profitable prac- 
tice till, 1S99, when Governor Stone ap- 
pointed 'Mr. "Weiss additional Judge of 
Dauphin County, this being followed by 
his election to this position in November 
of that year. On the death of Judge 
Simonton. Feb. 12, 1903. Judge Weiss 
became President Judge of the court; an 
earnest Republican for nearly a quarter 
of a century, he was chairman of the 
Dauphin County Republican Committee. 
Address, Harrisburg, Pa. 

WEISS, Samuel! 

State Senator from Lebanon County; 
was born in South Lebanon Township, 
that county, Aug. 20, 1845; was raised on 
his father's farm and educated in the 
public schools, Lebanon Academy and 
Millersville Normal School; studied medi- 
cine, graduated from Bellevue Medical 
College, New York, and began the prac- 
tice of his profession in Lebanon in 1872, 
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been county physician for sixteen years, 
i Director of the People's National Bank 
[ and of the Valley National Bank, and 
also on the surgical and gynealogical staff 
I of the Good Samaritan Hospital of Leba- 
non, since its establishment, about eight 
■ years ago; was elected to the Senate 
: Feb. 21, 1899, to fill the vacancy caused 
I by the resignation of General J. P. S. 
Gobin upon his assumption of the office 
of Lieutenant Governor; re-elected in No- 
vember, 1900. Address, Lebanon, Pa. 

WELDIN, Lewis C.S 

Civil Engineer; born in Delaware and 
received his early education at the pri- 
vate schools of Wilmington, Del., later 
taking a course of civil engineering in 
the polytechnic college of the State of 
Pennsylvania, graduating in 1875; in the 
fall of the same year he entered the em- 
ploy of the Pennsylvania Railroad as 
draughtsman; in 1900 opened in Pittsburg 
a construction and engineer's office and 
is making a specialty of coal and coke 
operations and railroad work. Address, 
Frick Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

WELLER, John C.I 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Somerset County; 
was born in Somerset, that county, Pa., 
Aug. 31, 1S52, in the old stone jail, his 
father being Sheriff of Somerset County 
at that time; educated in the public 
schools and the Millersville State Normal 
School, graduating from the latter in- 
stitution in 1875; taught in the public 
schools ten years, and was Superintend- 
ent of the schools of Somerset County 
six years; served as Justice of the Peace 
five terms; is at present engaged in 
farming; was nominated for Associate 
Judge in 1901, but before the general 
election the judicial district was divided, 
Somerset County becoming a separate 
district and the office of Associate Judge 
was discontinued; was a member of the 
House of Representatives, sessions of 
1891 and 1893; re-elected in November, 
1902. Address, Gebhart, Pa. 

WELLS, Calvin: 

Manufacturer and newspaper proprie- 
tor; born in Genessee County, N. T., 
Dec. 26, 1827; was educated in the public 
schools and the Western University of 
Pennsylvania, and subsequently became 
bookkeeper for Dr. C. G. Hussey, whose 
partner he became in 1852, under the firm 
title of Hussey & Wells. In 1859 the 



firm title became Hussey, Wells & Co., 
steel manufacturers, Mr. Wells filling the 
post of General Manager of the company 
till 1S76, when he sold his interest to Dr. 
Hussey; while thus engaged he had, in 
1865, become interested in the car spring 
industry, as a member of the firm of A. 
French & Co.; continued in this till 1SS4, 
when he sold his interest to Mr. French; 
other manufacturing interests in which he 
has been, and still is, concerned are the 
Illinois Zinc Company, of Peru, 111., 
manufacturers of sheet zinc, spelter and 
sulphuric acid, of which he has been 
President and Treasurer since 1870; and 
the Pittsburg Forge & Iron Company, 
of which he has been President since 
1878. In 1878 he became a newspaper 
proprietor, purchasing the Philadelphia 
Press, an influential Republican journal 
established by John W. Forney in 1S57; 
of this paper is still the proprietor, it 
being since 1880 under the editorship of 
Hon. Charles Emory Smith, late Post- 
master General. Office address, Press, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

WELLS. Chester: 

Lieutenant United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 
Naval Cadet, Nov. 15, 1SS9, honorably 
discharged June 30, 1895; Assistant En- 
gineer, April 17, 1896; rank changed to 
Ensign March 3, 1899; Lieutenant (junior 
grade), April 17, 1899; Lieutenant, July 
12, 1901: Concord, 1893-1896; Texas, 1S96; 
Solace, December, 1896-1901; torpedo sta- 
tion, 1901-1903. Since May 6, 1903. on 
United States Steamsnip Baltimore, in 
charge of Engineering Department. Ad- 
dress, care Navy Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

WELLS, Howard: 

Medical Inspector United States Navy; 
born in Pennsylvania; appointed Assist- 
ant Surgeon Dec. 12, 1873; Colorado, 
North Atlantic Station, 1874; Worcester, 
North Atlantic Fleet, 1875; Hartford, 
North Atlantic Fleet, 1875-1877. Pro- 
moted to Passed Assistant Surgeon, 1876; 
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, 1877-1878; 
training ship Constitution, 1879-1881; Na- 
val Hospital, Philadelphia, 1882-1884; 
Monongahela, store ship, 1884-1885; Hart- 
ford. Pacific Station, 1885-1886; January 
to May. 1887, United States Steamship 
Independence; training ship Jamestown, 
1887-1888. Promoted to Surgeon, June, 
18S8; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, 1888, to 
September, 1891; special duty, Navy Yard, 



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Portsmouth, N. H., 1S91 to 1892; training 
ship Portsmouth, 1892 to 1894; Montgom- 
ery, September, 1894; United States re- 
ceiving ship Vermont, August, 1895; mem- 
ber Medical Examining Board, New York, 
January, 1897, to 1898; Chicago, Dec. 1, 
1898-1901; Medical Inspector, Jan. 15, 1900; 
Navy Yard, Boston, September, 1901, to 
1903; Naval Hospital, Newport, R. I., 
since Oct. 2, 1903. Address, Naval Hos- 
pital, Narragansett Bay, R. I. 

WELLS, Lewis S.: 

Born in Norristown, Pa., March 27, 
1S30; was graduated at Union College, 
Schenectady, N. Y., in the class of 
1850; studied law under G. Rodnam Fox, 
Esq., of Norristown; entered the United 
States War Department at Washington, 
D. C, in 1861 and was for four years 
thereafter chief of the accounting divi- 
sion of the Quartermaster General's office. 
Admitted to practice in the Superior 
Court of the United States; 1873-1903 
agent of the State of Pennsylvania to set- 
tle the war claims of the State against 
the United States, arising during the re- 
bellion of 1861. settling among other 
claims the Direct Tax Refund and the In- 
terest Refund claims; married Anna Vir- 
ginia, daughter of Isaiah Thropp, of Val- 
ley Forge, Pa. Address, 1311 N St., N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 

WELLS, Samuel Calvin: 

Journalist; born in Pittsburg, Nov. 20, 
1849; son of Rev. Samuel Taggart and 
Catherine Wells; educated in the public 
schools and Princeton University, 1869- 
1873; spent his early life in Pennsylvania, 
Iowa and California; married in 18S7, to 
Virginia C. Haines. Studied law and 
was admitted to ba^ at Pittsburg in 1876; 
on editorial staff of the Philadelphia 
Press since 1879; editor-in-chief, 1S90-1S92 
and 1898-1901, during absence of Charles 
Emory Smith. Address, 3212 Wallace St. 

WELLS, William Hug-hes: 

Physician; born in West Philadelphia, 
Sept. 25, 1859; son of Hughes and Letitia 
S. Wells; he was educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia, and by private 
tutors; he was graduated from Jefferson 
Medical College in 1891; married, 1898, to 
Mary Anderson. Demonstrator of clini- 
cal obstetrics, Jefferson Medical College; 
chief of the gynaecological staff, Mt. 
Sinai Hospital. Philadelphia; member of 
the Philadelphia County Medical Society; 
Fellow College Physicians, Philadelphia, 



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and of gynaecological section of the same; 
member of the Pediatric Society. Editor: 
Landis' "Compend of Obstetrics," 1894; 
author of "Compend of Gynecology,' 
1S96; "Taylor and Wells' Manual Diseases 
of Children" (with Dr. J. Madison Tay- 
lor), 1898; contributor to medical press. 
Address, 333 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WELSH, Thomas W: 

Cashier of the Second National Bank, 
Pittsburg, Pa., since 1876. After working 
his way through the various grades of 
promotion he was made cashier in 1888. 
Address, Liberty Ave. and Ninth St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

WELSH, William Ernest: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; Cadet 
Military Academy, June 17, 1890; Second 
Lieutenant Eighth Infantry, June 12,. 
1894; First Lieutenant Tenth Infantry, 
April 26, 189S; Captain Thirtieth Infantry, 
Feb. 2, 1901. Address, World's Fair 
Station, St. Louis, Mo. 

WENK, J. E.: 

Editor of the Forest Republican; son 
of Jacob and Dorothea Mathe Wenk, na- 
tives of Germany; was born in Tionesta, 
Dec. 13, 1853; reared in his native bor- 
ough and educated in the public schools. 
Learned the printer's trade in the office 
of the Forest County Bee (now Forest 
Republican) ; after ten years' faithful ser- 
vice, he purchased the Forest Republican, 
in 1S79, and has since successfully con- 
ducted it as editor and proprietor; was 
twice a representative of his county in 
the State Legislature, being first elected 
in 1S94, and re-elected in 1896; among 
the committees on which he served were 
the Judiciary Local. Congressional Appor- 
tionment, Pensions and Gratuities; was 
instrumental in getting the new method 
of distribution of common school appro- 
priation which gave to Forest County 
double the amount it formerly received. 
On April 20. 1SS2, was married to Lois 
Florence, daughter of Daniel Stowe and 
Elizabeth Spence Knox, who died in Au- 
gust, 189S; was again married in Sep- 
tember, 1900, to Mrs. Ella Leech Kerr, 
of Marienville, Pa. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

WENRICH, Reuben D.: 

Sanitarium proprietor; born in Lower 
Heidelburg Township. Berks County, Pa., 
May 15, 1842 on an estate which had 
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the common schools of the vicinity, seve- 
jral academies, Millersville Normal School 
land the Duff Mercantile College, Philadel- 
phia, where he graduated in 1861; had 
I previously taught school for four win- 
jters, and after graduating entered the 
I Medical School of the University of Penn- 
sylvania, graduating as M. D. in 1864. 
IMr. Wenrich practiced medicine at Wer- 
Inersville, Pa., till 1873, after which he 
'engaged with Dr. J. W. Deppin in coal, 
lumber, limestone and other lines of busi- 
Iness, and in 1879 purchased, in associa- 
tion with Dr. Deppen, the tract of land 
since known as Grand View Sanitarium, 
of which he has been superintendent for 
twenty-five years; it is situated on the 
slope of the South Mountains, in Lower 
Heidelberg Township, and is notable for 
the healthfulness of its air and climatic 
conditions. For several years Dr. Wen- 
rich has been sole proprietor of the sani- 
tarium, which has greatly prospered 
under his care; his son, George C, is 
associated with him in its management. 
Address, Grand View Sanitarium, Berks 
County, Pa. 

"\VEXTLI.\G, John F.: 

Lawyer; born near Irwin, Pa.; educated 
in the Sewickley and Saltsburg Acade- 
mies, and became a public school teacher; 
began the study of law in 1866, under 
James A. Logan, of Greensburg, and was 
admitted to the Westmoreland County 
bar in 1868. Mr. Wentling soon gained a 
prominent standing at the bar, alike in 
.the civil and crimnial courts; for many 
years he has been engaged in nearly all 
the important homicide cases in his 
county; has tried many cases for the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, the Carnegie Steel 
Company and other corporations, but the 
bulk of his practice has been against, 
instead of for, these corporations; in ad- 
dition to his legal duties he has been to 
some extent engaged in land and coal 
industries. Address, Greensburg, Pa. 

WERDER, Xarier Oswald, M. D.: 

Was born in Cham, Switzerland, Dec. 
4, 1857; educated partly in his native 
country and partly in the United States, 
having reached this country, in 1873, at 
the age of sixteen; prepared for the 
medical profession in the University of 
New York and graduated in 1879. Soon 
after engaged in general practice in Pitts- 
burg; in 1889 he again took up his resi- 
dence in Pittsburg; member of the Alle- 
gheny County Medical Society, the South 



Side Medical Society, the American Medi- 
cal Association, and the American Asso- 
ciation of Obstetricians and Gynaecolo- 
gists; is also one of the founders of the 
Pittsburg Medical Review; married Oct. 
20, 1S85, to Tillie C, daughter of Joseph 
Vogel, of Pittsburg. Democrat in poli- 
tics. Address, 524 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

WERTHEIMER, E.: 

President of the Preeport Bank. Ad- 
dress, Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa. 

WERTZ, Peter: 

President of the Farmers' Trust Com- 
pany. Address, Carlisle, Cumberland 
County, Pa. 

WEST, Harry F.: 

President of the Penn Mutual Life In- 
surance Company; born in Philadelphia, 
May 14, 1834. His ancestors for several 
generations were natives of Pennsylvania 
and Delaware; some were connected with 
the merchant marine of the country, and 
others actively participated in the War of 
Independence and that of 1812; entered 
the Philadelphia High School with the 
graduating class of July, 1852; entered 
the office of Samuel and William Welsh, 
shipping and importing merchants, of 
Philadelphia. Entered into partnership 
with John W. Powell, under the firm 
name of Powell & West, continuing for 
seven years in the mercantile business; 
was then elected Secretary and Treasurer 
of the Philadelphia Warehouse Company, 
and during 1881-1895 was President; was 
a Director of the Girard National Bank; 
Land Title and Trust Company; Norfolk 
and Western Railroad; Pennsylvania Fire 
Insurance Company; Western Savings 
Fund Society, and other organizations 
with which he has been closely identified 
for many years; was also one of the 
Trustees for the reorganization of the 
of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 
Company, 1886-1888, and President of the 
Schuylkill Navigation Company. During 
the War of the Rebellion served in 1862 
as First Sergeant of Company D, Seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and in 1863, dur- 
ing the Gettysburg campaign, as Second 
Lieutenant of Company D, Thirty-second 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; he is 
a member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public; was Vice President and Treasurer 
of the Union League of Philadelphia, and 
is connected as Director and otherwise 
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a Trustee of the Penn Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company in 1S84; he became Vice 
President in 1895, and has been President 
since July. 1897. Address, care of Penn 
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 
AVEST, James A.: 

President of the South Sharon Trust 
Company. Address, Sharon, Mercer Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

WESTCOTT, Thompson Seiser: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, June 
11, 1862; son of Thompson and Mary 
Westcott; educated in the Friends' School 
of Philadelphia, 1S69-1877; graduated from 
the University of Pennsylvania in 18S2, 
and from the Medical Department same, 
1886; married, 1893, to Marie Louise Rep- 
plier. Instructor of diseases of children, 
University of Pennsylvania, 1S96; visiting 
physician of the Methodist Episcopal 
Hospital, Philadelphia, since 1893; mem- 
ber Phi Kappa Psi. Phi Beta Kappa 
Fraternity; Fellow College Physicians of 
Philadelphia, American Pediatric Society, 
Pathological Society of Philadelphia, Pedi- 
atric Society of Philadelphia, County 
Medical Society; Assistant Editor Ameri- 
can Textbook of Diseases of Children, 
1894, 1898; contributor to medical journals. 
Address, 1S33 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WESTIXGHOUSE, George: 

Inventor of the celebrated Westing- 
house air brake; was born at Central 
Bridge, Schoharie County, N. Y., on the 
6th of October, 1846; his parents were 
George and Emeline Vedder Westing- 
house. The father's ancestors came from 
Germany and settled in Massachusetts 
and "Vermont before the Revolution; the 
mother's were Dutch-English. Mr. West- 
inghouse's father was an inventor, who, 
in 1856, removed with his family to Sche- 
nectady, New York, where he established 
the Schenectady Agricultural Works. 
The boy attended the public and high 
schools of the town, spending much of 
his leisure time, after studies, in his fath- 
er's machine shop, and the experience de- 
rived therefrom enabled him, before he 
was fifteen, to invent and make a rotary 
engine, and also to pass, at an early age. 
the examination for the position of Assist- 
ant Engineer in the United States Navy. 
From June, 1863, to June, 1865, he served, 
first in the army, and afterward in the 
navy. At the close of the war he ten- 
dered his resignation, and was honor- 
ably discharged August 1, 1865. On his 
return he entered Union College, where 



he remained till the close of his sopho- 
more year, when he abadoned his classi- 
cal studies and entered upon active life, to 
find a wider scope for his inventive gen- 
ius. In 1865, he invented a device for re- 
placing railroad cars upon the track. 
Going to Troy one day, a delay,' caused 
by a collision between two freight trains, 
suggested to Mr. Westinghouse the idea 
that a brake under the control of the 
engineer might have prevented the acci- 
dent, and in that moment one of the 
most useful and beneficent devices known 
to mankind was born. Among the de- 
vices which his mind suggested, was a 
brake actuated by the cars closing 
upon each other. His first plan proving 
impracticable, the use of compressed air 
suggested itself, being free from many 
of the objections found in using steam. 
Drawings of the air-pump, brake cylin- 
ders and valves were made, but consider- 
able time elapsed before a practical trial 
of the brake was obtained. The first 
patent was issued April 13..1S69, and The 
Westinghouse Air-Brake Company was 
formed on the 20th of July following. 
The first orders received for the ap- 
paratus were from the Michigan Central 
Railway and the Chicago & Northwest- 
ern Railway. Many changes and im- 
provements were being made in the brake 
all the while, the business flourished, and 
the manufacturing works, begun in 1S69, 
were completed in 1870. In 1871 Mr. 
Westinghouse went abroad to introduce 
the air-brake in England — a difficult 
problem, as the trains in Europe had 
hand-brakes upon only what were known 
as "brake-vans,'' there being no brakes 
upon the other vehicles. Not only did 
this require the spending of seven years 
in Europe, between 1871 and 1882, but it 
taxed his inventive ability considerably 
to meet the new conditions of railroad 
practice. In the meantime, Mr. West- 
inghouse invented the "automatic" feat- 
ure of the brake which overcame the im- 
perfections in the first form, and re- 
moved the danger from the parting of 
trains on steep grades. In 1886, he in- 
vented the "quick-action" brake, the im- 
provement being made in what is known 
as the "triple-valve." By this improved 
valve it became practicable to apply all 
the brakes on a train of fifty freight 
cars in two seconds. The automatic and 
quick-action brakes are regarded by ex- 
perts as far surpassing the original brake 
in ingenuity and inventive genius, being . 
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ventions of the highest class, unique and 
remarkable. In 1883, Mr. Westinghouse 
became interested in the operation of 
railway signals and switches by com- 
pressed air, and developed and patented 
the system now manufactured by the 
Union Switch and Signal Company. The 
"Pneumatic Interlocking Switch and 
Signal Apparatus," whereby all the sig- 
nals and switches are operated from a 
igiven point, using compressed air as the 
motive power, and electricity to bring 
ithat power into operation, has been suc- 
cessfully introduced in Boston, Jersey 
City, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis 
land many other places. Mr. Westing- 
! house was among the first to foresee the 
i advantages of alternating current as a 
1 means of transmitting electricity over 
ilong distances, and the fight to introduce 
this system was carried on by him sin- 
igle-handed against incredible opposition. 
I The induction motor, the invention of 
which was the outcome of the genius of 
Nikola Tesla, was put on a commercial 
I footing by Mr. Westinghouse. Among his 
accomplishments in the electrical field 
may be. mentioned the unit switch sys- 
tem of multiple control for the simulta- 
ineous operation and control from one 
common point of all the motors in a 
train; and the new single phase motor 
ifor street railway service, this use of 
electricity being heretofore confined to 
direct current. The Westinghouse Elec- 
tric & Manufacturing Company was or- 
ganized in 1886 for the manufacture of 
electrical apparatus, and the business of 
this company has developed so rapidly 
as to now necessitate the employment at 
its East Pittsburg plant of about ten 
thonsand hands. The electrical business 
developed by Mr. Westinghouse has 
found its way to foreign territory, and 
extensive works have been established at 
Trafford Park, Manchester, England, and 
at Le Havre, France. Besides the work 
already described Mr. Westinghouse has 
taken a foremost part in the development 
of the gas engine and the steam turbine, 
both of which are built by The Westing- 
house Machine Company, at East Pitts- 
burg, Pa. The Sawyer-Man incandescent 
lamp, the Nernst lamp and the Cooper- 
Hewitt mercury vapor lamp were all put 
on a commercial basis by Mr. Westing- 
house. He was also the moving spirit in 
the exploitation of natural gas in the 
Pittsburg district, his special merit com- 
ing from working out its piping over long 
distances, which was at first thought im- 



possible. He is President of almost all 
of about thirty companies, with which he 
is connected, the most of which bear his 
name. Prominent among these compa- 
nies are The Westinghouse Air Brake 
Company, Wilmerding, Pa.; The Westing- 
house Brake Company, Limited, London, 
England; Westinghouse Electric & Manu- 
facturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pa.; 
The British Westinghouse Electric & 
Manufacturing Company, Limited, Lon- 
don, England; The Westinghouse Machine 
Company. East Pittsburg, Pa., The Union 
bwitch & Signal Company, Swissvale, 
Pa. ; Pittsburg Meter Company, East 
Pittsburg, Pa.; Canadian Westinghouse 
Company, Limited, Hamilton, Canada; 
Nernst Lamp Company, Pittsburg, Pa. 
The combined capital of these compa- 
nies is about $100,000,000. Was married 
Aug. S, 1S67, at Brooklyn, N. Y., to Mar- 
guerite Erskine Walker. They have one 
son. George Westinghouse, Jr., who is a 
student at Yale University. Mr. West- 
inghouse has residences at Pittsburg, Pa., 
Washington, D. C, and Lenox, Mass. 

WETHERILL, .John Price: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Weth- 
erill; private Forty-third Pennsylvania 
(Militia) Infantry July 6, 1863; mustered 
out Aug. 10, 1863. Elected May 4, 1887. 
Address, 2014 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WETHERILL,, Richard: 

Engine builder and capitalist; born in 
Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pa., 
Sept. 28, 1850; was educated in public 
schools of Philadelphia, Pa., and Chester 
Academy, Chester, Pa. Entered a drug 
store as junior clerk, and later appointed 
to a clerkship in the Philadelphia, Wil- 
mington & Baltimore Railway, stationed 
at Wilmington, Del. Soon after attaining 
his majority, on Jan. 1, 1872, he entered 
into partnership with his brother, the 
firm being Robert Wetherill & Co. Mr. 
Wetherill was from 1SS6 to 1892 Vice 
President of the Standard Steel Casting 
Co., was president of the Delaware 
County Gas Co., until the sale of the 
plant to the Suburban Gas Company; a 
director of the Chester National Bank 
from its initiation; President of the Ches- 
ter & Media Electric Railway Company; 
one of the Trustees of the Pennsylvania 
Military College; member of the Union 
League of Philadelphia, the Penn Club, 
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of Wallingford. He, with his brother 
Robert, has by purchase acquired much 
real estate in the city of Chester, which, 
in 1644, was granted to his immediate an- 
cestor Joran Keen, by the Swedish Gov- 
ernment. Married, Dec. 3, 1879, Ella, 
daughter of the late Hon. John Larkin, 
Jr., distinguished as the first Mayor of 
the city of Chester, Pa. Address, Ches- 
ter, Pa. 

WETHERILL, Robert: 

Engine builder and capitalist; born in 
Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pa., 
Sept. 4, 1847; was educated in the public 
schools of Philadelphia and Upland Nor- 
mal School; served an apprenticeship of 
four years with Miller & Allen, machin- 
ists and foundrymen. at Chester, Pa., 
acquiring practical knowledge of the busi- 
ness in all its details, and in charge of 
draughting department; in 1871 he erect- 
ed a small foundry and engine building 
plant in Chester, Pa., and the following 
year formed a partnership with his bro- 
ther, Richard Wetherill, in the business, 
the firm name being Robert Wetherill & 
Co., which firm has exclusive control of 
the noted Berry safety boilers. In 1886 
was elected President and Manager of the 
Standard Steel Casting Company, at 
Thurlow, Pa., and continued in that capa- 
city until 1892, when the plant was pur- 
chased by the American Steel Casting 
Co.; is a Director of the Cambridge Trust 
Co., and member of the Union League of 
Philadelphia. Mr. Wetherill is a direct 
descendant of Joran Keen, to whom in 
1644 the Swedish Crown patented the ter- 
ritory upon which is located part of the 
present city of Chester; Feb. 27, 1879, he 
married Mary Bullock, daughter of Wil- 
liam C. Gray, Colonel of the 119th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry Regiment during the 
Civil War. Address, Chester, Pa. 

"WETZEL, John H.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Centre County; was 
born in Cedarville. Stephenson County, 
111., May 14, 1856; removed with his 
parents to Bellefonte, Pa., in 1859; was 
educated in the public schools, Bellefonte 
Academy, Penn Hall Academy. Franklin 
and Marshall College, College of Northern 
Illinois and the Law Department of the 
University of Iowa; located in Nelson, 
Neb., in 1886, and remained there until 
1893, when he returned to Bellefonte, Pa., 
where he has since been engaged in sur- 
veying and engineering; is at present City 



Engineer of Bellefonte and Engineer for 
Centre County; was a member of the 
House of Representatives session of 1899; 
re-elected in November, 1902. Address, 
Bellefonte, Pa. 

WETZEL, .l..h i. W.I 

President of the Merchants' National 
Bank. Address, Carlisle, Cumberland 
County, Pa. 

VVEYGANDT, Cornelias: 

Teacher and writer; born in German- 
town, Phila., Dec. 13, 1871; his father, 
Cornelius N., is President of the Western 
National Bank, and on the side of his 
mother. Lucy Elmaker (Thomas) Wey- 
gandt, he is descended from Isaac Thomas, 
one of the first iron masters of the 
Schuylkill Valley; was educated in the 
Germantown Academy and the University 
of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1891, and 
taking his Ph. D. ten years later in 1901. 
In 1892 he became a member of the city 
staff of the Philadelphia Record, and in 
1893 was made associate editor of the 
Evening Telegraph, being engaged in dra- 
matic and literary criticism, etc., until 
1S97, when he was 'appointed Instructor of 
English in the University of Pennsylva- 
nia; this position he still occupies. He is 
a frequent contributor to the magazines. 
Address, Wissahickon, near Westview 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

VVEVL, Walter Edward: 

Economist, author; born in Philadelphia 
March 11, 1S73; son of Nathan and Emilie 
Weyl; graduated from the Central High 
School, 1S90, University of Pennsylvania, 
Ph. B., 1892, Ph. D., 1897; post-graduate 
work in political economy. Universities 
of Pennsylvania, Halle, Berlin and Paris; 
conducted investigations for the United 
States Department of Labor in Europe, 
1898, and in Mexico in 1901; statistical 
expert on Internal Commerce for United 
States Treasury Bureau of Statistics; 
held senior fellowship, University of 
Pennsylvania, 1897-1899; is a member of 
the American Economists' Association, 
American Academy of Political and Social 
Science, also member of the Cosmos Club, 
of Washington, the Faculty Club of 
Philadelphia, and the American Club of 
the City of Mexico. Author of "The 
Passenger Traffic of Railways," 1901, also 
bulletins of the United States Department 
of Labor on Railway Labor in Europe, 
1899; Labor Conditions in Mexico, 1902. 
Address, 1611 North Fifteenth St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 



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WHALLON, Walier L.: 

Presbyterian minister; born Sept. 23, 
1878, at Vincennes, Ind. ; son of Rev. E. P. 
Whallon. Ph. D., D. D., of Cincinnati, 
Ohio, editor of Herald and Presbyter; 
prepared for college in Cincinnati High 
Schools; was graduated from Hanover 
College in 1899; was Commandant and 
Instructor in Bunker Hill Military Acade- 
my, Illinois, 1899-1900; studied theology 
in McCormick Seminary, Chicago, and 
Princeton, N. J., graduating from latter 
institution May, 1903. At Present is pas- 
tor of the Broad Avenue Presbyterian 
Church, of Altoona, Pa. Address, Al- 
toona. Pa. 

WHARTON, Anne HolliiiRsworth: 

Author; born in Southampton Furnace, 
Cumberland County, Pa., Dec. 15, 1845; 
daughter of Charles and Mary McLana- 
han Wharton; was educated in the pri- 
vate school of Mrs. Gertrude C. Cary, 
Philadelphia. Has been writing since an 
early period in her life, principally on 
Colonial and Revolutionary subjects; she 
has also written many children's stories 
and articles for leading magazines and 
newspapers. She was Historian of the 
National Society of Colonial Dames of 
America; was a judge at the American 
Colonial exhibit, "World's Columbian Ex- 
position; honorary member of the His- 
torical Society of Pennsylvania since 
1878; member of the New Century Club 
of Philadelphia; Vice President of the 
Browning Society of Philadelphia and of 
the Pennsylvania Audubon Society. Au- 
thor of "St. Bartholomew's Eve," 1866; 
"Virgilia," 1869; "The Wharton Family," 
1880; "Through Colonial Doorways," 1893; 
"Colonial Days and Dames," 1894; "A 
Last Century Maid," 1895; "Life of Mar- 
tha Washington," 1897; "Heirlooms in 
Miniature," 1897; "Salons, Colonial and 
Republican," 1900; "Social Life in the 
Early Republic," 1902. Address, 711 Pine 
St., Philadelphia. 

WHARTON, Henry Redwood: 

Physician; born in Philadelphia, Pa,, 
May 23, 1853; son of Charles Wharton; 
educated in the public and High Schools 
of Philadelphia, and graduated from the 
Medical Department of the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1876; was Professor of 
Clinical Surgery of the Women's Medical 
College of Pennsylvania; surgeon of the 
Presbyterian and Children's Hospitals; 
Fellow of the American Surgical Associa- 
tion. Author of "Textbook on Minor 



Surgery and Bandaging"; joint author, 
"The Practice of Surgery." Address, 
1725 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 

WHEATON, Frank W.: 

Lawyer; born in Binghamton, N. T., 
Aug. 27, 1855; educated in the public 
schools of Binghamton; graduated at 
Yale University in 1877; studied law with 
E. P. & J. V. Darling; admitted to the 
bar in 1879; in 1884 was elected to City 
Council; in 1892 became head of the firm 
of Wheaton, Darling & Woodward; in 
1901 was appointed additional Law Judge 
of Luzerne County. Member of West- 
moreland Club. Address, Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

WHEELAN, James Nicholas : 

Brigadier General U. S. Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from New York; 
First Sergeant First Artillery New York 
mustered rifles, July 18, 1861; Second 
Lieutenant, Dec. 7, 1861; Captain, Feb. 7, 
1862; Major, Aug. 13, 1862; Lieutenant 
Colonel. Aug. 17, 1S65; brevetted Colonel 
Volunteers, March 13, 1865, for gallant 
and meritorious service during the war; 
honorably mustered out Nov. 29, 1865; 
Second Lieutenant Second Cavalry Feb. 
23, 1866; First Lieutenant, July 28, 1866; 
Captain, Dec. 15, 1S73; Major, Eighth 
Cavalry, March 7, 1893; Lieutenant Colo- 
nel Seventh Cavalry, June 9, 1899; Colonel 
Twelfth Cavalry, Feb. 2, 1901; brevetted 
Major Feb. 27, 1890, for gallant and meri- 
torious service in action against Indians 
on the Rosebud Mountains May 7, 1877; 
retired, Dec. 6, 1901. Address, Union 
League Club, New York City. 

WHEELER, Nelson P.: 

Lumber merchant; was born Nov. 4, 
1841. in Portville, Cattaraugus County, 
N. Y. ; educated in public schools and the 
Academies of Olean and Deposit, N. Y. ; 
came to Pennsylvania in 1865, where he 
became the active partner in the firm of 
Wheeler & Dusenbury, carrying on ex- 
tensive lumbering operations. Is Presi- 
dent of the Hickory Valley Railroad; Re- 
publican and a member of the State Leg- 
islature 1S78-1879. In 1877 married Rach- 
ael A. Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Per- 
manent address, Endeavor, Forest Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

WHEELER, Rachel A. S., (Mrs. N. P.): 

President of the Woman's Foreign Mis- 
sionary Society of Clarion Presbytery; 
daughter of Capt. Alexander and Rachael 
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Ohio, Jan. 4, 1852; educated at the Ohio 
Female College, Cincinnati, graduating 
with first honors. After leaving college, 
contributed poems, articles of travel and 
fiction to various magazines and daily 
and weekly papers; for a time was a cor- 
respondent on the Cincinnati Times; in 
company with her sister, Isabel, who has 
a national reputation as one of the best 
miniature artists in America, spent a few 
seasons in Washington, D. C. On June 
12, 1S77, she became the wife of Hon. N. 
P. Wheeler, of Forest County; is a mem- 
ber of the National Kindergarten Asso- 
ciation and connected with the County 
work of the Women's Christian Temper- 
ance Union. Address, Endeaver, Pa. 

WHEELOCK, Capt. D. F. A.: 

Civil engineer; member of the Ameri- 
can Society of Civil Engineers; born July 
23, 1855; graduate of Cumberland Insti- 
tute; Republican; thirty-second degree 
Mason, Odd Fellow and Elk. Served 
twenty-one years as county surveyor of 
Warren County, nine years as city engi- 
neer of Warren; practices general and 
railroad engineering. Served as Captain 
of I Company, Sixteenth Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers, during the Spanish- 
American War; member of the National 
Guard of Pennsylvania since 1882 and is 
the ranking line officer of the Sixteenth 
Regiment and ten in order of lineal rank 
in the National Guard of Pennsylvania. 
Address, Warren, Pa. 

AVHELEN, Henry: 

Banker; Midshipman, Sept. 23, 1862; 
graduated from the United States Naval 
Academy June, 1866; Ensign, March 12, 
1868; Master, March 26, 1869; Lieutenant, 
March 21, 1S70; resigned June 2, 1873. 
Married Miss Laura Baker; member of 
Rittenhouse, Radnor Hunt, and Country 
Clubs, and Sons of the Revolution. Ad- 
dress, 1709 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHIPPLE, Herbert Sidney: 

Captain United States Army; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed from Wisconsin; 
Cadet Military Academy, July 1, 1881; 
Second Lieutenant Tenth Cavalry, June 
14, 18S5; First Lieutenant Ninth Cavalry, 
March 27, 1S92; transferred to Seventh 
Cavalry April 12, 1892; Lieutenant Colonel 
Second Kentucky Infantry, May 17, 1898; 
honorably mustered out of Volunteers, 
Oct. 31, 1898; Captain Third Cavalry, 
July 10, 1900; assigned to Pay Depart- 
ment April 23, 1901. Address, Manila, P. I. 



WHITAKER, Herbert C: 

Professor of Mathematics Central Man- 
ual Training School, Philadelphia; born 
at Cape May, N. J., Oct. 31, 1862; his 
ancestors were among the first English 
settlers in New Jersey; studied law, 1875, 
and graduated at the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1886 with degrees of B. S. and 
M. E. ; also received, in 1896, the degree 
of Ph. D. ; worked at mechanical engi- 
neering with the Pennsylvania Railroad, 
1886-1887; since 1888 has taught mathe- 
mathics. Member of Camden Astrono- 
mical Society; Secretary of Pennsylvania 
Whist Club; inventor of a new form of 
number by means of which the otherwise 
impossible roots of irrational algebraic 
equations may be found; has written 
many magazine articles on whist, econo- 
mics, astronomy and pure mathematics; 
author of a textbook on trigonometry. 
Address, 776 North Twenty-sixth St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITAKER, Ozi William: 

Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal 
Church; born in New Salem, Mass., in 
1830. He began his active life as a school 
teacher at the age of sixteen, and con- 
tinued this every winter for ten years, at 
the end of which time he graduated from 
Middlebury College, Vt. He then became 
principal of North Brookfield High School, 
in Massachusetts, and in 1S60 entered the 
General Theological Seminary, in New 
York city. He was admitted to deacons' 
orders at Boston in 1863, by Bishop 
Eastburn, and to priests' orders soon 
after by the same Bishop. His first posi- 
tion as a rector was in St. John's parish, 
Gold Hill, Nevada. In 1S65 he returned 
east to St. Paul's Church, Englewood, N. 
J., but in the year 1S67 he returned to 
Nevada. In 1S6S he was elected Mis- 
sionary Bishop of Nevada and Arizona, 
remaining there until 1886, when he was 
called to Pennsylvania to assist Bishop 
Stevens. He began his Episcopal work on 
Oct. 29, 18S6, at St. Barnabas's Church, 
Kensington . In 1S87, on the death of Bish- 
op Stevens, he succeeded him as Bishop 
of Pennsylvania, a post of ecclesiastical 
labor which he has since very efficiently 
filled. Address, the Church House, 12th 
and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITE, Alexander C: 

Lawyer and ex-Congressman; born in 
Armstrong County, Pa., about 1840, re- 
moved in 1860 to Punxsutawney, Jeffer- 
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ment. After completing his service, he 
engaged in the study of the law, and was 
admitted to the Jefferson County bar in 
December, 1862. His ability as a lawyer 
rapidly won him practice, and in 1867 he 
was elected District Attorney for the 
county. In 1868 he removed to Brook- 
ville, and in 1870 was elected for a sec- 
ond term. His prominence in the politi- 
cal field brought him in 1884 the nomina- 
tion for Congress, and he was elected to 
the House as representative of the Twen- 
ty-fifth District, comprised of Armstrong, 
Indiana, Jefferson, Clarion, and Forest 
Counties. On the completion of his term 
he resumed his law practice, and is now 
associated with his son, John M. White, 
as White & Son. Address, Brookville, Pa. 

WHITE, G. F.: 

President of the Lansdowne and Darby 
Savings Fund and Trust Company. Ad- 
dress, Lansdowne, Delaware County, Pa. 

"WHITE, Harry: 

Jurist; born in Indiana, Pa., in 1832, 
the son of Judge Thomas White, under 
whom he read law on the completion of 
his preliminary education. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar of Indiana County in 
1853. After a period of profitable prac- 
tice he entered the army in 1861, as Major 
of the Sixty-seventh Pennsylvania Regi- 
ment, with which he went through the 
war, being a prisoner from June 15, 1863, 
to Sept. 29, 1864. He rose to the rank of 
Colonel, and on March 2, 1865, was bre- 
vetted Brigadier General. After the war 
he was elected to the State Senate, of 
which he continued a member till 1874, 
and in 1872 served in the Pennsylvania 
Constitutional Convention; subsequently 
he represented his district for two terms 
in Congress. In 1884 he was elected Pres- 
ident Judge of Indiana County, and was 
re-elected in 1894, his second term to 
expire in 1905. Address, Indiana, Pa. 

WHITE, J. Brinton: 

Agent of Coxe Bros. & Co. coal ope- 
rators. Address, the Marlton, 3 West 
Eighth St., New York, N. T. 

AVHITE. James William: 

Physician, surgeon; born in Philadel- 
phia, Nov. 2, 1850; son of Dr. James Will- 
liam White; early education obtained in 
Philadelphia public schools and Quaker 
schools; was graduated from the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, M. D., 1871, also 



Ph. D. ; married, Milford, Conn., on 
June 22, 1888, Letitia Brown. On staff 
of Professor Louis Agassiz, during Hass- 
ler Expedition to West Indies, Straits of 
Magellan, both coasts of South Ameri- 
ca, Galapagos Islands, etc., 1871-1872; 
resident physician Philadelphia Hospital, 
1873; surgeon to Eastern State Peniten- 
tiary, 1S74-1S76; surgeon to First Troop 
of Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1S78-1888; 
has been teacher and writer in surgery 
during whole professional life; was first 
Professor of Genito-Urinary Surgery, then 
Professor of Clinical Surgery; now John 
Rhea Barton Professor of Surgery, all in 
University of Pennsylvania; surgeon to 
University Hospital; Consulting Surgeon 
Philadelphia Hospital. Member of the 
American Surgical Association, Ameri- 
can Genito-Urinary Association, College 
of Physicians of Philadelphia, joint trans- 
lator and editor Cornil on Syphilis (Simes 
and White), 1875. Joint author of "Am- 
erican Text-Book of Surgery" (Keen and 
White), 1896; "Genito-Urinary Surgery" 
(White and Martin), 1897. Has written 
numerous articles on medical and surgi- 
cal subjects in medical journals. Ad- 
dress, 1810 South Rittenhouse Square, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

AVHITE. J. Harvey: 

Lawyer; born March 8, 1839, in Adams 
County, Pa.; son of Andrew and Joanna 
(Ross) White; was graduated from Tale 
with the class of 1861. He read law at 
Gettysburg, Pa., with R. G. McCreary, 
and was admitted to the bar in Adams 
County, Feb. 20, 1864; removed to Pitts- 
burg, Pa., in 1867. He was admitted to 
practice in the several courts of Allegheny 
County, April 27, 1867. Address, Bake- 
well Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

WHITE, Patriek J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lackawanna Coun- 
ty; born in Ireland, March, 1834; was edu- 
cated in the classical and scientific schools 
of his native land; emigrated to this 
country when seventeen years of age; has 
devoted most of his time to teaching, 
having taught in Carbondale, Hazleton, 
Minooka, Dunmore, Olyphant, Dickson 
City and Archbald; was Justice of the 
Peace and Supervising Principal of the 
public schools of Archbald for fifteen 
years; served as clerk for the Bloomsburg 
Railroad Company, also clerk and pay- 
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ployed as a traveling salesman when he 
was elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. Address, Arch- 
bald, Pa. 

WHITE, Samuel P.: 

State Senator from Beaver County; 
born in New Brighton, Beaver County, 
Pa., September, 1847; educated in the 
common schools and is a graduate of 
Eastman's Business College, Poughkeep- 
sie, N. Y. ; occupation, contractor and 
manufacturer; served in the three months' 
emergency State troops in 1863, when 
fifteen years of age; was member of the 
Republican County Committee in 1SS4, and 
Chairman of same in 18S5. Member of 
State Committee in 1888; treasurer of 
County Committee in 1S89; delegate to 
State Convention in 1900; nominee of 
Beaver County for State Senator in 1S86, 
1S90, 1894 and 1902, the county making 
no nomination in 1898. the nomination by 
agreement going to the other county in 
the district; was elected to the Senate in 
1894, serving for four years; re-elected in 
November. 1902. Address. New Brighton, 
Pa. 

WHITE. William Prescott: 

Minister, journalist; was born in Honey 
Brook. Pa., March 22, 1S40. Educated at 
Pennsylvania State Normal School, Mil- 
lersville, Pa.; Amherst College (1867); Am- 
herst, Mass.; Princeton Theological Sem- 
inary (1S70). Princeton, N. J.; D. D. 
Washington College (1892). Married, first, 
at Philadelphia, March, 1871, to Mary 
Reed; second, at Washington, Pa., Aug- 
ust, 1884, to Annie McKean. Licensed to 
preach by the Presbytery of Donegal at 
Strasburg, Pa., April, 1869; ordained to 
the Ministry by the Presbytery of Lack- 
awanna at Plymouth, Pa., Nov., 1870. Pas- 
tor of the Presbyterian Church at Plym- 
outh, 1870-18S3; of Mount Airy Presbyte- 
rian Church of Philadelphia, 1883-1892. 
Financial Secretary of Lincoln University 
since February, 1892; joint proprietor and 
editor of the Presbyterian Journal, Phila- 
delphia, 1894-1903. Associate editor since 
that time; Vice President of the Synodi- 
cal Home Mission and Sustentation Com- 
mittee of the Synod of Pennsylvania 
since 1870; Commissioner to General As- 
sembly of the Presbyterian Church at 
St. Louis in 1874, at Buffalo in 1881, and 
at Portland, Oregon, in 1892; Moderator 
of the Presbytery of Lackawanna and of 
the Presbytery of Philadelphia North; 
Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Lack- 



awanna; correspondent of the Presbyte- 
rian, 1S70-1894. Author of "Presbyterian 
Year Book" 1S87-1888-1S89; and (Allen, 
Lane & Scott, Philadelphia) "The Pres- 
byterian Churches of Philadelphia." Ad- 
dress, Oak Lane, Philadelphia; office, 1328 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITE, William Wllmot: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in Canada; appointed from 
Pennsylvania. Cadet Engineer, Sept. 13, 
1877; Assistant Engineer, July 1, 1883; 
Passed Assistant Engineer, Nov. 10. 1S93; 
rank changed to Lieutenant, March 3, 
1899; Bureau Steam Engineering, Oct. 28, 
1899; Mayflower, June 15, 1900; Cincin- 
nati, Dec. 1, 1901, to January, 1904. Pro- 
moted Lieutenant Commander, March 21, 
1903. Assistant to head of Department 
of Steam Engineering, Navy Yard, Nor- 
folk, Va., since April, 1904. Address, 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. 

WHITESIDES, John Garrett: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Second Lieutenant in Troop A, 
National Guard of Pennsylvania; eldest 
son of Companion Brevet Major Edward 
G. Whitesides. Elected Feb. 6, 1895. Ad- 
dress, 921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITFIELD, J. Edward: 

Analytical chemist; born in Albany, 
N. Y., Sept. 27, 1859; son of Robert P. 
Whitfield; he received his education in the 
schools of Albany, N. Y. Received the 
degree of Ph. D. ; he then took a four 
years' course at the Rensselaer Polytech- 
nic Institute, but did not graduate. Held 
chair of chemistry and physics in Na- 
tional College of Pharmacy. Married, in 
1SS5, Florence P. Morton. With United 
States Geological Survey, 18S0-1888; since 
then of firm of Booth, Garrett & Blair, 
analytical chemists and engineers, Phila- 
delphia. Has published many articles on 
topics of his profession. Address, 406 Lo- 
cust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITHAM, Jay Manuel: 

Mechanical engineer; born in Warren, 
111., Aug. 24, 185S; son of John and Caro- 
line A. Whitham; was graduated in ma- 
rine engineering and naval architecture, 
1SS1, and also in 1SS3 from the United 
States Naval Academy (A. M., St. John's 
College, Annapolis, Md. ; C. E., and M. E., 
Arkansas Industrial University) ; married. 
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18S6; has been consulting- engineer in 
steam and hydraulics in Philadelphia 
j since 1891. Member American Society of 
j Mechanical Engineers, American Society 
j of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 
I American Society of Naval Engineers, 
New England Water Works Association. 
.Author of "Steam Engine Design," 1889; 
"Constructive Steam Engineering," 1891. 
; Contributor of engineering papers to tech- 
nical journals and proceedings. Address, 
I 607 Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITMAN, Benaia.Ii. Longley: 

Pastor Baptist Church; born at Tor- 
brook, Nova Scotia, Nov. 21, 1862. At- 
tended the public schools of Nova Scotia 
till age of sixteen; graduated from Wor- 
cester Academy, Massachusetts, in 1883; 
Brown University, 1887; Newton Theolog- 
ical Institution, 1890. Pastor of the Free 
Street Baptist Church, Portland, Me., 
1890-1902; President Colby University, 
1S92-1905; President Columbian University, 
1S95-1900. Pastor Fifth Baptist Church 
Philadelphia, 1900. Literary output con- 
sists of sermons, addresses, chiefly edu- 
cational, and various handbooks for 
teaching purposes: "Elements of Sociol- 
ogy," "Elements of Ethics," "Elements 
of Political Science," "Outlines of Politi- 
cal History." Address, 800 Corinthian 
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WHITMER, Robert F.: 

Railroad and lumber company president; 
born at Hartleton, Union County, Pa., 
Jan. 25, 1864; educated in the Pennsylva- 
nia State College and Lafayette College, 
from which institution he graduated in 
1885. His father, William Whitmer, had 
long been distinguished for business ener- 
gy and ability, and the son, under his 
care, soon became familiar with the de- 
tails of the lumber trade, and gained 
prominence in the business interests of 
western Pennsylvania. The death of his 
father in 1896 left open to him a num- 
ber of important positions, and he suc- 
ceeded to the Presidency of the Dry Fork 
Railroad, a road built by him through a 
wild mountain region of West Virginia, 
the Condon Lane Lumber Company, the 
William Whitmer & Sons Lumber Com- 
pany, and the William Whitmer & Sons 
Company, of Sunbury. He is also Vice 
President of the Buffalo Lumber Com- 
pany, of West Virginia. He is a mem- 
ber of the Union League of Philadelphia. 
Address, Sunbury, Pa. 



"WHITNEY, George I.: 

Broker; of the brokerage firm of Whit- 
ney & Stephenson of Pittsburg; born in 
that city Nov. 24, 1847; attended the pub- 
lic schools, and completed his education 
at the Western Pennsylvania University, 
graduating in 1868. In 1871 opened a 
brokerage office. In 1884 Mr. Whitney 
became a member of the New York Stock 
Exchange and has been a member of the 
Pittsburg Stock Exchange since its organ- 
ization. In 1886 he organized the Hos- 
tetter-Connellsville Coke Company; one of 
the organizers of the St. Clair Banking 
Company, now the Fifth National Bank, 
and is at present a Director of the Cen- 
tral District & Printing Telegraph Co. 
Since 1S82 has been prominently identified 
with the street railway interests. Ad- 
dress, 45 Breckenridge Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WHITNEY, JAMES B.: 

President of the Miners' Deposit Bank 
of Lykens; born Aug. 22, 1842, at Fram- 
ingham, Mass.; educated in Framingham 
schools. Married M. A. Leffler, at Mil- 
lersburg. Pa., Nov. 8, 1877. Address, 
Lykens, Pa. 

WHITNEY, John Randall: 

Manufacturer; son of Asa and Clarinda 
Williams Whitney; born in Brownsville, 
N. Y., Oct. 21, 1828; removed to Albany, 
N. Y., when his father became Super- 
intendent of the Mohawk and Hud- 
son Valley R. R. and subsequently 
Canal Commissioner for the State of New 
York. Removed to Philadelphia when his 
father became partner with Mathew Bald- 
win in the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of 
which firm he remained a partner until 
he founded the A. Whitney & Sons Car 
Wheel Works on Callowhill Street, Phila- 
delphia; was educated at the Philadelphia 
High School, graduating in 1S48; went into 
the office of A. Whitney & Sons, with his 
father and brother, eventually becoming a 
partner and head of the firm. He patented 
the well known Whitney Contracting 
Chill, for making chilled cast iron car 
wheels. Also took out several other pat- 
ents. Retired from business in 1893. Has 
been a manager of the Sunday School 
Union since 1872 and for thirteen years 
conducted a class for Sunday School 
teachers at 1122 Chestnut St. He has 
been a Trustee of the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association and was a Director 
of the Philadelphia National Bank. Also 
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to write expositions of International Sun- 
day School Lessons for religious and secu- 
lar papers in 1894. He has lived in Bryn 
Mawr, Pa., since 1864. Address, Bryn 
Mawr, Pa. 

^VVHITTEN, Onirics E. 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Westmoreland Coun- 
ty; born in Burrell Township, Westmore- 
land County, Pa., Jan. 17, 1869; was grad- 
uated from the Indiana Normal School; 
taught school and afterward read law; 
was admitted to the Westmoreland Coun- 
ty bar in 1893; served as Chairman of 
the Republican County Committee in 
1899; elected to the House of Representa- 
tives in November, 1902. Address, Greens- 
burg, Pa. 

WHITTIKES, F. F.: 

Civil Engineer; son of Franklin Whit- 
tiken and Martha Koch Whittiken; born 
Aug. 7, 1857, at Pine Grove, Venango 
County. His father was a native of Se- 
vere-hauser, Hanover, Germany, and his 
mother, who was a relative of Dr. Robert 
Koch, the noted discoverer of the bacilli 
of tuberculosis, was born at Erfort, Saxe- 
gothe, Germany. Attended the country 
schools and at the age of twenty-one, 
mastered the science of civil engineering. 
For several years he taught in the schools 
of Forest County and later was appoint- 
ed to the head of an engineering corps 
engaged in making grades and building 
bridges for the Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad in the Rocky Mountains. For 
five years he had charge of the Govern- 
ment railroads, as Director General, in 
South America. Last October returned 
to South America, where he is engaged in 
supervisory work throughout the entire 
country. Married, Dec. 2, 1885, to Miss 
Ada C. Chadman, of Pine Grove Mills, 
Centre County. Address, Tionesta, Pa. 

WICKERSHAM, George Woodward: 

Lawyer; born in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 
19, 1858. His father, Samuel Morris 
Wickersham, was a son of Thomas Wick- 
ersham, one of the founders and the first 
President of the Philadelphia Board of 
Trade. Mr. Wickersham was educated in 
the Western University of Pennsylvania 
and in Lehigh University, continuing his 
education under private tutors and engag- 
ing in business until 1878, when he en- 
tered the Law Department of the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, graduating in 
1880. Shortly before graduating he passed 
his examinations and was admitted to 



the Philadelphia bar. He practiced until 
1882 in connection with Hon. Charles B. 
McMichael, and then removed to the city 
of New York. While in Philadelphia he 
was a reporter to the publication known 
as The Weekly Notes of Cases, from the 
number four Common Pleas Court and 
the Supreme Court. In New York he be- 
came managing clerk for the law firm of 
Strong & Cadwalader, and four years 
later was admitted to partnership in this 
firm, with which he is still connected. 
In this he has devoted himself especially 
to corporation cases, and also has been 
counsel in much important litigation in 
the State and Federal Courts. He has 
taken an active part in the formation of 
a society of the Alumni of the University 
of Pennsylvania in the city of New York. 
Address, 40 Wall St.; residence, 42 West 
Forty-seventh St., New York. 

WICKERSHAM, William Frederick;: 

Principal Westtown Boarding School; 
born in Avondale, Chester County, Pa., 
Oct. 31, 1864; graduated at Westtown 
Boarding School, 1S82; received degree of 
A. B. at Haverford College, 1885, and of 
A. M. in 1891; principal of Westtown 
Boarding School since 1896. Address, 
Westtown, Pa. 

WICKERSHAM, Samneli 

President of the National Bank of 
Avondale. Address, Avondale, Chester 
County, Pa. 

WIDENER, Peter A, B.: 

Street railway promoter; born in Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Nov. 13, 1S34; educated in 
the public schools, graduating from the 
Central High School; learned the meat 
business and carried on a butchering es- 
tablishment; he married, in 1858, H. Jose- 
phine Dunton (now deceased), his son, 
George D. Widener, being now President 
of the Union Passenger Railway Com- 
pany, and Vice President of the Philadel- 
phia Traction Company. Mr. Widener be- 
came actively interested in municipal 
politics and grew prominent in Republi- 
can party movements. He was appointed 
in 1873 to complete the term of Joseph F. 
Mercer in the office of City Treasurer. 
He was elected to this profitable office in 
1874 and served one term; in 1875 he be- 
came associated with William D. Elkins 
and other capitalists in street railway 
interests in Philadelphia, they obtaining 
control of the most important railways, 
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Philadelphia Traction Company. The pro- 
cess of organization went on in their 
hands till all the railways were consoli- 
dated and the Union Traction Company 
and its successor, the Rapid Transit Com- 
pany; also acquiring large interests in the 
street railways of New York, Chicago, 
Baltimore and Pittsburg, and were looked 
upon as the railway magnates of the 
country. Mr. Widener became concerned 
in the United Gas Improvement Company 
and other profitable business associations 
and has acquired large wealth. Having 
built a palatial mansion in the northern 
environs of Philadelphia, he presented his 
large city residence at Broad Street and 
Girard Avenue to the city as a branch 
of the free library of Philadelphia, mak- 
ing it a memorial of his deceased wife. 
Address, Land Title Building, Philadel- 
phia; residence, Ashbourne, Pa. 

WIEDERSHEIM, William Canert 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion Brevet 
Major William A. Wiedersheim. Elected 
May 6, 1891. Address, Thirteenth and 
Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WIEST, Allen C.I 

Lawyer; born at Jackson Township, 
York County, Pa., Nov. 5, 1867; educat- 
ed at public schools and York County 
Academy; in 1889 engaged in flour milling 
in Carroll County, Md., with P. M. Wiest, 
and began the study of law at York, Pa., 
with N. M. Wanner, in 1892; was admitted 
to the bar of York County, in 1894, and 
has since been in continuous practice. 
Elected District Attorney of York Coun- 
ty in 1901. Democrat in politics. Ad- 
dress, York County, Pa. 

WIGLEY, Arthur Benjamin: 

Pittsburg Manager of the Mercantile 
Agency of R. G. Dun & Co.; born in Eng- 
land in 1848, and came to Canada in 
1856. Ten years later entered the Toronto 
office of the Mercantile Agency. In 1869 
he was appointed Manager of the office at 
Toledo, Ohio, and two years later was 
promoted to the Louisville office. In Oc- 
tober, i,!>76, appointed Manager of the 
Pittsburg office. Address, Westinghouse 
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

WILBUR, Elisha Packer: 

Banker; born at Mystic. Conn., Jan. 31, 
1838; moved to Mauch Chunk, Pa., 1838; 
received his education in the public 
schools; became clerk in a store owned 



by Judge Asa Packer, at Neshquehoning, 
Pa., 1847-1852; entered service Lehigh 
Valley Railroad, 1852, as rodman, and 
later in other capacities; confidential 
clerk and private secretary of Judge 
Packer from 1856 until his death, 1879; 
one of Trustees of Judge Packer's estate; 
long Director and about ten years Presi- 
dent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. In 
1870 he founded the banking house of 
E. P. Wilbur & Co., and since 1887 has 
been President of its successor, the E. 
P. Wilbur Trust Company; has large 
private interests. Address, South Beth- 
lehem, Pa. 

WILCOX, "William Alonzo: 

Lawyer; trust officer Title Guaranty & 
Trust Co. of Scranton. Ninth generation 
from Edward Wilcox, of Rhode Island, 
1638; also from Governors Haynes and 
Wyllis, of Connecticut; and Dudley, of 
Massachusetts; and from Richard Warren 
and John Alden. Born at Olean, N. Y., 
July 25, 1S57; son of Nathan Pendleton 
and Celestine (Birge) Wilcox. Admitted 
to bar January, 1880, and in practice at 
Scranton since that date. National Guard 
of Pennsylvania, 1880-1889. Director of 
Lackawanna Law and Library Association 
from organization, 1891, to date. Charter 
member Pennsylvania Bar Association; 
Executive Committee four years. Member 
American Bar Association. Director of 
Farmers' National Bank, Montrose. Mem- 
ber of Scranton Club, Democratic Club of 
Pennsylvania, Wyoming Commemorative 
Association, New England Society of 
Northeastern Pennsylvania, Correspond- 
ing member of Wyoming Historical and 
Geological Society. Past Master ofi Nichol- 
son Lodge No. 438, F. and A. M. ; 
Past High Priest, Factoryville Chapter 
No. 205, R. A. M. Editor of a volume of 
Pennsylvania law reports and a Wilcox- 
Brown-Medbery genealogy. Presbyterian. 
Democratic in politics. Married, 1885, to 
Katherine, daughter of Hon. Steuben Jen- 
kins of Wyoming. Address, Scranton, Pa. 

WILEY, Franklin Baldwin: 

Editor; born in New York, Sept. 28, 
1861; received his education in private 
schools and at the Charlier Institute, 
New York; Plainfield, N. J., High School, 
1876-1S79; special student Harvard, 1884- 
1888; married, June 1, 1896, Jessie L. 
Glen; literary assistant to Rev. John H. 
Vincent, D. D., in preparing the Chautau- 
qua text-book on Roman History, 1879; 
New York correspondent for several pa- 
pers, 1S80-1S81; assistant foreign corres- 



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pondence Drexel, Morgan & Co., bankers, 
New York, 1SS1-1883; made speeches in 
New York Presidential campaign of 1888 
in support of Republican candidates; as- 
sistant in English Harvard summer school, 
1892; on staff Boston Evening Transcript, 
1891-1899. Member of Harvard Club of 
New York, Franklin Inn Club (Phila.). 
Literary editor The Ladies' Home Journal 
since 1899. Author of "Roadside Rhymes," 
1885; "The Harvard Guide Book," 1895; 
"Flowers that Never Fade," 1897, "Voices 
and Visions," 1903, and general articles, 
sketches, stories, and verses. Address, 
207 Walnut Ave., Wayne, Pa. 

"WILEY, John Alexander: 

Brigadier General United States Volun- 
teers; born in Allegheny County, Pa., 
Sept. 3, 1843; received a common school 
education; private Eighth Pennsylvania 
Reserves, volunteer corps of infantry, in 
Army of the Potomac, 1861-1864; chief 
clerk Quartermaster's Department, 1864- 
1865; Mayor of Franklin, Pa.; was Colonel 
of the Sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania 
National Guard; Brigadier General same, 
1887-1898; appointed, May 27, 1898, Briga- 
dier General, United States Volunteers, 
served in war with Spain in command of 
First Brigade, Second Division, First 
Army Corps; Third Division, First Army 
Corps; Second Division, First Army Corps. 
Was selected by Governor of Pennsylva- 
nia to locate the lines of battle of the 
Pennsylvania troops at Antietam battle- 
field. Address, Franklin, Pa. 

WILHELM, Thomas: 

Major United States Army; born in and 
appointed from Pennsylvania. Captain 
Sixth Pennsylvania rifles April 22, 1861; 
honorably mustered out July 26, 1861; 
Captain Second Pennsylvania Artillery, 
Dec. 19, 1861; Major Nov. 25, 1862; Colonel 
Second Pennsylvania Provisional Artillery, 
April 20, 1S64; Major Second Pennsylvania 
Artillery Aug. 26, 1864; honorably mus- 
tered out July 11, 1865; Captain Seventh 
United States Veteran Volunteer Infan- 
try July 19, 1865; honorably mustered out 
April 24, 1866; Second Lieutenant Eighth 
Infantry, May 11, 1866; First Lieutenant 
Aug. 14, 1866; Regimental Adjutant March 
1, 1868 to June 7, 1879; Captain June 7, 
1879; Major Twenty-first Infantry, April 
26, 1898; brevetted Captain March 2, 1867, 
for gallant and meritorious services in 
the battle of the Wilderness, Va., and 
Major March 2, 1867, for gallant and 
meritorious service in the battle of Cold 



Harbor, Va.; retired March 16, 1899. Ad- 
dress, Occidental Hotel, San Francis- 
co, Cal. 

WILKINS,, Win. Clyde: 

Civil engineer, architect; born in Pitts- 
burg, Pa., April 16, 1854; was graduated 
at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 
Troy, N. Y., with degree of Civil Engi- 
neer. From 1874 to 1876 in the Engineer- 
ing Department of Pittsburg, Fort Wayne 
& Chicago Railway; 1S79-1880 on gov- 
ernment surveys of the Mississippi River 
under the Mississippi River Commission; 
1SS0 to 1887, Assistant Engineer of Con- 
struction, Pennsylvania Railroad; 1887 to 
1S90 Civil Engineer in Pittsburg, and 
1S90 to 1900 member of firm of Wilkins & 
Davison, and to date member of the W. 
G. Wilkins Company. He has made a 
specialty of engineering work connected 
with bituminous colleries and coke works; 
also as designing and constructing engi- 
neer for some twenty coal mining plants. 
Member of the American Society of Civil 
Engineers, American Institute of Mining 
Engineers, Ohio Institute of Mining En- 
gineers, Central Mining Institute of West- 
ern Pennsylvania, North of England In- 
stitute of Mining Engineers, Engineers' 
Society of Western Pennsylvania (Past 
President), and Duquesne Club of Pitts- 
burg, Pa. Married, Dec. 29, 1880, to 
Sarah R. Simmons, of Troy, N. Y. Ad- 
dress, Westinghouse Building, Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

WILKINSON, Jolin W. F,: 

Superintendent of Schools; born June 
25, 1865, in Camden County, N. J. When 
he was five years of age his parents 
moved to Gloucester County; educated 
in the public schools of his native State 
and at the Friends' School, Woodstown, 
N. J., where he was prepared for teach- 
ing and for college; taught in the pub- 
lic schools of New Jersey five years; was 
graduated from Princeton College in 1893, 
receiving degree of A. B. and in 1S96 
the degree of A. M. Taught in Adelphi 
College, Brooklyn, and the State Normal 
Schools at Westchester and Clarion, Pa. 
Since 1902 City Superintendent of Public 
Schools, New Brighton, Pa. Address, New 
Brighton, Pa. 

W1LLARD, De Forest, M. D.,: 

Surgeon; born March 23, 1846, at New- 
ington, Hartford County, Conn; educated 
in Hartford and at the University of 
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Willard, founder of Concord, Mass., 1632; 
also descended from Gov. Thomas Welles. 
Served during the war in front of Peters- 
burg, under United States Sanitary Com- 
mission and was attending physician to 
(United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876. 
Has devoted himself to General and Or- 
thopaedic surgical work for many years. 
[Has taught in the University of Penn- 
sylvania thirty-seven years. M. D. Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1867; Ph. D. Uni- 
jversity of Pennsylvania, 1S71; A. M. (hon- 
orary) Lafayette, 1SS3; Professor Ortho- 
pedic Surgery, University of Pennsylva- 
nia; Surgeon Presbyterian Hospital; ex- 
President of American Surgical Associa- 
tion, American Orthopaedic Association, 
Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Phila- 
delphia County Medical Society; Chair- 
man Surgical Section, American Medical 
Association; Consulting Surgeon to Ger- 
jmantown, Jewish, Phcenixville and At- 
lantic City Hospitals. Fellow of Phila- 
delphia College of Physicians, American 
Surgical Association, American Medical 
|Association, American Orthopaedic Asso- 
ciation, and of various local medical so- 
cieties. Has written numerous articles 
lupon medical subjects. Married, Sept. 
13. 18S1, Elizabeth, daughter of William 
A. Porter; has one son. Address, 1818 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILLARD, Edward N.: 

Ex- Judge of Superior Court; born in 
Madison, Conn., April 2, 1S35. He was 
educated in the public schools and at 
Lee's Academy, Madison; then took up 
the study of law under R. D. Smith, 
Guilford, Conn., completing his studies in 
the New Haven Law School. He was 
admitted to the New Haven bar in 1857, 
but immediately afterward removed to 
Scranton, Pa., where he was admitted to 
' practice in November of the same year. 
He soon established a reputation and se- 
cured a good business, and for four years 
was Secretary and Attorney for the 
borough of Scranton. After its incorpora- 
tion as a city he served it in the same 
capacity for a similar term. In Septem- 
ber, 1864, he became Captain of a com- 
pany in the 127th Pennsylvania Regiment, 
serving till December, 1865. After the 
war ended, he was made Judge Advocate 
in the Second Division, Twenty-fifth Army 
Corps. Mr. Willard was appointed in 
1867 Register in Bankruptcy for the 
Scranton Congressional District, a posi- 
tion which he creditably filled. His busi- 
ness as a lawyer also grew extensive and 



many large corporations engaged his ser- 
vices as counsel. In 1895 he was appoint- 
ed by the Governor to the bench of the 
Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and was 
chosen for a full term at the November 
election. The duties of this office were 
ably performed, but the separation from 
his home and family which it demanded, 
induced him to resign in September, 1897, 
and he returned to the practice of the 
law. Mr. Willard was one of the most 
active of those concerned in the formation 
of Lackawanna County, and he has been 
interested at various times in large busi- 
ness enterprises in that county. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 

WILLARD, Walter: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city, Nov. 13, 1S67; was graduated 
from the public schools of Philadelphia; 
entered the law office of ex-Supreme 
Court Justice Samuel G. Thompson as a 
law student, and was admitted to the bar 
in July, 1891, since which time he has 
been engaged in the practice of law; is a 
Director of the Young Republicans' Club 
of Philadelphia, and a member of other 
political organizations; is also a Director 
of the Hamilton Trust Company; was 
elected to the House of Representatives in 
1900; re-elected in November, 1902. Resi- 
dence, 2313 North Twenty-first St.; office 
address, 505 Betz Building, Philadelphia. 

WILLCOX, diaries: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Philadelphia, Pa., July 21, 1865; entered 
University of Pennsylvania, 1882: was 
graduated from Tale, 1886; from Univer- 
sity of Virginia, 1889; commissioned as 
First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 
United States Army, Oct. 29, 1889; pro- 
moted to Captain, Oct. 29, 1894, and to 
Major April 7, 1902. Served during the 
Spanish-American War in camps at Mo- 
bile and Tampa, and as surgeon of 
Fifth United States Cavalry in Porto Rico. 
Served in the Philippines from Aug. 15, 
1900, to Nov. 1, 1902. Address Fort Tot- 
ten, New York. 

WILLETT, Wilbert V.i 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born in Baldwin Township, Allegheny 
County, Pa., June 15, 1853; received a 
common school education; was employed 
by the Lewis, Olive & Phillips Bolt Works, 
Pittsburg, for thirteen years; in 1877, en- 



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gaged in the grocery business at Pitts- 
burg, in which he is still engaged; was 
President of the Merchants' Protective 
Association for three years, and an active 
member of same for eighteen years; 
elected to the House of Representatives 
in November, 1902. Address, 60 South 
Eighteenth St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Andrew Gomen 

State Senator from Butler County; born 
in Richmond, Va„ Sept. 8, 1840. In his 
infancy his parents removed to Allegheny 
County, Pa.; was educated in the com- 
mon schools; learned the trade of a nail- 
er in the mill of Spang, Chalfont & Com- 
pany, Etna, Pa. At the breaking out of 
the rebellion assisted in recruiting Com- 
pany E, Sixty-third Regiment, Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers, and served three years 
as private and commissioned officer, par- 
ticipating in all engagements with his 
company from September, 1861, until the 
battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864, where 
in command of his company he received 
a severe wound in his left temple; was 
also wounded in the battles of Charles 
City Cross Roads, and Fredericksburg. 
After the war removed to Butler; read 
law with McCandless & Greer, and was 
admitted to practice November, 1875; 
since 1879 has been practicing his profes- 
sion in partnership with Alexander Mitch- 
ell, under the firm name of Williams & 
Mitchell; was a member of the House of 
Representatives, session of 1891; elected 
to the Senate in November, 1900. Ad- 
dress, Butler, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Arthur: 

Major United States Army; born in 
Philadelphia, April 29, 1849; grandson of 
Lieut. George Michael Sanns (Henkel's 
Pennsylvania Riflemen) War of 1812; was 
graduated from Central High School, 
1S6S; Paymaster's Clerk in Army, 1868- 
1S74, serving in Division of the South, 
during which time he studied law. Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Third United States In- 
fantry, 1874; First Lieutenant, 1885; Regi- 
mental Quartermaster, 1890-1S92; Captain, 
1S92; Major Twenty-sixth Infantry, 1901. 
Transferred to Third Infantry, December, 
1902. Served in Louisiana and Alabama, 
1874-1S77; in northwest Montana, 1877- 
1881; at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as stu- 
dent and instructor, 1881-1883. Graduated 
at Infantry and Cavalry School, 1883. In- 
structor at Infantry and Cavalry School, 
1883-18S7. At Fort Custer, Montana, 
1887-1888; at Fort Meade, S. D., 1888-1890; 






at Fort Snelling, Minn., June, 1890, till 
outbreak of war with Spain; in camp at 
Mobile, Ala., and with the regiment in 
entire Santiago campaign; in Philippine 
Islands, 1899-1902, serving in Northern 
and Southern Luzon and in Samar. At 
Fort Thomas, Ky., and Columbus Bar- 
racks, Ohio, December, 1902. Participated 
in action at El Caney, Cuba, and subse- 
quent operations before Santiago; in Ma- 
lolas campaign and in Hood's expedition 
to the Biac-na-Bato in Northern Luzon; 
commanded Malabon, P. I., organizing 
civil government of that place April 5, 
1899. Subsequently served in command 
of Quingua, Malabon, and as Provost 
Marshal of District of San Fernando in 
Northern Luzon; commanded post and 
sub-district of Nueva Caceres, Southern 
Luzon, July to October, 1901; superintend- 
ed operations ending with surrender of 
insurgent Elias Angeles; commanded 
sub-district of Laguan, Samar, and later 
of Erenas on east fork of Gandara River, 
October, 1901, to June, 1902. Inspected 
Ohio National Guard, 1903, and command- 
ed Third Infantry at maneuvers of that 
year at West Point, Ky. Address Fort 
Gibbon. Alaska. 

WILLIAMS, D. H.t 

President of the First National Bank 
of Smithton. Address, Smithton, West- 
moreland County, Pa. 



WILLIAMS, Francis Churchill: 

Author; son of Francis Howard Will- 
iams, the poet and playwright, and of ■ 
Mary B. Houston, both of Philadelphia; 
born in Philadelphia, April 23, 1S69; after 
a preparatory education in the German- 
town Academy entered the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1887, and on graduating 
from the Department of Arts began 
work as a newspaper writer in 1S91; 1892 
on editorial staff of Philadelphia Evening 
Bulletin, for ten years associate editor. 
On May 5, 1S97, he married Grace Young, 
of San Francisco. Since 1900 a frequent 
contributor of historical, biographical, 
and critical articles to the magazines. 
Author of "J. Devlin-Boss," (1901, Loth- 
rop Publishing Company); "Stories of the 
Colleges" (1902, Lippincott); "The Cap- 
tain" (1903, Lothrop Publishing Compa- 
ny). Member of the Pennsylvania His- 
torical Society, Sons of the Revolution, 
Delta Phi, Franklin Inn, and German- 
town Cricket Clubs. Literary adviser to 
J. B. Lippincott Company, publishers. 
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J|WILLIAMS, Francis Howard: 

Journalist and writer in prose and verse; 

born and educated in Philadelphia, treas- 
urer of the Historical Society of Penn- 
sylvania, Vice President of the Franklin 
l.'llnn Club. Member of the University, 
■ Germantown Cricket, Contemporary, and 
Epegasus Clubs, and Browning Society of 
■(Philadelphia, and of the Authors' Club of 

New York. Member of the Walt Whit- 
Mman Fellowship International, and of the 
'Dickens Fellowship of London. Married 
■Mary B., daughter of William C. Hous- 
J'ton, of Philadelphia. Author of "The 
I Princess Elizabeth: a Lyric Drama" 
i(1880); "The Higher Education: a Come- 
|ly in Two Acts" (1881); "A Reformer in 
BlRuffles: a Comedy in Three Acts" (1881); 
("Theodora: a Christmas Pastoral" (1882); 
J "Master and Man: a Play in Five Acts" 
H1884); "Boscosel: a Story, in The Sep- 
Itameron" (18SS); "Atman: the Documents 
"in a Strange Case" (1891); "Pennsylva- 
, nia Poets of the Provincial Period, an es- 
|say" (1893); "The Flute Player, and 
jbther Poems" (1894); "At the Rise of the 
JCurtain; Dramatic Preludes" (1904). Res- 
idence, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Henry S.t 

j Born Jan. 28, 1853, Philadelphia; edu- 
cated at Friends' School, Westtown, Pa., 
i and Philadelphia. Married Mary R. Gar- 
rett. Member of firm of Williams Brown & 
Earle, of Philadelphia, Historical Socie- 
Ity of Pennsylvania, Franklin Institute, 
'Union League, etc. Republican in poli- 
tics. Address, Rosemont, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Irving C.I 

Attorney at law, and Deputy Commis- 
sioner of Forestry for Pennsylvania; was 
: born at Audubon, Montgomery County, 
Pa., Dec. 2, 1866; lineal descendant of the 
old family of Welsh Friends which set- 
tled in the southeastern corner of the 
State in the latter part of the seventeenth 
century; educated in the public schools 
of his native county, Collegiate Institute 
at the Trappe and the High School at 
Phoenixville; taught a school two years 
in Montgomery County; was graduated 
from Ursinus College in 1S91, and then 
entered War Department at Washington. 
Was graduated with degree of LL. B. 
from the Columbian University in 1S93, 
and with same degree in 1894 from the 
University of Pennsylvania; admitted 
to practice at the Philadelphia bar and 
the bar of Montgomery County and be- 
fore the Appellate Courts of the State; 



and has since actively practiced his pro- 
fession in both counties. Was united in 
marriage in 1895 to Miss Elizabeth Har- 
ley. Member of the Pennsylvania De- 
partment of Forestry since 1903, in charge 
of the general legal affairs of that de- 
partment. He is also in charge of the 
special tree experiments and of the lec- 
ture field of the Forestry Department, and 
lectures regularly on forest law before 
the students of the State Forest Acad- 
emy. Republican in politics. Address. 
Royersford, Montgomery County, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, James J.: 

President of the Merchants' and Me- 
chanics' Bank of Scranton. Address. 
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. 

"WILLIAMS, Natlian Stone: 

Lawyer; born July 13, 1854, at Pittsburg, 
Pa. ; son of Hon. Henry Warren and Lucy 
J. (Stone) Williams. Received his pre- 
liminary education at Ayres Latin School, 
Pittsburg. Was graduated from Amherst 
College with the class of 1877, and the 
Law Department of the University of 
Michigan in 1880. Admitted to the Alle- 
gheny County bar Feb. 14, 1880. Was 
First Assistant United States Attorney 
for Western Pennsylvania, 1890 to 1893; 
Solicitor of Allegheny County 1895 to 
1900. Republican in politics. Address. 
426 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Oliver: 

President of the Cement National Bank. 
Address, Siegfried, Northampton County, 
Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Taleott: 

Journalist; born in Abeih, Asiatic Tur- 
key, July 20, 1849; the son of Rev. W. F. 
Williams, then engaged in missionary 
work in that region. He was educated in 
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and 
Amherst College, spending seven years in 
those institutions, and graduating from 
the latter in 1873. His later attainments 
brought him from Amherst the honorary 
degree of L. H. D. in 1896, and from the 
Western Reserve University in 1897, and 
of LL. D. from the University of Penn- 
sylvania in 1895. He married, in 1879, 
Sophia W. Royce, daughter of Julius H. 
Royce, of Albion, N. Y. Mr. Williams en- 
gaged immediately after his graduation 
in journalistic work, holding a position on 
the staff of the New York World from 
1873 to 1S77, and in 1877 becoming Wash- 
ington correspondent of the New York 



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Sun. In 1879 he accepted an editorial 1 
position on the Republican, of Springfield, 
Mass., remaining on this until 1879, when 
he accepted a similar position on the 
Philadelphia Press, which he still retains. 
Aside from his active editorial work he 
is widely known as a lecturer and has 
contributed to literary and phililogical 
journals. He has conducted a department 
in the Wanamaker Book News since its 
first publication. Address, 916 Pine St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILLIAMS, Vincent E.: 

Lawyer; born in Latrobe, Pa,. July 4, 
1S53. He was educated in the public 
schools, Georgetown College, and St. 
Mary's College, Montreal, Canada. He 
went to Greensburg, Westmoreland Coun- 
ty, in 1875; served for a year as Deputy 
Register and Recorder, and for another 
year as Deputy Prothonotary; he then 
studied law under Senator Edward Cowen 
and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He 
became a member of the firm of Hazlett 
& Williams - in 1886 the senior member of 
Williams & Griffith, and in 1893, of Will- 
iams, Sloan & Griffith. The firm has a 
large business, employing several other 
attorneys to assist it in its work. Mr. 
Williams has been engaged in many im- 
portant cases and has been especially 
active and useful in formulating and sim- 
plifying the forms, rules, and methods of 
procedure in the several county offices. 
Address. Greensburg, Pa. 

WILLIAMSON, George MeKnight: 

Captain United States Army; born at 
Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, Pa., July 
5, 1863; son of the late Hon. William Mc- 
Knight Williamson, Huntingdon, Pa.; en- 
tered the Military Academy at West 
Point, 1883, graduated 1887, and appoint- 
ed Second Lieutenant in the Sixth United 
States Cavalry; promoted First Lieuten- 
ant Eighth United States Cavalry, 1895; 
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster of 
United States Volunteers, 1898, and Cap- 
tain and Assistant Quartermaster Regu- 
lar Army, 1899; served in the West and 
Southwest, in New Mexico, Arizona, Col- 
orado, Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming 
until September, 1S93; Professor of Mili- 
tary Science and Tactics at Pennsylva- 
nia Military College, Chester, Pa., 1893- 
1897; was in Porto Rico, August, 189S to 
1900 with the First Army Corps under 
Gen. Brooke; in command of Schuylkill 
Arsenal, Philadelphia, February, 1900, to 
September, 1901; Depot Quartermaster 



and Commissary Honolulu, Hawaiian Is- 
lands, since November, 1901. Address, 
Military Secretary's office, Washington, 
D. C. 

WILLIAMSON, John Dnnlap, Jr.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of Companion First 
Assistant Engineer William C. William- 
son. Elected May 6. 1891. Address, Oak 
Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. 

"WILLIS, Henry: 

Educator; head Department of History, 
Central High School, Philadelphia; born 
at Philadelphia, Jan. 21, 1852; son of Joel 
and Eliza L. Willis; was graduated from 
Central High School. A. B. and A. M,, 
1S70. Married, at Philadelphia, 1876, to 
Florine J. Rudrow. Consecutively teacher 
at West Penn Square Academy, head of 
English Department and later teacher of 
classics and mathematics at Classical 
Academy, Philadelphia, and Professor of 
History, Central High School. Address, 
4036 Baring St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILLITS, Albert B.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; Ca- 
det Engineer, Oct. 1, 1872; was graduated 
from Naval Academy, May 30, 1874; As- 
sistant Engineer. Feb. 26, 1875; Passed 
Assistant Engineer, Oct. 12. 1SS1; Chief 
Engineer, March 6, 1896; Brooklyn, Brazil, 
1875; monitors Montauk and Wyandotte, 
1876-1877; Adams, Pacific Station, 1S78- 
1879; Powhatan, special duty, 18S0-1SS3; 
Norfolk Navy Yard, 1883-1885; Hartford, 
Pacific Station, 18S5-1SS7; receiving-ship 
Franklin, 1887-1SSS; Pensacola, North At- 
lantic Station, 18SS; Yorktown, Europe, 
with White Squadron, 1SS9-1890; Boston, 
Brazil, 1890-1891; Cramps' ship-yard, As- 
sistant Inspector Columbia and Minneap- 
olis, 1891-1895; Minneapolis. North Atlan- 
tic Squadron and Europe, special duty, 
1895-1896; Marblehead, North Atlantic 
Station, 1897; Inspector of Steel, Thur- 
low, Pa., October, 1897; Bureau of Steam 
Engineering, May 6, 1898, to 1901. Pro- 
moted to Lieutenant Commander, March 
3, 1899; Iowa, March 8, 1901, to 1903. Pro- 
moted Commander, Oct. 11, 1903; Navy 
Yard Norfolk, Va., December, 1903, to 
April, 1904; Inspector of Machinery at 
Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building 
Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Address, care 
Neafie & Levy Ship-building Company, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



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WILLITS, George S.: 

Lieutenant Commander United States 
Navy; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 1873; 
Assistant, July 1, 1877; Passed Assistant, 
July 1, 1885; Enterprise, special service, 
1877-1880; special duty, Franklin Institute, 
Philadelphia, 1882-1884; Marion, Asiatic 
Station, 1884-1887; Boston, special service, 
1887-1889; special duty, Pratt Institute, 
"Brooklyn, 1889-1890; Naval Academy, Sep- 
tember, 1890-1891; Boston, Pacific Station, 
1891-1893; Monterey, Pacific Station, 1893- 
1894; Cramps' ship-yard, January, 1894; 
Minneapolis, December, 1894-1896; Inspec- 
tor of Steel, July, 1896; Marblehead, Octo- 
ber, 1897, to 1900. Promoted to Lieuten- 
ant Commander, March 3, 1899; inspection 
duty, Bureau Steam Engineering, October 
10, 1900, to 1903; Baltimore, 1903; Kear- 
sarge, also Fleet Engineer, North Atlan- 
tic Fleet, since April, 1903. Address, care 
Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

WILLOCK, Curtis Moore: 

Lawyer; born Dec. 17, 1875, at Allegheny 
City, Pa.; son of Samuel Moore and Linda 
(Haines) Willock; preliminary education 
was received at the public schools, Alle- 
gheny City, and East Liberty Academy; 
was graduated from Princeton with the 
class of 1896 and from the Harvard Law 
School with class of 1899; was admitted 
to the Allegheny County bar, March 24, 
1900. Address, 431 Fifth Av., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WILLOCK, James H.: 

President of the Second National Bank 
of Pittsburg; born in Allegheny in 1S53; 
was graduated from the Chester Military 
Academy in 1870. In 1871 he began his 
banking career as clerk in the Second Na- 
tional Bank of Pittsburg, and has since 
been connected with that institution, be- 
ing elected President in 1888. Member of 
American Bankers' Association, and now 
serving his third term of six years as a 
member of the Executive Council of the 
National Association. He framed the res- 
olution on currency reform adopted in 1896 
by the Pennsylvania Bankers' Association; 
is recognized as the author of the famous 
declaration of the Chamber of Commerce 
at New York in 1895 in favor of the gold 
standard. Address, Sewickley, Pa. 

WILLSON, David Burt: 

Professor of Biblical Literature, Re- 
formed Presbyterian Theological Semi- 
nary, Allegheny, Pa., since 1875; born in 



Philadelphia, Sept. 27, 1S42; son of Rev. 
Professor James McLeod and Rebecca 
(Burt) Willson; was graduated from 
Faires Classical Institute, 1856; University 
of Pennsylvania, ls60 (A. M., 1863; D. D,, 
1890); Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- 
phia, 1863. Married, first, 1873, Martha 
J. Grier of Allegheny, Pa.; second, 1883, 
Mary R. Galbraith of Valencia, Pa. Act- 
ing Medical Cadet, hospital ship St. Mark, 
Hampton Roads, Va., August-September, 
1862; passed United States Medical Ex- 
amination Board, Cincinnati, July, 1S63; 
Acting Assistant Surgeon United States 
Army, hospital boat R. C. Wood, on West- 
ern rivers, 1863-1864, and United States 
General Hospital No. 6, New Albany, Ind. ; 
re-entered service as Acting Assistant 
Surgeon, April 7, 1865; on duty at the Mil- 
itary Prison, Newport News, Va., until the 
prisoners were released in July. Studied 
law in the Law Department, University 
of Pennsylvania, 1869-1S70; student at Re- 
formed Presbyterian Theological Semin- 
ary, Allegheny, 1865-1869; teacher at New- 
ell. Institute, Pittsburg, 1866-1868; pastor, 
Allegheny, 1870-1875; edited an edition of 
Lyman's Historical Chart, Philadelphia, 
1869; edited Reformed Presbyterian and 
Covenanter (monthly), 1S74-1S95, Pitts- 
burg; moderator Reformed Presbyterian 
Synod 1887; delegate to Pan-Presbyterian 
Council, Glasgow. 1896; associate editor 
Christian Nation, New York. Address, 
Allegheny, Pa. 

WILLSON, Robert BL, M. D. : 

Born January 3, 1873, in Philadelphia; 
educated at Rugby Academy, and was 
graduated in arts from the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1893, and in medicine in 
1897. He served as resident physician in 
the Pennsylvania Hospital for two years; 
studied in the hospitals of Vienna, 1899- 
1900. In April, 1900, he was appointed by 
Secretary of State Hay to represent the 
United States at the International Confer- 
ence on Tuberculosis at Naples. Appoint- 
ed Instructor in Physical Diagnosis in the 
University of Pennsylvania in 1900, and 
University Physician in 1901; assistant 
physician to the Philadelphia and Meth- 
odist Hospitals. He is a frequent con- 
tributor to medical literature. Member 
of the Pathological, Paediatric, County 
Medical Societies of Philadelphia, the 
American Association of Pathologists, 
the American Medical Association, and 
Fellow of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia. Address, 350 South Fif- 
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WILSON, Alan Dickson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
■dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; eldest son of deceased Companion 
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William P. 
Wilson. Elected May 6, 1891. Address, 
2211 James St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILSON, C. F.: 

President of the Jenkintown National 
Bank. Address, Jenkintown, Montgomery 
County, Pa. 

WILSON, David Bool: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
and appointed from Pennsylvania; First 
Lieutenant 131st Pennsylvania Infantry, 
Aug. 18, 1862; honorably mustered out. 
May 23, 1S63; First Lieutenant United 
States Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 
4, 1S64; honorably mustered out, Sept. 
29, 1865; Second Lieutenant Fortieth In- 
fantry, July 28, 1866; Regimental Adju- 
tant July 13 to Sept. 15, 1868; trans- 
ferred to Twenty-fifth Infantry, April 20, 
1869; First Lieutenant, Dec. 20, 1871; 
Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 1, 1876, to 
July 16, 1886; Captain, July 16, 1886; Ma- 
jor Volunteers, May 20, 1898; honorably 
discharged from Volunteers, May 12, 1899; 
Major Twenty-fifth Infantry, March 2, 
1899; Lieutenant Colonel, March 1, 1901; 
retired, March 12, 1902. Address, 1721 
Rebecca St., Sioux City, Iowa. 

WILSON, Eugene Benjamin: 

Civil and mining engineer; born at New 
Haven, Conn., Nov. 27, 1857; son of Elisha 
and Julia (Benjamin) Wilson; he was ed- 
ucated at the Sheffield Scientific School, 
Tale, 1879. Married, at Milford, Conn., 
Aug. 31, 1885, Corrinne Muson. Engaged 
in anthracie mining, 1880-1885; iron min- 
ing and smelting, 1885-1890; bitumious 
coal mining, 1890-1894; gold and silver 
mining, metallurgist and consulting en- 
gineer, 1894-1900; principal School of Ore 
Mining and Metallurgy, International 
Correspondence Schools. Member Ameri- 
can Institute Mining Engineers, Scranton 
Engieers' Club and Chi Phi (Omicron 
chapter). Author of "Practical and The- 
oretical Mine Ventilation," 1S84; "Cya- 
nide Processes," 1895; "Chlorination Pro- 
cess." 1896; "Hydraulic and Placer Min- 
ing." 1897. Editor International Text- 
book Company's "Metallurgy Course," 
1901; writer and reviser "Ore Mining 
Course," 1902-1903; contributor to en- 
gineering and mining journals. Address, 
Scranton, Pa. 



WILSON, E. Waring: 

Lawyer; born near Louisville, Ky., Oct. 
12, 1873; attended Washington and Lee 
University in Virginia, and afterward 
studied law and obtained his degree there 
in 1898. He then located in Philadelphia, 
where he has since been engaged in gen- 
eral practice in State and Federal courts 
and in the preparation of a number of 
treatises on Pennsylvania law. Address, 
Land Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILSON, George C.I 

Lawyer; born in Mifflintown, Juniata 
County, Pa., Sept. 30, 1851; he is of Scotch- 
Irish descent; attended the public schools 
of Tuscarora, Pa., and was graduated 
from the High School at Lawrenceville, 
N. J., in 1868; the same year he entered 
Princeton College, from which institution 
he graduated with the class of 1872. He 
then began the study of law with Ezra 
D. Parker at Tuscarora, later going to 
Pittsburg, and was under the instruction 
of H. B. Swope, United States District 
Attorney. In 1S75 he was admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar, and later was 
appointed Assistant United States District 
Attorney, which office he filled several 
years, when he resigned to take up the 
active study and practice of his profes- 
sion. Republican in politics. Address, 
336 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

WILSON, H. Augustus, A. M., M. D.: 

Born in Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1853; 
studied in the public and private schools 
of Philadelphia; was graduated from Jef- 
ferson Medical College in 1879; same year 
was appointed ophthalmic surgeon to St. 
Mary's Hospital; 1S80, pathologist to the 
Presbyterian Hospital; 1879-1882, lecturer 
in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy; 
1S82, Assistant Surgeon in the First Regi- 
ment, National Guard of Pennsylvania; 
18S5, Professor of Mechanical Surgery in 
the Philadelphia Polyclinic (1S88, title 
changed to Professor of General and 
Orthopedic Surgery); 1897, Emeritus Pro- 
fessor of Orthopedic Surgery. In 1SS9 as 
Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery 
he delivered the first course of lectures 
on orthopedic surgery ever given in the 
Woman's Medical College; 1S90, consulting 
orthopedic surgeon to the Kensington 
Hospital for Women and also to the 
Philadelphia Lying-in Charity; 1891, Clin- 
ical Lecturer and, 1892, Clinical Professor 
and 1904 Professor of Orthopedic Sur- 
gery in Jefferson Medical College; 1900, 
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Ipital (position not having previously ex- 
listed); 1901, President of American Ortho- 
jpedic Association. In 1894 Ursinus Col- 
lege conferred honorary degree of A. M. 
( for distinguished services in the cause of 
education. Married in 1882 to Judith 
iStoutenburg Davids; they have two chil- 
dren. Address, 1611 Spruce St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

WILSON, Harry R.: 

President Judge of the Eighteenth Ju- 
dicial District; born at Clarion, Pa., Sept. 
;3, 1S64, near the home of his Scotch- 
Irish ancestors, who had lived there for 
j'more than one hundred years; was gradu- 
ated from Lafayette College in 1884; ad- 
mitted to the bar on November 8, 1886, 
and practiced his profession at Clarion for 
•fifteen years. Delegate to the Republican 
'National Convention at St. Louis in 1896, 
jand Presidential Elector in 1900; Presi- 
dent Judge since 1901. Has traveled ex- 
tensively in America and foreign lands. 
jOn Oct. 25, 1894, he married Hattie Davie. 
^Address, Clarion, Pa. 

WILSON, J. B.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Mifflintown. Address, Mifflintown, Ju- 
| niata County, Pa. 

WILSON, J. Sharpe: 

Jurist; born in Franklin Township, 
Beaver County, Pa., Nov. 19, 1862; he re- 
ceived his higher education in Geneva Col- 
lege, Beaver Falls, Pa., graduating in 
18S5. He then entered the law office of 
Hon. Henry Hire, and was admitted to 
the bar of Beaver County in 1888. He 
had taught district school while only fif- 
teen years of age, and while reading law 
he taught for a time in Harmony Acad- 
emy. His period of practice lasted only 
seven years, when the Republican Party 
selected him as the most worthy candi- 
date for the county bench, and he was 
elected to the office of President Judge of 
the Thirty-sixth Judicial District of the 
State in November, 1895; his term will 
expire in 1906. Address, Beaver, Pa. 

WILSON, Lucy Langdon William*. 

Educator; born at St. Alban's, Vt., 
Aug. 18, 1865; was graduated from Nor- 
mal Schools of Philadelphia and Vermont; 
student at University of Pennsylvania 
| (Ph. D.) Married, in 1893, to W. P. Wil- 
son at Philadelphia. Since 1892 has been 
Professor of Biology at the Philadelphia 
Normal School; has charge of nature work 
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in School of Practice, Philadelphia Normal 
School. Author of "A Too Short Vaca- 
tion," 1S91; ''Nature Study," 1897; "A 
History Reader," 1898; "History in Ele- 
mentary Schools," 1899; "Nature Study" 
(first reader), 1899; "Domestic Economy 
and Household Arts," 1900; "Domestic 
Economy in Grammar Grades," 1900; 
"Picture Study," 1900. Address, 640 
North Thirty-second St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILSON, S. W.: 

President of the First National Bank 
of Clarion. Address, Clarion, Clarion 
County, Pa. 

WILSON, Col. William Bender: 

Telegrapher; born April 5, 1839, at Har- 
risburg, Pa., where he attended the public 
schools; he studied telegraphy in 1852; 
entered service of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road Company. Oct. 8, 1855; served as 
telegraph operator, superintendent of tele- 
graph, Baltimore and Canandaigua; 
chief clerk freight department, Harris- 
burg; freight agent at Lancaster, Pa.; 
freight agent, Kensington District, Phila- 
delphia, and since 1892 Superintendent 
Mantur Transfer. Member of Harris- 
burg City Councils, 1868-1871; School Di- 
rector, Thirty-fifth Section, Philadelphia, 
1894-1897; member State Central Com- 
mittee Jeffersonian Democrats, 1896; Dep- 
uty to Diocesan Convention since 1894 and 
member and Secretary of Committee on 
Parochial History since 1898; First Vice 
Chairman of Pennsylvania Railroad De- 
partment, Young Men's Christian Asso- 
ciation, 1893-1904; member of Executive 
Committee, Philadelphia Car Service As- 
sociation, since 1890; President Society of 
United States Military Telegraph Corps 
since 1898; 1861-1862, served as manager 
of the United States Military Telegraph, 
War Department, Washington; 1862-1864, 
military telegrapher and scout during 
raids and invasions into Pennsylvania. 
Commissioned. April 1, 1903, Colonel in 
the forces of Pennsylvania, and dec- 
orated July 21, 1903, with gold medal by 
Governor Pennypacker in accordance with 
Act of Assembly, March 31, 1903, in rec- 
ognition of services to the State during 
Civil War. Author of the "History of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company," 
1899; and of "Acts and Actors in the 
Civil War," 1892. Address, Holmesburg, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

WILSON, W. Henry: 

President of the First National Bank 



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of Slippery Rock. Address, Slippery Rock, 
Butler County, Pa. 

WILSON, William P., M. D.: 

Director of the Philadelphia Commer- 
cial Museum; born in Oxford, Mich., in 
1844; educated at the Agricultural Col- 
lege of Michigan and at the Harvard Uni- 
versity, where he was afterward instruc- 
tor in botany for several years. Address, 
Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

WILT, J. Andrew: 

Prothonotary and Clerk of Criminal 
Courts of Bradford County; born Sept. 
28, 184S. in Overton, Pa.; was a soldier 
in the War of the Rebellion from June 30, 
1863, to Aug. 7, 1863, Company A, Thirty- 
fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia, 
and from March 24, 1864, to October 31, 
1865, Company L, Eighteenth Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Cavalry Volunteers; .also 
Third Regiment, Provisional Cavalry. He 
was educated in the public schools, and a 
short time at Oberlin College; teacher in 
the public schools from 1867 to 1873; 
studied law and was admitted to the bar 
in 1S75, and has practiced since. He was 
Superintendent of Schools of Bradford 
County in 1878. Married, April 2, 1879. 
Served in the National Guard of Pennsyl- 
vania as Lieutenant and Captain, 1876- 
1886; served on Board of Education, Jus- 
tice of the Peace, and Burgess of Towan- 
da Borough, and District Attorney of 
Bradford County, 1887-1889; Prothonotary 
and Clerk of Criminal Courts since 1900. 
Republican in politics. He was Chairman 
of Republican County Committee, Presi- 
dent of Bradford County Teachers' Asso- 
ciation, Secretary of Bradford County 
Agricultural Sociey, Commander of Brad- 
ford County Soldiers and Sailors' En- 
campment, Inspector of Rifle Practice, 
and went with the Pennsylvania National 
Guard Team to Creedmore in 1881 to com- 
pete in the military matches; has been 
on staff of Commander of Department of 
Pennsylvania, and is now on staff of Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of 
the Republic. Member of patriotic, fra- 
ternal and Masonic organizations. Ad- 
dress, Towanda, Pa. 

WILTBANK, William White: 

Jurist; born in Philadelphia, the de- 
scendant of an old and distinguished 
American family. His great grandfather 
was Bishop White, the first Protestant 
Episcopal Bishop of Philadelphia, and his 



maternal grandfather was General Mc- 
Pherson, a Revolutionary soldier who 
served on General Washington's staff. 
Judge Wiltbank made the law his profes- 
sion and practiced successfully in the 
courts of Philadelphia until January, 
1898, when he took his seat on the bench 
of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2, to 
which he had been elected in the previous 
November. He is a member of the Ameri- 
can Academy of Social and Political Sci- 
ence, the Archaeological Society of the 
University of Pennsylvania, the Histori- 
cal Society of Pennsylvania, the Univer- 
sity, Penn, and Rittenhouse Clubs, etc. 
He was President of the Contemporary ( 
Club 1897-1899. He married the daughter T 
of Mr. Samuel Welsh, his wife being a 
niece of the late John Welsh, formerly j 
United States Minister to England. Ad 
dress, 1923 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WINDLE, Charles Thomas: 

Principal of schools and teacher; born j 
April 4, 1870, in East Marlborough Town- 
ship, Chester County, Pa., on the old 
Windle homestead; ancestors on both ' 
father's and mother's side moved to 
Pennsylvania shortly after its founding 
by William Penn; educated at Friends' I 
School and Normal School, West Chester, 
Pa., and College of Commerce, Philadel- 
phia, June 26, 1893. Married Anna Bailey 
Carver of Fallsington, Pa. Republican in j 
politics. Deputy Prothonotary of Chester 
County, Pa., 1892-1893. Address, South- 
ampton, Pa. 

WINDRIM, James Hamilton: 

Architect; born in Philadelphia, July 4. 
1840; after his graduation from Girard 
College he began the study of architec- 
ture, and followed this course and 
worked for a time as carpenter and 
draughtsman, which eminently fitted him : 
for the success which followed his later 
efforts. He superintended the construc- 
tion of the Episcopal Hospital. 1860; 
planned and superintended many build- 
ings of Philadelphia, the Fleming office 
building, Washington Masonic Temple, t 
Altoona, Pa., etc,; supervising architect 
of Treasury of United States, 1889-1S91; 
Director of Public Works of Philadelphia, j 
1891. Married Mary B. McCutcheon of 
Philadelphia. Address, 1107 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



WINDSOR, Frederic Ernest: 

Soldier; born in Panama, Chautauqua 
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Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeep- 
| sie, N. Y., class of 1877; special course at 
I Flushing Institute, Flushing, L. I., 1878. 
1 He entered the oil business in McKean 
I County field as rig builder, tool dresser, 
driller, contractor, oil scout, and pro- 
jiducer in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Vir- 
Pginia and Indiana. He located in Warren 
[in 1881; Chief of Fire Department, 1886- 
J1S89; joined Sixteenth Regiment, National 
jl Guard of Pennsylvania, October, 1885, as 
[private, and rose to Major; served in his 
I regiment at Homestead, Walston, Mt. 
iCarmel and Shenandoah coal strikes; vol- 
junteered in Spanish- American War in 
I 1898 and served with his regiment in Porto 
Rico; was recommended by General Miles 
for a brevet for gallantry in action at the 
battle of Coamo, Aug. 9, 1898; personally 
received the Spanish surrender; promoted 
to Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. 
He is a Director in several mining enter- 
prises ; Colonel and Aide-de-Camp on the 
jl staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the 
!' Spanish- American War Veterans; Thirty- 
second degree Mason. Member of Penn- 
sylvania Society Sons of Revolution, Na- 
Wal and Military Order Spanish-American 
'War, Society of Foreign Wars; Elk, Royal 
[ Arcanum, Macabee and various other fra- 
itornal societies. Republican in politics. 
Address, Warren, Pa. 

(WING, Asa S.: 

Vice President of the Provident Life & 
Trust Company of Philadelphia. He has 
been connected with this company since 
1S67 and is one of the best known bank 
officials in Philadelphia. Address, Fourth 
and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WINGER, Benjamin Franklin: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Second Penn- 
sylvania Heavy Artillery, Aug. 23, 1862; 
discharged for promotion, Jan. 24, 1865; 
Captain Second Pennsylvania Provisional 
Heavy Artillery, April 30, 1864; Major Sec- 
ond Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Jan. 
124, 1865; Lieutenant Colonel, March 8, 
1865; honorably mustered out, Jan. 29, 
1866. Elected March 7, 1866. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WINSLOW, Renben C.I 

President of the First National Bank of 
Punxsutawney. Address, Punxsutawney, 
Jefferson County, Pa. 



WINSLOW, William W.: 

Lawyer; born May 7, 1862, at Punxsu- 
tawney, Pa.; son of ex-Senator R. C. 
Winslow; ancestors came to America in 
the Mayflower. He fitted for college at 
Shortlidge's Academy, Media, Pa.; was 
graduated at Harvard College in 1885; 
he subsequently studied in Harvard Law 
School; admitted to the bar in 1888, and 
has since practiced in his home town. 
He has been for twelve years a Director 
in the First National Bank, and in 1901 
was made first President of the Punxsu- 
tawney National Bank, from which posi- 
tion he has since retired. He is a Knight 
Templar and Thirty-second Degree Ma- 
son. Address, Punxsutawney, Pa. 

WINTER, D. G,: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa. 

WINTER, Emil: 

President of the Workingman's Savings 
Bank and Trust Company. Address, Al- 
legheny, Pa. 

WINTERS, Rev. Peter C.i 

Roman Catholic clergyman; born of 
Irish parents in Friendsville, Susquehanna 
County, Pa., March 31, 1863; he attended 
the common schools, clerked in his fath- 
er's country store, taught school, and af- 
terward completed his education at the 
Binghamton High School, Niagara Uni- 
versity and St. Mary's Seminary, Balti- 
more. Ordained to the priesthood by Rt. 
Rev. William O'Hara, D. D., July 25, 
1889; appointed assistant at St. Peter's 
Cathedral, Scranton, serving two years; 
transferred to St. Vincent's Church, Ply- 
mouth, Pa., where he remained eight 
years with Rev. T. J. Donohue. Rector 
of St. Philomena's Church, Hawley, 
Wayne County, Pa., since January, 1899. 
Address. Hawley, Pa. 

WIRT, R. M.: 

President of the Hanover Saving Fund 
Society. Address, Hanover, York Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

WISEHAUPT, George H. M.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Juniata County; 
born in Spruce Hill Township, Juniata 
County, Pa., Jan. 22, 1865; educated in the 
public schools of that township, also at 
Airy View Academy, Port Royal. He re- 
moved to Port Royal in 1889 and was en- 



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gaged in the butchering business for two 
years; elected Tax Collector in 1890; in 
1891 he built the Port Royal grain eleva- 
tor, and since that time has been engaged 
in the grain, coal and lumber business. 
He was elected Chairman of the Demo- 
cratic County Committee in 1898, and re- 
elected in 1899; elected to the House of 
Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Port Royal, Pa. 
WISHART, William Wilson: 

Lawyer; son of John Wilson and Annie 
(Green) Wishart; born July 29, 1855, at 
Washington, Pa.; received preparatory 
education in the public schools of Pitts- 
burg, Pa., Rittenhouse Academy, Wash- 
ington, D. C; was graduated from the 
Columbian University Law School, Wash- 
ington, D. C; admitted to the bar at 
Washington, D. C, 1881; admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar, December, 1889. 
He practiced at Devil's Lake, Ramsey 
County, N. D., from 1883 to 1889, and was 
City Attorney and District Attorney of 
same for two years; he practiced in 
Washington, D. C, from December, 1881, 
to June, 1883; was admitted to the Alle- 
gheny County bar Dec. 9, 1889. Member 
of the Union and University Clubs, Pitts- 
burg. Address, 434 Diamond St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

WISTAR, Isaac Jones: 

Penologist, etc.; born in Philadelphia, 
Nov. 14, 1827; educated at Westtown and 
Haverford; Sc. D., University of Penn- 
sylvania. He entered the military ser- 
vice during the Civil War and was Brig- 
adier General of Volunteers, United States 
Army, 1862-1865; President Academy of 
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1S92- 
1896; Inspector of Eastern Penitentiary of 
Pennsylvania; President State Board of 
Charities of Pennsylvania; a writer and 
speaker on penology. President American 
Philosophical Society, 1901-1903; a mana- 
ger Philadelphia Library Company; foun- 
der and Secretary Wistar Institute of 
Anatomy and Biology. Address, 269 
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WISTAR, Joseph Wain: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; First Lieutenant Eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry, Aug. 19, 1861; Captain, 
Jan. 1, 1862; Major, Dec. 23, 1863; honor- 
ably mustered out, Nov. 4, 1864; elected 
April 20, 1865; Council of the Comman- 
dery, 1865-1866. Address, 517 North Alli- 
son St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



WISTER, Annis Lee: 

Author, translator; born in Philadel- 
phia, Oct. 9, 1830; daughter of Rev. Wil- 
liam H. Furness. Married, in 1854, Dr. 
Casper Wister. Translator of the works 
of many of the leading German novelists 
with Dr. Frederick H. Hedge of "Metrical 
Translations and Poems." Address, care 
J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

WISTER, Charles J., Jr.: 

Secretary of the Reliance Insurance 
Company of Philadelphia; born at Ger- 
mantown, Pa., May 26, 1868. He entered 
the service of the Reliance Insurance 
Company when eighteen years old as a 
clerk; in 1889 he became a special agent 
for the company, and in 1892 was elected 
Secretary, being then twentny-fours old. 
Address, 429 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WISTER, Francis: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; Captain Twelfth U. S. Infantry, 
Aug. 5, 1S61; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, April 5, 1866; Colonel 215th Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, April 21, 1S65; honor- 
ably mustered out of Volunteer service, 
July 31, 1S65; brevetted Major United 
States Army, May 3, 1863, for gallant and 
meritorious service at the battle of Chan- 
cellorsville, Va.; Lieutenant Colonel, July 
2, 1863, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa. 
Address, 1437 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

WISTER, Owen: 

Author; born in Philadelphia, July 14, 
1S60; son of Owen Jones Wister and a de- 
scendant of Thomas Wynne, who emi- 
grated to Pennsylvania as one of the 
companions of William Penn; educated at 
St. Paul's School. Concord, N. H., 1878- 
1878, and subsequently at Harvard Uni- 
versity, where he was graduated in 1882 
as A. B., receiving the degrees of A. M. 
and LL. D. in 1888. Having made the 
law his study, he was admitted to prac- 
tice at the Philadelphia bar in 1889; his 
practice continued only until 1891, when 
he left the law to engage in the pursuit 
of literature, which he has since followed. 
In 1898 he married Mary, the daughter of 
William Wistar. Author of "The Dragon 
of Wantley: His Tail," 1892; "Red Men 
and White," 1896; "Lin McLean," 1898; 
"The Jimmy John Boss," 1900; "U. S. 
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ian," 1902; "Philosophy Four," 1903; also 
many magazine contributions in prose 
and verse. Of his published works "The 
Virginian" was phenomenally successful. 
Address, 913 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WITHEROW, William: 

Proprietor of the Duquesne Hotel; born 
Nov. 7, 1843, in the City of Londonderry, 
Ireland; son of James and Esther P. 
Witherow, who were highly respected 
members of their community; educated at 
the common schools of Allegheny, and at 
the age of fourteen he began to earn his 
living. In early life he was employed in 
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 
office, from which he went to the United 
States Depositary as bookkeeper, and 
from that place he was appointed to a 
clerkship in the Sheriff's office of Alle- 
gheny County. His natural aptitude for, 
the management of important affairs led 
him early to take an active interest in the 
affairs of his section of the State. In 
1881 he became a candidate for the office 
of Treasurer of Allegheny County, and 
was nominated by the Republican Party 
against great political odds; in spite of 
the factional opposition, he was elected 
by an overwhelming majority, and filled 
the office with credit during the three 
successive years; he has held many public 
offices of honor and trust since that time, 
giving them the careful and conscientious 
supervision that has always characterized 
his work. In 1892 he was unanimously 
chosen as a representative to the Re- 
publican National Convention, and in 1896 
he was chosen Elector-at-Large on the 
Republican ticket. He is a member of the 
Board of Managers of the Allegheny Gen- 
eral Hospital, a Director in the Keystone 
Bank of Pittsburg, and the Second Na- 
tional Bank of Allegheny; his leading in- 
terests at present are in his proprietorship 
of the The Dequesne, and in the control 
of his various investments. On March 22, 
1882. he married Alice M. Douglass; they 
have three children, David M., Helen D. 
and William P. Witherow. Address, Du- 
quesne Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa. 

AYTTHERSTINE, Christopher S., M. D.: 

Physician and surgeon; born in New 
York City, Feb. 15, 1854; son of Gaylord 
Hilts and Clarinda Adelia (Seybolt) With- 
erstine; descendant of John Witherstine, 
who was born July 12, 1762, and entered 
in his fifteenth year Captain Thomas De 
Witt's Company, Third Mohawk Bat- 
talion, under Colonel Peter Gansevoort, 



serving at Fort Stanwix, Valley Forge 
and Yorktown, and died June 19, 1835. 
On the maternal side he is a descendant 
in the tenth generation of Captain Ed- 
mund Greenleaf, a French Huguenot who 
fled from France to Ipswich, England, 
and emigrated to America, settling as a 
founder and public official upon a grant of 
122 acres of land in Newbury, Mass., 
about the year 1635. Dr. Witherstine at- 
tended the old Fifth Ward Grammar 
School No. 44, at North Moore and Varick 
Streets, New York, from which he en- 
tered the College of the City of New 
York, taking the degree of B. S. in 1875, 
and receiving that of M. S. three years 
later; he also received the Ward medal 
in 1872 for proficiency in hygiene. His 
professional studies were pursued at the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons (Co- 
lumbia), from which he was graduated in 
1S7S. He was house surgeon in 1878-1879 
at the Charity (now City) Hospital, 
Blackwell's Island, was for some time 
office assistant to the late Professor 
Alonzo Clark, M. D., LL. D., of New 
York, and completed his preparation with 
a four months' course of practice at the 
Maternity Hospital, receiving his diplo- 
ma from Charity (now City) Hospital in 
1879. In October of that year he went 
to Germantown, Pa., and was associated 
with William Darrach, M. D., until the 
latter's death in 1881, since which time he 
has continued the general practice of 
medicine and surgery in that section of 
Philadelphia. He was visiting physician 
to the Germantown Almshouse, 1S80-1881; 
at the Germantown Hospital, 1881-1883, 
and surgeon to the Philadelphia & Read- 
ing Railroad, 1882-1886; was clinical as- 
sistant at the Jefferson College Hospital 
(Laryngological Department), 1884-1886, 
and was visiting physician to the Home 
for the Aged, Little Sisters of the Poor, 
from 1880 to 1899. He is medical exam- 
iner for the New England Mutual and 
the John Hancock Mutual, Boston; the 
Mutual Benefit, Newark, N. J., and the 
Michigan Mutual (Detroit) Life Insurance 
Companies. His contributions to medical 
literature include the editorship of the 
"International Pocket Medical Formulary" 
(18S8), and the associate editorship of the 
"Annual of the Universal Medical Sci- 
ences" (1888-1896),- and of "Sajou's Annual 
and Analytical Cyclopedia of Practical 
Medicine" (1898), etc. He is a member of 
the American Medical Editors' Associa- 
tion; a foreign associate member of La 
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France, and a member of the Historical 
Society of Pennsylvania. Republican in 
politics. Member of the Municipal League 
of Philadelphia. On April 12, 18S3, he 
married Mary Grace Jones, daughter of 
Thomas Jones, who served in the Civil 
War as Sergeant of Company G, 109th 
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers; they 
have two daughters, Emma Grace and 
Clarinda Greenleaf Witherstine. Address, 
5450 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WITMER, Liglitner: 

Physiologist; born at Philadelphia, June 
28, 1S67; entered the University of Penn- 
sylvania, and was graduated from that in- 
stitution in 1888, from the Law Depart- 
ment in 1889, and from the Department 
of Philosophy in 1891; Department of Phil- 
osophy, Leipzig, 1891-1S92; A. M., Ph. D., 
1892; Instructor of English and History, 
Rugby Academy, Philadelphia, 1888-1891; 
Director Laboratory of Psychology, Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, since 1892. 
Member American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, American Philo- 
sophical Society, American Psychological 
Association, Academy Natural Sciences, 
Philadelphia National Educational Asso- 
ciation, National Council of Education, 
1899, 1900; National Society for Scientific 
Study of Education, Nerological Society 
of Philadelphia; member First Troop, 
Philadelphia City Cavalry; served with 
troop in Porto Rico, 1898. Member of 
University and Contemporary Clubs. 
Author of "Anylytical Psychology," 1902; 
editor of "Experimental Studies in Psy- 
chology." Contributor to technical and 
educational reviews on topics in experi- 
mental psychology. Address, University 
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WITTIG, Harry: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in Philadelphia. Sept. 19, 1858; educated in 
the public schools; engaged in the saloon 
and hotel business; for a number of years 
he was manager for Donalson's, Broad 
and Filbert Streets, Philadelphia. He en- 
tered business for himself and after a few 
years retired from same; for seven years 
past has been in the employ of the Re- 
publican Campaign Committee. Elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, 79 East Seymour 
St., Germantown, Pa. 

WOHLSEX. William t 

President of the Union Trust Company 
of Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Pa. 



WOLF, Daniel Mosser, D. 1>.: 

Educator; born near Hublersburg, 
Centre County, Pa., June 15, 1837; he be- 
gan teaching at the age of fourteen and a 
half years; prepared for college while 
teaching, and was graduated from Frank- 
lin and Marshall in 1863; he entered the 
Reformed Theological Seminary, Mercers- 
burg. After serving as principal of sev- 
eral academies he was elected in 1868 
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics and 
Languages in his Alma Mater, which po- 
sition he resigned in 1S70 to accept the 
pastorate of the Bellefonte and several 
adjacent Reformed churches. He was re- 
called in 1872 to his college as Professor 
of Ancient Languages; in 1S75, took 
charge of the Penn Hall-Spring Mills 
Academy; 1881, County Superintendent of 
Schools of Centre County, serving three 
terms. He again took up his favorite 
work, teaching, September, 1S90; Aug. 7, 
1902, several thousand of his pupils and 
friends celebrated the Golden Jubilee of 
his educational work. Address, Spring 
Mills, Pa. 

WOLF, Edmund Jacob: 

Clergyman, author, educator; Professor 
of Church History and New Testament 
Exegesis, Theological Seminary, Gettys- 
burg Pa., since 1S74; born in Rebers- 
burg. Pa., Dec. 8, 1840; son of Jacob and 
Mary Wolf; his early life was spent on a 
farm; he attended the public schools and 
afterward taught in them; was principal 
of Bellefonte Academy; entered Pennsyl- 
vania College, and was graduated with 
first honor in 1863. He served in army 
during the Civil War; studied theology at 
Gettysburg and at Tubingen and Erlan- 
gen, Germany; D. D., Franklin and Mar- 
shall College, 1876; L.L.D., Wittenberg Col- 
lege. 1901; admitted to Lutheran ministry 
in 1865. Married Ella Kemp, Edgehill, 
Md. He served churches in Northumber- 
land County, Pa., and in Baltimore, Md. 
Ex-member of Board of Managers Evan- 
gelical Alliance of United States; member 
American Historical Society; member Ex- 
ecutive Committee of the Inter-Church 
Conference on Divorce and Remarriage; 
member of Education Committee of the 
American Bible League; Chairman of 
Joint Commission to Prepare a Common 
Book of Worship for all Lutherans; elected 
President Lutheran General Synod. 1903. 
Has been editorially connected with Luth- 
eran Quarterly and Lutheran World; a lib- 
eral contributor to religious periodicals ' 
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in America," 1889; "Vol. X. of Lutheran 
Commentary," 1897; "Lectures on the 
'Gospels of the Church Year," 1900. Ad- 
jjdress, Gettysburg, Pa. 

|W OLF, tieorj?^ Johnson: 

Lawyer; born Oct. 15, 1852, at Roches- 
ter, Beaver County, Pa.; son of John and 
(Mary Ann (Nowling) Wolf; was educated 
>|at the public schools of Allegheny City, 
the Western University of Pennsylvania 
!and Professor Bogle's private schools, Al- 
legheny, and was graduated from Alle- 
gheny College, Meadville, Pa., with the 
class of 1873. He read law with E. S. 
Golden, Kittanning, Pa., and was admitted 
and practiced law in Armstrong, Butler, 
and McKean Counties before moving to 
Pittsburg. Admitted to the Allegheny 
County bar, Dec. 11, 1876. Address, 307 
['Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

jlWOLF, Penrose: 

President of the First National Bank 
'i'of Rockwood. Address Rockwood, Somer- 
set County, Pa. 

WOLFE, Cliarles P.: 

Banker; born at Apollo, Pa., March 14, 
1873; educated in the public schools of his 
native town and commercial college in 
Pittsburg. In 1893 he married Ida K., 
daughter of J. F. Whitlinger, of Apollo. 
At the age of seventeen entered the em- 
ploy of the Apollo Savings Bank, remain- 
ing six years; in the employ of the Apollo 
Iron & Steel Company for two years; tell- 
er of the First National Bank of Vander- 
grift, afterward assistant cashier. Since 
1901 cashier of First National Bank of 
Apollo. Republican in politics. Address, 
Apollo, Pa. 

WOLFE, Jacob Oscar: 

Superintendent of Schools; born March 
20, 1855, in Allegheny Township (now 
Bethel), Armstrong County, Pa.; educated 
in the public schools of his township and 
academies of Armstrong County. Began 
teaching in 1876 and continued to teach 
for twenty-three consecutive terms; he 
served eight years on the Examining 
Committee for Permanent Certificates; 
since 1899 County Superintendent of 
Schools. Republican in politics. Home 
address, Kelly Station, Armstrong Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

WOLFE, James H.: 

Lawyer; born on Dec. 2, 1848, at Mount 
Pleasant, Hilltown Township, Bucks 



County, Pa. His parents were Samuel 
and Margaret Wolfe, both of whom were 
of German descent, the German strain 
emanating from a number of generations 
back. He attended the public schools of 
Hilltown Township and the select schools 
of Leidytown and Sellersville and Oley, 
Berks County, Pa., and at Franklin and 
Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., from 
which he was graduated in 1870 with the 
degree of A. B., and degree of A. M. in 
1S73; read law in the office of General B. 
Franklin Fisher and took a partial course 
in the Law Department of the University 
of Pennsylvania; admitted to the Phila- 
delphia bar October, 1872, and shortly 
thereafter admitted as a member of the 
bar of the County of Bucks, and has ever 
since continuously practiced law individu- 
ally. Independent Democrat. Is now a 
member and was for many years Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trustees of St. 
John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on 
Race Street, Philadelphia. For more 
than twenty-five years Mr. Wolfe has 
been Solicitor of and Director in the Fi- 
delity Building Association, which he or- 
ganized. Since November, 1895, member 
of the School Board of the Thirteenth sec- 
tion. On Aug. 31, 1876, Mr. Wolfe was 
married to Annie E. Wambold, of Sellers- 
ville. Bucks County, Pa. Address, Drexel 
Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOLFEL, Paul Lndwig: 

Chief Engineer of the American Bridge 
Company; coming to America from Ger- 
many in June, 1888, Mr. Wolfel has dem- 
onstrated his ability to occupy and satis- 
factorily fill one of the most responsible 
positions in the largest bridge-building 
concerns in the world. To-day he is ad- 
mittedly at the top of his profession. 
He was born at Dresden, Germany, April 
19, 1S62. It was in a private school and 
the Realschule at Dresden that Mr. Wolfel 
secured his early tuition. He was then a 
student at the Polytecknikum at Dres- 
den from 1880 to 1885, giving special at- 
tention to bridge work under Professors 
Fraenkel and Mohr. From 1885 to 1887 he 
was Assistant to Professor F. Steiner at 
the Polytecknikum in Prague, and also 
a Privatdocent at the same college. He 
served in the German army for a year 
and then came to America. He secured 
employment almost immediately under C. 
C. Schneider, the then Chief Engineer of 
the Pencoyd Iron Works. In 1892, he was 
appointed Assistant Chief Engineer of the 
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Pencoyd Iron Works. In 1900 he was 
made engineer of the railway department 
of the American Bridge Company, and 
at the same time Chief Engineer of the 
bridge and construction department of 
the Pencoyd Iron Works and of the A. & 
P. Roberts Company. In January of 1903, 
Mr. Wolfel was further advanced and 
made Chief Engineer of the Eastern dis- 
trict of the American Bridge Company. 
He is at present connected with the 
Bridge Company, the Pencoyd Iron Works 
and the A. & P. Roberts Company. He 
is a member of the American Society of 
Civil Engineers, the New York Engineers' 
Club, the Philadelphia Engineers' Club, 
and the Pencoyd Club, of Philadelphia. 
He was married, in 1893, to Miss Emma 
Brecht, of Philadelphia, Pa., and they 
have one child, a daughter, Miss Emma 
Wolfel. Address, American Bridge Com- 
pany, Ambridge, Pa. 

WOLFRED, Brother, F. S. C.I 

Teacher; born in London, England, Nov. 
11, 1858; son of Archibald and Honora 
Mulvena; educated at St. Mary's School, 
Halifax. N. S., and entered the order of 
Christian Brothers, June, 1872; entered on 
profession of teacher in Bishop's Acade- 
my, Montreal, Nov., 1873; Commercial 
Academy, Ottawa, Canada, September, 
1874; Lessons in English, 1876; Commer- 
cial Academy, Quebec, September, 1877; 
Attached to La Salle College, Philadelphia, 
Jan. 1, 1887, and has been President of 
the institution since September, 1900. Ad- 
dress, 1240 North Broad St., Philadelphia. 

AVOLVERTON, S. P.: 

Lawyer; born in Rushtownship, North- 
umberland County, Pa., Jan. 28, 1S37. He 
worked on his father's farm until the age 
of seventeen, he then became a teacher 
in the common schools and attended Dan- 
ville Academy during the summer ad fall, 
and taught during the winter months. In 
this way he prepared for college. He 
entered Bucknell University in 1S57; at 
the end of the sophomore year he left col- 
lege, during the junior year he taught 
school to raise money to complete his 
course. He returned at the commence- 
ment of the senior year in the fall of 
1859 and rejoined his class, and with the 
consent of the faculty he did the work 
of the junior and senior years in one year, 
and was graduated in 1800, taking the 
second honors of his class. He then went 
to Sunbury and taught an academy, and 



read law with Hon. Alexander Jordan. He 
was Captain of a company of emergency 
men raised at the time of the battle of 
Antietam. In June, 1863, he became Cap- 
tain of Company F, Thirty-sixth Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers. He was admitted to 
the bar in 1862, and has practiced his pro- 
fession actively up to the present time. 
He served ten years in the State Senate 
of Pennsylvania, having been elected in 
1878 as a Democrat in a district with a 
Republican majority of from twelve to 
fifteen hundred. He was re-elected from 
the same district in 1880 and in 1884. the 
last two elections taking place during the 
Presidential canvass. He refused to ac- 
cept a fourth nomination. In 1890 he was 
elected to Congress from the Seventeenth 
District of Pennsylvania, and re-elected 
in 1892, and declined a further nomination 
in 1894. He has been counsel for the 
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Com- 
pany and Philadelphia and Reading Coal 
and Iron Company since 1868, and passed 
upon all the coal land titles required by 
the latter company in the County of 
Northumberland. He has also been at- 
torney for the Lehigh Valley Railroad 
Company and Lehigh Valley Coal Com- 
pany for many years, and for Coxe Broth- 
ers & Co. and their allied interests. He 
was largely instrumental in building the 
Danville. Hazleton and Wilkesbarre Rail- 
road and the Shamokin, Sunbury and 
Lewisburg Railroad, and other public en- 
terprises. Address, Sunbury, Pa. 

WOOD, Alan: 

Iron manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, 
July 6, 1834, the son of Alan Wood, St., i 
one of the pioneers in the iron business in 
the United States; builder of the Con- 
shohocken Rolling Mills and afterward 
proprietor of the Delaware Iron works, 
near Wilmington, Del. The son was the 
originator of the Schuylkill Iron Works 
at Conshohocken, Pa. The first mill of 
these works was erected in 1857 and 
proved a decided success. The father re- 
tired from business in 1870, leaving his 
son in full charge of all his interests. 
Mr. Wood had received his education in 
the Philadelphia Central Institute, en- 
tered the Delaware Iron Works at the age 
of seventeen, and took charge of the 
Schuylkill Iron Works before he was 
twenty-one. He remained in control of 
these works till 1S76, and invented sev- 
eral processes of importance in the busi- 
ness. In 1S73 he established the First 
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1 1 prominent part in having the Consho- 
-iiocken water-works erected. After this 
(period Mr. Wood spent a number of years 
n travel and observation, and on his re- 
urn home built himself a handsome resi- 
lience on a large estate in Montgomery 
•County. In 1888 he retired from the act- 
ive management of the iron works to this 
*ural retreat, designing to spend his re- 
naming years in leisure. He is one of the 
Board of Directors of the Union League 
lof Philadelphia, Mortgage and Trust Com- 
pany and the Haverford Cricket Club. He 
3|was elected to the Centennial Congress in 
||L875, but declined a second term. He 
married, in 1861, Mary H. Yerkes, of 
Montgomery County. Address, Consho- 
jhocken, Pa.; office, 519 Arch St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 
1 

.WOOD, Alfred C.I 

I Surgeon and physician; born at Hat- 
iboro, Montgomery County, Pa., June 17, 
J ,1S63. Attended schools in Hatboro and 
Friends' Central School, Philadelphia. 
'(Entered retail drug business in 1881; 
iwas graduated from Philadelphia College 
bf Pharmacy with degree of Ph. G., in 
i)1885; was graduated from Medical De- 
partment, University of Pennsylvania, in 
(1888, and appointed resident physician to 
the Hospital of the University of Penn- 
sylvania. Appointed successively physi- 
cian to the out-patient department; Sur- 
geon to the out-patient department of the 
University Hospital; Assistant Surgeon to 
the Gynecean Hospital; Assistant Instruc- 
tor in Surgery, Instructor in Surgery, 
Demonstrator in Surgery in the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania; Visiting Surgeon to 
the Philadelphia, St. Agnes' and St. 
Timothy's Hospitals; Surgeon with the 
rank of Major in Medical Department of 
the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and 
assigned to duty with the Third Regi- 
ment Infantry, First Brigade. Numerous 
contributions to medical text-books and 
current medical periodicals. Republican 
3n politics. Married Bessie Saville, daugh- 
ter of Dr. and Mrs. John S. Lees, Bridge- 
port. Montgomery County, Pa. Address, 
128 South Seventeenth St., Philadelphia. 

WOOD, Andrew George : 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Sixteenth Ohio Infantry 
April 20, 1861; mustered out Aug. 18, 1861. 
Private Fifty-first Ohio Infantry Sept. 9, 



1861; First Sergeant Sept. 17, 1S61; dis- 
charged for promotion June 15, 1863; Sec- 
ond Lieutenant Fifty-first Ohio Infantry 
June 16, 1863; honorably mustered out 
Dec. 10, 1864. Elected Feb. 6, 1S95. Ad- 
dress, 1425 Poplar St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOOD, Cassias M.j 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Erie County; born 
in Harbor Creek Township, Erie County, 
Pa., Jan. 26, 1845; reared on a farm; edu- 
cated in the common schools; learned the 
trade of machinist, and in 1880 accepted a 
position with the United States Indian 
Department on the frontier, and remained 
there for three years; then accepted a 
position as general traveling agent for the 
Westinghouse Company, of Schenectady, 
N. Y., which position he held for sixteen 
years; in 1900 was a delegate to the Re- 
publican State Convention, and was made 
a member of the Republican State Com- 
mittee; is now serving his seventh year 
as School Director; electer to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, Harbourcreek, Pa. 

WOOD, Charles: 

Presbyterian clergyman; born in Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., June 3, 1851; son of John J. 
and Mary Wood; he was graduated from 
Haverford College in 1870, and from 
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1873 (D. 
D., Princeton, 1885); married, 1883, Mary 
H. Morris, who died June 24, 1891. Pas- 
tor of the Second Presbyterian Church, 
Walnut and Twenty-first Streets, Phila- 
delphia. Author of "Saunterings in 
Europe," 1882; "Beginning Life," 1887; 
"Friends and Foes of Youth," 1898. Ad- 
dress, Overbrook, Pa. 

WOOD, David Duffle: 

Organist, composer; born in Pittsburg, 
Pa., March 2, 1838; son of Jonathan and 
Whilhelmina Wood; entered Pennsylvania 
Institute for Blind, Oct. 20, 1843; was 
graduated June, 1856; was twice married, 
Oct. 1, 1S56, Rachael Laird, and, secondly, 
July 14, 1S98, Alice Burdette. Studied 
higher mathematics under the late James 
G. Blaine, 1852-1854; studied pipe organ 
under Wilhelm Schnabel, 1851-1852, and 
other musical instruments under Ernst 
Pfeiffer, 1852-1856. (Musical Doc, Temple 
College, Philadelphia). Musical composi- 
tions are chiefly church anthems and 
songs. Address, 1713 Park Ave., Phila- 
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WOOD, Edward E.: 

Colonel United States Army; born in 
Lancaster County, Pa., Sept. 17, 1846; 
private Company C, Seventeenth Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry, Sept. 8, 1862; Sergeant, 
1862; Acting First Sergeant, 1863; First 
Sergeant, 1864; First Lieutenant, 1864; 
Acting Regimental Adjutant, 1864-1865; 
Acting Commissary of Musters on the 
staff of the First Division, Cavalry Corps, 
Army of the Potomac, 1865; honorably 
mustered out, Aug. 7, 1865. Served in 
and with the Army of the Potomac and 
Army of the Shenandoah. Captured at 
Occoquan, Va., December, 1862; confined 
in Castle Thunder, Richmond, "Va. ; ex- 
changed, May, 1863. After exchange was 
present in all the several campaigns, 
battles, and engagements of the Second 
Brigade, First Division, Cavalry Corps, 
Army of the Potomac and Army of the 
Shenandoah to the surrender at Appomat- 
tox, including Gettysburg, Wilderness, 
"Winchester, Five Forks. Nominated Ca- 
det to the United States Military Acad- 
emy. 1866. and was graduated June, 1S70. 
Second Lieutenant Eighth United States 
Cavalry, 1870; First Lieutenant, 1S73; 
Captain, 1886; Lieutenant Colonel and 
Professor of Modern Languages, United 
States Military Academy, 1892; Colonel 
United States Army, Oct. 1, 1902. Served 
since graduation on the frontier, and 
as Assistant Professor of French and 
Spanish at the United States Military 
Academy, and as Aide-de-Camp to Major 
General Schofield, United States Army. 
Member of the Military Order of the 
Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Re- 
public, Society of the Army of the Poto- 
mac, Society of the Cavalry Corps, Army 
of the Potomac, Military Service Insti- 
tution of the United States, Cavalry As- 
sociation, and Association of Graduates 
United States Military Academy. Ad- 
dress, Military Academy, West Point, New 
York. 

WOOD, Horatio C.t 

Professor of therapeutics, materia med- 
ica and pharmacy, at the University of 
Pennsylvania, and is the only member of 
the teaching force at the university who 
was connected with it prior to its removal 
to West Philadelphia; born Jan. 13, 1841; 
was graduated from the Medical Depart- 
ment in 1862; Professor of Botany, 18S6- 
1876; Professor of Materia Medica, Phar- 
macy and Therapeutics since 1876; Clini- 
cal Professor of Nervous Diseases, 1875- 
1901; visiting physician to Philadelphia 
Hospital, 1872-1887, and at the University 



Hospital since 1870; elected member of 
National Academy of Science, 1879; LL. 
D., Tale, 1889; President pharmacopial 
convention of the United States; Presi- 
dent of College of Physicians of Phila- 
delphia; editor of "New Remedies," 1870- 
1S73; "Philadelphia Medical Times," 1873- 
1880, and of "Therapeutics Gazette," since 
1884; also edited "U. S. Dispensary." He 
is a distinguished author upon medical 
subjects. Among his publications are 
'Experimental Researches in the Physio- 
logical Action of Nitrite of Hmyl," which 
won the Warren prize at the Massachu- 
setts General Hospital in 1871; "Research- 
es Upon American Hemp," for which he 
received a special prize from the Ameri- 
can Philosophical Society, and "Thermic 
Fever, or Sunstroke," for which he was 
awarded the Doyleston prize of Havard 
University in 1872. Other published writ- 
ings are "Treatise on Materia Medica and 
Therapeutics," 1875, and eleven later edi- 
tions; "United States Dispensary," chief 
editor since January, 1883, five editions; 
"Brain Work and Overwork," 1879; "Ner- 
vous Diseases and their Diagnosis," 1886; 
"Practice of Medicine in Conjunction with 
Professor Fitz," 1896, and monographs on 
the following topics: "The Myriapoda of 
North America," "The Phalangidae of 
North America," "The Fresh Water Algae 
of North America," and "Fever, a Study 
in Morbid and Normal Physiology," the 
last two names being issued by the Smith- 
sonian Institution in 1872 and 18S0 re- 
spectively. Address, University of Penn- 
sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOOD, James R.: 

General Passenger Agent Pennsylvania 
Railroad; born in Auburn, N. Y., 1843; 
Superintendent's Secretary, Creston, la., 
1869-1871; General Western Passenger J 
Agent, Chicago, 1871-1872, Burlington & 
Missouri River Railroad; also General 
Ticket Agent in Nebraska for same, at 
Plattsmouth, Neb., 1873-1874; Western .1 
Land and Passenger Agent, Chicago, 1874- 
1875; General Agent Grand Rapids, Mich., " 
1875-1876; Assistant Superintendent, Jack- 
son, Mich., 1876-1878; Assistant General 
Passenger Agent, May to September, 1878, 
Michigan Central Railroad; General Pas- 
senger Agent, Chicago, Burlington & 
Quincy Railroad, 1878-1881; General Pas- 
senger Agent of the Pennsylvania Rail- 
road since April, 1881. Address, care 
Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOOD, Richard: 

Iron manufacturer; born in Philadel- 
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1 Pennsylvania; treasurer of Philadelphia 

: Board of Trade, Director of Provident 

Life and Trust Company, Philadelphia; 

I Manager of Haverford College, Trustee of 
! University of Pennsylvania, etc. Is a 

manufacturer of iron materials. Address, 
1620 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

"WOOD, Stuart: 

Iron manufacturer; born in Philadelphia, 
May 30, 1853; was graduated at Haverford 
College in 1870; studied at Heidelberg 
and at Harvard, receiving from the lat- 
ter University the degree of Ph. D. in 
i 1875 in Political Science; engaged in the 

I I manufacture of iron castings and ma- 
chinery and of glass and cotton in con- 

i nection with the firms of R. D. Wood & 
I Company, R. D. Wood & Sons, Camden 
Iron Works and allied firms and corpo- 
rations. Has written on subjects con- 
nected with the theory of political econo- 
my, and has served as Vice President of 
the American Economic Association, and 
I as treasurer of the American Academy of 
1 Political and Social Science since its or- 
ganization. Address, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOOD, Win. H. Fnrness: 

Journalist; born in Montreal, Canada, 
1 Dec. 10, 1868, while his parents were so- 
1 journing there; son of John Wood, of 
England and Mary Morgan, of Glamor- 
ganshire, Wales; educated at private and 
public schools of Philadelphia, where he 
entered the newspaper and magazine field 
as a writer. In the Common Pleas Court 
of that city in 1890 he took naturalization 
papers forswearing his allegiance to the 
British crown. He was correspondent in 
the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh sessions 
of Congress and field correspondent in the 
Spanish-Cuban and Spanish-American 
Wars. Member of the Society of the 
Caribbean (Spanish-American War) ; 
British Red Cross for services South Afri- 
ca, 1900, and Fellowship Pennsylvania 
Academy of the Fine Arts. Address, 
Lebanon, Pa. 

WOODBURN, B. F.. D. D.: 

Clergyman; born in Shousetown, Pa., 
March 23, 1832; educated at the public 
schools and later entered Jefferson Col- 
lege, Cannonsburg, Pa., and after receiv- 
ing his degrees entered the Western The- 
ological Seminary to prepare for the min- 
istry. Upon graduation accepted a call 
to Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, 
Pa., and remained there several years. 
In 1870 he moved to Allegheny and be- 
came pastor of the Sandusky Street. Bap- 



tist Church; of this church he is still pas- 
tor. For many years he was active in edu- 
cational affairs in Allegheny, being a 
School Director of the Second Ward, mem- 
ber of the Board of Controllers, member 
of the High School Committee and 
Chairman of the committee in charge of 
the public library. At one time he was 
editor and publisher of The Witness, a 
Baptist publication. For seventeen years 
he was President of the Allegheny General 
Hospital. In 1S54 he married Margaret 
Shouse, of Shousetown. Address, 2534 
Perrysville Ave., Allegheny, Pa. 

WOODBl'RN, James R.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Claysville, Washington County, 
Pa. 

WOODBliRY, Frank; Thomas: 

Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Unit- 
ed States Army; born June 10, 1875, in 
Philadelphia; prepared for college at East- 
burn Academy, Philadelphia; was gradu- 
ated from College Department, Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, 1897, and from Med- 
ico-Chirurgical College in medicine in 
1899. Was resident physician in Phila- 
delphia Hospital (Blockley), 1899-1900. 
Received contract as Acting Assistant Sur- 
geon United States Army, July 10, 1900. 
Accompanied Second Battalion Third Ar- 
tillery to China and served there from 
September to October. Arrived in Manila, 
Nov. 20, 1900. Received commission dated 
March 6, 1901, as First Lieutenant and 
Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. 
Returned to United States and assigned to 
duty at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., Nov. 
5, 1902. Address, Plattsburg Barracks, 
New York. 

WOOOFORD, Walter R.: 

Vice President of the Pittsburg Coal 
Company; born at Dunkirk, N. Y., in 1857. 
In 1882 he became purchasing agent of the 
Wheeling & Lake Erie and the Cleveland 
& Marietta Railroad; three years later 
Assistant General Manager; lat«r be- 
came General Superintendent of the for- 
mer road. In 1893 General Manager of 
the Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling and 
its allied coal interests. In 1899 he became 
President and General Manager of this 
road. Address, Hussey Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

WOODMAN, Andrew Jackson: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Command- 
ery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
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Cavalry Dec. 24, 1863; honorably mustered 
out Dec. 20, 1865. Elected May 4, 1887. 
Address, care of Recorder of Loyal Le- 
gion, 1535 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOODMAXSEE, J. E.: 

Born in Buckingham Township, Wayne 
County, May 4, 1836; was educated in the 
public schools; has always been a close 
reader and is well informed. He is well 
versed in agriculture, dairying, and lum- 
bering, having extensive tracts of timber 
land, and owning the finest herd of 
Guernsey cows in the county. During his 
younger days was engaged in lumbering 
on the Delaware; was one of the organ- 
izers of the Wayne Chemical Co.; has 
held many local offices; is President of the 
School Board, was member of Pennsylva- 
House of Representatives, 1889 and 1891, 
and County Treasurer, 1S70-1S73. Enlisted 
in Company F, Forty-fifth Pennsylvania 
Volunteers in September, 1861, and was 
present at the surrender of Gen. Lee to 
Gen. Grant at Appomattox, April 9, 1865, 
and of Gen. Johnson to Gen. Sherman, 
April 26, 1865. Is fraternally affiliated 
with Grand Army of the Republic Post, 
Odd Fellows, and Binghamton Chapter, 
Council and Commandery of Masons. Ad- 
dress, Lake Como, Pa. 

AYOODRING, James D.: 

President Albright College; born in Le- 
high County, Pa., 1854; educated in the 
public schools, Keystone State Normal 
School, and was graduated from the 
Muhlenberg College in 1878; entered the 
ministry and served as pastor to congre- 
gations in Bethlehem, Allentown, Read- 
ing and Philadelphia. A member of the 
United Evangelical Church; served two 
years as Field Secretary of Albright Col- 
lege; since April. 1902, President of Al- 
bright College. Address, Myerstown, Pa. 

"WOODRUFF, Clinton Rogers: 

Lawyer; was graduated A. B. from Cen- 
tral High School, 1886; Ph. B. from Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania, 1889; LL. B. 
from University of Pennsylvania, 1892; 
admitted to the bar in 1892 and formed 
partnership with William D. Neilson in 
September, 1900. Associated as Counsel 
in leading election and constitutional 
cases, including the "List of Voters" 
case, the "Party Square" case and the 
right of a Governor to veto a proposed 
amendment to the constitution. Honorary 
member of Educational Club of Philadel- 
phia; corresponding member of Twentieth 
Century Club of Boston; member Law 



Academy, Law Association, Pennsylvania 
Bar Association. President, American 
Park and Outdoor Art Association, 1902- 
1904; Secretary of American League of 
Civic Improvement; Secretary, 1903-1904. 
Associate of the American Institute for 
Social Service; Secretary and Treasurer of 
the Municipal League of Philadelphia, 
1S92-1897, Counsel, 1897-1903; Secretary of 
the Union Committee for a Better Water 
Supply and Sanitation, 1893. Member of 
the Executive Committee of the Citizens' 
Union, 1S9S-1899; Secretary of the Public 
Education Association of Philadelphia, 
1897-1900; member Executive Committee, 
1900; Secretary of Pennsylvania Ballot Re- 
form Association, 1893; of National Mu- 
nicipal League, 1894; member of the Ex-j 
ecutive Committee of the National Pri 
mary Elections Reform Association. 1898:.; 
Chairman of Joint Committee for the Pro- | 
motion of Electoral Reforms; member of 
the Committee of National League to 
draft a Municipal Charter, 1897-1899;; 
Committee on Uniform Municipal Ac- 
counting, 1900; Executive Committee Civil 
Service Reform Association of Pennsyl- 
vania since 1894; Executive Committee! 
National Civil Service Reform League 1 
since 1900; one of the Secretaries of the] 
American Academy of Political and So- 
cial Science from 1889 to 1897; Director 
and counsel since 1897; Secretary of the i 
National Conference for Good City Gov- j 
ernment held in Philadelphia January, 
1894; Vice President Young Men's Ameri- ' 
can Humane Union, 1894-1897; President of .- 
the Intercollegiate Young Men's Christian. 
Association, 1S91-1893; first President Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania Young Men's. 
Christian Association, 1892; member of- 
the Executive Committee of the Fourth, 
Fifth. Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and 
Tenth Lake Mohonk International Arbi-j 
tration Conferences, 1898-1901; Secretary, 
since 1900; member Philadelphia Branch- 
American Friends of Russian Freedom," 
1893; Italian Political Prisoners' Aid Com- 
mittee; Philadelphia Committee on the 
International Peace Conference at the 
Hague, 1899; First General Committee of 
the International Association for the Ad- f 
vancement of Science, Arts and Educa- 
tion; Vice President Christian Temperance 
Alliance for Philadelphia, 1893; one of the 
Secretaries of the Conference held in 
Washington, Jan. 12, 1904, to secure a new 
treaty of arbitration between Breat Bri- 
tain and the United States; signer of the 
American Response to England's Greeting. 
1899; correspondent of the International 
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I terms, 1S97-1900; special inspector of the ' 
'interior Department, with Charles J. Bon- 
aparte, to investigate affairs in the Ind- 
ian Territory. Address, 121 South Broad 
|st., Philadelphia, Pa.; Summer address, 
Arbor Vitre, Cumberland Head, Platts- 
burg, Pa. 
'WOODS, E. Cyrus: 

State Senator from Westmoreland 
County; born in Clearfield, Pa., Sept. 3, 
[1861; educated at Lafayette College, and 
'has been actively engaged in the practice 
cf law since his admission to the bar in 
1890. He was elected to the Senate in 
j November, 1900. Address, Greensburg, Pa. 

AVOODS, D. W.: 

President of the Mifflin County National 
'Bank. Address, Lewistown, Mifflin Coun- 
ty, Pa. 

AVOODS, Matthew: 

Physician; born in Ireland, May 29, 
! 184S, of English, Scotch and French Hu- 
guenot ancestry. His maternal grandfath- 
er, Captain deWauchop, served in the Cri- 
! mean and other wars, and the Scotch Gen- 
eral Wauchop, the original "Fighting Bob," 
I an important figure in the history of Brit- 
ish India and killed in the Boer War, was 
a member of the same family; his father, 
1 Samuel Woods, was a farmer, manufac- 
! turer, at one time extensively engaged in 
. the making of ploughs. The son obtained 
i his early education in Ireland, and in 
• l6d5 emigrated to this country and offered 
i his services at once to the country, and 
1 four weeks after landing in Philadelphia 
t he was on board a monitor within sight of 
j Fort Sumter. At the end of the war, he 
j resumed his studies and was graduated 
1 from the Medical Department of the Uni- 
J versity of Pennsylvania in 1874. Since 
then he has been actively engaged 
in medical practice in Philadelphia, giv- 
ing special attention to the treatment of 
Epilepsy. He is President of the Ameri- 
can Anti-Vivisection Society, of the Phil- 
adelphia Medical Mission, and of the Phil- 
1 adelphia Browning Society, a member 
; of various medical societies and of the 
' Pennsylvania State Editorial Association. 
"i He was the originator and for some years 
] the editor of the Journal of Zoophily. He 
has traveled widely and observantly in 
Europe, his observations being recorded 
in his interesting "Rambles of a Physi- 
cian, or a Midsummer Dream"; he has 
J also written various pamphlets on epilep- 
' sy, hydrophobia and kindred subjects. 
j Address, 1307 South Broad St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 



WOODS, N. Milton: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Lancaster. Address, Lancaster, Lancas- 
ter County, Pa. 

AVOODS, William Speer: 

Attorney-at-law; born in Allegheny 
City, Pa., March 3, 1861; educated in the 
public schools of Pittsburg, Pa.; read law 
and was admitted to the bar of Allegheny 
County, Pa., September, 1888; at present 
engaged in the practice of the law. He 
was a member of Common Council of the 
City of Pittsburg from April to December, 
1902, and elected to the Senate of Penn- 
sylvania from the Fourty-fourth Senator- 
ial District in November, 1902, for a term 
of four years. Address, 422 Diamond St., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

WOODSIDE, .I<»li 11 W.: 

Manufacturer; born at Kelton, Chester 
County, Pa., Nov. 21, 1838; son of William 
Stuart Woodside; educated in the public 
schools and New London Academy, Ches- 
ter County, Pa. He taught school for 
three years, and was engaged in mercan- 
tile business until 1865, when he became 
a member of the firm of A. Ralph & Co., 
afterward Stewart, Ralph & Co. ; he was 
very successful in his business enterprises, 
and in 1898 he was largely interested in 
the Atlantic Snuff Company, and in 1900 
in the American Snuff Company; subse- 
quently he became President of the Oxford 
Manufacturing Company, the American 
Nickel Steel Company, and Higbee Coup- 
ling Company; was Secretary of the Na- 
tional Tobacco Association of the United 
States for many years. He has repre- 
sented Philadelphia and Pennsylvania on 
all leading centennial celebrations; Com- 
missioner from Pennsylvania to centennial 
celebration of Washington's inauguration, 
1889; Pennsylvania member World's Co- 
lumbian Commission, Chicago, 1890-1896; 
President of Pennsylvania Commission to 
the Omaha Exhibition; President Valley 
Forge Commission of Pennsylvania. Mem- 
ber of Union League and Historical So- 
ciety of Pennsylvania. Twice married; 
first, in 1863, to Annie M. Dare, and, sec- 
ond, in 1872, to Josephine Jeffries. Ad- 
dress, Bullitt Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 

WOODWARD, George Abisha: 

Brigadier General United States Army 
(retired); born in aand appointed from 
Pennsylvania; Captain Second Pennsyl- 
vania Reserves, May 27, 1861; Major. 
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1863; honorably mustered out, Aug - . 29, 
1863; Major, Veteran Reserve Corps Aug. 
24, 1863; Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 25, 1863; 
Colonel, Dec. 4, 1863; honorably mustered 
out, July 20. 1866; Lieutenant Colonel 
Forty-fifth Infantry. July 28, 1866; trans- 
ferred to Fourteenth Infantry, March 15. 
1869; Colonel Fifteenth Infantry, Jan. 10, 
1876; retired, March 20, 1879; brevetted 
Colonel. March 2, 1867. for gallant and 
meritorious services in the battle of Get- 
tysburg, Pa.; Brigadier General, retired, 
April 23. 1904. Address, 2110 Massachusetts 
Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. 
WOODWARD, Stanley: 

Lawyer; born in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 
Aug. 29, 1833; son of George W. Wood- 
ward; prepared for college at Wyoming 
Seminary; was graduated from Yale in 
1855; studied law in the office of Warren 
J. Woodward; admitted to the bar in 
1856. In 1862 he was Captain of Company 
H, Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, 
in service about two months (Antietam 
campaign) ; in 1863 he was Captain of 
Company A, Forty-first Regiment, Penn- 
sylvania Militia, at the front about three 
months (Gettysburg campaign); appoint- 
ed Aid on Governor Hartranft's staff in 
1876, with rank of Colonel. In 1878 he 
was a member of Executive Committee of 
Wyoming Centennial Celebration, and 
Chief Marshal of the grand parade on 
July 4. Appointed Additional Law Judge 
of Luzerne County, 1879; elected for full 
term in 1880; re-elected, 1890; President 
Judge, 1895-1901. After retiring from the 
bench he became a member of the firm 
of Woodward, Darling & Woodward. 
Member of Westmoreland Club. Address, 
Wilkesbarre, Pa. 

WORDEN, James Avery: 

Clergyman, author; born at Oxford, 
Ohio, Dec. 10, 1841; was graduated from 
Miami University, Ohio, 1S61. He served 
in the Civil War as Second Lieutenant 
Company G, Sventy-fourth Volunteers, 
1861-1863. He was graduated from 
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1866; 
A. M., D. D., Lafayette College; LL. D., 
Miami University. Pastor, Oswego, N. T., 
1866-1872; Steubenville, Ohio, 1872-1878; 
has been at the head of the Presbyterian 
Sunday School Organization since 1878. 
Married, 1867, Mary R. Hendrickson, 
Princeton. N. J. Author of "Westminster 
Normal Outlines," (2 vols.); "Bible Teach- 
ers' Guide" (2 vols.); "Bible Correspon- 
dence School" (8 vols.); Westminster Nor- 
mal Quarterly. Address, 4208 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 



WORTH, William P.: 

President of the National Bank of 
Coatesville. Address, Coatesville, Chester 
County, Pa. 

WRIGHT, Charles Fred: 

Congressman (Republican) of Susque- 
hanna, Susquehanna County; born in For- 
est Lake Township, Susquehanna Coun- 
ty, Pa. Cashier of first National Bank 
of Susquehanna Depot, Pa.; was delegate 
to St. Louis Republican Convention in 
1896. He was elected to the Fifty-sixth 
and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re- 
elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. 
Address, Susquehanna, Pa. 

WRIGHT, Robert Erskine: 

Priest of the Episcopal Church; born in 
Philadelphia, Feb. 8, 1859; was graduated 
B. A. from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1880, and B. D. from the General Theo- 
logical Seminary in 1885. He was or- 
dained priest by Right Rev. H. C. Potter, 
Bishop of New York, in 1886; has been 
curate or rector of parishes in New York, 
North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Mar- 
ried in 1903 to Emma L. H. Kilbourne of 
Keokuk, Iowa. Address, Fallsington, Pa. 

WRIGHT, Robert J.: 

Solicitor of the Hamilton Trust Com- 
pany, and one of the best known members 
of the Philadelphia bar. His practice as 
an attorney has covered a great deal in 
corporation affairs, in large real estate 
transactions, and in estates, and he is 
known as a lawyer who has an un- 
usual knowledge of everything relating- 
to financial affairs; he is one of the 
most popular men at the bar in his city, 
and whenever he appears in a case in 
the County, Federal or State Courts there 
is public interest in what he does and 
says. He has had charge of the settle- 
ment of some very large estates, and 
among those which he has recently set- 
tled are several amounting in value to 
hundreds of thousands of dollars. His 
practice is almost entirely civil. Address, 
Broad and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

WRIGHT, Marie Robinson:' 

Author; born at Newman, Ga., 1866; 
daughter of Hon. John E. and S. A. Rob- 
inson; she received her education at Col- 
lege Temple, Newnan. Married, March 
31. 1882, Hinton P. Wright, who died in 
1884. She was for five years on the staff 
of the New York World; has traveled ex- 
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missioner from Georgia to Paris Exposi- 
tion, 1889, being the first woman to re- 
ceive such an appointment; decorated by 
the Mexican Government for her history 
of that country. Member of prominent 
clubs and interested in philanthropy. 
Author of "Picturesque Mexico," 1897; 
"The New Brazil," 1901 (latter was writ- 
ten after a journey of over 25,000 miles in 
South America, 1900, going from the top 
of the Andes Mountains in the Republic 
of Argentina to 1,000 miles up the Amazon 
River), and "Turpi Legends," 1903. Ad- 
dress, care of Barrie & Son, 1313 Walnut 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WRIGLEY, Byrnn E.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in the Twenty-second Ward of that city, 
March 19, 1863; educated in the Philadel- 
phia public schools. After leaving school 
he was employed by his father, who was 
a manufacturer of soap, and later on the 
business was incorporated and he was 
made a Director, then Secretary and 
is now President of the company. In 
1899 he was appointed a member of the 
Board of Health by the Mayor of Phila- 
delphia; he has been a member of the 
Thirty-third Ward Executive Committee 
for twelve years, and was Vice President 
of same ten years. Elected to the House 
of Representatives in November, 1902. 
Address, 1527 Cayuga St.; office, 4478, 
Greene St., Germantown, Pa. 

WHETS, Alexander Jay: 

Electrical engineer; born at Carbondale, 
Pa., March 3, 1862; son of Charles P. and 
Laura Wurts; he was educated in the 
New Haven, Conn., public schools, and 
was graduated from the Sheffield Scien- 
tific School, Yale, 18S3, and from the 
Stevens Institute of Technology, 1884. 
He studied electricity under Professor 
Kohlrausch. Polytecknikum, Hanover, 
Germany, 1884-1886. Married, June 30, 
1890, Jeanie Lowrie Childs, Pittsburg. 
Discoverer of the five non-arcing metals. 
Member American Institute Electrical En- 
gineers, American Philosophical Society, 
American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science and the Pittsburg Acad- 
emy of Science and Arts. Awarded John 
Scott medal by City of Philadelphia 
through Franklin Institute for inventions 
in lightning arresters; he was formerly 
with the Westlnghouse Electric and Man- 
ufacturing Company, but is now manager 
of the Nernst Company. Address, 1164 
Shady Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 



WURTS, Edward Vanuxem: 

Mechanical engineer and steam expert; 
son of Theodore F. Wurts, C. E. ; born at 
Tariffville, Conn., Aug. 24, 1870; received 
degree of Ph. B. from Sheffield Scientific 
School, Tale University, 1892. Elected 
associate member American Society Me- 
chanical Engineers in 1897. Address, Ger- 
mantown, Pa. 

WIRTS, John Sparliatvlc: 

Commissioner in Pennsylvania for each 
of the States and Territories; Commis- 
sioner for Porto Rico; born at Carbondale, 
Pa., June 18, 1876; educated at the West 
Jersey Academy and Law Department of 
the University of Pennsylvania. Member 
of the Sons of the Revolution and Site 
and Relic Society of Germantown; Secre- 
tary of the Henry Wynkoop Memorial 
Association and President of the Pennsyl- 
vania Legal Historical Society. Address, 
5219 Morris St., Germantown, Pa. 

WURTS, Theodore Freling-hnysen: 

Civil Engineer; born at Wilkesbarre, 
Pa., 1844; his family removed to Carbon- 
dale, Pa., in 1848, where his father, Wil- 
liam Wurts, was attorney for the Dela- 
ware & Hudson Canal Company, and his 
uncle, John Wurts, M. C, was President; 
educated at the High School and by 
tutor in field and mines. Member of 
Union League before the war; in 1862 
he enlisted in Wurts' Guard, and was at 
the battle of Antietam; later enlisted in 
177th Pennsylvania Infantry and served 
as Colonel's clerk and Assistant Adjutant 
in the Department of "Virginia. Mining 
engineer in Pennsylvania coal fields, and 
in South and West and on railroad loca- 
tion and construction in ten States; in 
1877 he built the Short Line Railroad 
from Camden to Atlantic City. He was 
the first to report on drainage of Lake 
Okeechobee, the Disston Company send- 
ing him to the Everglades in 1881 for that 
purpose, entering through Kissimee River 
and Lake Okeechobee and going out 
through Caloosahatchee River to the Gulf; 
engineer of a railroad from St. John's 
River to the Suwanee in 1882. He intro- 
duced the system of building beaches by 
natural forces and reclaiming overflowed 
lands in 1888, obtaining two United States 
patents for same. Address, 5219 Morris 
St., Germantown, Pa. 

WYLIE, Andrew C.I 

Lawyer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 
6, 1869; educated at Lawrenceville Pre- 
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versity, 1893, and New York Law School, 
1895. Married, June, 1896, Alice Fairfield, 
daughter of Walter Scott Fairfield and 
granddaughter of Cornelius Stillman. 
Republican in politics. After being ad- 
mitted to the bar in New York he en- 
tered the Law Department of the Fidel- 
ity & Casualty Company of New York; 
since 1898 in charge of their Philadelphia 
Legal Department. Address, 4257 Viola 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



YARN ALL, Thomas O.: 

Rector in Protestant Episcopal Church; 
born in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 1815; edu- 
cated at Yale College, graduating in 
1841. Having studied for the church, he 
received deacon's and priest's orders at 
tne hands of Bishop Onderdonk, and was 
elected rector of St. Mary's Church, on 
Locust Street, east of Fortieth Street, 
West Philadelphia, on April 11, 1824; he 
has held this position for a period of 
sixty years, he being at present pastor 
emeritus of the congregation to which he 
has given a lifetime of service. In 1844 
the church stood in the open country; it 
is now in the heart of a closely built sec- 
tion of that city. Through Dr. Young's 
energy a new and much larger edifice was 
built in 1873, and in 1890 the present 
church edifice, a substantial stone struc- 
ture, was dedicated by Bishop Whitaker. 
The golden jubilee, or fiftieth anniversary, 
of Dr. Yarnell's rectorship was celebrated 
with very interesting ceremonies in 1894, 
and at this time an elaborate pulpit of 
stone and polished brass was erected, 
bearing an inscription commemorative of 
the occasion. Address, 3914 Locust St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

YARNELL, Charlton: 

Member of the firm of Ellis Yarnell & 
Son. Married Anna Brinton Coxe. Mem- 
ber of Philadelphia, Radnor Hunt, Merion 
Cricket, Rittenhouse and County Clubs. 
Address, 2031 De Lancey St.. Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

YATES, Leslie: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Philadelphia; born 
in that city, May 18, 1853; educated in 
public and private schools. He learned 
the printing business and for a number of 
years was manager of the Dunlap and 
Clark Printing House; was Deputy Col- 
lector of Delinquent Taxes during two 



terms; has been Secretary of the Thir- 
teenth Ward Republican Executive Com- *j 
mittee for twenty years, and for several 
years a member of the Executive Com- '. 
mittee of the State League of Republican 
Clubs. He was a member of the House 
of Representative, sessions of 1899 and 
1901; re-elected in November, 1902. Ad- 
dress, 820 Spring Garden St., Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

YELLIG, John B.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Allegheny County; 
born at Mariah Hill, Spencer County, Ind., 
May 17, 1862; in 1865 he removed with 
his parents to Pittsburg, where he has 
since resided; educated in the public and 
private schools of Pittsburg. He was 
employed in the rolling mills for twenty- 
three years, and has always taken an ac- 
tive interest in labor affairs; has always 
been a Democrat and taken an active 
part in politics; was elected School Direc- 
tor twice and is now Secretary of the 
Board; has been Assistant Superintendent 
of the Prudential Life Insurance Company 
for the past five years. He was elected 
to the House of Representatives in No- 
vember, 1902. Address, 47 South Thirty- 
first St., Pittsburg, Pa. 

YERlvES, I In nil :i ii : 

Jurist; born in Bucks County, Pa,, 
about 1S45; educated in that county, made 
the law his profession, and was admitted 
to practice in the county bar in 1865. 
He rose rapidly to eminence in his pro- 
fession, becoming widely known as a 
skillful trial lawyer, and especially noted 
for his striking success in criminal prac- 
tice. In the earlier years of his practice 
he was active in politics, and, after serv- 
ing as Deputy Attorney General, repre- 
sented his district for two terms in the 
Senate of Pennsylvania. He succeeded 
Judge Richard Watson as President 
Judge of Bucks County, his period of 
occupancy of the bench extending to 
1904. Address, Doylestown, Pa. 

YETTER, Milton: 

President of the East Stroudsburg Na- 
tional Bank. Address, East Stroudsburg, 
Monroe County, Pa. 

IfOCUM, A. Duncan, Ph. D.: 

Born in York, Pennsylvania, July 22, 
1869; his father was Rev. A. Duncan 
Yocum of the Central Pennsylvania Con- 
ference of the M. E. Church, his mother 
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A. Gere of the same denomination. 
Among his boyhood homes were McVey- 
town, Clearfield, Milton, Bellefonte, Car- 
lisle, Altoona and Everett. He graduated 
at Dickinson College in 1889 before he had 
reached the age of twenty, and in 1900 re- 
ceived the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 
from the University of Pennsylvania, after 
four years of graduate work. While in 
college he was editor of the Dickinsonian, 
Class Historian, Junior Chairman, Presi- 
dent of the Athletic Association, and a 
member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. 
From 18S9-1900 he was an instructor in 
the high school, Chester, Pa.; 1890-1895 
supervising principal of public schools, 
Smyrna, Delaware; 1S95-1900 superin- 
tendent of schools, Millville, New Jersey; 
and since 1900 has been superintendent 
of schools, Chester, Pa. While in Dela- 

i| ware he was the first president of the 
State Principals' Association, and an or- 
ganizer of summer schools for teachers 
which did much toward raising the stand- 
ard of education in the Peninsula. His 

I graduate work at the University of Penn- 

1 sylvania was carried on in conjunction 
with the supervision of Millville schools. 

'. In 1900 he published a thesis entitled "An 
Inquiry into the Teaching of Addition 
and Subtraction" whioh has attracted 

!| much favorable attention from school- 
men and been highly commended by the 
educational press. Dr. Yocum is a mem- 
ber of the Penn Club of Chester, the Ma- 
sonic Fraternity and other social and 
beneficial organizations. In 1891 he 
married May E. Turner of Chester. Their 
only son, Arnott Duncan Yocum, was born 
in Smyrna, Delaware, in 1892. Address. 
Chester. Pa. 

\oilK, James Buchanan: 

General Superintendent of the Pitts- 
burg & Lake Erie Railroad Company; 
born in Bentleyville, Washington County, 
Pa.. June 24, 1856, of German descent; 
received a common school education and 
attended the West Newton Academy; he 
then learned telegraphy, and in 1871 en- 
tered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio 
Railroad Company. Since that time he 
has been consecutively telegraph opera- 
tor, chief clerk to trainmaster, and train 
dispatcher on Pittsburg Division, Balti- 
more & Ohio Railroad; chief train dis- 
patcher on Pittsburg & Western Railroad; 
trainmaster Pittsburg, McKeesport & 
Youghiogheny railroad; chief train dis- 
patcher and superintendent telegraph, 
master of transportation and Superinten- 



dent, respectively, of the Pittsburg & 
Lake Eerie Railroad and leased lines. 
Married Miss Mamie M. Sykes, Dec. 13, 
1877. He is a Past Master of Oakland 
Lodge No. 535, F. and A. M., and is a 
member of Zerubbabel Chapter No. 162, 
R. A. M., Pittsburg, Pa.; and of Yough- 
iogheny Conclave No. 166, I. O. H. ; mem- 
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Address, 4221 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 

YOUNG, James Kelly: 

Surgeon; born at Trenton, N. J., April 
29, 1862; son of William and Ellen (Kelly) 
Young; was graduated from Trenton High 
School, 1879, and from the Medical De- 
partment, University of Pennsylvania, 
1883; he took special course in surgery 
under Dr. Albert of Vienna in 1885. Mar- 
ried, 1889, Mary Wilson, M. D. Lec- 
turer on Orthopaedic Surgery and Assistant 
Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospital, 
Philadelphia; Professor of Orthopaedic 
Surgery, Philadelphia Polyclinic; Clinical 
Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, Women's 
Medical College of Pennsylvania; consult- 
ing Orthopaedic Surgeon Women's Hospi- 
tal, Philadelphia. Member American Or- 
thopaedic Association, Congress of Ameri- 
can Physicians and Surgeons, Pediatric 
Society, Pennsylvania State Medical So- 
ciety, College Physicians, Philadelphia, 
and Academy of Surgeons, Philadelphia. 
Author of "Orthopaedic Surgery," 1894; 
"Synopsis of Human Anatomy," 1S99-1904. 
Contributor to "Roberts' Orthopaedic Sur- 
gery," 1898-1904. Address, 222 South Six- 
teenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

YOUNG, James Rankin: 

Journalist and legislator; born in Phila- 
delphia, March 10, 1847; brother of John 
Russell Young, the late famous newspaper 
correspondent, a founder and one of the 
Presidents of the Philadelphia Union 
League, and ex-Minister to China. Mr. 
Young was educated in the public schools 
of Philadelphia, being a school boy at the 
time of the invasion of Pennsylvania by 
General Lee, when he ran away and 
joined the Gray Reserves. He and his 
classmates who accompanied him were 
discharged as too young, but he tried to 
enlist again, and finally became clerk to 
Colonel J. B. Sheridan, Paymaster of the 
Army; he remained with him till after 
the war, and in 1S65 entered the field of 
journalism as a reporter. In 1865-1866 
he made a tour of the South, writing let- 
ters to the New York Tribune, and on 
his return became one of the founders of 
the Philadelphia Evening Star, of which 



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he afterward became owner and remained 
so during its existence. In June, 1866, he 
succeeded Carl Schurz as Washington 
correspondent of the New *ork Tribune, 
a position in which he remained for five 
years, withdrawing from it at length to 
devote his attention to the Evening Star, 
to which he wrote for many years a 
series of striking letters over the signa- 
ture of "S. M." There has been nothing 
more graceful, attractive and informing 
than these letters in the history of Wash- 
ington correspondence, and their reputa- 
tion became national. In December, 1873, 
Mr. Young was elected Chief Executive 
Clerk of the Senate, a position which he 
held till 1879, after which he was made 
Chief Clerk of the Department of Jus- 
tice; he was re-elected Chief Clerk of the 
Senate in 1883, and held the position till 
the office was abolished in 1892. He at- 
tended all the Republican National Con- 
ventions from 1864 onward. In 1897 he 
was elected a member of Congress to rep- 
resent the Fourth Pennsylvania District, 
and served for three terms, his member- 
ship ending on March 4, 1903. He was 
Vice President of the commission to lo- 
cate the positions of Pennsylvania troops 
in the battles of Chickamauga, Chatta- 
nooga and Lookout Mountain. He has 
been a member of the Union League of 
Philadelphia, and belongs to the Pen and 
Pencil, Stylus, and Clover Clubs, and the 
Masonic Order. He married Miss Mary 
Barclay of Washington in 1874. Address, 
Union League, Philadelphia, Pa. 

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YOUNG, James Scott: 

Lawyer; born Dec. 3, 1848, in Pittsburg; 
son of William H. and Jane A. (Peters') 
Young; educated in common schools and 
Elder's Ridge Academy; in 1869 was grad- 
uated from Washington and Jefferson 
College, Pennsylvania. Admitted to the 
Allegheny County bar, Jan. 11, 1872; since 
Feb. 8, 1902, United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania. 
Member of the Union and University 
Clubs. Pittsburg. Address, Frick Build- 
ing. Pittsburg, Pa. 

YOUNG, Richard: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private 109th Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Dec. 3, 1861; discharged for pro- 
motion, Jan. 28, 1862; First Lieutenant 
109th Pennsylvania Infantry, Jan. 29, 
1862; discharged for promotion, Oct. 29, 






1862. Elected March 7, 1866. Address, 
care of Recorder of Loyal Legion, 1535 
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

YOUNG, Saomnel Baldwin Marks: 

Lieutenant General United States 
Army; born in and appointed from Penn- 
sylvania; private Company K, Twelfth 
Pennsylvania Infantry, April 25 to Aug. 
5, 1861; Captain Fourth Pennsylvania 
Cavalry, Sept. 6, 1861; Major, Sept. 20, 
1862; Lieutenant Colonel, May 1, 1864; 
Colonel, June 25, 1864; brevetted Brigadier 
General Volunteers, April 9, 1865, for gal- 
lant and meritorious services during the 
campaign terminating with the surrender 
of the insurgent army under Gen. R. E. 
Lee; honorably mustered out, July 1, 1865; 
Second Lieutenant Twelfth Infantry, 
May 11, 1866; Captain Eighth Cavalry, 
July 28, 1866; Major Third Cavalry, April 
2, 1883; Lieutenant Colonel Fourth Cav- 
alry, Aug. 16, 1892; Colonel Third Cavalry, 
June 19, 1897; Brigadier General Volun- 
teers, April 13, 1899; Brigadier General 
United States Army, Jan. 2, 1900; Major 
General, Feb. 2, 1901; brevetted Major, 
March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious 
services in action at Sulphur Spring, Va. ; 
Lieutenant Colonel, March 2. 1867, for 
gallant and meritorious services in action 
at Amelia Springs, Va., and Colonel, March 
2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious ser- 
vices in the battle of Sailors' Creek, Va. 
Address, 25 East Sixtieth St., New York 
City. 

YOUNKINS, John: 

President of the Farmers' National 

Bank of Butler. Address, Butler, Pa. 

i 

YUNDT, Horace A.: 

Lawyer; born in East Earl Township, ,] 
Lancaster County, Pa., June 15, 1839. Af- 
ter preparing in the public schools, and I 
West Chester Academy, he entered Frank-, 
lin and Marshall College, Lancaster, from 
which he was graduated in 1859. He , 
taught in the Mount Joy Academy and 
the Paradise Academy (both institutions, 
being in Lancaster County) for two years, . 
and then enlisted in the Civil War, com- 
manding Company B, 178th Regiment, j 
Pennsylvania Volunteers. Upon his re-, 
turn from the army he read law in the' 
office of Hon. John Banks, and was ad- 
mitted to practice Aug. 9, 1864. He was 
the Republican nominee for Judge in 
Berks County in 1879. Address, Read- 
ing, Pa. 



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ZAXE, Abraham V.: 

Commander United States Navy; born 
in and appointed from Pennsylvania; 

I Cadet Engineer, Oct. 1, 1871; Assistant 
Engineer, Feb. 26, 1875; Passed Assistant 
Engineer, Aug. 21, 1881; Worcester, North 

, Atlantic Station, 1875-1877; Wyoming, 

I European Station, 1877-1879; Naval Acad- 

: emy, 1879-1SS1; Rodgers, special service, 
1881-1882; Bureau of Steam Engineering, 
1882-1885; Northern Alaska Expedition, 

j 1885-1887; special duty, new cruisers, 
Philadelphia, 1887-1888; Omaha, Asiatic 

; Station, 1888-1891; Naval Observatory, 
1891-1894; Monocacy, June, 1894-1896. 

1 Commissioned Chief Engineer, Septem- 
ber, 1895; Machias, July, 1S96-1897; Civil 
Service Commission, Oct. 1, 1898; duty 
with Alabama (Bureau Steam Engineer- 
ing), June 22, 1899; promoted to Lieuten- 
ant Commander, March 3, 1899; Kear- 
sarge (fleet engineer), Oct. 16, 1900, to 
1903; promoted Commander, Sept. 11, 
1903; inspection duty, Bureau of Steam 
Engineering, August, 1903, to April 1904; 
Inspector of Machinery at Cramp & Sons' 
Ship & Engine Building Company, Phila- 
delphia, since April, 1904. Address, 
Cramp & Sons' Ship & Engine Building 
Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 



.ZANE. Hysler J.: 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Bucks County; born 
in Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pa., 
I Sept. 4, 1859; educated in the township 
[ public schools. When fifteen years of age 
] he was apprenticed to the trade of car- 
riage trimming in his native town, Sel- 
lersville, and followed his trade and the 
manufacture of carriages until 1888, when 
he became associated with the firm of 
Headman & Co., painters and paper- 
hangers, with whom he remained until 
,1900. He was appointed Chief Burgess of 
; Sellersville in 1890 to fill a vacancy; in 
' 1891 he was appointed Justice of the 
iPeace by Governor Beaver to fill a va- 
jeancy also, and since then has been 
'fleeted three times successively to the 
Wme office. He was one of the founders 
:| of the Sellersville Volunteer Fire Com- 
pany, and Secretary of same; also one of 
the organizers of the Sellersville Improve- 
ment Company, and is a Director and 
Secretary of same since its organization; 
he is also a member and officer of various 
other enterprises in Sellersville. He was 



Secretary of the Town Council from 1891 
until his election to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in November, 1902. Address, 
Sellersville, Pa. 

ZARKER, A. V.: 

President of the East End Bank. Ad- 
dress, Harrisburg, Pa. 

ZECKWER, Richard: 

Musician; born in Stendal, Prussia, 
April 30, 1850; son of Carl and Emile 
(Stroehmer) Zeckwer; educated at gym- 
nasium, Stendal, and at University of 
Leipzig; musical education at Leipzig 
Conservatory of Music, under Moscheles, 
Hauptmann, E. F. Richter, Papperitz and 
Reinecke; graduated, 1869. He came to 
the United State in 1869, his first employ- 
ment being as a teacher in the Philadel- 
phia Musical Academy, 1869; he became 
its proprietor in 1876. Married, 1874, 
Marie d'Invilliers. Organist at Church of 
St. Vincent de Paul, Germantown, 1871- 
1878; organist Catholic Cathedral, Phila- 
delphia, 1879-1880; lecturer on acoustics 
before musical societies and at Franklin 
Institute, Philadelphia, also at Philadel- 
phia Academy of Natural Sciences; in- 
ventor of the liberating of the ring finger 
for the perfection of technique. Composer 
of songs and piano compositions, also 
"Festival Overture" and "Bride of Mes- 
sina." Author of "A Scientific Investiga- 
tion of Touch," 1902. Address, 106 North 
Thirty-fourth St. Philadelphia, Pa. 

ZEIGLER, Edwin Elmer: 

Member of the Pennsylvania Comman- 
dery of the Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion; private Twenty-fifth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, April 18, 1861; mustered 
out, July 29. 1861; Second Lieutenant 
Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, Oct. 
24, 1861; resigned and honorably dis- 
charged, Nov. 22, 1861; Second Lieutenant 
107th Pennsylvania Infantry, March 7, 
1862; Captain, Oct. 31, 1862; Major, April 
18, 1865; honorably mustered out, July 
13, 1865; brevetted Lieutenant Colonel 
United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865, 
for gallant and efficient services. Elected 
Feb. 10, 1897. Address, care of Recorder 
of Loyal Legion, 1535 Chestnut St., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

ZELL, T. El wood: 

Soldier and literary man; born in Phila- 
delphia, June 26, 1828; graduate of Central 
High School of Philadelphia. Served In 
Union Army during Civil War, entering 



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as a Captain and mustered out as Lieu- 
tenant Colonel, July 29, 1865. Married 
Florence Bostwick nee Clayton. For 
many years head of the publishing house 
of T. Elwood Zell. He retired from busi- 
ness more than a decade ago. Address, 
1723 Church Lane, Germantown, Pa.; win- 
ter residence, Zellwood, Fla. 

ZERBB, Thomas T.l 

Member of the Pennsylvania House of 
Representatives from Lebanon County; 
born at Schaefferstown, that county, Oct. 
24, 1846; educated in the public schools, 
Schaefferstown Academy, Franklin and 
Marshall College and the Medical Depart- 
ment of the University of Pennsylvania; 
since 1869 has been practicing medicine at 
Schaefferstown; was School Director three 
years; elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in 1898; re-elected in Novem- 
ber, 1902. Address, Schaefferstown, Pa. 

ZERBEY, J. H.: 

Editor and proprietor of the Pottsville 
Daily Republican and the Schuylkill Re- 
publican (weekly) ; born in Pottsville In 
1858; was graduated in 1874 from the 
Pottsville High School. He immediately 
entered the office of the Schuylkill Re- 
publican, which was then published at 
Minersville. He was admitted as a junior 
partner of the firm, and in 1879 became 
sole proprietor and editor; in 1884 he 
moved the plant to Pottsville, and soon 
after issued the Daily Republican, which 
has now a large circulation. In June, 
1880, he married Cora E., daughter of 
General J. K. Seigfried; they have four 
children. He was instrumental in secur- 
ing the Schuylkill Electric Railway, thus 
giving railway facilities to Pottsville and 
adjoining towns; for several years he has 
served as President of the Pottsville Mu- 
tual Fire Insurance Company. Address, 
Schuylkill, Pa. 

ZERIV, Jacob Gilbert: 

State Senator from Carbon County; 
born in New Hanover Township, Mont- 
gomery County, Pa., Feb. 24, 1845; edu- 
cated in the public schools and the State 
Normal School at Millersville. He enlisted 
as a private in Company C, 195th Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served 
to the close of the war; studied medicine 
and was graduated from the Medical De- 
partment of the University of Pennsylva- 
nia in 1868, since which time he has been 
engaged in the active practice of his pro- 
fession; was a member of the House of 



Representatives, sessions of 1879 and 1881; 
Postmaster of Weissport during part of 
President Cleveland's first term; Burgess 
of Lehighton, 1893; Associate Judge of 
Carbon County, 1S94-1899; was elected to 
the Senate in November, 1902. Address, 
Lehighton, Pa. 

Z1EGEMEIER, Henry Joseph; 

lieutenant United States Navy; born in 
Pennsylvania; appointed Cadet to the 
United States Naval Academy from Ohio 
by William McKinley in 1886; was gradu- 
ated in 1890; served on the United States 
flagship Pensacola, South Atlantic and 
South Pacific Stations, July, 1890, to De- 
cember. 1891; U. S. S. Charleston, Decem- 
ber. 1891, to April, 1892. Commissioned 
Ensign, July 1, 1892; served on flagship 
Philadelphia, North Atlantic, afterward 
North Pacific Station, August, 1S92, to 
March, 1894; U. S. S. Adams, March, 1894, 
to October, 1894, Pacific Station; U. S. S. 
Bennington, Pacific Station, 1894, to 1895; 
Torpedo station, instructor in torpedoes, 
in charge of torpedo boat Stiletto, 1895, to 
1897; U. S. S. Annapolis, 1897 to 1899; 
North Atlantic Station and training 
service during Spanish-American Wafr; 
blockade duty; convoyed army expedi- 
tions south coast of Cuba; battle of 
Nipe Bay; capture of Ponce, Porto Rico; 
U. S. S. Indiana, North Atlantic Station, 
May, 1899, to August, 1900. Commissioned 
Lieutenant, March 3, 1899; United States 
Naval Academy as instructor in modern 
languages, September, 1900, to 1901; com- 
manding torpedo boats Gurin and Talbot 
and Aide to the Superintendent, 1901-1902; 
U. S. S. Hartford, September, 1902, to 
1904; U. S .S. Castine since April, 1904. 
Address, care Navy Department, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 

Z1EGLER, H. Z.: 

President of the West Philadelphia Title 
and Trust Company. Address, Fortieth 
St. and Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ZIEGENFUSS, Samuel Addison: 

Clergyman of Lutheran Church; born in 
Quakertown, Pa., Dec. 12, 1S44; son of 
Samuel and Catharine Ziegenfuss; after 
receiving his secular education he entered 
the ministry, and was graduated from 
Muhlenberg College. 1870 (D. D., 1896); 
Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadel- 
phia, 1873; married, 1875, Mary E. Him- 
melwright. Ordained, 1873; pastor Sellers- 
ville, Pa., 1S73-1876; Bath, Pa., 1876-1892; 
since 1892, St. Michael's Lutheran Church, 



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' Germantown, Philadelphia. Member since 
i 1883 and Secretary since 1886, Board of 
Trustees, Muhlenberg College. Member 
. of the Board of Publication of the Gen- 
| eral Council since 1893, and its Secretary 
since Jan. 1, 1901; Secretary of the Minis- 
terium of Pennsylvania and adjacent 
States, 1892-1895, etc. Address, 6671 Ger- 
mantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 

ZIMMERMAN, Thomas C.l 

Editor and translator; born in Lebanon, 
Pa., Jan. 23, 1S38; received his education 
in the public schools of his native place; 
was apprenticed to the printing business 
and at the expiration of his apprentice- 
ship worked for a short time in Philadel- 
phia, and then moved to the city of 
Reading on the 8th of January, 1856, be- 
coming a journeyman printer in the office 
of the Berks and Schuylkill Journal. In 
the fall of 1So9 went to Columbia, S. C, 
to work at his trade, but owing to the 
excited state of the country, incident to 
the John Brown insurrection, returned to 
the North in March, 1860, and re-entered 
the office of the Berks and Schuylkill 
Journal. In May, 1861, he became chief 
clerk in Reading postoffice, holding the 
position until July, 1865. He then re- 
turned to the Journal office and in Janu- 



ary following, became a partner, the firm 
being J. Knabb & Co. In 1869 the firm 
became proprietors of the Reading Daily 
Times, which was consolidated in 1871 
with the Evening Dispatch. The paper 
is now published as the Reading Times, 
with Mr. Zimmerman as editor in chief. 
For a number of years he has given much 
attention to the translation of German 
classics into English, and an edition of his 
translations in two volumes under the 
title of "Olla Podrida," was recently is- 
sued from the press. Address, Reading, Pa. 
At the late commencement of Muhlen- 
berg College, Allentown, the degree of 
Doctor of Literature was conferred upon 
him. 

ZOLLER, William: 

President of the German American Sav- 
ings and Trust Company. Address, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

ZOLLINGER, Harvey K.: 

Lawyer; member of the law firm of 
Work & DeHaven. Residence. 425 S. 
Carlisle St.; office, Stephen Girard Build- 
ing, Philadelphia, Pa. 

ZOI'CK, J. D.: 

President of the First National Bank. 
Address, Hanover, York County, Pa. 



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BEATY, D. M.: 

Born in Fagnudus, Warren County, Pa.; 
educated in home schools and Litize 
Academy, Lancaster County, Pa., and 
Eastman's, Poughkeepsie, N. T. Married 
Susie E. Jackson. Republican in politics. 
Address, Warren, Warren County, Pa. 



COBURN, James P.: 

President of the First National Bank of 
Belief onte, Pa., and active successor of 
the late President Edward C. Humes, 
Esq.; born at Aaronsburg, Pa., on July 11, 
1831; son of Dr. Charles Coburn. His 
early education was obtained through the 
common schools of Aaronsburg; later at 
Oswego. N. Y., Harrisburg Academy, 
and the old Tenant School at Hartsville, 
Bucks County, Pa., where he prepared 
for Yale College. He did not take a col- 
legiate course, however, as both his par- 
ents had become invalids, and for their 
sakes he returned to Aaronsburg. For 
several years he was engaged in the mer- 
cantile business, and read law in the office 
of the late Andrew G. Curtin, the great 
war Governor of Pennsylvania, at Belle- 
fonte. Pa., and was later admitted to 
practice. He labored for a number of 
years to secure assistance for the building 
of the railroad between Lewisburg and 
Bellefonte, which is now in successful 
operation, and is a Director in the same. 
In his earlier life he was a member of 
Gen. George Buchanan's staff, and still 
later a member of the staff of Governor 
A. G. Curtin. Col. Coburn's name has 
been more conspicuously brought into 
public notice through his connection with 
the First National Bank of Bellefonte, as 
its President more particularly, and as a 
Director. Republican in politics. Member 
of the Presbyterian Church. Address, 
Bellefonte, Pa. 






COOPER, Charles Jacob: 

Clergyman; Treasurer and Financial 
Agent of Muhlenberg College; born in 
Upper Saucon, Lehigh County, April 1. 
1847; was graduated from Pennsylvania . 
College, Gettysburg, 1867; A. M., D. D.. ' 
Muhlenberg College; was graduated from 
the Lutheran Theological Seminary, 
Philadelphia, 1870. Pastor in South Beth- 
lehem, Freemansburg and Lower Saucon, 
1870-1886; Secretary of the Lutheran Min- 
isterium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent 
States, 1884-1886; connected with Muh- 
lenberg College since 1886, and was the 
prime mover in providing a new location 
and new buildings for the college. Ad- 
dress, Allentown, Pa. 



COXE, Alexander Brinton: 

Of Coxe Bros. & Co., coal operators; 
graduated from University of Pennsylva- 
nia in 1856; married Miss Sophie E. Nor- 
ris; member of Philadelphia, Country and 
Sedgeley Clubs. Address, 2031 DeDancey 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOCHT, Benjamin K.: 

Editor and capitalist; born in New 
Bloomfield. Pa., March 12, 1863; son of 
Rev. David H. Focht, a Lutheran minis- 
ter, author and orator of note; educated 
at Bucknell Academy, State College and 
Selinsgrove Institute. At fourteen years 
of age he entered a printing office as an 
apprentice, developing a literary ability, 
which he manifested at seventeen by 
writing the salutatory for the first issue 
of the Lewisburg Local News, a paper 
founded by him in 1882. The paper, un- 
der his energetic and able control, has 
grown into a large and valuable plant, 
while Mr. Focht is known as one of the 
strongest editorial writers in the State. 
He early became active in Republican pol- 
itics, becoming prominent as a "stalwart" 
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elected a delegate to the State Conven- 
tion; he took an active part in many con- 
ventions and party conferences, and in 1890 
was a candidate for the Legislature; de- 
feated, he tried again in 1892 and won, 
winning again in 1894 ad 1896; in 1900 he 
was elected to the State Senate. He was 
prominent in financing important railroad 
properties in Pennsylvania and New York 
State in which he is largely interested. 
He is actively associated with the Transit 
Finance Company of Philadelphia and 
New York. Address, Lewisburg, Pa. 



GDIBEL, Ellis A.: 

Merchant; son of Adam Gim.bel, a na- 
tive of Bavaria, Germany, who came to 
the United States in 1839 and by industry 
and enterprise built up a very large mer- 
cantile business in the West, having an 
extensive parent store in Vincennes, Ind., 
and similar stores in neighboring cities. 
He went to Philadelphia in 1865 as resi- 
dent purchasing agent for his stores, and 
there his sons were educated in the pub- 
lic schools. They afterward took charge 
of their father's Western stores and added 
to their number, developing a chain of 
thriving stores in Milwaukee and other 
prominent cities. In 1887 Adam Gimbel 
retired from business, and his sons suc- 
ceeded him, four of them, Ellis A., Isaac, 
Charles and Benjamin, some years later 
engaging in the department store business 
in Philadelphia under the firm name of 
Gimbel Brothers in the large stores at 
Ninth and Market Streets previously oc- 
cupied by Granville, Haines & Co. and 
Wood. Brown & Co. The business grew 
so extensive that large purchases of prop- 
erty were made and the establishment 
extended to Eighth Street, occupying the 
greater part of a city square and claimed 
to possess more floor area than any simi- 
lar establishment in the world. Ellis 
Gimbel is senior member of the firm and 
is actively engaged in the furtherance of 
its interests. Address, 906 North Broad 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

GRISCOM, Clemont Acton: 

President of the International Naviga- 
tion Company; born in Philadelphia, 
March 15. 1841; son of Dr. John D. Gris- 
com, and a descendant on his mother's 
side of Thomas Lloyd, Deputy Governor 
of Pennsylvania and President of its 
Council from 1684 to 1693. His brother 



William W. Griscom is well known as 
the inventor of the important electrical 
device known as the Griscom motor and 
for his experiments in the improvement 
of storage batteries for street car use. 
Mr. Griscom was educated in the Philadel- 
phia public schools and in a Friends' 
Academy, and in 1857 became clerk in 
the shipping house of Peter Wright & 
Sons. Here his unusual energy and abil- 
ity brought him rapid advancement, and 
in 1863, when but twenty-two years of 
age, he was admitted to membership in 
the firm. The year before he married 
Frances C. Biddle, and one of his sons, 
Clpment A. Biddle, Jr., now occupies a 
prominent place in the International Nav- 
igation Company. Mr. Griseom's impor- 
tance in the firm grew as the older mem- 
bers gradually left the direction of affairs 
to his active hands, and when the Inter- 
national Navigation Company was founded 
by the firm in 1871 he was made its Vice 
President. This company bought out the 
Inman Line, renaming it the American 
Line, to whose vessels it added the great 
steamers City of Paris and City of New 
York, built for it by the Cramp shipbuild- 
ing firm; it also obtained nearly all the 
stock of the Red Star Line, a Belgian cor- 
poration, of the International Navigation 
Company. Limited, of Liverpool, and of 
the Empire Transportation Company of 
Seattle. Mr. Griscom succeeded James A. 
Wright as President of the company in 
1888, a position which he still holds, the 
name of the company having been 
changed in September, 1902, to the Inter- 
national Mercantile Marine Company, and 
its capital increased so as to obtain con- 
trol of the White Star and several other 
lines. This has been accomplished, and 
the company now handles an immense 
fleet of ocean steamers. In addition to 
his shipping interests Mr. Griscom is a 
Director of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company, the United States Steel Com- 
pany, the William Cramp Ship and Engine 
Building Company, the Electric Company 
of America, the National Transit Com- 
pany, the United Gas Improvement Com- 
pany, several banking and trust com- 
panies, and other corporations. He has 
been President of the Societies of Naval 
Architects and Marine Engineers since 
their foundation. His club connections 
are with the Philadelphia Club, Ritten- 
house Club, Union League, Farmers' Club, 
and the New York Yacht Club. He re- 
sides in a handsome rural mansion, 
"Dolobran," near the Haverford station 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, where he 



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WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



devotes himself to farming interests as a 
relief from business cares; is interested 
in stock-raising, and is fond of driving, 
his love of horses being shared by his 
children. Address, Haverford, Pa.; office, 
307 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

H 

HAAS. John A. AV.: 

Educator; President of Muhlenberg Col- 
lege; born in Philadelphia, Aug. 31, 1862; 
was graduated from the University of 
Pennsylvania, 1883; A. M., D. D. from 
Thiel College, Greenville, Pa.; was grad- 
uated from Lutheran Theological Semin- 
ary, Philadelphia. 1887; studied in Uni- 
versity of Leipzig, Germany, 1887-1888; 
Secretary of the General Council's Com- 
mittee on Education; co-editor of "The 
Lutheran Cyclopedia." Author of "St. 
Mark in the Lutheran Commentary," 
"Bible Literature," and "Biblical Criti- 
cism." Founder and organizer of the 
Lutheran New Testament Society of New 
York. Lutheran pastor in New York six- 
teen years. Address, Allentown, Pa. 

HERSHMAJi, Oliver S.: 

Editor and publisher; born July 2, 1859; 
son of Henry Logan and Lucy Buhoup 
Hershman. His father was killed in the 
Civil War in 1864. He attended the pub- 
lic schools until fourteen years of age, 
when he entered the business office of The 
Pittsburg Evening Telegraph; he contin- 
ued his studies at night, fitting himself 
with a business education, continuing 
with the paper, which was consolidated 
in 1SS4 with The Chronicle under the 
name of The Chronicle Telegraph, until 
1900. During his career with The Chron- 
icle Telegraph he had acquired large hold- 
ings in the company, and had become its 
Secretary, Treasurer and General Mana- 
ger. In the latter part of 1900 he sold 
The Chronicle Telegraph and purchased 
The Pittsburg Press and Pittsburg Daily 
News, consolidating the two under the 
name of The Pittsburg Press. A com- 
pany was formed, which is mainly owned 
by him. and in addition to being the ed- 
itor and publisher of the paper, he is the 
President and Treasurer of the corpora- 
tion. Address, Pittsburg Press, Pittsburg 
Pa. 

I 

IRWIN. Agnes: 

Educator; born in Washington, D. C, 
Dec. 20, 1841; her father, William W. Ir- 



win, a resident of Pittsburg, was a mem- 
ber of Congress from the Pittsburg dis- 
trict at the time of her birth; on .the side 
of her mother. Sophia A (Bache) Irwin, 
she is a great granddaughter of Benjamin 
Franklin. She was educated in private 
schools; taught for a time in the school 
of Mrs. Hoffman of New York, afterward 
opening a young ladies' day school in 
DeLancey Place, Philadelphia. This es- 
tablishment was conducted for more than 
twenty years with great success and was 
the most fashionable young ladies' school 
in Philadelphia. In 1894 Miss Irwin was 
offered the position of Dean of Radcliffe 
College, Cambridge, Mass., which post she 
has held since September of that year. 
In 1900 she was a Commissioner from 
Massachusetts to the Paris Exposition. 
She has been honored with a degree from 
the Western University of Pennsylvania, 
and in 1898 was given the degree of LL.D. 
by the University of Pennsylvania. Ad- 
dress, Cambridge, Mass. 



M 



Mae V EACH. Wayne: 

Lawyer, ex-Ambassador and cabinet 
official; born in the vicinity of Phoenix- 
ville, Chester County, Pa., April 19, 1833. 
He was educated at Yale College, gradu- 
ating in 1853. Subsequent college honors 
accorded him were those of LL. D. 
from Amherst College in 1881 and from 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. 
Selecting the law as his profession, he 
went through the necessary course of 
study and was admitted to the bar of his 
native county in 1856. Mr. MacVeagh 
soon proved himself a lawyer of marked 
ability, and, in 1859, was elected District 
Attorney of Chester County, holding this 
position till 1864. During this interval 
he served as an infantry Captain in 1S62 
and a cavalry Captain in 1863, in the 
forces raised to repel the invasions of 
Pennsylvania. An active member of the 
Republican Party, he became Chairman 
of its State Committee in 1863. In the 
succeeding years his standing in the par- 
ty grew very prominent, and in 1870 his 
services were rewarded by the post of 
United States Minister to Turkey. He 
served till 1871, was a member of the 
Constitutional Convention of Pennsylva- 
nia, 1872-1874, and in 1877 was chosen 
by President Hayes, head of the com- 
mission sent to Louisiana to bring about 
a friendly settlement of the party con- 



WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 



825 



tests there. In 1881 Mr. MacVeagh was 
appointed Attorney General of the U. S. 
in President Garfield's cabinet, but on the 
accession of President Arthur he resigned 
and returned to his legal business, making 
Philadelphia his seat of practice. During 
his residence in Philadelphia he served as 
Chairman of the Civil Service Reform As- 
sociation of that city and also of the In- 
dian Rights Association. In the Presi- 
dential campaign of 1892 he changed his 
political allegiance, supporting Cleveland 
for the Presidency. On the accession of 
Cleveland he was appointed Ambassador 
to Italy, and represented the United 
States at Rome till the close of the ad- 
ministration. Since 1897 he has been en- 
gaged in the practice of the law in Wash- 
ington. Office address, Sun Building, 
1315 F St. N. W., Washington, D. C. 



SAMSON, Harry G.: 

Funeral Director; son of Hudson Sam- 
son, deceased; born July 11, 1870, Pitts- 
burg, Pa. ; educated in public schools and 
Western University; entered business 
September, 1893; trustee of Allegheny 
College, treasurer of Anti-Saloon League, 
of Alleghany County; director of Pitts- 
burg Free Dispensary; married Elizabeth 
Sarger, Oct. 18, 1893; Republican in pol- 
itics. Address, 433 Sixth Ave., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

SWAIN, William Moseley: 

Capitalist; born in Philadelphia, Pa.; 
was educated in Delancey School and 
University of Pennsylvania, 1896; son of 
Wm. J. Swain, founder of the Public Rec- 
ord, and grandson of William M. Swain, 
founder of the Public Ledger. Married 
Jean Coltart Scott, April 16, 1S96. Is a 
Director of various corporations. Repub- 
lican in politics. Address, 228 South 39th 
St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



von ITASSI, A. W.t 

Born in Budapesth, Hungary, in 1832; 
son of William Sigismund and Babelle 
Koppely; his parents moved to Vienna at 
the breaking out of the revolution in 
Hungary. He received his education in 
Vienna and Paris. He came to this coun- 
try at the commencement of the Civil 
War and acted as Captain Thirty-ninth 
New York Volunteer Regiment during 
the war. Married Laura W. Galvin of 
Philadelphia in 1866; they have three chil-- 
dren. He entered into partnership with 
S. P. Galvin as a wholesale lumber mer- 
chant; retired from same in 1897; mem- 
ber of the Union League, Manheim Club, 
Art Club, American Academy of Social 
Science, Archaeological Society, and Park 
Guard Association, and Educational As- 
sociation. Address, 6013 Greene St., Ger- 
mantown, Pa.; summer residence, Villa 
Ionia, Monquitt, Mass. 

w 

WAXAMAKER, L.. Rodman: 

Merchant; son of John Wanamaker; 
born in Philadelphia in 1864; was gradu- 
ated from the University of Pennsylvania 
in 1885. Is associated with his father in 
the John Wanamaker Co. Member of 
Markham, Germantown Cricket, Hunting- 
ton Valley Golf and University Clubs. 
Address, 1722 Spruce St., Philadelphia. 

WANAMAKER, Thomas B.: 

Journalist; son of John Wanamaker; 
born in Philadelphia in 1863; was grad- 
uated from University of Pennsylvania in 
1883. Is publisher of the Philadelphia 
North American. Married Mary Low- 
ber Welsh. Member of Racquet, Country, 
Acorn, Sedgeley, University, Art. Hunt- 
ington Valley Golf and Germantown 
Cricket Clubs. Address, cor. 18th and 
Spruce Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. 



I 



ERRATA. 



In sketch of Henry H. Bingham on 
page 56 it should have been stated that 
he was renominated to the Fifty-ninth 
Congress. 

In sketch of John Livingston Dinwiddie 
Borthwick on page 70 rank should be 
changed from Lieutenant Commander to 
Commander. 

In sketch of Brigadier General Abram 
Alexander Harbach, United States Army. 
on page 301 it should have been stated 
that he served in the Santiago campaign 
in 1898 and in the Philippines in 1900. 

In sketch of Richard Stockton Hunter 
on page 354 it should have been stated 
that he is a referee in bankruptcy. 



The name of J. Ludwig Kaethen, Jr., 
on page 401 should be J. Ludewig Koe- 
then, Jr. 

The name of McCuen Smith on page 
690 should be S. Mac Cuen Smith and 
his correct address is 1700 Walnut St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Judge Samuel G. Thompson, whose 
sketch appears on page 741, was appoint- 
ed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 
by Governor Pennypacker, Nov. 23, 1903, 
and has been nominated for the office 
this year by the Democratic Party. 

Dr. Henry Clay Trumbull, whose sketch 
appears on page 749, died on December 8, 
1903. 



List of Members of the State Society 

OF THE 

CINCINNATI OF PENNSYLVANIA 



\ 



i860.— JAMES GLENTWORTH, 719 North Fortieth Street. Philadelphia, 
Pa. Grandson of James Glentworth, Lt. 2d P. Regt. 

1862.— GEORGE LOUIS MARKLAND, 240 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Grandson of John Markland, Lt. 1st Penna. Regt. 

1862.— FRANK PETER MUHLENBERG, Galesburg, Kalamazoo Co., Mich. 
Grandson of Peter Muhlenberg, Brig. Gen'l. 

1862.— Rev. ROBERT COLTMAN, M. D., 365 Evans Street, Denver, Colorado. 
Great-grandson of Robert Coltman, Capt. Artillery. 

1867. — RICHARD DALE, 1215 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Grandson of 
Richard Dale, Captain in the Navy. 

1867.— WILLIAM SUDDARDS ROBINSON, 2226 Orthodox Street, Frank- 
ford, Philadelphia, Pa. Grandson of Thomas Robinson, Lt. Col. 2d Peny. Regt. 

1867.— RICHARD SOMERS HAYES, 32 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandnephew of John Barry, Captain in the Navy. 

1869.— CHARLES PEASLEE TURNER, M. D., 1506 Walnut Street, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. Grandson of Zaccheus Peaslee, Lieut. Hazen's Regt. 

1873.— FRANCIS MARINUS CALDWELL, 4814 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Grandson of Surgeon Andrew Caldwell. 

1874.— TILGHMAN JOHNSTON, 1105 Jefferson Street, Wilmington, Del. 
Great-grandson of Francis Johnston, Colonel. 

1875.— CHARLES BEATTY ALEXANDER, 120 Broadway, New York, 
N. Y. Great-grandson of William Ferguson, Capt 3d Penna. Regt. 

1877— EDMUND HERBERT McCULLOUGH, 224 South Third Street, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. State Society of the Cincinnati of South Carolina. 

1879— HARRIS ELRIC SPROAT, "Echolo," Wettown P. 0., Chester Co., 
Pa. Great-grandson of William Sproat, Capt. 23d Penna. Regt. 

1882.— FRANCIS BUCK McDOWELL, M. D., 1856 North Twenty-first Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati. Great-grandson of Brevet 
Capt. Shepard Kollock, Lieut. Artillery, Continental Army. 

1883.— WILLIAM AUGUSTUS NICHOLS, Major U. S. Army, care of 
Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D. C. Great-grandson of Francis Nichols, 
Lieut.-Col. 



828 WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

1883.— JOHN BIDDLE PORTER, Major Judge Advocate U. S. Army, St. 
Paul, Minn. Great-grandnephew of Robert Parker, Capt. Lt. Penna. Regt. Arty. 

1885.— WILLIAM P. MAGAW, 225 Emerson Street, Pittsburg, Pa. Great- 
grandson of William Magaw, Surg. 1st. Pa. Regt. 

1886. — JAMES C. BARCLAY, Hackensack, New Jersey. Great-grandnephew 
of John Barclay, Capt. -Lieut. 5th Pa. Regt. 

1886.— HENRY BAEDER WOOD, Dobb's Ferry, New York. Great-grand- 
nephew of William Rice, Captain. 

1885.— WILLIAM JOHNSON BINNEY, 2020 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, 
Pa. Great-grandson of Barnabas Binney, Hosl. Surgn. 

1S87.— WILLIAM MACPHERSON HORNOR, Bryn Mawr P. O., Mont- 
gomery Co., Pa. Great-grandson of William Macpherson, Major. 

1888.— WILLIAM WAGENER PORTER, 623 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Great-grandson of Andrew Porter, Lt.-Col., Commt. P., Arty. 

1888.— HENRY WILLIAMS BIDDLE, "Richolach," Paoli P. O, Chester Co., 
Pa. Great-grandson of Col. Clement Biddle. 

1889.— CHARLES JONITHAN PUGH, 5143 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Gieat-grandson of Jonithan Pugh, Lieut. 

1889.— *Brevet Major-General GALUSHA PENNYPACKER, U. S. A, 300 
South Tenth. Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Col. U. S. Army, retired ; late Brig.-Gen. 
U. S. Vols. War of i86i-'6s. 

1890.— WILLIAM BENJAMIN JACKSON, 19 High Street, Boston, Mass. 
Great-grandson of John Bush. Capt. late 3d P. Regt. 

1890.— SAMUEL McCOSKRY STANTON, 902 Baldwin Avenue, Ann Arbor, 
Mich. Great-grandson of Samuel Alexander McCoskry, Surgn. Penna. Artillery 
Artificers. 

1890.— JOHN MORTON DAVIS, Chester Valley P. O., Chester Co., Pa. 
Great-grandson of John Davis, Capt. 1 P. R. 

1890.— SANDERSON .REED, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Great-grand- 
son of John McDowell, Surgn. 1st P. R. 

1890.— *Brevet Lieut.-Colonel CHARLES EVERT CADWALADER, M. D., 
240 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Late U. S. Vols., War of i86i-'6s. 

1891.— THOMAS MITCHELL, Denver, Colorado. Great-grandson of Samuel 
Nicholas, Major of Marines. 

1891.— EDWARD NICHOLL DICKERSON, 252 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Great-grandson of John Stotesbury, Capt. 

1892.— JOHN BENJAMIN LIVINGSTON, 911 Schofield Building, Cleveland, 
Ohio. Great-grandson of Stephen Stevenson, Capt. 4th P. Regt. 

1893.— ROBERT SHOEMAKER JACKSON, 134 Mill Street, Rochester, N. Y. 
Great-grandnephew of George Bush, Capt. 1st Regt. Penna. 

1894.— GEORGE TOTTEN SMITH, 62 West 102nd Street, New York, N. Y. 
Great-great-grandson of Isaac Seelv, Capt. 2d P. Regt. 

1894.— WALTER STEWART CHURCH, Geneva, Ontario Co., N. Y. Great- 









WHO'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 829 

Gre X-H ENRY ,a srGE ISKSIS^ Co., Pa. Great-grandson 

° £ ^^¥S££Z£Z* Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, Dela- 

r P„ Crandson of Reading Beatty, Surg. Penna. Artdlery. 
"^S'LWILUAM HENRY Sr' CLAIR, M. D„ Effingham, 111, Great-grandson 

° f ^^SSKSmSrS, Aunersley Lodge, Daytona. Ela. 

J "^OHN DEVENY CAMPBELL, El Paso, Texas. Great-grandson of 
Thomas Campbell , Capt. , IrruRL EY 328 West Chelten Avenue, German- 

tow fp^dX, JFESSSS^-i-- of Stewart Herbert, Ueut. 
3dR S-R- EBENEZER DICKEY FINNEY, Belair. Hartford Co., Maryland. 

Gra ';r-R: a CHARS E^BE/TloWBRfDGE, ,3 Porter Street Eastern, 
«97. kev. rreat . CTrand son of John Morris, Surgeon, Armand s Corps. 

NOr t;^HARL P ES S^TS^STEElk U. S Treasury Department, Wash- 
ington D. C. Great-grandson <******%££* ^D ^ Walnut Street. 
,8 97 ._*Hon. JAMES TYNDALE MITCHELL, LL. D„ 17-2 

Ph "^5br'ALONZO H. SYLVESTER, Kdnlggra.zerstr. ..-Berlin, W„ 
Ger, ^-HENRY TAYLOR IRWIN, Washington and Preble Avenues, AIU, 

Pa - SStSS^^^SSSSiSt^ Chestnut Street, Philadelph.a, Pa. 

Grea r n Sv" ^ T A^ES P rDSWORTk A J^: D„ «,* Mt. Vernon Street 
Philip Pa Connecticut State Society of the Cmcumati. Great-grandson of 

~5E$5£^£5^^°S-^ of David Mc- 

K '"X" OSI^H 3 HARMAR 8 ^ South Thirteenth Street, Phdadelphia, Pa. 
Grandson of Josiah Harmar, Lieutenant-Co one! « Penna Rest 

,899 -EDWARD GAY BUTLER, Annefield-Bnggs. Clark Co., Va. 
grandson of Edward Butler, Lieutenant 3d Penna. Regt. 






830 WH0 'S WHO IN PENNSYLVANIA. 

1899.— ROSS REYNOLDS SATTTH p.. v -^ ~ 
Grandson of SaimleI S mit h Cap. S^P^na 1^ ' & " Mar - V ' a " d - 

1900.— WILLIAM THOMAS UVnFR.vnnn r> 
^-^t-^ daoaofJo ^^^?^l^ R -P- Block, Chicago, I„. 

1900.-THOMAS BUTLER St Franc'isville T a ' r 
Butler, Capt. late 3 d Penna. Regt. ^ anCmiUe ' La " Great-grandson of Thomas 

1900.— WILLIAM BECKFORD IRISH u n a ^ r, 
Pa C re a, sra „ d ne^ Swti;T Li e N nr? st ? X, C h *** PMaddph - 

cJekskssss? —-■ — - co„ P , 

son J^SofJaS S™' ="*"•«* » C ^~" 

^^p^ c s J0 r P e^rr s - 1 ' pM,ad ^ h - * 

-^^^^^^^ p °- — *• Pa 

-™^^=^™ : r - -* F o rt 

I903—*Hon. HORACE PORTFR P .° ng > Jr " Ma J or - 
and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of France. Amba ^ador Extraordinary 



*Honorary. 



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